YS VIII: Lacrimosa of DANA Nintendo Switch Review

<p>Another beautiful and fantastic game has graced the screen of the Nintendo Switch&period; <a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;www&period;nintendo&period;com&sol;games&sol;detail&sol;ys-viii-lacrimosa-of-dana-switch"><strong><em>YS VIII&colon; Lacrimosa of DANA<&sol;em> <&sol;strong><&sol;a>is an absolute must-have in every JRPG fan&&num;8217&semi;s library&period; From the soundtrack filled with emotion to the bright graphics that match the story&&num;8217&semi;s island setting&comma; everything in this game is themed towards summer&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<h3>Gameplay<&sol;h3>&NewLine;<p>Playing as Adol&comma; you awake on Seiren Island after being shipwrecked&period; Self-proclaimed adventurer Adol sets out on a journey to locate the other missing passengers from the majestic ship Lombardia&period; Wondering around the Seiren&comma; your map expands with every new area&period; Along the way&comma; Adol finds other passengers and escorts them back to prosperous Castaway Village&period; After reaching a certain part in the story&comma; more of the plot unfolds into a dramatic and epic tale&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<h3>Graphics<&sol;h3>&NewLine;<p>The best part of <em>Lacrimosa<&sol;em> is the art&period; Gorgeous graphic designs pull players into the story of surviving on a mysterious island&period; The bright and saturated color scheme both within the gameplay and cinematic cut-scenes gives off an aura of an anime&period; Nihon Falcom mastered the art of blending together the cut-scenes and the actual gameplay to allow players to enjoy this game with little interruption&period; It is a much-appreciated feature in a JRPG&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<figure id&equals;"attachment&lowbar;140156" aria-describedby&equals;"caption-attachment-140156" style&equals;"width&colon; 1280px" class&equals;"wp-caption aligncenter"><img class&equals;"size-full wp-image-140156" src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;cdn&period;bagogames&period;com&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2018&sol;07&sol;07142129&sol;HQ9QLfDM6d9eQf9k5&lowbar;vCaAaZnqtSV636&period;jpg" alt&equals;"" width&equals;"1280" height&equals;"720" &sol;><figcaption id&equals;"caption-attachment-140156" class&equals;"wp-caption-text">YS VIII&colon; Lacrimosa of DANA &sol; NIS America<&sol;figcaption><&sol;figure>&NewLine;<p>The effort placed into the backgrounds depicting an island straight from a fantasy world to the screen shines through&period; And the character designs were meticulously looked after too&period; Each character not only sports distinctive facial features and personalities but they also have a clothing ensemble representative of them&period;  Each character the player comes across has their own identity making them memorable while playing&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<h3>The Flaws<&sol;h3>&NewLine;<p>Unfortunately&comma; <em>Lacrimosa of DANA<&sol;em> holds a few flaws&period; The main issue is the graphics are stretched out while playing in docked mode&period; The biggest selling point of the Nintendo Switch is the ability to play games as both handheld and on a television screen&period; And having such a gorgeous game look stretched on a television is a disappointment&period; Another issue is the dialogue&period; Occasionally you will come across characters&&num;8217&semi; dialogue that is incomplete English sentences and seems to mismatch the situation&period; It doesn&&num;8217&semi;t happen so often to ruin the entire experience yet it is still an annoyance that breaks the fantasy illusion&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<h3>A Good JRPG For This Summer<&sol;h3>&NewLine;<p>Aside from the short list of cons&comma; Lacrimosa of DANA is a beautiful choice to feed your JRPG craving this summer&period; There are so many new tasks to complete in pure fun ways that the chore-grinding feeling often felt in JRPGs is completely absent&period; Raid Battles are events that call your party back to Castaway Village to defend and fight against hoards of monsters&period; It&&num;8217&semi;s a nice break to fight the hoards while gaining experience and rewards&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<figure id&equals;"attachment&lowbar;140157" aria-describedby&equals;"caption-attachment-140157" style&equals;"width&colon; 1280px" class&equals;"wp-caption aligncenter"><img class&equals;"wp-image-140157 size-full" src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;cdn&period;bagogames&period;com&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2018&sol;07&sol;07142306&sol;sQ9dTV72y8hB-EpEW3Sa6STXZDiU8Mpp&period;jpg" alt&equals;"" width&equals;"1280" height&equals;"720" &sol;><figcaption id&equals;"caption-attachment-140157" class&equals;"wp-caption-text">YS VIII&colon; Lacrimosa of DANA&sol; NIS America<&sol;figcaption><&sol;figure>&NewLine;<p>New players to the <em>YS<&sol;em> series have nothing to fear jumping into the series with the eighth installment&period; There are references to the history of characters sprinkled in the story&period; Yet&comma; it&&num;8217&semi;s hardly vital to know anything about the series before starting <em>YS VIII<&sol;em>&period; The plot of Adol washing ashore an unknown island and meeting new characters is ideal for diving into this series&period; Players will find the story very easy to follow as they quickly become invested in each castaway&&num;8217&semi;s life&period; <em>YS VIII&colon; Lacrimosa of DANA<&sol;em> is a wonderful JRPG to experience this summer&period; Everything from the emotional ties to the gorgeous fantasy setting makes this game a great addition to your Switch library&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;