04dc58 No.15485473
DON'T FORGET TO SUPPORT THE GAMES, BUT DON'T FALL FOR THE NISA BULLSHIT
>Latest News
- Falcom has announced they're working on a new Ys game set after Ys VIII. Right now there is no title, no word of whether the Tokyo Xanadu sequel Kondo talked about making is happening first and no other info other than it's being worked on.
- As of this posting Trails of Cold Steel 4 is out this coming week and the game has already been acquired early by some and streams are happening. Spoilers are likely inevitable if you go to places that aren't secure. Try to keep things behind spoilertext here.
- The Ao no Kiseki fan translation was leaked. It's higher quality than the Zero beta overall, though the dialogue is still often awkward. Still, it's now possible to fully play through the Crossbell duology and understand everything down to the minor NPCs. https://www.romhacking.net/translations/3679/. Flame also released his edit of the translation as well, which is overall better constructed, though the voice mod paired with the release doesn't work as well with it.
- The PC port of Ys: Memories of Celceta released on July 25th, 2018.
- The Switch port of Ys VIII released with a litany of bugs, including not even having dual audio (NISA's sole claim to fame) at launch.
- After an email campaign, a retranslation, apologies, and 7 months of delays, Ys 8 finally got released on PC. And NISA fucked up, the port is so terrible that only 51% of the Steam reviews being positive (it was originally at 25%, but shills will shill). Western and Japanese websites are reporting this story. In other words, a huge backlash. Meanwhile, NISA promised to fix everything. Don't worry, they'll probably be able to fix in a few weeks what they couldn't fix in 1.5 years. Absolutely. Ha.
- Trails of Cold Steel I & II is now on PC through Steam and GOG with gameplay enhancements and newly voiced lines of dialogue.
- Ys Seven ported to PC by XSEED, available now on Steam/GOG/Humble Store
- Zwei!! and Zwei II are finally released on PC by XSEED, available now on Steam/GOG/Humble Store
- Tokyo Xanadu released on PS4/PC with an improved translation, but there are a few issues like slangs, memes and random chtulhu lines.
- Also available on PC: the Trails in the Sky trilogy (now with Turbo mode), Xanadu Next, Ys: I & II Chronicles, Ys VI: The Ark of Napishtim, Ys: The Oath in Felghana and Ys Origin.
>Fan-translations
>Trails from Zero at 70% (being edited by Geofront/Zerk). There is already a beta (as in a rough translation done before Zerk even started working on it) out, though the quality is on the low side, though still coherent from start to finish
>Trails to Azure was leaked. There are a few typos and every once in a while there's an awkward line or two but all in all it's a solid translation. https://www.romhacking.net/translations/3679/. Flame's edit of the translation is also out officially now. It's a better worded script at the cost of pretty much breaking the voice mod. Both are available packaged with torrents if you care to look for them.
>Everything else in the works seems to be MIA.
>Undubs
- Zwei: The Ilvard Insurrection
https://mega.nz/#!Bw5SURQK!fsrMwjX72trMpoXK3Vx6kKn7cgcj1h5sf5E1OSqgA0s
- Trails of Cold Steel: JP voices + Dummy files (Required to write over the newly recorded English dialogue)
https://mega.nz/#!WkUyhDbb!B8dXNO2aBwNHibQ7tjTCyQLrX-bbBUV2jkZVUYxJ0Q4
https://mega.nz/#!AoVmhDoL!h7fYCD14LQD14Ema9zWVvqHZegYJX2PF9EYWbn3x-DM
Magnet: magnet:?xt=urn:btih:6A260B5B9AA460EB5A71AA88A5B314583DF419D4
-Trails of Cold Steel 2: JP voices + Dummy Files (same as above)
https://mega.nz/#!ywdFnKSD!c9E15HA0bRqU-5kro8gmqcQeRBg8Priqjv3d7dX0W5U
https://mega.nz/#!x11giKyL!ucCRM3OkmGQGbpRdVGdYeg-svzJ7cgUEuFzT2TaQyD8
Mega of every undub: https://mega.nz/#F!k5ZjwTCD!A4Uyb67OpQQ_qCoB-zvx0g
Merge the JP voices and Dummy files into one folder and dump that folder into the voice folder.
>Falcom pastebin (download links for scans, Falcom Magazine volumes, soundtracks and more)
pastebin.com/G2mswYCt
a94535 No.15485493
Obligatory
YS 8 PC WHEN AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA FUCK YOU NISA
063c89 No.15486313
>>15485843
I wasn’t expecting margarita to change much but it woulda been nice to not have her be a fat fuck this time around. Adult Roselia is cute.
04dc58 No.15487243
Oh shit, we memed Catgirl Celine into existence.
4b1abd No.15487256
>>15487243
>Implying implications
The japs love catgirls. As soon as she was introduced as a character, she was destined for a catgirl form.
063c89 No.15487633
>>15487479
The happiest leather in all of Zemuria.
493d21 No.15487941
File: 99dce267173797d⋯.png (Spoiler Image, 1.64 MB, 1917x997, 1917:997, AndYouThoughSaraWasABadInf….png)

>>15487903
Poor KeA molested twice within 24 hours
0bbd36 No.15488353
>>15488332
maaaaaan, she better stick around
055a6d No.15488539
>>15485843
Slight smug/slight annoyance from Renne, like she got the tea she wanted but it's too hot.
04dc58 No.15488760
Oh god the Angelica Autist is going to love this. She seems to still be around, but she seems to have been Mike Pence'd by George.
It's literally like that Fang and Vanielle comic that gets posted here.
4b1abd No.15488941
>>15488760
But she was already inviting George to threesomes before, she's bisexual.
04dc58 No.15489443
Bonding points finally showed up. Duvalie does have events, but I would guess the lack of a heart means that she won't have a romance. However, finally some good news for Fie fans.
The only possible hope for Duavlie fans is that she has more events and they're only heart events at a certain point.
040c75 No.15489584
posting this in every thread where its relevant
https://twitter.com/Hatsuu/status/1043338944597778432
Someone better get in before one of those telltale fags does; if any fag knows japanese and cares here you go
http://www.xseedgames.com/jobs/
04dc58 No.15489950
CAKE OPTION CONFIRMED! Finally, after all these years, the main course.
055a6d No.15490001
4b1abd No.15490012
>>15489950
HOT FOR TEACHER!
02a388 No.15490016
>>15489950
There is a God.
04dc58 No.15490111
Also, Celine has events too. No heart icon, though. It's still not clear how situational that is, though, whether or not it's just to indicate someone is a romance possibility or if that event in particular is special.
ba6f95 No.15490228
>>15489584
You have to know Japanese AND American memes.
