Camera positioning is as nicely orchestrated as the scenery. Combat and boss patterns are more mashy than say, Ys: The Oath in Felghana, but Celceta's handling is still smooth, speedy and engaging, inheriting the engine and combat fundamentals from 2009's Ys Seven. It's an enjoyable and intuitive system that becomes more involving when navigating dungeons and monster-entrenched areas. When you have more than three members at your disposal, assessing an enemy's weakness and tactically arranging your team by ability results in increased damage output. You swap between those who pick locks, smash fissures, and deal better with certain types of enemy, their expertise denoted by Slash, Pierce and Strike suffixes. Only three characters can be present on the battlefield at once, each equipped with different attack repertoires and unique actions. It may not make the hardware sing new wonders, but it looks - and sounds, thanks to the work of Falcom's dedicated sound team - plenty colourful.Īdol is first accompanied by Duren, a do-gooder helping him salvage his memories in return for a little coin, before eventually working up to a six-strong team. This touch of bloom is far from an issue though. Using a Vaseline filter to soften rough edges, the game bears a passing similarity to Squaresoft's PS2 beat-'em-up hybrid, The Bouncer - another game with a redheaded hero. Character portraits are sharp and plentiful, and it's graphically well defined. The automated camera is nicely optimised, panning and scaling to reveal the breadth of quaint townships, arcane architecture, and picturesque vistas in the forest's inner sanctum. At Selray Village, Adol isn't exactly welcomed with open arms.Ĭelceta is visually charismatic and splendidly glossy. The Great Forest holds a number of surprises. It's also markedly different from the original incarnations of Ys 4, opting to cherry-pick plot components and make certain characters playable for the first time. Normally one would assume this to be the result of one too many gin and tonics, but it turns out that he was exploring Celceta's Great Forest: a vast, uncharted area whose labyrinthine nature is known to imprison the meek.Īlthough events occur chronologically after Ys 2, there's only scant reference to the flame-haired Adol's former exploits in Esteria, following the series' tradition of bespoke adventures with no explicit ties to each other. In Memories of Celceta, he finds himself in Casnan's town bar suffering complete memory loss. Protagonist Adol Christin is a rogue adventurer of Sinbad ilk, but younger, cleaner, and all licked in anime, a seafarer in search of lands to liberate from evil and girls to make weak at the knees. With Falcom in the process of rewriting the series canon, this Ys 4 remake - now dubbed Memories of Celceta - is the company's first title for PS Vita. Thanks to US publisher XSEED's truffle-sniffing for the best of Japan's overlooked works, the action-RPG series is now party to a growing international fan base.īack in 1993, Ys 4 was licensed to two external 16-bit developers, a debacle that resulted in two very different variations of the same game. On the back of a recent betrothal to Sony handhelds, Falcom has already released definitive revisions of the first three Ys titles for PlayStation Portable. Licensed to and published by XSEED Games/Marvelous USA, Inc.The fourth in the overlooked action RPG series gets a deep and enjoyable makeover for PlayStation Vita. ![]() One-time license fee for downloads to up to 2 portable systems that are associated with the purchasing account. This item has been sublicensed to you by Sony Computer Entertainment America. ![]() Purchase or use of this item is subject to the PlayStation®Network Terms of Service and User Agreement and this item's use restrictions. Featuring a complex tale of conspiracy, deception and mystery, along with an updated take on the party system from Ys SEVEN and the largest overworld in series history, this is easily Adol's greatest adventure yet! Marking the 25th anniversary of the series, Ys: Memories of Celceta is a complete retelling and reimagining of the Japanese-exclusive Ys IV. 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. Confused and alone, he is approached by a burly thief named Duren who claims to know him and says that he was last seen wandering off into the nearby 'sea of trees.'Įager to unravel the mystery of his past and the cause of his predicament, Adol sets off with Duren to map the uncharted wilderness that claimed his memories. World-famous red-haired adventurer Adol Christin awakens in the unfamiliar land of Celceta, remembering nothing more than his own name.
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