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Please update the OP

Too much of that info is outdated already

>>14641896

I asked for changes last thread and all I got was the mega folder. If there's more stuff please say so.

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can't fucking post with images

>>14642004

Update the latest news section. Add Ys 8's latest release date. Move the games that were released down to not so new news or remove them entirely. Update or remove the part in Fan-TLs about the Ys 8 fantranslation. It's completely cancelled now and that team has no intention of continuing.

>>14642555 (checked)

It's always nice seeing people get into Falcom games. Glad you had a good time, anon.

Playing Zero and I'm pissed that it's looking like the dog isn't gonna be a full party member, because I love animal characters in rpgs.

On the other hand I'm happy that it's not super easy for me to guess who's gonna be the full party yet.

I've been part of the Ys 8 PC beta for a long time. Ask me anything. Yes, the port is terrible, but at the very least it's possible to play with a good framerate for the most part.

>>14642986

Any interactions with NISA staff?

>>14643021

Barely any, to be honest. The idea behind the port is "we spent too much time and money porting this shit, is it running decently now? Ship it and move on."

>>14642986

How bad is it compared to the tokyo xanadu port?

>>14643038

I don't have access to TX, so I don't know. The framerate isn't capped at 60.

>>14642986

Why did you agree to be a beta tester?

>>14643025

Can you show a picture of the pc options and framerate with your specs or do you have to be secret about that shit?

remember it's nisa so you leaking shit is good to warn people from a shit port.

>>14643041

Do certain particle/shader effects still cause framerate dips? This was a problem with both tokyo xanadu and the leaked pc port of ys8. Although it was much worse in ys8 to the point where it was unplayable, because the shader effect for flash moving would tank my framerate down to <30 in some cases.

>>14643025

>spoiler

I mean, I figured they weren’t putting shit into the port and gave it to a literal nobody group to try to get something out. It just comes down to spreading info about the shoddy port and continuing to convince people NISA are garbage.

>>14644489

>Oh i forgot about the telemetry stuff that's going on in closed beta's of indev games.

You had to tell NISA what your specs were on the application for the beta iirc.

>>14644489

The translation is fine, but there are still a few leftovers from previous versions of the tl. The port had a Windows 7 crash on launch one month ago but it was fixed.

>It's the game fun?

You fucking nigger, we are talking about one of the best Falcom games ever produced. It fucking is. People call it the Azure of the Ys series for a reason. And if you are into the lore of the series and have been paying attention, it will blow your mind. It seems like a modern Ark.

>>14644864

>the translation is fine

I sincerely doubt this

>people call it the Azure of the Ys series for a reason

If this is true, then it must be one of the greatest vidya tragedies of all time that NISA got the fucking rights to the translation and porting for it.

>The port had a Windows 7 crash on launch one month ago but it was fixed.

>crash on fucking launch on the most ubiquitous operating system in the west

Fucking christ that's pathetic

Also your post is vague as shit, but asking for more details would be spoilers, I guess.

>>14645400

Just mute the voices?

>>14645457

The anon isn’t smart enough to do that. That’s why he shows up and complains about the voices he doesn’t have to hear.

>>14645520

I can’t wait to hear her go on about her yaoi fanfics again. She already corrupted Emma

>>14645985

> She already corrupted Emma

Is that what happened to Musse and Tatiana? :^)

>>14645457

Just finished SC. I assume that Weissman will get his backstory in 3rd. I preferred Weissman over Vita. Weissman seemed more emotionally invested. But maybe Weissman was the outlier and not the norm when it comes to the Anguis.

>>14646408

We don't get much more of his backstory, but we get a bit. Different Anguis want different things. Truth is we don't exactly know what Vita wants yet. Weissman was easily the biggest asshole among them… until his replacement, anyway, then it's a toss up.

>>14645400

>Prefers a shitty and terrible tl and PC port because voices would be in English

>"I'm autistic"

No, you are retarded. And yeah, we get it, you have mental problems, you don't have to repeat the same this in every single thread. Plus you know, you can mod the game on PC.

Oh yeah, I forgot to say, it seems that the game's internal resolution doesn't change when you change the resolution.

>>14647458

I got into Trails by downloading a torrent of Cold Steel 1. Got into the other games afterward. Vita appears in CS1 and CS2.

>>14647458

Believe it or not… you've actually seen dialogue from her. You just don't know it yet.

>>14647490

>who the fuck ported this game

NISA at first until they realized they actually had to do programming then threw it to some no name porting team with two other games under their belt.

>>14647232

>Internal resolution doesn't change

Now I'm wondering if Tokyo Xanadu does the same thing, considering changing the resolution had absolutely no effect on cpu usage / framerate while changing between windowed/fullscreen brought the framerate from a shaky 40-50 to 60 (with aforementioned issues) for me.

>>14645457

>>14645985

Jesus and you guys complain about Nisa defense force. I will keep bringing up dual audio until Xseed joins the rest of the industry.

>>14648884

that little slut was asking for it :^)

>>14648913

>I will keep being ignorant on the issue

Now i just wish falcom forces them to keep it english only just to watch you sperg.

>>14648884

Don't make me say it.

>>14648913

tbh the trails VA that I heard was shit anyways; I'm glad I barely had to hear any voice-acting in english or nipponese

So if I pirate Dana tomorrow, what are the odds my PC will experience catastrophic system failure?

>>14648913

You're a supreme fucking retard if you think anything, let alone dual audio, justifies purchasing anything nisa. Don't even bring xseed into this, if you're presented the choice between two plates of shit you're supposed to reject them both, not start eating the slightly less smelly turd.

>>14644864

> And if you are into the lore of the series and have been paying attention, it will blow your mind.

It does explain why Adol goes off to the north pole and disappears, he presumably stops the new ice age and becomes Santa.

Okay here's my write-up on the TitS

it's kind of like a semi-review of sorts, but more mainly my thoughts on these games. I loved the adventure of it all. Any critique is just me wanting to hold something I love to the flame to see if it'll survive it, I still consider this shit to be an 11/10 as far as I'm concerned despite all its flaws so bear that in mind. Obviously there will be spoilers especially if you haven't played/finished the TitS games so hover at your own risk.

I guess I'll start off with the negatives and cons first because I want to get past it quick so I can praise the game for the rest of the time. I'll try to keep the entire series in mind when critiquing, and if something is a game-specific problem or flaw when pointing it out, I'll clarify that. Keep in mind this all comes from a place of love before you ream me.

Cons:

-The character models look like potatoes

Honestly this was one of the most annoying things to me in terms of this game. I'm far from a graphix whore and I could understand their problems and limitations, but when the graphics are this ugly, it makes the combat a lot less fun for me. Even more mind boggling is the fact that the combat animations sometimes look great and clearly required tons of effort, such as Ries's s-breaks. Those 3D models looked way beyond anything Falcom had any right to create and it just confuses me as to what happened. I suppose it would make sense to just keep the models consistent between games even if they could improve it, but this is something that annoyed me greatly unfortunately. Even more strange was that it was inconsistent with how the 3D environments looked like. The worlds looked fine graphically, in fact I'd say they were quite nice especially for the time. Why was it just the character models? It defies expectation and common sense.

