While imprisoned in Balduq, Adol is cursed and becomes a Monstrum. With his newfound powers, he must stop the Grimwald Nox from consuming the city.
Very Positive
1,856 Steam reviews
| LANGUAGE | AUDIO | SUBTITLES | INTERFACE |
|---|---|---|---|
| English | Y | Y | Y |
| Chinese (Traditional) | — | Y | Y |
| French | — | Y | Y |
| Japanese | Y | Y | Y |
| Korean | — | Y | Y |
I absolutely love this series. This is ANOTHER fantastic entry as it's left me feeling the way I usually do after a great game. I always wish it was longer even when I've spent almost 100 hours playing it. I can't wait for book XI as I've already finished and LOVED X and VIII.
Unlike other games in the series, this one can be really boring and is full of bloat, at least the first 70%. I'm honestly surprised.
The game has a promising start but the story just drags on. Nothing interesting ever happens (until like the endgame), there's boring dialogue at every point, you're made to go through a lot of unnecessary talking and fetch quests and trust me it's not fun. I know the story gets better later on but honestly is it really worth the torture?
Visually, the game is okay at worst and good at best. In terms of graphical fidelity it's only much better than Ys 8. I play Ys for the gameplay and not the graphics so it seemed fine enough to me. The art and general design is very good and it nails the atmosphere too.
The best thing about this game is the combat, which in my opinion is some of the best in the series and quite fun. Dungeons are fun to explore too although they can get frustratingly repetitive sometimes. The music in the game is a hit or a miss sadly, with more misses than hits. It's also nowhere near as good as Ys 8 or the previous games, but it does the job I guess.
It feels like they tried to mix Trails and Ys and what you get is a game with a good gameplay core weighed down by the boring first half of the story and useless dialogue.
You might be able to enjoy it if you're somewhat new to the series but if you're a fan of classic Ys then this one is going to test your patience. I still think that Ys IX is, all things considered, a better game than Ys 8 in general, but I wish it focused more on quality than quantity.
Beautiful. Amazing Game.
What a way to payoff all the saga! But still without being "just a big crossover" but more in the weight of adol in this story.
Gameplay amazing, so fluid and chaotic as we all love in this series. Not the best bosses and dungeons though, but still so fun to fight and explore.
And overall I think its one of the best soundtracks in all Ys as a whole. some have bangers, but here all the themes are at least good, and we do have some bangers!
Erikoinen notkahdus laadussa ryhmäpohjaisista Ys-peleistä puhuttaessa, koska luulisi viimeisimmän aina viilaavan edellisen osan heikkoudet parempaan suuntaan. Uudet tavat liikkua ympäristössä piristää hieman nurkkien koluamista, mutta jostain syystä Monstrum Noxista paistaa läpi joko kiire tai intohimon puute sillä peli tuntuu jotenkin vaisulta verrattuna aiempiin Ys-peleihin. Enkä pistäisi pahitteeksi, jos nämä aalloissa tulevat arenataistelut korvattaisiin tulevaisuudessa jollain vaihtoehtoisella tavalla päästä pelissä eteenpäin sillä ne olivat melko tylsiä jo Ys VIII:ssä, mutta kaipa näistäkin joku tykkää. Ihan kiva, Yufasta/Raging Bullista voi antaa jo ylimääräiset 5 pistettä, vaikka ei se muukaan jengi kylmäksi jätä.
Another great entry in the Ys series.
Great game/
This is a decent game. It is not quite as good as Ys VIII, but it's still pretty good. I would give it a 7/10.
The music is great (as always in the Ys series). The story is interesting. The characters are likeable. The combat is fun, but quite button-mashy, not very strategic. I originally started on hard mode, but it was too easy, so I switched to nightmare mode, which was better.
Кривенькая игра, огромная куча шероховатостей, отсутствие русского языка (что для меня не является ни минусом, ни плюсом),
НО
эта игра весёлая, мы забыли, что игры ДОЛЖНЫ быть весёлыми. Не нужен графон уровня реальной жизни с 16к текстурами, не нужно невероятных передовых эффектов, просто персонажиков, с которыми можно прожить историю и хороший игровой цикл.
Бегать - весело; Драться - весело; Сайдквесты - интересные; Влияние на мир - присутствует.
Да, куча несостыковок, шероховатостей, но есть геймерское чувство, что игру делали с душой.
Нрауица.
you can walk up walls
[b]Adol and his Adventure Waifus...[/b]
+ interesting skills
+ pretty much GPU and CPU friendly
+ finest Adol ARPG action
+ took some inspiration from Ys VIII (so its familiar gameplay)
+ interesting quests and subquest
+ good character costumes and graphics
+ interesting characters and story setting (fav chars: Iris, Anemona, Aprilis)
+ character models top notch
+ based upon Ys VIII
+ many different and familiar things
+ fitting OST
+/- weird that a city is now the center of adventuring, which is not bad
- Anime sequences not adjustable to 4k
- older and outdated graphics
- camera is a bit problematic
Conclusion:
Another of Adols adventure, which is getting better in my opinion. Translation is ok, but not bad. Skill based Fighting, interesting characters, fitting OST and good Quest and Progress makes that game pretty much good. Nothing really bad here!
Score:
95
13/10 Way to go Silver Hime!
13/10 Puppet is the new Chibi!
1337/10 Adventure calls!
How I feel about this game is a bit odd. I really enjoyed exploring the city with all the different abilities collecting stuff which I normally hate. But the characters and story just bored me. The combat on hard may as well have been set to easy and it was very spammy. Once I unlocked Raging Bull GG she just wrecked everything with the same combo and it worked well. If you ever get into any sort of trouble just trying to brute force bosses you have a ridiculous amount of items to bail you out.
Taking stuff out of the Trails series it has missable stuff. I had 39/40 quests and looking it up one is missable and I don't even care enough to cheat to unlock it. Not sure how I am missing maps/chests since they all say 100%.
It was fun for a time but I'd have had more fun just rushing through the game. Toward the end I was just skipping cutscenes just to get it over.
Coming up on the end of the game as I am now, I find myself having flash-backs to its predecessor, a game I also gave a thumbs down on Steam, despite coming out of it with a fairly positive impression. I'm sure I don't like this one even as much as that though.
Ys IX continues the trend of bloating the once story-light action rpg series with large quantities of dubiously written side-quests, uninterested main story cutscenes and dialogue, unnecessary crafting, ugprade, and skill systems, and another obnoxious siege mode which must be engaged with to progress the story.
Only in the last chapter do I see the new traversal mechanics starting to be combined in interesting ways. Only in the last chapter do the bosses start to push to broken parry/dodge system to an extent where it becomes an interesting challenge. Only in the last chapter does the story finally start to explain anything interesting at all about what is going on.
It's still got some of the unique Falcom vibe that I love, but it's the weakest of the Ys 7 successors in my opinion, and leaves me hankering for another solo adventure with Adol.
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Es bastante entretenido y tiene buenos personajes
Ys IX: Monstrum Nox trades the bright island vibes of VIII for a darker, more mysterious atmosphere and it absolutely works. I REALLY REALLY LOVE THE CHARACTERS IN THIS GAME!!! SIMPLY 10000/10, best cast ever in all Ys series!!
Balduq feels dense and alive, and the Monstrum abilities completely change how you explore. Running up walls, gliding over rooftops, and moving vertically around the city makes traversal incredibly satisfying. Combat remains fast, fluid, and addictive! every Flash Guard and Flash Move feels rewarding.
The story starts slow but builds into something emotional and powerful. The cast grows on you, and by the end, it hits harder than you expect.
It’s stylish, dramatic, and full of momentum. Different from VIII but confidently its own thing!!
my favorite ys game.
the combat's good, the music is goated, the graphics are nice, and the concept of the prison city is very cool to me.
i reccomend it to everyone.
全体を通して非常に好評で妥当な感じ。
VIIIには及ばないながらもアベレージがよくて、突出して良いのはフィールド探索。壁を駆け上って滑空して、本当に気持ちがいい。最後までさわやかな気持ちで走り抜けられた。ARPGの殿堂だね。次回作にも、今後にも期待大。
Great game, traversing the world is really fun with all the monstrum boons. The story however, is not on par with the previous game but it's still decent. Combat still has that great Ys 8 feel to it except for the ranged character which just felt really awkward.
结尾太赶，不然我还挺喜欢的
游戏好不好只能说人各有自己的偏好和标准
但对我来说这的确是人生游戏
所以法老控我的9p到底什么时候能端上来问你话呢
So far it hasn't been as good as Ys 8, but that's a high bar to pass. It's still been vey fun so far, and the town that the game takes place in is enjoyable to explore with the interesting characters you'll run into around every corner.