04dc58 No.15490435
LADS
This isn't even a final bond. This is a regular heart event. Alisa's sure as shit didn't have this!
df40ba No.15490639
With streamer going to bed, small summary
>Alfin confesses
>Laura kisses
>Fie, Sara and Towa also have heart events
>Celine doesnt
>We are a bit over half of the game through based on AP numbers
>No intermission yet
>Estelle and Lloyds groups nowhere to be seen yet
>Majority of events from the trailers havent happened yet
04dc58 No.15490655
>>15490639
You sure he's going to bed, anon? Anyway:
>Alfin confesses
True, in her heart event.
>Laura kisses
Also true in her heart event.
>Fie, Sara and Towa also have heart events
True, though the chink didn't do Fie or Sara's, so I have no idea how romantic they are. Towa's, for instance, was literally just a friendly chat. Alisa also had one, but no kiss. So did Altina, it was her second event.
>Celine doesn't
Yet. The fact that Altina got a heart event later gives hope for Celine, Duvalie, Juna and Musse,
>We are a bit over half of the game through based on AP numbers
Probably.
>No intermission yet
Wrong, the assault the black workshop to rescue Rean was the intermission.
>Estelle and Lloyds groups nowhere to be seen yet
Not true. You control them during the prologue and they show up at the end of Act 1 as well. Cassius and Kloe are still MIA, though.
>Majority of events from the trailers havent happened yet
Yes and no.
df40ba No.15490667
>>15490655
Thanks, its weird though since Lloyd wa supposed to have his own chapters anf I dont think we saw Tio yet or Crossbell. Also Valimar is in his sen3 ending form and not the one from literally all marketing materials
04dc58 No.15490675
>>15490667
Technically if you count the prologue Lloyd did get one chapter. And we did go to Crossbell. It's the ending area of act 1. I imagine we'll go back later. Also, Tio is in the arc happening right now.
0bbd36 No.15490740
Looks like the next stop is the 3-way border between Liberl, Erebonia and Calvard, Cassius hype?
493d21 No.15490774
Fucking stream went black at the best part.
Kill me
04dc58 No.15490788
>>15490740
Who knows, but I'm sleeping now.
>>15490774
Chink apparently did it because he was worried about Chinese government getting him.
0bbd36 No.15490961
Grand reunion on board the Pantaguel I think, everyone but Schera is here
493d21 No.15491289
Best Boy
Saccusessu Storeeeee
493d21 No.15491831
Grandmaster
Sage cos imma dump some end game stuff.
493d21 No.15491866
Some end game screens and presumably character roster courtesy of 2ch.
Keep in mind I don't speak nip and everything isn't uncovered yet.
04dc58 No.15491884
File: 7376886c1405dc6⋯.jpg (Spoiler Image, 853.54 KB, 3226x2419, 3226:2419, OlivierScheraWedding.jpg)

>>15491866
>Forgetting the best slide.
0bbd36 No.15491900
>>15491831
>>15491866
So Rean is still stuck with just Alisa/Emma/Laura as the choices? What the fuck
04dc58 No.15491913
>>15491900
Final bonds aren't known yet. This is just 2ch posting plot shit. Chink hasn't reached that point yet.
493d21 No.15491944
>>15491900
Dunno how the romances actually end, obviously nobody can do all of them yet, but Fie and Sara contrary to what those pics suggest have heart options like the others so presumably not.
My guess is they have to force a no choice due to characters appearing in Calvard.
>>15491913
Isn't chink locked into Laura as well ?
04dc58 No.15491959
>>15491944
>Isn't chink locked into Laura as well ?
No. Laura event has a kiss, but it's more like Laura kisses Rean and he doesn't really give her an answer. I'm assuming final bonds are more definite.
0bbd36 No.15491982
>>15491944
Why would it matter that they get heart events if they are canonically now somewhere else WITHOUT Rean
04dc58 No.15492036
>>15491982
Schera and Olivert were separate quite a while before getting married.
493d21 No.15492119
>>15491959
>Laura event has a kiss
It had a pushed against wall and a fade to black
Doujins when ?
>>15491982 Basically >>15492036 is hopefully the best case scenario where it's inferred to occur once everything is over. Spending time apart before marriage etc is pretty commonplace in nip stories. It would be nigh impossible for Calvard to accommodate all possible waifu choices anyway, it'll probably be a case where the waifu choice is its own timeline with Calvard canon being nobody.
Also the sheer amount of waifus needs to be considered in this.
I don't wanna say or argue too much though until we get more information, it could be handled good or bad.
7a92ad No.15492141
Someone post Hatsuu's tits please
04dc58 No.15492228
>>15492119
>Also the sheer amount of waifus needs to be considered in this.
Speaking of which, another one joins the pile.
e9b2df No.15493295
>>15491884
YES! Oliver chose well.
>>15491866
>All those characters
And I thought 16 in 3rd was big for parties.
04dc58 No.15493478
>>15493390
Elie's tits are actually bigger than that.
493d21 No.15493487
>>15493390
Luckily NISA haven't anywhere near the autism for MGS4 tier cutscenes
On the other hand XSEED would go broke trying to get enough VA's for the cast size of CS4.
e0f27f No.15493489
bebc0c No.15493493
>>15493390
Do you think this is a fucking game?
576de2 No.15493630
>>15493390
It's not funny the second time around. Please don't make this a reality
04dc58 No.15493695
"I don't care if it's the goddess or a demon! Someone please just save my son!"
He got his wish. And it sure as shit wasn't the goddess…
063c89 No.15493763
>>15493390
Are you going to do this every thread now?
>>15492228
Rean you absolute unit of a man.
bebc0c No.15493847
>Like Trails
>Has to stay away from all trails discussions out of fear of spoilers
>Its gonna take 3-4 years before nihon fuckdom approves more localization of their newest trails titles
>Another 2-3 years if Xseed gets the rights to Cold steel 3/4
I can't discuss trails at this rate. I feel sick.
e0f27f No.15493875
>>15493847
Yeah I can't do shit in this thread in terms of trails; I feel bad for anyone playing through TitS right now because everyone here basically assumes everyone finished it and acts like spoiling shit isn't a big deal, or rather that they're not spoiling shit at all
I dunno what happened, it was fine 2-3 months ago to an extent
I'm gonna avoid playing zero or Ao till I've forgotten the unintentional spoilers I got from these threads
9cb624 No.15493932
I lost steam somewhere around the very beginning of Ao after marathoning my way through 3rd and Zero back to back. Even after about a month away from them I still don't have the energy to keep going
Also I'm not sure who to waifu
04dc58 No.15493938
>>15493847
The truth is I'm weak. I knew I was going to wait years (if I ever got it at all) so I gave in and spoiled myself. That's why I watching a chink (who seems to have fallen asleep while playing) stream a game in a language I don't understand while shitposting with other people. I'd rather have some of that hype when it happens then likely get spoiled later.
fb4588 No.15493966
Even fan patches are over localising shit these days… there is no hope.
