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YS ORIGIN Now for perhaps one of the best-known games in the series, Ys Origin has gained quite a bit of notoriety especially on Steam, probably mainly because its Steam trailer is super hype. Does it deserve it? Well, to put it very simply... hell yeah it does. As mentioned already, in Ys Origin you do not play as Adol. That's because this game is a prequel to the Ys I & II duology, ...
YS: THE OATH IN FELGHANA (YS III) The third Ys game was known in the SNES era as "Wanderers of Ys", and was the game to introduce a lot of the western world to the series. Its reputation overall has been mixed, being a sort of "Zelda II: The Adventure of Link" of the Ys series, ditching the overhead view for a sidescrolling adventure and as already implied not really being about the land of Ys at all anymore, ...
YS VI: THE ARK OF NAPISHTIM Ys VI first came out in 2003 and marked a sort of revival for the series after an 8 year long hiatus following Ys V. It features an entirely new engine which was also used as the basis for the next two games on our list, as well as tying older games together lore-wise a lot. The game begins as Adol finds himself stranded on ...
Ys II Chronicles As previously mentioned, Ys II resumes right where Ys I left us, with Adol being beamed up into the sky onto the floating island that is the old land of Ys. He wakes up outside of a small place called Lance Village without any of his equipment (how convenient) and without wasting any time gets roped into having to save the local doctor from a cave-in in a nearby monster-infested mine. At the same time the cave is intertwined with an old sanctuary ...
Updated 12-29-2019 at 11:13 AM by Karifean
YS I CHRONICLES Ys I is a game that has seen numerous releases and rereleases across many different platforms. But the most accessible modern day version is the "Ys I & II Chronicles" release for the PC. It's up on Steam, it's up on GOG, and it's pretty cheap nowadays. The original Ys dates back to 1987, and the Chronicles version is less a full remake ...
Updated 12-29-2019 at 11:14 AM by Karifean
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