-Timed Sidequests

This was one of the most infuriating parts of the game to me, especially when parts of the story railroaded you and prevented you from finishing them before they expired. I missed out on cool shit and ultimate satisfaction with pretty much every region throughout the game because of shit like this, oftentimes because I would just miss a sidequest or think I had more time to do them than I really did. Also doing them could sometimes really take a while and that just affected the pacing of the games overall. This is at its worst in FC but its present to a minor extent in SC too. I can understand some merit in time limits, but it would've been nice if they were longer/more generous. When it says (long) but really it means "2 events in the story that could happen very quickly) it really gets on my nerves, especially when I'm eager to go on with the main story where most of the magic of these games lies.

-Joshua's writing in FC

Now, I understand he improves notably, but he still feels like a harem protagonist mary sue edgelord for a lot of the game. I can understand its necessary to some extent to really make the player understand that he's special, but it felt overbearing at times. Kevin and Joshua are actually quite similar in terms of shit like backstory, but I much preferred how they handled Kevin's; his personality wasn't retarded, he was much more personable and human, he didn't get every woman all over him automatically, he wasn't given praise for literally everything he did or even just how he looked (even fucking Agate apparently could tell at a glance there was a lot to him), he also pretty much never had a moment like Joshua where it was some "I sense you're there" bullshit that I can remember. I know Joshua is a teenager so there's some excuses but he was practically fucking Sasuke-tier at certain points. Joshua's best writing in FC came with any interaction he had with Hans, honestly. I can understand the whole inhuman monster look at me you don't know my past, edgy I'm a killer I'm a monster bullshit, but this shit was just too much. Kevin's was so much more subtler, so much more shocking when things are revealed. Maybe its just a difference of characters, maybe its a difference of maturity. One wears his heart on his sleeve but pretends as if he's not, and the other is actually really fucking good at hiding shit, but is even more broken, at least arguably.

Apparently I'm hitting the body text limit so this'll be across multiple posts.

>>14650374

-Combat and Combat Balance

It seems to vary wildly between games. Now I know I'm no expert or can't speak objectively but I can do my best and at least give my own personal thoughts and see whether anons agree or disagree on this. Tita felt absolutely useless in FC compared to everyone else. Zin was broken as all fuck in FC. Arts were overpowered as fuck in FC (and strangely Zin still felt OP, I guess his raw stats and crafts just kinda overcome everything) and orbments had a huge impact in FC, and then in the other games they were nerfed heavily. TitS 3's combat balance was when everything just went straight off the rails.

>deathblows became a turn-based buff

>fucking vanish became a turn-based buff (one of the most annoying things in this game after the deathblow bullshit)

>still never knew what sepith did, assumed it just gave more sepith after killing an enemy

and something that's been always present, the fucking boss fights where they get to hit you first, and the boss gets a lucky crit roll on his first attack which is obviously an s-craft of course.

This is fucking infuriating. I don't like shit where earth wall feels necessary. I'd prefer to avoid using broken shit myself when possible as it just trivializes the game and makes it stale.

>earth wall

>buff

>earth wall

>buff

>spam soul blur/shadow spear/whatever arts

>clock down/debuff if available

>heal when necessary

>can't move from spot or risk losing earth wall for everyone

That didn't happen too often, but it happened often enough to annoy me.

Another thing that just annoyed me was how Kloe felt worse in SC and 3rd than she did in FC. She was still broken as all fuck, don't get me wrong, and still very fun to use, but I sincerely wish she had one less forced blue quartz slot. She would've felt much more versatile in her arts and more satisfying to use.

There are also some boss fights that just feel straight up impossible without numerous retries or a much more heavily grinded or specialized force, like for example those earthworm things with Walter in the hot springs. They just keep fucking spamming and there's nothing you can do, and they have too much HP and are too numerous for you to take down quickly enough, at least on "hard" difficulty.

These are small complaints, but they do add up. There's other small ones like that I can't quite remember as of right now but it just annoys y'know.

>>14650412

-The pacing in TitS 3

Now, the pacing for this game wasn't necessarily bad. It took a while to realize everything, yes but I think overall, especially for one game where they tried to get "everything" wrapped up in as nice as bow as they could, they did pretty well for the most part. However, I do feel the pacing of the story peaked when Kevin and Ries climb up Gehenna and faces off against Weissman. That was an epic moment and the buildup and context for everything was just perfect, one of those moments that makes a strong feeling of hotness rush through your spine and makes your body tingle, but after that… it was kind of fucking ruined. The expected grinding after that point in time in prep for the final chapter probably had a part to play in this; I assume it was basically for gameplay reasons that it effectively peaked, but everything that came after this point just wasn't as satisfying as that moment. The ending felt rushed by comparison, and didn't have nearly as much build-up, effective context, and so forth. SC had a similar problem in terms of gameplay shit making the pacing not as good as it could've been, but it made up for that in spades with an incredibly gripping ending and payoff when you finally do get all that way up there. In TitS 3's case, it didn't feel that way at all. It feels like they just flubbed up on easy shit that could've made their game so much more impactful, like for example that very disappointing final boss theme. I can't even remember it, but it would've been better if they re-used the Weissman battle theme in honesty, or it would've been better had they not used it for the pom battle, even though it was cool it honestly kills the value of the music somewhat, especially since I had to spend so much time fighting them to figure out what they were weak to, and then subsequently to try and get an item out of them. That's more of a personal problem though. It feels like the reward and payoff for that ending, basically, wasn't worth the amount of time. Rufina's death just didn't have as much impact on me as it should've. Sure it got me a bit sad and whatnot, but nowhere near heartjerking or stressful events that didn't even have to involve death in TitS SC and so forth. I know they spent time establishing her and Kevin's relationship but it just did not feel good enough. I felt more for Kevin and Ries than I did for Rufina; her death was only impactful to me because of the impact it had on them than it should've because of her being a character that didn't deserve to die, unlike Loewe's death in SC which literally had me fucking crying brutal tears because not only was the Joshua impact there, but the fact that he, just, I can't explain it right now but they did a much better job writing that one than they did this one.. Not to mention the other "final bosses" basically had no meaning outside of really basic surface level shit, but I don't know this for sure because I didn't test every dialogue combination, such as Agate with red ragnard, or Renne with purple pater mater. One thing I honestly did appreciate though were the final dungeons and bosses and all that shit being relatively short compared to SC but if this is the price to pay for it, it arguably was not worth it at all. The ending where everyone has to leave each other only half-salvaged it in terms of overall lacking.

