Ys X Nordics Nintendo Switch Review!

[@SwitchUpYt]

Really glad to get this one the way I want it - there’s significantly more info in here than the first version. I’m hoping it’s useful to you! Mark

[@tony_0088]

Hi Mark, this is a fair and high quality review in line of your usual high quality work. Keep up the awesome work!

[@mydemon]

Amazing job!!! ❤❤❤

[@drehumble4201]

Ah, I thought I was going crazy. Thanks for making it clear you re-uploaded the video. As well as adding more information to make the review the best it can be.

[@stevefromlondon4949]

Thanks for re-doing the review, Mark. I can't disagree with anything you've said as, after the horrible port of IX on the Switch, I went straight for the PC version. What I really like about it - and other Ys games, particularly VIII - is the feeling it gives you of setting out on a big adventure. It's just so much fun. I love Falcom's graphics style in both the Ys and Trails games. This looks lovely on PC, which is no help on a Switch channel, I know (although I did buy the Switch Collector's Edition, too)! Possibly my favourite game this year.

[@David-kb8vh]

Here I am playing Ys Nordics at 2 am in the morning, while watching a switchup review video on Ys Nordics. Doesn’t get any better than this.

[@AntonioLucas91]

living the dream

[@Nedwig747]

You and Glen brought the Ys series to my attention with Ys 8 and I've been hooked on the series since. I am a sucker for Norse mythology so as long as the game looked decent was almost a for sure pick up for me! And no worries, not everyone bats at 1000 all the time. The real mark of quality of the channel is owning up to it the way you did. Major props

[@SiobhanR28]

Thanks Mark. Glad you are happier with this review now. Hope everything is OK 😊😊

[@JRPJames]

Nice review. I hope you didn’t feel bullied or pressured to change it and did it because you genuinely wanted to, which I’m sure is the case! This ended up being one of my favorite games in the year and this year has been a banger for jrpgs

[@SwitchUpYt]

@@JRPJames only by my own mind haha

[@JRPJames]

@ glad to hear it!

[@meikaishi]

This is a much better review, you really did a good job, Ys is pretty much a no-brainer for me but you brought very good and fair points, Falcom games usually have this "lower budget" feel and I'm fine with it, but I agree that the price doesn't really reflect it, I recommend waiting for a sale

[@SwitchUpYt]

Glad to hear it! Thank you mate. Mark

[@Ser-Smiley]

You didnt really have to convince me to get this boys. Ever since i tried the demo it's now living rent free in my head! I MUST have this game. Too bad im too damn broke right now. As usual.😂

[@SwitchUpYt]

Hahaha yeah it’s decent! Mark

[@ojmv3111]

X2

[@jonj9352]

Was playing the game 330 in the morning and wondered what you might have to say about it, open KZbin and it’s my top video in recommended. Excellent timing

I think it is an improved review, good job. I loved Ys 8, I am actually reading the novelisation they realeased and it is quite fun. I haven't played 9 as it seemed to come with tons of issues on the Switch. This is certainly one to keep it on the wishlist. Certainly, getting Ys 8 first on a sale for less than £20 is a good advice.

[@alternate3787]

I have fond memories of Ys 8 on PS Vita

[@ManiacMonkboon]

As do I. Great review as always. The reason I discovered the Y's game's and the Trail's game's is because of Mother's Basement. Afterwards, I discovered SwitchUp and it's been my go to Nintendo channel for years. 😊

[@divinations00]

What a great video, feels like a very familiar review yet some how refreshed and new. Going to pick this up soon thanks to this review!

[@SwitchUpYt]

Glad it was helpful! ❤

[@rwillmottrw]

Actually forgot about this . I know what I'm going to pick up soon lol . Really looks great thanks for the review bud .keep up the amazing work.

[@melaniapina6368]

I’m glad you talked more about the ship’s mechanics, it looks very much like Suikoden IV, where you had your ship as your main headquarters and I loved that!

[@lucyinthesky9479]

Thanks for the review, this one is on my list for sure!

[@bluecalx40]

I gotta say, I kinda dig the naval stuff!

