New Details on Ys VIII Lacrimosa of Dana

[Andromeda]

Falcom recently announced the latest in the long running Ys franchise with the eighth installment. They went into greater detail on the story set for players interested in the new game. The prologue they explain has series character Adol traveling on the Lombardia, a passenger ship, headed to Eresia from Xandria. However, the ship is attack and Adol falls overboard waking up on Seiren Island, a cursed island.

Stuck on the island for now, he helps out the inhabitants, building a base and is having dreams of a girl.

They said for the combat that they are going to continue their focus on the direction that they had from recent Ys games like Celceta. There is going to be new jump attacks, ways to combine attacks with other party members and new elements that they did not want to go into yet. They also said the Seiren Island is getting more focus as an environment and tone than they have done in past games. New characters will be announced after the new year.

Source: Ys VIII: Lacrimosa of Dana Gets Some Details On Its Story And New Elements - Siliconera

[SuperSabin]

You beat me to it! Anyways, I'm glad to hear more about the details for this game. Sounds like the timeline for VIII is set between Ys V and VI, he visits Xandria in Ys V and Eresia is the place he explores in VI. I also remember the details about adol having to build a base which is an interesting twist for the Ys games. The release date for the game has been revealed for Japan already, it's targeted towards a summer 2016 release.

To back up my statement about the 2016 summer release date, here's an article about it.
Ys VIII: Lacrimosa of Dana confirmed for release in Summer 2016

[Andromeda]

You beat me to the announcement by a few minutes, I guess we're even. ;p

But it sounds interesting. I will probably give it a try, Celceta was enjoyable if not very average. And base building sounds like a very interesting component to add.

[SuperSabin]

Before I forget, Falcom opened up an official website for the game if those reading this thread want to check it out, it even has the new screenshots that they revealed to the public. I encourage you to go check out the site and support Falcom!

Ys VIII official site!