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Necromancer

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Re: Necro's game clears and mindless musings
« Reply #180 on: February 25, 2015, 08:45:00 AM »
I've never seriously tried to play Ys, but I can't imagine I will like the "bump into things" combat.

It never bothered me because it's not really that simple.  There's more strategy than just ramming enemies willy nilly, and you rely heavily on magic wands in the second half anyway.
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Re: Necro's game clears and mindless musings
« Reply #181 on: February 25, 2015, 02:06:36 PM »
I've never seriously tried to play Ys, but I can't imagine I will like the "bump into things" combat.

It's definitely worth a serious attempt at playing the games; I hope you'll try Ys again.
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« Reply #182 on: February 26, 2015, 04:27:04 PM »
I've never seriously tried to play Ys, but I can't imagine I will like the "bump into things" combat.

Just like in real life, its very fun. Seriously, its fun. Seriously. Fun. Its. Seriouslyyyy. Do it. Fun. Yes.

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Re: Necro's game clears and mindless musings
« Reply #183 on: February 26, 2015, 05:32:02 PM »
I bump into things all the time, but only I get hurt. Ys is clearly an unrealistic game.
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Re: Necro's game clears and mindless musings
« Reply #184 on: February 27, 2015, 04:40:42 AM »
my only complaint with Y's was the pre-boss grinding.  but there werent many 90s RPGs that didnt require some grinding.  everything else was epic.  play this game!

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Re: Necro's game clears and mindless musings
« Reply #185 on: February 27, 2015, 12:10:13 PM »

Clear #45 - Ys Book I & II

The Bad: they're minor complaints, but the only things I dislike are the goofy background scrolling in the bell tower and that some of the voice work is a bit muffled.

The Ugly: NA

Are you talking about the awesome orange scrolling clouds at the epic tolling of the bell?

Surely not.

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Re: Necro's game clears and mindless musings
« Reply #186 on: March 02, 2015, 02:09:39 AM »
Are you talking about the awesome orange scrolling clouds at the epic tolling of the bell?

Surely not.

The clouds look good, but the ground and mountains below move choppily like some stuff in Ys III.

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Re: Necro's game clears and mindless musings
« Reply #187 on: March 02, 2015, 09:53:15 AM »

Are you talking about the awesome orange scrolling clouds at the epic tolling of the bell?

Surely not.

The clouds look good, but the ground and mountains below move choppily like some stuff in Ys III.

P.S. - Don't call me Shirley!

That's the climax of awesomeness, racing up the tower before the bell tolls.

Holy crap. I love that part of the game.

Such pure greatness, and sadness, when the bell tolls.
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Re: Necro's game clears and mindless musings
« Reply #188 on: March 02, 2015, 10:18:27 AM »
Yarr, that's an awesome scene. 
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Re: Necro's game clears and mindless musings
« Reply #189 on: March 04, 2015, 10:21:53 AM »
Clear #46 - Ys III



It's not as good as Ys I & II and I prefer overhead gameplay to this one's side view, but it's still thoroughly enjoyable and a must have in every collection.

The Good: good voice work (not as good as Ys I & II but way better than stuff like Final Zone II), fantastic music, fast paced action, and cool environments (I particularly like the clock tower).

The Bad: it's rather short, some of Elena's lines are rather trite and silly (Demanicus is person too!), and the choppy scrolling isn't very attractive.

The Ugly: NA
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Re: Necro's game clears and mindless musings
« Reply #190 on: March 04, 2015, 10:29:21 AM »
How long did it take to clear? Did you grind a lot?

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Re: Necro's game clears and mindless musings
« Reply #191 on: March 04, 2015, 10:34:23 AM »
Because I often pause and wander off to eat, read the paper, watch tv, etc., I have a hard time estimating time spent on games.  It's pretty short, though, like maybe three or four hours.  Not much grinding is really needed; I only did it for a little bit if I was very near leveling up just before a boss and at the very end to replenish ~70 ring power points before fighting Demanicus.
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Re: Necro's game clears and mindless musings
« Reply #192 on: March 04, 2015, 11:07:48 AM »
huh, I started playing this a while ago but I tend to get obsessive with grinding. Spent a bunch of time grinding the first cave to buy some of the best gear in the shop. Only 3 or 4 hours though! I've got to get back and finish it up

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Re: Necro's game clears and mindless musings
« Reply #193 on: March 04, 2015, 07:02:57 PM »


what time is it again?

...probably time for another drink.
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Re: Necro's game clears and mindless musings
« Reply #194 on: March 08, 2015, 05:28:50 PM »
Went back to finish this game up today, just got to the last boss and realized i pretty much require the protect ring. dammit