I only started playing this series at Ys 8, but the combat looks more interesting than 8/9 to me. Looking forward to trying it. Thanks for the preview!
looking foward to this game. gonna miss being able to roll and dash across the map though. will adol be able to swim in this game? because he couldn't in 9.
@@DEPORT_nonWhites_or_KILL_them Well saying Western release implies that it will have language options that are not available in the Japanese or Chinese versions. So saying western release is a way to say the release that the rest of the world will be able to play
Preordered this (YS X) and started playing day one. Unfortunately it’s disappointing! YS 8 is still the BEST of whole series ( I played origin, 2, 4, 7, 8, 9 n 10). Just bought YS8 PS5 physical disc for collection purpose even though I already have its PS4 deluxe digital n Switch cartridge versions.
I don't know yet if this one will top 8. In some ways I like X's combat more, and the switch version is prettier to look at. But I like how 8's story isn't too in the way.
@@gnosis_gaming I'm more than half way there to beat X. The new system is okay but the double guard-revenge part is almost invincible PLUS only two characters is kinda BORING =(
@@gnosis_gaming @etzule6782 Yes, movement feels alright. BUT, the guarding sys is a big issue here, it blocks EVERYTHING WITHOUT losing any HP; unless you r surrounded by MANY enemies, it NEVER fade. It's especially INVINCIBLE during boss fight (i killed several secrets monsters while i was 35-45 levels LESS than them; as far as i keep guarding building revenge meter, then hit back during a long window; I'll win)... Plus the map n level design are super downgraded too, all flat n 2D like and MOST areas look the SAME since they r all islands. SAD!
What Ys game would you recommend after finishing 8? If 8 is the best, which one is the second best? I am nearing the end of 8 and looking for new one to play.
The invisible walls 'mostly' started to go away around 10-15 hours, when you get full control of the ship. I have another video all about the ship, so you can check it out to see more
I'm totally excited about the new combat system, but I don't understand why you need skills in single player combat now.... For some reason I think the tenth game got some disappointing music. Maybe it's just me. I VERY much enjoyed Karja, though. I really like that character a lot.
I sometimes just prefer playing as Adol because the combo skills can be a little too flashy sometimes, so I save them for emergencies. Also if you use the combo skills they also use up Adol's individual SP gauge, but if you use his first then the combo SP gauge is still full.
@@gnosis_gaming Maybe I'm just too slow player. I don't have time to think about it too much. I just run alone until the enemy attacks, and then counterattack with powerful paired skills. In any case - it's a pleasure to play, and that's the main thing)
These solo skills can be divided by cast time, the shorter skills (fast to cast and low cost) have almost none recovery time, you don't have to stand still waiting for enemies' attack and counter them, instead you can always throw a shit tons of skills to them and press guard when you really need it. The longer skills cost more SP but grand you high damage-reduction and powerful enough to damage enemie's shield quicker than coop mode, some of them can even freeze enemies' movement for a brief time. And there's a chain system which reward you SP cost down if you do it right. AND the inactive character get a SP recovery boost. TL;DR The correct way is to stay solo most of the time as it's more efficient.
@@gnosis_gaming ive listened to the tracks there are some really high highs and lo2 lows as well. Just ashame because as shallow as this sounds ys music is what got me into th3 franchise to begin with. And trails was obviously the characters and stoey too but that music is starting to decline. Heres to hoping falcom doesnt necessarily copy their past acheivements in the osts but rise above them
@@gnosis_gaming Really? Is the language option Japanese or Korean? I didn’t know. I just got the Korean released ver (Japanese voice, Korean subtitle only). I thought that there is just Japanese version that only has Japanese, & Chinese version that also has Japanese language. Oh well as usual when Eng ver comes, I will buy it on Steam. I have all the Ys games on Steam. AFAIK, there is only 3 versions so far: 1. Japan with Japanese only 2. Chinese with Japanese option (Asia ver?) 3. Korea version with only Korean
I'm not sure which version to purchase -- I think the Chinese and Korean version come as a package, and it will display the language according to your Switch settings, but I haven't tried it myself@@hihellokitty85
Agreed! 10 is kind of like that :( but there are so many great things about it. 8 is perfect for me because I love starting off on the ship and being given the freedom to meet the whole cast. Then after the shipwreck, the game lets you go. 9 is super start and stop.
