Best ending ever. Laughed so hard. Now I'm wondering what Johnny will share today on his channel. Joe you should totally call him. Lol. Love you both. I love YS games.
@@ThrayBlade Wanting solo bump gameplay in Ys is like wanting turn based combat in a Square Enix game. They feel too much shame to countenance such a thing.
@@ertai222 in steam its rated overwhelmlingly positive the game gets better after...lets say 15 hours but still the story is really boring and world feels repititive and cold... this rpg is a character-driven rpg and thats why it feels boring because the focus is on the character development and not the actual story still ys 8 is the best for me
I'm pretty sure I've watched every single GameSack episode at least twice. Yes, I have a problem. A problem with not enough GameSack, that is. Right now that problem is temporarily solved. Thanks Joe!
I've watched every episode including the long console reviews where it's a ton of them back to back in one video at least 3 times. I fail to see the problem.
It's really odd that Joe missed the part that doing the side quests on a chapter takes away the need to grind the random town battles for the 100 points.
@@GameSack What didn't you like about them exactly? I thought they were pretty cool myself since most of them tended to relate back to the main story in some way with there even being some extra Adol(2) bits in them.
God , I love how this man reviews games, he points out every important detail, like going in depth on the character switching and all. You're the man, you should do more reviews on Games, there are so many games to review and so this channel with never die
I am proud to be from Douarnenez, Brittany, France, where the mythical city of Ys was located. Sometimes, at night, I can hear, coming from the depth of the ocean, the church bells of the doomed city.
I randomly picked up and absolutely loved Ys 8, so I bought Ys 9 with high expectations... and I was disappointed. I won't say don't bother playing it, because there are some good elements, and some people really love it, but you'll probably have a better time if you aren't expecting it be another Ys VIII.
There are so many great homegrown video game reviewers that are so underrated - this channel being one of them. Excellent, in depth, hilarious review! 10/10 would watch and like again!
"I'll admit I appreciate the occasional change of scenery from the usual oceans and mountains. You of all people would understand that the most, huh?" - Dogi to Adol, Ys IX (2021)
Me, after spending thousands of hours grinding in Diablo series and various action RPG's, hearing that it takes 15-20 minutes to grind up to 100 Nox, "Oh, so we're in the kiddie leagues now? All right then" (love you, Game Sack ;) )
If you haven't noticed yet Joe, the character movements in the cutscenes aren't stiff anymore like previous games, bcoz they were actually motion captured for the first time in a Falcom game, in 2019! Way too late if you ask me. The cutscene presentation is considerably improved since then with it, including the elimination of their signature "camera panning".
Usually I'm very nitpicky about language usage in videos (it's why I'm blocked by Jeremy Parish on Twitter!), but somehow I didn't even notice he said that until I read the comments.
Can you guys explain? I get it's "a breath of fresh air". But what does that inversion cause? Non-native speaker here. To me it seems playing with words. Saying something intentionally out of order. But I don't get it in case it's more than that. Can you guys explain?
This engine is the same as Ys VIII, it's called the PhyreEngine, which is a free game engine made by Sony. This was their last game using it, and starting from the new Trails game they'll use their in house engine.
Joe saying 'even on the freakin Stadia' makes me want to see a review of the console. Already know it sucks but I love hearing the specs and random info.
Game streaming has to many issues and internet requirements for it to be good. It's better to download the game and play it than being constanly using your full internet speed and never working as good as real hardware
Definitely glad to see the Ys review! I owe Game Sack many thanks for introducing me to Ys and especially Nihon Falcom. I enjoy Ys a lot, but the Trails series has become my favorite RPG series of all time. Keep up the great work, Joe!
I've been meaning to get into the Legend of Heroes games (which Trails is a part of), but I want to play the series in order and the PSP remake of LoH3 is so bad that I can't get past it. Legend of Heroes I is excellent, though, I highly recommend trying it out if you haven't!
@@Jordan3DS You don't have to (and can't; Legend of Heroes 2 has never been translated officially or unofficially) play all the earlier Legend of Heroes games to get into the Trails series. Trails in the Sky is a complete reboot of the series. Other than a few small references you're not missing anything by skipping the first five games, and the English PSP versions of 3-5 are terrible anyway.
@@muffinboymcgee7411 Even if 3-5 aren't good, I'd still rather play through the series in order, especially since I've heard there's some lore connections between them and some of the future games.
Thank you to Game Sack and Happy Console Gamer for telling me about Ys, and I hope more people give the games a chance! I've enjoyed every game I've played in the series, especially the newer games for modern systems! 9 is good, but I still think 8 is amazing!
