"Chronicles has everything an Ys game should: Excellent music, fast action, and great boss fights. Allow me to tell you again about the music – I cannot stop listening to it. I am listening to it as I type this. The music is that good. The rest of the game may not be up to levels of Oath or Seven, but the game is an overall decent time and a great recommendation for Ys fans. For everyone else, it’s a quick, fun game to play with a good challenge level, provided you are open to exploration."
-Russ Ritchey
COG writes: As Ys IX: Monstrum Nox for the PS4 has now arrived we thought it's the perfect time to rank the 8 Ys games of the series from the worst to the best.
Ys: Memories of Calceta was the best Vita game I have ever played. It was perfect on that system.
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.
This month the feature looks back on the handheld ports of the first two games in the Ys series.
This is exciting. I'm a huge fan of JRPGs, and I'm happy to hear the praise associated with this one.
Never got into the Ys series, despite being told I'd love it...
my psp is just too packed with rpgs lately ..i really need some time to try these "chronicles"
This game brings back memories. I had it on the TG16 CD, and later bought the remake for PC. The PC version was called Ys I & II Complete. It allowed players to switch to the original soundtrack, which is argubly one of greatest underrated video game soundtrack for it's time. For the old schoolers, lets hope the PSP version has this option.