04dc58 No.15494019
>>15493966
Honestly the only bad one is the fucking Randy one. Holy shit that's bad.
063c89 No.15494023
>>15493966
Anon, they are the same lines just with more personality to fit the character added to them.
fb4588 No.15494039
>>15494023
One is a reasonably accurate translation the other is a goddamn rewrite changing the characters personalities.
04dc58 No.15494115
This image is perfect for memes.
05485b No.15494552
Anons i just want to fucking play these games, i cant stand not being able to finish the story.
e9b2df No.15494605
>>15494552
Thing about the story is it stretches on even after you finish the events of the games
05485b No.15494642
>>15494605
Ive been thinking about going back and playing older games in this LoH series like the ones from OPs pic. Problem is it says the translation was fucking terrible so has it improved or did someone take over a fan translation?
15938d No.15494708
>>15493390
>when the bad news finally get's confirmed no one will believe it at first because of these fakes and the fallout will be even worse once the realization slowly sets in
Devilish, anon, just devilish.
04dc58 No.15495283
This scene was fucking adorable. Why oh why didn't she get heart events?
7a92ad No.15496151
>>15494642
Its translation is overly shat on
Its a bit literal and stiff but that's the main problem with it; still pretty much entirely comprehensible iirc
d0773e No.15496362
Just to confirm: The Kai games still don't transfer over save data to CS3/4 in any meaningful way, right?
04dc58 No.15496409
>>15496362
They didn't rewrite scenes, no. Too late for that. You get sepith and accessories and stuff. Bonding status is still reset to zero. As I predicted bonding doesn't mean shit in CS3 either. The final bonds don't matter at all. It's only what happens in CS4 that matters, but goddamn if they didn't pull out all the stops. I only wish I knew what happens in Sara's and Fie's, but I have no control over chink's shit taste.
But so far:
>Laura kisses Rean
>Musse kisses Rean
>Alfin confesses to Rean
>Elise confesses to Rean, but seems to be pushing him away
>Alisa confesses to Rean in first event, but he seems distant. Their second scene is closer, but still no kiss lol.
>Juna confesses to Rean
>Emma does weird mind vision stuff with him, but they haven't done anything psychical yet
>Towa and Rean have a cute scene where she's flustered by him and they hug
>Altina still seems fairly family-like in her two heart events
These are not final bonds, so no idea how far those take things.
914e0e No.15496581
>>15496409
I need my Fie marriage NOW
4b1abd No.15496601
>>15496581
I want Fie to Jaeger my Liger Zero.
04dc58 No.15496810
The fucking last night before the final battle sequence was fucking amazing. So many great moments.
Literal party with fucking everyone. Rean becomes a Divine Blade after getting promoted by Cassius and getting his final s-craft. Olivier proposes to Schera. And then you get your final bond. Chink chose Laura. Sadly he didn't savescum, but hey at least he wasn't an Alisafag.
493d21 No.15496902
>>15496810
Can't wait to see all the final bonding events, but it looks like it'll be a pain to savescum since, assuming i'm right, you need two prior heart scenes, but maybe there's an easier way.
It's not like the chink would have the energy to savescum anyway he'll probably drop dead once this ends
Regarding waifushit, thank god Alisa is no longer forced front and centre.
I feel sorry for Claire fans though, the likes of Duvalie and Celine I can understand but Claire got shafted hard
>>15496409
>Juna confesses to Rean
I think you mean Juna cucks all of Crossbell for Rean
04dc58 No.15496975
>>15496902
>it looks like it'll be a pain to savescum
It's not. Getting all the heart events is super easy because you have plenty of bonding points (you can get an extra point each time by doing sidequests), so it's easy as hell to hit every single heart event. Even easier if you have characters you don't want to pursue. You will have to save scum on the final night, because you only have 5 (+1 more with bonus quest) tickets to spend and you have to spend a ticket on a girl before you get the scene where she tells you to call her later. There are 11 girls with heart icons, so you'd need to reload to redistribute the tickets again once, but the Michelam section is short as hell so with scene skipping it wouldn't take any time at all.
4913f2 No.15497782
Since everyone is talking about CS4, I'll be a contrarian and start talking about me replaying TitS FC.
It's pretty interesting to see everything at square one again after recently finishing Ao (last of the translated one's I've played).
063c89 No.15497806
>>15497782
I’ve been going through it again as well after about two years since finishing it the first time. Catching all of the hints around Joshua is great also slapped the jap va on and my god it’s a whole different experience.
493d21 No.15498462
I never realised how much Fie's potential to bully others would go up once she was considered adult
She's gonna be amazing in Calvard.
e79126 No.15498885
>>15498462
Sara had bad influence on her
04dc58 No.15499128
Rean's smile an optimism: Restored.
e79126 No.15499277
>>15499128
>Sen1: doesnt embrace 8 leaves: has to run away against his will while his friends potentially sacrifice themselves so he cna fight another day
>Sen2: relies on Valimar and Ogre: manages to win in the end but cant score any major victory against the top dogs, his friend dies in his arms and is forced to become the governments puppet, separated from his friends, but hopeful about the future
>Sen3: relies on Ogre and Valimar so much so that whenever things get harder he resorts to using them and has to be bailed out by others, by the end he's played like a damn fiddle and another person dies, Rean is beyond fucked
>Sen4: embraces 8 leaves, wins in the end and everything ends up good, happy end for him and everyone, has a loving waifu waiting for him, continues being a teacher
Wild ride AS FUCK
42caa8 No.15500744
After Just having beaten beaten Ao and all the games before it I have to say the combat changes in ToCS seem pretty bad. I really dislike the orbment/art changes and s-crafts are way too strong. Status actually being somewhat useful against bosses is pretty cool but besides that it really seems like a step down from Ao.
063c89 No.15500797
>>15500744
There's a pretty decent in universe reason as to why the changes are the way they are. Because you're essentially just test driving better models for the Erebonian Army before they start mass producing them for every soldier. Think about it. Instead of having to combine an amount to get, say, Aerial, you can just slap Aerial on and have other useful shit but yeah, the game gets pretty broken due to how they handle it.
cebbb5 No.15501078
>>15500744
It was an overreaction because crafts (and indeed all physical attacks) in Ao we're fucking useless by the last 3rd of the game, so the whole meme just devolved into arts spamming (usually spark dyne). So they buffed the hell out of crafts. The result was a game very easy to break, but at least there's some variety in your methods now.
c9c8af No.15503674
I should stay as far away from these spoilers as possible but I couldn't deny myself the Laura.
