An ok game but the weakest in the Ys series out of the nine that I've played. Grinding for material to upgrade three different swords is annoying as it's like grinding for money and XP but it doesn't always drop, the magic attack each sword can do aren't that interesting. Annoying and hard to do dash jump platforming is required to get some items. Many of the bosses are either very easy or seem to have serious hit detection problems, missing you when their blows connect and hitting when they clearly miss or before you should have gotten hit. The locations and new characters aren't very interesting. Music can get repetitive and I wasn't very impressed with the soundtrack, which is usually one of the high points of the series.