Chris started gaming in the 8-bit era so writing game reviews seemed like a natural choice of activity to protect his brain from further atrophy during his final year in a psychiatric penitentiary.

Ys 9: Monstrum Nox’s story takes place in the city of Balduq, over the course of 9 chapters plus a prologue and an epilogue. Finishing the main story without experiencing any of the optional content ...

Despite having a pretty dedicated fanbase and some extremely beloved games, the Ys series is one that I’ve somehow managed to miss all the way up until this latest entry, Ys IX: Monstrum Nox. After ...

The whole point to Ys games is exploration. Sure, watching Adol Christin be daring and adorable (adolable?) is entertaining, but uncovering the map is the main idea of the game. In Ys IX Monstrum Nox, ...

Chris started gaming in the 8-bit era so writing game reviews seemed like a natural choice of activity to protect his brain from further atrophy during his final year in a psychiatric penitentiary.

NIS America has released a major update for the PC (Steam) version of Ys IX: Monstrum Nox, which introduces a local cooperative gameplay mode. “Two players can join together to not only fight monsters ...

Adol Christin, the protagonist of Falcom’s long-lived Ys series, is a real adventurer’s adventurer. He's been drifting from place to place since his journey began on Japanese PCs in 1987, collecting ...