04dc58 No.15503759
Towa is so goddamn short. Rean practically has to kneel down to kiss her.
Anyway, chink went back to his Michelam save and did all the final bonds he could, which was everyone but Fie and Sara. Given the fact that Emma and especially Towa have romantic final bonds, I'd say chances are very high for Fie and Sara to get the same. Juna, Musse and Altina more or less get student-zoned, though all three of them get some kind of "maybe in the future" kind of deal. Musse and Altina get hugs (though Musse stole a kiss in an earlier bond event). Juna mostly just spergs and honestly comes off kind of pathetic. Alfin and Elise get kind of sisterzoned, but Alfin is still pushing hard and sadly because Rean called her "beautiful" (even though he also said he only sees her as a sister) Elise is still in the trap and thinks she has a shot. Apparently Patrick's family have nicknamed Rean "The Impregnable Schwarzer" due to how effective he is at cockblocking Patrick.
So now we just have to wait for Chink to replay or someone else to finally do the Fie and Sara events. I'm still salty about no Duvalie and Celine, though.
04dc58 No.15508263
The main battle theme is strong.
39e0d4 No.15510416
>>15506739
Aww, Agate cut his hair.
d0773e No.15510954
>>15508263
At the very least it's my fave of the tetralogy.
d0773e No.15511102
By the way, just for completion's sake at TGS they announced the Chinese version of Sen 4 would be released on March 7, 2019.
http://www.a9vg.com/news/201809/9565221179.html
Unsurprisingly no mention of the English version, but I'd assume Falcom'll start moving ahead with whoever they chose soon.
9f1814 No.15511313
>>15493493
>Do you think this is a fucking game?
YES ! YES ! YES ! WE CAN
05485b No.15512287
Finally finished the 3rd anons. That wraps up the trials series for me. What a ride that was. I truly am glad i somehow found this series. I really cant think of a better experience than this entire series of LoH. Getting to know all those characters and seeing them change across games was truly special.
May falcom and xseed bless us with many more titles.
4913f2 No.15512485
>>15512287
>May falcom and xseed bless us with many more titles.
Then you'll be happy to know that CS4 is the mid-series finale. So we will probably get 9 more games.
a7d484 No.15512502
>>15512287
I'm glad to hear it anon, what did you like most about it?
cbf6e8 No.15513619
>>15512287
Now you can try Ys, the superior franchise.
7eafb1 No.15513783
I haven't really payed attention to CS4. I can't speak Japanese after all and I don't watch other people play games.
I know KeA is back but are there any other cute cunnies? Is Shizuku in it?
04dc58 No.15513884
>>15513783
Shizuku is not. KeA, Renne, Tita, Altina are there among the main cast. Celine's cattgirl form is also a loli. Plus plenty of non-party lolis like Jingo.
4913f2 No.15513926
>>15513783
>Is Shizuku in it?
She's nowhere to be seen.
04dc58 No.15513952
>>15513926
Good joke but she gets her eyesight back in Ao.
4913f2 No.15514001
>>15513952
I saw that coming.
04dc58 No.15514019
>>15514001
He didn't though.
8bb2ec No.15515013
>want to play sen 4
>haven't even finished sen 3
send help
c9c8af No.15515046
>>15515013
Play Sen 3, problem solved.
71dbc3 No.15515067
>>15489950
christmas cakes need more love
04dc58 No.15515292
Finally got shots of the Magical Girl dlc.
8bb2ec No.15515294
>just saw art from sen 4
>multiple characters who died are alive
imagine my shock
05485b No.15515325
>>15512485
>>15512502
Theres a shit ton i could speak on. Since i finished the 3rd most recently i guess i would say it was really nice to see a lot more back story. I know some people didnt like the 3rd but i thought it was a really great finale. I also enjoyed the fact i could see the phantasmal blaze plan being discussed. I had heard about it in CS2 (i played the games in reverse) but i never dawned on me just how expansive this series is. Olivier was also a high point of the series and i always had him in my party. Like i said, there are just so many things i absolutely loved about those three games i could type for hours. As long as falcom keeps up that great writing and story telling ill be happy.
>>15513619
Ive debates playing it but right now i need a bit of a break from any jrpg. I heard they were more combat focused (action type) and not as story heavy. Ive also heard some shitty things that nisa did. So im cautious. I was considering going further back on the LoH franchise to the gagharv trilogy. It looks fun even with a shitty machine translation ive heard about.
822f41 No.15515478
>>15515325
>like i said, there are just so many things i absolutely loved about those three games i could type for hours
do it fag, I like reading this kind of shit
>>15515325
NISA only fucked up Ys VIII, all other Yses are good
efedfb No.15516414
How many of you actually expect for Sen 4 to wrap up the story nicely? I get the impression these games just kinda throw new characters and "plot points" out there which seem to have a backstory but really weren't thought out further than "oh that would be cool". After all the audience is chuuni kids right?
063c89 No.15516421
>>15516414
Sen 4 wraps Erebonia's and Rean's story up. Any other plot threads are left open so the new arcs can have something to continue to build. Seeing as how that's how this series operates.
>The audience is chuuni kids
You have no clue what you're on about.
04dc58 No.15516428
>>15516414
CS4 wraps up the Erebonia arc very nicely. It also answers a lot of lore questions. A much clearly picture of what's going on in Zemuria is forming. Obviously there's still more questions, but it's really big stuff that will be answered for future arcs. But everyone in Erebonia got a really nice resolution. I was grinning the whole time during the ending credits.
65c351 No.15516736
>>15513884
Sounds good. Falcom lolis are great, they know their audience and aren't afraid of it. Take the last of us: I initially played it for the 14 year old Ellie. I was even okay with the yuri. But Western devs can't into pedo.
>>15513926
I UNDERSTOOD THAT REFERENCE
04dc58 No.15525492
It a long while
BUT WE FINALLY DID IT
e79126 No.15525614
f8f44a No.15525618
>>15525492
>christmas cake status: Sold.
04dc58 No.15525626
>>15525614
Don't worry, friend.
f8f44a No.15525638
super glad that everyone gets a romantic ending. At least all of the old characters anyway. Can't wait to play it in english in 4 years.
19cf3b No.15525666
>>15525638
Cannot wait to see how xseed English VA ruins KeA.
Maybe the PS4 will be hacked by then?
4913f2 No.15525674
>>15525666
It can't be worse than Millium.
