Ys: The Oath in Felghana
Developers | |
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Nihon Falcom | |
Publishers | |
English | XSEED |
Release dates | |
Windows | July 4, 2005 |
Reception | |
Metacritic | 73 |
IGDB | 83 |
Taxonomy | |
Monetization | One-time game purchase |
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 |
Key points
- This is a complete remake of the 1989 NEC PC-8801/NEC PC-9801 game "Ys III: Wanderers from Ys".
General information
Availability
Source | DRM | Notes | Keys | OS |
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Retail | Japanese only. Can run without the disc inserted. | |||
Developer website | 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\ysf_win\ysf_win.ini |
Steam Play (Linux) | <SteamLibrary-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/207320/pfx/[Note 1] |
Save game data location
System | Location |
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Windows | %USERPROFILE%\Saved Games\FALCOM\ysf_win\ |
Steam | <Steam-folder>\userdata\<user-id>\207320\remote\ |
Steam Play (Linux) | <SteamLibrary-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/207320/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 | |||
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) | |||
Anti-aliasing (AA) | FSAA | ||
Vertical sync (Vsync) | |||
60 FPS and 120+ FPS | Framerates above 60 fps might break the game.[2] | ||
High dynamic range display (HDR) | See the glossary page for potential alternatives. |
Input
Keyboard and mouse | State | Notes |
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Remapping | ||
Mouse acceleration | ||
Mouse sensitivity | ||
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 | ||
Haptic feedback | Seems to be DirectInput only. | |
Digital movement supported | ||
Simultaneous controller+KB/M |
Audio
Audio feature | State | Notes |
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Separate volume controls | BGM, SFX and Voice. | |
Surround sound | ||
Subtitles | ||
Closed captions | ||
Mute on focus lost | Excludes the 2 logo videos when starting the game in the English release. | |
EAX support | EAX 2.0 | |
Royalty free audio |
Localizations
Language | UI | Audio | Sub | Notes |
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Japanese | Original language. Japan release only. Voice files from the Japanese PSP release can be obtained here to replace the English voice included in the mid-February 2020 patch. |
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English | GOG.com and Steam releases only. The mid-February 2020 patch adds English voice acting from the PSP port of the game.[3] | |||
Russian | Fan translation by «ZoG Forum Team» | |||
Korean | Retail release only. | |||
Simplified Chinese | China retail and digital releases only. |
Issues fixed
Flickering Sprites
Although not a permanent fix, alt-tabbing will stop the flickering without needing to restart the application.
Config Settings Not Applying
While using a system with intel graphics alongside a Nvidia GPU, if config settings such as resolution are not being applied, try manually setting the application to use the Nvidia GPU for both config_dx9.exe and ysf_win_dx9.exe from within the NVIDIA control panel.
Other information
API
Executable | 32-bit | 64-bit | Notes |
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Windows |
System requirements
Windows | ||
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Minimum | Recommended | |
Operating system (OS) | XP | XP, Vista, 7 |
Processor (CPU) | Intel Pentium III 800 MHz | Intel Pentium III 1 GHz or higher |
System memory (RAM) | 1 GB | 1 GB |
Hard disk drive (HDD) | 1 GB | 2 GB |
Video card (GPU) | 32 MB of VRAM DirectX 9.0c compatible | 32 MB of VRAM DirectX 9.0c compatible |
Sound (audio device) | DirectX 9.0c compatible | DirectX 9.0c Compatible |
Other | DirectX 8.0 required | DirectX 9.0c recommended |
Notes
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Notes regarding Steam Play (Linux) data:
- File/folder structure within this directory reflects the path(s) listed for Windows and/or Steam game data.
- Games with Steam Cloud support may also store data in
~/.steam/steam/userdata/<user-id>/207320/
. - Use Wine's registry editor to access any Windows registry paths.
- The app ID (207320) may differ in some cases.
- Treat backslashes as forward slashes.
- See the glossary page for details on Windows data paths.
References
- ↑ Is this one DRM free like the previous YS games? - Steam Community Discussions - last accessed on 2020-11-30
- ↑ 2nd Boss Impossible? Please help. - Steam Community Discussions - last accessed on 2022-04-22
- ↑ "We've added English voices to Ys: the Oath in Felghana and we've added Japanese voices to Ys: Memories of Celceta (...)" - XSEED Games' Twitter Account