Ys: Memories of Celceta
Ys: Memories of Celceta
Game
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Ys SEVEN
Developer Nihon Falcom
Ys Seven is a 2009 action role-playing game developed and published in Japan by Nihon Falcom. The seventh numbered installment in the Ys series, it was released for the PlayStation Portable in Japan in September 2009. The game marked a major redesign of the series' combat. It introduced a three-member active party whose characters can be switched during battle, three weapon-based attack types, learnable combat… From Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0)
273 reactions from 3 sources (Steam reviews, Bluesky, Mastodon) · newest Oct 18, 2026 · last updated Oct 20, 2026 · How this works
Audience score
84
LovedLoved
148 positive · 28 negative
95% range 78–89%
| Source | + | − | = |
|---|---|---|---|
| Steam reviews | 148 | 28 | 0 |
| Bluesky * | 22 | 7 | 53 |
| Mastodon * | 3 | 0 | 12 |
* shown, not counted in the score (label accuracy below our 85% bar or not yet audited).
Steam's own rating
Very Positive
479 of 534 reviews positive (all languages, per Valve)
What players are saying
84% recommend · 147 yes, 29 no
Counted from the reviewers’ own thumbs up/down on the 176 English Steam reviews we collected, not by the AI. Valve’s all-language rating: Very Positive (960 of 1,051 positive).
Players widely praise the game's soundtrack as excellent. [1][2][3] Several players criticize the final boss for being too difficult and unbalanced. [4][5][6]
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Representative posts
- [16]
Pretty bad, mostly due to a combination of serious growing pains and the hardware limitations of the PSP. You can see the bones of more recent YS games here - the variety of biomes and characters, the turn into a more hand-holding nature, the boss fights allowed to be even more ridiculous due to the amount of mobility characters have (what in god's name is that roll). This novelty clashes, however, with the damn …
- [4]
Very fun fast paced Ys RPG straightforward action game. Wasn't too much dialog and really enjoyed the party system with instant swapping (was a big fan of Lacrimosa too). Can tell this was on the PSP but it gave it a charm I loved. All the characters were so great in this and there were tons! Was glad to see a character from Ark show up. Surprised of even ones that temp swapped in for a bit. Loved all their stories …
- [2]
Goated game, goated soundtrack, goated story. - Devs were on something again when creating the bosses, especially with the final boss - Dodge mechanic is alright, although I do prefer the old jumping mechanic with stun effect. - The plot of the story was immaculate, just very slow paced for the first half. - Reminds me of Zelda BOTW. 1. Trial Shrines are similar to Temples in Ys Seven. Cuz u receive a type of power …
- [13]
Put simply, Ys Seven is a decent action RPG that doesn't suffer from any significant issues. However, it unfortunately doesn't reach the heights of previous games in the franchise, ultimately resulting in a solid but bland experience Ys Seven is the type of game that’s well-made, that doesn’t really have any frustrating or otherwise unpleasant elements to it but still remains difficult to recommend, simply because …
- [17]
I rate Ys Seven very high as my second favourite of all the Ys games, it has the best soundtrack imo, really fun combat with a lot of playable character variety, solid plot and characters despite there being no voice acting, a landscape with tons of variety and exploration. It however has one big issue, the balancing and difficulty. On Normal you should have absolutely no issue, at worst bosses will overstay their …
Summarised from 34 of the 265 public posts collected about this game; every point cites the posts behind it ([n] opens the post) and the split is counted from the posts’ own ratings. Updated Oct 13, 2026. How summaries are made
RottenBot@rottenbot · automated account
Players who liked Ys SEVEN talk about great soundtrack; those who didn't talk about final boss is too hard. Which matters more to you?
Critics, per Wikipedia
The game received generally positive reception. Ryan Clements from IGN has praised the game's skill and battle system, calling it "unlike any JRPG I've played in recent memory. Even more surprising are the game's boss encounters, which require extreme focus to beat". He also noted that the music is "very enjoyable" and that, while the story is simple, the sincerity "keeps it from being boring". Still, he criticized the need to backtrack to the dungeons and the "modest" graphics. RPGamer awarded Ys Seven "Best PSP RPG of 2010". RPGFan named it "Overall Best RPG of E3".
From the “Reception” section of Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0. Critic context only — not part of the audience score.