Likes: graphics, character design, combat, Japanese audio with English subs, voice acting, parkour around the city
Dislikes: too much dialogue and not enough combat, too many mechanics copied exactly from Ys VIII even when they don't make sense for this game, status ailments can be ignored even on hard mode, resources less plentiful than past games, too many characters, feels claustrophobic due to lack of true open world, plot is too cryptic: I'm 50 hours in and still don't know what's really going on in the game world, characters are not endearing like Ys 8
Verdict: solid game if you like Ys series. Not nearly as fun or as well-made as Ys VIII
[h1]シリーズ経験薄な人への注意書き[/h1]
本シリーズは所謂「オムニバス形式」を取っており毎回1つの作品で完結するため、言ってしまえば何処から始めてもいい。
というのが本シリーズの定番だったのだが今作は例外で、とりわけ過去作に関する小ネタが多い。過去作内でも多少はあったが、今作は特に多くそれも終始に渡って散りばめられている。
小ネタの範疇だけなら良かったのだがそれに留まらず、今作の本筋に対して過去作の要素が密接に絡んでくる場面までもが存在する。
それは予め履修できているか否かで、得られる感動が大きく変動するほどに。
とはいえ今作も単体で完結する形式ではあるので、ここから始めても充分に楽しめる。
ただ可能であるならば、とりあえず前作8辺りを触れておくと合わせてより楽しめるでしょう。
[h1]多少の癖はあるが確かな良作[/h1]
「冒険」を前面に掲げ、自然豊かな土地を旅してきた本シリーズでは異色となる「街一つ」を舞台とした、閉塞感のある作風にファンでも多少好みが分かれそうな今作。
個人的にはたまの味変も良いんじゃない？と思いながら手に取り、ゲームを終える頃にはシリーズいちのお気に入り作品となった。
舞台の縮小感に加えて、明朗快活な過去作とは異なりどこか暗さを纏った雰囲気も特徴的。
長く続けられてきたシリーズだからこそ、個人的には「今までの作品とは異なり、何が起こるかを予想出来なくて面白い」と感じた。
おかげで終始ワクワクしながら物語を読み進めさせてもらえた。
ただ今作はそんな「目新しさ」だけで目を引こうといったモノではない。
[h2] 豊かな人物描写[/h2]
前作の8にて色濃く描かれていた、メインからサブにまで至るキャラクターたちの掘り下げが更に深みを増しており、今作においても大きな魅力の1つとなる。
この点に関し、舞台を街一つに絞ったからこそ土地が司る歴史やそこに暮らす人々の細部に至るまでを存分に描ける事に繋がり、過去作以上の深い掘り下げ描写と共感に繋がった。と自分は思っている。
なので確かに冒険感が薄れはしたかもしれないが、決して悪い事ばかりではないと伝えたい。
[h2] 屈指の爽快感[/h2]
もう1つの大きな魅力として、アクション要素を挙げたい。
直近の3作に渡って続いてきた戦闘システムに更なる磨きが掛かり、シリーズでも髄一の爽快感を味わえるアクションへと変貌を遂げた。
今作独自の「異能アクション」に関しても若干レスポンスの悪さなどが気になるものの、使っていて楽しい。
なによりこの異能アクションを交えたことで戦闘も探索も立体的な動きが出来るようになり、今までとは一味違うアクションを堪能できる。
[h2]秀逸なBGM群 [/h2]
そしてもはや言う必要も無いだろうが、相変わらず音楽が絶品。
作風の変化に併せてか、過去作では類を見ないテイストのモノが多かったように思えた。
そして定番風味からイレギュラーなモノまでも含め、その全てが安心と安定のファルコムクオリティ。
止まることを知らないその姿勢に感服です。
前作の8が幅広い層にウケる名作だとするならば、今作は良くも悪くも刺さる人には刺さるといったテイストではある。
だが作風の変化はさておいて、とりあえず手に取ってみてほしいと思う。
遊んでいくうちに、今作でしか得られない確かな魅力に巡り合えるはずだ。
Ys IX: Monstrum Nox is the latest Ys game in the current timeline of the Adol journey. As a player, Ys IX: Monstrum Nox assumes you're already familiar with most of the Adol journeys and gives you a glimpse into them, but you can play it without the other installments in the series. Ys IX: Monstrum Nox is a very good game.
J’ai toujours eu de l’affection pour la série des Ys, dont les premiers épisodes étaient désuets et un peu fauchés, mais terriblement attachants. C’est une sorte de péché mignon, parce que ce n’est pas prise de tête, avec un gameplay bourrin et jouissif au possible.
Il y a bien quelques petits défauts, dont le grinding des enfers et un pathfinding pas toujours lisible. Et devinez quoi ? Ce Monstrum Nox ne déroge pas à la règle et est, en ça, un Ys terriblement classique et prévisible.
Commençons par le positif et la nouveauté : Monstrum Nox se veut plus vertical grâce à l’ajout bienvenu d’une sorte de « grappin démoniaque » qui permet de se projeter en l’air. Attention toutefois, cela est limité aux prises prévues par le jeu, inutile de s’attendre à faire du [i]Juste Cause[/i] avec les personnages. Nous avons aussi la possibilité de planer dans les airs avec des « ailes démoniaques » et on sent que [i]Breath of the Wild[/i] est passé par là. Plus on va avancer dans le jeu, plus on va tomber sur des petits gimmicks de gameplay (comme passer sous les portes, voir à travers les murs etc).
Comme dans [i]Lacrimosa of Dana[/i], on aura même un court segment dans lequel on fera interagir deux personnages dans les mêmes lieux, mais dans deux temporalités différentes, les actions de l’un ayant des répercussions dans le lieu de l’autre.
Le gameplay est toujours aussi excellent et on se délecte d’enchaîner les combats, tous plus impressionnants les uns que les autres. Certains boss font honneur à la série et certains se permettent même d’avoir plusieurs phases.
Si cet opus n’a pas à rougir en termes de contenu ou de finition, les qualités s’arrêtent malheureusement là.
En effet, les défauts (pour moi) inhérents à la série demeurent, et se retrouvent même renforcés.
Déjà, le scénario est complètement anecdotique et carrément dispensable. Bon ok, Ys n’a jamais brillé à ce niveau avec son Adol amnésique, mais ici on atteint des sommets.
Ensuite, le gimmick de l’espèce de tower defense récurrent lasse. Il lasse encore plus lorsqu’il est imposé jusqu’à la nausée par le scénario. C’est bien simple : on a une ville entière en matière de terrain de jeu, mais toutes les zones sont bloquées par une barrière maléfique et on devra faire des vagues d’ennemis en protégeant un cristal pour casser ces barrières.
Alors si c’était juste ça, ça irait encore. Mais que nenni : pour avoir le droit au tower defense, il faudra remplir une jauge en farmant les monstres de la ville. Et ceci sans arrêt. Chaque chapitre s’ouvre en demandant « d’explorer la ville » et se referme en obligeant à réexplorer la même prison. Ys Monstrum Nox est répétitif comme jamais un jeu de la saga ne l’a été.
Le terrain de jeu est limité et, comme si ça ne suffisait pas, le pathfinding est lui aussi aux fraises. On galère souvent à trouver l’objectif malgré la direction, car le dénivelé n’est pas pris en compte et que dieu sait que le dénivelé est claqué au sol dans Ys. Encore plus avec toutes les barrières invisibles et les accès bloqués par 3 graviers.
En fait, les quelques ajouts de gameplay ne servent plus à masquer la répétitivité de la série, qui finit par gaver tant elle étire tout, jusqu’aux derniers donjons interminables pour rien.
Petit point Steam Deck (mon dada) : le jeu tourne parfaitement dessus et la portable est bien sûr la compagne idéale de cette aventure pensée pour les petites sessions (sous peine de devenir fou).
Une fois tout ceci dit, j’ai bien peur que, n’apprenant jamais rien de mes erreurs, je replonge dans Ys X, et les suivants…
<3
Since becoming a fan of the “Trails” series I was curious to try Falcom’s other long going action RPG. The combat feels snappy with different skills to choose from as well as different party members to play as for variety. Exploration feels really good with more ways of traversing such as gliding and running up walls that become available as you gain new party members. The story is good but unfortunately suffers from bloated dialogue and mandatory side-quests to progress the main story. All in all as my first “Ys” game, it was a fun experience with great music, that may have had too much unnecessary text to read, but an engaging gameplay loop of combat and exploring.
absolute cinema
I enjoyed this a lot more than Ys 8. I found enjoying myself most of the character as well as the gameplay loop. There's some predictability and controls take a little bit to get used to, but all in all, this definitely goes to upper third of Ys-games for me.
A very enjoyable game, though it feels like a Ys VIII 2.0 more than its own game at times (and not in a good way), especially in the battle design.
The exploration is very fun, like usual. The gift system works nicely (for the most part) and the overall way dungeons are designed let you both use those gifts very well, the overall characters are good and endearing overall (save for Hawk even at his best moments). The story is also well thought out, but some quirks in design (and a bit of meta thought if you're used to the series) make it a bit too predictable.
