Posted on: April 18, 2018

iceflamephoenix

Games: 296 Reviews: 1

Terrible port of an excellent game.

AVOID! (for now) As has been widely reported on video gaming press, the state of this PC port is abominable. First off, the game runs at a fixed internal resolution, meaning everyone is currently "running" this at 4K, regardless of your game settings, so the minimum system requirements should be taken with an ocean of salt. Barebones graphics options. FXAA introduces blur everywhere, but still leaves aliasing everywhere as well. Font drawing issues. Major gamepad control issues. Reviews elsewhere have called this is a "Dark Souls 1 PC tier port". Visual flickering in multiple areas of the game. Choppy audio everywhere. Reviews on Steam have reported that fixed introduced in the beta test have largely been reversed, for no apparent reason. NIS America have already published a roadmap for major fixes, so wait until this game has received a string of significant updates before even considering a purchase. (Or Durante fixes this unofficially by magic.)

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Posted on: April 24, 2018

Shifter1602

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Games: 95 Reviews: 1

Awesome game, Bad port

My first Ys game. Previously played Kiseki series. The game is awsome. Despite a loft of issues with optimization, my laptop with NVidia GT750M let me usually play without promblems. Game - 5; Port -3 -> Overall - 4.

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Posted on: April 19, 2018

groze

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Games: 1456 Reviews: 39

Brilliant game, terrible port

If you enjoy Nihon Falcom's games, especially their groundbreaking action-RPG Ys series, know that Ys VIII is one of the best games they've ever made. Engrossing story, lovely art direction, fluid fast-paced "easy to play, difficult to master" gameplay, superb soundtrack. Having said that, as of right now, this PC port by Nippon Ichi Software America (NISA) is one of the worst ever made -- think Dark Souls level of PC porting. Resolution is internally locked at 1800p (even though you can set it to two other resolutions by using command lines and/or hex editing the game's exe file), there are sound bugs, a minimap glitch, 8-direction control instead of full 360º freeflow, the game keeps crashing to desktop for no discernible reason, there is some extreme flickering on at least two locations (epilepsy warning, by the way, since NISA still hasn't put up a warning of their own before they fix this), and a few other people keep coming across different bugs, crashes and overall issues with the game. Graphical options are as barebone as they get, and mostly for show -- turning them all on or off doesn't seem to have any major impact on how the game looks and, especially, how taxing it becomes on your machine. Some people have been getting lucky with the game (perks of playing games on PC, what might be broken for some may work for others). If you own a pretty beefy PC and if you're feeling lucky, by all means, get this game, because it really is amazing. Just be wary of the broken package it comes in. Also: unlike XSEED, who got us used to top notch Ys translations, NISA's EN localization is pretty mediocre (the first version was even worse, but thanks to the PC delays we only got the revised one), so be aware the translation is not that great, either. In short: absolutely great game that most PC players can't enjoy due to an appalling port by NISA. It would get one star from me for the port alone, but the game is so good that I have to at least acknowledge that.

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Posted on: April 17, 2018

Cubiecal

Games: 42 Reviews: 1

Very poor PC Port

Do not buy in this current stage - the first game I have to send a refund request for a game of GoG. The game in itself is good on all accounts by Nihon Falcom - however this is not a good port by NiSA. You can also check out Steam reviewers for the range of issues many players had with this title at its current state. Personally I had steady 60 fps, but chapter 2 onwards I began to have missing / low res texture popups and seizure-inducing lighting glitch in a very large area which is necessary for the main quest. Which I could not justify putting up with for a full price game. Maybe one day I'll purchase Y'SVIII again when it's fixed - but not in this current state. Was really looking forward to this title but but will be very wary of NiSA's future releases.

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Posted on: February 29, 2020

Shuffleblade

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Games: 35 Reviews: 10

Wonderful concept and a good game

The game has decent gameplay but sadly the characters are not good enough for a top of the line rpg. The story while being very ambitious and having really good ideas it fails in making the world feel lived in and credible. Most of the game the storytelling is lighthearted and casual but it also has parts were the game takes itself very seriously. The serious parts contrast strongly with most of the game which is so casual that it never really tries to make you feel this is a real world. The game continously tosses credibility and realism right out the window in order to make jokes or stay lighthearted. Gameplay is okay but to be clear, the game is easy. I played the game on hard but still the game is easy and I am not good at games. Don't go into this expecting a depth to the gameplay, its fun and easy but lacks depth.

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