Ys VIII: Lacrimosa of DANA - PlayStation 4

Ys VIII: Lacrimosa of Dana is the best Ys game I have played yet, and I own all of the games on PC and Vita.In Ys VIII you play as Adol Christin, an adventurer with red hair and a knack for getting into sticky situations. This time, Adol is stranded on a deserted island inhabited with dangerous beasts. Your objective on this island? to save stranded citizens, build an operating base, and fill in your map (just like Ys VII). I will not spoil the story but know its not all lollipops and sunshine. People will die, and there is plenty of drama- as you can expect from being stranded on an island with strangers and monsters. Overall Story- 10/10The combat is very fun but can take some getting used to. There are three attack types- Slash, Strike, and Shoot (pierce). During combat you will have to switch in-between the three to topple your foes and earn bonuses. Adol is a slash character and wields and sword, Laxia is a pierce character who wields a rapier, and Sahad is a strike type who uses and anchor. The combat is fast paced and incredibly enjoyable as you can assign attack skills and do EXTRA attacks to deal massive damage. Overall Combat- 10/10The game is beautiful and of course has that typical Falcom design. Character portraits are designed like anime characters and are beautifully drawn. Environments are pretty basic but still stand out and are enjoyable to explore. Of course this is the PS4 version so naturally it looks better than the Vita, but the Vita version looks good too from what I've seen. I have experienced zero frame rate issues in my 30 hours of gameplay. Overall visuals- 8/10This game really did exceed my expectations and is one of the best games I've played all year. My amazon score is a 5 out of 5 because I absolutely love it and know you will too!! Also, the game comes with an art book, sound track, and reversible cover art. Buy it!!

Great game love the fast-paced action good story and gameplay.

If you love games like Nier, tales of berseria and Person 5, definitely play this game. The graphics is not as good as Nier, but definitely worth playing through the entire game. 60+ hours of playing (easy mode, I like quick rush).Pros1. touching Music, Falcom's Band is super good at making touching and beautiful music.2. Super large Map, with most great elements you can imagine. Also the map is 3D!3. Great story, I have never seen similar story before, impressive and touching. Lots of mysteries in the game. Unlike Horizon Zero Dawn, this story gives me a warm and beautiful story from beginning to end. I felt very relaxed after playing this game.4. Great story + 1, Dana's dream is super creative. Dana'a fighting style is beautiful as well!Cons:1. The storyline is very long, I once felt at first the game was boring with not-that-good graphic. Until from the middle the game the story becomes increasingly interesting with lots of mystery.2. You need to do lots of side request to fully enjoy the game.3. The graphics is not as good as nier automata, but making Ys 8 with a graphics like Nier or Horizon will be super expensive thus I believe it's a good trade-off.

Excellent game but with a horrible translation, the translation was so bad that NISA had to remade it and make a patch just for it and even with that it don't look so good. Outside of this inconvenience Falcom did a excellent job with this game. I don't want NISA to touch any more Falcom games and I don't want Falcom making any deals with NIS just because the COs are on friendly terms.

Fantastic game, this is what old school RPG's are all about in the new game age, this is not a turn base game but fast action slash, bash, dash, and shoot em up action.Beginning of game starts you on a ship and you do a few mundane tasks thats ask from you and then afterwards the ship is attacked by giant sea creature tentacles which sinks the ship. Then next scene is you the main chacter of game waking up on a beach only to find your alone, but not for long, you start meeting others survivors. Some survivors stay to build a village to live in and there are a few who joins your group to explore the island and find other survivors.Each survivor you find will either help you upgrade your Armor/weapons, medical supplies, accessories (boost stats), food (health aids and boost stats) and so on and so on.There are missions, some simple some hard, lots and lots of monsters to kill.There is a very good story, actually 2 stories, and they merge together about midway into game.Have well over 100 hrs into game but I like to grind in a game and this game makes grinding fun, whether its for raising your skills, weapons, or abilities lvls. And the great thing is you still need some of the basic items from begining of game to end of game, so some farming for supplies is needed.Game is fun, graphics are better then expected, and glad that NIS is finally bringing some of their better games over to the USA for us gamers here.

Graphics are good. But gameplay is filled w/ invisible walls. basically a 2d game in 3d environment. Controls were floaty, not very fun battling monsters.At least the chick was nice to look at.

Wow. I was thinking that this game was going kind of slow. Then I arrived at the island... then the music started. Wow. These games should be up there with some of the great classics. Did you like Secret of Mana as a kid? Get this game.

Great game for action RPG lovers, is having a solid gameplay and an interesting story. Still need to know the ending but seems to be a great experience

Este videojuego esta muy bueno y cumplio con todas mis espectativas.

Awesome game. Graphics, story, gameplay and character interaction are all good. If you're a fan of JRPGs or wanting to check one out, definitely a must have.

Omg i start the game and its the same feeling i had with secret of mana . Love the combat system and i loove the soundtrack. Buy this game dont hesitate ! I gave it a 4 just becoz the box of the game was damaged via shipping.