Fighting within the walls of Balduq reminded me a little bit of fighting stuff in Twilight Town in Kingdom Hearts 2. It's pretty fun to fight while navigating the city, and the rewards for doing so are great. The battles themselves aren't as stupid as VIII was, as you don't randomly oneshot bosses and enemies properly telegraph their moves, but flash move and flash guard still have some weird moments where they just plain don't work like back then.
The main problem with this one however is the same as Ys VIII: there are very little bosses that actively use the gifts of the Monstrums to their fullest, even the Final Boss is haphazardly thrown out mishmash of things already used before. This results in fighting bosses as "slightly stronger monsters" rather than unique encounters. There are a couple of exceptions, with the best one being the Dry Moat Ruins one, where it makes clever use of the things you've just acquired.
The "Nox raids" are just straight up imported from VIII's Primordial raids, and just as unfun as ever. They also removed the more fun "Attack" parts and replaced them with "Break the targets" style missions instead. They were good though, and you can find fun ways to route them for fast times, but I really wish the "raid style" missions just disappeared. It's a lot of waiting around for monsters to appear, mashing skills to gather them all in one place, wiping them out, repeat until mission is over. Replaying through in Lunatic makes it a bit more involved and interesting, but still a boring waiting game either way.
That being said, even though I had my gripes on certain aspects of this game, I enjoyed my time a whole lot more than I did for VIII. The exploration is fun and the battles are much better balanced, though they are, like VIII very basic in their design overall.
I'd recommend to get this game at a small sale to enjoy another story of Adol's, exploring around and discovering mysteries and having encounters with interesting characters rather than looking for interesting combat mechanics, as you won't find that here.
As a YS fan I have a huge bias towards this series and can say get it if you feel the same. though if your more casual or not aware of this series, I would more reccommend YS 8: Lacrimosa of Dana which felt like a great game to get into the series. this one felt a bit downgraded in terms of story and music compared to that one.
exploration isn't bad, its different as you can actually traverse off the ground into the tops of buildings.
One thing I really like is how they gave a lotta respect to Adol in this game, as usually everyone underestimates him and he doesn't care how people percieve him.
the new characters as just as vibrant and many as the other games, and Dogi is also with you the whole way, but unfortunately not as a playable character.
you can also [b] 100% [/b] this game like you can the last one in one playthrough. Just make sure to start in Nightmare difficulty. if you've played the other YS games, you can definitely play at this difficulty, the beginning will be a bit hard as you get into it.
90% этой игры явно писалось для анимешников ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥, ибо почти вся игра это какая-то срань просто хоронящая пиздатый сюжет, который там действительно есть. Если хотите начать играть в ис, то поиграйте лучше 8 часть, а эту трогать стоит ток если вы совсем уже в отчаянии ну или фанат второсортного аниме
adol as a 2007 edge lord is a funny concept
I liked this game a good bit, but after playing Ys VIII it left me feeling a little underwhelmed to be perfectly honest, which was surprising given its like a 92 percent on steam. The vibe of the castlevania-like city was pungent and satisfying, so were the monstrum abilities and the combat. However the story just didn't quite land for me the way they they intended it to. You can tell it they were confident in the story and maybe it was the presentation or the execution but, they didn't exactly nail it with flying colors. Some parts of it worked and others felt messy and convoluted, more so than I think they intended. It just felt too "forced" of a story, like it was trying to be really genius and "blow your mind" constantly but the writing just couldn't execute it properly. That brings me to what is actually the biggest issue with this game, its really two things. The first is that the character writing is extremely generic and I know that is par and parcel for a jrpg but its still a problem so i'm going to mention it. The second is that 95 percent of the game is unvoiced. WHY?!?!? It's so baffling that they would write mountains of generic dialogue and then force you to read it all on top of it. Can they really not afford to pay the VA's to do their character's lines. It's just so strange and feels completely unnecessary, like they're just trying to save a quick buck on it. Comprehensive voice acting would have improved the quality of this game a lot, and helped me connect with the characters more.
Still I would recommend this game if you like Ys, but I wouldn't go out of my way to recommend it to someone who didn't already like the series (unlike VIII). I look forward to playing proud nordics when it comes out in a month or so, but please Falcom for the love of god just go "all in" and pay you're VA's.
Что-же, вот и настал наконец момент, к которому я шел почти 5 лет (купив игру еще по предзаказу, руки дошли до серии только год назад).
Что могу сказать, да, все-же эта часть оказалась слабее 8й, я бы даже сказал "по анимешному плохая" почти весь сюжет крутится вокруг одного города и пары окрестностей, а ограничение контента "до поры до времени" выглядит ну уж слишком глупым. Поясню - в 8й части, мы исследуем остров и находим различные преграды, где нам необходимо какое-то кол-во "рук" что-бы расчистить путь. Тут эта механика осталась но сделана без какой либо вдумчивости, просто проходишь сюжет и фармишь - тебе открывают новые локации в строго определенной последовательности. Как просто ограничение от быстрого сбора всех плюшек оно работает, но логически и сюжетно - это огромная "дыра", ибо открываются локации все по одному принципу и исключительно в последовательности сюжета, если бы можно было выбирать что-то не сюжетное, то еще ладно, но так, как оно есть, выглядит откровенно тупо и не продумано.
Сам по себе сюжет нормальный, но явно слабее 8й части и не чувствуется вот этого "размаха" который пытаются преподнести, а вот эти божественные видеовставки при каждом посещении Гримвальда это отдельный вид кринжа, где тебя хвалят за то и за это, как будто-бы тут не мир спасаешь а участвуешь в очередных сражениях между магическими академиями(утрирую конечно, но +- на то и похоже).
Действительную интригу впервые удивившую меня создали Примордиалы, я даже сначала не поверил, подумал что просто похожи, а потом об этом открыто сказали, это да, удивило, а еще удивили моменты [spoiler] Где за собранные лепестки с тобой говорят персонажи прошлых частей, из всех я узнал только Дану, но потом чекнул вики и офигел, это правда крутой сайд квест. А так же был крайне удивлен смерти Априлис и что оказывается все персонажи просто копии героев из прошлого [/spoiler]
Касательно самих персонажей, сюжет пытается в интригу, но по факту всех персонажей ты узнаешь лишь впервые завидев их, про костюмы...ну хз, тут вкусовщина, но на мой взгляд это конечно стыд, нет никакой обоснованности "почему вот она - кошка, а вот он - сокол а вот она корова(хотя с коровой все понятно ахахха), это немного расстроило, они прописаны не сказать что прям "вау" но к ним привыкаешь, даже привязываешься. Под конец и вовсе было грустно с ними расставаться [spoiler]Боже, как же хотелось что-бы Адол наконец вырос и просто обнял Кришу в самом конце, просто обнял, ну или хотя-бы Априлис, ведь они обе так или иначе более близко расположены к Адолу.[/spoiler]
Про музыку ничего особо сказать не могу, она звучит и звучит, иногда попадаются весьма неплохие бэки, но 8я часть все еще доминирует по звуку.
Боевая система особо не поменялась, все привычно.
В конечном итоге, не смотря на унылое начало и скудноватый "мир" игры, я скорее склоняюсь что мне понравилось, она не так затянута как 8я часть, тут нет такого сильного гринд-барьера как в прошлой части, жаль только что Фалком так и не позволяют Адолу быть хоть немного ближе к персонажу явного интереса (это я про Шанте естественно ахахахахах, шучу, про Кришу, она совсем не тот тип персонажей что мне нравится, я больше за Априлис или Юфу, но в этом случае, сердечко требовало что-бы Криша и Адол были вместе)
Те или иные события не давали мне погрузится в мир Ys, но я рад что наконец закрыл этот гештальт, хоть и спустя почти 5 лет.
Дальше пойдем в 10ю часть, посмотрим что там.
作为目前时间线最靠后的一作(阿豆24岁)，本作以英法百年战争为背景，以巴士底狱为主要故事舞台，围绕格里台和罗门双方展开故事。
相较于前作本作在可操作性上有了质的飞跃，各种怪人的异能让角色的机动性得到了非常大的提升，上天入地无所不能，有些异能也对探索很有帮助，对各种收集减轻了许多负担，是非常优秀的设计。
剧情上也同样优秀，主角团每一位角色的塑造都非常精彩，唯一可惜的地方就是亚普莉莉丝的剧情实在是太少，前几章几乎没有，全部都集中在最后几章，让人怀疑白猫才是真女主>_<
另外本作出现了不少与前作相关的内容，玩的作品越多能get到的也就越多，相必每一位玩家看到这些熟悉的内容时都会不自觉地会心一笑吧？估计这也是我如此喜爱伊苏的原因之一，冒险还在继续，就让我尽情期待亚特鲁的下一场奇遇吧！
Good game have it on PS4 beat it already picked it up during a sale on Steam can't wait to see what the 11th game will be or if we get a remake of 1&2. One thing I didn't like is that you can't go back and finish quests that have a time limit forcing the player to use old saves or restart the game to cover every single quest as priority while trying to enjoy the main storyline.
