- Ys X Nordics Brings a Refreshing Approach to the Seas
- Genre: JRPGMode: Single PlayerDeveloper: Falcom3 years later after the release of Ys IX, Adol is back once more with impressive visuals and enhanced battle mechanics!This time, his love for sailing, sand and clear blue sea takes him to the Nordic world.Giving a fresh sense of tranquilty to explore a whole new paradise!Not only that, it now caters difficulty ranging from beginners to hardcore gamers with a selectable mode from Easy, Normal, Hard, Nightmare and even Inferno mode!With mesmerising seascape views and good looking anime like characters, coupled with beautiful cut scenes, you would enjoy every second of the game.But alas, your first voyage out in the open sea, you are immediately greeted by Viking pirates.Unbeknownst to you, an unknown force will soon bind you and a girl who will be with you for the rest of the game later.
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Story
After completing his adventures in the Ancient Kingdom of Ys, the young adventurer Adol Christin encounters a maritime people known as Normans in this new land.
Who are they?
And who are the Griegers, immortal undead who attack humans...?Game Play
The game includes various cute portions for you can pet cats and dogs.Village exploration is convenient with comprehensive map, shops, and plenty of NPCs to engage with.Bulletin board has bunch of mundane side-quests that if you want to pad more time to the game play.CraftingWeapon crafting offers plenty of upgrade options using tools and raw materials that you pick up in battle or treasures found while roaming.Spirit Front navigate through grids of these fields and alternating turns.
RPG elements is magecraft workshop allows you to upgrade characters in variety of ways.Obtain passive abilities, learn new sword stances Iori and unlock new mechanics.Access skills trees for Eori and his servants.After unlocking skills tree and upgrader from anywhere.Dismantle access weapons unused for Iori and use parts to upgrade weapons in workshop.Also use workshop to get more XP through mini games, sword maintenance, buddha statue carving will gain.
Gilgamesh is part of the important plot. As well as Miyamoto Mushashi.Gilgamesh will give side quest to carve a statue of him as there isn't one in the world.
UpgradesTrunkAccumulate EXP and automatically raise a predetermined status as you level up.Your skill tree also known as Branch, let's you use mana points to unlock levels in a vertical cell and will show skills unlockable within your depth level.Sort of like diving into the sea!Each heroes unique special abilities can be leveled up, an example for Adol is where his Raid Slash skill strength and break limit can be increased.Strength is the damage dealt to enemies and Break is the amount of force deal to trigger a stun or fall state on enemies.
BattleWhile roaming in the sea, get to steer your ship and use canons simultaneously to keep Greegers (pirates) away from your beloved ship Sandras!But once you ram into one, the battle starts on the enemy ship, and that's where the rewarding action begins!Fight furiously to triump and get rare items for treasure chests on board!Adol and Karia can both perform a conjoined attack to stagger enemies when R2 is held down but at the expense of agility.Also you can swap between Adol and Karia at a moment's notice for seamless combat.It's so satisfying that you can leverage on this duo makes it slower but far more impactful and can confuse a single enemy as they won't be confused who to fight.Features
- Surf in the sea and sands together with your side-kick
- Sail the seas in big viking ships
- Evolutionary multi-leveling skill tree upgrade system
- Cross attack enemies with special duo attacks
- Challenging big boss fights
ConclusionAs of this writing is based on the Japanese version and there is no English version for this game.
Some naming or words may be different from future release of the English game.
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Date: 24-Oct-24