Best Ys game

[Asuma Minamoto]

I know alot of people may disagree with me here but I like Memories of Celceta better than ys 8. I have played ys 8 on ps4 but for some reason I just can't get into the characters and story. I find them great on moc and it really keeps me engaged on playing the game.

Just out of curiosity what are your favorite Ys games and why?

[Fangz]

everyone has there own opinion i prefer Ys VI: The Ark of Napishtim i kind like the elvies girls (i know that not what they are) Ys VI: The Ark of Napishtim is actully little like ys lacrimosa in the way its starts off boat crushes and end up on a beach

[Aletheia]

Originally posted by Fangz:

everyone has there own opinion i prefer Ys VI: The Ark of Napishtim i kind like the elvies girls (i know that not what they are) Ys VI: The Ark of Napishtim is actully little like ys lacrimosa in the way its starts off boat crushes and out up on beach

Adol is actually extra familiar with boats.

[Doomlord]

My personal favorites are I & II (Eternal/Complete in particular) and Dawn of Ys.
I just love the insane speed of the bump combat. I & II have my favorite story in the whole saga and Dawn, despite being fanfiction, just feels like it was made by people who loved the first two games to death (something Origin failed to capture in my opinion). I also adore the insane amount of little details they put into Eternal/Complete. No other Ys game since has come even remotely close to that.

[Cake]

I agree this was more enjoyable than YS 8

[nelvus]

Celceta is pretty much the weakest entry in the series, but to each their own.

My personal favorite is Oath in Felghana. Has great level and monster design with a lot of variety and arguably the best soundtrack in the series.

[Soulmancer]

Oath was an incredible remake of what was considered the weakest in the original series. Origin was awesome but felt to be the most linear in the series, even if they are all pretty linear. I enjoyed mask of the sun and dawn of ys so I expected to like the remake, but meh. I was disappointed. Haven't play ys 8 yet but I intend to after the patching is done.

[nelvus]

Yes, the original Ys3 is the weakest in the series. They went with a whole new formula, making it a side scrolling action game. Too bad it had weak mechanics and level design.
Good thing is that they didn't repeat this mistake with the later entries.

Origin was more linear, sure, but they did refine the mechanics a bit, and had a better story. Also, Feena!
I wish they'd make another Ys that would feature the twin goddesses.

Regarding Ys8, they're pretty much done with patching it. Doubt they'll do any other updates, but the game is in great shape, so you might as well just dive in.
Gameplay and storywise, it's better than Celceta and Seven (though that's not saying much).

[Gnidex]

I love Origin specifically for linearity. I love mechanics of Ys games, but I don't like RPG fat, so I wasn't pleased with direction of Seven and Celceta. Thankfully 8 went back to less RPG fat and more metroidvania exploration with awesome combat mixed with platforming. And my favorite part of VIII was Dana's optional dungeon, it was so Origin-like...

My order:
1. Ys VIII Lacrimosa of Dana
2. Ys Origin
3. Ys Oath in Felghana
4. Ys VI The Ark of Naphitism
5. Ys Memories of Celceta
6. Ys Seven
7. Ys 1
8. Ys V: Kefin Lost Kingdom of Sand
9. Ys 2

[Mr Fantastic]

Ys 8 is better story wise but this one is way better on the looks and scenarios, I wish Ys8 looked like this, this one seems like a real evolution of the original Ys graphically, Ys8 looks like one of those dumb modern RPGs with lame animesque graphics

[Ǵ̶͓̂͑lí̴̤̀̄́tcĥ̸]

Haven't played 8 yet but Celceta is superior to 7 for me by far, mostly because it's essentially the same but it looks better and the mechanics are smoother. Neither game has the best music in the series so they're about the same for me (7 might edge it out due to themes like Person Who Brings End though - and of course Don't Go Smoothly, although the 1&2 PCE version of that track dumps all over every other iteration of it). I don't really like the whole attack type vs attack weakness thing that sort of forces you to swap characters in combat though - not because it's a bad mechanic but because it slows down the combat quite a bit, and Ys is about that fast paced crazy combat. 7 and Celceta sort of suffer as a result of that design imo, and I can imagine 8 is no different in that regard.

