{"id":3758,"date":"2021-02-15T20:59:58","date_gmt":"2021-02-15T20:59:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/slateman.net\/blog\/?p=3758"},"modified":"2021-02-15T20:59:58","modified_gmt":"2021-02-15T20:59:58","slug":"ys-ix-returning-to-adol","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/slateman.net\/blog\/archives\/3758","title":{"rendered":"Ys IX – Returning To Adol!"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"<\/a>I recently updated Game Completion Lists<\/a> with one of my favorite series ever: Ys<\/b>. As I purchased the ninth numbered installment (but hardly #10 overall), the Italian store clerk had to go into the back to retrieve a copy as it was not present on store shelves. He commented on how I was the first person to come in to purchase the game – and it had been out over a week at that stage.<\/p>\n

But I don’t particularly care that the series remains a niche franchise. It’s still simply fantastic. Unfortunately, the game’s early hours left me longing – as it felt like a double-A Playstation 2 game. I didn’t care for the characters as quickly as I had in prior installments. But as my fifth hour passed, I realized this game surpassed the gameplay of all past entries. New skills opened up higher areas and the game became less flat than ever. Additionally, I’ve been playing most Ys<\/b> games in the last 10-15 years on handhelds. Sure, I played Ys Origins<\/a> on the PS4 – but that was a port of an older title. On the big screen, this game isn’t the prettiest, but the PS5 gives me super-fast load times and the series’ soundtrack is traditional in its excellence. <\/p>\n

As I struggle with actually completing Ys games<\/a>, it remains to be seen if Ys IX<\/b> will retain my gaming gaze. For now, however, I’m thoroughly enjoying it. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

I recently updated Game Completion Lists with one of my favorite series ever: Ys. As I purchased the ninth numbered installment (but hardly #10 overall), the Italian store clerk had to go into the back to retrieve a copy as it was not present on store shelves. He commented on how I was the first […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[12,4,31],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3758","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-best-worst","category-games","category-ys"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/slateman.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3758","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/slateman.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/slateman.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/slateman.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/slateman.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3758"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/slateman.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3758\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3760,"href":"https:\/\/slateman.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3758\/revisions\/3760"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/slateman.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3758"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/slateman.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3758"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/slateman.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3758"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}