[@DarkAvenger563]

Patiently waiting for my copy to come in, and they just announced Ys Memoire the Oath in Felghana for January. Som I'm basically set for the next few months

[@borrellipatrick]

Appreciate the re-review. The $60 price-point is high but I sorta see it as the the price to translate a niche game that's never going to sell a million copies 🤔 NIS America gonna need to make it back somehow. Game also has a laundry list of DLC but thankfully, it's mostly cosmetic things and nothing story related

[@Openreality]

Still it should be included and be able to be provided with in game currency or flyer mile points or whatever. I refuse to buy games with this much DLC because it's greed plain and simple and i refuse to support greed. With inflation as bad as it is and games are already overpriced at $60, adding $200+ for DLC is ludicrously greedy. I didn't buy Pokemon's cut content for either sword, shield or Scarlet and Violet. I refuse to buy BDSP just to finish Pokemon Legends Arceus properly, because i revise to support greed. Legends Arceus has just enough replay value to me, to where i can play the game and not think about it, i know i made the right choice for refusing any DLC

[@SwitchUpYt]

Wow thanks for the donation. Mark

[@borrellipatrick]

​@@Openreality You can buy sword & shield and scarlet & violet with their respective dlcs on cart now 🤷‍♂️

[@getcraig55]

Sup Mark, it’s been awhile since I’ve been in the comments.. I haven’t been feeling any games on switch lately but I actually been playing the Demo, just might pick up the full game. Awesome review like always 😊

[@SwitchUpYt]

Hey brother yeah this is one I think you might enjoy, a good no nonsense ARPG

[@israelchildress4523]

Already liked the game alot after playing the demo; now I know I will definitely get this in the near future. Brilliant review! Cheers 🍻

[@danipatac7210]

I have been playing the game for 7 hours now, idk, i really like the naval combat, i found it fun and it gave me big Assassin's Creed 4 vibes! It's my 1st game in the series and i am loving it!

[@mrwhocares3931]

U should go to 8 or 9 far far superior to this game

[@SmithDoesGaming]

I missed the old review. I was playing the game and was thinking, well I’m still playing the game and might as well clear it first and watch the review few days later, but then I saw the community post. Now I’m wondering what I missed 😂

[@ppbunt]

Not one I’m buying, but cheers for the review! Have a nice day lads

[@markh5572]

I've picked it up on ps5. The combat is the best it has ever been. A big improvement on ys 8 and 9. The music is a big improvement on 9 which I didn't like at all. Negatives, I agree with your skill tree comments. Ship combat is meh but sailing around adds to the world and adventure. I would definitely recommend it to any jrpg fan, I'm having a blast.

[@champdancer19]

Sweet. 8 also picked this up for the PS5. I'll need to move this up the backlog list.

[@luizmendes8074]

I'm playing it on Switch. I really liked the port. There's some bizarre FPS drops, but, overall it is a very good experience (we came from YS IX, that I really loved, despite it runs at 15 FPS on the streets of Balduq). Talking about the game, to me, it's straight to the top of my GOTY list. Heck, I think it's one of my all time favorite games ever.

[@Aegisatreyu]

I'm part way through the demo and although I found it a slow and wordy start its pretty awesome so far. I particularly like that the NPCs also flesh out this world and diffeent cultures. I will defintly remap controls now. Had to do it for ys 8 so why I havent done it so far for this demo I dont know.

[@Winniethepoohchic]

Thanks for the review this might can be something i check out never played this thank you again

[@Oisin2]

Great review!

[@chocolocojames213]

I'll be getting the PS5 version for the FPS alone. Thanks for the review 😊😊😊

[@OrichalkosTV]

One thing about the dodge. You dont need to time it at all. So long as its glowing blue as long as you are in the running animation, you'll trigger the dodge.

[@MS32816]

Been dying to jump into this franchise - if you were ranking 8, 9 and 10 for switch - would it be in that order?

[@holylacrymosa]

I just wish they find different ways to move the story forward other than just adding more dialogues and cutscenes. It's incredible how many cutscenes there are every step you make no matter what direction.

[@SwitchUpYt]

True true. The choices you get to make aren’t choices that would be another criticism I would level. Mark

[@judemoore1248]

Thanks for the revision.

[@thomaschanthaut866]

Is the story worth it ?

