The experience system is a bit confusing – it seems that if you fight weaker enemies, you cease collecting experience for it – but considering Ys stresses non-linearity while not necessarily requiring an epic amount of backtracking, you should be pushing forward into newer and stronger enemies at a decent clip. You can move around quickly, whether on-foot or via teleportation devices, and there’s a decent variety of enemies to vanquish. It feels great, striking a great balance in difficulty (which can be altered) without feeling arbitrarily weighty or overtly arcadey. Memories of Celceta’s combat is inspired. As a result, each character plays differently. So while Adol uses swords and specializes in slashing, Ozma prefers piercing with his spear, and Calicia likes to strike with her maces.
The cast of characters that join Adol on his adventure, from the charming Karna to the bulky Duren, each come packing his or her own weapon types, as well as strengths, weaknesses, and personalities. Its mechanics are fluid and easy to understand, with a slew of options – like unlockable skills associated with each character - that make it feel unique, challenging, and engaging. Strangely, such complaints are simply a testament to how fun it is to actually play, because it’s then that Memories of Celceta really gets to shine. If anything, Memories would have benefitted if the story was scaled-back. This isn’t Wild Arms, Final Fantasy VI, or any other RPG where the story is riveting and truly important to the overall experience. Memories of Celceta is an action-RPG – and a really fun one at that – but it’s heavily weighed-down by predictable chatter and unnecessary exposition accompanied by occasionally endless cutscenes. Conversations – some interesting, others not so much – typically carry on for way too long and happen way too often. It’s not necessarily poorly told, it’s just extremely disruptive. The unfortunate thing is that Memories of Celceta most glaring weakness is its story.
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