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Revision as of 08:34, 24 March 2022

Ys I & II Chronicles+
Ys I & II Chronicles+ cover
Developers
Nihon Falcom
Publishers
XSEED
Release dates
Windows December 24, 2009
Reception
IGDB 60
Taxonomy
Modes Singleplayer
Pacing Real-time
Perspectives Bird's-eye view
Controls Direct control
Genres ARPG, JRPG
Art styles Anime
Themes Fantasy
Series Ys
Ys I & II Chronicles+ on HowLongToBeat
Ys I & II Chronicles+ on IGDB
Ys I & II Chronicles+ guide on StrategyWiki
Ys I & II Chronicles+ on MobyGames
Ys I & II Chronicles+ on Wikipedia
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

An updated and localized version of Ys I & II Chronicles, which was previously released only in Japan. Most settings are shared between both games.
Features enhanced graphics, swappable character portraits and viewports from Ys I II Complete and Chronicles, and the ability to swap between the original PC-88, Complete, and Chronicles version's soundtracks.

General information

GOG.com Community Discussions for game series
GOG.com Support Page
Steam Community Discussions (Ys I)
Steam Community Discussions (Ys II)

Availability

Source DRM Notes Keys OS
Publisher website
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Windows
Developer website
DRM details are not known
Japanese retail release.
Windows
GOG.com
DRM-free
Windows
Humble Store
DRM-free
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Windows
Steam
DRM-free after installation through Steam client (notes may include more details)
Steam requirements were removed as of October 2017.[1]
Windows
The original Japanese Ys I & II Chronicles is available digitally and DRM-free on DLSite.

Game data

Configuration file(s) location

System Location
Windows %USERPROFILE%\Saved Games\FALCOM\ys12c\ysp_win.ini
Steam Play (Linux) <SteamLibrary-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/223810/pfx/[Note 1]

Save game data location

System Location
Windows %USERPROFILE%\Saved Games\FALCOM\ys12c\ys1\
%USERPROFILE%\Saved Games\FALCOM\ys12c\ys2\
Steam Play (Linux) <SteamLibrary-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/223810/pfx/[Note 1]

Save game cloud syncing

System Native Notes
GOG Galaxy
Steam Cloud

Video

Video settings from external configuration tool.
Video settings from external configuration tool.
In-game display settings.
In-game display settings.

Graphics feature State Notes
Widescreen resolution
Set display mode to "Chronicles". Zooms out and blurs screen during boss battles.
Multi-monitor
Ultra-widescreen
4K Ultra HD
Field of view (FOV)
Windowed
Borderless fullscreen windowed
Use windowed mode with native resolution.
Anisotropic filtering (AF)
Anti-aliasing (AA)
Option for bilinear/trilinear texture filtering.
Vertical sync (Vsync)
60 FPS
120+ FPS
Running above 60 FPS results in gameplay abnormalities such as bosses moving and attacking faster than intended.[2][3]
High dynamic range display (HDR)
See the glossary page for potential alternatives.

Input

Remapping settings from external configuration tool.
Remapping settings from external configuration tool.
In-game control settings.
In-game control settings.

Keyboard and mouse State Notes
Remapping
Mouse acceleration
Mouse sensitivity
Mouse input in menus
Mouse Y-axis inversion
Controller
Controller support
DirectInput and XInput controllers are supported.
Full controller support
Controller remapping
XInput controllers may have issues with remapping controls from the configuration tool, however, the buttons can be remapped via editing the game's ysp_win.ini with a text editor such as Notepad (see Configuration file(s) location).[4]
Controller sensitivity
Controller Y-axis inversion
Controller types
XInput-compatible controllers
Xbox button prompts
Impulse Trigger vibration
PlayStation controllers
PlayStation button prompts
Light bar support
Adaptive trigger support
DualSense haptic feedback support
Connection modes Wired
V2 tested.
Generic/other controllers
Button prompts
Additional information
Controller hotplugging
Haptic feedback
Digital movement supported
Simultaneous controller+KB/M

Audio

Audio settings from external configuration tool.
Audio settings from external configuration tool.
In-game audio settings.
In-game audio settings.

Audio feature State Notes
Separate volume controls
Surround sound
Subtitles
No speech, all dialogue is text-based.
Closed captions
Mute on focus lost

Localizations

Language UI Audio Sub Notes
English
All dialogue is text-based.
Japanese
Original Japanese Chronicles release only; unavailable in the XSEED release.
Spanish
Fan translation by GlowTranslations

Issues fixed

Cutscenes skipping and missing

Install and edit missing video codecs[5]
  1. Install Combined Community Codec Pack http://www.cccp-project.net/
  2. Open CCCP Settings
  3. LAV Splitter Settings
  4. Input Formats tab
  5. Uncheck mp4, mpeg, mpegts, mpegvideo

Other information

API

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

System requirements

Windows
Minimum Recommended
Operating system (OS) XP
Processor (CPU) Intel Pentium III 866 MHz
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. 1.0 1.1 Notes regarding Steam Play (Linux) data:

References

  1. About the games connecting - Steam Community Discussions - last accessed on 2020-02-12
  2. Steam Forums - Well I'll be darned! (Dark Fact/Nightmare easier on 60fps???)
  3. Steam Forums - Game speed fix for nvidia cards - READ THIS IF YOU GET STUCK ON A BOSS
  4. Verified by User:AmethystViper on 2021-07-01
    The game's configuration launcher with the latest version for some reason didn't recognize any inputs when trying to remap controller inputs with an Xbox One S controller.
  5. https://steamcommunity.com/app/223810/discussions/0/846945579756297347/#c846945579770735562