Adol feels heavier now... Great, another awesome series has been ruined. Adols lightspeed was always the reason why Ys is fantastic. It just fits so perfectly to the guitar shredding OST. And hearing your thoughts on the combat also reminds of the comment that Falcom made by saying Ys X has some Dark Souls inspired elements. *sighs* Just hoping the music kicks ass again, Xs IX was kinda dissapointing with its focus on orchestral sounds. Makes me wonder how NG+ will be? :/ Monstrum Nox was so bad by literally forcing you to unlock the whole city again! Doing side quests again, picking up these orbs again. BLEGH! Didn´t feel good compared to previous entries. Buying it anyways cuz I wanna see Feena again. And I wanna hear her play her harmonica again! 💕
The combat changes arnt that appealing to me, and the fact the playable rooster feels so limited might be a detriment to games length. The Hack and Slash of Ys 8 and 9 meant different playstyles and skills line-ups could make some really satisfying and powerful combos, now it feels like they have bottlenecked combat into making guarding as the only reliable to way to damage bosses.
Sounds like you haven't been playing Ys for very long then. Only Memories of Celceta, 7, 8 and 9 have had multiple playable characters and they all use the same engine. Before then Adol was the only playable character in the franchise. Besides that, I don't feel that having multiple playable characters really added all that much. Adol was still the best and most powerful character in the party-based Ys games. Only other character I actually did have some fun playing with was Dana in 8. I think it's actually a plus that the focus is more on fewer playable characters since with this they can focus on giving the combat more depth instead. I'd say huge parties were what actually started to bottleneck the combat in the first place. The difficulty dropped like a brick once they started the party-based games because rather than balancing the combat tightly around 1 or 2 characters, they had to dumb it down in general so every character could deal with it. And this is also why the most praised character action games are focused around 1 character or just a few. You should try beating Oath in Felghana on Nightmare or Inferno. Easily among the best boss battles in gaming in terms of actual gameplay experience. Fighting the bosses in that game is like walking a tightrope. You'll see why something like that can't be replicated in a combat system that focuses on many different party members.
Im not excited at all the last Ys sucked ass in my opinion especially the story lol. Combat will always be the same or tweaked to a insignificant measure so who cares about that aspect. I miss the actual adventuring i thought Dana was ok but it had gaps as well. Such as being forced to play a female character yeah I said it not everyone chooses VaGuyNa I wont apologize for not having a choice 99% of horny bastards share and judge others for not hive minding rofl. Educating people about basic jugements aside bottom line it will be whatever the game will be just like the rest of modern Ys and have half assed story and even less magic. Its like Diet disney it became bland. Maybe thats my fault for playing every Ys title or maybe they just dont try as hard anymore all i know is the magic is gone but i DO know quality has dropped. Obviously 99% of any fan base will disagree with an opinion like this but thats also how UA-cam content creators made Mediocrity a FUNCTIONAL standard. By having to share only positive things about products to ensure popularity it means no one can do no wrong unless you go against it and everyone likes the no responsibility standard because then you dont have to raid against the hive mind masses solo. But being cowards is also what enabled this never changing standard so just consider individualality dead lol and having market standards set by only the positive and the negative never coming to light. 1 sided opinions dont bring about balance things can always be improved and how can you see improvement in what has been almost 2 decades of stagnation in gaming in general? 🤣
Check out my video all about Ys X's ship mechanics!
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I only started playing this series at Ys 8, but the combat looks more interesting than 8/9 to me. Looking forward to trying it. Thanks for the preview!
I played all games and researched some lore about this series many years ago. So glad this is back
PS5 version looks like the best way to experience this.
It looks great on the PS5, but the Switch port is a big improvement over the Ys 8 and 9 ports
Switch versions of games stay holding back good games with downgraded development
looking foward to this game. gonna miss being able to roll and dash across the map though. will adol be able to swim in this game? because he couldn't in 9.
I'm approaching thirty hours and there's no swimming yet, but you can hoverboard over bodies of water.
That was something I also missed when 9 came out. They changed the roll a little bit
Looking forward to more videos on this series. I need to get to it at some point.
Sounds fun. Now just have to wait for a western release
Let's hope for a Western release date soon
Why do you people say Western When you live in one country?
@@DEPORT_nonWhites_or_KILL_them Well saying Western release implies that it will have language options that are not available in the Japanese or Chinese versions. So saying western release is a way to say the release that the rest of the world will be able to play
@@bluegrave4376 So the entire planet is the West?
@@bluegrave4376 is the entire planet the West?
I'm excited just to go on another adventure with Adol
I'm about 15 hours in now - I'll be making another video soon to talk more about the ship mechanics!
Thank you for the first impressions :)
My pleasure! I'll be producing Ys X content until the Western game is released, so please stick around, and let me know what you want to see!
Preordered this (YS X) and started playing day one. Unfortunately it’s disappointing! YS 8 is still the BEST of whole series ( I played origin, 2, 4, 7, 8, 9 n 10). Just bought YS8 PS5 physical disc for collection purpose even though I already have its PS4 deluxe digital n Switch cartridge versions.
I don't know yet if this one will top 8. In some ways I like X's combat more, and the switch version is prettier to look at. But I like how 8's story isn't too in the way.
