I am absolutely enjoying this game so far. 50 hours in and i am completely hooked by the story of Adol, Dana and their friends. The game deserves far more recognition.

HappyConsoleGamer dude, it's because of you i went and bought Y's Origin digital on my ps4 system which on the norm price wise goes for $19.99 US, but purchased it on sale for a steal purchase of $5.99 and i absolutely love it!!!! I am 50 years old and i love and miss these types of games! Now i'm definitely going to be purchasing Lacrimosa of dana! I also Subscribed! Cool channel, awesome Gamer dude, keep it up!

When adol gets on a boat we get a new YS

The soundtrack of this game is absolutely one of the best in jrpg history! 50 hours in and it still blows me away.

This game is an absolute masterpiece

It is an awesome game. I think slow burn is the best way to describe it. It has that build up like a classic rpg should have

I’m deep into the game and still watching reviews. Can’t remember last time I was so happy spending $60.

I just subscribed. This is the first video I've ever seen of yours and WOW you are so well-spoken, I genuinely enjoyed listening to you. I love how excited about the game you sound, listening to jaded reviewers gets old but I really really liked that you clearly enjoy what you're talking about! Your cons sound completely justified, coming from someone who hasn't played this yet. I'm going to go download this now, it will be my first Ys game!

This is my favorite video game series of all time. So happy to hear that this is an Ys game worth getting excited about. Thanks for doing this review Johnny!

I've been waiting for this game and I knew you'd be the first to review it. Great video! I'm so excited to play Ys VIII. Ys is alive and well in the gaming community. Thanks for always discussing it. More Ys please!

I'm glad that, even when there are maps, Ys 8 is still quite a maze-like game. Do you remember Solomon's Shrine or the sewers in Ys 2? There were no maps at all but after all the hours/days/months/years you still managed to figure those places out. Map-systems usually make the exploration more shallow since you don't necessarily make your own mental-map or pay attention to the world.

One thing that bugs me of the so called "Ys fans" seems to be missing is that the gameplay has always been changing,oath and origins use the ark engine,which was originally not looked up to well when they were released when fans of older ys games were used to the bump system (which only lasted in three games,ys 1,2 and 4). so why are people thinking falcom is ruining the series when the series always been changing?

Thanks Johnny! Always love watching Ys videos you do. My first was back in 2012 on PC, Ys Origin, I loved it and have played more and more over the years. Ys 7 actually released on Steam a few hours ago and I plan to grab a copy :) btw I used to think it was pronounced whys as well. Thanks for clearing that up lol...

Johnny this review is the reason I finally tried this game recently and seriously thank you! The music is so good!

I've had the soundtrack on my iPod for an entire year, and now I finally get to play the game attached to it.

Great review you did. I look forward to many more reviews.

Thank you for this review, it helped me make my buying purchase. Subbed as well to catch up on the back catalog of Ps2 and PS3 love in my case, tho I know you have had all systems. Again ty for the gaming passion and quality of your videos.

Finished Shenmue II, had no idea what to play next. Walked into Gamestop and this was the first game I saw. Very excited to start this tonight!

Nice review! Been looking forward to this game for a long ass time. Will be my first Ys game.

Omg you give the best reviews! You make me 100% sure to decide if I wanna get a game or not! Tysm!

dude i love your videos , you deserve so many more subs .. my favs the old school anime videos .. never liked anime till you started talking about it .. i saw venus wars based on your recommendations and i LOVED it ..

Thank you Johnny for recommending it this game, and series, so strong. I have this game on disk for last 2 years but started only now and oh man... What a wonderful journey it is. Although it starts way to slow (first 10h should've been compressed to 2-3h), when the plot unveils, I was so much invested in it that I hadn't even realized that I had already been 30h later.

I am playing through it on the Switch right now and am in love with it. Maybe the best in the series.

The graphics sort of remind me of arcade/dreamcast games.

