
Experience YIIK: A Postmodern RPG 1.5 (I.V) update with revamped battles and cutscenes. A child relinquishes her name for a birthday invite, hoping to find her brother. Alex's reality unravels, guided by a mysterious cat, witnessing a woman vanish, igniting an obsession that threatens his world.
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For scale, across Steam · Top Sellers · Brazil over the last 30 days: the 26 chart moves that followed a price cut of more than 20% went a median of 7 places towards #1, and the 2,400 moves with no price cut behind them went 2 away. One store, one chart, one country — it is the only place we have enough observations to say even that.
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About
An unusual error manifests on April 4th, a day that echoes the enigmatic code 404. In a desperate act of innocence, a child relinquishes her name for an invitation to a birthday party, her hope tethered to the faint possibility of finding her brother. Meanwhile, Alex, a recent college graduate, returns home, only to find his reality unspooling like a threadbare tapestry. Guided by a cat which slips through the very fabric of his mind, Alex descends into the depths of his consciousness where he witnesses the impossible: a woman, locked away in an iron maiden, vanishing into thin air. A vision which ignites an undying obsession and threatens to unravel the boundaries of his world.
Combat in YIIK I.V is an arcane dance, a turn-based system where players use everyday weapons against bizarre entities, aided by the power of Karta. When players or enemies take damage, they start to bleed, and every action taken while bleeding brings them closer to defeat. It’s a race against time to outlast the enemy and stem the flow of blood.
Navigate landscapes that blur the line between reality and dreams. These spaces are filled with intricate puzzles, deadly traps, and odd adversaries that challenge your perception, pushing the boundaries of what you know to be real.
The narrative shifts between the perspectives of Alex and the Nameless Child, drawing you into their separate yet intertwined realities, each twist revealing deeper layers of their destinies.

The game’s soundtrack features over 200 tracks across a wide range of genres, from drum and bass to progressive rock. Much of the music is performed by live musicians, adding a vibrant and authentic layer to the experience.
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| Store | Price | Audience | Score | Chart | Est. revenue |
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SteamYou are here | $7.99−60% | 1.3Kreviews | 79% | — | $198.4K |
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Reviews
Themes across 50 recent reviews and how positive each mention is. A keyword signal, not full sentiment analysis.
Reviews
You know, there was a Youtube video that described how playing Atari 2600 games during a hot summer in the 1980s felt like communicating with aliens from outer space. Playing YIIK for the first time during this summer actually evoked a similar feeling and made me think about that description again. Besides that, I think YIIK understood the "Earthbound-inspired" assignment pretty well, especially the I.V update. I love the more strategic combat system of the update, but I appreciate the option to go back to the old battle mode because the difference between Dark Game and old battle mode is night and day, and anyone who's even curious about what YIIK was like before I.V should enable it when that's available. Honestly the one real gripe I have about it is the inability to skip dialogues specifically, which just makes it so I have to mash the A button through those for repeat playthroughs,
its sureal, it has a good turn baced combat system, it has a facinating anti-rolemodle type mane character playing the role of narrorator, it tells a reletively symple story in an absract way expecting you to follow simbolism and figure out whats going on yourself. its niche its weird and i like that about it
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Languages: English*, Japanese*languages with full audio support
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Matched by title — a reused name can pair the wrong games. * is a critic aggregate. Prices and positions are each store's United States storefront; Epic charts worldwide. Audience and Score too, except Steam's, which is worldwide.
Hours played at review time, across 50 reviews with recorded playtime.
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Cool game, finished this before metaphor.
YIIK IV is an underrated gem with some things left to be desired. Alex Eggleston is a 25 y/o returning home from college, and right out the gate you can tell he's a flawed character. Without spoiling much, he's an unemployed self centered man-child that lives with his mom. The story is told from his perspective, traversing the town he grew up in and the neighboring towns, gathering a party together to find a missing girl. All of the characters speak with a similar verboseness to Alex, which makes sense given the fact that he is the narrator. A lot of the story is left up to interpretation, and I think it's worth browsing the fandom to see what the general theories are. As far as gameplay goes, YIIK is a fairly standard RPG. There's some minor puzzle solving and visual novel elements, (Most of which is fully voice acted!) and plenty of explorable space and battles to grind. My only complaint around the gameplay is that the combat tutorial is extremely confusing. For whatever reason, the tutorial explains everything in the most convoluted manner possible. Despite this, it's easy to get a grasp on. There's several elements to the combat system that make battles a bit overwhelming at first, (Keeping track of your Karta, enemy Karta, Life and PP, Skills, and what power ups you have available at any given time) but that also may just be because I don't play many RPGs. There's only a couple sections I really struggled with, and those weren't apart of the main story. (The Nameless sections, specifically the Silent Hill(?) homage section with tank controls and a difficult battle) As of writing this, I'm around 75-80% done with the main campaign, and I'm already hooked on it. TLDR; YIIK IV is worth your money and time. It's fun, challenging, and the story is a deep look into the psyche of chronically online chuds from forum boards, as well as a discussion on missing people of color and how they're handled by the general populous. It's not perfect by any means, but it's a good game. Best played on a controller/joycon.