Reactions
60 of 273 · most liked firstIt's absurd how Ys Seven is basically THE archetypical Modern Melee Action Game™ despite being released only a month or two before the major trendsetters. Omniparries, invincible dodge rolls, tacked-on crafting systems, stagger bars that let you wail on bosses for free once filled: it's all there
neutral · AI labelView post →Four Favorite Video Game Villains 🖤🎮: Odio - Live A Live Giygas - MOTHER / MOTHER 2 Jean Descole - Professor Layton SPOILER - Ys SEVEN
neutral · AI labelView post →Ys Seven becomes my 56th game complete for 2024!😊
positive · AI labelView post →hi falcom can you put Ys SEVEN on the Nintendo Switch family of home systems we all love that game
neutral · AI labelView post →Been thinking of doing a Ys Seven replay soon. Might even go full masochist and do a Nightmare run even though there's no NG+ option in the game lol. www.youtube.com/watch?v=I2L0...
neutral · AI labelView post →it's Ys, how could it be bad. Also, banger music.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Drop one of your favorite tracks from your first YS game. Ys Seven - Vacant Interference youtu.be/7U-uWLDRT7c
neutral · AI labelView post →Very fun fast paced Ys RPG straightforward action game. Wasn't too much dialog and really enjoyed the party system with instant swapping (was a big fan of Lacrimosa too). Can tell this was on the PSP but it gave it a charm I loved. All the characters were so great in this and there were tons! Was glad to see a character from Ark show up. Surprised of even ones that temp swapped in for a bit. Loved all their stories + roles. Some boss fights were pretty hard until memorizing the patterns.…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Ys Seven is good but it seems to be kind of bogging down a bit in the second half of the game.
neutral · AI labelView post →And there it was... Ys SEVEN done.... It was a great game. I really love a lot of the cast. PLAYING AS DOGI WAS GREAT BRING HIM BACK FALCOM PLEASE! The soundtrack, as usual, was an instant banger and I really enjoyed a lot of the boss fights. All in all, great experience c:
positive · AI labelView post →I WAS told that Ys Seven had an incredible ending, and boy, y'all weren't kidding. Holy crap. Not every Ys game hits you with its best shot last, or even most of them, but this one does. 😭
positive · AI labelView post →you should play this game if you love old jrpg games also i hope falcom would remaster ys v kelfin
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →"You've played for 13 hours Would you recommend this game to other players?" YS, I DO!
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Ys Seven deserves more talk, I feel like most people I see on here don’t speak on it often, but it’s such a good ass game! Also quite impressive for a psp game wowie. And it has my current fav ost! It’s not my fav for sure but it deserves so much love and it’s such a gem of a game
positive · AI labelView post →Fun action RPG, until the final boss. I cleared pretty much the entire game to that point without any amount of level/gear grinding or abuse of healing items, but the last fight was like running into a brick wall. Just an absolutely insane difficulty spike in its patterns and penalties, a comically spongey health pool, and to top it all off, it forces you to use the characters you've had sitting on the bench the entire game. So I stuck my nose to the grind stone for a few hours to max out…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Pretty bad, mostly due to a combination of serious growing pains and the hardware limitations of the PSP. You can see the bones of more recent YS games here - the variety of biomes and characters, the turn into a more hand-holding nature, the boss fights allowed to be even more ridiculous due to the amount of mobility characters have (what in god's name is that roll). This novelty clashes, however, with the damn PSP. The world is ungodly hideous and barren, and I would get lost more often if…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Let my Ys Seven stats serve as a warning to NEVER play this game at 30 fps no matter how crappy your PC is. Make 60 work no matter what.
negative · AI labelView post →Just completed Ys Seven and this ending made me cry a river for some unknown reason. I wish Tia returns in the next Ys game. #Ys #YsSeven #Ys7 #Tia
positive · AI labelView post →Despite what the store says at the time of this review, the game does in fact work on Steam Deck. Ys Seven was a disappointment. As a long time Ys fan I really can't find much I enjoyed about the game. The story was paper thin, the combat was tiring, and the party members were exhausting. It is very clear that this game is a point of transition within the franchise. While I'm not opposed to it, the addition of party members came with a host of problems. The AI is quite bad, I felt like this…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Goated game, goated soundtrack, goated story. - Devs were on something again when creating the bosses, especially with the final boss - Dodge mechanic is alright, although I do prefer the old jumping mechanic with stun effect. - The plot of the story was immaculate, just very slow paced for the first half. - Reminds me of Zelda BOTW. 1. Trial Shrines are similar to Temples in Ys Seven. Cuz u receive a type of power after each completion. 2. There are 4 Champions that kinda give you…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Put simply, Ys Seven is a decent action RPG that doesn't suffer from any significant issues. However, it unfortunately doesn't reach the heights of previous games in the franchise, ultimately resulting in a solid but bland experience Ys Seven is the type of game that’s well-made, that doesn’t really have any frustrating or otherwise unpleasant elements to it but still remains difficult to recommend, simply because it doesn’t offer anything that elevates the experience in a meaningful way to…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Thought of a pretty interesting idea for a new Ys vs Trails should Falcom ever make a 2nd game. Since the original Ys vs Trails was a modified version of Ys Seven, imagine the next one being similar to Ys X but now it’s a tag fighter. Only caveat is they would probably only-
neutral · AI labelView post →103. Ys Seven Probably my second favorite game in the franchise now. This was just so peak, and it's pretty much solidified that Ys is now my preferred Falcom flagship. Also this game has the greatest main antagonist Falcom has ever created.
