I'm the first falcom music fanboy here, but judge by yourself:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9DfzxdyfRO4
There's no way my brain can relate that to a boss theme : / Maybe something is wrong with me, but it cant be helped.
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Ys VI: The Ark of Napishtim PC |OT| - Re-Release of the Far West Ocean
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I'm the first falcom music fanboy here, but judge by yourself:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9DfzxdyfRO4
There's no way my brain can relate that to a boss theme : / Maybe something is wrong with me, but it cant be helped.
Replace it with Scars of the Divine Wing or "Overdrive" from Ys Origin if you must. Square Enix music in a Ys game? Shameful.
Paltheos
Member
No way, man. Oath has the best OST of the three, hands down. Better than Origin? Maybe. But Oath's too incredible to sell short. Agree on everything else though.
Matt Attack
Member
This is the first time I've heard this (haven't started the game yet), but it sounds like it would be a pretty good boss theme to me. I'm sorry you don't like it!
And the one after that is probably my favorite in the entire series.
Danny Dudekisser
I paid good money for this Dynex!
There's nothing after that.Note that I was talking about this.
Which is probably a good thing, because a song that good would be really tough to follow.
Actually, Felghana's OST is the one I enjoy the less of the three - I *like* it, but... I don't love it. It has five or six pretty awesome arrangements (Steeling the Will to Fight, Valestein Castle, Chop!!, etc) and then the rest are just... relatively good, I suppose. I personally prefer other versions (PC-88/98, X68000, Mega Drive, PC Engine CD, *insert Falcom arrange album here*) more.
I actually really love Ishibashi's more electronic and ambient sound of Ys VI's OST - tracks like Ultramarine Deep, Reconciled People, Windslash Steps, Mountain Zone, Defend! And Escape!, The Ruined City 'Kishgal' and The Depth Napishtim are some of my favourite tracks in the game and always put a smile on my face. And then Ys Origin got all those super sick Takeshita tunes such as Scarlet Tempest, Scars of the Diving Wing and Beyond the Beginning.
Has it been that long I played the PS2 version? We were talking about the same track.There's nothing after that.
Danny Dudekisser
I paid good money for this Dynex!
That is one hell of a long sentence.
I tend to agree with that. I'm particularly fond of Water Prison in Ys Origin: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9XF4L6ZBfjQ&index=10&list=PLzFTGYa_evXiZCM5ZRD87q-hZMDoCpm0j
Felghana is consistenty good in the music department, but there's a shortage of songs that knock me flat on my ass with how good they are.
I was level 48 with no separate save. Makes me wonder why they even put save points there. Although it was a mistake on my part, it's something that shouldn't even be in the game.
I get that you can't use the wings to return, but at least let me walk back to the wyvern corridor. I missed quite a few items and I wanted to see the difference between casual and catastrophe mode, so I'll enjoy myself with Normal. However it leaves a bitter taste after all the fun I had playing this game. Dying didn't matter, getting locked down does.
As for the music, the tracks from Ys V on the silver anniversary album are a tad underwelming. In general I really like the soundtracks of the Ys series. From Valestein Castle to First Step Towards.
BassForever
Member
What the fuck is this fight at the end of the limestone cave
John Kowalski
Banned
oh dear.....
BassForever
Member
*look at the guide to figure out where to go next*
*notice like 8 items I apparently permanently missed*
Damn this game is really unforgiving on the timed side quest thing
*notice like 8 items I apparently permanently missed*
Damn this game is really unforgiving on the timed side quest thing
There's a missables guide on Steam already.
charlequin
Banned
Total fucking garbage, much like (unfortunately) most of the boss fights in this otherwise excellent game.
D
Deleted member 13876
Unconfirmed Member
Point of no return. Is it worth it to upgrade all my swords to the max? I have the fire sword maxed and the rest at the penultimate level. Grinding the 200-ish k is feasible, but boring.
Sir Ilpalazzo
Member
Really? If that's true that's pretty sad to hear; I think the boss fights in Oath in Felghana and Origin are the absolute highlights of those games (I'd put them well over the boss lineups from pretty much any Platinum game, really).
charlequin
Banned
The little semi-optional bosses are fine, I guess, but most of the story bosses combine arbitrary vulnerability windows with fiddly hitboxes, mechanics that are hard to engage correctly, and annoying stuff like long periods spent hanging out in undamageable range. It's not that they're hard (they're almost certainly easier overall than many of Oath's on the same difficulty), it's really that they're designed in ways that make them unenjoyable.
Tizoc
Member
NOPE.
Anyone got a spare save file on Normal C. at the save point before the point of no return?
Or can advise in editing the save file so I'm at the last save point in the final dungeon before that part.
I know man, I know. Just spam the fire magic at the fucker, and pray you don't die before it does. Good luck landing successful jumping attacks on the arm though...
Normal Catastrophe? I got that. Just, uh... let me find the save file first. I'm actually outside near the town but you can just warp to the save point in Wyvern Corridor.
EDIT: where the hell are this game's saves? Or any of them for that matter? Why does Steam have to make this so complicated...
