Speaking of Ys, it looks like Ys I/II might be the most common game to make it into people's top 10. I wonder why this is? Nostalgia?
Well, I won't speak for the others, but sure, in my case, nostalgia has something to do with it. But then again, I think there are very good reasons why I'm MORE nostalgic about that game than I am about any other game from my childhood.
While I enjoyed Ys I, Ys II was what made the game a legend for me. To be more specific, the stretch from the confrontation with Dark Fact at the end of I through the final dance steps of the ending credits constitutes one of the most amazing gaming experiences I've ever had. As I mentioned in the other topic where we were discussing Ys, Book II has SO much cool stuff. It's funny, it's fun, and it's remarkably dramatic. The final few minutes are so exciting that they still send a shiver down my brittle old spine.
You can't get a fair idea of what the game as a whole has to offer until you've experienced stuff like charging up the bell tower to confront Dalles, turning into a monster to talk to other enemies, discovering the secrets of the land in the mystical rooms of the priests, playing an old familiar tune on the silver harmonica to avert catastrophe, listening to the goddesses' revelations, and seeing them engulfed in flames while Darm makes his chilling final speech.
And to this day, the soundtrack is the best of all time.
