1. awildseaking

   10

   I noticed not many people are capable of writing a proper review, so I had to chime in. Ys Origin is NOT a console experience. Ys Origin is a PC exclusive. Although Falcom has recently turned to the psp and vita after they lost their PC distributor, they developed almost exclusively PC since the early 80s. The Zelda feeling people are getting should be flipped: the Ys series, which branched off from Dragonslayer, began in 1987. The first LoZ was released in 1986. Dragonslayer began in 1984. The modern day Zelda experience is absolutely nothing like Ys, and serves as a horrible comparison. Ys is traditionally known for its music and difficult boss fights. The composers are from the jdk sound team, which is the remnants of the jdk band from the early 90s. Their primary genre was metal. The boss fights and general gameplay is often cited as using button mashing. Unless you want to die every time, you won't use button mashing. Most boss fights have patterns and tiers, so you can't just inflict massive amounts of damage all at once. Many people also tend to think the gameplay requires grinding. Since levels only affect your base stats, this statement is false. The stages within boss fights do not allow you to do any more than a set amount of damage, so all grinding helps you with is staying alive longer if you get hit a lot. In short, grinding is only necessary if you're bad.
   
   A single playthrough on Nightmare takes about 30 hours the first time through. There are 3 playable characters with different stories and boss fights, so a full, 100% completion of the story could take you 70 or 80 hours to complete. There is also a time attack mode for boss fights, which helps to add a bit more replay ability to the game. For $20, this is a great game that everyone should consider trying.… Expand

   • Helpful? 4 of 8 users said Yes.
2. Santiago_fisher

   9

   The graphics are old but still pretty, game play is awesome but has lack of combos, music is good on boss fights, playing on normal will force you to farm levels to beat bosses, old school scenarios and pretty good story, you need to configure the hotkeys if your planing to use a gamepad, game is perfect.… Expand

   • Helpful? 2 of 2 users said Yes.
3. Ansatsu83

   8

   The game is pretty interesting. I can personally related to Huge Fact (magician) and his personality. Aside from this, the game is fairly well done. It brought back an old console rpg feel but for pc. It did everything it set out to do, properly. The characters are actually sprites in game while the worlds are all 3d. Through proper manipulation of the sprites they were able to create pseudo 3d characters. Yes the graphics are dated, they feel like ps1 graphics. Aside from this, if you like oldschool, non-turn based rpgs, you must pick this up, worth the 20 dollars!… Expand

   • Helpful? 0 of 0 users said Yes.
4. dprkforum

   6

   The game is a quick-paced, button mashing adventure. It has a very arcade-like feel, which adds to the charm. The graphics feel dated, and two-dimensional at times, but this game is obviously not going for ultra-realism. However, in an odd way, it brings that nostalgic feel. It is a very average game, but sometimes, average works.… Expand

   • Helpful? 1 of 6 users said Yes.

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