I must be the only one who just wacks the flying fish back at its face.
Tizoc
Member
Thanks mate, check in the Documents folder as well as the game's directory. Worse case scenario, you may find it stored in the Users folder in C drive
I tried that.
Adol misses 80% of the time.
Thanks mate, check in the Documents folder as well as the game's directory. Worse case scenario, you may find it stored in the Users folder in C drive
I tried that.
Adol misses 80% of the time.
Hm, nope. Can't find it. It would probably help if I knew what the file format was.
EDIT: I think this is it? filename is ys6_00.nacci
Download here
unzip and place the file inside C:\Program Files\Steam\userdata\56674603\312540\remote\
backup the file that's already there, just in case
I got good results with Livart, especially if you employ the chain spinning.
Tizoc
Member
Thanks mate, also the PC Gaming Wiki lists where the save file is stored.
http://pcgamingwiki.com/wiki/Ys_VI:_The_Ark_of_Napishtim
That's the first place I searched, but all I see in there are config files. I suppose if I had Cloud saving turned off they'd appear there.
Those seem to be the file locations from the original release. Listed release date is Sep. 2003 lol
This might be because I've been a PC gamer for so long, but people who don't save in a unique slot every time baffle me.
Tizoc
Member
Did you know there's an Ys Community thread =3
http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showthread.php?t=796283
Obviously not. Thanks for telling me
Se7enSword
Banned
Yay! Just defeated Orjugan.
Boy was it tough and annoying. I seriously got lucky on that fight, took me less thana n hour though.
Brillante is the best!
Boy was it tough and annoying. I seriously got lucky on that fight, took me less thana n hour though.
Brillante is the best!
Tizoc
Member
Well...all Falcom games I've played so far didn't have any major 'point of no return', heck even Brandish lets you revisit previous floors and areas even if you start fighting the final boss lol.
By the way I was looking up a boss strategy on youtube and happened to catch that PS2 CG scene and the voice acting...
Yikes.
So glad that shit isn't in this version. It's below 90s anime dub level, haha!
By the way I was looking up a boss strategy on youtube and happened to catch that PS2 CG scene and the voice acting...
Yikes.
So glad that shit isn't in this version. It's below 90s anime dub level, haha!
Where is that from? Gintama?
Haha yeah. I am 5 hours into the game (about to enter Limewater Cave) and have about 30 different save files already. It's an RPG, it just makes sense.
Matt Attack
Member
Finally got a chance to start this (playing on Normal Catastrophe). I stopped soon after I unlocked the fire sword; having a great time so far. Some of the regular enemies have been pretty annoying though! Music is great (of course), and the visuals are as charming as I'd expect from Ys. I need sleep now, but I'm really looking forward to continuing.
Se7enSword
Banned
Falcom academy or falcom gakuen
And once again I've been reminded just how much of a difference a bit of grinding can make in this game. Tried to take on the bee boss with Lv. 29 and Lv. 7 weapons. Got fucking destroyed. Spent like 20min grinding just the first two screens of the Limewater Cave to get enough Emelas to get my weapons to Lv. 8 and levelled up to Lv. 34 in the process. Returned to the bee boss and downed that sucker with just the magic attack of my swords. The thunder attack alone took half of the bee's HP
Our website at http://www.worldofys.com has a brief summary in the story section, based on the story summary presented in the game's Japanese manual. For an alternate take, though (which is not technically canonical, but is close enough), check out Konami's PS2 intro here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9jsHWrmlqqY
Even more alternately, Falcom apparently had a VERY DIFFERENT idea in mind for this at one point, and the dialogue from that take was still left over in the game's code, unused. The editor on this title, Brittany, went into that a bit on our Tumblr here: http://xseedgames.tumblr.com/post/117643289435/ys-vi-the-ark-of-napishtim-localization-blog-3
-Tom
The mindset of the console gamer who grew up on earlier consoles: battery save allowed for maybe 3 save files at most, later memory cards became standard but their capacity was severely limited and shared among all your games. You pretty much adhere to a "one save file per run" mentality, especially if you have family who also game.
Also: when an jRPG character gives you a choice regarding continuing forward or backing off for now, you should probably take it as a warning you might not be able to come back if you choose to go.
Barrylocke
Member
I know a lot of people didn't like fighting the 3rd boss, but honestly I liked it a lot more than the first two. It felt a more thrilling, even if there was definitely RNG influences. Nowhere close to Oath and Origin bosses of course.
Mauricio_Magus
Banned
The only boss that fucking sucks is the tree one.
And maybe the last one, because that boss is so boring for a final boss.
And maybe the last one, because that boss is so boring for a final boss.
I've been a console gamer all my life, but I've always spread out my saves to as many slots as were available. Back when the PS1 was introduced, I would dedicate a whole memory card to a single RPG if it allowed me -- 15 save slots could give you a lot of leeway, after all.
I often max out on games that people don't even realize have an upper limit to save slots, too. There were quite a few PSP games that I think most people thought let you save to as many slots as you wanted, but as I discovered, some of them had a hard limit set of 100! Heheh...
-Tom