Today Nihon Falcom released new screenshots and details of its upcoming JRPG Ys X: Nordics, including the reveal of new characters and mechanics.
Despite its flaws, Ys X is still a really fun game and one of the better Ys games. But new players would be better off starting with VIII.
As a whole, it looks like they are simplifying everything from the previous 3 games. Which is both a good and a bad thing.
Good because it has become very clear that they were bloating the games with side-plots which left a lot of characters underdeveloped. But bad because it also crept it the gameplay and Ys was not particularly mechanic-extensive to begin with.
The graphic bit is a tad curious. Ys is not visually impressive looking mostly like some sort of a highly polished PS3 game. So having to tone down the visuals further is odd. Maybe it's to better fit the Switch? As the previous games are also known to run poorly on the console.
Today Nihon Falcom released a trailer and a commercial for its upcoming action JRPG Ys X: Nordics, showing its characters and more.
It looks awesome. I don't like the fact that the story is moving backward by giving us a younger version of Adol just to appease to the children demographic of the Switch though.
Not only that, it happens right after Ys 1+2, so he isn't even called an adventurer yet.
Definitely looks like they are starting to get an increased budget. They have my attention.
There's still lots of games coming in 2023, check out this list of Japanese games to look out for in the second half of the year!
I can't wait for Ys X, I don't think it will be localized this year however. Hopefully Q1 2024.
Anonymous;Code being #1 obviously after 9 years of development. Everyone's been waiting for that!