Only problem with 8, is it was originally designed for the vita, so the overall quality isn't the best, 9 is definitely a much higher quality title, the performance differences are night and day in favor of 9
@@mathewhosier9739 I kind of agree with Joe though, the new areas in IX seem to be less lush with duller colors. I think that is deliberate because this feels like a darker setting and story, but I'm more interested to see what they do with Ys X.
No grinding is needed, I did the side missions and it was plenty enough, oh and the PC version releases 6 Jul, 2021, I agree 100% good review of an excellent game
Oh by the way, the bosses in the Nox are NOT invincible, but they are usually something nuts like level 80 when you're 30. Basically they are meant to avoid as they can even kill your party members while you're not controlling them. They are meant to come back later. Defeating the bosses in the Nox otherwise gives you a big amount of the 'red crystals', so in some cases it might be faster to kill the boss than finding the rest of the crystals.
There was a huge sale on GOG recently and after wanting to jump in, I went ahead and bought every Ys game available, besides this one. Started with Origin, I'm really enjoying it so far, can't wait to finish it up and move on.
On the grinding aspect he mentioned, the sidequest give a crapton of nox as a reward so if you do all of those it won't take you 20 minutes of mindless grinding monsters
I didn't realize this came out yet so when i saw this uploaded i immediately bought it and have been playing since then. I definitely enjoy doing everything there is to do, the moment i get access to it, like going back to old dungeons and getting the treasure chest i couldn't get without the right power. I think this game is pretty great so far, I'm on chapter Six and I'm super curious as to why there are two Adol's and really want to figure that out for myself. I'm also glad your review didn't really spoil anything for me. I think the grind is definitely fine, even fighting for the Nox points, but as many others stated the side quests give you basically all you need to open the next area, but i find myself fighting them a bunch to get elixirs so i can sell them and make better gear/buy the best consumables. Getting 8500gold in the first chapter is an insane amount of money and all my characters are equipped with the lifesteal gloves, playing on the difficulty after Hard because i have a problem so i need all the help I can get. I love this series as well, I hope to see a great next gen experience on their next release. Saying this game has PS3 or worse graphics is pretty harsh, it's definitely looking and playing like a PS4 game, just a low budget art style. There are worse looking series' out there.
The Trails series has been doing very well financially, so Falcom's budget has been increasing a bit. Judging from the previews for Falcom's next Trails game, I think the next Ys game is going to look much more impressive. Especially if they keep it out of any big cities. Oh, and speaking of Trails: it's becoming an action RPG series! Well, sorta. You'll be able to switch between Ys style combat and Trails style combat. At will, between fights. Yeah.
Great review, I definitely gotta make time to play this (along with all the other Ys games in my backlog). FYI in case you were curious Joe, the PS5 actually tracks your play time for all games on the system-level, which is super nice: Home menu > Profile Icon (upper right) > Profile > Games
PC version is not out till July, Joe. Same as Switch. The good news is that Durante's studio (the guy behind Dark Souls fix and the studio that fixed disastrous Ys 8 launch on PC) is behind the port so I think it will be fine. Also thank you for the review Joe, you are one of the few people I trust with opinion on Ys, everyone else seems to be either fixated on 8 or Oath in Felghana and nothing else.
I am currently playing through YS Origin. It's my first ever time playing an YS. Once I've got through it I'm going back to do the games in chronological order. That will be a fresh of breath air once done.
Personally, Ys Origin was my least favorite in the series (just below Memories of Celceta). I did play it on Hard, though, which kind of ruins the game in a lot of ways, so hopefully you're having a better time with it. I highly recommend emulating the PC Engine versions of Ys I - IV, they're the definitive versions of each of those games and put the Steam versions of Ys I & II to shame. Also, Oath In Felghana and Memories of Celceta are very different from the original Ys III and IV, so I would make sure to play the originals first and then the remakes/reimaginings at a later time.
I just recently got into Y's after watching countless videos about them. And they're amazing! I'm playing Y's VIII right now and I love the combat, the exploration is fun. It's just a good fun game. Very Zelda like
I loved this game, but not quite as much as 8. I played on the base PS4, and it runs at 30 Fps in the city, and 60 everywhere else. As for the visuals, I can forgive them because the city map is by far the largest unbroken map Falcom has ever made. Which was necessary due to the new traversal abilities. I liked exploring the city too. Overall, Falcom continues to prove they are masters of their craft, and eagerly await their next title.
Even though I'm a fan of the Wise games, I wasn't sure about this one. But now it's ordered, and I'm looking forward to playing Wise IX soon. Thanks Joe!