An amazing game with a very intriguing story. Also the longest Ys game I have played so far, with the most fun movement and combat. My new current favorite
亚特鲁的冒险，最喜欢的就是旅途上遇到的各自伙伴，白猫可爱
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シリーズ全部に共通して言える事ですが、コンボの途中でキャラクターの向きが変更出来るせいで、動きにメリハリがなくなってます。直してよ
Idk what much to say at this point, the game is good, but man am i glad this is atleast for now, the last "Party-Based" Ys game, as in my opinion, they really began outstaying their welcome by Ys VIII. Looking forward to how X shakes stuff up.
yes
非常好，使我的前几部伊苏记忆恢复了
优秀的剧情设计，细腻的情感刻画，新奇的地图探索，尚可的战斗体验，虽能感受出部分角色刻画不足，但瑕不掩瑜，值得推荐。
I really love Ys 8 and Ys 9 is also a really good game. The characters are well written, battlesytem is great, exploring the town is funny and the story is really cool.
Thanks to Falcom for another great game!
I love this game
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とにかく親切なゲームで気楽にプレイできる。プレイレベルを選べる。
操作性やゲームの完成度も高い。
舞台になる都市内と周辺、地下で展開されるゲームで色々な所を移動する訳では無いけどこれはこれで気に入った。
ＲＰＧマニアの人は物足りないかも。
最帅的亚特鲁
I really wanted to dislike this game, but eventually (as with any other Ys game) it got me in the end.
45 hours with almost all achievements on hard difficulty (the ones missing you get by replaying the game), it was a bittersweet experience, first half of the game is REALLY tedious, you are just trapped in this city, going against all my expectations to explore a nature-like open world (like the precuels). I'll have to say this is my least favourite Ys from the last trilogy.
Graphics are beautiful, that's for sure, music is not disappointing, and once you 'crack the code' of how to explore, finish missions, and just continue the story, the game is actually enjoyable.
The game has a lot of easter eggs from previous games, and the final chapter made you feel sad now that it's over, but I have to say I prefer 'Ys VIII: Lacrimosa of DANA', since you feel more 'connected' with all their characters. I'm also disappointed that 'Dogi' is still just an NPC and you are not taking him on your adventures to fight (I think the last time we could play with Dogi was in Ys Seven).
I ended up liking the mechanics of the new skills and really felt connected with the background story of one of the characters (Berserker). If you are a fan of Ys, get it.
This game is pretty much Persona 5 mixed with PS2 Castlevania and its kinda remminicent to Oath in Felghana somehow (amazing combination)
Its a great action jrpg, not as good as ys8 but still good.
Even though Ys8 is better than this one, its still a Ys game. You are stuck in a city and on an island or something, but its still fun to play.
decent
people should stop comparing this to Ys VIII,
each game has it's own uniqueness, i love both Ys VIII and Ys IX
i feel deeply connected with the characters in this game
8/10.
good game, movement is fluid, game is very smooth and responsive. However the graphic and character models look quite dated by this point.
combat is quite fun, I love baseballing monster away with raging bull
story is so-so, not at the level of ys 8, as you get to the final chapter, some story elements feel quite rushed and not making sense
Nice game
jó
It's worth getting on sale. The cast of characters is the best thing about it. My favorites were Raging Bull and White Cat. The last 10 hours or so felt a bit too long and dragged out, but finishing it was surprisingly bittersweet. I'll have to give Adol's other adventures a try eventually.
[h1]シリーズファンにはオススメ。シリーズ初見なら前作プレイを先に推奨。[/h1]
『イースIX -Monstrum NOX-』は、スピーディで爽快なアクションRPGの金字塔「イース」シリーズの9作目です。2025年時点でシリーズは10まで出ていますが、移植版・リメイク・外伝を含む「イース」シリーズは非常に多くの作品が出ています。
筆者は1,2,フェルガナ,セルセタ,6,7,8,オリジンプレイ済みです。（5系と10は未履修）
プレイ時間36.6時間。トロフィー39/54。
一本のゲームとしてとても完成度は高く様々な方にお勧めしたい作品ではありますが、後述の理由からシリーズファンの方にのみ、オススメします。
[h2]ゲームの概要[/h2]
ゲームの大まかな仕組みは概ね「イースVIII-Lacrimosa of DANA-」に対し、様々な面から強化を試みたような印象です。「イースSEVEN」から始まる3人パーティの斬・打・突の切り替えパーティシステムを基盤に、8で存在した拠点強化や防衛戦システムなどを引き継ぎつつ洗練化を図っています。
ゲームの雰囲気は、一周目の率直な感想を言うと「イースシリーズ」をベースにして、シティアドベンチャー風味と厨〇病系能力者モノをアクセントとして加えたような感じ。
シティアドベンチャー風味はあくまでも風味で、スニーキングや交渉など、TRPGで言うシティアド的な楽しみはほぼありません。あくまでもいつもの未開の地を大冒険するのではなく、都市の日常を主舞台にする感じです。中盤からはいつもの未開の地も出てくるので安心。ただし、街を舞台にしたことで3Dアクション要素が非常に強く出ました。影響は後述。
能力者モノですが、能力者バトルまでは行きません。仲間キャラ一人ひとりに固有の特殊アクションがついていて、仲間にするたびにそれらのアクションが使えるようになります。ただ、全体的な雰囲気が40歳を越えたオジサンにはちょっと胃もたれしてくるのと、某キャラが銃をくるくる回すあたりでどうも背中が痒くなってくる。そんな味わいです。
[h2]良い点、悪い点、評価が分かれそうな点[/h2]
[h3]良い点[/h3]
良い点は多数あります。個人的には、8で不満だった点はほぼ改善方向に向かいました。
特にシナリオの没入感は個人的には素晴らしかったです。1日1時間前後のプレイと決めていたのに、次が気になって終われない。中盤以降が特に引き込まれて、あっという間にエンディングまで行きました。
また、シナリオ上の防衛戦の設定を生かして、中盤～終盤に仲間になるキャラの出番を序盤から積極的に確保していたのは作り手の上手さを感じました。SEVEN,セルセタ,8で仲間キャラの加入タイミングによる描写の少なさに関する問題は、本作ではある程度改善方向に向かったように思います。
NOX関連については雑魚戦でアイテムガチャ宝箱を報酬にするのは良かったです。やらなくても問題なかったはずですが、個人的にはドハマりしました。
[h3]悪い点[/h3]
悪いと思った点はあまりありません。強いて言うならトロフィー関連。全技のスキルLvMAXや各キャラクターの移動距離など、相変わらず時間を無駄に使わされるものがいくつかあるため、トロコンを目指す場合は序盤から計画的にやることを薦めます。
[h3]評価が分かれそうな点[/h3]
まず最初にこれは評価が分かれそうな点ですが、シリーズの中で比べると難易度がかなり上がっています。
理由は2つ。
1つ目は、街中を舞台にしたことによってマップが複雑化したこと。もともとシリーズは斜め見降ろしタイプの3Dアクションなのですが、本作は最序盤から使える2段ジャンプを筆頭に、左右奥手前に加えて上下のアクションを多用します。探索は8までと比べて明らかに高難度化しました。特に序盤のいくつかのダンジョンは高低差が激しいルートが多く、壁上りのサインを見逃さないよう気を付ける必要があります。
街中でも最低限のストーリーラインをなぞるだけならともかく、特に収集要素系を集めたい場合はかなりアクションへの習熟と根気が必要です。
2つ目。戦闘難易度が上がっている印象です。特に仲間がいない最序盤でダウン攻撃がやたら多く、ひょっとしたら戦闘が苦手な方は心が折れるかもしれません。
（これは攻撃スキルに気づくと解決できる問題で、スキルのモーション中はダウン攻撃を食らってもそのまま攻撃することが多く、かなり突破が楽になります）
これらが複合し、パーティが3人になる前後くらいまでは結構大変です。
他方、街中での戦闘では雑魚戦でもかなり大きな報酬（アイテムガチャ宝箱）が設定されていて、プレイヤーの戦闘経験値もキャラクターの経験値も上がりやすいゲームバランスになっており、中盤以降はサブイベントもこなしていけば過去作と比較してもこちらがかなり強いと感じる場面も多いでしょう。戦闘に自信がある方は最初から難易度ハード以上が良いと思います。
フォローしておくと、難しいとはいえ「イース」シリーズの範疇ですのでいわゆる死にゲー系統ほどの難易度ではありません。その点は逸脱はしていませんので、ご安心ください。初代イースは「クリアする喜びを味わってほしい」がコンセプトと聞きましたが、本作もちゃんとクリアできる難易度です。
また、レベル上げや素材集めなどは楽になったと感じましたが、秘薬ステータス上げの手間などはかなり増えたように思います。難易度ナイトメアのゴリ押しクリアなどはし辛くなって、ナイトメアの難易度はシリーズでもかなり上がったのではないでしょうか。
もう一つの評価が割れる点は、終盤のシナリオ。
終盤を最大限に楽しむためには、シリーズ他作品のシナリオへの理解が必要になってきます。理由はプレイすればわかるのですが、それが故にシリーズ初見の方にはとても分かりづらくなっています。一応本作だけでもシナリオは完結するのですが、完結するからと言って面白くはならないのです。
できれば10以外の全作やっておくのが望ましいとは思いますが、最低限「イースVIII-Lacrimosa of DANA-」のストーリーラインだけでもなぞってから本作をプレイするのがお薦めです。
シリーズ経験者であればあるほど、ニヤリとできる要素は多いです。もともと「イース」シリーズはそのような傾向が強いのですが、本作は過去作を知らないとキツいレベルまで来ていると感じました。
[h2]総合評価とまとめ[/h2]
ゲームとしての完成度は高いです。やり込みに見合った自分のプレイヤースキルの向上を感じられます。縦横無尽に街を駆け巡り、フラッシュムーブとフラッシュガードでスタイリッシュに戦闘をこなせます。
とはいえ、シナリオの関係で、本作を一番楽しくプレイできるのはシリーズファンです。
イースシリーズをプレイしたことがない方は、「イースVIII-Lacrimosa of DANA-」等の過去作をプレイしてから遊んでみてください。
[h2]関連作品[/h2]
https://store.steampowered.com/app/579180/VIIILacrimosa_of_DANA/
前作。シリーズ内時系列的にも本作の一つ前のアドルの冒険。本作の前にプレイ推奨。
[i]Find more of my reviews on my curator page: [url=https://store.steampowered.com/curator/45817624-Kasurot-Recommends/]Kasurot Recommends[/url][/i]
[h1]Short Summary[/h1]
[b]Ys IX: Monstrum Nox[/b] is a triumph of movement stuck in a dull world. It offers the most fluid, exhilarating traversal in the series, but traps that kinetic joy inside a drab, grey prison city.