The song sunshine coastline made me interested in this game and brought me here.

Great Review, I'll eventually get It for my beloved Vita. Nihon Falcom makes games with a lot of passion

Ive been waiting for your review on Y's 8!!

3:26 😳🤣 Completely did NOT expect that lol!

I started looking into the Ys series because of your videos and then tried the demo for Ys 8 and loved it. Getting the day one edition with the soundtrack and art book. Also gonna play all the remakes and Ys origins on my vita. Thanks for sharing about the series, it has one more interested player now.

I just clicked on this video to confirm if Japanese voices are included in the game. You gave the answer right at the beginning and that made me happy. That is enough of a review for me and I won't watch any more because i like to go into games absolutely blind with zero idea of what to expect. Gave your video a like. Thanks for that quick piece of info!

This game looks awesome!! Thanks for the vid, by the way I love your T-shirt!

I was also very impressed by the detail they put into the design. This is a great game.

Thats crazy I put up my review today of the Demo and you put up a review of the whole game. Thats awesome lol

Feel bad for not watching this review 2 yrs ago, because your review is outstanding. I've been a fan of Ys since Vanished Omen on the Sega Master System. 😎 Thanks for this review.

Every time you post a video about Ys, I gotta watch it ASAP.

I just finished my play through on the switch. Needless to say this game has earned a special place in my heart, I wanna know if you'd do a video discussing all the links to other games this one had. I've not played any other ys games but I can tell there's several nodds to Adols previous adventures. Id definitely tune in to watch that video

I'm getting this game for the switch. I really am excited to hear all of this stuff that I'm going to be able to do!

This video made my crappy day better, thank you! Like always your Ys videos are always a highlight on your channel ^_^

I love how you're a total Ys fanatic! :) I wouldn't have wanted to watch an Ys review from anyone else!

this makes me happy :D I'm loving going back through the series on my PC right now

Looks pretty damn good. I still haven't played anything past Ys V but I'd love to get further into the series. Awesome review, John.

See that actraiser box in the background. Ahh the memories.

What a great review ! I'm replaying memories of celceta again until this comes out next week. I can't wait !! 😃

Picked up Ys Vanished Omens at Target in late 1988, if I remember correctly? Was a fan from that day forward. Thank you for sharing spoiler free content.

Dear Johnny, I've bought this game after seeing this video, a few weeks ago. Now, I'm a good few hours into the game* and WOW(!!!) what a beautiful, charming game. The first hour I was not completely sold but last night I was thinking this is steadily becoming one of my favourite games of all time. My wife is also completely sold, she reads the novel while I play; a incredible experience I must say. So, I want to thank you, my friend. I'm not a huge fan of the maps either but everything else makes this better than the sum of its part. What a gem! ❤

Amazing game. By far one of my favourite games of 2016. I've had the Jp PS4 version since release but have not had a chance to play it yet. I am looking forward to the expanded content though. The VITA TV version took me over 60hrs to finish as it was.

Awesome to see another Ys game get released! It looks very inviting and like a really good and fun RPG adventure, a bit of an old school vibe from what i see. Sounds a bit like Suikoden when you were talking about collecting characters and bringing them back to your base and using their different abilities and such. Great review Happy, gonna call you only Happy from now on :)

Been waiting to hear your thoughts! Just played the demo and it was fantastic. Can't wait to dive in on PS4 in a few weeks.

I definitely consider this one to be my favorite ys game that i've played. Glad you like it. 8 is high, but thought you'd rate it even higher. Thanks for the review

Finally decided to take the plunge tonight and start a playthrough since it was one of the games available on Amazon Luna. It is absolutely fantastic so far! The combat and story are quite engaging and I'm already hooked after only 3 hours in. Definitely great for those that are a fan of the Xenoblade series!

