r/WorldOfYs

I’m trying to play the best version of each ys game in order and just finished chronicles 1 and 2 and k wanted to know what game came out right before origins.

With Sony announcing that they will be closing acess to the store for the ps3 and vita I though I'd use thus as an excuse to try out the series, but with seemingly conflicting reviews about them I thought I'd ask here. The ones available on the psvita and psp store are:

Ys origin

Ys 1 and 2 chronicles

Ts oath of Felghana

Ys seven

Ys 8 Lacrimosa of Dana

As a newbie to the franchise what would you recommend to get?

Just finished Ys IX as my second Ys game after having finished VIII. So many people talk about it being a step back from VIII but I think it’s about equal to that game.

For everything VIII does better than IX (music is much better, the way you unlock new areas is much better, environment design is better, story pacing is better, Dana and her past sections are the best part of either game), IX does something better than VIII(exploring itself is better due to Gift powers, combat is slightly better, bosses are better, dungeon design is an improvement with pretty neat hidden secrets and obstacle design, main party is better not counting Dana, Dandelion members are better characters than castaways, quests are much better, Grimwald Nox are less annoying than raids, ending and epilogue IMO is much better).

I undestand why people like VIII more but as I played IX more and more it got better and better with a pretty satisfying ending, I sadly can’t say the same about VIII’s ending but apparently I’m in the minority here.

Heck this game has a lot of throwbacks to the other games, even I can tell that despite it being my second Ys game, so I might have actually liked it more than VIII if I played IX after playing the other games first.

I think if the music was better and the environments looked less “bland” people would have liked Monstrum Nox more.

Those are more in need of a remake than Trails in the Sky. It would be cool to see remade to be closer to the more modem games.

First time ever playing Ys 8; Burst Shot seems really weak, even for a basic skill (deals less damage than a basic attack).

Is this some kinda bug? I've heard some talk of skills not working correctly on the most recent version of the game, but I also heard those issues are solved by capping the fos at 60, which I've done.

Im new to this series, (I knew little to nothing about it lol), but id been checking out the Steam sales and since it was on sale I took a look at it and pretty much loved it, but is it a good starting point as well as a game? If not, which should be my first game and which ones do you recommend? Tysm in advance <3

Hey, so as someone new to Ys games, I am unsure where to start. Me and a friend were talking about JRPG's (specifically the Tales of series) and figuring out what to get during the Steam Summer Sale, and I asked about Ys series, and she said she doesn't know much about it and I am planning to buy 1 title from it to start with but I have no idea where to start.

I sadly can't go for very pixelated titles as it can make me very sick from looking at the screen, but I also have no clue what is on PC other then Ys Dana, Nordics and Monstrum. Where should I start in the Ys series?