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The Roo script is also a simple cipher, so you can figure out what they're saying anyway pretty easily (and if I recall correctly, deciphering the cipher directly results in different lines from their "translated" lines to Thor).
The PC version is probably the best version, though it's missing some of the content (Alma's Trials) that Konami added to the PS2 version. On the other hand, it has its own new features, like "Catastrophe Mode" which tunes the game to be more in line with Oath & Origin (no stockable healing items) and the ability to fast travel to save monoliths using an item.
PC version it is, then. Thank you!
I love that Celceta gives you fast travel from the start. Everything about it is breezy.
Yeah, it's not bad, but the way they remade the story basically just makes it feel like more of a side-story than a full episode of Adol's journeys. You do get some fun bits of closure and links with 1-6, but ehhhhhh.
Why can't I just warp right to the frickin' stone I want?
This bugged me too. As I remember it, about halfway through the game there’s a point where the plot needs you to not be able to warp freely. After that you get an item that lets you warp anywhere.
Agree with pretty much all of this. I don't really think it's too long, but I also came into it wanting an rpg that i could invest some time in. The sheer insanity of the story is great, I think it works well with the stranded island concept. just letting everything play out as if it were a whole different world.I just finished Ys VIII for the first time. I picked it up around the PC launch, delayed playing it while they fixed it, then ended up drifting away from it after about 35-ish hours. I picked it up again last weekend and played another 30 hours over the course of the week (yikes).
Thoughts:
In any case, I'm still looking forward to the adventures of Adolucard in Monstrum Nox next year.