positive · AI labelView post →Sometimes time is not healthy for some passed games. No matter how good your story is or maybe how bad it is there are things that doesn’t grip like they used to be. Its still an ys game from start to finish don’t get your hopes shattered. It always presents you with beautiful thrilling parts of Adols journey from top to bottom. No matter where you land or arrive there will be something waiting for you. It’s the strongest part of Ys franchises from the time they were made. It’s the unknown…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Such a great game, the ending really hit me emotionally. Ys Seven introduces big gameplay changes from previous entries with 7 playable cast and 3 party members fighting at the same time (although AI is not good). The new weapon skill leveling was fun. Although the port is locked at 60 FPS, it's very solid. Soundtrack is just absolutely fantastic. The lack of voice-overs surprised me, as Oath in Felghana being an older game had voice-overs which were so good.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →id leave my wife just to play this game for 2 minutes 10/10 must buy
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Ys SEVEN might be the most fun ive had in a Ys game so far. this and nordics, anyway. i really dig the party system and the combat is fast and fun
positive · AI labelView post →Happy National Video Game Day! Tell me your top 3 fave games!! 1. Unreal Tournament GOTY 2. Quake 2 3. Ys Seven
neutral · AI labelView post →It's #RandomGameSaturday! This week I picked Ys Seven premium edition for the PSP. It came with a mini artbook, a music CD and a cloth map. Really fun game. I think it was a new direction for the series with being able to switch between party members and the 3D graphics.
positive · AI labelView post →This might be recency bias since I just finished this game about two weeks ago, but "My condolences for your loss" from Ys Seven really stuck with me. It speaks like few lines do to the kind of man Adol is and always has been. He's just had the ever-loving crap beat out of him and his one-time...
neutral · AI labelView post →Welp, the Bucks are doing what they usually do when I actually turn the game on and watch, so I guess I'll spend the rest of my afternoon making some progress on Ys Seven instead. I need a "rolling eyes but also happy" emoji, just imagine that at the end here. 😆
neutral · AI labelView post →Altaginians ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ suck, Tialuna was onto something when she wanted to destroy Altago and start anew. Especially when Altago City inhabitants are pretty much descendants of a settler-colonialist tribe that drove the native Iskans (with Tialuna being the last Iskan ever) into extinction to form their Corpocratic ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ that sells cures for Iskan Fever for 1 million gold and starves part of Altago City. Maybe not the developers' intention, but I see real allegories of the US here. For…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Playing a long overdue game atm in Zwei 2 and after going through Ys Seven and Celceta last year playing Zwei 2 has been a VERY nice reminder that old school Falcom action games can pop off when you have nice combat and goofy characters
neutral · AI labelView post →This is my least favorite falcom game. 9.9/10
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →If we describe Nihon Falcom game-making progression as "unique gems to generic crap" (perhaps an overly harsh generalization, but it gets the point across), then this would be the shifting point. What happened to Cold Steel is the same thing that happened earlier with Ys: a simple change of priorities from depth to breadth. Instead of X things, we now have X times 10 of things. Those old things were carefully designed to be different and relevant, while the new things are just copies of each…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Ys Seven might look like an old game trying to appear new under some fresh coats of polish, but putting that aside, it’s just as fun now as it was few years ago when the PSP version came out. The simple plot of the seventh entry doesn’t veer too far from what fans of the series have come to expect, but that may also be part of why Ys has seen so many games. The use of a three member party system is the biggest change this entry brings and it works well enough. The stories of Ys games are…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Ys SEVEN was my first Ys and Falcom game. Played it on around 2011 or so. But I didn't get into Falcom or Ys until way later around 2018. I rediscovered Ys and Falcom through their TurboGrafx and 8 bit games like Book I&II and Faxanadu
neutral · AI labelView post →Love seeing Ys Seven positive posting on my Timeline that game is the one that made me who I am today and im nmot even joking
positive · AI labelView post →@limetimebaby.bsky.social 100% Ys Seven just a new min ago! What a ride! What a BS end fight that I was NOT prepared for lmfao. Neat game though! Story was a little weak but it was enjoyable.
