Zwei: The Ilvard Insurrection
In a world where magic and technology exist side by side, vampire princess Alwen must reclaim her ancestral castle and her magic alongside her unlikely ally, treasure hunter Ragna Valentine. They may make for…
Zwei: The Ilvard Insurrection is an adventure developed by Nihon Falcom, released 24 December 2009 on PC (Microsoft Windows).
What Zwei: The Ilvard Insurrection is
Zwei: The Ilvard Insurrection is an adventure game developed by Nihon Falcom and released in 2009. It is available on PC (Microsoft Windows) only.
The premise, in the publisher's words
Pilot, treasure hunter, and courier Ragna Valentine lives a life of adventure flying the high skies of Granvallen. But on a routine delivery to the remote floating continent of Ilvard, he finds himself ambushed by two dragon-riding ne’er-do-wells who send his plane spiraling to the ground. Fortunately for Ragna, his crash was witnessed by someone in a position to do something about it: vampire princess Alwen du Moonbria. Pulling the dying Ragna from the wreckage of his plane, Alwen forms a blood contract with him, saving his life in exchange for his services as her vassal. Her request is far from simple – Alwen needs Ragna’s help both to recover her stolen magic, and to retake her castle…
How it plays
It is played from a bird view / isometric perspective. Its themes are action, comedy and fantasy. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component. There are 23 achievements to unlock.
Where it sits in the Ys series
Zwei: The Ilvard Insurrection is the 32nd of 51 entries we hold in the Ys series. The next entry was Ys vs. Sora no Kiseki: Alternative Saga in 2010. Its critic score of 81 is 6 points above the series average of 75. The highest-rated entry is Ys X: Proud Nordics at 86.
How it was received
Zwei: The Ilvard Insurrection holds a critic score of 81 out of 100. That places it above 73% of the 7,527 rated adventure games in our database, which average 72. Games released in 2009 averaged 67, so it scored 14 points above the year average.
What you need to run it
The minimum specification calls for Intel Xeon W3505 @ 2.5 GHz (2-Core), 1 GB RAM and NVIDIA Quadro 600. At 1GB of RAM, it will run on essentially any working PC — that is below what a budget laptop ships with today. Install size is roughly 5GB.
What it launched against
Zwei: The Ilvard Insurrection launched on 24 December 2009, within three weeks of Gothic II: Gold Edition, Nine Hours, Nine Persons, Nine Doors, Darksiders and The Legend of Zelda: Spirit Tracks. It reviewed better than 1 of the 4.
Released around the same time: Gothic II: Gold Edition, Nine Hours, Nine Persons, Nine Doors, Darksiders, The Legend of Zelda: Spirit Tracks.
Cheats and codes
We have not confirmed any working cheat codes for Zwei: The Ilvard Insurrection yet. Rather than reprint a list we have not tested, this section stays empty until one is verified.
Official trailer
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