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Ys VIII: Lacrimosa of DANA

July 21, 2016RPGESRB T

Overview

About Ys VIII: Lacrimosa of DANA

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.
Story setup
Adol Christin is on a passenger liner called the Lombardia that is sailing from Xandria to the continent of Eresia. He and Dogi were recruited as a crew for the ship in exchange for their boarding. The ship's captain, Captain Barbaros, tells Adol the story of the cursed Isle of Seiren, where ships have vanished while passing by its perimeters. However, Adol's voyage was interrupted by an enormous sea monster attacking the ship. He and the other passengers were flung overboard as it dragged the ship to the bottom of the sea. Adol later awoke on the coast of the Isle of Seiren's beach. An island with ancient, untamed wilderness, populated by creatures seen nowhere else in the world. He later discovers other people who also washed ashore the island, so to aid their search for other survivors, and to better defend themselves from the primordial beasts that roam the island, Adol and his fellow castaways establish a settlement for themselves called Castaway Village. It was not long before Adol found himself experiencing cryptic dreams about a mysterious young woman with flowing blue hair, whose world Adol had never encountered before.
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At a glance

Released
July 21, 2016
Platforms
PlayStation 4, PC, PlayStation 5, Nintendo Switch
Genres
RPG, Adventure, Action
Play modes
Single Player, Multiplayer, Co-op, Local Couch Co-op
Age rating
ESRB T
Multiplayer
By platform
Media

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Playing together

Multiplayer by platform

How Ys VIII: Lacrimosa of DANA supports playing with other people, broken down per platform.

Multiplayer capabilities for Ys VIII: Lacrimosa of DANA by platform. Capabilities with no published information are marked "not documented".
PlatformLocalOnlineLANSplit-screenCo-op campaignDrop-in/out
Nintendo SwitchNoNoNoNoNoNo
PCYes, up to 2 playersNoNoNoYesNo
  • Supported (a number is the player cap)
  • Not supported
  • Not documented for this platform
Content

Age ratings

How rating boards around the world have classified Ys VIII: Lacrimosa of DANA. Open a board for its content descriptors.

ACBM

Fantasy violence and sexual references

CEROB
  • Sexual Content
  • Violence
ESRBT
  • Suggestive Themes
  • Blood
  • Use of Alcohol
  • Fantasy Violence
  • Language
GRAC12+
  • Violence
PEGI12
  • Violence
  • Bad Language

Advice for consumers This game was rated PEGI 12 for frequent scenes of mild violence and infrequent use of mild language. It is not suitable for persons under 12 years of age. Brief outline of the game 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. Content specific issues Violence consists of frenetic battle scenes in which both magic and weaponry are use. Blood and injuries are not depicted and defeated foes disappear from the field of play. Mild language is rarely heard but does include the word ‘shit’.

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