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December:110) Faussete Amour (DUO) (5.0) (12/4) (3 hours)111) Ys III: The Wanderer from Ys (DUO) (5.5) (12/7) (~5 hours)Yeah, this might not be a popular opinion.
Ys III is... functional, sometimes fun, but not that great overall.
One of my bigger gripes is the framerate, which is wildly inconsistent in the Duo version. Sometimes it's smooth, other times it's a half-rate scroll which makes the game feel a bit cheap. Add to that some
really strange physics, especially with jumping, and the whole thing just feels like it was a bit kludged together; it feels like it'd be more at home on a less capable PC platform or something. Huh, wonder why that would be?
The presentation outside of framerate is decent enough, but there's actually not a whole lot of big movie cutscenes in the game outside of the intro and ending. The only place it really shines is with the soundtrack, which is the usual kickin' Falcom stuff. Honestly, I gave it an extra half point just for that. I should probably deduct it back for the hideous voice acting, however; that mess serves to take you
out of the game. I have to wonder if I'd have enjoyed the Genesis version more.
This is apparently the easiest version of the game as well, and it is terribly unbalanced. A few levels or a piece of equipment here or there and you go from getting owned to virtually untouchable. It's not smooth in the slightest, and honestly, Falcom occasionally has had problems with this in the past, so I'm not surprised that it pops up here, too.
Other than that, not much else to say. It feels a bit sloppy, and I also ran into issues with my burn at the very end, so it's back to the drawing board on that as well.

Ah well, I'll get it all sorted eventually.
Ys III is an okay game with serious problems. I really can't recommend it outside of historical purposes or huge series fans.