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Ys: The Oath in Felghana (イース -フェルガナの誓い-) is a Japanese Action RPG released in 2005 for Microsoft Windows by Nihon Falcom. It is a remake of the third game in the Ys series, Ys III: Wanderers from Ys. A PSP version was released on April 22, 2010 in Japan. XSEED Games released the PSP version in English in North America on November 2, 2010, and in Europe (only on Playstation Network) on January 27, 2011.

Plot

 * Set three years after the events of Ys II, The Oath in Felghana once again features adventurer Adol Christin and his comrade Dogi. The pair arrives in Felghana, the homeland of Dogi. Immediately upon docking, Adol saves a young girl from a group of monsters, a rare sight in Felghana. The young girl reveals herself to be Elena Stoddart, a childhood friend of Dogi from the nearby town of Redmont. At Redmont, Adol discovers that Elena's brother, Chester Stoddart, left her six months ago and has not been seen since. The citizens of Redmont lead hard lives, with their main source of income, the Raval (a very valuable type of metal) mines, shut down and increasingly high taxes forced by Count McGuire, the ruler of Felghana. Adol learns that the Mayor of Redmont, Mayor Edgar, has gone to the Tigray Quarry, the Raval mine, to help rescue several miners mining illegally after a cave-in, but has yet to return. While Dogi sets off to the Elderm Mountains to meet with the man who taught him how to fight, Berhardt, about why monsters are in Felghana, Adol goes to try and help the miners. While in the mine, he runs into a sorcerer named Dularn

Gameplay
The game-play follows the new model from the previous game, The Ark of Napishtim, with several improvements. Many things from the previous game were streamlined to keep the focus on the action as opposed to equipment and item management. For example, healing item and stat bonuses are no longer carried as items or accessories; instead, these bonuses are dropped from defeated enemies and are used upon pickup along with an experience bonus for attack combos, these bonuses are maintained through constant combat. Magical attacks are now much more frequent and important compared to their occasional use in Napishtim.

Releases

 * PC Limited Edition : This was the initial release of the game.


 * PC Standard Edition : This was the same as the Limited Edition, but without Ys Premium Music CD Box in Felghana, a boxed set of all Ys III music CDs produced.


 * PC Vista Version : This was the same as Limited and Standard Editions with support for Windows Vista. It is unknown at this time (April 2007) if patches will be released for the previous versions to add this support.


 * PSP Version : A port to Sony's PlayStation Portable system. This is the only version to receive an official English localization, courtesy of Xseed Games.

Music
The soundtrack from Ys III: Wanderers from Ys was re-arranged for this game by Yukihiro Jindo.

The full 2-CD soundtrack, Ys -The Oath in Felghana- Original Sound Track, was released in 2005. Released at the same time was Ys -The Oath in Felghana- Super Arrange Version, a disc with 10 additional Oath in Felghana arrangements.

The Original Sound Track and Super Arrange Version were also released together in a package known as the Ys -The Oath in Felghana- Perfect Collection.

Ys: The Oath in Felghana Musical Selections is a collection of 23 songs from the game that XSEED Games released with the Premium Edition of the North American release of the PSP port of the game.

Reception
The game received good reviews following its release.