You may or may not know about this, but you gain a lot of Nox points by completing side-quests, you don't even need to grind that much (or at all) if you do that. They also add a lot to the story, characters and overall experience, but that's par for the course.
Lol, the Safari Hunt song on Joe's phone! I spoiled that little surprise by reading the song credits for the episode, though. But I would've instantly recognized it regardless.
Games like these makes me wish for something like a PS5 Lite or something less powerfull, but cheaper and AVAILABLE. Also, who needs 4K? 1080p is more than enough for me.
This game really grew on me, during the first half or so of the game I kept worrying if this game was going to match the excellence of Ys VIII, as I continued playing I stopped caring about that comparison, the games narrative and environment are so unique it stands on its own. I was sad to say goodbye to the characters at the end. I didn't think there was any chance I'd like this game as much as YsVIII, I'd still give it an edge but a very slight one. It's a brilliant game but I hope some new gameplay changes occur in the next Ys game because I can see combat getting stagnant If they continue with the current system.
Been playing Ys IX on a base PS4 and I can confirm the game runs at 30 fps. However there are some areas where it can go up to 60 because there are less elements on screen.
Joe must be the most patient man alive to resist muting all voices after hearing one battle where multiple characters shout over one another at the same time. I couldn't stand hearing that more than twice.
I loved Ys IX, I had heard of the series but never played them. I was hooked right away, after getting the platinum I got the same for Memories of Celceta and and am finishing up Lacrimosa of Dana, heading into Origins next. Great series. P.S. If you do the side quests you won’t need to grind for Nox points, as they award plenty of points per chapter.
@@Jesse__H Honestly so far, IX, followed by VIII. 8 is really great but I don’t care for the story much and has way more filler than most Jrpgs. Memories is a Vita port so it takes some getting used to. IX just felt the smoothest to play, with the best aesthetics, and a story that dragged on a little bit but didn’t really overstay its welcome. 8 and 9 both really feel great to explore with though with all the mobility you unlock.
You really gotta play the PC Engine games at some point, you're missing out! In terms of my least favorites, Memories of Celceta and Origins are at the bottom of the franchise by a wide margin, so if you're not really into them then don't think the rest of the franchise is like that
@@Jordan3DS I liked Memories of Celceta actually, just things like no camera control annoyed me (which I blame on it being a Vita port). Ill get to older games when I can, I live in a small space and my budgets tight. I finally gave Ys a try after finding the Trails games, think im just a Falcom fan now. I just got a really good deal on Tokyo Xanadu and ill try that next, then probably Ys Origins.
@@Kenthis15 I just felt like I was on auto-pilot for the entirety of Memories of Celceta, it's just so "eh" that it's hard to really feel either way about it. It also doesn't help that it's a """remake""" of Dawn of Ys (my favorite game in the series), yet it has basically nothing to do with that game outside of weaker arrangements of the music from that game and the setting. Emulation is your friend when it comes to the first handful of Ys games, just download the Mednafen emulator (which plays TurboGrafx CD games) and get ISOs of Ys Books I & II, Ys III: Wanderers from Ys, and a translated ISO of Ys IV: Dawn of Ys. You'll also need to get the translated version of Ys V for the SNES, since it never came out in America.
I love your choice in games. Not always my taste but you've turned me on to some things I never knew. Always a good day when a new Game Sack video is up!
I got to say I love, I love when all you youtubers do sketch together🙌🤞truly are amazing to watch, and then to do it with one of my favorite youtubers besides you guys as well, keep up the amazing fantastic work we love all y'all💖
There is a set of Nox weapons for every class in Phantasy Star Online that have the same red and purple look as this game. Are those weapons based on this game's Nox system?
I finally did it. I never played a Ys game and since you've been talking about it for years now I took you by your word and got the Ys I & II Chronicles+ for starters.
I'd honestly recommend just emulating Ys I & II on PC Engine instead of playing the Steam versions. The music sounds WAY better, there's full voice acting, the visuals are far superior, and the gameplay overall is better. The PC Engine version was far ahead of its time when it released in 1989 whereas the Steam version is just the really cheap 2001 remake with little money or effort put into it. By owning the Steam versions you can legally emulate the game, so there's no moral grey area there!
It starts out so slow and i have been just trudging along feeling. I am so glad I watched this and now I am totally fired up to get back into the game.
