gaming thread: Ys VIII: Lacrimosa of Dana
wed 8.1.25
tag: gaming thread
it's time to finally start ys 8, which seems to be the fan favourite in the fandom, so i'm sure i'm in for a time.
19.1.25
- congrats laxia for being the first lv69 of the party
- sarai... this whole time she was an imposter huh
- time to power up adol, get a fancy with the will to live from those in the past
- ok even griselda talking about how the romun military want to cause trouble for adol lol, wonder if 7 or 9 will be set there
- sorry shoebill, i won't be able to catch all your fish in time. i'm going insane
- dang goodbye spirits, thanks for upgrading past dana's weapon
- sorry io your voice still kinda annoys me but at least i know what your role is now
- lots of stuff happened, final boss looked pretty neat
- ura: "the island is vanishing! and the world will soon vanish with it!" sahad: "well, shit..." - i laughed at this
- WAS IT ALL A DREAM?! HUH?!
- DANA!?!
- GODDESS!!! SO PRETTY!!
- "due to your actions, the previous world no longer exists" - ermmmmm
- ok looks like i got the true ending, hurrah
- overall, dang that was a great ys game. understandable why it's a favourite. the main party characters are great, dana is amazing. combat was quite fun as usual. some of the quests were annoying though, game would be buggy at times, and even though i had a map it wasn't always clear where i needed to go. ending was a bit "huh ok?? we'll roll with it?!"
18.1.25
- made it to chapter 6, which i believe is the final chapter...!
- ... dang tree, you'd wipe out an entire species just cause they can't survive?!
- why does carlan get to survive and not the captain, not fair
- jumpscared from greg's voice once again, but he's voicing a calm-sounding character, hydra
- jesus christ dana's backstory is wild
- ayo hello griselda, fancy meeting you here. and turns out she's the final castaway to rescue!
- dogi: "wh-what? the lacrimosa? we're going to be like.. erased!?" "geez, partner... why do you get caught up in this sort of stuff all the time?" "man, you're such a... it's never boring with you around" that's how adol is dogi, a trouble magnet
- wooo we have a ship
- all the girls really do fall for adol hey...
- yay for hummel backstory
- omg olga's quest, her last will to dana. my heart
- getting overwhelmed in hunts is so damn brutal
- gah i was hoping maybe i could finish the game tonight but there's still so much to do...
17.1.25
- congrats on becoming a godfather adol. ed, alison, and luke are proud of you
- don't ask adol about his romances thanatos, he doesn't need to be a player like you
- paro's gift dialogue cracked me up. "i know! i'll kiss you! peck! adol on the lips!" "just thanks... you don't want one? a kiss?" "what a spoiled guy."
- omg i thought i messed up austin's quest but turns out i needed to travel to dana's past 2 seperate times?! so confusing
- the evil (oceanus) is defeated
- of course it was meteors, how could it not be since dinosaurs are involved
- ahh dana's art for luminous style is pretty
- WHO THE HELL IS THIS MYSTERIOUS BLACK HOODED FELLOW?! "and so it begins... Selection and Rejection...". what is this, evolution??
- dana's backstory is really in-depth, no wonder she's the fav heroine of the series
16.1.25
- hmm the interior of the tower kinda reminds me of the ruined city from ys 6
- so the eternians were evolved from... primordials
- gosh ed's voice sounds similar to greg's but i might be imagining things
- dang dogi you lost to dana in arm wrestling?
- why do the top brass in the romun navy need to be interested in adol huh euron?
- erghhh io kinda annoys me atm, hopefully she gets better down the line
14.1.25
- bruh, hummel you had the blueprints this whole time? and i was expecting something more dramatic about his delivery. least we found ricotta's dad
- touch the crystal adol, ask for help from dana adol
- DUAL CONSCIOUSNESS LET'S GO
- DANA'S HERE?! god and of course she loses some of her memories
- the story raid for this chapter was real intense, lost everything by the end and got worried for my main barrier
- thanatos: "if the ship sinks, it's on you. hahahaha!", "if we sink, we can just blame euron", the poor guy
- alison's been pregnant this whole time, and it's her last month?! how did no one notice?!
- i love you gladiator grandma
- ah, got to see the archeozoic chasm, aka the famous 'big hole' ➚
- figured dana would be able to change her fighting styles from the art i've seen of her in various coloured outfits, feels like it's old-school ys again with adol switching up magic, i dig it
12.1.25
- oh hello again sarai
- laxia as the big sis, adol and hummel as big bros and sahad as the uncle for ricotta, my heart
- dana's era... adol and dana are connected together over time...
10.1.25
- the dino that we fought towards the start of the game has been defeated, hurrah
- there's no escape from escort missions huh
- welcome back lv37 hummel, you're stronger than everyone in the party LOL
- sorry austin but your art is nightmare fuel
- akjdhkajhdjkad this whole party is cute. ricotta: "it looks yummy", everyone else: "don't do it kid"
9.1.25
- ah it's her, dana. i see chapter 3 starts off with her instead. we've been seeing flashbacks to her story through adol's dreams but i'm barely remembering them lol. also i'm guessing we're not gonna reach her yet considering she's lv43... at least 10 levels above our party atm
- THAT WHOLE THING WAS ALSO A DREAM?!
- of course dogi's gift is hard liquor
- ricotta's a good kid, i like her
- the wish tree event with sahad was very cute
8.1.25
- we're starting on a ship with dogi again, are we going to be ok?
- "sad to leave xandria" - dogi you weren't even in 5 my dude
- oh my god the pikkard's eyes look so dead in this game haha
- adol did you lose our best sword from ys5 :(
- laxia calm down with the attitude please
- dang we're leaving dogi on the island to work on the base
- ah goodbye sailor uniform, hello main outfit
- hell yeah we unlocked fishing
- little paro's a crack up
- sahad's already a fav, he's very honest and kind-hearted
- didn't get a S rank on my first raid cause my controller died and i couldn't pause lol
- what kinda name is hummel...?
- wait are guns only becoming a thing in the ys world??
- why is there a serial killer on the loose on the island now?! nemo?!?
- ah yes, 'primordials' aka dinosaurs. we got a serial killer and dinosaurs to worry about now
- seeing that there's a section just for dead people... are we gonna see more victims...
- doctor's being rather sus atm
- NO NOT THE CAPTAIN, HE NEEDED TO RETURN TO HIS DAUGHTER
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