Hot dang. This game is basically Ys book 1 and 2 but turned up to the absolute max. Theres a LOAD of visual polish all over the game, plenty of environments to explore, a bangin' soundtrack, and refined gameplay over the previous games. The only real problem I could say I have with it is that the games difficulty leans a bit on the high side for most of the game, in the "you constantly feel underlevelled" kind of way. It's still absolutely manageable and demands more skill over grinding to get to where you need to go, so it's not all that bad. The characters were all memorable and interesting, and while the plot is basic, it still does interesting things despite that. Definitely a highlight of 16-bit RPGs as a whole. This series does just seem to get more impressive with every installment.

Reviewed on Mar 17, 2023


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