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Podcast: Retro Game Club
Episode: Ys Deep Dive
Description: Series background Series started in 1987. Action RPG - meaning an action game where you gain XP to earn levels and there's a story. Loosely set in the time period of Roman conquest (100-150 BC) Sometimes compared to Zelda but Falcom had already been working on other action RPGs by then. Falcom is primarily a PC developer, console ports are by many different companies US localization is all over the place Except for I&II the games are independent stories but there are fan service references to previous characters and events. However, the different localizations mean sometimes these are...