Why I Loved Ys Seven
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- čas přidán 14. 06. 2024
- Why I Loved YS Seven
I can't get enough of the Ys Series, and I made it my mission for this year to play not only Ys VI and Monstrum Nox, but also Ys Seven!
And it's fair to say it delivered on everything I expect from the Ys Series!
Like Ark of Napishtim, Ys Seven was a soft reboot of the Series changing up the formula on the gameplay front. It's the first game that utilised the group based style that many modern Ys fans will be familiar with, but that doesn't necessarily mean that it's clunky as a result!
If you're curious about the Ys Series, or wondering what Ys game you should start with, hopefully this might give you the push you need to dive in to Falcom's longrunning stalwart.
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Music Used
Ys Seven OST - Being Slow on the Waves
Ys Seven OST - To Reveal the Way to Go
Ys Seven OST - Road to Solitary Death
Ys Seven OST - Mother Earth Altago
Ys Seven OST - Vacant Interference
Ys Seven OST - Lost Harmony Among People
Ys Seven OST - Disappearance of Reason
Ys Seven OST - Innocent Primeval Breaker
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The other Ys game that I played before diving in to Monstrum Nox - it's another good one (surprise surprise)!
Another suprrise you use the enter key on the number pad your a monster
Have you played Ys 1 & 2? I don't see any review on it.
@@alumlovescake I'm still living in the 90's!
man the opining is just AMAZING , you might like the full version too :D
i just smashed my toe on the corner of the wall, it hurts.
i beat the game without knowing that flash guard existed
same here
I completed the game twice, back in 2012 and 2020 which i was playing on nightmare without even know flash guarding was possible since i thought that mechanic was introduced in Memories of Celceta, man that 2nd playthrough was really rough lol
dang! I thought I'm the only one.. LOL just finished the game recently
i tried this game on hard on psp and i remember the first boss being a severe damage sponge and doing massive damage, like he killed you in 2 or 3 hits and i was just doing chip damage to it. i'm in the middle of playing 8 on hard and it feels nice and challenging without taking such an absurd amount of time to kill a boss. i'm pretty far in 8 now so the bosses are getting tough, but i remember that first boss in ys 7 being harder than all of them. i also played nayuta on psp on hard and it felt like a well balanced challenge just like 8. i gotta give 7 another go once i finish 8.
Same
"Ys Seven's antagonist is the best in the series"
Finally, someone who understands me.
Me too, an unique twist that Ys never done it before
@@MinhLe19303 It's more than just Ys never having done it before, it actively undermines a trend that's become kind of a series cliche at this point. The series has reached a point where the developers have realized "hey, we reuse a couple of these story beats in almost every installment," and have actively started subverting them. Sometimes it's poking fun at it like 9 did with the shipwrecks, but the antagonist here directly capitalizes on another of the most common trends to fuel the twist.
And here I thought Flash Guard was first introduced in Memories of Celceta. My nightmare playthrough of seven's gonna be great!
Enjoy that! It's a tough one (at least for me it was).
I loved every moment of playing YS 7 on my PSP all those years ago, i was still in elementary school and YS 7 blew my mind. The story, the combat, the puzzles, the characters. They are special to me, fighting each dragon was exhilarating. Especially the plot twist at the end. This was my first YS game and the first game i took an deep interest with until finish so i didn't know that flash guard existed haha, i often wondered why the game was so difficult, now i know why. Without guarding, I dodged and weaved every attack, used multiple potions and multiple resets took place to beat this game. It was all worth it in the end. You will always have a special place in my heart YS 7. Thank you for introducing me to such a wonderful series and game genre. -Sincerely, once a kid with the best childhood thanks to YS 7.
I've loved all the Ys games that I've played including Ys 7, but the only I haven't played that is poorly regarded is YS 5 to be fair. I feel that "The Oath In Felghana" is the hardest one, though Ys 7 does have a couple tough bosses. I hope all of you can enjoy this series as much as I have.