>>14650475

-Multiple design choices made in TitS 3

I'm gonna talk about TitS 3 as a whole now I guess. It was just a weird fucking game. Felt spinoff-tier in its weirdness, especially compared to the other games. This isn't a full con at all, but I will say where I feel they could've improved.

>the door system

This was weird, but overall I liked it. Gave a way to tell numerous stories across liberl, explain what's happening and all that good stuff, but it feels like there wasn't just flat out wasn't enough to gratify me. The minigames shit was cool and all especially the fishing game one but I wanted more of these fucking doors, not just a shit-ton of dungeon-crawling in a game who's combat system I consider average/decent, or above average at best. Shit like the Kloe door and the Ravens and just all that good, delicious story and character-based and relevant shit, I eat that up.

The reason for Phantasma existing felt a teensy bit contrived.They did a good enough explanation of course, but part of me is still a bit annoyed that they used the Aureole as a sort of overpowered plot device that can theoretically do anything. Thankfully they put enough effort into it where it didn't feel that way to where I can call it a real problem, just a minor annoyance.

The music just flat out was not as good, period, as the other games, I'll put that out there. There was a few good-to great tracks, some used spectacularly but overall the tracks were inferior to SC and FC and unmemorable. At times I wished they'd just reuse old tracks, like for example in Leiston Fortress.

The monsters felt overpowered as fuck at times, though I suspect this had in part to do with the changed combat system. Rarely though did I feel like I had to deal with such overpowered beasts in FC and SC outside of the boss battles and monster sidequests. The fucking arch-devils, man. What the actual fuck. Don't get me started on if a monster starts off with a deathblow turn and hits your party with some AoE shit.

The lack of NPCs and other shit really hurt this game, and the things they did to make up for it feel like they just needed more.

I also felt weird about a "hub world" too. The warp feature though, is certainly convenient. Thank god for that at least. It is annoying though to miss out on shit like how a lot of people were doing in Liberl after the whole Liber Ark collapse thing. We only got a lot of main characters, but there were plenty of people that i feel weren't at least "checked up on" y'know?

>>14650481

I think I've aired out most of my criticisms and grievances, time to go on to the much more positive and abundant side of things and the reason why I consider TitS pretty much an unparalleled masterpiece despite all the problems I personally had with it. Part of the problem is that most of this stuff goes without saying, in my opinion.

Pros

-Interconnected, longform story

This probably gets talked about enough, but the simple fact of the matter is that this game is a fucking epic in video game form. Its the Iliad and the Odyssey or the Lord of the Rings trilogy of video games. What i mean by this is that they managed to make a game that spans a full fucking world and took the time to meticulously craft it. They put in so much effort that they flat out needed two games to tell it properly, and a 3rd game to finish it off. This deserves far more credit because of how hard it must be to accomplish something like this, especially with it overall lacking in plot holes. The pacing of the story as a whole was marvelous. The story of the coup was an excellent starting point, and most parts of the game felt like they contributed very well to telling the story and it transitions near-perfectly into SC. Even mundane shit like sidequests did feel like they had an impact because of the full-on world they bothered to craft to go with it, rather than some contrived bullshit only meant to feed you unique items or for funny shit like gags and whatnot. You are also given a legitimate reason to do these sidequests too, instead of being a generic hero or JRPG protagonist who "must help everyone", you actually are expected to help everyone because you're a bracer and its pretty much expected of you.

-The "grounded" feeling of FC

This deserves a lot of credit. The fact of the matter is that they managed to make a very grounded game. What I mean by that is that you don't feel or do anything too fantastical in FC. That sounds bad, but it actually is the correct tone to have in FC because of how it builds to SC. Estelle and Joshua are novice bracers. The world is their oyster. They don't have any experience with "legends" and shit like that. That shit is pretty much beyond their reach to even think about, and they have to focus on what's in front of them which are ordinary people who need help and real-life individuals who want to cause harm. Your actions all seem logical. You avoid killing people and instead do your best to resolve things peacefully which fits in line with being a fucking bracer. You do your best to follow the rules. You don't bend shit around, you don't go around getting to kill everyone you disagree with or feel did a terrible wrong because you're a JRPG protagonist. You are limited by the world you live in and the characters who are a part of it. It avoids a cliched as all fuck trope and refreshes you by finding unique ways to constrain you, forcing the story to take a more unorthodox and out-of-the-box approach towards things. I don't want to say anything in this game is "realistic" because its a JRPG, but I do feel the low body count throughout FC actually does reflect something you'd expect to hear in real-life. Shooting first and asking questions later isn't how police officers do things (well, for the most part; corrupt and slimy ones excluded) and its not something Bracers do either.

>>14650736

-Unique, memorable, lovable NPCs that you actually care about

The bread and butter and pretty much why everyone praises the trails series, at least from what I've heard. This is easily a very well-earned reputation. I remember pretty much every fucker from Rolent and a lot of people from Ruan vividly. Bose is pretty decent. Grancel is, in my opinion a bit too big of a city for me to remember everyone as well. Zeiss was a city of autism and disappointed me in terms of NPCs. The ones that were good were already "main" characters of sorts such as Gustav, Murdoch, Kilika and Professor Russell. Some factory workers were okay too I guess but really the place as a whole somewhat disappointed me. The hot springs were good though and sorta made up for it.

While I wasn't hyper autistic about talking to every single NPC after every single event, I was moderately autistic enough to do what I felt was "complete enough for my own sake and closure" in terms of my volume of talking with the NPCs. I was extremely fucking worried about Luke and the others when Luciola fogged Rolent. I knew they were pretty much guaranteed not to die or anything like that, but I was still fucking concerned out of my mind. I was fucking tearing up and angry beyond belief. Same thing goes for when the Intelligence division attacked the matron. I was fucking livid and also worried too. Jesus fucking christ. And then those faggots fucking took Vogt hostage too? Fucking disgusting slimeballs. The fact that they trapped General Morgan and you got to interact with his family and grandchild was especially rough, and then they fucking take the kid hostage too, like what the fuck? It was also fascinating to learn the dynamics of the towns and cities too. Bose was interesting with how competitive it was, and Mirano being the "shadow mayor", whatever that means. The churches were also fun to visit, provided a nice contrast as well.

-The music

Falcom doesn't need much praise from me on this front. Everyone knows the fucking music is fucking legendary. One thing to also note was how relevant and fitting the tracks are to the environments, situations and contexts they're used in. They know how to strike the right emotions and tones for pretty much every time that they're used. You'll know you'll get some time to relax every time you arrive on an airship in a new region with that track playing. You know you'll be shitting bricks and holding on tight to whatever is close when that music track plays during the airship archaism chase between Joshua and the Jaegers. You just feel your heartbeat rising when you're in the tournament or the practice battle with colonel Cid and the battle track for it starts playing. You'll know you're soon to be in for an epic battle when track related plays. I remember first hearing this gave me those tingles similar to how I described earlier. This is just gayman perfection. I don't know how they crafted such a marvelous OST track. Don't listen to this track if you're reading this, as its so much better to experience it in its intended context. I also like how they added electric guitar tracks and other shit in SC and made it even more diverse and ranging. There's too much to describe here to be honest but anons will know what I'm talking about. Too many great tracks for this game.

