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    Still, I don't think the experience would be complete, because you are still expected to pick up on them. Which is what I meant about going on the meta level and subverting expectations - you expect certain things to go a certain way not just because you're aware of certain tropes, but because analogous events happened in the last game.
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    I don't think so. The entirety of the finale is heavily reliant on info from the first game. Sure, you get a sorta recap, but it's kinda hard to wrap your head around if you haven't really "been there", I would imagine
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    He should be fine, I think. I mean, I think the game is better than the anime, but at least he knows the story
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    Thank you! I'll add it to my wishlist then
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    I have but I'm not sure how my computer would handle it. My graphics card is pretty bad so if a game has too much going on visually, it'll keep crashing my computer. Undertale seems to have some pretty basic graphics so it might work but I worry that it would crash like... midfight or something. But I have been thinking about it.

    Grandia II does touch on similar themes as FFX (and Tales of Symphonia) but I wouldn't call it better or worse. While they all touch on the same themes, they focus on different aspects of it and handle it in completely different ways.
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    There's actually a cheap Steam game called To The Moon I think that I'm excited to buy when we get some extra money. I'm also almost done Grandia II. I've been making my way through my to play list pretty well overall. Still have tons to go though, but I'm excited to try so many new games
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    Awesome ^.^ Any idea what you'll be playing next?
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    What are you up to lately?
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    I am almost done eden* :o
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    Cool

    But yeah, I really wanna read your general thoughts on DR2 in that review piece. I can't really decide myself whether it's better or weaker than the first game, but it definitely took the concept in some very interesting directions. My favorite about the whole game is how it was much crazier and way more meta than the original. I think it's a great example of subverting player expectation in a really great way that enhances the narrative of the game instead of distracting from it.
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A Modern Guide to Ys - Ys VIII: Lacrimosa of DANA

by Karifean on 01-12-2020 at 12:17 AM

YS VIII: LACRIMOSA OF DANA

If it's not clear by now, I adore the Ys series. I love how purely fun these games are, I love the simple sense of adventure, and the sense of genuine mystique from uncovering the lore of ancient places of legend. I love the way Falcom humanizes their characters and really makes them feel 'real' in a way other studios' JRPGs struggle to match. And whatever I may have said about Celceta it still is a game that has a lot of that.

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A Modern Guide to Ys - Ys: Memories of Celceta (Ys IV)

by Karifean on 01-03-2020 at 10:09 PM

YS: MEMORIES OF CELCETA (YS IV)

Time for a quick history lesson! Ys IV's history is a strange one indeed. Back around its initial release there were actually two games that were Ys IV, there was "Ys IV: Dawn of Ys" by Hudson Soft on the PC Engine (TurboGrafx-16) CD-ROM, and then there was "Ys IV: Mask of the Sun" by Tonkin House on the SNES. How did that happen? Well Falcom were in a bit of a situation at

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A Modern Guide to Ys - Ys Seven

by Karifean on 01-03-2020 at 01:37 AM

YS SEVEN

Heading into the final era of Ys games and in the series' timeline the chronologically last of the localized games so far we have Ys Seven. Released for the PSP in late 2009 and ported to the PC years later, this game marks a heavy departure from earlier titles in the series in terms of graphics, gameplay and storytelling alike. The shift was met with mixed reception, but given all that came out of it, I couldn't be

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A Modern Guide to Ys - Ys Origin

by Karifean on 12-31-2019 at 10:03 PM

YS ORIGIN

Now for perhaps one of the best-known games in the series, Ys Origin has gained quite a bit of notoriety especially on Steam, probably mainly because its Steam trailer is super hype. Does it deserve it? Well, to put it very simply... hell yeah it does.


As mentioned already, in Ys Origin you do not play as Adol. That's because this game is a prequel to the Ys I & II duology,

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A Modern Guide to Ys - Ys: The Oath in Felghana (Ys III)

by Karifean on 12-30-2019 at 10:55 PM


YS: THE OATH IN FELGHANA (YS III)

The third Ys game was known in the SNES era as "Wanderers of Ys", and was the game to introduce a lot of the western world to the series. Its reputation overall has been mixed, being a sort of "Zelda II: The Adventure of Link" of the Ys series, ditching the overhead view for a sidescrolling adventure and as already implied not really being about the land of Ys at all anymore,

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