I love the Series no doubt, it was because of Ys that I'm a Falcom fan. I haven't played V, but apparently it is the black sheep.
You can play Ys5 if you are a big Ys fan, you may find some good thing in it like the origin of Terra ..but imo it can stay where it is and be forgotten. By far the worst Ys game in the series...
Ys Seven is the best one, because of the tight gameplay, incredible boss fight and because someone will forever break your heart.
Loved all the advanced skill animations after all that grinding you do.
3:19 literally my reaction upon hearing that they landed on dry land 🤣
I just finished this game and it was absolutely amazing. Especially the story. It was also the first game that gave me an incentive to learn guarding properly. And like my buddy who loves arpgs told me, I indeed felt very accomplished when I finally got the hang of it. Ys 7 was my proper introduction to arpgs and I'm very glad I chose this game. If 9 and 8 are really better as 7 like many people say then after finishing this game, I am very excited to try 8 and 9. But one thing is for sure. After this experience, 7 will always hold a special place in my heart. It was the game that made me an arpg fan after all.
My first entry into ys seven as an 11 yr old playing on the good ol' PSP 3000. Tia's theme still is engraved in my head, and it's not even funny how stupidly OP the wallcrushing Dogi was.
I'm starting my Ys journey with Oath in Felghana and Seven so hilariously I haven't been shipwrecked yet. I've arrived safe and sound via boat on both accounts.
I was listening to Ys Seven music when I saw this in my sub feed, wtf-
Thank you for your time and effort on making this video. I'm now interested in getting this game.
My favorite Ys game loved this one so much!
Not only is ys a damn good series, the PC ports are generally also top notch, especially compared to other jrpgs, fast loading times, PC specific graphic features, multiple button prompts depending on input type...
My first Ys game and my third favourite as of now. Second would be Memories of Celceta and first Lacrimosa of Dana. Ys 7 was a lot of fun and in many ways inspired the gameplay mechanics of Ys 8, Memories of Celceta and Monstrum Nox.
nayuta is my favorite. it may not be an ys game but the gameplay and visual style are pretty much identical to ys 7. i don't think nayuta has officially released in english, i played on psp emulator with a fan translation, and it ended up being one of my favorite games ever. the main character has actual dialogue unlike adol, so the story got me much more invested, and something about the combat just felt more fun and satisfying to me than ys. if you haven't played it you should try it out, it's an amazing game.
Oh man! I remember I preordered the hell outta this game and then I called in sick for work on release day so I could play this game for two whole days. I was so excited to not only play Dogi, but Geis as well! I even modded all my friends PSP so they got to play it then buy it. 2010 was a fun year for little kid me lol
I mean, who wouldn't call in sick to play a new Ys game?!
This was my first Ys game based on an introduction from a friend. He told me to start on nightmare for the series and I'm really thankful that he did because I never looked back. Iirc, the bosses have more moves and complexity which makes them so much more challenging and satisfying to beat. And the music, god damn. I've played almost all other Ys games after but 7 has a special place in my heart
There is one character in Ys 7 that really resonated with me, and it's Mishera, the Wind Eldress. Listening to the theme in the Wind Precincts and then seeing how she has a staff that is very similar to Yuna's staff in Final Fantasy X, she definitely struck me as someone very mystical. I even thought she was going to do a sending dance after you beat the bird boss in the wind temple - so she definitely has all the makings of a summoner although she is classed more as a Seer/Prophetess... and then I sync'd up the Wind Precinct's Theme to Yuna's Sending cutscene in Kilika in FF10 and was like OMG... how did I NOT see this beforehand?!
I just finished Ys 8 last week. What a journey :)
Me who beat the game in nightmare mode yet still didn’t know that flash guard existed
Love that you're giving more love to the Ys series. Saw your "how I become a trails tan" video and is kinda similar to how I got into Falcom by being introduced to Ys. Tho my first Ys is Seven and I stayed a bigger Ys fan than Trails, I love Falcom.
