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Ys VIII: Lacrimosa of Dana US + EU Demo
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DriftingSpirit
Member
Nice, I'll try it out.
theofficefan99
Junior Member
I don't need to try the demo cuz I already know that I'll love it 
sloppyjoe_gamer
Gold Member
Checking this out and the Knack 2 demo tonight. Good day for demos!
Glitter and Gold
Banned
There's a Launch Edition, so physical copies come packed with an artbook and sound track sampler.
The digital version comes with sampler songs, a PSN Theme and 7 PSN avatars
and there's "Adol DLC" that will be free to everyone for a week post launch
Not sure what bonuses Steam version will get though, if any. I'm sure it's on the page tho
longlivegaming
Member
Steam version will get the same launch week bonuses. http://steamcommunity.com/games/579180/announcements/detail/1439317496966437714
Serenade_King
Banned
Did they ever released a Ys Seven costume for Adol? That's one is my favorite.
I actually prefer some of the songs on the Ys 8 OST to Celceta's:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HvBla5NUlvk
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v8rtGEQCYCI
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nVydgPgAIRo
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EDllGOPr-Vg
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=odJHj3y5Xg8
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6K4Ad5XCxlI
Also reminder: in NG+ you can use equipment to let Adol play the game solo - and he switches attack types without changing characters, so if you really just want to solo the game with Adol as a game mode you can.
The Vita version has less content since it came out almost a year earlier. If you don't mind that, it's fine.
Sunshine Coastline alone is better than all of Celceta.
You'll be okay, but Vita version isn't 60FPS, it's 30. It's not always 30, either, as the game has drops. The loadings are a bit worse on the Vita, too. And above all, you'll be missing some content which is exclusive to the PS4 version. Namely a more fleshed out Dana story and a couple dungeons which are unique to the PS4 ver.
THAT SAID, the game on the Vita was actually kind of impressive graphically for what it tried to do. It definitely runs better than Celceta, while being a much, much prettier and ambitious. The new story added on PS4 is alright, but at the end of the day it doesn't really make the game into a completely new experience, so if you think you can live with a bit less backstory, a couple dungeons/boss, the Vita version is still pretty nice (and cheaper).
Sinh_Magnus
Member
Thanks for making the thread OP.
Anyways I already beat it this morning, so I will leave here my impressions from the other thread:
Honestly, this is hitting all the right spots. Gameplay, graphics, exploration, music...coming from beating Ys VII one week ago and Celteta earlier this month I'm having trouble adjusting to the buttons layout, but that's really my only nitpick at the moment.
After beating the demo: Really good. I went with nightmare and found it to be surprisingly easier than what I expected. The boss of the demo did gave me trouble though.
The castways story give me vibes from Ys VI, my personal favourite from the non-party games. Exploration seems to be really improved and the point where they focused more. A mayor set-up from Celteta wich honestly I'm going to have trouble for touching it again after this game comes out.
Really excited for 12 september.
Also: Opencritic has already three reviews listed.
Anyways I already beat it this morning, so I will leave here my impressions from the other thread:
Honestly, this is hitting all the right spots. Gameplay, graphics, exploration, music...coming from beating Ys VII one week ago and Celteta earlier this month I'm having trouble adjusting to the buttons layout, but that's really my only nitpick at the moment.
After beating the demo: Really good. I went with nightmare and found it to be surprisingly easier than what I expected. The boss of the demo did gave me trouble though.
The castways story give me vibes from Ys VI, my personal favourite from the non-party games. Exploration seems to be really improved and the point where they focused more. A mayor set-up from Celteta wich honestly I'm going to have trouble for touching it again after this game comes out.
Really excited for 12 september.
Also: Opencritic has already three reviews listed.
You don't need a demo on PC, you can just refund, after all.
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Is the extra stuff for the PC version too?
Yeah, the PC version is based on the PS4 version, so it includes everything the PS4 one has. It's just the Vita version was released in Japan almost a year before it came out on PS4 -- so Falcom spiced up the game with these extras.
Yes, PC is based on the PS4 version.
Shadowhaxor
Member
Oh, you won't be disappointed. This game is great.
