Ys IV: The Dawn of Ys
Two years after defeating Darm and bringing peace to Esteria, Adol returns to the town of Minea with his companion in adventure, Dogi. Everything seems fine as friends are reunited and the people hail their…
Ys IV: The Dawn of Ys is a role-playing (rpg) developed by Falcom, released 22 December 1993 on PlayStation 3, PlayStation Portable and Turbografx-16/PC Engine CD.
What Ys IV: The Dawn of Ys is
Ys IV: The Dawn of Ys is a role-playing (rpg) game developed by Falcom and released in 1993. It was published by Hudson Soft. It is available on PlayStation 3, PlayStation Portable and Turbografx-16/PC Engine CD.
The premise, in the publisher's words
Two years after defeating Darm and bringing peace to Esteria, Adol returns to the town of Minea with his companion in adventure, Dogi. Everything seems fine as friends are reunited and the people hail their hero, but there’s an unseen evil looming in the air. As Adol goes to the seer Sara, she tells him of an even greater darkness in the land of Celceta and asks the red-haired swordsman to go there and seek the truth behind this mystery. Thus, Adol steals away unnoticed in the middle of the night to embark on his next adventure. In Celceta, Adol will learn of the Romun Empire’s ambitions, fight the mysterious Clan of Darkness that seeks to ressurect their long dead leader, and discover the…
How it plays
It is played from a bird view / isometric perspective. Its themes are action. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component.
Where it sits in the Ys series
Ys IV: The Dawn of Ys is the 15th of 51 entries we hold in the Ys series. The next entry was Ys 2 Special in 1994.
What it launched against
Ys IV: The Dawn of Ys launched on 22 December 1993, within three weeks of Doom, Mega Man X, SimCity 2000 and Theme Park.
Released around the same time: Doom, Mega Man X, SimCity 2000, Theme Park.
Official trailer
Sourced from the publisher’s YouTube channel.
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