Yeeeessss!! Can't wait to play it, I've got the Ys itch again (the Ytch, if you will... ouch)
they did raid as far south as france and spain if I remember correctlyReally excited.
I get the Viking theming, but why is the game called Nordics when it takes place in a bay between its equivalent of france and spain?
It's actually amazing. 3 Falcom games each this and last year. My backlog is crying.Fantastic news! But now I have 3 Falcom games to buy this year
I was thinking that. The only mild surprise is that its coming before Kuro 2 (Daybreak 2?), but Trails games have way more text do deal with.It's actually amazing. 3 Falcom games each this and last year. My backlog is crying.
Btw, only 1 year after the original Japanese release is pretty quick. The in-house Switch version helped for sure, but I wonder if NISA got the script earlier than before.
As someone who's played it:
-The new combat is very fun, albeit being able to block anything is slightly broken in your favor (I played on Nightmare)
-Karja is by far the best of Adol's allies not named Dogi. Focusing on just one other party member instead of a squad really helps flesh her story out
-A 100% (all trophies, Switch version has trophies built in) took me about 80 hours, but I read all NPC dialogue too and I'm slower at reading Japanese, so it's probably more like 50-60 hours depending on if you do that or not
-Soundtrack is great all around, honestly Boss Theme 4 is prob my favorite standard boss theme from all Ys games
-Ship gameplay is ass cheeks
-The graphics are... not the best
-It's Ys so the story isn't anything remarkable, hits Falcom's usual beats and character tropes/moments
I personally had a lot of fun with it, but there are some rough edges.
Y not?
It should be better than 8 and 9 funnily enough, given that it's pushing for (slightly) better visuals.How was the Switch version performance-wise? I'm not too concerned about how it looks but both VIII and IX looked bad AND ran like booty.
Y not?
Resolution and framerate were fine. Dipped sometimes but never major. The actual graphics being not great is a problem on all platforms, but again the game itself more than makes up for it.How was the Switch version performance-wise? I'm not too concerned about how it looks but both VIII and IX looked bad AND ran like booty.
Ys VIII is 20 euros on eshop and I'm thinking it. Never played a single Ys game in my life. Does it have a good exploration apart from good combat?
Yeah Ys VIII is great for it, much of the game is literally exploring a deserted island, you’re not locked in dungeons much at all.Ys VIII is 20 euros on eshop and I'm thinking it. Never played a single Ys game in my life. Does it have a good exploration apart from good combat?
Awesome news! It better come with a Switch 2 version though! Either at launch or sometime in 2025. I wonder if this is the fastest western localization for Ys ever.
It should be better than 8 and 9 funnily enough, given that it's pushing for (slightly) better visuals.
What was up with the ship combat? I have to admit it just looks like an unnecessary mode to me (but then I thought that about the defence missions in the last couple of games too).As someone who's played it:
-The new combat is very fun, albeit being able to block anything is slightly broken in your favor (I played on Nightmare)
-Karja is by far the best of Adol's allies not named Dogi. Focusing on just one other party member instead of a squad really helps flesh her story out
-A 100% (all trophies, Switch version has trophies built in) took me about 80 hours, but I read all NPC dialogue too and I'm slower at reading Japanese, so it's probably more like 50-60 hours depending on if you do that or not
-Soundtrack is great all around, honestly Boss Theme 4 is prob my favorite standard boss theme from all Ys games
-Ship gameplay is ass cheeks
-The graphics are... not the best
-It's Ys so the story isn't anything remarkable, hits Falcom's usual beats and character tropes/moments
I personally had a lot of fun with it, but there are some rough edges.
Ys 8 & 9 don't run well on Switch. 8 is acceptable for some, 9 is a bit worse. 10 performs pretty well on Switch.Ys VIII is 20 euros on eshop and I'm thinking it. Never played a single Ys game in my life. Does it have a good exploration apart from good combat?
It's sluggish even after all upgrades and comes down to just smashing all the buttons to fire all your special ammo to obliterate everything. There's no cool ship bosses or anything really and very reason to engage in ship combat outside of the outpost capture missions (which are this game's version of defense missions, you defeat waves of ship enemies and then storm the inside on foot, you get S ranks like with defense missions, I found them easy enough to get S every time first try)What was up with the ship combat? I have to admit it just looks like an unnecessary mode to me (but then I thought that about the defence missions in the last couple of games too).
Ah I thought that may be the case. Thanks for the write-up!It's sluggish even after all upgrades and comes down to just smashing all the buttons to fire all your special ammo to obliterate everything. There's no cool ship bosses or anything really and very reason to engage in ship combat outside of the outpost capture missions (which are this game's version of defense missions, you defeat waves of ship enemies and then storm the inside on foot, you get S ranks like with defense missions, I found them easy enough to get S every time first try)
Ys continuing with the trend of the defense missions being the "oh yeah this is also a thing that's here" bit. Oh well, unless they greatly expanded them then they're not a huge portion of the game, right?It's sluggish even after all upgrades and comes down to just smashing all the buttons to fire all your special ammo to obliterate everything. There's no cool ship bosses or anything really and very reason to engage in ship combat outside of the outpost capture missions (which are this game's version of defense missions, you defeat waves of ship enemies and then storm the inside on foot, you get S ranks like with defense missions, I found them easy enough to get S every time first try)
Is it at least mostly 30fps?Ys 8 & 9 don't run well on Switch. 8 is acceptable for some, 9 is a bit worse. 10 performs pretty well on Switch.
Quick edit: I misread your post, I thought you asked about performance. I think 8 is overall the better experience, including exploration.
There's not that many of them, and I do find them more fun than defense missions because the on foot parts have you traversing through an area instead of defending.Ys continuing with the trend of the defense missions being the "oh yeah this is also a thing that's here" bit. Oh well, unless they greatly expanded them then they're not a huge portion of the game, right?
Dana is, I believe. It started out as a Vita game before getting heavily patched for the PC/Switch release that other versions are based on.Is it at least mostly 30fps?
Still have to get IX, though. And yes i know it's not that good.
Mostly yeah, it is if I remember correctly.Is it at least mostly 30fps?
VIII has pretty agressive resolution scaling andIs it at least mostly 30fps?