427265 No.15525704
>>15525492
Christmas cake no longer.
f8f44a No.15525730
>>15525674
what if ashley burch voices her as well?
1bf76d No.15526986
Finally got around to making this. If anyone thinks a better gif can be made out of this mp4, go for it.
TURBO MODE
04dc58 No.15527032
>>15526986
Excellent work, anon.
493d21 No.15527052
>>15526986
>rip the audio
Fie_getting_off.mp3
Also i never realised Emma's thousand yard stare before.
5cc5dd No.15527095
>>15526986
You should have used a higher multiplier turbo mode.
1bf76d No.15527145
>>15527095
Hmm, according to the settings, I had it at x4. I tried again at x6 (highest possible), but I don't think my poor recording capabilities make it look any better.
c9c8af No.15528566
>>15515292
More like magical bride, damn.
2e960c No.15528921
I know everyone can pair Rean with their waifu but I feel kinda bad that he will never get a cannon girl
Also eat your heart out Lloyd. Rean gets how many waifus? and he has at least 3 daugterus
>>15493695
that looks like one of the knights
>>15488332
rean looks even more edgy
04dc58 No.15529585
>>15528921
>but I feel kinda bad that he will never get a canon girl
Considering that canon girl would be Alisa, I'm okay with that.
>that looks like one of the knights
You're right, it does. Isn't that interesting. :^)
>rean looks even more edgy
Just in his all of me mode. He has good reason at that point.
69146c No.15529856
If Renne pleases old men I don't mind getting older.
69146c No.15529859
>>15525704
Are all the Bracers lolicons? Not that I blame them.
f8f44a No.15530118
>>15529585
I think if it was literally any of the other waifu's, most people would be okay with a canonical waifu. And as other people have pointed out it would've made a shit load more sense if emma had been the canonical waifu.
2e960c No.15530343
dual audio for cold steel
https://archive.fo/rGMir
5cc5dd No.15530410
>>15530348
CS3 XSEED CONFIRMED WITH DUAL AUDIO
Let's hope.
dc38e6 No.15530551
>>15530376
Or Marvelous gave them a bigger budget for this game since they saw they are getting competition from aksys and NISA?
dc38e6 No.15530917
>>15530587
I think this is more NISAfags on suicide watch. That was the only thing NISA's releases has over XSeed's. If this is followed shortly by a CS3 announcement by XSeed as well we may finally be free of the darkness.
545bb2 No.15530922
>>15530551
Marvelous probably actually bothered to help them for once because Marvelous Europe is involved with the European part of it
4b755d No.15530969
>>15530917
Well the only reason why I supported Nisa was because they delivered dual audio. Xseed has recanted their false weeb ways and seen the light.
545bb2 No.15530988
>>15530969
Xseed has provided dual audio on other games, just not their Falcom games
>supporting NISA
unironically kill yourself, them doing literally one thing right and everything wrong doesn't mean they're worth supporting
d73dd0 No.15531070
>>15530587
>Dubfags on suicide watch?
That doesn't even make sense. The dub is still bigger than the japanese voice. It has more voiced lines.
Why do subfags think dual audio hurts dubfags? That makes no sense. We've had what we wanted since day 1.
cbf6e8 No.15531163
>Games finally get jap dub
>Switch beggars calling to boycott xseed then side with NISA because they ported ys 8 to the switch
04dc58 No.15531167
>>15530587
>Dubfags on suicide watch?
Why would I be on suicide watch? There's still more voiced dub lines and it's still there. I'm happy for subfags that they have this option without having to jury rig the PC version. I always wanted that. This is more a hit against NISA, which is really nice. It's also a very hopful sign for CS3+CS4.
a7d484 No.15531227
>>15531163
Switch and anyone who uses it is cancer
04dc58 No.15531285
>>15531227
Swtich beggars are indeed cancer, but honestly from a business perspective, Switch ports of the Trails games make a lot of sense. In both Japan and here there are a shitton of people who will buy an RPG just to have an RPG on the go. They're re-releasing Grandia 1 and 2 on the Siwtch for God's sake…and it will probably sell well. So regardless of what you think of the Switch or the people who play it, putting Falcom games on it would probably be a good investment. I can't imagine it would take that much work either.
a7d484 No.15531292
>>15531285
I am aware it would be a good financial investment. It is a successful console. I just despise it and the Switch audience
Its full of obnoxious fucks
e79126 No.15531349
>>15531285
fucking WHAT? Oliviers actually playable? Or does that just allow you to edit all friendly npcs with attachments?
04dc58 No.15531363
>>15531349
Fucking shit! I didn't pay enough attention to to the top. Anyway I deleted the picture. No he's not playable in this only in CS3, but you can edit certain NPCS. There are 39 playable party members in the end, though.
4b755d No.15531570
>>15531285
Shouldn't Falcom port the games to Switch in Japan first?
Lets be real here: Western sales are irrelevant. Switch, Steam, PS4.
04dc58 No.15531602
>>15531570
Oh they absolutely should. The idea was that it would be available in both places. I mean if it was coming out of the Switch here a Japanese release would be implied as well.
822f41 No.15531738
>>15531570
>western sales are irrelevant
Not in the case of Ys VIII at least
It bombed in Nippon, 6,000 sales in its first week on the Switch
It did better in the west by comparison thanks a lot frogs and soy-chuggers
edada8 No.15532030
>>15531738
I dunno they had a market that was more than triple the size and it barely did double.
822f41 No.15532095
>>15532030
Japan is the origin country and the main consumer of these kinds of games
These games are more niche in the west. If you're looking at purely population, sure, but if you're looking at population that is actually interested in the games in question its a lot lower.
Usually the disparity is also greater between regions with Japan usually taking the lion's share for games like these (these are the charts for the PS4 and vita respectively, and the last one is a chart for the Vita on ToCS1)
822f41 No.15532102
>>15532095
Though I guess the Vita ones were bad examples since those sold poorly outside of Nippon; I'll find some different examples then
822f41 No.15532157
>>15532102
a bit better of an example; NA has 25 million PS4s sold compared to Nippon's 7 (or so)
b95081 No.15534257
>>15532157
Thats physical sales only right?
cbf6e8 No.15535375
>>15532157
Please tell me that's not vgchartz
357117 No.15535574
>>15531738
Yes but Japan already had Ys 8 on the Vita? I am guessing Falcom fans in Japan don't want to double dip.
5c831f No.15536043
>>15535574
Yeah that's true ys8 was it for a while longer there than here. Plus want the switch version of ys8 known about at the western launch?
