CFD!'s Nate Andrews takes a look at the soundtracks of three more this week, starting with the indie PC title, Blueberry Garden:
"(Soundtrack Spotlight is a weekly CFD! feature devoted to all things VGM. Every week we celebrate the best in game music, highlight new releases and forgotten tracks, and bring you the best in auditory awesomeness.)
"I could gush at length about how everyone should buy the wrongfully overlooked Blueberry Garden and experience its deceptively simple gameplay and dynamic environment, but our own Scott Thompson has already addressed this urgent matter in his review of the game from last year.
"Instead, we’ll focus solely on one very important part of the Blueberry Garden experience. The music in Blueberry Garden was actually originally composed by a UK artist known as Daduk, though these relatively dour piano tracks are a consistent complement to the quasi-mysterious, almost lonesome feeling one gets when exploring the Garden."
Ys series producer Kondo talks about the series' past, and the upcoming Ys X in this interview commemorating the series' 35th anniversary.
I hope 10 is more like 8 or previous games . 9 wasn’t bad and had some good elements but the zones were annoying to have to clear enough orbs for points to get to next zone . Unnecessary imo. Combat was fun and story was ok but it wasn’t as good as 8 7 6 etc . It’s still one of my favorite franchises . Just bought Ys Book 1&2 on DS . I have the Turbo Grafx 16 copy also .
VGChartz's Adam Cartwright: "The PSP was blessed with multiple entries and this support continued onto the Vita, with remakes, ports, and a brand new title releasing over the course of the handheld’s life. It made the franchise a perfect choice for this series of articles, because although the series' future definitely isn’t on Sony’s handhelds at this point, it still had some brilliant representation over the past 12 years.
So in this article I’ll be looking back at a history of the franchise on Sony’s handhelds, from its origins on the PSP right through the latest release on Vita, with an emphasis on the quality of the ports to the handhelds as well as any sales figures that are available, alongside a conclusion of how well the franchise has done on the platforms."
Oath at Fhelgana, Seven, Memories of Celceta and Lacrimosa of Dana are amazing games. I adore the Ys series, and Adol is one of my favorite JRPG characters ever.
The new PC port of Ys SEVEN, a tried-and-tested PSP RPG from 2009, is relatively bare-bones but makes the game more accessible than ever.
The classicalness of Blueberry Garden is gorgeous, but I love the friendly fun/calmness of Ilomilo's tracks. :)
I can't play Blueberry Garden... Stupid Mac.
...but this makes me want to give it a second look.
nothing that propelled me into trying to go out & play it, the music is amazing though so thanks for bringing this to light!
The game's music was too indie/emo for me. Very uninteresting. (PIANO UNORIGINAL)