戦闘面は大型アプデでかなり良くなり、ローカライズもしっかりしている印象を受けました… 低カロリーなペルソナ5、みたいな内容です
Just for the sake of context, I initially played YIIK before the I.V update, and bounced off by the end of chapter 2 because I found the gameplay to be an absolute slog. The story seemed fine but it wasn't enough to keep me playing at the time. With the current iteration I am overjoyed I was willing to give it a chance, since I actually enjoyed the whole package this time. Some parts of the original version still hold the game back a bit, but it's easy to forgive with the highs I.V introduces.
this is crack
This is one of the weirdest games I've ever played. Play it.
[h1]------{Graphismes}------[/h1] Incroyable ✅ Super Bon Moyen [h1]------{Difficulté}------[/h1] Plutôt facile ✅ Assez équilibré Défi de taille [h1]------{Rejouabilité}------[/h1] Faible ✅ Moyenne Élevée [hr][/hr] [h1]YIIK – Une refonte qui change tout (ou presque)[/h1] La refonte 1.5 de YIIK m'a très agréablement surpris. Petit rappel pour ceux qui n'ont pas connu la version d'origine : on était sur un RPG aux dialogues lourds, aux personnages détestables, avec un protagoniste atteint du syndrome... du protagoniste. Côté gameplay, un RPG lambda avec des QTE pour attaquer et un système de level up interminable. La refonte a réécrit beaucoup de dialogues sans dénaturer les personnages. L'histoire tourne toujours autour d'Alex, qui reste un connard, mais on suit sa progression pour devenir au moins un minimum décent. Et c'est assumé : Alex est écrit pour être insupportable, c'est un narrateur peu fiable (petit détail sympa : sa maison est la plus grande de Frankton, allez savoir comment une mère célibataire se paie ça). [hr][/hr] [h1]Ce qui fait la force du jeu[/h1] [h2]Un combat devenu vraiment dynamique[/h2] C'est le jour et la nuit avec la version d'origine : c'est rapide, nerveux et lisible. Je ne vais pas spoiler les mécaniques, mais le système de Karta, de saignement et de PP ajoute une vraie subtilité et rend chaque combat engageant. Le système de cartes pousse à la créativité pour construire des synergies dans l'équipe. [h2]Une direction artistique unique[/h2] Low poly façon PS1, textures pixel-art, animations volontairement saccadées : c'est un style qui divise, mais qui colle parfaitement au thème du jeu. Avec le retour en force de l'esthétique Y2K, le jeu paraît presque en avance sur son temps. Les cutscenes sont superbes, et certains environnements sont magnifiques avec une grosse variété de décors. [h2]Une bande-son excellente[/h2] On est sur du Toby Fox et du Bo En, donc rien à redire. Les musiques portent l'ambiance du début à la fin. [h2]Une nostalgie bien retranscrite[/h2] Le jeu capture étonnamment bien l'internet de la fin des années 90 / début 2000, sans en faire son sujet principal. [hr][/hr] [h1]Mes trois gros problèmes[/h1] [h2]Les interludes avec Krow et Carrie[/h2] Les premières sont bien, mais ça devient progressivement plus une corvée qu'autre chose. Les objectifs ne sont pas clairs, ce qui n'aide pas (ou alors je ne suis pas très malin, ça reste une possibilité). [h2]Les contrôles non modifiables[/h2] Sur un clavier FR, vous jouerez en WASD et pas en ZQSD. Pas trop gênant grâce aux touches directionnelles, mais dès qu'un passage en déplacement 3D arrive (comme dans le Soul Space), il faut gérer WASD, OKL, la barre espace ET la souris. Bon courage. [h2]Un point de non-retour mal signalé[/h2] [spoiler]À un moment du jeu, vos actions deviennent très restreintes, sans vrai avertissement. Dommage de ne pas mieux prévenir le joueur pour qu'il termine tout ce qu'il a à faire avant. Ce passage m'a empêché de gagner 18 niveaux et d'améliorer mes Karta.[/spoiler] [h3]À noter aussi[/h3] Certaines Karta sont bien plus puissantes que d'autres, et une fois les bonnes combinaisons trouvées, le jeu perd un peu de son mordant. Et l'histoire reste volontairement fragmentée et abstraite : il faut accepter de l'interpréter soi-même plutôt que d'attendre des réponses claires. Ça ne plaira pas à tout le monde. [hr][/hr] [h1]Verdict final[/h1] YIIK n'est pas un jeu parfait, mais l'effort derrière cette refonte est énorme. C'est un projet passion, brut de décoffrage, qui s'est racheté avec la 1.5. Je ne le conseille pas si vous n'avez pas un bon niveau d'anglais ou si vous n'aimez pas les RPG bavards. Et si vous hésitez, prenez-le en promo. PS : je pense que les devs n'ont pas compris le principe du NG+ lol [h1]------{Avis final}------[/h1] Une refonte qui mérite une seconde chance, pour les curieux qui acceptent ses bizarreries !
seriously one of the most creatively written games ever even if parts of the story are lacking at times (such as characters being relatively flat), a lot of the game is still strong in its storytelling, themes, meta commentary, symbols and overall messages
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