822f41 No.15536102
>>15535375
unfortunately it is; there isn't much else better of a reference that I can find
Their japanese numbers seem to be accurate at least (they match up with sliconera/gematsu's numbers)
>>15535574
its unknown how many people in nippon own both a Switch and a Vita or PS4 is the thing
d08632 No.15536500
>Cold Steel 1 and 2 getting Japanese voices on Steam
I'll buy them then. Based XSEED for listening to us dual audio lovers.
04dc58 No.15536592
>>15536500
Did people really not buy them before because it didn't legally have it? Applying the Japanese voices to Cold Steel PC was the easiest thing in the world. Hell it's been in the OP for over a year…
d08632 No.15536657
>>15536592
People are lazy or don't feel like supporting a game that's not originally dual audio.
5c831f No.15536733
>>15536592
I can see some people just being principled and just not paying for anything without dual audio. Just like how I refuse to buy anything that is censored even if I can easily remove it. Even if the devs don't like that they had to censor it like with Frontline Girls.
71a681 No.15536837
>>15536500
Xseed are alright. Not a lot of devs would take a chance at Falcom games. I know nobody gives a shit but Xanadu next was ace. Dual audio was my only problem with their work.
71a681 No.15536846
>>15536592
Why does everyone here automatically assume everyone games on PC? Odd.
d08632 No.15536863
>>15536837
Same. Enjoyed Xanadu Next too honestly.
04dc58 No.15536897
>>15536846
That guy was specifically talking about the Steam version, though.
4913f2 No.15536996
After well over 200 hours combined on the TitS games, I just learned that by switching party order you can choose which character to run around as.
And here I thought I couldn't learn more from TitS.
a7d484 No.15537119
>>15536500
>buying on (((Steam)))
I hope you don't actually do this
c9c8af No.15537440
>>15536733
What was censored in FG?
d08632 No.15537471
>>15537008
More like thousands of people. We're in the majority on Steam ;)
d08632 No.15537476
>>15537440
Delicious lolis got censored by the gay devs.
6c8beb No.15537726
>>15537476
>was actively considering playing this
I don't care what excuses they have. If Fate can have a loli running around in a thong and Irisviel braless there is no excuse.
20bf4f No.15537772
>>15537726
>actively considering playing a gacha
15938d No.15538702
>>15537008
this entire post is censorship apologist tier
cbf6e8 No.15538763
>>15536102
Vgchartz is not accurate at all. They made up numbers all the time. Even if it's the onlt source of sales we have for a lot of games, is still better to ignore that stupid site.
>>15536500
You are a retard and you should kill yourself.
d08632 No.15539279
>>15537726
Not to mention Azurlane is uncensored.
>>15538763
Not an argument, manchild. I never game my money to dub only games ever and will never make concession about it. And we're thousands like that. We're everywhere and that's the reason why XSEED added Japanese voices.
37214f No.15539396
>>15539279
>We're everywhere and that's the reason why XSEED added Japanese voices.
XSeed added Japanese voice acting because Marvelous actually gave them some money this time. Probably because they're releasing it in Europe.
7ea793 No.15539421
>>15537476
didnt the mobile game GF even got censored in the chink version?
hell it happened to azur lane too, chink and gook version got censored except for the nip version, dont know about the burger version.
78f4db No.15539651
>>15539421
Chinese is censored, korean I think isnt, japanese obviously not censored, english AL uncensired, english GF censored
Both are shitty games anyway so its no loss
063c89 No.15540338
>>15539279
You are so delusional.
cbf6e8 No.15540443
>>15539279
>Calling someone a manchild while giving this much of a fuck over a ching chong dub you can easily mod in the game
14e726 No.15540698
>>15537476
Not only lolis tons of girls are censored everything from torn clothes to low cut shirts. The devs claim they do not want to censor the game and encourage people to use the uncensoring patch. When pressed on why they are censoring the game they just claim it's because the game isn't only being released in North America. So I don't know.
dc741f No.15540757
>>15539279
as long as you don't give money to NISA for throwing you a bone I don't give a fuck
dc741f No.15540803
>>15540698
was it released in europe or cucknada? That would likely explain it
14e726 No.15540830
>>15540803
It's in Canada but so is Azure Lane and Fate. I don't know about Europe.
d08632 No.15540997
>>15539396
Yeh and that's a good thing.
>>15539421
Chink version is censored but US version is double-censored. Which is gay as fuck. I dropped this shit game when I saw they censored my lolis.
d08632 No.15541002
>>15540757
I didn't. I'm waiting for the game to be fixed first, which won't be until it's at least 50% OFF.
5cc5dd No.15541010
>>15541002
At least pirate it, you retard.
d08632 No.15541024
>>15541010
No thanks. I'm not in a hurry and I'm against piracy as a whole.
545bb2 No.15541028
>>15541010
>expecting anything out of a (((Steam))) user
5cc5dd No.15541036
>>15541024
You're against piracy, so you support companies that give you objectively poor products. Capitalism would actually work if retards like you were put to death or at least banned from spending money on your own.
d08632 No.15541047
>>15541036
I supported who? I didn't even buy Ys 8. Also you're laughable. If anything capitalism would rather send people like you to death, but hey keep pretending it's ok to promote piracy. Try doing that anywhere that's a bit more moderated than 8chan and you'll see what happens to you. Alternatively, you'll probably understand in a few years when you grow up a bit more.
545bb2 No.15541051
>>15541047
>try doing that in any place that doesn't value free speech
>I plan on buying Ys VIII when its half off
>grow up
Back to >>>/cuckchan/
d08632 No.15541068
>>15541051
Grow up and admit I've btfo'd you :)
d08632 No.15541071
>>15540830
Azurlane is Europe and Australia. Yet it's uncensored.
14e726 No.15541121
>>15541071
Yeah so I don't know. But I can tell you that the girls Frontline devs do not sound like the typical devs when they censor stuff. They never say to play the Japanese version of you don't like it or say it's for our own good. You know stuff that NISA said in the past. They seem bummed out that they have to do it. But who knows they could also be massive liars either way I have not played the game because it's censored.
d08632 No.15541129
>>15541121
I think they're just plain retarded.
14e726 No.15541132
>>15541047
Copyrights are anti-capitalist they're a government mandated subsidy of culture. Artists should make money from willing customers not holding shit hostage till you pay.
493d21 No.15541212
>>15541068
>Grow up and admit I've btfo'd you :)
>Repetition of phrases
>blown the fuck out had/would you
> :)
Ironic that somebody parroting "grow up" has less English comprehension that a five year old. The use of
>based
and
>gatchashit whose image use comes directly from cuckchan/reddit
show that you should listen to >>15541051 and fuck off back to where you came from.