I know that you're probably not playing more Ys until you finished IX but I do want to hear your thoughts about Origin your first game. Next year or so is Ys 35th anniversary and I know you're the kiseki fan but can you also make at least 2 top ten ys videos as tribute. Likely to be Top ten moments, top ten characters or top ten bosses.
Thanks for the idea mate! I mean this is a Trails channel, but it's also encompassing other Falcom works too. Maybe like you say due to the anniversary, I could give Ys some love too.
That homing arrow attack from aisha carried my first playthrough
I learned about the flash guard while fighting the final boss lol and man it became so eassssyy XD
I recently bought a copy for ys seven for the PSP guess I’ll get to it (sometime)
The Kiseki Nut uploads a new video: :D
It has spoilers of a game I haven't gotten around to playing yet: :(
Guess this means i'll just have to play the whole game so I can watch the video. :P
Edit: Watched it anyway. The spoilers are pretty minor.
He never spoils the story, the video can be watched without worries.
I wouldn't worry mate, outside of the first 10 minutes of the game everything else is coated in spoiler wrapper.
I played this one digitally on the vita before the PC version released and I must say I love everything about this game except the second half of the story. It's there that you realize than half of your party will never go beyond their first impression and that you're being forced through 6 dungeons just so you can reach a dumb dragon that only speaks in poems and won't tell you anything useful. But as you said, the villains are amazing. You'd think they wouldn't find a way to up the stakes after VI pretty much put the whole planet in danger of flodding but they certainly did.
Nice, nice. It looks good and the music is sounds pretty good. I'll check it out since it's available on PC ;D
You're in the right place to buy it man! Might be able to find a shop in Sapporo that'll give you a physical copy. ;)
I just beat this. Probably my 3rd favorite of the series (8 #1 and felghana). This was fun to play
when ya said this was the last time your going to play Ys on a harder diffculties i was like oh dear he's gonna play Ys IX on normal isn't he? (yeah that game even on hard is bloody easy)
but yeah Ys Seven was honestly really good no way near my fav in the series but it's my 3rd fav in the party system of games
and yeah that antagonist was shockly really good but dear god that final boss can chew a big one most of the game wasn't all that hard (expect the bosses with their beyond insane health bars) but that one kicked my arse which shocked the hell out of me thankfully little bit of grinding help out big time
Yeah even on Hard this game is brutal. That bird boss made me take a break and watch footage of it for ideas, which us how I learned that you can chain guards for long lasting attacks. This would honestly be really hard to learn by experimentation but it feels really necessary for some fights
This game literally saved my life.
I really liked this game a lot. One of my favorite games in the series in fact. At the time this combat system with switching characters and adding more RPG elements felt like blasphemy but I'm glad the series made this change. It's better for it.
It works seamlessly in Ys, and it makes sense too! It's only been more refined as the newer titles released too.
The final boss is probably the hardest enemy lol
Probably, still beat me down though... could have also been because it was 1am and I was knackered too, but all I know is I died a lot to it!
Took me 3 tries to finish that one.
Dogi's face though.... Between the drawn art and the game model, its like they didnt know what he should look like.
I played 8 first so that probably doesnt help.
Although I had fun with Ys Seven, I would say it's my least favourite game in the series barring Ys I. That being said, there were some definite strong points to be had here. Its OST is one of my favourites, I really like Altago as a setting, and it has my favourite story in any Ys game yet despite its party members being rather lacking. And I cannot agree more with you when it comes to the main antagonists, they were definitely one of the game's biggest highlights. Ys SEVEN's main conflict has a LOT of similarities with another Ys game, but I personally prefer how it's executed here. I hope to see some references to this particular adventure once I get my hands on Ys IX, because the tale of Altago is one I'll remember fondly.
We all have our preferences! I'd say Seven is one of my favourites of the games I've played so far - had the right balance of challenge and Ys magic.