>>14650748

It seems like they did 3D models quite well. Can't wait to eventually play them, though I'm hesitant to start either of those because I don't like starting series that aren't completed and I'd hate to be left hanging on a cliffhanger in the case of either one.

>Both games, though more on CS's side, also feature an element of picking which girl you like as well.

Eh…

As amusing and novel the idea seems, I gotta wonder if the writing suffers as a result of it.

>>14650780

-The amount of just flat out cool shit

This is pretty simple to figure out what I mean, but some examples

>The church (specifically the gralsritters but the church as a whole is pretty cool) being this Hellsing-esque group of fucking badasses

This is reeeeeeally fucking satisfying. Cool as all hell. I didn't expect them to get explored much so imagine my surprise with 3rd. It was quite an experience and I enjoyed it very, very much.

>The Aureole

This is a very very unique subject and theme to be explored in video game, and it does so quite well, avoiding pretension and other bullshit, as well as poor writing. I'm even more shocked that it occurred in 2004-2007, because I was getting strong artificial intelligence vibes from the whole thing. Just as a whole it's fucking fascinating, cool as shit. Liber Ark was a fucking amazing setting, especially with how you learned shit about it.

>Steam tanks and airships (especially the Arseille and Glorious)

Does this even really need much saying? Everyone fucking loves these things.

>Ouroboros

This is an interesting one. A full on secret society capable of, well, everything they did throughout the games? Fascinating as shit. They remained mysterious and are strange and eccentric as all fuck. They made for some unique villains and its not often that you see shit like this in video games, much like the Aureole

>Politics

This doesn't get explored as much as I wanted it to, but it was pretty cool to see it done and done well in a video game and there was more than enough for me to be entertained by it. Olivier and everything to do with the empire caught my eye. Its a shame that a lot of it was in mystery and only gets revealed towards SC and 3rd, but I guess there needs to be something for the next few games in the series right?

>Orbal Gears and archaisms

Wew. Just flat-out cool. Nothing else to say about 'em.

Anyways I've got much more to say but I'm getting tired so I'll take a break for now

>>14648913

>>14650804

>It seems like they did 3D models quite well.

That picture's the third game. The first and second aren't as good.

>>14650374

I actually like the characters as spirits look. It reminds me of Camelots games ( Shining Force, Golden Sun). There were also quite a few 90s RPGs that used spirits in 3D environments. If you compare Ys Napishtim PC to PS2 you will agree that the spirits look better. They could be higher res thought. They are a lot better in the PC version of Zero.

About the sideqests: We told you to do them as soon as possible. Much more annoying are the hidden sideqests.

The new turn based buffs in the 3rd are related to the higher elements being active. In later games they appear again, but only in certain areas.

The Earth Worms only use their strong attack after you have hit them. The idea is to not use aoe attacks and instead kill them one by one.

>>14651000

I do not know how bad it is on normal difficulty, but a few battles in SC require perfect positioning and use of support arts, while still requiring a certain amount of luck. The bloodsucking monsters during Blueblancs sidequest in Rolent. The fight against Kurt and the fight against Jaeger Kurt. Mad Tree monster extermination in Grancel.

>>14650412

I actually kinda like the character models. Trails was originally developed for the PSP in 2004 and I'm kind of amazed it looks as good as it does considering the time. Dunno if 2D sprites would work as effectively as the 3D.

I figured out the timed stuff early, I talked to every NPC in between each story part Which was a hassle in Grancel between the rounds of the tournament. There are a few like the Lighthouse keeper and a few others that I completely missed going through blind. Gathering the books for the better weapons is also a pain if you don't know where they are.

I'm glad they changed to Estelle being the main instead of Joshua. Hearing Confession at the end of FC ad having Joshua run off gave both Estelle and you a reason to play through SC.-

He actually reminded me a bit of Soren from FE and Ledah from Riviera, he has edge but he's not cutting himself with it. It's part of his character and eventually gets over it.

>>14650412

Sepith powerup gives bonus Sepith based on the hits a character does. So if you can get Schera to cast Aerial on it, it will hit the enemies multiple times, generating alot of Sepith. Useful in farming in FC. Same works for enemies, meaning Creepy Sheep with their multiple attacks can drain you.

I assume the same thing works for Item Up in 3rd.

>Kevin uses Earth Wall.

>Next turn he casts Zodiac (+25%STR/DEF)

>Have Joshua cast Clock Up Ex on himself.

>And then experiment on what debuffs work on the enemy. Stuff like Clock down can make a difference.

If you're playing above Normal, buffs are necessary.

Kloe might be the only character that has a mandatory 3 element quartz locked. Mind and HP are a given, so giving her a wind quartz allows her to cast La series of area heal spells. Put on Cast and EP Cut and she becomes a decent arts caster. She was always designed as a healbot, while Schera has a bit more freedom. 3rd slot is a bit hard but you can use Freeze or Yin-Yang if you find it.

Few difficult boss fights but I was using a guide that time around so it didn't really hurt for me. Ones I don't like require me to wear an item to resist something like confusion. Having mecha tita KO my party when facing Schwarzritter due to confusion still haunts me.

>>14650475

Got no major complaints about 3rd. Probably would have saved a few hours from grinding but I don't mind.

>>14650481

That's what 3rd is, it's both a send off to old characters and plot threads to the new stuff in Ao and Zero. As for the Doors, pretty much every character gets one. Only Oliver doesn't get a significant one but considering CS is in Erobonia, there's a good chance of his past coming up then.

My thinking to Phantasma was that it's kinda like Etrian Odyssey and that you have to get to the bottom to get the reward. That Archdemon on floor 5 or 6 was several levels than you were. Hits like a mac truck though. Agree with the music though, not as many iconic tracks.

>>14650748

Joesette grew her hair out? Yay.

>>14650780

NPCs are a big one, you have the couple in Grancel that travel around on Pilgrimage, the woman from Bose and her assistant that travel doing deals. The Mayoral elections in Ruan. The couple from Rolent that travel around in both games. The maid going over to Rolent in SC and deciding to stay. I can't remember names to models but encountering them more than once gives a sense of life of life to the world. In SC even there were a few quests I had completed for people and they posted another quests and Estelle remembers them.

But yeah, I agree with pretty much everything. Glad I started this series a few years ago.

>>14650481

>At times I wished they'd just reuse old tracks

I liked that in Moon door 2 that they reused the music from FC.

At least I pretty certain they did.

>>14651618

Isn't it supposed to be getting released today?

Can't wait for the cancer and shills to flood in.

>>14651622

>>14651622

It should be available. I bet they delayed it again.