Have some more on topic pics to escape this spergery
d08632 No.15541252
8bb2ec No.15542470
noel doesn't show up in sen 4, does she?
fucking retconned.
1bf76d No.15543065
>>15541686
FUUUUUUUUUUUCK
FUCK FUCK FUUUCK!!!
GET YOUR ASSES IN GEAR, XSEED!!
f8f44a No.15543071
>>15541686
I've said it before, but I think falcom's models are more titillating than dead or alive's. especially now that team ninja are getting woke.
0b0017 No.15543077
>>15542470
Noel, Wazy, Dudley, Illya, Rixia and Arios are all given convenient reasons to be off screen.
d08632 No.15543267
>>15543071
Millium's model was quite good actually.
5ea850 No.15543724
>>15541071
Europe is not one country.
Netherlands: degenerate, post Christianity.
Germany: cucks.
d08632 No.15544747
>>15543621
>that perfect flat chest
>that perfect butt
2020b5 No.15545323
>>15543621
never seen him before and never played the game, but he's pretty cute
04dc58 No.15550474
>>15550437
I meant to post this. I guess the filenames were too close.
5c5aa6 No.15550673
>>15550474
Reminds me of that journalist who gave TitS SC a similar score because he complained about not having the knowledge the previous game would've given him while he stumbled through it
What an absolute fucking retard
>>15550437
There's too much funny about this that I can point out
>this is the average Ys VIII customer
>in fairness maybe NISA screwed up the translation. They did call him Adol Christian, Adole Christian wouldn't be too far off
>this is one of the NISA translators themselves
And so on
267826 No.15550939
Gave up on reviewers years ago. Most of them are terrible with niche weebshit. Understandably, they don't have time to play 60-90 hour JRPGs and VNs. And their audience is normalfags anyway. A review of RDR2 will get more clicks than Tokyo Xanadu.
Besides if you have played vidya long enough you've developed your own tastes. Likely I know more about videogames than all of the IGN staff combined. And I no longer crave the validation of other gamers.
040c75 No.15553030
>>15550939
>don't have time to play long videogames
but that's literally their job and what they're paid to do
if they can't do it, don't fucking review them instead of lowering a game's score because you're an incompetent joke of a reviewer
>And I no longer crave the validation of other gamers.
this isn't about validation, its about whether you should buy a game or not and what's wrong and right about it
if they're reviewing a niche game, the niche audience will pay attention to the reviews and some normalfags might be interested if it gets a good score or appears on a top list or something along those lines
also reviews =/= Full-on critiques, they're usually there to tell you if a game is worth buying or not and what would be relevant to you as a consumer
cbf6e8 No.15553105
>>15553030
>but that's literally their job and what they're paid to do
>actually expecting them to do their job when they can just play it for a few hours or make a summary of fan's impressions
063c89 No.15553790
>>15553030
Your entire post is so innocent.
>but that’s what they’re paid to do.
Most loc companies are paid to not fuck up games when they bring them over, but games end up being fucked up anyway. Most reviewers are lazy cunts who will either power through the game they’re assigned and miss most of the game, or get through a part of the game before slapping their review up.
Just because someone is paid to do something that doesn’t mean they’ll actually do it.
f8f44a No.15553821
>>15553030
Remember game journos and the like are only in the industry because they're not good enough to make the jump to proper journalism despite the already low barrier to entry. Not only that they despise games and think it's beneath them.
8bb2ec No.15556439
I hope Falcom doesn't do Crossbell remakes, mostly because it would be a Yakuza Kiwami case where fags would play those instead of the originals when they should be something for the fans, but also because it would delay Falcom's release schedule, since they seem to release a game a year.
063c89 No.15556453
>>15556439
The evolution games already exist for Crossbell. The Kai games are essentially just the Cold Steel version of Evolution. Besides, they wouldn’t do a remake of Crossbell before doing a remake of Sky.
f4e3f7 No.15560921
>>15556453
>The Kai games are essentially just the Cold Steel version of Evolution.
No there is a difference between the Kai and Evolution versions. Both exist for the Trails games btw.
The Kai versions are just ports to newer consoles, with higher resolutions and a few better assets (mostly the GUI textures).
The Evo versions are essentially remaster, that use the original source code, but include mayor changes, too.
4afaa9 No.15561010
>>15541212
>_master1200
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_master1200
_master1200
_MASTER1200
_master1200
God damn, god fucking damn it. I'm FUCKING TIRED OF ALL YOU GOD DAMN FUCKING FAGGOTS THAT KEEP POSTING FUCKING SAMPLES ALL OVER MY FUCKING INTERNET. EVERYTIME, EVERY FUCKING TIME IT'S ALWAYS SAMPLE THIS SAMPLE THAT MASTER1200. FUCK YOU. FUCK YOU. There's not one fucking thread on this god forsaken board where I don't run into one of you little sniveling faggots that keep posting your downscaled TRASH. FUCKING TRASH. Lurking has become hell since I'm having to stop every fucking 3 posts because YOU FAGGOTS KEEP POSTING SAMPLES.
STOP IT. JUST STOP PLEASE.
I'M LOSING MY MIND HAVING TO CONSTANTLY REVERSE IMAGE SEARCH EVERY FUCKING PIECE OF SHIT IMAGE.
FOR THE LOVE OF GOD LEARN HOW TO USE YOUR DAMNABLE SITES ALREADY
IF IT'S TWITTER ADD :orig TO THE END OF THE IMAGE URL TO GET THE ORIGINAL
IF IT'S A BOORU CLICK ORIGINAL IMAGE
IF IT'S PIXIV CLICK THE IMAGE AND SELECT OF THE FULL IMAGE OPTION
IF IT'S NIJIE OR SEIGA I DON'T FUCKING KNOW BECAUSE i CAN'T SPEAK JAPANESE
For the love of all that is just and right in the world, STOP FUCKING POSTING
SAMPLES
15938d No.15562268
>>15561010
I don't get the uptick of it either. The only explanation is if they download the shit on their phone and can't handle the higher resolution or something.
3e7889 No.15565186
Do I need to play any of the other Ys games before I play Ys VIII?
dc741f No.15565198
>>15565186
Technically no but you should
Also make sure not to buy Ys VIII; if you have to play, pirate or buy preowned or import from nippon
8bb2ec No.15568412
>>15561010
>I'M LOSING MY MIND HAVING TO CONSTANTLY REVERSE IMAGE SEARCH EVERY FUCKING PIECE OF SHIT IMAGE.
>not reverse searching anyway to get the artist
8bb2ec No.15568418
>>15556453
No, I was talking about how Falcom mentioned they were considering doing full remakes in the Sen 3/4 engine.
