Publisher NIS America has confirmed that the PS5 port of Ys VIII: Lacrimosa of Dana features various graphical improvements, along with an optional performance mode.
On Sony's current-gen console, the title benefits from improved textures and shadow detail, as well as increased draw distances. According to NISA, pop-in has been "eliminated", and load times are much shorter across the board.
The headliner, though, is that the action RPG will ship with a dedicated 120 frames-per-second mode. This setting will cut the resolution down to 1080p — and you'll obviously need a TV or monitor that supports it — but it's certainly a nice option to have.
If you're not shooting for 120fps, you'll have to stick with the game's standard PS5 setting, which is 60fps at 4K. Not bad, not bad.
All of the title's previously released cosmetic DLC is included in this port as well. Here's a quick list, via NISA's blog post:
- Adol’s ‘Silver Armor’ Costume
- Adol's ‘Adventurer Clothes’ Costume
- Laxia's 'Eternian Scholar' Costume
- Tropic Swimwear Costume Set
- For Adol, Laxia, Dana, and Ricotta
- Deserted Pirate Costume Set
- For Adol, Laxia, Sahad, Hummel, Dana, and Ricotta
- Hug Hug Accessory Set
- Feena, Lilia, and Dark
- Ancient Mask Set
- Stylish Glasses Set
- Stylish Sunglasses Set
The PS5 version of Ys VIII doesn't have any kind of upgrade path if you already own the game on PS4 — which does put a dampener on things — but it's looking like this'll be the best way to play if you're new to the highly rated title.
[source nisamerica.com]
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If anyone hasn't given it a go and like their JRPG's then I'd wholeheartedly recommend it. It's like an RPG version of Lost 🤣
@jrt87 well even if it was just for the double dip, got me on the collectors edition lol. Weird that its still not up on the digital store
@jrt87 it's not playstation it's the developer, there's been other games with free ps5 upgrades such as borderlands 3, valkyrie elysium etc even the witcher 3 and fallout 4 are getting free ps5 upgrades next year. But it's NIS who are being greedy with this game.
Well, not bothered about 120fps, not even too bothered about 4k on a game with asets this old…but swimwear, lol. OK, that’s convinced me to wait for the upgraded version to come to extra. Always a nice to have but never something I’d pay for.
That's cool, cant wait to play it.
I've had the PS4 version for years but could never get past after you start finding survivors on the island a few hours in. The combat is just too shallow for me to keep playing, you can just spam any attack and win every battle there is no strategy or skill to it.
Does it get harder as you progress, I'm about 6 hours in and it just seemed to be the same everywhere?
I hope this one also has DualSense. Not just focusing on performance is not all that the PS5 can do.
Thought it was a free update wtf???
@Denni5m IMO, it does get harder but only bc the enemies become super sponges. The combat kinda just stays the same. I beat the game last month and the sequel last week so they’re still fresh in my mind and I eventually just dropped the difficulties to easy because it was just a button masher and wasn’t interesting. I went through them for the story, honestly.
@jrt87 But this isn't Sony's fault or even Sony's decision. This is on NIS America. If this was coming to the Series X, it would more than likely be the same thing. Just because Xbox has Smart Delivery doesn't mean every game automatically gets a free upgrade.
@bremkat35 Nope. When it was first announced, nobody was sure if there was one or not. Then it was confirmed that they would not be offering a free upgrade when the release date was announced back in July.
@Denni5m oddly when I first got it on I though combat was a bit shallow and progress was slow. It does open up once you add some characters to the group and unlock special moves. Not stellar but eventually their is a satisfying rhythm to things.
The improvements sound good but this was originally a PS Vita release. I guess adding ray tracing was to much for current gen. With no upgrade path the PS4 version on backward compatibility is probably good enough for most.
@jrt87 Have you tried it on the Steam Deck yet? I'm currently looking for more game that's would be acceptable to play on the Steam Deck, and have been interested in the game for a while... But it looked like something that wasn't worth in installing on my actual PC.
happy to double dip. I enjoyed every second of that game^^
That does sound good, but there is no way i will double dip without a major price cut.
Definitely going to pick this up and beat it again. The first time of Switch was great, but can't wait to see how it looks and plays on PS5.
@Denni5m it depends on what difficulty mode you go for. Hard or especially Nightmare makes you have to learn enemy patterns and be able to use the parries (flash move and flash guard). While admittedly it’s not a super deep system, I did really enjoy it, especially when you get all the party together. Story is what makes this game worth it to me but I know that it’s not what everyone looks for in an action game.
Hopefully they will at least allow you to transfer over your PS4 save data.
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