"Once upon a time, lost within the tides of history, there existed a land of great legend. It was called "Ys". It was a paradise, granted unimaginable glory and prosperity under the auspices of its twin goddesses and its six great priests. (...) Then one day, disaster struck." ~ Excerpt from "Ys Origin"
Ys Origin (イース・オリジン) is an action role-playing game developed and published by the Japanese company Nihon Falcom for Microsoft Windows in 2006. In 2012 XSEED Games published an English-language localization of the game, via the Steam and GOG platforms.
Ys Origin is a prequel to the six previous installations of the Ys video game series. It takes place 700 years before the events of Ys I: Ancient Ys Vanished: Omen, and tells much of the backstory of Ys, Darm Tower, the Black Pearl, the twin goddesses, and the six priests. The game has three playable characters: Yunica Tovah, Hugo Fact, and The Claw. By completing the game with each of the characters, the player sees more dimensions to the story. Each player character has a distinctive story, combat style and skillset.
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- This is the first game in the Ys series in which Adol Christin is not present.
- And thus this is the only game that doesn't have Adol as the main protagonist.
- The events in this game are not from any of Adol's Travelogues.
- The Claw's route is the one considered to be canonical to the Ys series. It's also the only one that includes the battle with the true final boss.
- This game is the last game to be made in the Ys VI: The Ark of Napishtim's engine.