Posted on: June 11, 2022

amirdizdarevic
Spiele: 478 Rezensionen: 8
Mediocre, but hard to put down
Played it on Vita, later tested GOG version. Haven't bought it on GOG. Ys VIII is a fast-paced, hack'n slash action RPG, where you slash through swathes of enemies with ease and a lot of anime FX. Sadly, a lot of the aspects fall short making the games feel mediocre. It has a nice story structure. Adol is stranded on a mysterious island, trying to save as many of the shipwrecked as possible, but also slowly finding out about the weirdness of the island. Several nice mysteries and twists come up, and that's the great part of the story. Sadly, once the titular character Dana appears, the shipwrecked sort of take a backseat and are more of a side quest thing. Same goes for playable characters like Laxia. The banters between Adol and Laxia in the beginning are quite entertaining -- you get to either be a sexist douche towards her or respect her boundaries and what she brings to the team. But those character dynamics just disappear once Dana is there, which is rather sad. You're rewarded with a story that continues into a more epic and twisting direction, however, it's never special or new. The Castaways have skills like weapon smith or seamstress. Fitting the theme, you barter rather than buy stuff -- a lot of cool immersive details like that. The RPG elements are small enough that you'll never miss the action. Same goes for the side quests, nothing overstays its welcome. Tower defense minigames spice it up. With the 4K textures, it looks like a remastered PS3 game and is buttery smooth. The bad translation is also fixed and new sections with Dana have been added compared to the first release. But if you read past reviews here, you'll find that this took a very long time. Some of the bugs and slow downs were surprising, being that the Vita version was solid. Add to that the fact that the game costs 50+ EUR and more than 20 when it's on sale and I have to settle on 3 stars. Solid action RPG, addictive gameplay, but always falling a bit too short to call it great.
Hilft dir das weiter?