Ys Memoire: Revelations In Celceta Review – Explorations Galore

Ys is a series that I hold close to my heart. It involves a curious red-headed swordsman named Adol who seems to find trouble and adventure wherever he goes. XSEED Games is doing a good job with remastering the old titles they helped release on the PSP or PS Vita, and the title that is currently about to be released, Ys Memoire: Revelations in Celceta, is no different.

Game Name: Ys Memoire: Revelations in Celceta
Platform(s): Nintendo Switch
Reviewed On: Nintendo Switch backwards Compatibility via Nintendo Switch 2
Genre: RPG / Role Playing Game
Developer(s): Nihon Falcom
Publisher(s): XSeed Games
Release Date: April 28th, 2026
Price: $29.99

Ys Memoire: Revelations In Celceta takes place in the region of Celceta. Adol is wandering around a city called Casnan. He isn’t sure where he is, and moments later, he doesn’t even know who he is. Later on, he meets a man named Duren who knows who he is. It is revealed that Adol went into the Forest of Celceta, a forest that is notorious for people becoming lost in it. Duren and Adol eventually get hired to map out the forest, and Adol is all for it even without any of his memories.

The Good

Ys Memoire: Revelations of Celceta has a very addictive combat system. It feels fluid, and the actual combat speed is quick and agile. You get a variety of weapon types like Swords, Spears, Gauntlets, etc. that react differently to whatever enemy you come across. Each enemy is weak against some weapon type and strong against others. Matching the party member to the enemy they are strong against is an easy way to keep up with switching to different party member characters. Switching party members is fast and is just a single button press away.

The normal gameplay loop is also addictive. The whole purpose of the game is to explore the forest of Celceta. You go to different maps and try to find any routes you can to go to other areas. When you get a certain distance, you can find camp sites to set up at. These generally help Adol remember previous memories. Once you get a campsite set up, every memory in the previous area will be lit up on the map. If you haven’t found all the memories of the previous area, it makes it easy to do a quick sweep and grab what you missed.

Another perk of having different party members in your group isn’t just their battle tactics. They also have special abilities that only they can activate. One can unlock locked chests, and another one can destroy rocks below the water. When you get a large enough roster, it can be quite thrilling to shift between them for your main party of three. You will get a full roster of six party members, but you can only adventure in a group of three. All of them have a unique weapon and ability.

The Bad

The art was redone for the resolution upscale, so it does look better during scenes that use the CG art or character speaking models. Unfortunately, that does not work as well for the actual in-game graphics. The original Ys Memories of Celceta was created on the PlayStation Vita, and this redone port of Ys Memoire: Revelations in Celceta still looks like a PlayStation Vita game. Unlike Ys Memoire: The Oath in Felghana, the style of graphics isn’t nearly as stylized.

Having a variety of party members and abilities is great. Unfortunately, the party AI is not good. If you aren’t controlling them, they tend to either be super aggressively trying to attack an enemy they do no damage against or stay right next to who you are playing with, depending on whether you put their behavior as aggressive or passive. Generally, I tended to keep their behavior aggressive so they could keep going after ore and collectibles while I was fighting.

In most games, you use the hub to get a break and go straight back into the action. In Ys Memoire: Revelations in Celceta, it mainly kills your pacing as you have to go back to the main town at certain intervals to upgrade your gear. I wish I could just continue through the forest and get more and more unlocked before I have to do duties in the town or side quests.

The camera in Ys Memoire: Revelations in Celceta is annoying. You can zoom out and in. Thats it. Camera angles are dependent on the map you are in. You have a camera control, but it doesn’t feel like it when all it does is zoom out and zoom in. It hurts the exploration aspect of the game in a game that is all about exploration.

Revelations In Celceta

Even though I have a lot of complaints about Ys Memoire: Revelations of Celceta, I do think it is a solid time. Adol gets some nice fleshing out as it is focused on helping him recover his memories, not just about his time in the forest, but also about why he wanted to be an adventurer in the first place. The combat is addicting and I could run back and forth grinding resources all day just to fight as Karna. If you have already played and beaten Memories of Celceta in any form, this release probably doesn’t do anything for you except be available on Nintendo Switch. It has a rearranged soundtrack that is decent, but the original soundtrack is also one that still holds up.

Ys Memoire: Revelations in Celceta will be available on April 28th, 2026, for Nintendo Switch.

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