Ys VI: The Ark of Napishtim
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Developers | |
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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 |
⤏ 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. | |||
Developer website (unavailable) | Japanese retail release. | |||
Publisher website | English only. | |||
GOG.com | English only. | |||
Humble Store | ||||
Steam | English only.[1] |
- 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 |
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Windows | %USERPROFILE%\Saved Games\FALCOM\ys6_win\ |
Steam Play (Linux) | <SteamLibrary-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/312540/pfx/[Note 1] |
Save game data location
System | Location |
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Windows | %USERPROFILE%\Saved Games\FALCOM\ys6_win\ |
Steam | <Steam-folder>\userdata\<user-id>\312540\remote\ |
Steam Play (Linux) | <SteamLibrary-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/312540/pfx/[Note 1] |
Save game cloud syncing
System | Native | Notes |
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GOG Galaxy | ||
Steam Cloud |
Video
Graphics feature | State | 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) | 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
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 requires the use of a mouse or keyboard. | |
Controller remapping | ||
Controller sensitivity | ||
Controller Y-axis inversion |
Controller types |
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XInput-compatible controllers | ||
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Xbox button prompts | ||
Impulse Trigger vibration |
PlayStation controllers | Lacks native support. Use DS4Windows as a workaround. | |
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PlayStation button prompts | ||
Light bar support | ||
Adaptive trigger support | ||
DualSense haptic feedback support | ||
Connection modes |
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
Audio feature | State | Notes |
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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 |
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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. |
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Russian | Fan translation by «The Miracle» |
Other information
API
Technical specs | Supported | Notes |
---|---|---|
Direct3D | 8.1, 9 |
Executable | 32-bit | 64-bit | Notes |
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Windows |
System requirements
Windows | ||
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Minimum | Recommended | |
Operating system (OS) | 98. ME | 2000, XP, Vista, 7 |
Processor (CPU) | Intel Pentium III 800 MHz | Intel Pentium III 1 GHz or higher |
System memory (RAM) | 128 MB 1 GB (Steam) |
256 MB |
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
- ↑ 1.0 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>/312540/
. - Use Wine's registry editor to access any Windows registry paths.
- The app ID (312540) 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
- ↑ speedrun.com - last accessed on 9 June 2023