FALCOM Thread

[KAI]

Ys 8 release date announced
PSV: July 21
PS4: 2017™

Falcom pls.

[scrilla4rella]

Ughhh..... to that ps4 release date. Tho that does give me time to finish some other Falcom stuff.

Surprised to see the ps4 version delayed to 2017. I'm guessing the two versions will have substantially different sets of assets otherwise there would be less time between the releases.

[BulletMagnet]

According to an excerpt from here...

Company president Toshihiro Kondo mentions in the magazine that the PlayStation Vita version will be released first since there are plenty of PS Vita owners that enjoy Falcom games such as Tokyo Xanadu and the Trails of Cold Steels series, so they’re looking to deliver a proper PS Vita version first. The PS4 version will be delayed to 2017 and there won’t be any additional content expected from it.

A pessimist could read between the lines there and suspect that they're not planning on localizing the Vita version, but I guess we'll be waiting a while for anything concrete on that.

[CIT]

I guess they decided to go for the low hanging fruit and pour all resources into the PSV release as long as the system is still alive. Once they've seen how that version has performed they still have the option of changing plans for the PS4 version.

[KAI]

So a priest and a nun walk into a game...

The 3rd confirmed!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! (?)

[BulletMagnet]

Yup. (And a couple other bits of related info.)

[KAI]

Isn't it beaufitul?

the Trails series as a whole has sold over 350,000 copies

wow!

[Squire Grooktook]

Isn't it beaufitul?

Hell yeah

[gct]

I still haven't played Trails FC, despite owning the PSP version since day 1 and also GOG.

My only experience with any Legend of Heroes is the PSP version of White Witch - translation issues aside, one particular sequence left a really bad impression with me.
You are on a ship, and you're supposed to find and talk to the captain. OK, so go to the captain's quarters, someone there says "Oh he's not here, I think he went to the storage room".
So you go to the storage room, captain isn't there but someone there says "Oh he's not here, I think he went to the mess hall".
I say "WTF" and go to the mess hall, captain isn't there but someone there says "Oh he's not here but I think he wanted to have a look outside at the front of the ship".
Next I say "F--- this bullshit" and go to the front of the ship, someone there says "Oh you just missed him, he went to his quarters".
I say "I'm going to kill this motherf---er" and go to the captain's quarters and FINALLY find the captain where he originally should have been and can advance the story.
Absolute bullshit running around that does jack squat to add to the story, and only serves to waste my time. I really want to like jRPGs but this kind of stuff really puts me off and it's disappointing coming from Falcom.

Does the Trails series have this kind of BS?

[Squire Grooktook]

No, although that depends on how lenient your definition of...that is. The are some parts where you have to go from point A to point B to talk to somebody, but generally the game just skips over that stuff and puts you right there whenever it would feel to egregious.

Now go play Mars Matrix/the superior translation of FC on pc.

[gbaplayer]

Isn't it beaufitul?

Hell yeah

Yeah, but PC only....

[KAI]

Ys VIII TV CM
3 secs of new footage.

[Durandal]

Ys VIII TV CM
3 secs of new footage.

looks FAST
that is GOOD

[FinalBaton]

God I can't wait for this ;_;

So happy I picked up a PS TV

[KAI]

Finally, a gameplay trailer.

[FinalBaton]

I'm hyped af

Graphics are very nice for a Vita game.
Framerate is not the hottest thing ever but wathever, it will do.

[Aisha]

Is it too late to hope that they do something to improve that framerate? Nevertheless, the game looks really fun. Looking forward do it.

[gameoverDude]

If there's not enough time to fix the framerate for the retail version, hopefully it will be addressed in a patch.

OTOH I'm sure the PS4 version WILL be 60 FPS. That is the one I'm really looking forward to.

[The Coop]

I just want to know when the next Ys game is coming to Steam or GOG.

[BulletMagnet]

Next up on PS4: an enhanced version of Tokyo Xanadu and possibly an Ark of Napishtim port somewhere down the line.

[gameoverDude]

Good news. If the Vita tanks, at least we have Tokyo Xanadu eX+. The PS4 isn't going away, so I'm sure XSEED will jump on that. TX eX+ is to be full HD with 60 FPS.

[wgogh]

Still planning to look for one more title from Falcom. So far, I have played Popful Mail and the Ys series.
Based on this thread and searches, I could try Xanadu Next, but I wonder if there are more of the classic stuff that is really worth playing, like the ones I own

[Squire Grooktook]

Play Trails In The Sky.

Cannot be said enough times.

[wgogh]

Play Trails In The Sky.

Cannot be said enough times.

Thank you very much.
With luck, my PC can run it

[ED-057]

Thank you very much.
With luck, my PC can run it

This game is currently on sale at GOG. It runs in Windows 2000 if movies are disabled in the config.

[wgogh]

Thank you very much.
With luck, my PC can run it

This game is currently on sale at GOG. It runs in Windows 2000 if movies are disabled in the config.

Well, that will do!!

[BulletMagnet]

Gurumin coming to 3DS.

[Shelcoof]

Gurumin coming to 3DS.

Ahhh.... I knew this looked familiar. Own the PSP game but never played it. Finally something on the 3DS for me to look out for

[KAI]

The PC port begging, it worked!
Aksys Games Announces Tokyo Xanadu for English Release on PC and PSV

[iconoclast]

They're localizing and porting the old version of the game instead of the PS4 version with all of the enhancements and new content. That's both baffling and disappointing.