>>14651631

>>14651622

so how long until a magnet link drops

>>14651878

That's the real question. I already played it in nip last year but it's a damn good game, hopefully the additional content is fun.

Game's up. Can an XSEED nigga do some corporate sabotage and post the magnet?

Ah right, since it technically already got a first release, Ys VIII doesn't even appear in Steam's new releases. NISA is fucked

>>14651977

That's hilarious.

So hows the port? Do AyyyMD cards/CPUs have any issues with it?

>>14652011

It just came out. Give it some time for people to play it.

>>14651977

It still appears under the New Releases tab on my end; it's just buried under all of its (((DLC))).

>>14651090

>Trails was originally developed for the PSP in 2004

Pretty sure Trails was a PC game first.

>>14651977

I guess people realized because it's now sitting in the top 4, unfortunately.

>>14652054

Does it really? On my region it's still missing from both the "popular new releases" and top sellers

>>14652030

>Pretty sure Trails was a PC game first.

It was. I'm not sure on the date of the PSP ports in Japan, but it was definitely a PC game in 2004 first. The PSP version was ported to the west in 2011, but just FC, so the series spent seven years being Japan only. It's only been the last four years that the series has come over here proper at all.

>>14652058

Looking at the steam discussion board, there's really no need for this sort of coordination. The port is apparently awful and barely runs, won't recognize most controllers, and has constantly skipping music.

>>14652186

Imagine being in the stream they had where they announced it. Imagine being in the thread before their announcement when someone who worked with a NISA employee spilled the beans about their work on Ys VIII. That dick kick rattling every fiber of my being to know that it was true. I just felt numb at the time, but that numbness faded to genuine unadulterated smug once constant news of their failings kept popping up. This is just more icing on the cake.

>>14652182

>there's really no need for this sort of coordination

There is, nigga. The more we do, the worse it will be for them.

>>14652234

What else can I do? I haven't the cash to buy the game on steam just for a bad review, but I did rate up the existing bad reviews.

>>14652244

GOG doesn't require you to have bought the game from them to leave a bad review, IIRC.

>All this time and they still botched the port

FUCKING WEW

>>14652058

On it. Be careful about the "buy and refund" start though.

How does NISA even get work at this point? Makes me wish Nipping wasn't so hard to learn.

>>14652370

>How does NISA even get work at this point?

They barely do anymore

>GOG has the DLC bundle discounted a whole 7% of 20 bucks

I have a feeling this is just to make the game show up on the current GOG sale.

>>14652437

It wouldn't be a fake review if you know how bad the port is. Wait for a torrent and then contribute a review.

>>14652459

I can at least do that I guess.

Gotta make sure this never happens again.

also it might be worth making a separate thread for this. This is a big enough release to be worth it to be honest.

>>14652513

It's sad it came to this, but this is what they get for dealing with the devil.

>>14652513

i was actually interested in this game for the gameplay. the graphics look pretty ugly but the combat looked pretty fun. what did they do to the game to make it deserve negative ratings?

genuinely curious. is it all (((localization)))/translation related problems? or did they actually fuck with the gameplay.

Codex release is up. Games only 11gb? Is that legit?

>>14652555

The leaked port from before was almost 24gb, 11gb is closer to the ps4 size iirc

>>14652541

Where have you been for the past half year anon? There were plenty of threads outside of the Falcom thread too about this shit because it was such a disaster.

>translation/localization is of such a disastrous quality that the president of NISA has to apologize and delay the port and announce they have to retranslate the whole thing

>they delay it again a few months after that

>and again

>and one more time for good measure

and in January its revealed that they never even ported it to PC, they were only working on the retranslation after how flat-out godawful the translation was, so they hand the porting job over to some other company after they basically say they don't know how to program

They rely entirely on Durante to hope to save this shit, and even then its apparently having a shit ton of problems on everyone's machines according to all these reviews.

In terms of performance and the port itself it seems like it did end up fucking over the gameplay simply by merit of how terrible the port actually was.

The delay time also ended up being nearly a year, too iirc.

What are the chances of them ever fixing that garbage of a port? should i just abandon all hope and wait for a vita or ps4 emulator?

>>14652565

Durante only showed up for a week during their first run at porting the game. He left after a week. I'm going to assume because he realized there was no helping them.

>>14652567

If you can get a cheap vita, all but like ten games are playable on the hacked FWs. Sadly, SRWX is one of the unplayable ones.

>>14652567

>What are the chances of them ever fixing that garbage of a port?

Considering 90% of every game NISA ported to PC never received a single patch. Probably not likely unless Falcom personally steps in

>>14652577

>Durante only showed up for a week during their first run at porting the game. He left after a week.

What the fuck. That's just embarrassing. Holy shit.

>>14652584

>>14652577

He was busy working on CS II.

>>14652591

There was that as well.

>>14652589

I put it more to art style than graphics, I'm not a fan of prettyboy Adol and Dogi. However, at some points the game is fucking beautiful Theos-De-Seahorsetelegram

>>14652595

No, he said he didn't have time to work on his job and 2 ports at the same time

>>14652603

Why did Adol ever stop using a shield? I liked the old armored style he'd rock instead of this anime protagonist he has now.

>>14652619

Shields are for pussies who need protection. That's why he doesn't even have an armour anymore.

>>14652636

>Shields are for pussies who need protection.

>he hasn't played gladiator begins and did a full run dual wielding shields

Shields are a weapon, swords are for pussies.

>>14652636

Just anything that doesn't make Adol look like a character from a high school anime. Armor and shield made him look pretty fucking cool.

>>14652688

Adol only uses one sword to handicap himself, or either it would be too easy for him.

>>14652693

At least some form of leather armor and/or cloak/cape would be nice, is what I'm saying.

>>14652565

i just asked if its only the translation. is the gameplay intact? sometimes localizers fuck with gameplay by screwing with controls and menus.

>>14652740

*hoodie from celceta

>>14652725

Are you blind? they don't look alike in any way

>>14652756

Are you J.?

>>14652732

It's almost impossible to play with keyboard and mouse and apparently there are problems with controller.

>>14652740

Clothes are clothes is the way Falcom sees it. I do agree that SEVEN is the best version of Adol (It's also his oldest appearance at just 23)

>>14652732

I can tell you there's some minor but fucking retarded issues with controls in the leaked build.

Nisa swapped around which button is used for confirm/back, but they only did for some menus. This gives you some situations where you have to alternate between buttons to select a menu option.

The skill display also doesn't correspond to your face buttons, ie you bind a skill to the south face button but it shows up as the east button on the hud.

I don't know if any of these have been fixed, but I know that lots of people are complaining about the game failing to recognize your controller on the steam boards. I personally had to switch my controller to directinput mode since it refuses to recognize xinput controllers.

I'll report back in more detail once my torrent finishes.

