Retro Game Club

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 easy to miss because people and places have different names depending on who did the translation.      Common elements across the games Same lead character and sidekick (except for Ys Origin) High quality soundtracks Every soundtrack ever is on Spotify or can be bought from all of the various music sites  Rings that enhance your powers More levelling solves all boss fights   They literally give you places to