Buy it if you like
- Combat: 120 reviews raised it, mostly praise
- Story: 116 reviews raised it, mostly praise
- Gameplay: 111 reviews raised it, mostly praise
Think twice if you dislike
- Difficulty: 73 reviews raised it, mostly criticism
- Performance: 36 reviews raised it, mostly criticism
- Controls: 11 reviews raised it, mostly criticism
Based on 3k player reviews · updated
What players think
The recurring themes across 300 analysed reviews: what players praise, what divides them, and what to know.
Why players love itThings to know
42% of themes are praise25% are divided33% are complaints
Combat
Players who bring up Combat mostly praise it.
120 of 300 sampled reviews raised it
When you fight enemies in the front now you don't have to worry about lossing damge from them which is makes combat soo much easier to deal with.
Story
Players who bring up Story mostly praise it.
116 of 300 sampled reviews raised it
The story and characters on this one feel more fleshed out and better.
Gameplay
Players who bring up Gameplay mostly praise it.
111 of 300 sampled reviews raised it
The real standouts are the minute-to-minute gameplay, new graphics, and updated music, which are all uniformly outstanding.
Audio
Players who bring up Audio mostly praise it.
68 of 300 sampled reviews raised it
Can't mention Ys without mentioning one of my absolutely favorite parts: THE OST.
Graphics
Players who bring up Graphics mostly praise it.
38 of 300 sampled reviews raised it
This game does play like a game from the late 80s but it's a remaster with better visuals and music.
Theme by theme
Scored on what reviews say about each topic, not the thumbs.
Players love
Combat120 reviews
Story116 reviews
Gameplay111 reviews
Audio68 reviews
Graphics38 reviews
Divided opinion
Steam Deck100% still recommend
Characters75% still recommend
Interface100% still recommend
Players complain
Difficulty93% still recommend
Performance75% still recommend
Controls73% still recommend
Bugs83% still recommend
What you get
Can you play it alone, does a controller work, does it run on your machine.
Play modes
- Single-player
Controller
- Partial Controller Support
Store features
- Family Sharing
- Steam Achievements
- Steam Cloud
- Steam Leaderboards
- Steam Trading Cards
Platforms
- Windows
Valve device support
Steam DeckPlayable
SteamOSPlayable
Steam MachinePlayable
Should I buy it now?
Based on Steam price history.
Prices have been lower
$14.99
The lowest we've tracked is $4.49.
6 points recordedtoday · $14.99
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