If the first I touched was Ys 1... I wouldn't get as far as Origin. I possibly finished it (I don't even remember for sure), but I definitely didn't finish 2. The fight mechanics IS weird, and most of the story elements are same in both games, just viewed from different time. I bought Origin first on a whim. Tried it that evening, and got everything Ys related that was released here at that time soon after. My advice would be to get Origin, and read what happened in Ys I/II on a wiki or some walkthrough. It's not much, Origin tells everything you need to know from the three, with extra bonus of "being there" instead of reading about it 600 years after. Some of the scenes are really touching if you see how that happened. And it has sane combat.

I had no issues with 1 & 2's gameplay. You're basically a human lawnmower in 1 and 2 is almost a topdown shooter with the magic, but I could see why somebody wouldn't like it. In that case, I still stand by what I said just without 1&2. Going back to VI after OiF or Origin is kind of rough, more so than 1 & 2 for me.

Heads up: The promised Adol's Travel Journal pdf is located inside its own folder in the game installation directory.

I didn't see any extras listed on the GOG game card, so I was thinking it might be inside the game install. Thank you for confirming this!

Oh, my. The amount of graphics options is in the level of the Trails of Cold Steel games! A huge step up compared to Ys Seven. Take a look at the attached screenshot.

Edit: also fast forward, multiple button icons, MSAA and SSAA... very well done.

Just remember to disable circle shadows. Those are the original "blobs" so to speak.
Just remember to disable circle shadows. Those are the original "blobs" from the vita version.
And yes they can co-exist with the real time ones. Looks surreal :p

And bought. Thanks, XSEED and GOG, this was my most anticipated game of the entire summer! Should keep me occupied for a couple of weeks.

Actually kinda forgot this was coming out today. Bought it, of course. Gotta support XSEED and Ys.

This also makes me realize that I still haven't bothered playing Ys VIII... someday, that thing has to be in a pretty good state... right?

After leaving the city of the game my fps got low, any solution ?? I'm playing on a laptop

Bought. :)

@XSEED: Thanks!

@GOG: Please reconsider XSEED's port of Bullet Witch. As indicated by the current Steam score - recent reviews 84% Very Positive, all reviews 72% Mostly Positive - there are those of us who think it's a fun game despite its flaws.

Most/all of the significant bugs seem to have been fixed in patches. Recent reviews on Steam are 74% Mostly Positive. The last update was released on 6/29 - the game might be as good as it's going to get.

But I can't say from experience - I've been putting it off, too. ;)

Just a heads up it's available drm-free on humble, though it's one of those "CHOOSE NOW, STEAM CODE OR DRM-FREE NOT BOTH" deals. It'd be an easier game for people to notice if it was here though.

Definitely a fun one, has a strangely high amount of combat options and just enough mid-tier jank to make it interesting without taking away from enjoyment. Now if only the brain-thrown cars were easier to see coming...

question to people who bought it already - is galaxy.dll hardlinked (e.g removal of it will result in non-working game), or dynamically linked?
+1 for other xseed ports (but personally Im more intrested in senran kagura series. Call me a poor person, if you wish)

Removing the dll prevents the game from running. Error popup and everything. Sorry :/

+1 for Senran Kagura games here but from what i recall the problem had to do with the inability to detach the DRM component of Shinovi VS.

np, Ys seven had similar issue. Something to do with game engine, I assume.

well, iirc its not that story focused series to add all their games there (for example - neptunia has only 3 entries on gog, while later Hyperdimension Neptunia U is the only game, I wish to buy, lol), if thats an issue with just one title. But it was an intresting info anyway.

I always was against it, but if steam libraries are hardlinked by design - it should be possible to just remove the drm part from them, without touching anything else (the same way gog's version of Spore works - steam libraries exist in game's folder, but dont connect with steam client in any way)