#theres like. so few ppl in the tags for these games. hiiii ys fans ive only been playing one a year but i prommy im working through them

[olberic]

ok so. memories of celceta.

overall plot was pretty good, the whole “eldeel gives hints out to further humanity’s progress” was a fun concept, i liked the glimpse into the whole system there with the acolytes and leeza’s role in it, it was a fun fantasy concept that was interesting for the ys world imo. liked the standard “defy fate, write your own history” theme, if it was a bit heavyhanded. gameplay was as fun as the other ys games; as usual i played the quick piercing character and the brawler the most.

im really glad that this game continued to make me like adol. if i didnt like the protagonist for the series then i wouldnt want to play it yknow. and ik hes kept intentionally kind of generic but once again his excitable nature and love for rushing in to find more info has endeared me to him. ive only played viii and ix so it was fun to get flirty options w guys in this one too even though its an older game in comparison to those. i really liked that this is the game where he formally started considering himself an adventurer and that it was still while he was so young and early in his journey, i believe ix is rather late in the chronology so it was a fun change to go from that to this. also the parallels of the infamous adol in ix getting his list of imperial crimes read to him vs fresh faced adventurer adol in this one wandering blindly into places and getting called on things he didnt do.

HUGE fan of duren. easily my fave character in this game. i tend to like the brawler characters in jrpgs anyways but man was it a really nice touch to also have him be an info broker, a lockpick, the guy w secrets, a magic user, the type to be susceptible to compliments and doe eyes, a spy, AND the protagonist’s knight in shining armour. i always prioritized him for upgrades so he was always in my active party hehe. i do wish he got more development though after we learn his secrets, i feel like we couldve had more fun w this already great character.

i got ozma before karna (exploration wise) and i honestly liked his story. i thought the twist of the secret he set out to learn was well handled, and didnt quite follow the conventional storyline id expect for that character archetype. big fan of him being a fantasy horse girl btw. ppl mentioned animals and he was like wow… animals… and i liked how he was quiet until he had something to call someone out on. he ended up somehow way overpowered in the middle section of the game and i used him to get thru like 40% of the bosses.

karna’s story was… okay. i thought the whole siblings thing was nice, but ultimately needed more room to develop that story after the late game reveal. i played her a lotttttt and having the ranged person have throwing knives was cool. i wish she didnt suffer from “girl w terrible stats so the player has to give her every stat boosting elixir and item” syndrome but alas. she was my best character by the end of the game!

calilica was fun for her beef w duren and the “fine ill bite” scene BUT i reallyyyy wanted more of her and leeza… she didnt get much of her own storyline or any character development and i think an opportunity was missed in having her get a few extra scenes when all the eldeel stuff was going on :-(

frieda was fun to play but unfortunately lacklustre as a character. this game kind of did its women dirty in plot opportunities im not gonna lie. wouldve been nice to give her more character and backstory outside of “has an ex fiance we won’t bring up again and maybe likes duren?” since her role as an accomplished warrior and explorer and messenger and scout couldve been something to bond with adol about as. yknow. thats adol’s entire deal too. but alas at least her skills ruled and she was strong as hell

hmmm otherwise i thought the quests were good, i liked the animal interaction hehehe but im kinda peeved it needs a second playthrough to finish all the achievements. more than anything i really enjoyed it as an ys game and as a change from dragon age as the only series ive been playing for the last. guh. six months. im gonna be on my jrpg grind for a while to make up for what a slog those were.

overall my least fave of the 3 ys games ive played so far, BUT! ☝️duren’s my second fave character rn for them behind dana who i will never ever shut up about. as mentioned the blue themed characters havent missed once yet