[@BrazenScull]

“I wish I’d done this one earlier actually but, um, something came up”. Oh Mark, you scamp!

[@SwitchUpYt]

Hehehehe

[@nicorobin5978]

Ys is so underrated. All three on Switch are super fun. The ship speed in Nordics is kind of a pain though.

[@carlintaylor2996]

Downloaded the demo yesterday but wanna play the New grandblue fantasy first I'm pretty sure this is closest thing the switch is gonna get to that series just buy looking at it 😂😂 I'll get to it at some point

[@123fakestreet3]

The demo was lovely. Just had pop-up. It's refreshing @ port job. I'm like 22 hours in ish

[@SomeOrangeCat]

I tend to trust your reviews over website reviews, so when you skip anticipated releases like Killing Time Resurrected, its very frustrating.

[@SwitchUpYt]

Your frustration is ours mate - we never “skip” things we just don’t have the hours to do them all as it’s just two humans haha - Mark

[@PocoTensei]

will purchase for sure

[@alluringming]

Hey switchup could you review Astor The monolith blade? I got it for ps5 few months ago and recently about week ago i got it for the switch since my brother is hooked on our ps5 and been enjoying it again. I just wish some more games that captures that legend of zelda vibe i so miss in zelda franchise.

[@Lacdoni]

Just pre ordered the deluxe edition can’t w8 for this gem btw first ys game for me 😅

[@ZeusAMH]

Is this... Astral Chain: Black Flag?

[@XhoowieX]

Did you hear about the big patch that dropped today Mark? I hope you'll reflect that in a future video. (I can't just leave that there without immediately spoiling that it's a joke. Too cruel)

[@SwitchUpYt]

Hahaha 😂❤

[@MrJimithee]

Nice bit of wall-papering Mark...

[@SwitchUpYt]

Thanks mate much better than the lady job hahaha 👍

[@timseyer6769]

A the redemption arc

[@daveincognito]

I need to play VIII and IX first. They're both sitting in my backlog.

[@SeveredLegs]

I like the game a lot so far, but the skill tree is a total nightmare that I wish we could eliminate. I don't want to customize my character or any of that garbage, being able to select which attacks I want to which button is perfectly sufficient. It should be the developer's job to plan this.

[@SwitchUpYt]

It’s just a badly designed idea that tree - a Miss

[@SeveredLegs]

@@SwitchUpYt It's definitely badly designed, but I'm just tired of having to deal with this and spend time on it. The one in dq11 wasn't too bad, but even that felt like too much work and thinking. The extent of that sort of thing that I can get behind is probably more like dq8, where you just have to commit to one or the other with the skill points. And you only have to deal with it after leveling up, not endless stupid collectibles that you have to guess on what they do. Not fun!

[@SwitchUpYt]

@ to be honest I basically just pumped points in filled ever slot with gems and forgot about it. Mark

[@SeveredLegs]

@SwitchUpYt Yes exactly! Haha. Same thing I did, which is why I think it shouldn't exist. These types of additional mechanics just slow down momentum in the games. I guess they want replay value, but I don't think anyone that wants to replay a game like this again, is doing so because they want to tweak the character differently. It's pretty narrative driven and straight up action, so I think that they should just stick with that.

[@viotyers]

See this Ubisoft? Ship boarding!

[@magimus13]

Missed the first version due to work being so busy. So going in blind!

[@VampireNoblesse]

Metaphor stoll the spotlight, but Y's X iss just as good.. ... "pandering" sites over hyped Metaphor, while Y's didn't pander to those sites.., they both deserve imo 8.5-9.0/10

[@YahorAliaksandrau]

Honestly felt like a bit of a letdown for me. Just too much visual repetition, especially in location design, not a fan of most dialogues being talking heads during the ship voyage sections either. Combat and character design are a blast, though.

[@jeffreyb180]

Probably gonna Pick this one up on PS5. Better looking.

[@stijnvonck1431]

Tried the demo but the draw distance was horrible. Ran past some boxes towards the dock, turned around and they were gone until i approached them again and popped in right in front of me. I think for the most part, 2024 is the year too much for third party Switch games. I'm keeping my fingers crossed for Dragon Quest 3 and hope it's not held back by load times like star ocean

[@chadgrimwell8380]

YS xiii still the best

[@craigemery856]

Im loving this game after 20+ hours really good. The controls are super wonky but not to the point you cant figure it out.