So I'm 2 years late to the comment board... But I have to comment. I just wanted to say thank you for this review, I wouldn't have bought this superb game without having watched this. Ys VIII is one of my favourite RPGs, purely because of its gameplay. It's just so much fun! I also bought Ys Origin off the back of this...and am currently very excited for my preorder of Ys Memories of Celceta on PS4. I haven't pre-ordered before, but I couldn't help myself with this one! Looking forward to your review! =)

Looking good! (Adol's art design looks a wee bit different, though). This has been a great month with Ys games, as I have the collector's edition of this game pre-ordered, and I also have a physical copy of Ys Origin from Limited Run on the way. Liking the looks of this coming month.

Honestly, the only real crime of this game is that it was not fully voiced. Otherwise, it's probably my favorite all time game.

I knew it!! I was wondering when you were going to review this game!!

My first Ys was the Master System version of 1!!! I loved back in the day and made me a Falcom extreme lover for life!

I'm so excited. Preordered the LE back when it first went up. Been wanting a Ys 7/Celceta style game in HD.

I love your enthusiasm for the series! ^.^

I just got it on switch and i'm in love with it. Had I known how amazing it is, I would've picked it day 1 for my ps4 ♡

Bought it yesterday after watching this review. Played almost til morning yesterday xD Love it, it's so much fun. And the music... damn! Thanks! Greetings from Croatia.

Combat and music are great in this game! The movement is so quick and precise and once you get the hang of flash guarding the combat just feels so good. I think the story gets really good towards this middle half and the end as well. Was really cool how they integrated Dana.

I am looking forward to getting this in less than two weeks.

Want this!!!! Love YS. Have most all their games from YS book I + II on turbo cd , all the psp Collectors editions and vita. Nice review :)

Actually, did you ever talk about Memories of Celceta? I know you talked about Ys 4 before, but never about the Vita version... or am i missing some videos? Was my first Ys game i played so i really want to hear your opinion of it.

Cant wait till we get this on pc, it looks awesome! Thanks for the review johnny

Havent play any y's and when i tried this game i was highly surprised with, with the story, game music, combat and the game speed (walking) in the game. I was surprised how this remained so low under the radar on how good it is. A must grab on a sale

Just got this for Christmas 2023 for the switch and 7hrs in and loving it. Such a fun story and the music is awesome

Does anyone know if I pre-ordered this on Amazon if I'm getting the soundtrack and art book that comes with the day one edition? Amazon has not updated the picture on their website. Still has the RP rating pending on the bottom left corner. Even in this video the thumbnail has the stock photo before they gave it a rating.

Thank you for another great review ✌

Oh my God that Sega box!!! dude you just made me so excited! My childhood senses just naturally came back and I got excited just looking at that box just getting excited about a new game! Man I miss when games were exciting haha. I just bought like 10 games this past month and I'm not really playing any of them. they're just not exciting like they were when I was a kid.

Looks great! It also looks similar to Ys Memories of Celceta, that game was so much fun so I know I'll like this one too! The map also looks kind of the same and the only problem I had with Memories of Celceta is that there were some times that I really got lost! I love all your excitement and that you genuinely love playing games and you're not just doing it to make a video! Thanks for being awesome! Also what is your favorite Ys Game?

I’ve just upgraded my ps plus just now to play this on the recommendation by Jonny. Cheers my man.

Nice thanks for this review

Have my Vita CE coming soon! Previous one looked really nice on the vita as well!!

I'm so happy it's finally out in the west. Great review!!

3:26 "A lot of fun to FUCK..........the enemies up with these." lol

Ohh, such a fantastic game, this is the 1st Y's game I've ever played and I'm hooked with the series. I just finish this one and got the best ending and man!!!! I highly recommend this game to anybody!

