Ys VIII: Lacrimosa of DANA

I got YS VIII day one in 2017 on console, out of curiosity for this saga. Years later, i platined the game on PS4, then i speedran it on PC. Hundreds of hours were sinked into this game like the boat at the beginning of this wonderful adventure. I had fun during every minute of this journey. Go play it.

what an incredible game! definitely one of the best Ys games I've played so far!

UMAZING STORY I CRIED A LOT. GREAT GAMEPLAY I LIKE IT, 9/10 game

Fun action JRPG with an engaging story that's slower paced than most stories in modern games, making it feel refreshing.

If you've played any Ys game you pretty much know what to expect here. The gameplay loop is the standard fighting through enemies, finding/crafting new items, gear, weapons, etc., and discovering new and interesting locations. It's a fun time and as an Ys fan I thoroughly enjoyed my time with it. If I had any complaints at all it's mostly that the story feels like right when it should be wrapping up they tack on some new threads and characters that expand it out about another 15-20 hours. The whole plot of the game at first is being stranded on an island, finding the other castaways spread throughout the island, building a boat, and getting past the monster that shipwrecked you. That's pretty much solved by the halfway point. Then everything else happens. It's not that the other stuff is bad, just that it could have been delivered in a more concise way and threaded through everything else rather than just dropping a bunch of important concepts to the story at the tail end to extend that run time, which is the impression I got from how it was executed. It could just be a "me" thing, though.

Fantastic action RPG with one of the best stories the YS franchise has to offer.