This was my first Ys game i played on PSP emulator for a bit like in 2016. I never returned to Falcom games till this year when Ys 9 dropped on ps4. i platinum that then bought 8 and origin and Platinumed 8 one of the greatest games i ever played.
Im taking a break from Ys to play the Cold steel games and im at the end tail end of Cold steel 2. i might return to fully beat Ys 7 in the future
I'm near the end of the game and only now am I hearing of flash guard. What?
The video was great, and the review was as comprehensive as ever
I only discovered it because I had played Ys VIII and Memories of Celceta. I was getting destroyed by the bosses, so I just Google searched to see if it existed in this game. Sure enough it did!
Such a beautiful game
I am on the Ruins of Edona now ~ will finish the game soon ;) get spoiled on this video but i dont care hehehe thanks for sharing
I remembered playing this one before on my psp (sadly my psp is broken now) but I think I'll need a refresher and buy it again on steam and just like you I'm running a marathon of ys games too since after completing ix and oh boy playing all these games again was a blast I just hope that they make new improvements or another battle system for the next ys title since the team based one already has 4 of it
I think Kondo (Falcom CEO) has said they're working on the new Ys game (as we expected with the 35th anniversary) - apparently it's going to be a departure from the previous games, using the new engine and possibly a new model of gameplay.
Hopefully no more raids for the next one since the novelty of those raids wore off very fast
ive been play Ys 7 for a couple days on my psp. im already almost level 40, this is my first Ys game. so far im hooked. im playing over clocked 333hz 60fps and it looks amazing on a psp 3k. do you think it will port over to switch? whats the best Ys game currrently on switch?
We already know you loved Ys Origin, do that one next plz!
Ys 7's bosses are absolutely insane especially. I was in disbelief that this was originally on the PSP while playing it.
Also that every area has unique, varied music.
It was dissapointed going onto to Celceta to then hear multiple dungeons have the same music, was a big dissapointment by comparison. That's what I remember it for most of all!
Indeed, the bosses in particular are a real highlight!
How do I get the Secret Ending In Trails of Cold Steel 4?
the hardest boss in this game probably the kylos bird like wth mane she can summon and has 2 different form and has 6+ unique skills its soo hard to beat without very good stuff (i play hard mode btw)
I beat Ys 8 a few months ago and just beat Ys 9. I never liked any JRPG's enough to finish them, but I loved these games. I was thinking I would try playing Ys 7 too, because both 8 and 9 (especially 9), make references to past games that I didn't understand, so I figured playing another one in the series would help. Problem is I don't have a PSP and I'm not actually sure my laptop can run the game, even if the game is so old.
your labtop should run this easily, the psp was as powerfull as a ps1 technically.
@@charlestrudel8308 I'll probably check it out then. I just learned that Ys 7 actually takes place between 8 and 9. I'm not sure why the developers made things out of order like that, but maybe it'll help me understand some references in Ys 9?
While i have been enjoying the game alot, i do feel the dungeon sizes and also the antagonist were a bit lacking. Even then the story was pretty interesting and the regions and some known characters encountered in this Game were a big plus to me.
I wish this would be brought to PSN :(
Does it matter which game you start with? I have 8 on the PS4, but if I'm able to hook up my controller I might try going in order. If I have to, lol.
Not in my opinion. Sure this game was way more enjoyable to me because of the other titles I had played, but I feel you can easily jump in to Ys wherever you want, it's more standalone in nature than Trails.
@@TheKisekiNut Thank you!
I started with VIII. There is very little plot- and character-wise that draws on other games so its a great standalone game. One thing the franchise does really well is to make games that don't require you to have a huge knowledge of the world. In that respect its the complete opposite of Trails, but keeps the fantastic soundtracks!
damn i was about to buy this game but it is not supported on steamdeck
Ys 7 was amazing! A (petty?)nitpick: with 80 million + sold PSP units globally, Ys 7 was surely available to audiences 'worldwide' before the PC port? And yes, the PSP is my favorite gaming system of all time (Switch in close pursuit though 🥳)
The flash guard did not existed on the PSP verssion. I supose because this the flash guard did not have a tutorial.