[h1]The Bottom Line[/h1]
[h3]Who Is This For?[/h3]
Action RPG fans who value "game feel," speed, and vertical parkour above all else.
[h3]Who Is This Not For?[/h3]
Players expecting the vibrant, colorful sense of high adventure found in [b]Ys VIII: Lacrimosa of Dana[/b].
[quote]If you can look past the endless grey walls, you will find one of the most satisfying movement systems in the genre.[/quote]
[h1]The Breakdown[/h1]
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[td][h3]What We Loved[/h3][/td]
[td]The "Monstrum Gifts" make movement a joy. Wall-running, gliding, and zipping through the air feels incredible.[/td]
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[td][h3]The Grey Reality[/h3][/td]
[td]The color palette is oppressively monochromatic. The prison city setting lacks the visual wonder of the series' past.[/td]
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[td][h3]The Hook[/h3][/td]
[td]Supernatural mobility that turns a vertical city into your personal playground.[/td]
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[td][h3]The Loop[/h3][/td]
[td]High-speed slashing and vertical traversal (wall-running, gliding).[/td]
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[td][h3]Core Tone[/h3][/td]
[td]Gothic and oppressive, lacking the vibrant sense of adventure of its predecessor.[/td]
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[td][h3]Genre Context[/h3][/td]
[td]Faster and more vertical than [b]Tales of Arise[/b]; mechanically superior but visually inferior to [b]Ys VIII[/b].[/td]
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[td][h3]Technical Snapshot[/h3][/td]
[td]Fluid 60fps performance on PC/Steam Deck is essential for the fast pace, though assets look dated.[/td]
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[h1]Main Review[/h1]
[b]Ys IX: Monstrum Nox[/b] is defined by the sheer joy of movement. You play as Adol Christin, cursed with "Monstrum Gifts" that transform him from a standard swordsman into a gravity-defying superhero. The immediate hook is not the combat, but the traversal. You can run straight up vertical walls, glide across city districts, and zip-line to distant points instantly. It turns the traditional Action RPG loop into a parkour playground. The combat matches this energy, offering blistering speed that rewards aggression and reflexes.
The setting serves this verticality perfectly, but at a steep visual cost. The prison city of Balduq is dense and layered, designed explicitly to be climbed and conquered. However, it is relentlessly drab. Where [b]Ys VIII[/b] offered a vibrant, colorful island that begged to be explored, [b]Ys IX[/b] offers fifty shades of grey stone and brown brick. The atmosphere is cohesive and moody, fitting the "prison" theme, but it eventually becomes exhausting to look at. You are having fun moving, but you are rarely awed by what you are seeing.
The game's pacing often fights against its own strengths. The kinetic gameplay is frequently interrupted by heavy-handed narrative segments and unskippable dialogue. The structure locks exploration behind "Grimwald Nox" wave-battles, which feel like repetitive padding compared to the organic discovery of previous titles. The story tries to be a mature mystery, but often just feels like a roadblock preventing you from getting back to the wall-running. It respects your time mechanically, but wastes it narratively.
Ultimately, [b]Ys IX[/b] is a mechanical upgrade wrapped in a visual downgrade. The "Gifts" system is a revelation that makes going back to older titles difficult. If you play Action RPGs for the "feel" of the controller in your hand, this is a must-play. However, if you play them for the sense of a grand, colorful journey, you will likely spend the 30-hour runtime wishing you were back on the Isle of Seiren. It is a fantastic playground built in a boring neighborhood.
[h1] A Baffling Series of Decisions [/h1]
Quite by accident, I have found myself a fan of the Ys series. specifically of the style of 7 and onwards, Ys 8 is a solid pulp fantasy story about washing up on a deserted island, building a community of survivors while waiting for rescue, and stumbling across the remnants of a lost civilization and the ancient evil that wiped them out, complete with a parallel story set in that past with a different lead.
Ys 10 is a tale of reckoning with intergenerational trauma, the crimes of predecessors leaving indelible scars on the world, and the risk of something better you built being torn down by your own failings returning to haunt you.
Ys 9 on the surface is more ambitious than either of those, and yet less unique. It is desperately trying to be Persona 5. A colourful cast of outlaws with unique powers doing good, keeping one step ahead of the law, and dealing with monsters in a parallel plane of reality only they can see and interact with, while also building up a small local business.
First the good, the fundamentals of the gameplay are solid as per usual, different skills that you master that liven up the hack and slash combat, exploring the city for collectibles, new stores and missions are all livened up by different movement powers that I honestly would like to see return in future games, and the story gestures at some ideas that would be interesting if better elaborated on, the more supernatural-based and Mystery oriented parts of the story also work pretty well... with one caveat, put a pin in that for now.
But there's the rub, a lot of this game is resting on its story, and the writers choose to undermine that in several critical ways that feel antithetical both to the broader series, and to the type of story that they're aping.
In short? For a story about being daring renegades operating outside of the law, you spend a baffling amount of time doing favors for those in charge. Whether it's discouraging one of the members of the Monstrums from stealing from a company that Everyone Admits is poisoning the land and its people via its mines (which use a mix of desperate poor people and literal prison slave labor), saying that she shouldn't return that money to the poor who are being taken advantage of with being priced out of life on one end and compelled into the death pit for scraps on the other, a company whose executives will tell you to your face that they are ruthless in business and are just out for maximising profits, and yet somehow they're not antagonists to be stopped, but people you need to keep doing errands for
But it doesn't stop there, the massive prison-colony fortress city that characters will readily admit is being run corruptly, locking people up without due cause or due process, having a luxury wing for wealthy prisoners, the place we are investigating for most of the game? Well sure, lets keep catching pickpockets or peeping toms for the guards *so they can be presumably sent to this gulag?* I don't know why the guards hate us, we're doing their work for them, maybe we're cutting into their commissions.
Next are the two flavors of militant authoritarians, firstly are the Romun occupiers, who are here as people who conquered this city-state less than a generation ago. Towards the end of the game, their military leader and their Intelligence Officer are inexplicably described by other characters as being honourable and that the evil things being done were simply the result of the OTHER group of armed Nationalists, this in spite of us NEVER being actually shown noble or honest conduct from them, but apparently it's all the fault of the Heiroglyph Knights.
Who apparently were all following orders, yes even their leadership was just being puppeted by the true mastermind, bad writing ahoy, but it gets worse, their motivation is to free this region from the control of the Romuns, the same Romuns who are occupying this place, who did warcrimes within living memory against the nation, and this is apparently a bad thing? And lest you think this is only a problem of them going about it the wrong way we also have the Bells of Liberty, and explicitly civilian-led movement looking for independence who tried and failed 8 years ago, but are trying again now, and again, wanting independence from an, at best, callous nation using you as a dumping ground for political prisoners is treated as a bad thing, as if a liberation from the Romuns *who we have seen no indication have grown any less ♥♥♥♥♥♥ since the warcrimes* would automatically involve slaying civilians of Romun ancestry.