>>14652725

It feels like their skin would look so much better with gloss or is shading a better term, I assume gloss is. Their skin looks almost dry and flat in terms of color, but that's just a personal opinion

>>14652786

That fucking ass. Jesus.

>>14652825

Seriously what the fuck was going on with this port? did the leaked version actually run better than the current version?

>>14652852

It sure as hell didn't run well at all for me, but all things considered I wouldn't be surprised if the stars would align for certain rigs and somehow run the game better.

>>14652841

I want to place my hands on the tiny captain's rear end.

>>14652866

TOWA IS NOT FOR SEXUAL

>>14652725

It's an upscaled Vita game. What do you expect?

How are the mouse & keyboard controls?

>>14652914

Haven´t played it but apparently mouse camera feels really bad.

I wanna try it myself so I can do my opinion.

is the GOG version the same?

>>14652917

>implying Rean knows how to finger a girl

>>14652930

Yes

>>14652952

Woooo fucking lad.

Pc controls seem playable from me fucking around for 3 minutes.

Also keep up the durante qoutes.

>>14652970

Apparently disable all shadows and load objects. Wew.

>>14652980

Oh, do you have any details?

Also for some reason the GOG and Steam builds are slightly different

>>14652999

>they really uploaded the wrong version to steam

>>14653012

>>14652999

Does GOG have full movement or is it still 8 directional?

>>14652999

How different? is it bigger or is it a different version?

>>14652996

Not personally, torrent is glacial, just reading the steam discussion for "fixes."

>>14648884

you cant rape the willing

Reminder that Brittany likes it when you spank her sweet tooshy.

Two crashes on the ship so far. Playing the gog version Im going to wait for a patch or workaround.

>>14652858

Surprises indeed.

Why did this have to happen? I love Ys, I wanted to play this. And at this price even if I would consider giving money to NISA it's only acceptable to pirate it.

>>14653165

>Why did this have to happen?

Kondo is friends with NIS' CEO

>>14653149

Ys VIII Lacrimosa of Dana Is Broken At Launch, And It's a Good Thing @Kotaku May 16th 2018

>>14652800

>NISA has been losing IPs and they are in a very bad situation. You have to understand that NIS makes absolutely no profits at all and relies exclusively on NISA to stay afloat, meaning that NISA itself has a big handicap.

Gonna need a big source for that one

>>14653070

does she even have a nice ass? I thought she was an SJW?

>>14653204

she has huge tits

>>14652825

honestly falcom deserves a little bit of shit for this. They were stupid to give it to NISA

>>14653214

post em

>>14653215

The usual defense for that is "But falcom got swindled!" Which I just don't buy. I think they got blinded by nisa promising the world to them and decided the profit would've been worth any hiccups they were going to run into and now they've paid the price. Hopefully they've learned their lesson.

>>14653299

I want to hatsuu Hatsuu's hatsuus

>>14652030

You're right.

Microsoft Windows

JP: June 24, 2004

WW: July 29, 2014

PlayStation Portable

JP: October 28, 2006

NA: March 29, 2011

EU: November 4, 2011

>>14653324

i wish zero and ao were developed for pc. the camera's pretty claustrophobic and you can't move it, which i assume are both because of the psp.

>>14653186

They lost Spike Chunsoft, Idea Factory and GUST's IPs, now that they have established their own North American subsidiaries (Koei Tecmo absorved GUST). Now they want to stay in Falcom's good graces. These two paragraphs from that WayPoint article support what I am saying:

>What does seem obvious, however, is how the choice to re-translate was fueled by the NIS America bottom line, for a variety of reasons. Conspiracy theories aside, it was their first time on Ys, and they screwed it up. Not only did that reflect poorly on the fans who’d supported them, but it could taint future business opportunities for NIS America. If they weren’t seen as a studio who could honor the games they were working on, they could lose projects. As more and more Japanese companies handle their own translations, the ripple effects may have hung around for years.

>“That pie is getting smaller and smaller,” said Costa. “It's very important to us that we deliver on our promises and we deliver a high-product. It wasn't an ideal situation at all, but it did, at least, give us an opportunity to show our sincerity and our belief in a quality piece of work.”

There's really not much left in the smaller-scale JRPG space in Japan for NISA, now that GUST is owned by KT and IF/Spike Chunsoft are doing their own localizations. We need to make our voices heard and tell Falcom that we are not happy with NISA's shoddy work.

>>14652917

>>14653334

Zwei 2 killed falcom games on the PC.

We are only getting PC versions now thanks to Xseed, so yeah Zero and Ao were not designed with PC in mind.

>>14653344

Oh oh, I got find out looking at Towa.

I've wanted to try trails but it pisses me the fuck off to no end that they'd release one or two parts on the handhelds then everything else is PS4 or steam exclusive, sometimes for seemingly no reason like with the cold steel shit.

>>14653351

>for no reason

Maybe the reason is that it's 2018 and releasing games for the PSP is fucking retarded. And the games are released on GOG too.

>>14653344

I know.

>>14653351

Cold Steel's on gog, and Zero and Ao have PC ports.

>>14653351

You can currently play all localized games on PC.

Zero and Ao can be emulated, but I think they have PC versions as well.

>>14653343

I meant for the second part of your post. I highly doubt NIS is in a worse situation than NISA.

>>14653351

Every Trails game is about to be in PC in english you know.

Only Ao and CS3 are not in english, but Ao is about to get a translation within a few weeks.

>>14653070

You better not be making this up.

I don't want to look silly when I try it.

>>14653359

>Maybe the reason is that it's 2018 and releasing games for the PSP is fucking retarded.

Maybe if they didn't take 5 fucking years to get part 2 because they outsourced the bitch to retards and then had to redo it from scratch when they fucked it up, that wouldn't have happened.

>>14653299

For an SJW slut she's not bad. Like a 6.3/10

Her face looks a little too weird though, and her arms look just on the edge of starting to get that sag you see on grannies/older ladies though. I don't like her nose structure and its small size compared to her mouth though.

>>14653351

>steam exclusive

I have the TitS trilogy on GoG and Cold Steel 1 and 2 are on GoG too?

Ao and Zero I don't know anything about but you can download them fan-translated avoiding steam entirely.

Dunno about the older games like the gaerghav shit and whatever

>>14653343

>they lost Spike Chunsoft's IPs

didn't they get danganronpa V3?

>IF's IPs

holy shit is this confirmed? I'd be happy as fuck.

>>14653406

>didn't they get danganronpa V3?

That was afterwards, V3 was published on Steam by Spike Chunsoft themselves and using NISA's localization.

>>14653406

>>IF's IPs

>holy shit is this confirmed? I'd be happy as fuck.

They lost them ages ago anon, like three years I think.

>>14653406

>holy shit is this confirmed? I'd be happy as fuck.

Bruh it's been like 3 years. They established their own localization branch.

