Ys: Memories of Celceta

Man I love the Ys series! When I buy one of those game, it becomes an obsession and I just can't put the controller down. I was a bit wary of Celceta because reading the reviews peoples were like "its not the best Ys" and stuff like that. Have to admit that the first 5-6 of hours the game is really average and the story is extremely underwhelming (your are tasking with the mapping of a huge area). But after that, things start to pick up and story, characters, etc. become way more interesting. Its an old game and graphics are average but still, they are not bad and they serve their purpose. BIG disappointment in regard to the music which is usually a highlight in YS games. There's basically just 1-2 good songs. And... there's WAY too many cutscenes! Also, game is too easy on normal mode. In my opinion the various levels are pretty interesting, there's lot of stuff to discover, weapons and armors to max out, etc. Fighting is really fun, fast paced and spectacular once you get a hang of Flash Move/Guard. Celceta is pretty much an improved version of Ys Seven and I really enjoyed it!

A thoroughly enjoyable game; though it's neither classic Ys nor a modern JRPG. I really enjoy it as what feels like a Dreamcast-era RPG but many folks might just feel it is too thin. Playing on Hard, the game is generally easy but your health can get sapped quickly even when backtracking to earlier areas. Rather than being a nice skill challenge, it's more a chore to maintain healing. The game is missing the satisfying progression of earlier games where each new area is very dangerous but yields a ton of experience, and every chest or checkpoint is a small achievement. Celceta instead has sprawling maps with the majority of chests having common (pointless) contents. Also of mention is the graphics - despite the graphics being like a Dreamcast/Vita game, it has a demanding rendering pipeline and on an older PC it took some tweaking of the settings to avoid the game running at 10FPS or less. This feels a little silly. It's nice to have options but some players will want to jump in with modest default settings. With all that said, I will reiterate that this is a thoroughly enjoyable game and if the store page screenshots look appealing then you are likely gonna have a great time here.

prettu good entry in the series imo.

Played a fair chunk of it on PS Vita but never finished it. Finally got to play it again and completed the game this time around. The PC port is excellent in terms of options and performance. Gameplay is Okay. the Flash Guard/Move mechanics seems a bit all over the place. You get the guard but still takes huge chunks of damage or you move away and still take huge chunks of damage. The Party system and the various characters are a good part of this game. The characters play differnetly enough and you have to play around with their attack types to get the most out of it. Story is descent. And serves as a good motivator to play the game. Definitely something to get if you like Action RPG:s and the Ys series over all.

While not the original game 4 in the franchise, this is a title that has taken everything the series has done and learned from it to create the best release I've played in the series yet. Ys II has officially been dethroned.