At every point, from military commanders from the previous war that left a unit to die without promised backup, to the current religious, business and political leaders who were either craven collaborators or useless equivocators, the buck is always passed to "someone else" until there is no-one left to be blamed.
An oroborous of buck-passing that ultimately tries to claim that the people most ♥♥♥♥♥♥ over, the poor in the slums, need not to get back the money bilked out of them by a price-gouging corporation, but to pull themselves up by their bootstraps and stop drinking/gambling, gee I wonder why things suck so much in the poison slums that they need an escape hmmmmmmm? But you know what'd help? A free flower shop. Yes the pet project of the heiress who recognised that her business family was hopelessly corrupt and tried to right that wrong, before she was chided for being "naive" and so she put a flower shop in a place where the hues of those flowers would get dulled by soot and ash.
Oh, and incidental animal cruelty by a sanitised version of Bullfighting that pretends it's just about waving a cape around until the bull is all tuckered out, these are all remarkably unforced errors.
All of this, I put up with, until the final chapter, where the game snapped my last nerve like a busted piano wire. Spoilers ahead, if you care.
So... the protagonists are Alchemic Clones, Homunculi, that in itself isn't a problem, it's what they choose to do with that premise that is the last straw. The true villain is attempting to clone notable people to use them as political tools, people with the connections or "intelligence" (probably the originals got good educations and the clones inheriting their memories) to be useful, Sounds bad right? Yeah, it's an awkward situation, but the originals have been released so their lives can't be taken, all we need to do is check for villain brainwashing efforts, tell these homunculi people (who I'll remind you, are *the same* type of sapient, fully formed life as the protagonists) that they need to travel elsewhere and make new lives and... why the ♥♥♥♥ did that one dissolve?
Yeah turns out that a Romun Spy Matthias discovered this and decided that clearly the only outcome is to use a failsafe to kill all of these people, it's the only way. This is a representative of the occupying nation that Gllia is supposed to be able to trust these days? That can be relied on to lead this territory fairly and equitably? Yeah just out here murdering a bunch of innocent people in their sleep because they are "inconvinient" to Romun interests. Well that's just the whole ballgame isn't it? If we accept the characters we're playing as are people who have a right to exist, then this asshat just basically said "you should kill yourself *now* but don't because we need you to deal with the supernatural ♥♥♥♥ first."
And what do the characters do? Stand there like lemons and give protests that are about as convincing as Willy Wonka asking a child not to become an industrial accident. It's not even just the fact that terrible things happen, it's that you are FORCED as a player to be complicit, to be a useless centrist even in the face of a dozen or more people being murdered in cold blood in front of us, and we're supposed to accept that the guy cloning people out of grief for his lost friends is the villain?
4/5
7,5/10
good game
ストーリー的には物足りないが、アクション面に関しては前作のアップグレード
そんな作品です
今度は呪いで要塞都市に閉じ込めれた我らがアドル君が、一つの街を舞台に大暴れ！
と、概要だけ聞くと、あんま面白くなさそうだけれど、これが中々面白い
前作との比較として、本作では街やダンジョンが上下に広くなったことが挙げられます
とにかくもう建物がやったら高い
前作でも、足場をピョンピョン渡り歩いて上層を目指したり、蔦を掴んで壁を上ったりしましたが
本作では垂直の壁を駆け上がったり、空を飛んだりとやりたい放題
そう聞くと探索が大変そうな感じもするけれど、サポートスキルも用意されてるので、その辺はご安心
概ね、探索においては前作よりも楽しめるものかと思われます
戦闘は前作とそこまで変わらず。敵に飛びつくスキルも追加されたけど
なんかあんま使い道がなかったね…。これ用のボスギミックぐらい用意してくれたらよかったのに
まあ快適で爽快なのもそのままなのは、いいことだ
アクション部分の不満は正直あんまない
問題はストーリー
ストーリー自体は面白いのだが、残念ながら盛り上がるのがクソ遅い
プレイ時間の4/5はストーリーが進まず、観光地巡りしてるだけ
敵をぶちのめしてるだけで楽しいゲームとは言え、さすがにこれはちょっと
サブクエストも、前作と違い大半は一回きりのゲストキャラのが多く
やる目的も金やストーリー進行のためと、前作の漂流者たちとの
楽しいやり取りと比べると、正直物足りない
まあ、前作からの高すぎる期待というハードルは超えれてるとは思うので
前作が気に入った人にはお勧めします
ただこの作品、旧作のオマージュ的な要素が多いから、本作からイースシリーズを
やるのは勿体ないよ
総合評価は96点
The game plan is simple: just leave it to Sahad...
Oh, wait.
trash port, animation not working, 30fps instead of 144
一周目INFERNO探索率99%
小时抱着YS起源玩了一遍又一遍，在2D时代简直梦中情游；后来又在Steam查着词典生肉啃完了永远的伊苏1&2，也是觉得不虚此行。然而进入3d时代，看着喜欢的IP已沦为纯纯粉丝向，一言难尽。
已经0205年了，日厂可在技术力上多涨点心吧...整个体验也是处处透露出没经费的廉价感，装备打造/探索/服装/成长/操作...游戏各个系统都是贫瘠且肤浅，服务完主线就结束，完全还在复读几十年前的套路。演出也是纯纯PPT，画质更是一坨，最后连剧情也是白开水。我能接受怀旧时在画面表现上的种种不足，不能接受近两年也算前沿作品就这表现，本来是准备体验YS8的 然而开场画面一出，那扑面而来的三角形直接给我劝退了。。。感觉IP已经彻底陷入了没钱做不出好品质，没好品质就没销量没钱的困境。
情怀在那虽然未来也会尽量支持，但还是希望好好打磨新作吧
Great game sad it didn't get fully finished but The bar tender at the dandelion is kinda freaky tho
Good game. I like it more than Lacrimosa of Dana at this point.
It is important to appreciate this game for restraining its budget and focusing on the good parts.
Неплохая игра, как и само продолжение серии Ys, заметил много минусов, во первых мне не очень понравился сюжет, много знакомых боссов, которые были изменены что бы не прям ctrl+c ctrl+v, о геймплее нечего сказать, взят полностью с Ys 8, но с некоторыми улучшениями по типу навыков напарников. 6/10
Characters and combat are better than in 8, everything else is mostly on the same level.
Overall a good game. (i still wish ark engine games back)
玩的第一部伊苏，normal难度35h下来综合探索率有94%，完全是寻找隐藏物品的游戏顺带附了些战斗和剧情吧：找宝箱/花瓣/涂鸦/景点/菜谱/药方等等。碍于背景设定整个地图太小了，虽说城镇里可以使用异能无缝跑图，但是一模一样的建筑风格根本没有逛的必要；游戏类型是主打动作的arpg，但只是中规中矩的爽、真没感受到有什么亮点；剧情太短且没有太意料之外的地方；人物塑造差劲，除了男主和叛教者之外的人设都太平庸，一群散装批发人只是在表演拥有羁绊。别人是五边形战士，ys9是五边形全失，整体就是一部很平庸的作品。ps.游戏的脸部建模还挺细腻，亚特鲁确实美。
This game is pretty fun so far. I have enjoyed my time with it. It is not quite as good as Ys 8, but its not too far off. So if you are looking for your next Ys fix after Ys8, then this isn't a terrible spot to go.
Ну, ребята, это отвал. Сначала я к игре относился очень скептически, поскольку здесь есть пачка механик и систем, которые без особых изменений, но с минорными улучшениями, перекочевали из 8 части. Вроде рейдов. Плюс палитра стала более блёклая, карта стала меньше, перемещение стало немного иным. Но это было моё впечатление в первые пару часов. В конце же мнение сильно преобразилось. Как ни крути, видно, что в игре хотели сделать нечто большее, чем просто копирку 8 части. И они сделали!
Начнём с более очевидного: карта. Да, она стала меньше. Но у этого есть причина. Вместо большого по горизонтали острова мы получили более вертикальный город и его окрестности. Но город особенно. В нём очень много всяких нычек и собирашек, которые можно доставать и открывать при помощи способностей монструмов, которые ты открываешь постепенно по ходу сюжета. Я немного выпал, когда перед финальным боссом обнаружилось, что я ещё не все нычки нашёл. Ну, потом нашёл)
Поскольку игра разгоняется не сразу, поначалу перемещение и множественные ограничения по открытости зон могут отталкивать. У меня так было. Чем дальше по сюжету ты проходишь, тем больше частей города и способностей ты открываешь.