Wow, Adol actually has dialogs here? Cool improvement. 😂

I loved this game so much and I'm so happy you liked it too. Really awesome review as always Johnny! I beat this game a few months ago and have been looking forward to your thoughts on the game. Since you introduced me to Ys back in the day and I have played every game in the series, with Ys IV - Dawn of Ys being my all time favorite before this one, I really thought Lacrimosa of Dana was the best game yet in many ways, and for many reasons you didn't mentioned in your review. Mainly the similarities to Metroid or even Castlevania in terms of level design! For sure my favorite aspect of the game, knowing exactly where to backtrack when you got a new power. Something I felt was somewhat missing from Breath of the Wild, and that made me love the exploration of Ys VIII even more. Thanks for not going into spoilers though, can't wait until more people played this amazing game. //Senkai

@HappyConsoleGamer, don't you consider that "Ys Memories of Celceta" (PSVita) is a 3D Jrpg ? I played the "Lacrimosa of Dana" demo and i think they are pretty similar (display-wise).

Awesome review you deserve more subscribers man

You really a cool guy. You're really passionnated. A Big Hello from France.

The music is so good!! This game was a lot deeper than I thought it'd be, but I only ever beat Ys Arc of Napishtim (sp?)

Does the whole game take place on the island?

That music reminds me of the Underground Canal track form Ys I&II

Cool reviewer, informative and adequate.

Can't wait to see the texture mods,

Yo Johnny! Show keeps getting better and better through the years man. Real quick though, it's BAY-TUH... NOT Beet-a. Your friend Beta (BAY-TA) tested it. Not trying to be "that guy" but just got your back. It's like U want your friend to tell you that you got a booger in your nose instead of unknowingly walking around with it all day. Keep up the great work man. Your show helps me unwind after every tough day of work.

yep. looking forward to this.

I've never played an ys game, is this a good one to jump in on? Or will I be completely lost story wise?

Gives me some Dark Cloud vibes this time around, I dig it

@Happy or any Ys fan. I really want to get into this series as have heard great things about this being a really terrific jrpg franchise. My Issue is each time i try an order this or the other Ys game on Ps4 the amazon prices can often be 70, 80 or even 100+ for these games for a new copy. Is there any other places that would sell the PS4 ys games even be glad to pay the released 60$ at this point. Thanks for any actual answers.

Great review i loved ys 7 and memories of calceta.i Dont remember if you said it or not but is Dogi in this game? I really like his martial art style of fighting.

Adding more and more to your base by recruiting people reminds me Suikoden. Oh, and Happy, you're talking about this game like it is Falcom's first 3D game entry. Why is that? Great vid!!

I have the Vita version; it is the same basically with the graphics not being as poppy. The frame rate stuff isn't that common.

Nice review! This will be my first YS game. Do i need to play the previous games to understand the story? Or are those games self contained like Final Fantasy and Yakuza?

Wow, you played it back in the days on Sega Master System. I played it in 1987 on MSX2 in Japanese. Took a long time to finish because i coudn't understand anything they said. It was lots of talking to everyone more times and try out things overall. Ys1 was a blast, but then came Ys2 which was way better and more fun then 1 because of also using magic. I'm back tracking now. Just played Ys 1 and 2 again a few days back on PC. And now in English and i now know what exact the story is. Playing YS 6 now and almost finished. Then i go play Ys Origin. I'm gonna buy them all on PC and play it all again. I was the only one who finished Ys4 on the Snes ( since it is in Japanese ) of all of my friends. Last boss needed to throw neckless at him to hit him. I recall i had to throw both blue and gold neckless at him. Really fun game Ys titles. I really miss reall RPG games these days. Final Fantasy is not RPG to me anymore. It is a weird platform adventure game now. I've quited Ys because of Final Fantasy on the Snes. When Ys5 came, i had a Playstation1 and didn't look at Snes games anymore. I'm gonna play all the other Ys first then i start on 8 and 9. Ys 10 is coming next year.

great review

this game looks interesting, thanks for sharing!

I was really impressed with the music so far.

So John know this is a old video but can't wait to check this out on the Switch. This will be my 1st YS game