Ys Origin
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Developers | |
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Nihon Falcom | |
Publishers | |
English | XSEED |
Release dates | |
Windows | December 21, 2006 |
Reception | |
Metacritic | 76 |
OpenCritic | 79 |
IGDB | 80 |
Taxonomy | |
Monetization | One-time game purchase |
Microtransactions | None |
Modes | Singleplayer |
Pacing | Real-time |
Perspectives | Bird's-eye view |
Controls | Direct control |
Genres | ARPG, JRPG |
Art styles | Anime |
Themes | Fantasy |
Series | Ys |
⤏ Go to series page | |
Ancient Land of Ys | 1989 |
Ys II Special | 1994 |
Ys Eternal | 1998 |
Ys II Eternal | 2000 |
Ys I II Complete | 2001 |
Ys V: Lost Kefin, Kingdom of Sand | 2003 |
Ys VI: The Ark of Napishtim | 2003 |
Ys: The Oath in Felghana | 2005 |
Ys Origin | 2006 |
Ys Online: The Call of Solum | 2009 |
Ys I & II Chronicles+ | 2009 |
Ys Seven | 2012 |
Ys VIII: Lacrimosa of DANA | 2018 |
Ys: Memories of Celceta | 2018 |
Ys IX: Monstrum Nox | 2021 |
Ys X: Nordics | 2024 |
General information
Availability
Source | DRM | Notes | Keys | OS |
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Retail | Japanese only. Can run without the disc inserted. | |||
Developer website (unavailable) | Japanese retail release. | |||
Publisher website | English only. | |||
GOG.com | English only. | |||
Humble Store | English only. | |||
Steam | [1] English only. |
- Japanese digital release available on DLSite.
- Simplified Chinese digital release available on CubeJoy. CubeJoy client requires internet access upon game boot.
Game data
Configuration file(s) location
System | Location |
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Windows | %USERPROFILE%\Saved Games\FALCOM\yso_win\ |
Steam Play (Linux) | <Steam-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/207350/pfx/[Note 1] |
Save game data location
System | Location |
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Windows | |
Steam | <Steam-folder>/userdata/<user-id>/207350/remote/ |
Steam Play (Linux) | <Steam-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/207350/pfx/[Note 1] |
Save game cloud syncing
System | Native | Notes |
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GOG Galaxy | ||
Steam Cloud |
Video
Graphics feature | State | WSGF | Notes |
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Widescreen resolution | Not supported by Japanese retail releases. | ||
Multi-monitor | Mouse cursor not captured to screen | ||
Ultra-widescreen | |||
4K Ultra HD | |||
Field of view (FOV) | |||
Windowed | Toggle with Alt+↵ Enter. | ||
Borderless fullscreen windowed | Use windowed mode with native resolution. | ||
Anisotropic filtering (AF) | |||
Anti-aliasing (AA) | FSAA | ||
Vertical sync (Vsync) | |||
60 FPS and 120+ FPS | |||
High dynamic range display (HDR) | See the glossary page for potential alternatives. |
Input
- In-game prompts only show default keys.
Keyboard and mouse | State | Notes |
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Remapping | ||
Mouse acceleration | ||
Mouse sensitivity | Uses OS cursor | |
Mouse input in menus | ||
Mouse Y-axis inversion | ||
Controller | ||
Controller support | ||
Full controller support | Configuration utility needs mouse or keyboard. | |
Controller remapping | ||
Controller sensitivity | ||
Controller Y-axis inversion |
Controller types |
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XInput-compatible controllers |
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PlayStation controllers |
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Generic/other controllers |
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Additional information | ||
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Button prompts | ||
Controller hotplugging | DirectInput is not supported, Xinput requires Xidi | |
Haptic feedback | DirectInput only. Xinput usage requires Xidi 4.0 or later. | |
Digital movement supported | ||
Simultaneous controller+KB/M |
Audio
In-game settings. Few settings related to audio and input which are also available through configuration utility.
Audio feature | State | Notes |
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Separate volume controls | Music and effects. | |
Surround sound | When EAX enabled. | |
Subtitles | ||
Closed captions | ||
Mute on focus lost | ||
EAX support | EAX 2.0 | |
Royalty free audio |
Localizations
Language | UI | Audio | Sub | Notes |
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English | English release only. | |||
Simplified Chinese | Chinese release only. Fan translation, based on the official Chinese text, for the steam version. However, due to the update on December 8, 2023, the patch has become invalid. Please refer to this guide to roll back the version before the update. |
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French | Steam release only. A fan translation by Nanami is also available for GOG (and Steam). | |||
German | Steam release only. | |||
Italian | Steam release only. | |||
Japanese | Retail release only. The XSEED release can be modified to play in Japanese by renaming files and running the game in Japanese locale.[2] | |||
Korean | Download here. | |||
Russian | Fan translation by «The Miracle». | |||
Spanish | Steam release only. |
VR support
3D modes | State | GG3D | Notes | |
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Nvidia 3D Vision | See also Helix Mod: Ys Origin. |
Issues fixed
Game crashes on launch
- This can be caused by incorrect or incompatible DirectShow filters installed or configured on the system.
Disable movie playback[3] |
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- On modern systems the game may crash when the in-game menu is opened. Using LLA to patch the .exe solves the crashing.
Disable movie playback[4] |
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Other information
API
Technical specs | Supported | Notes |
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Direct3D | 9.0c |
Executable | 32-bit | 64-bit | Notes |
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Windows |
System requirements
Windows | ||
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Minimum | Recommended | |
Operating system (OS) | XP | 64-bit XP, Vista, 7 |
Processor (CPU) | Intel Pentium III/1 GHz | Intel Pentium 4/1.3 GHz or higher |
System memory (RAM) | 1 GB | |
Hard disk drive (HDD) | 2 GB | |
Video card (GPU) | 64 MB of VRAM DirectX 9.0c compatible | |
Sound (audio device) | DirectX 9.0c compatible |
Notes
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 File/folder structure within this directory reflects the path(s) listed for Windows and/or Steam game data (use Wine regedit to access Windows registry paths). Games with Steam Cloud support may store data in
~/.steam/steam/userdata/<user-id>/207350/
in addition to or instead of this directory. The app ID (207350) may differ in some cases. Treat backslashes as forward slashes. See the glossary page for details.
References
- ↑ Is this one DRM free like the previous YS games? - Steam Community Discussions - last accessed on 2020-11-30
- ↑ speedrun.com - last accessed on 9 June 2023
- ↑ Steam Discussions - New Update? - last accessed on 2018-04-15
- ↑ GOG forums - last accessed on 2018-09-02