A fitting legacy for your Legacy of Ys preorder
by Chris Greenhough 
{ Dec 31st 2008 at 12:30PM }
Preorder perk ahoy! For the February 10 launch of Legacy of Ys Books I & II, Atlus will be offering jammy U.S. and Canada-based gamers a sweet preorder bonus: a limited edition soundtrack CD, featuring tracks from both Ys I and Ys II. As far as we know, this will be available at Amazon and GameStop.
The revised translation for this DS remake had already roped us in, but now we're counting down the days hours minutes. As the press release we received notes, the Ys series is renowned for having wonderful music. If you're new to the series, you can head to this part of Atlus' website to listen to a few samples for yourself.
Gallery: Legacy of Ys: Books I & II
[Via press release]
Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)
EXTREME Seph @ Dec 31st 2008 4:23PM
Now I have to preorder this.
Matias @ Dec 31st 2008 7:16PM
Yep, Ys has beautiful music, sadly, I can't get this because I live in South America, maybe if I pre-order it from some website they will have the soundtrack too?
I got Ys VI ost already, and I really want the music from the 1st two, it was incredible.
The Fish King @ Jan 2nd 2009 3:29AM
I have never played any of the Ys series. How do they compare to other RPGs from that era? I can't help but wonder if Atlus is just trying to cash in on the nostalgia craze that this last year has brought to gaming.
Matias @ Jan 5th 2009 7:29PM
Actually, Ys is more action than rpg, menu use is minimal and there are few pieces of quipment compared to others rpg. You also level up but how much hp or atack you get is fixed, and max level is 20. And the battle for the 1st two games is ramming into the enemies until you kill them (in a strategic way though). So, Ys is not gameplay oriented, but more story oriented, and with great memorable music (it adds to the ambient of the story).
Still, while the gameplay is limited, specially the customization of the character, ramming into the enemies is fun, and hard sometimes (the last boss of Ys 1 is frustrating). And the story is great (and only understood is you play both games, as the 1st one ends in a cliffhanger), and the music is epic. This game is a 1st day buy.