Oh, Adol! Sorry that I told you that I lost my memory, but I really needed you to go on an adventure...

Oh, Adol! Sorry that I told you that I lost my memory, but I really needed you to go on an adventure, collect a bunch of books and kill a bunch of demons that it took me, my sister, the worlds greatest mage family (one being a demon), a party of priests and knights and the ghost of one of their fathers to beat before, but I figured you'd be able to do it as a generic swordsman hundreds of years later.

But she did lose her memory.

the power of thot compels him

I bet you won't talk shit about Adol's wife to his face

In my headcanon, Adol is a generic swordsman from another dimension whose existence is not foreseen in any of the legends or prophecies of the world. He can show up anywhere and commandeer the adventures of prophesied "chosen ones" because he shouldn't exist.

Yeah well he did it so it doesn't even matter
Based chadol

Adol's wife is the inferior sister

What the fuck did you just say to me you little bitch?

Doesn't this guy end up dead in a cave somewhere? Always felt bad for him because of that, having such an unceremonious death

the last that was heard from him, I believe he went to the north (south?) pole but he vanished.

Would you guys even consider Ys to be an rpg?

I've always described it more as a Zelda-esque action adventure with some light rpg elements

Why the fuck did she and Reah turn back to stone after Darm's defeat? Wasn't the Black Pearl's destruction supposed to free them from their burden as goddesses?

Does Adol have a wife?

I thought he washed up on a new shore every game or some shit.

Both Ys and Zelda are action RPGs.

They're just action RPGs.

Zelda games are not action RPGs, because there is nothing RPG about them.

They don't turn back to stone after Ys 2.

Actually I'm drawing a blank on why they were no longer stone at the start of Ys 1 after Origin.

Literally role play as link

By that logic, literally every game is an RPG

Pretending to be retarded is just shitposting.

They have limited stat building, and inventory /equipment management, and sidequests.

In terms of video game RPGs, there are certainly similarities.

>They have limited stat building
HP and sometimes MP, that's it.
>and inventory /equipment management, and sidequests.
I guess that makes adventure games RPGs.
>In terms of video game RPGs, there are certainly similarities.
Only at the most base possible level.

If playing as another character with their own backstory and motives and seeing things from their perspective isn't considered role playing, I don't know what is.

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Gameplay mechanics, idiot. It's an RPG when it involves the stats of the character(s) you control heavily influencing your ability to succeed, and developing them being a core aspect of the game. In Ys games being one level below a boss makes a huge difference in the damage you deal and take, in Zelda there is no such concern.

Why is the translation fix for Ys 8 taking so long. Was it really that bad initially?

Gameplay mechanics or not, the only thing that needs to be met for something to be considered a roleplaying game is if you (gasp) are roleplaying as a character. Meaning you're playing a characters role, acting out their actions, etc.

Straight from wikipeadia, and a quick google search shows most agree with this;

"A role-playing video game (commonly referred to as role-playing game or RPG, as well as computer role-playing game or CRPG) is a video game genre where the player controls the actions of a character (and/or several party members) immersed in some well-defined world."

yes

The implication of what you are quoting is that you are actually influencing the character's actions within the world, such as in making decisions that affect the story, which is not something you do in any Zelda game, or even most JRPGs. If you take that statement itself purely literally then all games are RPGs, which is fucking retarded, and if you try to push that then you too are fucking retarded.

Well, at least I still have Yakuza 0 to finish in the meantime.

Hey there
I lost my memories too and became the most advanced thing on earth
But I decided to become a plant

You're welcome

>Ys is an action RPG
>Zelda isn't
Aside from levels their RPGesque systems are exactly the same user.

I think the fact that Ys has levels and those levels actually give significant upgrades to your stats makes it definitely more of an RPG than Zelda.

>Aside from this one significant difference they're exactly the same
Never mind that 7, Celceta, and 8 all involve having a party and managing gear that affects your stats.

So what you're saying he's an abnormality outside of the wheel of fate?