A bustling town deep in the frontier at the foot of an endless sea of trees… It is into this wild and untamed setting that a young man collapses, memories gone and only his name to guide him.
Bereft of his past, Adol Cristin wanders the town of Casnan searching for clues to his identity. Joined by an information dealer who claims to have known him, the young adventurer helps rescue doomed miners from a collapse; an act which attracts the attention of the Romun Army general in town. Impressed with their skills, the pair is enlisted to explore the Great Forest and map the vast expanses of Celceta – a task which many have attempted in the past, but from which none have ever returned alive.
Alone in this strange and uncharted frontier, Adol must brave the perilous sea of trees as he struggles to regain his memories and decide whom he can trust, and who is simply attempting to take advantage of his memory loss in order to deceive him…
Bereft of his past, Adol Cristin wanders the town of Casnan searching for clues to his identity. Joined by an information dealer who claims to have known him, the young adventurer helps rescue doomed miners from a collapse; an act which attracts the attention of the Romun Army general in town. Impressed with their skills, the pair is enlisted to explore the Great Forest and map the vast expanses of Celceta – a task which many have attempted in the past, but from which none have ever returned alive.
Alone in this strange and uncharted frontier, Adol must brave the perilous sea of trees as he struggles to regain his memories and decide whom he can trust, and who is simply attempting to take advantage of his memory loss in order to deceive him…
Eager to unravel the mystery of his past and the cause of his predicament, Adol sets off with his new-old thief friend, Duren, to chart the untamed wilderness that claimed his memories. Along the way he meets numerous other individuals who seem to have encountered him before, and must carefully determine who among them can be trusted.
Developer Nihon Falcom originally revisited the land and characters of Japanese cult favorite Ys IV in 2012 withon the PlayStation Vita, and the game found its way to North America the following year. Now, this re-envisioning moves from the small screen to PC monitors, with a bevy of updates and enhancements to fully take advantage of its new platform.
Featuring a unique take on the party-based combat system that’s come to define modern Ys titles, as well as one of the largest and most varied overworlds in the series’ long and illustrious history,brings a greater sense of adventure to the Ys universe than ever before, with this PC iteration serving as the definitive version of one of the franchise’s most pivotal entries.
Key Features
Minimum System Requirements | Recommended System Requirements | |
CPU | Intel Core i3 | Intel Core i5 (4-core 3.30Ghz) |
VRAM | 1024 MB | 1024 MB |
RAM | 4 GB | 8 GB |
OS | Windows 7 | Windows 10 |
Graphics Card | AMD Radeon HD 6570 | AMD Radeon R7 250 |
Direct X | Version 11 | Version 11 |
SOUND CARD | Compatible with DirectX 11.0 | Compatible with DirectX 11.0 |
HDD Space | 3 GB | 3 GB |
Game Analysis | Ys: Memories of Celceta brings back the world-famous red-haired adventurer named Adol Christin with a brand new story to tell. A Radeon HD 6570 will enable your PC to pass the minimum GPU requirement. Your story begins when you awake in an unknown land, and no memory of who you are or how you got there. You must search for clues to unravel the mysteries of your past. Recruit other characters to fight alongside you in iconic party-based combat. |
The game is a brand new, certified canon representation of the 4th game in the series. If you play the game in linear order rather than chronological, you are faced with a brand new engine and a new party system. Ys’ strong point, world building is still here for this game. Whilst the combat is a step down from Oath and Orgins. The biggest problem I had with the game was the difficulty, being much less challenging than the predecessing games. I would recommend any veterans do push the difficulty at least one notch from the previous games (in linear order) as most of the game was spam rather than placement. Overall, a nice entry into the series and I am still looking forward to continuing the series (even with what many consider the biggest hurdle coming next).