Ys VI: The Ark of Napishtim

Played this game on PS2 when I was 20. I thought it was kinda ugly but fun with great music. Replaying now on PC at 40. I think it's pretty ugly but fun with great music.

this game has good music and the first of the franchise in 3d but after playing ys1 and 2 i found this one way worse played in hard catastrophe, if u want to have fun w this game u should probably play in normal catastrophe or regular normal the boss fights are extremely annoying because of stupid hitboxes, bad mechanics, and all fights depend on ur level not ur skill: u have to play with a guide to know if ur leveled enough for a zone or boss fight, its just bad design and u dont naturally get that xp u have to grind the dungeons are way worse than ys1 and 2, there is no enigmas w items to use, its just bad honestly and the story is extremely bad, i get that YS games arent very story heavy but this one u are just not concerned at all

It's a fun Action RPG but first among the ones using it's engine on steam, and some of the jank is noticeable compared to Oath in Felghana and Origin. You don't really need to play the other games in the series to follow the story, and I'd go for this before playing the two I mentioned before, since those refine the gameplay to be more smoother and exciting. There are some nods to (the globally unreleased) Ys V as well as mentions of powers outside of Canaan, but you don't really need to know about any of that beforehand to understand what's going on. I played this after I and II Chronicles as I'm going in the release order of the games available on steam. Just like in I and II the gameplay is fast and simple, with an addition of an actual attack button this time. The areas aren't as labyrinthine or easy to get lost in (besides the cave maybe) and the 3 weapon system gives you some fun variety in combat. The game does have some small, missable untracked sidequests and still wants you to spend a dozen or two minutes grinding enemies when you enter a new area, but these aren't really egregious problems. Some platforming (pretty much only for optional items and gear) want you to uti…

Decided to go with the release order and played this one after I and II. This game is most definitely a step up from those two. I really enjoyed the presentation; Character art, monster desings and enviroments all feel way more unique and have more personality than the two previous games, and the graphics, consisting on 3d backgrounds and 2D sprites (except for bosses) have aged like fine wine. Narratively it's not too interesting, being the typical "old lost civilization" story, but I suspect I would have enjoyed it more had I gone with the chronological order. Still, it was enjoyable and worked pretty well, and I laughed a lot when I saw certain character from the older games appear again. When it comes to gameplay I'm a bit more divided. Gameplay now is a bit more similar to classic Zelda, but more focused on combat than puzzles, said combat being more complex and engaging. The bosses tend to be a bit unfair and the game is really grindy, but I enjoyed the combat well enough so that the grinding was never too boring, and seeing the character progression was really satisfying. I played on hard difficulty wit catastrophe mode (meaning you can't heal during boss battles) and mayb…

this game is booty cheeks except for final dungeon and boss

man that final boss sucks