Side quests give you Nox points, if you do all of them you'll almost never have to grind them out. Also the tower defense stuff was a drag. Also just so you know, you have a stats screen that shows time played along with other metrics of your gameplay. Took me 63hrs but I did every side quest. I didn't love this game but still liked it. When your in a dungeon and the music is pumping it's great. Just takes a lot of BS to get to that point
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I want my copy of Wise IV the Dawn of Wise back!
LOL I was just leaving a comment when I saw your montage - that was perfect 🤣
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Thank you John and Joe for entertaining me with your channel while we are still on lockdown here in UK and working from home.💩
Best ending ever. Laughed so hard. Now I'm wondering what Johnny will share today on his channel. Joe you should totally call him. Lol. Love you both. I love YS games.
Oh, a Ys guy, eh?
PSA: Doing the side quests gives you tons of Nox Points. Almost no grinding required
Yea but theres no solo adol bump gameplay so it still sucks
@@ThrayBlade Wanting solo bump gameplay in Ys is like wanting turn based combat in a Square Enix game. They feel too much shame to countenance such a thing.
Ys IX - where the creators only used grey bricks for 95% of textures
and decided to build it for PS3
@@kyotheman69 Then they must've been programming wizards to get the cell processor power pc working on a PS4 and Switch.
and then port it sooooo terribly
The game looks so bland and empty. Idk why it's rated so highly?
@@ertai222 in steam its rated overwhelmlingly positive
the game gets better after...lets say 15 hours but still the story is really boring and world feels repititive and cold...
this rpg is a character-driven rpg and thats why it feels boring because the focus is on the character development and not the actual story
still ys 8 is the best for me
I'm pretty sure I've watched every single GameSack episode at least twice. Yes, I have a problem.
A problem with not enough GameSack, that is. Right now that problem is temporarily solved. Thanks Joe!
i watch this show every day lol some people drink beer to unwind after a long day, I watch an episode of gamesack
@@ic6020 ikr? GameSack is my audio-visual comfort food!
@@Jesse__H same. i was worried dave leaving would ruin it for me but joe does an amazing job. by far my favorite gaming related channel
☝ yes 😁
I've watched every episode including the long console reviews where it's a ton of them back to back in one video at least 3 times. I fail to see the problem.
Oh my gosh... Wise: The Art of Nepotism is 10/10
ROFL Nepotism = Svågerpolitik.
So damn good ending.
It's really odd that Joe missed the part that doing the side quests on a chapter takes away the need to grind the random town battles for the 100 points.
Not a huge fan of side quests. They also would take longer than grinding I think, and you wouldn't get the experience points at all.
@@GameSack wouldve been cool to mention it in the review as an aside
@@GameSack May have helped prevent the burnout, at least I would think so.
@@GameSack What didn't you like about them exactly? I thought they were pretty cool myself since most of them tended to relate back to the main story in some way with there even being some extra Adol(2) bits in them.
@@GameSack side quests are like a 3rd of the length of just grinding 3 points at a time and give free items and other rewards...
God , I love how this man reviews games, he points out every important detail, like going in depth on the character switching and all. You're the man, you should do more reviews on Games, there are so many games to review and so this channel with never die
7:59 "A fresh of breath air" -Joe Redifer 2021
I am proud to be from Douarnenez, Brittany, France, where the mythical city of Ys was located.
Sometimes, at night, I can hear, coming from the depth of the ocean, the church bells of the doomed city.
can you elaborate more about it?
Please tell us more
It's been 17 hours. What time is it over in France?
@@Chaos89P I now live and work in Singapore… 943am in Singapore; 343am in France..
Fresh of breath air caught me off guard lol.
Sounds like that show with Will Smith
Getting the phrase 'breath of fresh air' wrong caught me off guard.
@@ScottX68000 The fresh breath of bel air
Freshly of breath air
Anything Joe game reviews are absolute gold. Gamesack is still the most important YT channel in retro gaming community.
...but would be much better with Dave back.
If only he could pronounce Adol's name correctly
The enemies and characters looks alright (some enemies even good), but it really is the dull environment dragging it down by a lot.
Also the game doesn't force you to grind per say for the nox. Doing side quests will also build up the nox metre usually 20-40 points a time.
That ending made my entire day, sir. I love these skits. Johnny is such a wise man! We can all learn a lot from him!
8:01 - "Quite a fresh of breath air once you do."
I think he meant "flesh of breast", but give the man a break; He does good work.
think you for thanking of me
Eh, don't small the sweat stuff.
Haven't played this yet... but I loved every single minute of Lacrimosa of Dana. An unforgetable experience.
I randomly picked up and absolutely loved Ys 8, so I bought Ys 9 with high expectations... and I was disappointed.
