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Ys VIII: Lacrimosa of Dana has had a rough time. Originally launched last year on consoles, it was consistently (and rightly) mocked for its rushed and sloppy translation, taking one of the most story-driven games in the venerable action-RPG series and somehow fouling it up to the point where even the existing english text in the Japanese script got re-translated into worse English.

After several months of delays and a total rewrite and re-record, Ys VIII is finally ready for prime-time, and is hitting Steam at the end of this month, January 30th.

Ys exists on the more arcadey, hack n' slashy end of the RPG spectrum. If you want something a little thicker and more stat-dense to chew on, check our list of the best roleplaying games on PC.

It's very much a case of better late than never. The Ys series has been (mostly) consistently entertainment since the very first game way back on early computers in 1987, and red-haired protagonist Adol Christin hasn't aged or changed a bit in 31 years. He's still timelessly young, selfless, heroic and utterly free of angst and drama.

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