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Ys IV: The Dawn of Ys (1993)

Falcom

PlayStation 3 · PlayStation Portable · Turbografx-16/PC Engine CD

3.46 from 24 ratings

79 members have it in their collection · 34 backlogged · 35 wish listed

How long? Main story 13h (from 2 logged playthroughs)

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 … Read more
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 ancient history of Celceta itself as well as its connection to the land of Ys. The last survivor of a forgotten race of winged beings holds the power that may bring back darkness to the land, and only Adol will be able to stop it. Read less
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Details

Developers
Falcom
Publishers
Hudson Soft
Genres
Role-playing (RPG)
Themes
Action
Franchises
Ys
Series
Ys

Release dates

  • Dec 22, 1993 (Japan) Turbografx-16/PC Engine CD
  • Jul 06, 2011 (Japan) PlayStation 3, PlayStation Portable
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Community All Reviews Statuses

danksocks

Status danksocks Jun 30, 2026

Not sure why I'm not feeling this game as much as I'd hoped. I think I thought it would be a lot more different than Mask of the Sun, and while sure the cutscenes are a nice touch I don't think they actually do enough to differentiate it. One thing I can point to is that of the 3 boss …

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Not sure why I'm not feeling this game as much as I'd hoped. I think I thought it would be a lot more different than Mask of the Sun, and while sure the cutscenes are a nice touch I don't think they actually do enough to differentiate it. One thing I can point to is that of the 3 boss battles so far, 2 of them have taken on the Ys II style of "you can only use your magic to do damage" and I kinda don't like that. So I think I might drop this for now and pick it back up some years down the line. I'll give it one last play session and assess.

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