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 |
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| ⤏ 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 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 |
General information
Availability
| Source | DRM | Notes | Keys | OS |
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| Retail | |
Japanese only. | |
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| Developer website | |
Japanese retail release. | |
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| Publisher website | |
English only. | |
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| GOG.com | |
English only. | |
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| Humble Store | |
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| 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 |
|---|---|
| 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 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.
| Keyboard and mouse | State | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| 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 |
| DualShock 4 controllers | Lacks native support. Use DS4Windows as a workaround. | |
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| DualShock button prompts | ||
| Light bar support | ||
| Connection modes | unknown | |
| Generic/other controllers |
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| Additional information | ||
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| Button prompts | ||
| Controller hotplugging | ||
| Haptic feedback | Seems to be DirectInput only. | |
| Simultaneous controller+KB/M |
Audio
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 | Japanese release only. | |||
| Russian | Fan translation by «The Miracle» |
Other information
API
| Technical specs | Supported | Notes |
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| 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 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
- ↑ Is this one DRM free like the previous YS games? - Steam Community Discussions - last accessed on 2020-11-30