Post by raynes on Jun 28, 2005 9:57:58 GMT -5
My first exposure to the series was Ys Vanished Omens on the Sega Master System. When the turbo cd unit came out (not the duo, but the original attachment) I picked up a copy of Ys Book I&II. That game is responsible for me falling in love with RPG’s and games in general. I remember seeing cutscenes and hearing professional voice acting for the very first time. Then Ys three came out and even though it was
I’ve been playing Ys games for a very long time. I bought and owned a copy of Ys Vanished Omens for the Sega Master System. I was one of the few lucky people to actually own a Turbographix CD unit. So I was able to play Ys Book I&II and Wanders From Ys. When NEC pulled the plug on the system I was completely bummed out because I wouldn’t get to play Ys IV. Fast forward about 10 years. There is a translation patch for the game. I immediately bought a copy off of ebay. Soon after that the English version of Ys IV came out for the PS2, which I ran out and bought. So I have pretty much played every English version of the game.
To this day anytime someone asks me what the best game of all time was, I tell them Ys Book I&II. It was the game that got me hooked on RPGS and games in general. As I said I played it on the Turbographix CD unit when it originally came out. At the time CD based games were very new and none really used the medium to their advantage. One of my fondest gaming memories was when the introduction to the game played. Never before had I played a game that had cut scenes, certainly none that had professional voice acting (or any voice acting at all), and none had real music. It was truly something unique and different. Since then no game has managed to leave an impression on my like that game. That is my introduction and what brings me to this site. Now on to some questions I have that I’m sure the Ys experts on this board can answer.
For sometime now I have known about the Ys Complete series for Windows. I never really put much effort into getting my hands on them because of language barriers. Now that there is a patch I am more serious about obtaining a copy. A few questions linger though…
-As I still have the original Turbo CD version (and still play it every now and then), is it worth getting the Complete series and using the patch?
-One of the things that really made the Turbo version shine is the voice acting. From what I can gather the Windows version has none (or if it does its in a language I don’t understand). Does the lack of voices lessen the game in any way?
-What are the differences between the Turbo CD version and the windows versions? Obviously graphics have been updated, and as I said voices missing, what about the rest? How does the soundtrack compare?
-In the Turbo CD version, both games are on one disk. They used cut scenes to tie the two together so they were more one game than two. As the windows version is two separate games, how does it deal with the connection?
I’ve noticed that the PC engine version of Ys IV seems to be almost looked down upon by fans, why is this?
The Turbo version of Ys I&II was titled Ys Book I&II. Due to that I have been forever calling all following Ys titles Book IV, and Book VI.. Any idea why they titled it that way? Was the intention to release follow up titles as more books?
I’ve been playing Ys games for a very long time. I bought and owned a copy of Ys Vanished Omens for the Sega Master System. I was one of the few lucky people to actually own a Turbographix CD unit. So I was able to play Ys Book I&II and Wanders From Ys. When NEC pulled the plug on the system I was completely bummed out because I wouldn’t get to play Ys IV. Fast forward about 10 years. There is a translation patch for the game. I immediately bought a copy off of ebay. Soon after that the English version of Ys IV came out for the PS2, which I ran out and bought. So I have pretty much played every English version of the game.
To this day anytime someone asks me what the best game of all time was, I tell them Ys Book I&II. It was the game that got me hooked on RPGS and games in general. As I said I played it on the Turbographix CD unit when it originally came out. At the time CD based games were very new and none really used the medium to their advantage. One of my fondest gaming memories was when the introduction to the game played. Never before had I played a game that had cut scenes, certainly none that had professional voice acting (or any voice acting at all), and none had real music. It was truly something unique and different. Since then no game has managed to leave an impression on my like that game. That is my introduction and what brings me to this site. Now on to some questions I have that I’m sure the Ys experts on this board can answer.
For sometime now I have known about the Ys Complete series for Windows. I never really put much effort into getting my hands on them because of language barriers. Now that there is a patch I am more serious about obtaining a copy. A few questions linger though…
-As I still have the original Turbo CD version (and still play it every now and then), is it worth getting the Complete series and using the patch?
-One of the things that really made the Turbo version shine is the voice acting. From what I can gather the Windows version has none (or if it does its in a language I don’t understand). Does the lack of voices lessen the game in any way?
-What are the differences between the Turbo CD version and the windows versions? Obviously graphics have been updated, and as I said voices missing, what about the rest? How does the soundtrack compare?
-In the Turbo CD version, both games are on one disk. They used cut scenes to tie the two together so they were more one game than two. As the windows version is two separate games, how does it deal with the connection?
I’ve noticed that the PC engine version of Ys IV seems to be almost looked down upon by fans, why is this?
The Turbo version of Ys I&II was titled Ys Book I&II. Due to that I have been forever calling all following Ys titles Book IV, and Book VI.. Any idea why they titled it that way? Was the intention to release follow up titles as more books?