Боёвка похожа на 8 часть, за маленьким исключением. Что-то они сделали с таймингами идеального блока и уворота, не могу точно сказать. Местами не очень понятно, когда нажимать, в предыдущей игре было немного понятнее в большинстве случаев. Ну и на особую шкалу ты теперь не просто активируешь экстра скилл. У тебя сначала запускается режим буста, который увеличивает твои параметры и силу других навыков, а при повторной активации уже запускается экстра скилл. Это прибавляет геймплею немного больше тактической глубины.
Теперь моё любимое: атмосфера, сюжет и персонажи.
Атмосфера в игре весьма приятная. Эдакая викторианская готика с элементами мистики, алхимии и прочих сопутствующих элементов. Те же кровавые луны во время сегментов в Гримвальд Ноксе.
Сюжет не прям чтобы какой-то очень шокирующий, но на мой взгляд тоже очень и очень хорош. Тут параллельно идёт несколько основных сюжетов и пачка подсюжетов героев второго плана (чего в 8 части и в помине не было, ибо половина каста там была чисто чтоб была). Первый и основной сюжет - проклятие монструмов и интрига, которая за ним находится. Откуда оно взялось, как снять и как с ним связана тюрьма. Второй - отношения между государством Гллии и Ромнской Империи после затяжной войны.
Персонажи ну просто замечательные. Пускай мне и нравился каст 8 части, на фоне каста 9 части большинство вообще не стоит и рядом. У них больше мотивации делать то, что они делают. Не просто "выжить на острове". У них свои скелеты в шкафу, свои переживания и своя история. Плюс ивенты за прокачку отношений теперь несут больше смысловой нагрузки. Квесты, конечно, не все, но тоже несут больше сюжетного смысла, рассказывая о жизни города. А лор у этого города есть и ещё какой.
Напоследок отмечу музыку. В 8 части по большому счёту было больше крутых треков, но... Тут тоже есть свои хиты. Мои любимые: Marionette Marionette, Aprilis, Heart Beat Shaker, Crossing A/A.
Вывод: всем любителям японских Action RPG могу посоветовать. Главное не бросать в первые часы, пока игра разгоняется. Если вам уже нравится эта серия - тем более советую) Я вообще не жалею потраченного времени, потом хочу 100% в ней добить.
probably the peak ys epilogue ever, the payoff of playing this game last is something else with quite a bit of reference here and there in the game and that ending with the final boss, still not a fan of flash dodge/guard combat since it can get a bit spammy, after all this i think i still prefer napishtim engine, ys origin combat by far, storywise & cast between the modern ys from 8-10, this one actually growed on me to be the favorite, cant wait for more adol in the future, we need 100 ys games
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蒲公英永不停留，期待阿豆下一场冒险!
I don't know what it is about these games. The graphics are passable. The characters are mediocre. The music is great. The story isn't great. The side quests are forgettable. The bosses are too easy. The collectibles are mostly meaningless. Crafting is tedious. And yet.
There is something so unexpectedly enthralling about running around and checking off every stupid thing on the map. Why am I so compelled to try and grab every single chest even as 70% of them are filled with dead leaves? Why am I trying my hardest not to miss such incredible sights as "a waterfall" and "a building"? This and YS 8 tap into a sensation of wanting to 100% a game that I rarely ever experience in anything else. I played this for almost 30 hours and barely remember a single moment of it, and yet I think I had a good time? Or at least an acceptable one? I'm not sure. I definitely had a productive time, relatively speaking.
You should get this if you enjoy the sensation of physically checking off a list of chores. You should get this if you like clicking the 'x' on all your meetings after a long work day. You should get this if your favorite thing to do on Halloween was sort your candy over and over when you got home. You should absolutely get this if trivial button-mashing action adventures are your version of 'cozy games'. And you should probably not get this if none of what I just said applies to you.
Топище, даже добавить нечего 10/10
It didn't draw me in to the degree Ys 8, 10, and Celceta did but Ys 9's story is still worth experiencing in my opinion. Parks was my favorite character.
真女主：[strike] 亚普莉莉丝 [/strike] 白猫琪莉西亚。除了最后解开谜团的部分刷了波存在感，其他时间基本查无此人，全在格里姆华尔德之夜的播片cg里活着。与之相反的是各个怪人的塑造，人设都还是立起来了的，各有各的特色。除了剧情有点虎头蛇尾，打最终boss没啥铺垫，不过影响不大。反正在我看来，能把一个故事有头有尾完完整整地讲完，不搞乱七八糟的展开，就算在及格线上了。
游戏性方面可以说做得很好了，怪人的异能用来探索城市真是爽的不行，爬墙飞天钻地，加上小地图的帮助，找宝箱轻轻松松，玩起来很轻松就能探索度百分百。
收集花瓣和最终boss时出现的老朋友们真是情怀拉满了，知道菲娜丹娜她们还一直陪着阿豆真是太好了。当然红发色魔这次也发力了，直接攻略16岁未成年少女，成功使得她对阿豆念念不忘，阿豆也是熟练地跑路，就是不知道什么时候能出一部伊苏回去看看以前撩过的妹子们。
2025/11/09-no.410
44小時通關 全收集地圖100%
依舊是伊蘇式玩法 這代戰鬥感覺簡單很多
支線錯過章節就無了 最好做主線前打開地圖看還有沒有綠色的支線
存檔最好都新存檔別覆蓋以免錯過
My favorite game in the series.
Good gameplay, lots of characters, interesting story.
Good OST, fun game with mystery plot.
I've played my share of YS games that involves Adol and friends/crew or Adol by himself
Monstrous Nox was literally the best game i've have played from the series.
BEST ENDING but for me its a sad ending because i wanted as the character to stay longer
but i know deep down that Adol is an adventure so he must keep adventuring
beside all that BEST GAME FROM THE SERIES THAT IVE PLAYED 10 OUT OF 10 OR 100 OUT OF 100 :D
BEFORE YS VIII AND HOLLOW KNIGHT SILKSONG, THE BEST GAME ON MY STEAM LIBRARY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Bought game for cute cat girl. Was only minorly disappointed. Used mod to overwrite the character in question's normal city model with constant cute cat girl model. This allowed me to play as cute cat girl even more. Disappointment vanished. Awesome.
100% game achievements using cute cat girl at all times possible, aside from the mandatory time playing other characters for achievements or certain sections of the story.
10/10, worth the price.
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For the strange people who care about things other than cute cat girls, the game's still pretty good.
Story's not anything groundbreaking, but it works well enough. Character archetypes are consistently portrayed, and the power of friendship wins the day. Or something. That's a JRPG for you, though, so it was expected.
Combat is good, though once you get used to it you may find yourself using the same combo of moves over and over because it's just ridiculously effective for most situations. Even works on Nightmare difficulty just fine. Sadly, there's not a ton of enemy variety, compared to some games, but it was entertaining enough for me to grind 999 currency every chapter. Twice. (One normal playthrough, one nightmare.)
You like stats? you can grind a few stats at post game/final chapter. You can also grind them in a limited amount throughout nearly every chapters as well, but currency for stat items has a hard cap of 999 and can only be spent at chapter end, (or any time in post game.)
There's NG+ too. The bonus stats you grind carry over, so the time spent grinding isn't completely wasted. Purists might say the bonus stats are unnecessary, thus a waste of time, so YMMV. Levels also carry over, as well as equipment and various other things, so you can start a harder difficulty from a stronger position... Or just completely stomp easy mode with your inflated stats. Whatever makes you happy.
Game zone access is fairly linear, stuff is locked off until you complete the relevant chapter boss or quest, although there's usually one or two optional sections in most chapters as well.
There's several collectable searches, one of which yields various rewards at certain milestones. These might be frustrating to do early on for some. However, about midway through the game you unlock a character and ability that makes it a ton easier. If you hate the search, you can wait for that. In addition, there's a records section that keeps track of collectables remaining in zones, though some are technically locked off by later chapter/ability access. So just because you can enter a zone doesn't mean you can get everything from it... yet.
Movement and exploration throughout the main zone is actually pretty dang fun, especially as you gain more abilities to allow a variety of travel.
Gameplay graphics are good. Cutscenes are better. That's par for the course though. It's extremely rare to find a game where gameplay is as beautiful as cutscenes, but gameplay graphics didn't leave me disappointed.
Some of the music is very awesome. Some of it is pretty good. Some is okay. Didn't really hate any though, never felt the need to turn it down, let alone off.
[b]All considered, if cute cat girls aren't enough of a draw for you, I'd still say it's a solid 7/10. Maybe even 8/10. [/b]
For me, though? It'll always be 10/10.
Happy ending
Bueno.
Another excellent entry in the Ys series!
I very much enjoyed my time with Ys IX: Monstrum Nox. Sure, I had a few qualms with it, but overall, I had a lot of fun.
