<p>So I was going to download Ys VIII Lacrimosa of Dana. But before doing so I realized its VIII. Will I miss many important references if I start from Ys VIII directly without playing the previous titles?</p>

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2018-05-01T18:28:24.430Z
Given the context, this seems better suited for [Arqade](https://gaming.stackexchange.com/)
Wondercricket
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2018-05-01T18:28:55.150Z
I'm voting to close this question as off-topic because it is about a role-playing game rather than an anime or manga.
kuwaly
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2018-05-01T18:34:44.287Z
"Can I/Should I" questions are generally frowned upon because it's considered as personal advice, which usually there's no real answer (because the answer is always: **yes you can, but...**). You could instead directly ask "Will I miss many important references if I start from *Ys VIII* directly without playing the previous titles?"
Aki Tanaka
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2018-05-01T18:54:17.303Z
@AkiTanaka While correct, it is a minor change that is easy to edit in yourself (I already did in fact).
Logan M
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@kuwaly really late to the party with this but we do allow for lore question in japanese games. more so that the [first 2 games of the Ys Series were made into anime](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ys_(anime))
Memor-X
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2021-02-26T13:12:42.010Z
this should have been marked as off topic a while back.
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Will I miss anything if I play Ys VIII: Lacrimosa of Dana without playing previous games?
# Will I miss anything if I play Ys VIII: Lacrimosa of Dana without playing previous games?
Posted by: username_0 on 2018-05-01
So I was going to download Ys VIII Lacrimosa of Dana. But before doing so I realized its VIII. Will I miss many important references if I start from Ys VIII directly without playing the previous titles?
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> **Comments:**
> **username_1**: Given the context, this seems better suited for [Arqade](https://gaming.stackexchange.com/)  
> **username_2**: I'm voting to close this question as off-topic because it is about a role-playing game rather than an anime or manga.  
> **username_3**: "Can I/Should I" questions are generally frowned upon because it's considered as personal advice, which usually there's no real answer (because the answer is always: **yes you can, but...**). You could instead directly ask "Will I miss many important references if I start from *Ys VIII* directly without playing the previous titles?"  
> **username_4**: @AkiTanaka While correct, it is a minor change that is easy to edit in yourself (I already did in fact).  
> **username_5**: @kuwaly really late to the party with this but we do allow for lore question in japanese games. more so that the [first 2 games of the Ys Series were made into anime](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ys_(anime))  
> **username_6**: this should have been marked as off topic a while back.  
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