Ys IV: The Dawn of Ys

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Ys IV: The Dawn of Ys
Developer(s)Hudson Soft
Publisher(s)Hudson Soft
Director(s)Tomonori Matsunaga
Designer(s)Taiichi Matsuda
Composer(s)Atsushi Shirakawa
Naoki Kaneda
Takahiro Tsunashima
Masaru Nakajima
SeriesYs
Platform(s)PC Engine CD-ROM²
Release
  • JP: December 22, 1993
Genre(s)Action role-playing
Mode(s)Single-player

Ys IV: The Dawn of Ys[1] is a 1993 action role-playing game by Hudson Soft for the PC Engine CD-ROM².[2][3] It is the fourth game in the Ys video game series. The Dawn of Ys was one of two games released under the title of Ys IV, the other being Tonkin House's Ys IV: Mask of the Sun for the Super Famicom.[4] The two games share the same setting, but Hudson took more liberties with its presentation in The Dawn of Ys, and two unique games resulted.

Plot[edit]

Ys IV takes place two years after the events of Ys II, and before the events of Ys III: Wanderers from Ys. As the game begins, Adol has returned to the town of Minea, where Ys I began. After hanging around for a while and conversing with old friends, he decides to set sail for the overseas land of Celceta.

Gameplay[edit]

Ys IV returns to the style of play used in Ys I and II.[5] The gameplay area is viewed from a top-down perspective, and the player attacks enemies by running into them to cause damage. Adol gains experience from defeating enemies, and gaining experience serves to raise his strength, as in the previous games. The Magic system introduced in Ys II is also brought back for this game.

Development[edit]

Ys series creators Nihon Falcom licensed its development to Hudson Soft.

The original music was composed by Falcom Sound Team J.D.K. members Atsushi Shirakawa, Naoki Kaneda, Takahiro Tsunashima, and Masaru Nakajima. As was the case with Hudson's CD-ROM² versions of Ys I & II and Ys III: Wanderers from Ys, The Dawn of Ys CD-DA tracks were arranged by Ryo Yonemitsu. Yonemitsu did not arrange the entire soundtrack for the game itself, as many tracks were programmed for the console's internal sound chip by Osamu Narita, but he did cover every track for the Perfect Collection Ys IV CD series.

Reception[edit]

Japanese game magazine Famitsu gave the game a score of 29 out of 40.[2]

French magazine Joypad gave it 96%.[6]

References[edit]

  1. ^ イースIV -ザ ドーン オブ イース-, Īsu Fō -Za Dōn obu Īsu-
  2. ^ a b "イースIV The Dawn of Ys [PCエンジン] / ファミ通.com". www.famitsu.com. Archived from the original on 2016-02-01. Retrieved 2018-07-24.
  3. ^ PC Engine Fan 1993 june Archived 2017-01-06 at the Wayback Machine, p. 12
  4. ^ Massey, Tom (9 February 2014). "Chronicles of Ys: A Series Retrospective". eurogamer.net. Gamer Network. Archived from the original on 2014-03-02. Retrieved 2019-06-02.
  5. ^ Massey, Tom (9 February 2014). "Inside Ys: Nihon Falcom Interview". eurogamer.net. Gamer Network. Archived from the original on 2019-02-24. Retrieved 2019-06-02.
  6. ^ "Import NEC/PCEngine: Ys:IV". Joypad (in French). No. 28. France. February 1994. p. 135.

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