Ys III: Wanderers from Ys is an adventure developed by Access, released 24 March 2005 on PlayStation 2.
What Ys III: Wanderers from Ys is
Ys III: Wanderers from Ys is an adventure game developed by Access and released in 2005. It was published by Taito. It is available on PlayStation 2 only.
The premise, in the publisher's words
The opening scene informs the player that it has been three years since the events of Ys I and Ys II. Adol Christin and his friend Dogi are on a journey. Passing through a town, they find a gypsy caravan and Dogi has his fortune told. The fortune teller's crystal ball explodes and both Adol and Dogi decide to go to Dogi's hometown of Redmont. On the way to Redmont, the pair chance upon a wildcat that attacks them, saving Dogi's childhood friend, Elena Stoddart, in the process. Upon arriving, they learn that the townspeople are being threatened by men from nearby Valestein Castle. Always ready for adventure, Adol decides to assume the task of helping them out.
How it plays
It is played from a bird view / isometric perspective. Its themes are action and fantasy. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component.
Where it sits in the Ys series
Ys III: Wanderers from Ys is the 23rd of 51 entries we hold in the Ys series. It arrived a year after Ys VI: The Ark of Napishtim. The next entry was Ys IV: Mask of the Sun - A New Theory in 2005.
What it launched against
Ys III: Wanderers from Ys launched on 24 March 2005, within three weeks of God of War, God of War I, Tom Clancy's Splinter Cell: Chaos Theory and SWAT 4.
Released around the same time: God of War, God of War I, Tom Clancy's Splinter Cell: Chaos Theory, SWAT 4.
Official trailer
Sourced from the publisher’s YouTube channel.
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