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…
Ys VIII: Lacrimosa of Dana is an adventure developed by Nihon Falcom, released 21 July 2016 on PlayStation 5, Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4 and PlayStation Vita. The main story takes about 73 hrs to finish.
What Ys VIII: Lacrimosa of Dana is
Ys VIII: Lacrimosa of Dana is an adventure game developed by Nihon Falcom and released in 2016. It is available on PlayStation 5, Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4, PlayStation Vita, Google Stadia and PC (Microsoft Windows).
The premise, in the publisher's words
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…
How it plays
It is played from a third person perspective. Its themes are action and fantasy. It supports multiplayer for up to 1 players online. Local play supports 1 players. Available modes: Co-operative, Multiplayer and Single player. There are 54 achievements to unlock.
Where it sits in the Ys series
Ys VIII: Lacrimosa of Dana is the 39th of 51 entries we hold in the Ys series. The next entry was Ys: Memories of Celceta in 2018. Its critic score of 85 is 10 points above the series average of 75. The highest-rated entry is Ys X: Proud Nordics at 86.
How it was received
Ys VIII: Lacrimosa of Dana holds a critic score of 85 out of 100. That places it above 82% of the 7,527 rated adventure games in our database, which average 72. Games released in 2016 averaged 68, so it scored 17 points above the year average. Player ratings track closely with critics at 87, across 89 votes.
How long it takes, and what that costs
The main story runs about 73 hrs.
What you need to run it
The minimum specification calls for Core i3-2100 3.10 GHz, 4 GB RAM and Geforce GTX 650 Ti. At 4GB of RAM, it will run on essentially any working PC — that is below what a budget laptop ships with today. Install size is roughly 30GB. Both tiers are compared side by side on the requirements page, and you can check your own parts against them without installing anything.
What it launched against
Ys VIII: Lacrimosa of Dana launched on 21 July 2016, within three weeks of No Man's Sky, Abzu, Overcooked! and Starbound. It reviewed better than 3 of the 4. It was a PlayStation 5 launch-window title.
Released around the same time: No Man's Sky, Abzu, Overcooked!, Starbound.
Cheats and codes
We have not confirmed any working cheat codes for Ys VIII: Lacrimosa of Dana yet. Rather than reprint a list we have not tested, this section stays empty until one is verified.
Official trailer
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