Sinh_Magnus
Member
Quite a lot of longtime Ys fans were blown away by Ys 8 from what I can tell.
An extremely ambitious title that, frankly, has an even better (and self contained story) than even current Kiseki (aka Cold Steel 1 and 2). I know Gu4n was astonished that they got the original Ys 8 to even run on a Vita at certain points in the game.
Jumping is back, bosses are fun, game on higher difficulties is still hard as fuck. Perfect dodging and guarding isn't as broken as Ys Seven but it's still fun to use, et cetera.
I'm glad it was delayed because this game really shines thanks to the delay. It would have really hurt it if it stayed undercooked.
Hippopuncher12
Member
Downloaded this and Knack 2 demo, can't wait to try em out tonight. Getting the CE regardless of how I feel about the demo, but I am sure I will love it.
Seems alright. Combat is messy and chaotic and I was unable to figure out what most of the enemy weakness icons were referring to when locking-on(skills unavailable to my team in the demo?)
Plays well on PS4, nice and fluid. Didn't outright grab me like the older games(Oath, Origins, and Eternal) but I also haven't played nu-Ys stuff like Celcetta and 7.
Will likely snag, though I am compelled to play the earlier games first.
Plays well on PS4, nice and fluid. Didn't outright grab me like the older games(Oath, Origins, and Eternal) but I also haven't played nu-Ys stuff like Celcetta and 7.
Will likely snag, though I am compelled to play the earlier games first.
Glitter and Gold
Banned
I don't think so. Only classic Silver Armor from the original.
I too love, and miss Seven's modern armor design though. Hopefully future games go back to incorporating armor into his default design
Hold down R1 and press any of the corresponding face buttons to do a skill, and switch using square to get to the enemy's weakness. Even if you don't know what weakness icons are what you can still use common sense to some degree.
All hard shelled crab like things take more damage from Sahad, for example, because he uses a crushing weapon. You get the idea.
The game will most likely click once you start doing that, and if you start using L1 right before you get hit to do a perfect dodge/R1 to do a perfect guard I think you'll realize the game's combat is less messy than you think.
I get the feeling a lot of people aren't going to realize how to play this game for a little while.
MulderYuffie
Member
awesome gonna have to download it!
The weaknesses correspond to character attributes, which are applied to all of their attacks and skills. Adol is Slash, Laxia is Pierce, and Sahad is Smash.
Glitter and Gold
Banned
Yep.
Slash is red, Pierce is Yellow and Smash is Green btw, to make it easier to comprehend and identify in game
Didn't see anything wrong with the localisation so far tbh.
Thanks, helps tremendously as I was assuming the weakness icons referred to individual skills, not attributes. I even spent time going through menus trying to see if there was any reference tucked away(like elements attached to current equipped skills) but now this makes sense.
Didn't realize there was perfect guard and dodge either. The control diagram came up on screen at the start and I was so not ready to memorize the 20 different commands. I had a brief few minutes to test afterall and wanted to just jump in. Definitely more intrigued to try again tonight now.
The dub is actually pretty entertaining in this demo. I like the dub, and the localization could be a TINY bit better, but honestly this is okay.
From what people doing reviews have said, like this one:
http://www.cubed3.com/review/4152/1/ys-viii-lacrimosa-of-dana-playstation-4.html
There are things that are easy to fix, apparently. Hell, maybe they'll get patched. In the end, though, it's definitely a good translation. Not intensely amazing, but good.
For, like, this part of the demo, you can chain things together like this:
and just keep rolling and doing perfect dodges and it feels amazing.
Made a GIF real quick:
CielTynave
Member
Glad you can reconfigure the button layout in the demo, the default set up feels kind of wonky coming off of most other games lol.
QisTopTier
XisBannedTier
Seeing this on my screen has me the happiest I've been in 2 years
Sinh_Magnus
Member
Yeah, this happened to me too. Ps4 controller seems to have the advantage of available layout here because of the central button.
Another Perfect Dodge GIF or two to get an idea of its usage, along with using a Skill:
Sweet. 60fps godness.
Apparently there's a beta you can sign for.
CielTynave
Member
Lol so they fixed the boss name from the demo where they called it a vase, or was that a different fight?