Saturday, February 8

Ys Memoire: The Oath in Felghana (NS)

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If ' going into : straight from more recent Ys adventures, you might suffer of whiplash. While — a of the PC/PSP Ys: The Oath in Felghana, itself a of 1989' Ys III the same you've come to and recognizable - , 's quite different in of , scope, and . That's necessarily a bad thing, however. Indeed, if you're looking a shorter, more action-oriented , Ys Memoire might be the ideal .

Like the original Oath in Felghana, Memoire follows the adventures of mainstay and his faithful -in- . When the decide to visit Dogi's hometown of Redmont in a known Felghana, they find more than expected: swarming and of a despotic ruler levying unjust and closing the local — the main of for Redmont. Always ready for , Adol and Dogi decide to lend their to the of Felghana.

The in Memoire is quite good. It's not nearly as or sweeping as some other RPGs, but it's engrossing its terms. There are plenty of , turns, and revelations, and lots of for heroics and villainy. Perhaps the game's strongest is its of . In Redmont, which as your and hub, there are several townspeople: a kindly , a dutiful ; a perpetually-tipsy barfly; and many more. They bestow upon the game lots of . Also, and arguably more importantly, most characters are multi-dimensional. Some have checkered pasts while some villains a sympathetic .

Another thing the story: it doesn' overstay its welcome. In fact, almost in Ys Memoire does. This is a very tight, action-RPG, trimmed of practically . On the side, this means no filler. As Adol, you'll move through discrete — a quarry, a mountain, a , etc. — monsters, collecting , and facing one or more . it's to Redmont to spend your -earned and to your and a , which you to a new . There's really nothing to get in the way of the of the game. As a , you can expect to see the roll after 12-14 hours.

On the minus side, the streamlined, compact of the game means there's a of optional side — the sort of ancillary , and diversions that help fill in the gaps between .

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