>>14653422

>>14653435

Ah, I'm retarded. NISA hasn't handled a IF IP since IFI was formed? I never checked and thought they still occasionally got some games to translate from them but I guess not?

kind of a moot point with Nick Doerr still fucking things up though; is he still at IFI?

>>14653450

Nick fucked off to make his own failed thing. He still shows up to work with NISA, though. His name showed up on Ys VIII I’m pretty sure.

>thread might hit 300 before the end of the day

crazy

>>14653485

Well Ys8 did come out and people wanna talk about it. Or just laugh at NiSA

>>14653450

>kind of a moot point with Nick Doerr still fucking things up though; is he still at IFI?

Nick was just a temporary hire when IFI was still looking for permanent employees, I forget which game exactly but after one of the nep games IFI's CEO didn't extent his contract and they had enough employees hired.

>>14653542

someone should find the vids that post linked to. That way we can confirm if it's true.

>NISA is porting the game to the Switch themselves

Well, there goes any shred of hope i've had for the game.

>>14652182

>constantly skipping music

In a fucking Falcom game? That's… that's goddamn heresy!

>>14653548

It's on the ResetERA OT. Here's the videos:

>First two trailers:

https://youtu.be/9DHhlSbOm-g

https://youtu.be/zojyM1cNIgM

>Second ones:

https://youtu.be/kn-av_FoECQ

https://youtu.be/p-tOaEFYQOc

This part https://youtu.be/zojyM1cNIgM?t=40s was taken from this Vita trailer: https://youtu.be/93BjWhCdBZc?t=1m36s

Same about https://youtu.be/93BjWhCdBZc?t=1m36s vs https://youtu.be/93BjWhCdBZc?t=1m40s

Game hasn't crashed yet by running with all the shadow and object settings off. Apparently the music glitch is caused by having multiple audio devices active. Runs meh.

>>14653631

Fucked the second Vita one, https://youtu.be/p-tOaEFYQOc?t=17s vs https://youtu.be/93BjWhCdBZc?t=1m40s

Also remember those fags (shills) that said NIS totally yakuza'd NISA's offices so Ys VIII would end up not being shit and they might be redeemable or something?

top fucking kek

>>14653604

>Ao will come before Zero

I mean the leaked translation was fine for me but…

>>14653835

The Ao translation won't be up to Geofront Standards™ but it'll probably be fine.

>>14653861

ruh roh

>>14653911

If they're going to release it as soon as it's done I don't see why it wouldn't release in the next few days. The "don't expect it next week" thing is probably just covering his ass. I hope.

>>14653861

I don't envy anyone who has to translate the trails games, that sheer amount of text present would make most people go insane anyways

>>14653835

Keeps crashing at the recipe book for me.

>>14654044

Holy shit.

I take it this person has never played an average launch PC port?

>>14654044

he is right which is a little sad, pc ports have been incredibly shit for a long time.

>>14654057

have you?

>>14654069

Yes? A lot of PC ports I've played recently aren't this horrible.

They might be average, but few of them would give this kind of trouble.

>>14654080

Yeah, and a lot of ports to the PC in general have a lot of problems. NISA probably thought this was an excuse to launch something unplayable, but the status quo for ports to PC has been pretty shit.

>>14654044

>155 followers

anon why do you care about this literal who? Is he a NISA employee or something? The tweet didn't even get any retweets or likes so he's pretty much screaming into a void

I'd advise nobody to reply to this fag on twitter, I wouldn't be surprised if this kind of shit was being done just to attach names to faces of people against NISA

>>14654096

>but the status quo for ports to PC has been pretty shit.

Everyone realized the PC untermensch will more often than not do the in fixing the game for them.

>>14654128

NISA are just doing the Guren/Flamethrower approach of making the fans do the bugfixing. :^)

>>14654132

>>14654128

this probably is what's going to happen, which is a shame. I guess it depends on how much is locked away on the game, but for now my expectations are pretty low for NISA to actually do anything to address this. Hoping more heads roll tho.

>>14654162

If only enough people knew nipponese here to tweet out some shit about NISA to them involving their screwups, like removing movement functionality that Durante restored and somehow ruining everything since 7 months ago

>>14654149

It's very strange as I've put a review of the game up. It's not showing up for some reason. I also didn't say anything in the review to make them not show it, to my knowledge.

>>14654168

The best thing people can do is use Jewgle translate to tweet at them.

>>14654185

>jewgle translate

Don't most nips consider machine translation to be insulting and/or disrespectful?

>>14654187

Considering this is to alert Falcom who most likely get machine translated messages on the daily from fans, I don't think they'll mind.

>>14654329

I've heard decent things about RPGSite's community, you sure that isn't just some random popping out of the woodwork?

Link the whole thing

>>14654329

You get a few idiots coming out of the woodwork.

I remember back when FFXV was being talked about, one of the writers was like "JRPGs need to evolve beyond turn-based"

>>14654333

Granted, I don't visit RPGsite, so I don't know how their community is, but here's the full article.

https://www.rpgsite.net/news/7058-nisa-issues-statement-on-issues-plaguing-ys-viii-on-pc

>>14654069

>>14654096

>>14654146

>PC ports have been shit for a long time

Except they've been plentiful and the average one has decent quality compared to previous years.

A PC port, a Japanese PC port, an average one, isn't this shit.

Even Koei has learned that.

>>14654340

Goddamn it. How did these faggots get so fucking plentiful in the world?

>>14654358

Exactly. Even discounting XSeed, who tend to have really good PC ports, plenty of others aren't that bad. Fucking Nep Neps are better than this.

>>14654408

we have practically daily threads about games having denuvo, about ports having shitty options menus, framerate caps, stupid performance issues. Nigger, PC ports have been bad for a while for the most part.

>>14654494

Read the thread anon. Ys VIII PC is a broken mess.

>>14654494

The pc port of Ys VIII got released and surprise it is shit.

>>14654494

in short:

>NISA hired people to do a good port (durante of dsfix fame)

>people got a lot of things working well months ago

>fast forward to now

>none of those things that worked well then work well at all

>some don't work period

>music is fucked

>game crashes constantly

>bad reviews everywhere

just another day at the office tbh

>>14654512

*port, not game, sorry

>>14654596

NISA sure knows how to pick em.

>>14654596

>head of social media at Konami during the Kojima stuff

Fucking hell this person just jumps from shit company to shit company, huh?

Some anons here have stated that CS3 will only be released after CS4 is released.

Any source on that?

>>14654612

These people are like flies

>>14654615

None, it's bs. Kondo said they wanted to focus on how to spread awareness of their brands outside Japan after Sen 4 releases. Somehow people thought that means that no one can work on sen 3 before sen 4's release.

>>14654615

>>14654622

There's absolutely no official source saying that. However we're less than six months until CS4's release and CS3 still isn't out even in China or Korea (with no word on it happening either), so before too long it'll be true regardless.

>>14654730

Either Crossbell or CS3 would be nice.

I'm expecting something different though.