That being said, my favorite(s) would be a toss up between Origins and Oath. Those games are basically flawless for me ...although Oath has a couple horrible bosses on Nightmare ... like Gyalva, ugh... so that alongside some more story elements in Origins might put Origins ahead of Oath. But...it lacks Adol (aside from boss rush) and that's a big thing for me in an Ys game.

[haaa]

Either Felghana or Origin, Naphitism is colse third.

I like almost all Ys games, but I can't really say I love any other Ys game other than those three, Dana was pretty close to breaking that, but the busywork fetch quests and the annoying party system just killed it for me.

[JH1000]

I think the only good Ys games are Oath in Felghana, Origins and maybe Napishtim. As expected, that's also what most people here named as their favourites.

The earlier titles are just classic examples of outdated and mostly bad game design, and anything after Origins is simply an absolutely unexceptional modern JRPG where 90% of the gameplay consists either of killing absolutely braindead trashmobs or of otherwise performing utterly monotonous tasks, like farming materials from harvest points or completing uninteresting quests which consist either of killing yet another braindead trashmob (or multiple ones) or of boring fetch quests. The story, writing and characters are as bad as in every other JRPG as well and the world is ultimately absolutely empty. It's just a collection of areas with nothing to do and a few monsters running around.

Origins, Felghana and Napisthim also have laughable stories, writing and characters, but the gameplay is at least unique and engaging. The parts between the boss fights are short and there is actual exploration and puzzles in the dungeons. In the newer Ys titles, you do absolutely nothing between the boss fights. You run from point A to B and talk to a few people. Not even the dungeons have anything to do. Yet again, you either run to the miniboss and beat it, get your new item, then run to the boss, or you go to the miniboss, beat it and then collect slabs to open the boss door, then run to the boss. While the dungeons in Oath, Felghana and Napishtim are also not mind-blowing at all, at least you had to do SOMETHING in them beyond pressing the button for character specific actions in some parts (which btw is an absolute joke mechanic: having to switch to a specific character for one second just to press a button adds NOTHING to the gameplay.)

Overall the three games mentioned above were esentially arcade games with RPG elements instead of formulaic, soulless 20xx JRPGs, and they were mostly well designed.

I have played through all of the Ys games released so far and got every achievement, but I can't say I enjoyed Ys Seven to 8. It's just a matter of completion at this point, I guess. I did enjoy the old titles, but they are by no means good.

[Fangz]

good grapths dont alway make good rpg nothing wrong old styple rpgs

[WEF CENSORSHIP 2030 FTW!!!]

Everything got too easy after Origins. So i'm kinda losing the interest in the saga. No challenge and more Mainstream/DLC models really put me off. The same happened with Trails of Cold Steel. Ys Seven Music was great though. Nightmare mode turned into Easy mode.

Oath In Felghana has the BEST OST.

[Karnma]

To me, the best Ys game should be Origin. Here the reasons why:
*Nostalgic factor: I jumped into the series with Origin because, well, it said origin so i must be the first game chronologically. Back then i only had a very crappy computer so this is the only game i can play. I'm not sure how i would rank this reason cuz playing the game after 6 years apart and it still feels fresh
1.Gameplay: have to say after playing Origin, the combat and movement in this game feel smoother to me in comparison to Oath and Ark tho not by a whole lot.
2.Music: nothing beats the prologue theme, Feena's theme and Genesis beyond the begining except the bird boss's theme in 7.
3.Story: you get a lot of story in this game. I say more than other entries. Also Origin actually has a sequel so the story makes much more sense to me.
The second favorite game should be Oath or Chronicles. Cant decide that yet.