This is the one of the ys game that doesn't start with adol got shipwreck
Ys Seven is awesome once it gets to the good part. Like the Trails games.
Sooooo... the whole game is good?
@@TheKisekiNut I personally found the first part up to the colosseum fight pretty weak. And bosses with way to many HP. But after the colosseum fight the game grew on me. And by the end I loved it a ton. And yeah you are right about the villans. They are the best in the series.
Honestly, not being able to use the jump attacks kinda breaks the battle system for me. I'm also not a big fan of it not having a new game plus or boss rush after finishing...
I think Ys Seven is that first game of Falcom on YS that gave us a pretty good plot, but not the best one either. This game has a LOT of reminescence of YS VI and even YS I and II in some of the elements of gameplay such as allowing you to kinda explore where you should not OR not giving you any pointers to where to go, it gives you a general pointer but if you need a key item to get there it won't tell you about it. That freedom makes you backtrack a lot. There's a lot of positives in this game, but even if the plot is way better than any of the Eldeen plot we've got so far, there are some roughness to it, I'm not sure if it's because of cheap translations, sometimes Aisha's dialog feels weird and out of place, another times the peacing feels horrible between dialogues and frankly, people complained about Lacrimosa of Dana poor translations but at least it was fixed there XD
Even if the plot is better than previous Ys's so far and maybe sloppy in translation the ending ALWAYS gets me, which is incredible since I don't think you have enough time to bond with the character that drives that ending like you had with Dana in YS 8. And even so, I'm always fucking crying anytime I play the game.
About the textures, look, this game aged poorly. And the ports for PC from both this game and Memories of celceta DOES FEELS sloppy as hell. I mean, both games you do need to mess a long time with configurations to just make sure the controls works, that's not a good sign, and both games yo need to do a fair bit of work to make the game a little more presentable, because both of them re just, literally, the original versions of the game shoved into a fucking full screen that are at least ten times bigger in resolution than their original platforms, and there's no effort at all from XSEED to try and mitigate that by making sprites to upscale with good quality artwork, but it's possible to mitigate some of it on YS Seven, most of it on Celceta if you don't feel angry at the fact that people from outside the team who ported these games clearly cares more about the game than XSEED.
The OST from YS Seven is awesome, and the gameplay is kinda rough if you compare with other games that followed this system, there's a reason why every heavy character is way faster than Dogi is on YS Seven and why the charge for SP is automatic, the level up mechanics are well, way too much of effort to do so and so far, on normal, this is one of the hardest games ever. Doing a flash guard needs to be abused because doing it only once won't protect you from the consecutive hits, and since being hit after a guard will cause a critical in this game, well you can see what's happening right? xD Even so, this game has a lot of positives going through it. Would it be the first YS I recommend? No, I would probably recommend Memories of Celceta first or YS Lacrimosa of Dana First, depending on how much the person wants to spend on the game, if they chose the first I would also STRONGLY suggest the upscale HD textures made by fans of the game which makes the game goes from 2.5 to whopping 25GB of size but you need to use a texture injector instead of throwing those in the game, but at least the game looks presentable on the big screen since every UI element there looks blurry in th fucking game without it and XSEED fixed it for Ps4 but never fixed it for Pc which makes me feel like I'm being punched in the stomach but that's another issue. XD But I would totally say that even if YS Seven is one of the hardest because of technicalities and bulshit-game design on the final boss (Really, that first phase has the WORST setup of characters with the WORST gimmick of all of the phases, and it's clear once you beat it, that it's the only one that can truly give you any trouble which just makes it feels unbalanced on purpose). Ys Seven tried a lot of new things and old things too, and of the new engine, is the one that makes me remember the older titles the most.