>>14654783

Fair enough

>>14654802

>Crossbell

>PS4

>>14654996

Any example?

>>14654512

Holy fuck.

>>14654340

Are you sure he's an editor? He made the current machine translation of Nayuta no Kiseki and he made it clear that he doesn't speak Japanese. He usually only does technical stuff.

>>14654996

I think they know. Falcom still haven’t promoted the PC release of Ys VIII. On the contrary they’re still promoting the PS4 version of it. This is amazing, really.

Any way to improve the framerate? I'm at avalosaur and it's going to like 10 whenever it attacks.

>>14656179

I feel bad for Ys VIII.

It's such a good game. I don't like that it's been sacrificed to fuel NISA's downfall.

>>14656216

Especially if it does not end in their downfall, and Ys8 just becomes another entry on their list of crimes.

>>14654205

It's probably better to just send them English messages, rather than some Google Translate shit. If you guys want to message them in Japanese, then get someone else to write it.

>>14656229

Yeah, they're already contracted to do SNK Heroines and Metal Max Xeno.

>>14656315

Works on my machine

>>14656328

>>14656329

Looks like it was brought back literally as I was posting it.

Either way its been archived so there is proof at least; it went down for around 20 minutes since an anon's post in the other thread

just chalk it up to a steam glitch for now I guess

>>14656294

Yeah and they leaked negotiation secrets and made a public statement that Sony doesn't give a shit about smaller games. So PS4 doesn't get any physical release of SNK heroines. Also I think people were mad that Metal Max's Vita version is not getting localized.

>>14656315

I think with major patches they also reset the reviews on the summary area but all the previous version reviews are still available and marked with a

>For Previous Version

flag

That or the game is too new to have an All vs. Recent reviews

>>14654596

Where is this from/is there an archive?

>>14653802

>"We are working to correct any issues"

>After they delayed the game six months to fix issues

I think NISA is a new verb for complete and total incompetence.

>>14656498

ResetERA if the purple “era” in the verified is to go by.

Anyone know where you can download the latest version of the jankass ZnK patch? I've tried it on vita and psp proper and it keeps crashing at recipe screen.

>>14656588

Wait, what's happening with KOS-MOS?

>>14656616

There’s a new Xenosaga trademark.

>>14656619

Yeah, read the article. Probably a PS4/PC/Switch port. Weird they're only doing Ep3, but it is the most mechanically sound game. Will probably include a cutscene recap ala kingdom hearts.

>>14652058

Good job, Falcom.

>>14656645

Could just be some weird copyright thing where the 3rd title lapsed or something. There were rumors a few months back that Dark Souls and Xenosaga trilogies were being released for the switch. Considering that Dark Souls remastered is probably what that was the trilogy might be real as well.

>>14656315

Reviews don't show up for me either.

>>14656315

Rechecked and can confirm with the above anon that they aren’t there again

>>14656827

How (((convenient)))

>>14656931

>Damage control is starting.

>PR still doesn't understand the Streisand Effect

>PR doesn't realize this will also make the blow back worse than it would have been

>In the Year of our Lord two thousand and eighteen

>>14657578

Sad to say, a lot of people are. Durante, for instance. He posted updates about the CS2 port as he was working on it there. I still find it incredibly creepy how fast it was set up when Neogaf burned and how much it seemed to retain Gaf's old reputation as an "industry insider" forum even though it should have taken way longer. They didn't miss a single beat It makes me really think there is a shadow cabal of SJWs who run everything like it's fucking Deus Ex.

>>14657655

sometimes I wish there were more good forums with names. Most devs and insiders wouldn't want to come here outside of maybe leaking because of the anonymous nature. Probably for the best since they wouldn't be able to attention-whore here but they'd honestly get a lot of respect just for being willing to come to this shithole (in terms of reputation) willingly

>>14657655

The only "insiders" posting on retardera are the same people who jumped ship when the elf got #metoo'd.

It's not the cabal that runs everything, just a cabal that mostly runs PR/marketing.

Yo fags, which in your opinion (Ys VIII excluded) is the best Ys?

>>14657832

All Ys games have their own strengths and weaknesses, there's no consensus on that. There's no actual "best ys game ever made!" shit. If this is a subtle request on what ys you should play, play all of them.

>>14657655

I remember hearing about a leak at resetERA a few weeks after it got set up and thinking that was suspiciously soon. I get the feeling that people leak not to leak but legitimize their site.

>look here is the most well respected gaming forum on the internet

<look how progressive we are you should take notes

After a few leaks it becomes the defecto leaking site as anywhere else will get a lot more suspicion on its validity. It is a bunch of games journalist, sjw devs, and their ilk who are trying to make their club the coolest place on the block. Not that complicated just more in line with cronyism than anything else.

>>14657878

Its more like I talked up a friend on Falcom games and now he's playing Ys but disappointed by Ys 1. Its good but he expected legendary quality. Now he's playing 2 and enjoying it, but I'd like to recommend to him the cream of the crop.

>>14657971

Sorry about that. Ys I & II Chronicles are the early 2000s remakes of two late 80s games. If he's going to play the other games, he should go by release order, it's the best way to experience the series. There's a guide at the very top.

>>14657832

3 and Origin are considered the best, but really, they are all good for different reasons. SEVEN and Celceta are considered weaker entries mainly because it was Falcom trying to change the gameplay to a party based system that didn’t quite work at the time.

>>14658031

I should change the 3 in my post to Felghana. Felghana is what I meant as it’s the remake of three that does almost everything right.

>>14657832

Ys Origin overall.

>>14657832

Origin, I think.

Felghana if you prefer more of a challenge.

More than 24 hours later and Falcom still haven’t acknowledged the release of Ys VIII PC. How pissed do you think Kondo is?

>>14657832

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>>14658648

For me Felghana has a better story and better music. Origins has slightly better gameplay/combat (Yunica or Toal Fact anyway, not Hugo) and better locations/area aesthetic.

>>14656588

Japs probably all have toasters so the internal resolution is fucking them. like me

>>14656611

Please return my KUROSSUBERRRUUUU

Next thread title idea: Ys 8 PC is on fire edition

>>14658960

More like NISA fucked it up even harder than ever. Go for it anon. I'll repost the current NISA review OP.

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>>14658972

I've made the last few OPs but it would probably be better if someone else does it this time if it needs an overhaul. Working from a phone, copying an existing OP and maybe changing one or two things isn't bad, but it's much tougher of it needs a lot more changes.

>>14659037

Give me a bit of time and I'll do it.

>>14659144

Reminder you have to wait until this thread hits page 13 or the vols/Mark will get pissy.

>>14659170

Reminder that Mark is a Falcom fan and is probably here RIGHT NOW.

>>14659178

Is that you, Mark?

>>14659188

No. I'm not a furry jew.

Is there any way of removing the fishing icon from the hud? It's bothering me. No serious complaints so far.

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