@@gnosis_gaming I'm more than half way there to beat X. The new system is okay but the double guard-revenge part is almost invincible PLUS only two characters is kinda BORING =(
I quite like how Adol feels a bit heavier in this game. The combat feels more real. But I do miss a lot of other aspects about 8
@@gnosis_gaming @etzule6782 Yes, movement feels alright. BUT, the guarding sys is a big issue here, it blocks EVERYTHING WITHOUT losing any HP; unless you r surrounded by MANY enemies, it NEVER fade. It's especially INVINCIBLE during boss fight (i killed several secrets monsters while i was 35-45 levels LESS than them; as far as i keep guarding building revenge meter, then hit back during a long window; I'll win)... Plus the map n level design are super downgraded too, all flat n 2D like and MOST areas look the SAME since they r all islands. SAD!
What Ys game would you recommend after finishing 8? If 8 is the best, which one is the second best? I am nearing the end of 8 and looking for new one to play.
Oh God are we going back to Seiren isle? Please tell me they at least made the base defense arena larger I hated raids in lacrimosa of dana.
What about Ys X has you most excited?
Combat! But the boats look interesting
Combat and exploration, it's always interesting when JRPGs do more with the latter
Is the invisible walls still occurs alot in your current gameplay progress? This will ruin the exploration...
The invisible walls 'mostly' started to go away around 10-15 hours, when you get full control of the ship.
I have another video all about the ship, so you can check it out to see more
I'm totally excited about the new combat system, but I don't understand why you need skills in single player combat now.... For some reason I think the tenth game got some disappointing music. Maybe it's just me.
I VERY much enjoyed Karja, though. I really like that character a lot.
I sometimes just prefer playing as Adol because the combo skills can be a little too flashy sometimes, so I save them for emergencies.
Also if you use the combo skills they also use up Adol's individual SP gauge, but if you use his first then the combo SP gauge is still full.
@@gnosis_gaming Maybe I'm just too slow player. I don't have time to think about it too much. I just run alone until the enemy attacks, and then counterattack with powerful paired skills. In any case - it's a pleasure to play, and that's the main thing)
The are a lot of different approaches that work! I think this game is a bit more tactical than 8 and 9. @@sikasyan
These solo skills can be divided by cast time, the shorter skills (fast to cast and low cost) have almost none recovery time, you don't have to stand still waiting for enemies' attack and counter them, instead you can always throw a shit tons of skills to them and press guard when you really need it. The longer skills cost more SP but grand you high damage-reduction and powerful enough to damage enemie's shield quicker than coop mode, some of them can even freeze enemies' movement for a brief time. And there's a chain system which reward you SP cost down if you do it right. AND the inactive character get a SP recovery boost.
TL;DR The correct way is to stay solo most of the time as it's more efficient.
I usually only switch to Combo mode to break enemy shields@@niwatorijack5274
Nhaaa man, best Ys for me is the VI and it has one of the greater boss battle ost of all time, Ernst!
How’s the sailing and sea combat it doesn’t look great compared to like ac4 and what about those invisible walls hope there isn’t a frequent issue
The invisible walls eventually go away, but it takes a while.
Hoping for the music to be as good as ys8 but im holding my breath ... as in not happening
Well, it's hard to beat Ys 8. So far the music of Ys 10 is very piratey.
@@gnosis_gaming ive listened to the tracks there are some really high highs and lo2 lows as well.
Just ashame because as shallow as this sounds ys music is what got me into th3 franchise to begin with. And trails was obviously the characters and stoey too but that music is starting to decline.
Heres to hoping falcom doesnt necessarily copy their past acheivements in the osts but rise above them
Which Ys game has the best soundtrack?
you're playing as adolf?
Hi, for the Switch, did you get the Asia ver? I heard there is Chinese & Korean ver? I studied & can read Korean. PLMK. Thanks!
It looks like the Chinese version also has language settings for Korean, but I haven't tried it!
Wait, so there are other translations, but not English? I'll never understand Falcom's translation policy...
@@gnosis_gaming Really? Is the language option Japanese or Korean? I didn’t know. I just got the Korean released ver (Japanese voice, Korean subtitle only). I thought that there is just Japanese version that only has Japanese, & Chinese version that also has Japanese language. Oh well as usual when Eng ver comes, I will buy it on Steam. I have all the Ys games on Steam.
AFAIK, there is only 3 versions so far:
1. Japan with Japanese only
2. Chinese with Japanese option (Asia ver?)
3. Korea version with only Korean
I'm not sure which version to purchase -- I think the Chinese and Korean version come as a package, and it will display the language according to your Switch settings, but I haven't tried it myself@@hihellokitty85
I guess the English localization takes longer? Hm :/ @@Gnidel
One thing I didn't like about 9 was I felt like It took soooo long to get going. The begining felt like a slog compared to 8
Agreed! 10 is kind of like that :( but there are so many great things about it. 8 is perfect for me because I love starting off on the ship and being given the freedom to meet the whole cast. Then after the shipwreck, the game lets you go. 9 is super start and stop.