Exploration has a slow start, but once you start gaining new abilities, exploration really opens up. Combat was sort of hit or miss for me. The abilities you get look cool and flashy, but it boiled down to spamming them between regular attacks and not much else. Dodging and guarding seemed inconsistent to me, I just could never get a good feel when to pull it off. The story was pretty decent; enough to make me want to keep pushing. They did a great job fleshing each character out either through dialogue, entries, or quests. Of course, this game has bangin’ music. What I love most though is how casual and cozy the game feels. I get the sense the developers had a lot of fun making this game.
Gotta love Adol and his adventures. If you like action RPGs, give this a shot.
Cautivo, deshonrado y maldito, Adol, debe aliarse con nuevos compañeros para escapar de una ciudad prisión. Cada recoveco esconde oscuros secretos, pero también cuantiosos tesoros que solo podrás alcanzar usando nuevas e increíbles habilidades.
Otra espectacular propuesta de Nihon falcom llena de accion que no puedo hacer otra cosa que recomendar.
Ys IX is a decent ARPG. All aspects range from "average" to "slightly above average." Story, combat, and music are all decent. It is not a miserable time, but it is not a stellar time either. If you have played Ys VIII: Lacrimosa of Dana, this will feel exceedingly familiar; they are cut from the same cloth. Ys IX inherits almost all the problems from Ys VIII, with some notable improvements and additional drawbacks. Ys IX effectively feels like they took Ys VIII and made a new game from its component parts. Don't go in expecting something fresh.
In this review, I'll mainly compare it to Ys VIII, as this is the only other Ys game I have played and they are so similar the comparison just feels inevitable. I'll note the key ways it differs in this review.
[h1] Story [/h1]
The story is interesting but ends up being quite shallow. Adol is arrested in the city of Balduq. You find out there are many seemingly random arrests, and the mystery is all around this prison and the spooky "Grimwald Nox" world that occurs when the plot demands you do some wave-based enemy combat sections. There are some other hooks here [spoiler](like there being two Adols)[/spoiler]; largely, however, you're stuck with these "hooks" for the entire duration of the story.
All the pay off, explanation, and any plot progression is basically entirely back loaded in the story. You only learn what is going on in the final 25% of the game, leading to it feeling very shallow plot-wise. The other 75% of the time, you're running in a very predictable loop. You do side-quests, fight a horde of enemies from Grimwald Nox (literally copy and pasted wave-based defence from Ys VIII), then you enter some dungeon that ends up always leading to prison, without fail. You even always have an extra side-quest to rescue some random person from the prison. All of it is exceedingly repetitive and predictable. Most of the story that goes on here describes political history and tension between Romn and Gllia (two countries).
However, in contrast to Ys VIII, the Scooby gang this time around actually has plot significance, and it feels a lot more cohesive why these characters are in the plot to begin with. Each character plays some role, minor or major, in the overall mystery you are presented with. Sadly, you only learn and see all these things at the end of the game. They could have done a far better job drip-feeding these details over the course of the story rather than dumping it at the end. This compounds yet again in it feeling too shallow, on top of the fact Adol is a silent protagonist. The story is held back from realising its potential for expanding on the plot points it has. Party members also lack many moments that show chemistry between them, but when there are moments, they are quite enjoyable.
Overall, however, from a character perspective, it is a large improvement from Ys VIII, which had Dana as basically the only character and all the ship crew, which were literally just bodies to fill 50% of the game so they could tell Dana's story. Here, all the characters you "recruit" into the larger Scooby gang add quite nicely to world-building and contextualising all the political tension and history between Romn and Gllia. There are shallow, yet nice sub-stories here of people who are connected and side-quests related to these characters. I think the only character that doesn't add anything is literally a random dude you find at a lake, who decides he's just going to live in a pot in your basement now.
Wrapping it all up, the story is decent. It won't keep you hooked, it won't surprise you, it won't feel crazily satisfying or shocking at the end, but it's okay.
[h1] Gameplay [/h1]
If you played Ys VIII, you pretty much know how the gameplay is. It has most of the same pros and cons, with some exceptions. Cons being, chest rewards are still boring (open chest, get two twigs, YAY), no i-frames, unintuitive hit boxes, etc. Pros being, combat is generally fun and feels satisfying, mildly interesting accessories, and mastery (when you get past the jank) feels good.
Ys IX has the same set-up as Ys VIII for combat. You have 4 attack abilities you can use that require SP, which recharges over time or with a charged attack, some ultimate move you can activate when a bar fills up, and you can equip 2 accessories, plus armor and a weapon, etc.
Ys IX does improve on general exploration in comparison to Ys VIII. You get "Monstrum" abilities here, highlights of which are wall climbing and gliding. Wall climbing feels very nice and fast (though glitchy if you bump your head into a ceiling). For exploration, this means that horizontal maps are much more prevalent than in Ys VIII. Ys VIII is just filled with flat planes and the occasional hill; in Ys IX, you can explore roof tops, towers, all sorts. The drawback is a lot less map variety; you're stuck in Balduq and some generic grassy plains the entire game. Many collectibles are scattered around to encourage exploration; they end up being busywork but don't overstay their welcome *too much*.
Weapons and armour are the same as in Ys VIII, that is, boring and linear. You have one line of weapons that get better linearly. Two sets of armor, one focused on evasion %, one on defence and HP, they linearly get better. Almost zero choices to make here.
Hit boxes seem tighter than in Ys VIII. They still have some issues with appearing delayed or unintuitive after an animation, but I didn't find the hitbox of an ant in Australia wiping out my entire team. This problem is replaced with another one, in that often there are just *too many* enemies simultaneously attacking at once; it is almost impossible to see what's coming. Some sort of arrow or mechanism is needed to show enemies off-screen readying to attack you.
Ys IX has flash guard and flash dodge; it works the same as in Ys VIII. I like this system, but it is critically flawed. Whenever you do certain special attacks, all enemies freeze on the screen for a time. This makes it almost impossible at times to actually time guards and dodges with enemy attacks. You have no idea if the enemy is going to randomly freeze, so you mistime the parry, then there's a cooldown window so you can't parry again, and thus, you get hit. There is also no feedback that your parry is on cooldown, so it ends up feeling like you missed the timing, even when you might not have; your parry is just on cooldown. Ys VIII had this problem to some extent, but it didn't feel nearly as bad there.
Ys IX feels like it has far less enemy variety than in Ys VIII. Mostly, this is because a lot of enemies are of a samey design due to being Lemures (enemies in Grimwald Nox), so they end up feeling less distinct. There are some unique enemies in dungeons and outside Grimwald Nox, but it is a striking downgrade in variety from Ys VIII. Bosses are okay; it is the same as Ys VIII, entirely non-contextual. You walk into a sewer, find Lord of the Lizards: God of Destruction, you walked into his crib, he doesn't like it, so now you do battle. I found bosses in Ys VIII generally more enjoyable, though.
Ys IX rehashes the defence and elimination missions from Ys VIII, only this time there's no parrot [spoiler](a pro or a con, depending on your affinity for parrots or hearing "Adol, Adol, Squawk" every few seconds)[/spoiler]. As stated in the story section, you do these consistently each chapter, usually one required defence mission per the story and one optional elimination. They're mundane, not very interesting.
In summary, combat is better and worse than Ys VIII in nuanced ways, but it is still generally fun.
[h1] Conclusion [/h1]
You can't go too wrong with Ys IX. It's a solid mix of flaws and middle-of-the-road gameplay and story. It is the more well-rounded version of Ys VIII, though I'd prefer Ys VIII over this. If you liked Ys VIII and don't expect anything wildly different, you can't go wrong with this.
Pretty strong addition to the Ys series. Initially the exploration was pretty dull but as more abilities got unlocked and hidden areas got accessible it got fun very fast. The main story end did feel like shouldve been fleshed out a bit more but the twist was pretty good. Also i feel like the doll might be one of my favorite characters in jrpgs. Loved it. But you should play the other games first
作为承上启下的一作非常好，现在手上还留着19年PS4日文版首发时豪华版的赠品。当初首发白金最近又打了一遍PC版，古代线的剧情感觉删了很多很可惜，但是战斗和探索的爽快感绝对是系列之最（在10出来前），不过缺点就是伊苏永远是那个被当做试验品压缩制作成本的，就连先没有动画OP都比轨迹先一步，但是我觉得一些闪轨弃坑轨迹后还在玩伊苏的玩家，那时应该很能跟我产生一样的共鸣：谁懂通关闪轨4以后玩到伊苏9时的救赎感。
全方位强过云豹版，战斗和探索体验比YS8好不少，但女主人设这块真的拉完了，打到结局雅普莉丽丝还跟个重要NPC似的，我对她的感情还不如白猫
[spoiler] [h3]
丹娜，我的丹娜，没有你我怎么活啊😭
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Good game. Running around the city with Monstrum gifts is pretty fun.
Also you should probably play the previous Ys games before this, makes the story experience more impactful.
