Another solid Ys title. I played through it on Normal difficulty. This is perhaps my least favourite of the 3 I've played (Napishtim and Origins being the other two).

Unlike Naphistim & Origins, this one has voice acting. ..Unfortunately it is god-awful. Every character sounds over-done like they are acting in a childrens' book. Thankfully you can go into Options and turn the voice volume down to zero. The dialogue itself is alright, though as usual has some anime cliches. Far from the annoying side of the anime spectrum though, it's alright writing.

Despite me calling this my least favourite of the 3 Ys games that I've played from this era, it really is splitting hairs choosing between them. They're all very solid titles that mostly play the same way.

There's a little less jank in Felghana than there was in Napishtim. The awkward Dash Jump from that game is gone. This is also the Ys game where they introduced the little bars on your screen showing the buffs you get from enemy pickups.

I have enjoyed the soundtracks in all 3 of these games, but I think this one might have the most bangers. Tough call between this and Napishtim. The compositions here include plenty of electric guitar solo's which act as a beautiful climax to many of the more energetic tracks, though Napishtim had some nice varied pieces for the different towns.

It's hard to pinpoint why this Ys was my least favourite of the bunch so far. I think I was more taken by the world created in Naphistim, and I enjoyed the combat the most in Origins. In any case, I'd rate them all the same, 8 out 10, the margins between them are that small. The quality of these games appears to be reliably consistent, I look forward to my next Ys game!

This is a tough one.
Would I recommend it in a vacuum? Yeah, it's a nice 2.5D platformer. Would I recommend it compared to other Ys games? nope.
I decided to 'recommend' this game... basically because I just can't get myself to downvote an Ys game ^^;

Now, this game is well liked. I saw so many people that put it on the top of their Ys game rankings. And frankly, I don't see why.
As said, it's not a bad game, but it has a fatal flaw.
The save points are way too far apart.
Imagine playing for 20 minutes, meeting harder and harder enemies. No way to heal yourself save for some rare monster drops that heal like 10%. You clear room after room after room after room. Your health bar gets smaller and smaller. And then it happens, some oger bonks you on the head, you fall to your knees, dead.
You hit retry. You're sent back to the last monument (save point). All your exp lost, all your gold lost, back at square one, 20 minutes just gone. Do it again!
This time you get further. You go at it slower to not get hurt so much, you reach 2 rooms further in. Bonk, dead, another 30 mins lost. Rinse, repeat.
Combine that with tricky platforming later on, where falling doesn't kill you, but sends you back several monster filled rooms.

Basically, until you find the spirit cape (item that can heal you over time when you stand still) this game is very frustrating.
If that game had free saving or roughly double the save points it would be way more enjoyable.

I played through all the Ys games 4 years back. This is the only one I didn't finish. After I fell for the umpteenth time while jumping from slippery block to slippery block in the ice mountains, I remember thinking "why do I do that to myself? This isn't fun" and just stopping.
Well, this time I didn't stop, but I can understand past self.