If I should say though, YS seven is the only game in the entire series that I skip every quest possible. I don't know why, but the fact that I need to talk with tons of random NPC to know who wants to give me a quest, all the time, the quests being timed and acquiring certain items are lucky based, the grab items with your party is finicky and the IA will always focus on attacking an enemy they even cannot reach instead of helping you gather the items makes this game quite unenjoyable when it comes to completing it 100%. You can see it's rough around the edges and they fixed most of the issues and almost perfected them in Ys Memories of Celceta and essentially nailed down the system in Ys 8, so much that I'm wondering what they will do with Ys 10, because they reached the pinnacle of what the system can be and feel on Ys IX.
But anyway, don't get me wrong, I love this game, I even had it original for PSP at one point, it's a strong game in the series, it just suffers for the same reason YS VI suffers for being the first game in a new engine, lots of ideas but the refinement came in the sequels. That ending though, it does fills me with FEELS every single freaking time I watch it.
Oh, and one side note: I played Ys Seven in 2012 without knowing about Flash Guard. So yes. I only actually learned about it after playing Memories of Celceta and checking that it existed in Ys Seven XD
Wait, do you play FFXIV too?
Indeed I do! Though I'm not a veteran by any means.
I'll be honest this isn't my least favorite ys game but i'd personally rank it low, but doesn't make it bad not in slightest , my issue's with the game are bosses feel a bit too damage spongy at times, dumb AI. but the positives overcome the negatives such as banger music especially that opening, the battle system which holds up well
Ys sounds like a really cool series, but I suck balls at any action games so it isn't for me. But I'm almost done with Sky SC. After that I'll play the 3rd and then it's time for a new PC and Crossbell!
Honestly you could still play this on the easier difficulties. The earlier Ys games are a fair challenge, but Ys Seven onwards strike a good balance for more casual players and those looking for a challenge - try Ys VIII at the very least!
@@TheKisekiNut Agreed. I'm not the best at action games, but Ys VIII is great, even on normal difficulty. It took a little while to get used to the system but once it clicks, combat flows like nothing I've ever played before. Its superb!
@@TheKisekiNut I am back here after playing 4 other Ys games. So far, I've played Ys VIII, Ys I, Ys II and Origin. Currently playing Ys IV. After Ys IV I want to play Felghana. Thankfully there is a very easy difficulty and I can also just grind levels if I get folded. Ys VIII was so much fun with all the exploring. Amd Ys IV too. Mapping the forest is just so much fun. Especially when you roll around through every part of the map. There still the western side but I still need another character to get there. But yeah, Ys games are so much fun. I regret every trying to skip it! Now I await Adols other new adventure for which he apparently learned how to not crash boats. Ys is an amazing series and I love it very much.
Probably my personal least favourite Ys game and even so, I still think it's fantastic. This series is the absolute pinnacle of action game pacing - there's never a moment that feels like padding in this entire series, everything you do feels like progress at all times. I wish other devs would try to learn from these games.
It’s on the vita store if anyone wants to buy it before the store closes!
Better be quick before Sony pulls the rug under us again!
i use aisha 80% of playing time lol
“Why i loved YS Seven” *Shows pic of potential waifu in thumbnail* I see what you did there 😆😆😂😂
I disagree, ranged characters were handicapped a bit too much. Having no more range than the other characters. It would have made more sense if they had just stuck to the damage type balancing.
Dog i Playable duh lmao that the first game dogi join as playable
It needs anime adaptation
psstt.. wanna hear some spoiler?
random: hell no stop it.. dont you dare..
scias will..
random: stop it.. noooooh,.,.
Overall not a bad game but for me personally this is the weakest modern Ys game. Celceta has its flaws as well but otherwise many small improvements over Seven.
The game is bad imho. Combat is not great, and the story got boring very fast to me.
I just finished the game, it's beautiful. (Bit fck Ruins Island and Sea Sanctrum, i feel like i'm in hell)