Grats wyndcrosser, Y's 1 - 3 are really fun games. If I recall as well Y's 1 - 2 was also the very first game to ever get all 10's on a scale from 1 to 10 in the EGM magazine it was in.
I thought Y's 3 was not as fun as it was a large change in the way the game played compared to the first two. But since I had played Exile: Wicked Phenomenon, once I got into the game I had an idea what to expect and enjoyed it greatly.
Also, wilykat, I will agree to the most part. I also think achievements have ruined it some with the new games. The reason is people play the game to beat it now but it must be easy. The so called hard core gamers do all the achieves in a game to prove their worth compared to the ones that don't.
I bought the Y's games that are one steam, mostly for the nostalgia factor. I really enjoyed them but to me it's just not the same cause of the achieves and using a PS4 controller just doesn't feel right since I don't have auto-turbo selection etc.