I won't say don't bother playing it, because there are some good elements, and some people really love it, but you'll probably have a better time if you aren't expecting it be another Ys VIII.
I enjoy exploring ys 8 over ys 9.
@@derrickcrowe3888 it helps if you don't expect 9 to be "another VIII," that's how you set yourself up for disappointment after a good game
There are so many great homegrown video game reviewers that are so underrated - this channel being one of them. Excellent, in depth, hilarious review! 10/10 would watch and like again!
This video was a real fresh of breath air…..
Going to get my ice-cream reward while giving myself a pat on the back
"It might take you a while to leave the city... but it's a fresh of breath air when you do"... huh?!? You ok der chief?
why do I have Dragonage 2 vibes
LOL "Fresh of Breath Air" sounds like a title for a Jrpg game.
"I'll admit I appreciate the occasional change of scenery from the usual oceans and mountains. You of all people would understand that the most, huh?"
- Dogi to Adol, Ys IX (2021)
The refined PS3 era graphics are really hitting the nostalgia hard.
Tbh I think it looks more like a Wii game.
@@VisionThing nothing on the woi looked this "good"
@@jbfarley Not correct at all. Wii games did look like this. Check out for example Arc Rise Fantasia.
I really dont mind it, I have a soft spot for graphics like this
@@charizardoreo It’s a bit nostalgic for sure. But funny at the same time that it doesn’t run at 60 fps, lol.
Me, after spending thousands of hours grinding in Diablo series and various action RPG's, hearing that it takes 15-20 minutes to grind up to 100 Nox,
"Oh, so we're in the kiddie leagues now? All right then" (love you, Game Sack ;) )
Yeah I realized after I said that that it's not THAT bad. LOLZ.
@@GameSack Plus, if you do like 3 side missions between Nox battles, you barely need to grind the Lemures anymore.
If you haven't noticed yet Joe, the character movements in the cutscenes aren't stiff anymore like previous games, bcoz they were actually motion captured for the first time in a Falcom game, in 2019! Way too late if you ask me.
The cutscene presentation is considerably improved since then with it, including the elimination of their signature "camera panning".
That's neat, I didn't know they used motion capture!
8:00 “It’s quite a fresh of breath air.”
Mmm, breath air.
Half of one, 6 dozen of another...
Usually I'm very nitpicky about language usage in videos (it's why I'm blocked by Jeremy Parish on Twitter!), but somehow I didn't even notice he said that until I read the comments.
@@GameSack getting two birds stoned at once I see...
quote of 2021 lmaoo
Can you guys explain? I get it's "a breath of fresh air". But what does that inversion cause? Non-native speaker here. To me it seems playing with words. Saying something intentionally out of order. But I don't get it in case it's more than that. Can you guys explain?
This engine is the same as Ys VIII, it's called the PhyreEngine, which is a free game engine made by Sony. This was their last game using it, and starting from the new Trails game they'll use their in house engine.
Waw I didnt know that....
Joe saying 'even on the freakin Stadia' makes me want to see a review of the console. Already know it sucks but I love hearing the specs and random info.
My friend says it's not bad if your internet is fast.
I think Google abandoned the "console" a while back, so there's no telling how long servers will be up for it or it'll even work after that.
Game streaming has to many issues and internet requirements for it to be good. It's better to download the game and play it than being constanly using your full internet speed and never working as good as real hardware
Definitely glad to see the Ys review! I owe Game Sack many thanks for introducing me to Ys and especially Nihon Falcom. I enjoy Ys a lot, but the Trails series has become my favorite RPG series of all time.
Keep up the great work, Joe!
I've been meaning to get into the Legend of Heroes games (which Trails is a part of), but I want to play the series in order and the PSP remake of LoH3 is so bad that I can't get past it. Legend of Heroes I is excellent, though, I highly recommend trying it out if you haven't!
@@Jordan3DS You don't have to (and can't; Legend of Heroes 2 has never been translated officially or unofficially) play all the earlier Legend of Heroes games to get into the Trails series. Trails in the Sky is a complete reboot of the series. Other than a few small references you're not missing anything by skipping the first five games, and the English PSP versions of 3-5 are terrible anyway.
@@muffinboymcgee7411 Even if 3-5 aren't good, I'd still rather play through the series in order, especially since I've heard there's some lore connections between them and some of the future games.
A "wise" man once said, never enjoy your games with "ease."
Good one
HDR 4K GameSack???? Count me in, this episode looks beautiful!
Big thanks from all 12 of us!
