Ys X: Nordics

Ys X: Nordics

Steam Deck Playable

Nihon Falcom · JRPG · Oct 25, 2024

Worth it for the right player.

At $59.99. We haven't seen it on sale.

77%
Mostly Positive
951 player reviews
Medium confidence
Buy it if you like
  • Story and characters: 190 reviews raised it, mostly praise
  • Gameplay: 73 reviews raised it, mostly praise
  • Audio: 44 reviews raised it, mostly praise
Think twice if you dislike
  • No recurring complaint surfaced in 300 sampled reviews

Based on 951 player reviews · updated 6 days ago

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
78% of themes are praise22% are divided0% are caveats
Story and characters
Players who bring up Story and characters mostly praise it.
The music, the places, the characters, atmosphere - everything comes together into giving you that adventurous spirit the game is trying to sell you.
190 of 300 sampled reviews raised it
Gameplay
Players who bring up Gameplay mostly praise it.
It's nice to have a change of story-telling and gameplay style with only a two-person party with some new fighting features.
73 of 300 sampled reviews raised it
Audio
Players who bring up Audio mostly praise it.
Praises: Voice acting, they picked great voices for the player charcters.
44 of 300 sampled reviews raised it
Graphics
Players who bring up Graphics mostly praise it.
The action combat was amazing, songs were almost perfect and graphics were spectacular.
41 of 300 sampled reviews raised it
Co-op
Players who bring up Co-op mostly praise it.
The settings for PC are nice, including coop directly built in, which is super uncommon for this kind of game.
13 of 300 sampled reviews raised it
Controls
Players who bring up Controls mostly praise it.
FIRST: I strongly recommend to change the controller configuration!
10 of 300 sampled reviews raised it

+1 more the community rallied around

Theme by theme

Every theme is scored by what reviewers actually said about it, not just whether they recommended the game.

LovedMixedComplained about
Players love7 themes
Story and characters190 reviews
Gameplay73 reviews
Audio44 reviews
Graphics41 reviews
Co-op13 reviews
Controls10 reviews
Steam Deck6 reviews
Divided opinion% still recommend
Combat149 reviews
75%
Difficulty35 reviews
77%
Players complain% still recommend

No recurring complaints surfaced in this sample.

Ranked by how many sampled reviews mention each topic. A topic sits in a column by what reviewers said about that topic; the percentage beside it is how many of them recommended the game anyway. 3 more themes were each raised by fewer than 6 sampled reviews and are not shown.

Should you buy it now?

Crit’s read on the price, from Steam price history.

Full price

Currently $59.99. We haven't seen it on sale yet.

2 points recordedtoday · $59.99

The data behind the verdict

For the players who want the receipts.

Player review score
77%
Mostly Positive
Playing right now
Achievements
55
total to unlock
Rarest-achievement stats coming soon
Average playtime
Not tracked yet

We’ll surface hours-played once playtime ingestion ships.