I played Ys: The Oath in Felghana originally in 2012. At that time, the graphics and control mechanics felt so off-putting that I forgot it completely for 13 years.

As being part of my personal challenge to complete each of my steam library games (in story mode). Eventually I came back to this and happily noticed that the game has received quite a bunch of quality-of-life updates since the original play date.

The visual aspect can be ramped to new levels and playing with keyboard + mouse was eventually the best option myself. You can further ease the gameplay by enabling features from official configuration editor.

PSA: I highly recommend keeping the V-Sync option enabled, learning this the hard way by being soft-locked in few parts without realizing it first. As example the double jump not reaching the specific heights. As the game feels to be optimized for lower FPS and without this option enabled you cannot proceed with the game.

English voice acting can be as funny as the written characters are, your best buddy companion says few stuff in the beginning which you might want to keep your eyes on.

great on deck