Can we just talk about how awesome Ys is?

[KDub]

---I know we had a Together Retro thread for the first game last year but I couldn't remember how we all felt about resurrecting those threads for general discussion (hey I've been gone a while). I did a search and didn't see any other dedicated threads. Lock/Mock/Merge is need be. ----

So thanks to the Summer Steam sale and then the Ys sale the week after (and the suggestions from my buds at Game Sack) I decided to pick up Ys Chronicles and Ys: The Oath of Felghana. It has been a long time since I have been so happy with a purchase like this; happy enough to start making me hunt down the original versions for various systems just to have.

If anyone doesn't know what those are, they are updates/remakes of the first three games in the Ys series. Each one merges some of the other re-releases of each game while updating them for modern PC systems. The best thing about these releases is that they still maintain their retro charms while still being all new and fresh feeling; even better than that, still using some of their old assets like the classic hand drawn cut scenes from their Turbo CD releases.

Anyone else have these games or any others from the series and absolutely love them? These may take the place of Wonder Boy for my favorite classic Action RPG games.

[AppleQueso]

Bonesnapdeez hates Ys

[ExedExes]

Bonesnapdeez hates Ys

I'm sure he'll be arriving at this thread shortly to show us just how much

[CavZee]

I played through Oath in Felghana recently and it was indeed, awesome.

[ninjainspandex]

I wish they would bring the new ys game to the 3ds and not the vita

[CavZee]

I wish they would bring the new ys game to the 3ds and not the vita

Falcom's been releasing a lot of their games on Sony's handhelds for a while now. I'm sure they're content with how things are going.

Also, I caved and bought a Vita off eBay yesterday. @_@

[KDub]

I wish they would bring the new ys game to the 3ds and not the vita

Yeah me too, or at least release it on Steam at the same time since those have been pretty popular. I'm not sure why Falcom have been drawn to the PSP/Vita.

[CavZee]

I wish they would bring the new ys game to the 3ds and not the vita

Yeah me too, or at least release it on Steam at the same time since those have been pretty popular. I'm not sure why Falcom have been drawn to the PSP/Vita.

Probably because handhelds are way more popular than PC gaming in Japan.

Any opinions on Ys Origin? I have the other games on PSP but this I own on Steam since it's only available there.

[ninjainspandex]

well psp is understandable as it seems that all the best rpgs were on that console, but this gen it seems that all the good rpgs are coming out on the 3DS.

[CavZee]

well psp is understandable as it seems that all the best rpgs were on that console, but this gen it seems that all the good rpgs are coming out on the 3DS.

The DS and PSP both had lots of good RPGs. The Vita is doing OK in that department, it's just that only a few of them have been localized. Falcom themselves have at least 3 RPGs on the system.