Thank you to Game Sack and Happy Console Gamer for telling me about Ys, and I hope more people give the games a chance! I've enjoyed every game I've played in the series, especially the newer games for modern systems! 9 is good, but I still think 8 is amazing!
Only problem with 8, is it was originally designed for the vita, so the overall quality isn't the best, 9 is definitely a much higher quality title, the performance differences are night and day in favor of 9
@@mathewhosier9739 I kind of agree with Joe though, the new areas in IX seem to be less lush with duller colors. I think that is deliberate because this feels like a darker setting and story, but I'm more interested to see what they do with Ys X.
I was thinking it be good to hear Joes thoughts on this game and then what do you know!😆
No grinding is needed, I did the side missions and it was plenty enough, oh and the PC version releases
6 Jul, 2021, I agree 100% good review of an excellent game
Yeah, I wanted to shout that to him as I was watching his video. The idea is to do a few side missions to get the Nox points needed, or damned close.
Oh by the way, the bosses in the Nox are NOT invincible, but they are usually something nuts like level 80 when you're 30. Basically they are meant to avoid as they can even kill your party members while you're not controlling them. They are meant to come back later.
Defeating the bosses in the Nox otherwise gives you a big amount of the 'red crystals', so in some cases it might be faster to kill the boss than finding the rest of the crystals.
Thank you for getting me into Ys Joe. Its one of my favorite gaming series now, because of you.
There was a huge sale on GOG recently and after wanting to jump in, I went ahead and bought every Ys game available, besides this one. Started with Origin, I'm really enjoying it so far, can't wait to finish it up and move on.
On the grinding aspect he mentioned, the sidequest give a crapton of nox as a reward so if you do all of those it won't take you 20 minutes of mindless grinding monsters
Instead it'd take you 45 minutes of sidequests (depending on the sidequests) and little to no experience points.
I’m glad we can always count on Joe for good reviews.
I didn't realize this came out yet so when i saw this uploaded i immediately bought it and have been playing since then. I definitely enjoy doing everything there is to do, the moment i get access to it, like going back to old dungeons and getting the treasure chest i couldn't get without the right power. I think this game is pretty great so far, I'm on chapter Six and I'm super curious as to why there are two Adol's and really want to figure that out for myself. I'm also glad your review didn't really spoil anything for me. I think the grind is definitely fine, even fighting for the Nox points, but as many others stated the side quests give you basically all you need to open the next area, but i find myself fighting them a bunch to get elixirs so i can sell them and make better gear/buy the best consumables. Getting 8500gold in the first chapter is an insane amount of money and all my characters are equipped with the lifesteal gloves, playing on the difficulty after Hard because i have a problem so i need all the help I can get. I love this series as well, I hope to see a great next gen experience on their next release. Saying this game has PS3 or worse graphics is pretty harsh, it's definitely looking and playing like a PS4 game, just a low budget art style. There are worse looking series' out there.
The Trails series has been doing very well financially, so Falcom's budget has been increasing a bit. Judging from the previews for Falcom's next Trails game, I think the next Ys game is going to look much more impressive. Especially if they keep it out of any big cities.
Oh, and speaking of Trails: it's becoming an action RPG series! Well, sorta. You'll be able to switch between Ys style combat and Trails style combat. At will, between fights. Yeah.
Great review, I definitely gotta make time to play this (along with all the other Ys games in my backlog).
FYI in case you were curious Joe, the PS5 actually tracks your play time for all games on the system-level, which is super nice:
Home menu > Profile Icon (upper right) > Profile > Games
About the grind; you really don't have to grind monsters - the subquests give you lots of points to unlock story-areas.
PC version is not out till July, Joe. Same as Switch. The good news is that Durante's studio (the guy behind Dark Souls fix and the studio that fixed disastrous Ys 8 launch on PC) is behind the port so I think it will be fine.
Also thank you for the review Joe, you are one of the few people I trust with opinion on Ys, everyone else seems to be either fixated on 8 or Oath in Felghana and nothing else.
Love the happy console gamer cameo!
I am currently playing through YS Origin. It's my first ever time playing an YS. Once I've got through it I'm going back to do the games in chronological order. That will be a fresh of breath air once done.
Personally, Ys Origin was my least favorite in the series (just below Memories of Celceta). I did play it on Hard, though, which kind of ruins the game in a lot of ways, so hopefully you're having a better time with it. I highly recommend emulating the PC Engine versions of Ys I - IV, they're the definitive versions of each of those games and put the Steam versions of Ys I & II to shame. Also, Oath In Felghana and Memories of Celceta are very different from the original Ys III and IV, so I would make sure to play the originals first and then the remakes/reimaginings at a later time.
