Err... The problem is not strictly the number of characters... The problem is the boring boss fights for me... Well at least in 7 it is.To bad all the newer games play like SEVEN. Playing it is a good indication of whether or not you'll like Memories or 8.
At least 8 has an optional single character mode though.
The bosses being too easy and generally more boring is the biggest killer for me, Naphistim era games never had challenging common enemies anyway.Eh. Ys 7 is the weakest Ys game I played so far. The story is banal anime average, the world is earth fire air avatar, plot twists are poor. Everything of that wouldn't matter but sadly the combat is also weak, bosses are easy, there are too many healing items, and with party members you have 3 times HP you really need, not to mention it's easy to just Guard against stuff. Felghana & Napishtim were better and more difficult, and Origins was so addictive I played through it 3 times. Ys 7 I barely had enough patience to finish once.
and the MOST IMPORTANT part of Ys, the waifus are lacking... also, Ys , pls,STOP KILLING YOUR WAIFUS THIS IS NOT FUNNY AT THIS POINT
For storyfaggotry I enjoyed Ys Origin the most. 7 is weak, I haven't played later games. But don't even expect action RPG. Expect action games instead.Trails fanboy here. I've heard that the more recent Ys games are getting better at storyfaggotry. I've read some Ys 8 reviews and that seems to also be the case with this one. If I like Trails will I like this?
I know it has action RPG real time combat, which is but I am willing to overlook if the IMMERSHUN factor is as good as the Trails games.
PC Release Date Delay
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We regret to inform everyone that the release date for Ys VIII: Lacrimosa of DANA on PC has been pushed back due to continued efforts in improving gameplay quality.
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PC Release Delay Announcement
Hello Everyone,
Firstly, we’d like to thank everyone’s patience and understanding with the delayed PC release of Ys VIII: Lacrimosa of DANA. We have not determined an official PC release date for Ys VIII: Lacrimosa of DANA, but we will continue provide the community responsive updates for the release as they emerge.
We have been trying to resolve important gameplay issues that we feel would compromise the playability and stability of the game. Unfortunately, we were unable to fix those issues to our satisfaction before the launch.
The issues proved to be more complicated than we thought and we overestimated our ability to fix them in time. For that, we are truly sorry. We take full responsibility for these problems. Fans of this game and this series have let their expectations be known and we aim to achieve them.
We would like to take this opportunity to thank the fans and beta testers for their feedback. We are deeply grateful for all of the constructive criticism and we will take the communities’ critiques to improve our PC porting in the future.
From the bottom of our hearts, thank you.
We would now like to inform you all of what you can expect from us from here on out.
First, we believe that the majority of the major control issues with Keyboardouse and display/resolution-related issues have been taken care of.
Second, we will be prioritizing development resources in the following categories:
Fixing the above may result in additional issues that arise, but we feel that we must prioritize our focus on these three.
- Random crashes
- Framerate
- Language-related issues
We have a good understanding of what is currently causing issues 1 and 2 and how to fix them, but because issues 1 and 2 are closely tied to gameplay, we are having trouble solving the issues permanently.
Issue 3 is taking more time than we estimated to fix because we require so much information to adequately understand what exactly is going wrong. Fixes in one area can lead to something breaking in another, and thus we have to take more time to fix these issues.
Resolving Issue 1 and 2 is estimated to take 2 weeks to fix. Once Issue 1 and 2 are fixed, we will proceed with Issue 3.
We want to assure you that we are doing our very best to deliver a stable game for everyone who wants to play Ys VIII: Lacrimosa of DANA, regardless of platform.
Thank you very much.
NISA
I wouldn't blame Falcom. XSEED have got exceptionally whingey recently and I wouldn't be surprised if they didn't bid for this at all.