Ys VIII: Lacrimosa of Dana hits PC on January 30th

The PC model of Nihon Falcom’s RPG Ys VIII: Lacrimosa of Dana will arrive on January 30th, publishers NIS America have introduced. This is sort of 5 months after the console model however, not like that, the PC launch gained’t launch with shoddy localisation. The unique English script was so wonky that NISA have been reworking it to repair typos, errors, and clunky translation, and re-recording dialogue to match. While these modifications will come to consoles as a patch, they’ll be within the PC model from the beginning, giving us a greater preliminary expertise.

NISA additionally shared a number of screenshots exhibiting that new localisation, and I’ve tracked down what (I’m fairly positive?) the unique traces have been:

Old: “Okay. My name is Alison… Please, just call me Alison.”
New: “O-Okay… My name is Alison…”

Old: “I was granted the destiny of offering myself as the Maiden of the Great Tree of Beginnings.”
New: “I have answered the call of the Great Tree of Origins, and offering myself to become its appointed maiden.”

Old: “Your Eminence, please allow us to watch over you during the Tree Festival today.”
New: “Your Eminence, we are honored to bear witness as you perform the Arboreal Awakening.”

Old: “Hmhm, I actually studied really hard!”
New: “Hehehe! I study, study, study till my head starts hurting, y’know!”

I wouldn’t say it’s good writing however the brand new variations do appear much less bizarre on the entire. NISA additionally not too long ago a video of a whole cutscene however a fast search for movies of the unique model solely turned up ones with terrible commentary from gamers so eh, no comparability right here.

Ys VIII: Lacrimosa of Dana is coming to Windows through Steam and GOG on January 30th. Never pre-order, obvs, however particularly don’t right here, given the potential troubles and the truth that everybody who buys the sport by February sixth will get DLC odds and ends free, whether or not they pre-ordered or not.