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Ys VIII: Lacrimosa of DANA

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3.7/5

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3.7

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Ys VIII: Lacrimosa of DANA
Description
Ys returns with a brand new adventure for the first time in 8 years! Adol awakens shipwrecked and stranded on a cursed island. There, he and the other shipwrecked passengers he rescues form a village to challenge fearsome beasts and mysterious ruins on the isolated island. Amidst this, Adol begins t...
Critics reviews
90 %
Recommend
Polygon
9.5/10
Game Informer
8.3/10
Wccftech
9.5/10
User reviews

3.7/5

( 68 Reviews )

3.7

68 Reviews

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Product details
2018, Nihon Falcom Corporation, ...
System requirements
Windows 10, Core i3-2100 3.10 GHz, 4 GB RAM, Geforce GTX 650 Ti, Version 11, 30 GB, Onboard...
DLCs
Ys VIII: Lacrimosa of DANA - Laxia's , Ys VIII: Lacrimosa of DANA - HQ Texture Pack, Ys VIII: Lacrim...
Time to beat
37 hMain
50.5 h Main + Sides
69.5 h Completionist
51 h All Styles
Description
Ys returns with a brand new adventure for the first time in 8 years! Adol awakens shipwrecked and stranded on a cursed island. There, he and the other shipwrecked passengers he rescues form a village to challenge fearsome beasts and mysterious ruins on the isolated island. Amidst this, Adol begins to dream of a mysterious blue-haired maiden living in an unknown world. Join Adol as he unravels the riddle of the cursed isle and the blue-haired maiden Dana in Ys VIII: Lacrimosa of DANA!

  • An Epic Tale - Follow Adol on his latest adventure and uncover the mysteries of the cursed island.
  • Party On! – Change your playable character on-the-fly as you battle ferocious foes in lightning-fast combat.
  • Another Side – Unravel the mystery of the blue-haired maiden Dana through her unique gameplay sections.
  • It Takes a Village! – Rescue your fellow shipwrecked passengers and bring them to your village where they will provide valuable services.

© Nihon Falcom Corporation. All Rights Reserved. Licensed to and published by NIS America, Inc.

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Why buy on GOG.COM?
DRM FREE. No activation or online connection required to play.
Safety and satisfaction. Stellar support 24/7 and full refunds up to 30 days.
Time to beat
37 hMain
50.5 h Main + Sides
69.5 h Completionist
51 h All Styles
Game details
Works on:
Windows (10, 11)
Release date:
{{'2018-04-16T00:00:00+03:00' | date: 'longDate' : ' +0300 ' }}
Size:
16.2 GB

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English
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日本語
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Critics reviews
84
Top Critic Average
90 %
Critics Recommend
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Posted on: November 13, 2024

Pottiknopf

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Games: 487 Reviews: 2

Great Game

I think this game is awesome. Played it on Switch already and wanted to experience the game with higher framerate and better graphics. People say this port is bad but it works fine I gues. If u have more than one HID-Device connected the game maybe won't register imputs from your conroller. HIDHide is the software that resolves this problem.


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Posted on: August 29, 2024

gershyn

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Games: 239 Reviews: 2

good game

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Posted on: November 19, 2024

Wzx33

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Games: 8 Reviews: 1

I just love YS

Great game, one of the best JARPGs series of all time, I love fast gameplay.


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Posted on: May 3, 2018

Hakuso3

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Games: 1149 Reviews: 21

Great game, Arkham Knight bad launch.

If you're looking at this you probably know Ys, and this is just the expected progressing of the modern Ys titles, a good story and an improved battle system that's definitely worth picking up and playing through.. It's sad to see the horrible score for this game as it's a really great title that was released seven months late in an absolutely atrocious state. If it weren't for me being a massive Falcom fan I would've refunded this when it was delayed, or when it released as a broken crashy mess, but I stuck it out for as long as I could hoping that they'd fix it. I'm happy to say that they have, barring a few bugs they're still actually working on, and as of the GOG-3 release everything from the constant crashing to the flickering in certain areas bad enough to make your eyes bleed and make you worry about it trigger a seizure is no longer an issue. That being said, after waiting more than half a year only to receive a game that I couldn't play for over a week until it had been patched multiple times, I just can't give the PC release five stars even though the console version gets it without question or hesitation. This was an Arkham Knight bad launch, though we didn't get a price reduction to make up for it, or even beta access for pre-orders. If they had given us (my $60 was laid down in September of 2017 but I couldn't play until May of 2018) a partial refund, dropped the price by a third to match Vita pricing rather than PS4 pricing, then I would be more forgiving of the long wait and completely broken state of the game at launch. Also, for those of you who care about this kind of thing: There are no achievements via Galaxy like there are for PSN and Steam, and despite the fact that I'm pretty dismissive of those things in general I do hate to see a lack of feature parity (even for ones I never use) on GOG releases.


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Posted on: November 21, 2022

MotherKojiro

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Games: 481 Reviews: 195

Great, but WAY Too Long

I really wanted to love this one, but I can really only like it. It's a great island adventure with tons of exploration, and a base of operations filled with people I really grew to care about, especially the titular Dana, who is warm and caring and just adorably weird. The action was excellent (once you figure out how to map the buttons in a sane way) with perfect guarding/dodging to spice things up, and skills no longer take an eternity to master. The plot is balls-to-the-wall crazy, but I think that fits a series that's always been less about story and more about running around, exploding strange monsters with a sword while electric guitars squeal in the background. Speaking of which, this is one of the best soundtracks the series has had in a long time; it does a better job of treading the line of hard rock and coke-fueled J-rock from the most intense anime ever. Unfortunately, it's at least 40 hours longer than it needs to be. You have constant raids on your village, and they are ALWAYS right in the middle of a dungeon; they're scripted, so ANY other time could've been chosen for them to happen. They're a bit like tower defense, but you actually control your characters, and they aren't all that bad, but they're really unnecessary and badly placed. On top of that, you have hunts, which are similar, and night missions, where you get thrown into a different version of an existing dungeon, but with half a dozen miniboss-level baddies chasing you at any given time. The game has some pretty bad pacing issues in the second half, too; I was almost always under the recommended level, sometimes significantly, and I'm not one to run away from fights. At the very least, I didn't have to do absolutely everything to get the best ending, even if that ending did make me want to punch something. Overall, I'm glad to have experienced this game, but it could REALLY use an editor grind down the excess content and meandering plot.


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