Overview:
- Estimated trophy difficulty: 6/10 (Platinum Difficulty Rating)
- Offline trophies: 31 (15, 9, 6, 1)
- Online trophies: 0
- Approximate amount of time to Platinum: 36-50 Hours (Estimated Time to Platinum)
- Minimum number of playthroughs: 6 Story Mode Playthroughs (7 Recommended for Fully Blessed and I've got the power!)
- Number of missable trophies: 0
- Glitched trophies: Three ways of being a hero
- Does difficulty affect trophies?: Yes
- Do trophies stack?: Yes
- Do cheat codes disable trophies?: None available
Ys Origin is a JRPG developed and published by Nihon Falcom in 2006 for Microsoft Windows, but has since been released on the PS4 and PS Vita. Ys Origin serves a prequel to the main Ys storyline and follows the story of three different heroes, each with their own unique stories that when played in order reveals greater detail about the story as a whole.
Trophy wise, Ys is a time consuming and semi-difficult Platinum to obtain. The main obstacle that makes this platinum time consuming is that you must complete the game a total of 6 times (3 of these times must be on the hardest difficulty, "Nightmare") not only for certain trophy requirements but to unlock content in the Bonus Shop that is tied to another trophy as well. Nightmare difficulty can indeed be a nightmare, especially since another trophy requires that you complete Boss Rush mode on this difficulty setting. Once you take the time to understand the game's mechanics and learn boss patterns, you will find that the obtaining the Platinum is doable.
Stability Warning: Ys Origin is very prone to crashing and glitching at random times but some of the more common crashes occur while playing Boss Rush mode and when dying repeatedly to bosses while playing in Story Mode. Still, the game can crash even outside of those scenarios so it is important to save whenever you are presented with a save altar.
General Tips:
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One of the first things you will notice when you start playing Ys, is that you can't store any healing items to use for later use as you can only pick up "Herbs" from defeating enemies that restore health. As a result, one of the first blessings you will want to purchase when starting out is the "Increase effect of herbs" blessing to get more health out of dropped items. Levelling that blessing to max will buff the herbs greatly, something that will come in handy on higher difficulty levels. Additionally, use the crystal that you received at the beginning of the game to your advantage. If you're near death and not fighting a boss, you can warp out of the room since you're given invincibility frames once you choose a location so you won't get hit while you're being transported.
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Each character has their own unique Burst technique that can be used by pressing twice once you've talked to the appropriate Roo and obtained the ability. You are entirely invincible throughout the Burst animation and even though you receive this power late in the game, it will be near essential for avoiding some bosses attacks in Nightmare Mode's Boss Rush.
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Default movement speed is rather slow, when you obtain the ability to Dash in the Flooded Prison, configure your settings to "Always Dash Once Able" from the Option menu of the pause screen.
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Skills are unique to each character but they all share common traits like invincibility and having the ability to break through certain walls or get past certain traps etc. It's important to learn the Skills of each character inside out, especially the skills that offer invincibility frames during the animation. You can learn more about each character's individual skills by going to "Topic -> Manual" from the pause screen.
- If you're having trouble with a boss or area, levelling up is your best friend. Going up even one level can drastically change how much damage you deal and receive and it helps to be a level above of enemies. You can check the level of an enemy or boss by going to "Topic -> Monster" from the pause screen.
Step 1: Complete the Story with all three characters on Normal Mode or higher
In this step, you will want to work on completing the stories of all three characters while playing on a difficulty on or above Normal. During this step you should focus on getting familiar with the game's mechanics and boss fights, especially the boss fights, you will be fighting them many times throughout your platinum run. It also wouldn't hurt to max out your skills and equipment while collecting all of the Roda fruits, since you ideally want to do that on every playthrough as the location of all of these collectables stay the same regardless of the character you're playing as. You should also go for your "No Death" trophy during any of the three playthroughs on Normal.
At the end of this step, you will have the following trophies:
First one down
Shopping Time
Prison breakout
King of the lava
Creepy
Spike Dodger
A brave warrior
She should have trained more
No Mercy
The Perfect Equipment
Using all the magic
Taking care of the Roos
Nice run
A fighting victory
True heroes never die
Unbelievable
Magically over
Demoniac Victory
Encyclopedist
Three ways of being a hero
Step 2: Complete the Story with all three EX characters on Nightmare Mode
Now that you've gotten a feel for the game and all of its character's, you now need to beat the game on Nightmare mode with all of the EX characters to unlock the corresponding trophy and to unlock some additional content for Shoplifter. EX characters can be purchased from the Bonus Shop once you've purchased all of the available Arena Stages in Arena Mode so refer to Shoplifter for an SP grinding method. Additionally, Nightmare mode can be challenging so look under the walkthrough for The Nightmare is over for tips to see you through it.
At the end of this step, you will have the following trophies:
Hardly a fight
A Hard Success
The Nightmare is over
Step 3: Nightmare Boss Rush + Arena Mode
This is where what you've learned over the course of all of your playthroughs will be put to the test. Arena Mode is easy enough to cheese with the right strategy, but Boss Rush will be the real challenge. You will have to choose a character and defeat all of their bosses in one sitting (you can't pause during a boss) continuously while playing on Nightmare Difficulty. Luckily you can retry against the boss you were facing and don't have to start over but will need to be very familiar with every bosses patterns in order to beat them in Boss Rush. For more information, refer to the walkthrough for You're the Boss.
At the end of this step, you will have the following trophies:
You're the Boss
Arena Master
Step 4: Very Easy Playthrough + Bonus Shop Cleanup
All that's left now is to complete a Very Easy playthrough of the game in order to grind for I've got the power! and Fully blessed. By this point you should have also defeated more than 10,000 enemies but if not, you will definitely obtain it while grinding. Once you've done that, all you need to do is purchase everything in the Bonus Shop in order to unlock the Platinum.
At the end of this step, you will have the following trophies:
Fully blessed
Mass murderer
I've got the power!
Guess who's back
Shoplifter
Top of the Tower
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