I just recently got into Y's after watching countless videos about them. And they're amazing! I'm playing Y's VIII right now and I love the combat, the exploration is fun. It's just a good fun game. Very Zelda like
I loved this game, but not quite as much as 8. I played on the base PS4, and it runs at 30 Fps in the city, and 60 everywhere else.
As for the visuals, I can forgive them because the city map is by far the largest unbroken map Falcom has ever made. Which was necessary due to the new traversal abilities. I liked exploring the city too. Overall, Falcom continues to prove they are masters of their craft, and eagerly await their next title.
Nice episode! Very informative! Loved the Johnny Millennium cameo at the end!
Even though I'm a fan of the Wise games, I wasn't sure about this one. But now it's ordered, and I'm looking forward to playing Wise IX soon. Thanks Joe!
Wow GameSack’s pumping 4K vids now? Step up
I put around 45 hours into it. I feel like im close to the end but havent played in about a month. I should pick it back up. Its a really good game
How do you know how much time you put in to it?
@@GameSack you can see your playtime on a ps5 if you enter your profile on the top right and look at your games
@@GameSack pause menu>journal>records. itll be at the top
Turns out i was at 54 hours. Just started ch.9.
@@daveunknown01 Took me 52 hours to do everything possible but 3 of the side quests, I absolutely adored it!
@@Jordan3DS i only have 1 side quest left then wrapping up the story. I lost a couple of hours trying to track down a missing monster from the list.
You may or may not know about this, but you gain a lot of Nox points by completing side-quests, you don't even need to grind that much (or at all) if you do that.
They also add a lot to the story, characters and overall experience, but that's par for the course.
Lol, the Safari Hunt song on Joe's phone! I spoiled that little surprise by reading the song credits for the episode, though. But I would've instantly recognized it regardless.
Games like these makes me wish for something like a PS5 Lite or something less powerfull, but cheaper and AVAILABLE. Also, who needs 4K? 1080p is more than enough for me.
Haha wasn't expecting the HappyConsoleGamer cameo, he's really WISE on this topic! 🤣
This game really grew on me, during the first half or so of the game I kept worrying if this game was going to match the excellence of Ys VIII, as I continued playing I stopped caring about that comparison, the games narrative and environment are so unique it stands on its own. I was sad to say goodbye to the characters at the end. I didn't think there was any chance I'd like this game as much as YsVIII, I'd still give it an edge but a very slight one. It's a brilliant game but I hope some new gameplay changes occur in the next Ys game because I can see combat getting stagnant If they continue with the current system.
I want my ice cream cone, I remembered that PS5 thingy.
You get the truckload of nox points from the chapter sidequests which mitigates the grind pretty much. Great review Joe!
"Quite a fresh of breath air" the review quote that should be on the box lol
Been playing Ys IX on a base PS4 and I can confirm the game runs at 30 fps. However there are some areas where it can go up to 60 because there are less elements on screen.
It's unlocked 30? That's even worse
@dante19890 it's target framerate is 60, but it runs at around 30 on a few places, especially in the main city
@retroray6836 ok so the framerate is just really unstable. They should have locked it at 30 in that case for consistency.
@@dante19890 at first, but when you're in dungeons and outside the city it's really smooth.
Ys is the Murder She Wrote of video games.
I hope Dave makes a cameo again soon
Dave is the best
Johnny was a requirement for an Ys video! That was excellent, guys
Love the review, love the ending part even better, Johnny's second guest appearance I think. First appearance was 7yrs ago wow
Was anyone else hoping that Johnny was going to make another chicken sandwich in the outro?
Joe must be the most patient man alive to resist muting all voices after hearing one battle where multiple characters shout over one another at the same time. I couldn't stand hearing that more than twice.
SNES has the best RPG's
Maybe 2nd to PS1 in my opinion, but still a true golden age of RPG's.
The truly redpilled take is that the PC-Engine CD has the best RPGs
4K HDR Beautiful!
A really disappointing few amount of people seem to have noticed..
Nice to see atleast someone did.
Great review! New camera and/or lighting?
Joe will you be reviewing Rtype final 2 soon?
8:00 "quite q fresh of breath air"
YS X: Fresh of Breath Air
I watched this is 4K and HDR. I appreciate the work you did for this.
HDR 4k big screen user here! Looks super clean!
I loved Ys IX, I had heard of the series but never played them. I was hooked right away, after getting the platinum I got the same for Memories of Celceta and and am finishing up Lacrimosa of Dana, heading into Origins next. Great series.