[@InsomniaticVampire]

Def gonna play this with the voices muted so I can ignore those story beats.

[@evanfelicia8320]

Been getting backlogs after backlogs.

[@Bajso84]

I gave the demo a go. Compared to 8, this one looks more sleek and plays smoother. But thats about it. The combat feels more muddled and hard to read. Skill system is unnecessarily convoluted Story feels more generic. Voice acted lines are few and far between. And for some reason, the blue/red character duo thing (same with Fire Emblem Engage) feels so juvenile to me. Then theres the usual Ys / generic jrpg stuff, like weird physics and invisible walls everywhere. It feels polished, but with spotty production values and bogged down by the usual jrpg tropes. Price is too high, all things considered. But I appreciate the lengthy demo they provided.

[@Retroman__ll]

I better go and finish 8 and 9 then 😅 *rolls up sleaves*

[@paulblyth9793]

Running past enemies!? Making bosses easier!? You okay hun?

[@SwitchUpYt]

Hahaha don’t hun me Paul! 😂 - Mark

[@paulblyth9793]

@ 😂

[@tmsgaming3986]

I have play YS Series including YS X, TBH YS 8 is much much better than YS X

[@kevinphelps5807]

got it when it launched put in about 5 hours and was enjoying it quite a bit but then got side tracked when I decided to just check out Megaton Mushashi Wired and Farmagia...why do I always do this to myself. Likely will get sidetracked again by Mario Brotherhood, lol

[@joshuaauli9239]

Sigh… backlog keeps getting bigger… wallet keeps getting smaller.

[@Openreality]

I'm interested in the game, however with the over priced DLC, i won't get this one ever. I don't like the idea of games being hid behind pay walls from Hell like that. I refuse to buy Xenoblade Chronicles 3, Fire Emblem games, and several others that have twice as much the price of the game or more in DLC, meaning to me, the game will never be finished unless i spend in this case $300 including the game and DLC. If i get the base model, i will never be satisfied because of the DLC, which feels like cut content sold back as DLC. I vote with my wallet and hope that the devs, doing this stop or go bankrupt because i don't support greed.

[@islandboy7271]

Its awesome! Get it!

[@nicol2487]

Is this Game only in English?

[@SwitchUpYt]

Yes

[@redcrimson1028]

I think the combat, the lock on the system, and the revive system is sloppy as hell! I'm surprised nobody is being honest with viewers by mentioning this? Even zelda 64 z targeting system does this better. The ys traditional free roam combat system was much more fitting and made more sense. I get they were trying something new, but the execution was poor. Add to the fact that the camera is bad and doesn't follow your character. It's not a bad game by any means, but if it ain't broke, don't fix it combat from the past games worked well? why change it?

[@Bigboss-fr2kg]

I love ys but i cant possibly afford any more games at the moment 😂

[@WhispyWoods.]

Nice 👍

[@dethernenolia4491]

Pls another all patched up

[@yeahtbh.161]

Such corny anime nonsense lol

[@jamesgoodwin3444]

Not for me at that price I don't think.

[@dinomaster145]

Hi i am looking to buy the witcher 3 or metro redux on the nintendo switch which one should i buy first?

[@Omar_Little]

Mod your console and download both for free

[@jackstrife3821]

Why bother putting "Performance Review" for the switch version? For 99.9% of multi-plat switch games it is "not as good as every other version". LOL

[@alejandroojedacasado9251]

No matter how many reviews you do, that sailing part still looks awful 😅

[@FelixS.]

Ys X is an ok game but it pales in comparison to Ys VIII and is also significantly weaker than Ys IX imo. One of my biggest disappointments of this year. Characters are flat, sea exploring is slow and uninspiring, most of the bosses are atrocious and the combat overall is significantly worse than the one of its predecessors.

[@phantomrin9604]

it didn't top viii but it's miles better than ix.

[@FelixS.]

@ We agree to disagree then. That’s why I used the „imo“. No judgement of entertainment media is in any way objective or facts. It’s 100% subjective. I found IX more enjoyable. By a landscape.