Ys Origin

A fun action RPG to relax and unwind with. Not terribly difficult but with lots of bang for your buck. The music is incredible.

It can be very tough and a little grindy at times but if you're looking for a fun ARPG with different characters and slightly branching paths Ys Origins is great.

One of my favorite Ys games! The story is simple but straight forward, while being one of the most developed in the series. There is decent replay value, whether you want to change the difficulty or try one of the 3 playable characters. There are multiple difficulty levels, so you can play it on easier difficulties to experience the game casually or on harder difficulties if you want to pull your hair out. Finally, the music is quite memorable and will likely find myself coming back just to listen to certain stages themes.

I will probably find myself coming back to this game like comfort food!

Ys - It's in the books.

I really like this game. I only played Yunica... and on easy, cause guess what? There are a lot of Ys games to go through and I am committed to playing all of them.

I loved the music, story telling, gameplay, art, lore and leveling system. All simple but very effective. Yes, I looked up the stories for Hugo and 3rd char. VERY INTERESTING STUFF. Also teared up a ton playing Yunica so I felt satisfied with that route, though it is not canon. I wish I had the patience to play the game two more times and experience the other routes, but man I just don't see it happening. Maybe I will come back in the future, but probably not lol. There are some great reddit threads that summarize that info.

To more Ys games and the English version of Ys X coming out soon!

A really nice Action-RPG. Takes about 11 hours to play through.

This was my first time playing one of the Ys games. I'd assumed that they were JRPG's like Final Fantasy, Dragon Quest and the like but this is closer to Secret of Mana or Zelda in that they are more action-orientated.

Structurely it isn't like those, as this game takes place in one large muli-level tower. There isn't a sprawling map, it's very linear. You'll frequently meet forks in the road that never go too far to keep track of.

Combat gets a bit spammy and can sometimes devolve into just spamming your attack, flailing your weapon but I found it fun in its simplicity for the most part. You also get some special attacks that you can use consistently and are quite important for dealing with specific enemy types.

I played through the game on Normal (default) difficulty, and while that was a little on the easy side, I still found the challenge engaging and sufficient, I didn't stall anywhere for very long. I might go a difficulty level higher next time I try a Ys game. You have the option to grind XP if you are struggling, but I never found myself needing to do this on Normal difficulty. I made sure to kill everything on every screen and collect every item, which kept my character at a sufficient strength.

The story is well done, I thought. I mean, It's anime aimed at teenagers with a larger than life fantasy plot but the writing wasn't annoying me like most other anime would. It has some of the sillyness and cliches that come with anime but it at least tries to take itself seriously and doesn't get frequently silly (fair share of cliches though).

The one thing I did know about Ys before playing, was it's music. I accidentally stumbled upon some Ys MP3's decades ago and I've been listening to music from the series since. While the music isn't flawless or anything, it's energetic, moody, fun, romantic. It's livelier pieces almost remind me of some of the Shmups from the Genesis. This series is somewhat known for their tunes, many of which reappear across multiple Ys games, usually redone with new versions.

So yeah, good solid action-RPG! I enjoyed it enough that I'm certainly going to be exploring more of these Ys games.

An excellent addition to the YS franchise, this games story is very interesting. The gameplay is fast and fun. Also very easy to learn. The graphics are pretty good, but what's really outstanding is the soundtrack. The music for this game is so amazing, it even rivals Final Fantasy in terms of soundtrack quality. Highly recommened.

Story is simple but it gets the job done. The characters & music are great. It’s a great prequel to Ys I + II & I recommend it to anyone who’s into Action RPGS!

It's not terrible, but it doesn't really do anything well enough to be worth playing.

The artstyle and OST are good, as expected from Falcom.
The setting is quite boring tho, as it's just a tower. Each section does change themes, so they don't look all exactly the same, but it doesn't feel varied enough.

Combat lacks feedback: whether you get hit or hit an enemy there's not impact, which feels really unsatisfying and can get confusing as you can die without noticing you took damage.
The bosses are decent in design and challenging enough; some do have frustrating moments but they are not too bad.

There's 3 character you can play as; I finished the game with the first, Yunica, and then up to the second to last boss with the second character, Hugo. Didn't try the third.
The characters play differently, Yunica mainly has melee attacks and Hugo only has ranged ones. They also have different stories, but they follow the same path through the dungeon.

The stories themselves are not bad, but also not interesting enough to support the game.

This game is tendinitis inducing. Why the fuck would you not add a "hold to attack option"? I would like to continue playing but my thum is hurting. The plot is fine and curious enough and the characters are cool and well written. The bosses are also fine and well designed. But the auto attack needing you to mash buttons is just to bad for me to recommend the game.

It's a little old and janky but the overall loop and story are so much fun to experience. There are moments of grinding but they are not so bad as each level gives you a large jump in power.

Princess Tiffany's review is pretty good. This will mostly echo that.

Pros:
+Decent music with a blend of remixes and original songs
+Almost pure action hack n slash gameplay at the height of Ys
+All 3 characters have vastly different playstyles, though Hugo is kind of easy mode
+Good story and does Ys lore far better than the other Ys games
+Game forces you to get good by the end but prepares you for it. Towards the end bullet hell genre elements are thrown in with the hack n slash elements really amping it to 11

Neutral
=Some grinding
=Can out level bosses making them too easy. Not a negative at all, just even one level can take a boss from blisteringly difficult to "wow that was easy"
=No town. Would of strongly preferred a small encampment for realism/immersion.

Cons:
-Need at least 2 playthroughs for the cannon story (guy with claws), and most of the 2nd+ playthrough is going to be a bit of a slog
-A lot of "What the F do I do" moments that make it challenging without a walkthrough. Not as obtuse as Ys 1+2 but you could still spend hours stuck on a single part before you figure it out without a walkthrough

It's pure unadulterated 95% action at the peak of Ys series before it got bogged down in RPG and party mechanics - there isn't even a town, which actually is a tiny bit of a negative. I would've liked an encampment next to the tower or something just for immersion.

The real thing that surprised me is how good and emotional the story gets in Yunica's playthrough starting halfway through. It is connected with the gameplay in a fantastic way too.

Keep in mind people are referring to this being grindy compared to other Ys and single player action games - if you've played MMOs before this is not grindy at all.

what do you mean this ys game has three characters and none of them was awakened by a cute girl