Ys VIII narrowly missed the top ten in a list that was already well-stocked with action JRPGs, not because it is a weak game. It is actually one of the better-paced action JRPGs on the service, with a survival-island setting that gives the exploration a different texture from the usual fantasy city hubs. The cast-away colony you build up over the course of the story gives the progression a satisfying structural hook. If you have already worked through Granblue Fantasy: Relink and want another action-heavy JRPG with real character growth, Ys VIII is the obvious next stop. Genre fans who know the series will not need convincing.


Ys VIII: Lacrimosa of DANA
July 21, 2016RPGESRB T
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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 5, Nintendo Switch, PC, PlayStation 4
- 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.
| Platform | Local | Online | LAN | Split-screen | Co-op campaign | Drop-in/out |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nintendo Switch | No | No | No | No | No | No |
| PC | Yes, up to 2 players | No | No | No | Yes | No |
- 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
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Coverage
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