It's rare for timing to be this important in an RPG.
And it's rare for a game to use amnesia as an interesting gameplay mechanic instead of just a storytelling crutch. Ys: Memories of Celceta calls on the series' long history, but it builds out from there, transforming into something familiar but fresh.
It deserves to be played right now, not reserved for the history books.
Originally released back on the PS Vita in 2012, the HD remaster can still be forgiven for having very basic looking graphics, as back then that was all the little handheld console could master. However, with a sprinkle of magic developer dust, Falcom have at least tried to bring it up to modern-day standards, but visually at least, it still falls a little short.
Ys Memories of Celceta is now on PlayStation 4! It's an adventure not easily forgotten. Max checks out this Vita port to the PS4 to see if it still stands up.
COG writes: What we have in Ys: Memories of Celceta is a game that has dated graphics and an okay presentation, but phenomenal music and gameplay. This is one of the finest action JRPGs I’ve ever had the pleasure of playing.
Another great entry into the series I'm kinda shocked that if Ys Origin of all games is on consoles why cant see Oath in Felgana and 7 among others.
GOTY
Great so far, 1,832 wilted flowers later...
I'm not complaining the score, it's a good score of course, but i agree with some commenter about "How can you write an Ys review and not mention its excellent soundtrack?"
Every single review for YS games that i read always put a big nod to the soundtrack. But polygon reviewew not mention one bit of the excellent soundtrak.
Also, how the hell the reviewer can said YS combat is sluggish? -_-
Oh well, it's polygon.