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In this issue:
	I got my Ys VI

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From: chmi0013@umn.edu
Date: Sat Sep 27 08:06:44 EDT 2003
Subject: I got my Ys VI


Ys VI was released today, and I was lucky enough to be living in Japan 
on the release date. I rushed out to the nearest computer store and 
picked mine up today. I didn't reserve it, but I thought I had might as 
well try anyway, and sure enough there were plenty of copies available 
at the store. I sa w plenty of other people buying theirs too. (Mostly guys in their 20's. 
The kids nowadays don't care about old series like Ys.) 
I must say I am quite impressed with the game so far. I didn't like Ys 
V that much (it was a good game, but it just wasn't Ys), so I wasn't 
expecting too much from Ys VI. Luckily, I was wrong. I haven't played a 
game that grabbed my attention this much from the start in a LONG time. 
I only have my w eak laptop with me here in Japan, so I have to play it with the 
resolution way down, and a bunch of the cool texture mapping and 
lighting effects turned off, but it hasn't affected my enjoyment of the 
game at all so far. 
The music is quite good, though some of it doesn't quite have that "Ys 
sound" that we've come to love. Conversely, other tracks sound like 
they're trying too hard to sound like "Ys" and end up sounding a bit 
forced to me. Great music though, overall. 
Ys fans, get your hands on this game as soon as you can!

Jacob Chmielewski



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