Is there a way to change it to english?
Not yet :(
So Switch preformance is better than in it predecessor ?
Much, much better! Though it does have its moments when it struggles.
Adol feels heavier now... Great, another awesome series has been ruined.
Adols lightspeed was always the reason why Ys is fantastic.
It just fits so perfectly to the guitar shredding OST.
And hearing your thoughts on the combat also reminds of the comment that Falcom made by saying Ys X has some Dark Souls inspired elements.
*sighs*
Just hoping the music kicks ass again, Xs IX was kinda dissapointing with its focus on orchestral sounds.
Makes me wonder how NG+ will be? :/
Monstrum Nox was so bad by literally forcing you to unlock the whole city again!
Doing side quests again, picking up these orbs again. BLEGH!
Didn´t feel good compared to previous entries.
Buying it anyways cuz I wanna see Feena again.
And I wanna hear her play her harmonica again! 💕
So far I wouldn't put it over 8, but I am enjoying it more than 9 😁
The combat changes arnt that appealing to me, and the fact the playable rooster feels so limited might be a detriment to games length. The Hack and Slash of Ys 8 and 9 meant different playstyles and skills line-ups could make some really satisfying and powerful combos, now it feels like they have bottlenecked combat into making guarding as the only reliable to way to damage bosses.
Sounds like you haven't been playing Ys for very long then. Only Memories of Celceta, 7, 8 and 9 have had multiple playable characters and they all use the same engine. Before then Adol was the only playable character in the franchise.
Besides that, I don't feel that having multiple playable characters really added all that much. Adol was still the best and most powerful character in the party-based Ys games. Only other character I actually did have some fun playing with was Dana in 8. I think it's actually a plus that the focus is more on fewer playable characters since with this they can focus on giving the combat more depth instead. I'd say huge parties were what actually started to bottleneck the combat in the first place. The difficulty dropped like a brick once they started the party-based games because rather than balancing the combat tightly around 1 or 2 characters, they had to dumb it down in general so every character could deal with it. And this is also why the most praised character action games are focused around 1 character or just a few.
You should try beating Oath in Felghana on Nightmare or Inferno. Easily among the best boss battles in gaming in terms of actual gameplay experience. Fighting the bosses in that game is like walking a tightrope. You'll see why something like that can't be replicated in a combat system that focuses on many different party members.
Looks good
I hate the combat system in this new one. Not for me at all so upset they went this route with the series.
I think the combat was better earlier in the game, because the paired combat with Adol and Carja is a bit overpowered
"It could be downright beautiful to look at" as you show some hideous 20 year old looking character model with low res gradient sky and water.
I love the character models 🤣 The color palette is also vibrant and quiet nice to look at. I'm a sucker for seascapes and crystal beaches.
Im not excited at all the last Ys sucked ass in my opinion especially the story lol. Combat will always be the same or tweaked to a insignificant measure so who cares about that aspect. I miss the actual adventuring i thought Dana was ok but it had gaps as well. Such as being forced to play a female character yeah I said it not everyone chooses VaGuyNa I wont apologize for not having a choice 99% of horny bastards share and judge others for not hive minding rofl. Educating people about basic jugements aside bottom line it will be whatever the game will be just like the rest of modern Ys and have half assed story and even less magic. Its like Diet disney it became bland. Maybe thats my fault for playing every Ys title or maybe they just dont try as hard anymore all i know is the magic is gone but i DO know quality has dropped. Obviously 99% of any fan base will disagree with an opinion like this but thats also how UA-cam content creators made Mediocrity a FUNCTIONAL standard. By having to share only positive things about products to ensure popularity it means no one can do no wrong unless you go against it and everyone likes the no responsibility standard because then you dont have to raid against the hive mind masses solo. But being cowards is also what enabled this never changing standard so just consider individualality dead lol and having market standards set by only the positive and the negative never coming to light. 1 sided opinions dont bring about balance things can always be improved and how can you see improvement in what has been almost 2 decades of stagnation in gaming in general? 🤣
Which Ys was your favorite?
I'm sure the story will be cringe. I'll just skip the dialog.
The characters are pretty good so far though
Which Ys games did you play @trollingisasport
@@diogenes3300 Basically all of them.
@@trollingisasport did you skipped the story in all of them?
@@yass3425 No. I the only one that I had to skip was 9. It just became too much of cringefest. The other ones were somewhat tolerable.
This looks like a boring mobile game, no idea why there is any hype.
I also love games that have a base
There's something cozy about it!