neutral · AI labelView post →This is sadly the only time Ys Seven will get any kind of love and recognition in this day and age. It was the last Ys game I ever enjoyed.
negative · AI labelView post →I rate Ys Seven very high as my second favourite of all the Ys games, it has the best soundtrack imo, really fun combat with a lot of playable character variety, solid plot and characters despite there being no voice acting, a landscape with tons of variety and exploration. It however has one big issue, the balancing and difficulty. On Normal you should have absolutely no issue, at worst bosses will overstay their welcome at times but nothing impossible or too frustrating. Go any higher…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Playing Ys Seven after Memories of Celceta has been interesting… I think I appreciate how simple the combat is mechanically. As good as perfect guarding and dodging are to execute they aren’t exactly difficult to do and kinda trivialize the game. Without them I have to actually play the game lmao
neutral · AI labelView post →Ah yes. Ys Seven. The 8th game chronologically.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Sony (may have multiple) PS1 - Final Fantasy Tactics PS2 - Disgaea 1/2, Persona 3, Odin Sphere (remake is perfect) PS4 - DJMAX Respect, Bloodborne, Gravity Rush 2, FFXV (a very flawed game), PSP - Disgaea 1 & 2, MGS Peace Walker, Ys Seven, Lumines.
neutral · AI labelView post →Sideways thumb. This was quite the disappointment. This is the first Ys game to start using party combat, and boy does that have me worried for the next games (I own Celceta & Ys VIII, so I'm going to try them eventually). So Ys had a string of games that were pretty solid 8/10's (at least to me) with Naphistim, Felghana & Origin. If you've played one of those, the others were predictable, the gameplay would be pretty much the same. With this game, Ys introduced the character swap mechanic…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →All Ys games so far have not dissapointed.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →What a ride. I didn't expect to enjoy this one as much as I did. Granted it's no Ys 8, but man was this good. I feel like this one is superior to Memories of Celceta in every way, tho I didn't finish Celceta yet (Will come back to it eventually). As per usual with Ys games the combat is very fun, music is great and the story was suprisingly good, predictable, but good. Dungeons here are some of the best in the series and boss fights are great. Overall not a perfect game by far ofc, but a…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →This PSP classic is amazing! Played for almost 2 hours already, and for me personaly its realy nostalgic! :) Highly recomended if you are into older (j)rpg's!
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Playable Dogi means peak Ys.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Direct sequel to Ys VI, which was interesting to see! The character profiles were gorgeous in this game, as well as an ever amazing soundtrack. I really enjoyed this one because despite the slow walking and text that you cannot toggle without editing code, because the story was there this time around! Each game has had a deeper lore, but this was the most fleshed out story so far (in my opinion -- I have yet to play VIII and IX). Highly recommend as a classic jRPG experience! :)
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →(Ys SEVEN) Just got here, will continue tomorrow. This game is super peak so far, ngl
positive · AI labelView post →First YS to feel like a jrpg. Bland and poorly paced, I couldn't find any reason to keep playing.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Finished Ys VI today and finished it 100% 🥹 Another game down! Ys Seven will be next!
neutral · AI labelView post →If I could pick any one Ys game of my favorite, it would be Ys Seven. 2nd one would be Oath in Felghana and 3rd Ys 6.
positive · AI labelView post →For goodness sake, why do the endings of these games always have to be so sad
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Just generally a really fun game, with a great cast of characters and a heartful story that doesn't overstay it's welcome. Gameplay overall is fun and fast paced, though on Hard some enemies do feel like bullet sponges. Easy recommend, might be my favourite Ys game, which I wasn't expecting to say after playing Ys 8.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Ys Seven is a fast-paced action RPG that shifts the series from solo combat to a party-based system, emphasizing teamwork, weapon variety, and continuous momentum. Set in the kingdom of Altago, it introduces a new structure built around open regions rather than the tighter dungeons of earlier entries. This redesign allows for a more fluid gameplay loop focused on traversal, combat, and field exploration. The story centers on Adol and Dogi as they become entangled in a conflict tied to Altago’s…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Also I have not played a single Cold Steel game (yet, I'll get to it after I finish Ys Seven and IX) but just by being here for less than 3 months you all have already got me with the barrier brain rot
neutral · AI labelView post →Me immediately going to the higher level area in Ys Seven that I'm definitely NOT supposed to be in at this point in the game:
neutral · AI labelView post →Wild. I haven't used GOG in years and after winning a game from SorchHold's stream, I finally relog into it and find a game I knew I won FOREVER ago but had no idea where it was. Maybe sometime we'll play Ys Seven?
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