P.S. If you do the side quests you won’t need to grind for Nox points, as they award plenty of points per chapter.
What's your favorite out of the ones you've played?
@@Jesse__H Honestly so far, IX, followed by VIII.
8 is really great but I don’t care for the story much and has way more filler than most Jrpgs. Memories is a Vita port so it takes some getting used to. IX just felt the smoothest to play, with the best aesthetics, and a story that dragged on a little bit but didn’t really overstay its welcome. 8 and 9 both really feel great to explore with though with all the mobility you unlock.
You really gotta play the PC Engine games at some point, you're missing out!
In terms of my least favorites, Memories of Celceta and Origins are at the bottom of the franchise by a wide margin, so if you're not really into them then don't think the rest of the franchise is like that
@@Jordan3DS I liked Memories of Celceta actually, just things like no camera control annoyed me (which I blame on it being a Vita port).
Ill get to older games when I can, I live in a small space and my budgets tight. I finally gave Ys a try after finding the Trails games, think im just a Falcom fan now. I just got a really good deal on Tokyo Xanadu and ill try that next, then probably Ys Origins.
@@Kenthis15 I just felt like I was on auto-pilot for the entirety of Memories of Celceta, it's just so "eh" that it's hard to really feel either way about it. It also doesn't help that it's a """remake""" of Dawn of Ys (my favorite game in the series), yet it has basically nothing to do with that game outside of weaker arrangements of the music from that game and the setting.
Emulation is your friend when it comes to the first handful of Ys games, just download the Mednafen emulator (which plays TurboGrafx CD games) and get ISOs of Ys Books I & II, Ys III: Wanderers from Ys, and a translated ISO of Ys IV: Dawn of Ys. You'll also need to get the translated version of Ys V for the SNES, since it never came out in America.
I only played Ys Book 1 & 2 as well as Ys Origins. I need to play more of them . This one looks good
There's a few more available on Steam. And of course there's the ones for consoles.
I highly recommend emulating the English translated version of "Ys IV: Dawn of Ys" for the PC Engine, it's spectacular and easily my favorite Ys game!
I love your choice in games. Not always my taste but you've turned me on to some things I never knew. Always a good day when a new Game Sack video is up!
Great ! New video to wake up to
Me too bud. Notification whilst on the bog half asleep but gettin up....
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There is a set of Nox weapons for every class in Phantasy Star Online that have the same red and purple look as this game. Are those weapons based on this game's Nox system?
Dude you have the personality of paint drying holy hell how you built such a large subscriber base is beyond me
Is Ray Tracing available for this video?
I finally did it. I never played a Ys game and since you've been talking about it for years now I took you by your word and got the Ys I & II Chronicles+ for starters.
I'd honestly recommend just emulating Ys I & II on PC Engine instead of playing the Steam versions. The music sounds WAY better, there's full voice acting, the visuals are far superior, and the gameplay overall is better. The PC Engine version was far ahead of its time when it released in 1989 whereas the Steam version is just the really cheap 2001 remake with little money or effort put into it. By owning the Steam versions you can legally emulate the game, so there's no moral grey area there!
Your the one who turned me on to Ys and I think 8 was my favorite so far, just started this one though so we will see.
NF games have a certain charm factor that many devs/pubs rarely match.
Steambot Chronicles comes close though.
“fresh of breath air” :)
Within 5 mins - falling asleep to that show Brittania and now I'm awake!!
I needed that ending. Love it so much.
Great review Joe! I love Ys games too and agree that VIII was a masterpiece, but I'm really loving IX! Hope Johnny gets his game back 🤣
I know you said not to expect more videos in HDR, but this video looked especially incredible because of it.
Would love to see Joe tackle the "Souls" Series or "Soulslike" games.
It starts out so slow and i have been just trudging along feeling. I am so glad I watched this and now I am totally fired up to get back into the game.
Great review, thank you!
Love it. End of episode skit is always perfect. Thank you
Gotta say it still looks good Ys 9 is definitely one to get
Great vid Joe! Love it
Side quests give you Nox points, if you do all of them you'll almost never have to grind them out. Also the tower defense stuff was a drag. Also just so you know, you have a stats screen that shows time played along with other metrics of your gameplay. Took me 63hrs but I did every side quest. I didn't love this game but still liked it. When your in a dungeon and the music is pumping it's great. Just takes a lot of BS to get to that point
Oooo. Tight gameplay is TIGHT!
Great review. Top quality, better than any "official" gaming sites. I look foward to others.
finally the ys9 review i was waiting for