Post by Chuplayer on Aug 20, 2011 13:42:28 GMT -5
It only took about 20 years, but I finally got Ys III for the Turbo CD yesterday. I completed it about an hour ago. Although I didn't like it as much as Oath in Felghana for the PSP, I thought it was well worth the 20 year wait. If Ys I&II would have blown me away back in the earliest 90s if I had the opportunity to play it, Ys III would have zapped me into a different dimension.
Sure, the scrolling mysteriously sucks sometimes, but it's nothing I didn't get used to. The combat felt good to me. I appreciated the crawl and the vertical jab. The game gives you lots of offensive options. The good old Ys zippy gameplay is still there. I was always on my toes whenever enemies were nearby.
I though that Ys I&II for the Turbo CD actually lacked voice, so it was a surprise to me to find that Ys III had as much voice acting as it did. This is one of the things that blew me away the most about the game. The acting isn't great, but I enjoyed it. I appreciated it for being so ahead of its time. If I had experienced this back in my NES/SNES youth, I would have never been able to go back to those consoles.
It was interesting to hear the old Ys III CD soundtrack. I enjoyed the Oath in Felghana soundtrack more, but the Turbo CD version is no slouch! A Searing Struggle still sounds fantastic.
Even though the main town's inhabitants aren't very fleshed out as characters, I still felt attached to a few of them. It was nice to see the beginnings of the masterfully crafted relationships you had with the characters in Oath in Felghana.
I am very, very glad I decided to get a PC Engine Duo-R in order to play this game. I had wanted to play it ever since I saw the Ys games in the pages of the old Christmas catalogs from JC Penney and Macy's. I had played through the Turbo CD version of Ys I&II last year, and now I'm glad I completed the experience this year.
Sure, the scrolling mysteriously sucks sometimes, but it's nothing I didn't get used to. The combat felt good to me. I appreciated the crawl and the vertical jab. The game gives you lots of offensive options. The good old Ys zippy gameplay is still there. I was always on my toes whenever enemies were nearby.
I though that Ys I&II for the Turbo CD actually lacked voice, so it was a surprise to me to find that Ys III had as much voice acting as it did. This is one of the things that blew me away the most about the game. The acting isn't great, but I enjoyed it. I appreciated it for being so ahead of its time. If I had experienced this back in my NES/SNES youth, I would have never been able to go back to those consoles.
It was interesting to hear the old Ys III CD soundtrack. I enjoyed the Oath in Felghana soundtrack more, but the Turbo CD version is no slouch! A Searing Struggle still sounds fantastic.
Even though the main town's inhabitants aren't very fleshed out as characters, I still felt attached to a few of them. It was nice to see the beginnings of the masterfully crafted relationships you had with the characters in Oath in Felghana.
I am very, very glad I decided to get a PC Engine Duo-R in order to play this game. I had wanted to play it ever since I saw the Ys games in the pages of the old Christmas catalogs from JC Penney and Macy's. I had played through the Turbo CD version of Ys I&II last year, and now I'm glad I completed the experience this year.