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Ys VI: The Ark of Napishtim

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Ys VI: The Ark of Napishtim
Ys VI: The Ark of Napishtim cover
Developers
Nihon Falcom
Publishers
XSEED
Marvelous
Release dates
Windows September 27, 2003
Reception
Metacritic 76
OpenCritic 80
IGDB 72
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
Ys VI: The Ark of Napishtim on HowLongToBeat
Ys VI: The Ark of Napishtim on IGDB
Ys VI: The Ark of Napishtim guide on StrategyWiki
Ys VI: The Ark of Napishtim on MobyGames
Ys VI: The Ark of Napishtim on Wikipedia
Ancient Land of Ys 1989
Ys II Special 1994
Ys Eternal 1998
Ys II Eternal 2000
Ys I II Complete 2001
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

GOG.com Community Discussions for game series
GOG.com Support Page
Steam Community Discussions

Availability

Source DRM Notes Keys OS
Retail
DRM details are not known
Japanese only.
Windows
Developer website
DRM details are not known
Japanese retail release.
Windows
Publisher website
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English only.
Windows
GOG.com
DRM-free
English only.
Windows
Humble Store
DRM-free
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Windows
Steam
DRM-free after installation through Steam client (notes may include more details)
English only.[1]
Windows
Japanese digital release available DRM-free 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
Windows %USERPROFILE%\Saved Games\FALCOM\ys6_win\
Steam Play (Linux) <Steam-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/312540/pfx/[Note 1]

Save game data location

System Location
Windows %USERPROFILE%\Saved Games\FALCOM\ys6_win\
Steam <Steam-folder>\userdata\<user-id>\312540\remote\
Steam Play (Linux) <Steam-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/312540/pfx/[Note 1]

Save game cloud syncing

System Native Notes
GOG Galaxy
Steam Cloud

Video

Graphics settings.
Graphics settings.

Graphics feature State Notes
Widescreen resolution
Not supported by Japanese retail releases.
Multi-monitor
Ultra-widescreen
Not supported by Japanese retail releases.
4K Ultra HD
Field of view (FOV)
Windowed
Borderless fullscreen windowed
Use windowed mode with native resolution.
Anisotropic filtering (AF)
Up to 16x. Options for Point, Bilinear and Trilinear texture filtering also available.
Anti-aliasing (AA)
FSAA up to 8x.
Vertical sync (Vsync)
60 FPS and 120+ FPS
Framerate is uncapped and dependent on the monitor's refresh rate.
High dynamic range display (HDR)
See the glossary page for potential alternatives.

Input

Mouse/Keyboard and Gamepad bindings.
Mouse/Keyboard and Gamepad bindings.

Audio

Audio settings.
Audio settings.
In-game audio settings.
In-game audio settings.

Audio feature State Notes
Separate volume controls
BGM and SFX.
Surround sound
With EAX enabled.
Subtitles
Game is entirely text-based.
Closed captions
Mute on focus lost
Only music is muted.
EAX support
EAX 2.0

Localizations

Language UI Audio Sub Notes
English
Official localization by XSEED Games. English release only.
English
Fan translation, link #1
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]
Simplified Chinese
Chinese release only.
Fan translation, based on the official Chinese text, for the steam version.
Russian
Fan translation by «The Miracle»

Other information

API

Technical specs Supported Notes
Direct3D 8.1, 9
Executable 32-bit 64-bit Notes
Windows

System requirements

Windows
Minimum Recommended
Operating system (OS) 98. ME
Processor (CPU) Intel Pentium III 800 MHz
System memory (RAM) 128 MB
1 GB (Steam)
Hard disk drive (HDD) 1 GB
2 GB (Steam)
Video card (GPU) 32 MB of VRAM
DirectX 8.1
DirectX 9.0c (Steam) compatible


Notes

  1. 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>/312540/ in addition to or instead of this directory. The app ID (312540) may differ in some cases. Treat backslashes as forward slashes. See the glossary page for details.

References

  1. Is this one DRM free like the previous YS games? - Steam Community Discussions - last accessed on 2020-11-30
  2. speedrun.com - last accessed on 9 June 2023