Ys Lacrimosa of Dana. It completely blew my expectations away. I was not expecting this game to keep expanding and keep introducing as many new ideas and gameplay styles as it does.
I played it after having played Ys Memories of Celceta, so I did have an idea of what to expect coming in - but Lacrimosa of Dana surpassed those expectations by a large amount. The increase in scope and gameplay features is significant.
I learned after the fact that some of these bonus things were only introduced in later versions (the PSVita original does not have the entire Dana dungeon, apparently), but still - the experience as I played it on Switch was definitely very rich in content.
I’m playing through Ys Monstrum Nox now, and it doesn’t seem like it has the same amount of stuff going on, unfortunately. It’s still very good, but it’s clear that Lacrimosa of Dana was something special.
Ys Lacrimosa of Dana. It completely blew my expectations away. I was not expecting this game to keep expanding and keep introducing as many new ideas and gameplay styles as it does.
I played it after having played Ys Memories of Celceta, so I did have an idea of what to expect coming in - but Lacrimosa of Dana surpassed those expectations by a large amount. The increase in scope and gameplay features is significant.
I learned after the fact that some of these bonus things were only introduced in later versions (the PSVita original does not have the entire Dana dungeon, apparently), but still - the experience as I played it on Switch was definitely very rich in content.
I’m playing through Ys Monstrum Nox now, and it doesn’t seem like it has the same amount of stuff going on, unfortunately. It’s still very good, but it’s clear that Lacrimosa of Dana was something special.