8bb2ec No.15568420
>>15556453
>>15568418
Also, all/most I haven't played Sen 4 of Crossbell is already modeled, so it would be way easier to do Crossbell than Liberl.
3a7c37 No.15568421
>>15565198
is the pc port at least playable in japanese now or one would have to get a vita/ps4 to play it decently?
e7de55 No.15568450
a7d484 No.15568500
>>15568421
Hard to say. It works for some people, but not others now that its been patched. Try it I guess.
>in japanese
there's no difference. NISA did the porting for the PC version as a whole so the same problems exist in Japanese, maybe even more
3a7c37 No.15568513
>>15568500
>there's no difference
Of course there is, at least I wouldn't have to deal with (((localization)))
a7d484 No.15568539
>>15568513
>Of course there is, at least I wouldn't have to deal with (((localization)))
Dumbass you asked if it was playable (aka about technical problems and issues) and that's what I was referring to
3a7c37 No.15568632
>>15568539
I don't really consider shitty localizations "playable", but sure I'll give you that. Just fucking with you, thanks for the replies
8bb2ec No.15572706
>>15493966
"a lil kick back and chill" is almost "rub a dub dub thanks for the grub" tier
e5576a No.15580855
>>15580054
>rean I turned 18 today.
Literally anywhere but in a jrpg that would lead to a whole lot more than a kiss.
04dc58 No.15580877
>>15580855
Well, she also says she wanted to start a family with Rean and the Alisa and Laura scenes heavily imply sex is going to happen later in the night, so Fie saying that is probably implying that too. It just starts with a kiss.
8bb2ec No.15582114
>>15580855
>>15580877
Fie dresses in a tiny little hooker skirt, no shit she's going to throw Rean a freebie before heading back to Raquel.
8ad0d3 No.15582366
Is there any difference between the PSP ports of Ys games and their original versions?
bb02ea No.15582438
>>15582366
Long loading times, only 30 fps, voice acting and you can double charge your burst which then will additionaly heal you.
8ad0d3 No.15582466
>>15582438
I see. I thought they would compress or cut content because of the storage limitations of the PSP.
25850b No.15586363
Bad localisation includes no dual audio. Xseed FINALLY decides to join the rest of the world in 2018 and will release CS1 and 2 on the PS4 with the original audio intact.
People complain about big hole and ancient species but accept Burger dub in their JRPGs? You are all fired.
04dc58 No.15587678
>>15586363
>People complain about big hole and ancient species but accept Burger dub in their JRPGs? You are all fired.
I will always take a better localization over dual audio, yes, and only idiots and nisafags disagree. While it's nice to have, ultimately Japanese audio really is just sounds in a language I don't know. English, on the other hand, is something I do know, and looking at the butchered, meme-filled (and sometimes outright wrong) English of Arksys and Nisa is far more objectionable that a 100 Ashley Burches.
I am honestly very glad the games officially have dual audio now, but the people who refused to support the games because they didn't have it are still abject cancer and were, at best, useful idiots for companies like Nisa who are contributing massively to the downfall of the industry.
20bf4f No.15589321
>>15586363
Undubbing the audio is a lot easier than fixing a shit localization.
d0773e No.15589962
Just finished chapter 3 in Zero ( monstrously long, but what an ending) and I have a quick question: is the sharp eyed Calvard lady that one receptionist/ Zane's waifu?
04dc58 No.15590122
>>15589962
Yes. Pretty sure she says her name so you might have remembered it. If you recall the star door about them in 3rd you should have recalled she was going to Calvard to work for the government.
Also, it's Zin not Zane now. Though I think the Zero patch also has that mistake in there somewhere because it was from 2015 before XSeed updated it.
063c89 No.15602788
>>15589982
I bet Kilika has some nice abs under all those clothes with how she climbed up the tower by herself just to tell off Walter and all. Can’t wait to inevitably see her again in Calvard.
c19ef7 No.15602840
>>15602788
Very little art of her unfortunately.
04dc58 No.15602865
>>15602788
Aurelia is still the only female character I've seen them model abs for. Shirley has abs in her character art but in game her stomach is still flat.
e7710c No.15602965
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>>15602865
>modeling abs
why bother when a texture works just as well
4a9153 No.15603016
>>15561010
Alright, no problem, anon.
Also, finished YS 1 and 2. What fantastic little games with pretty incredible music. What a blue-balls ending though; why the fuck isn't there anything between Adol and Feena at the end? Lilia is trash tier.
Anyone know about the old YS anime series based on the games? Also, which YS game is next? I only got PC.
e5576a No.15603083
>>15602865
I kind of think anime styled abs always look kinda of bad anyway. They always end up basically just painting it over a less toned body so it looks out of place.
063c89 No.15603604
>>15603016
Next game to play is Napishtim. It’s a jump from 2 to 6 but you’ll still get to see the evolution the series took. Unless you really want to play the original version of 3 which wasn’t that great. I recommend this playing order:
1 -> 2 -> Napishtim -> Felghana or Origin -> Celceta -> SEVEN -> pirate VIII
Then you can sprinkle in the old games if you want.
896657 No.15608639
>>15603016
>YS
>YS
>YS
Why the fuck did this turn into the modern Y's bullshit.
dd4180 No.15610917
I got two questions. First, in the end, does CS measure up in terms of writing with Sky? Second, does the Reanbowl get railroaded, or is there actual decent payoff for that crap?
246756 No.15610988
>>15603604
Thanks, anon. I'll let you know how it goes.
>>15608639
Because I don't know any better.
e5576a No.15611207
>>15610917
From what I can gather the 3rd and 4th have huge payoffs for the franchise as a whole(sky and crossbell games, I would play them but my Japanese isn't quite good enough.). Even the 2nd has a pretty decent payoff for playing through the first.
Rean bowl favours Alissa initially but as the series goes on you are free to choose any waifu you want that they game allows you pursue although the main ones tend to have better pay offs.
04dc58 No.15611364
>>15610917
>does CS measure up in terms of writing with Sky?
That's probably going to vary from person to person. I personally like CS overall, but can definitely see why people would say it's too bloated, especially when the first two games end up feeling so inconsequential compared to the later two, but like with FC those two games are still essential in making sure all the moments in the later half of the arc pay off. At this point no arc will never be like Sky was again because the nature of Kiseki is it gets more and more complicated the longer it goes on. I felt very satisfied by the ending to CS4. People will have some gripes, but I'm happy with what I got.
>does the Reanbowl get railroaded, or is there actual decent payoff for that crap?
Rean has 11 potential girls he can spend his final bond with on the night before the finale. Those 11 are more or less split into two unofficial tiers. Six of those girls fall into the first tier, who get a full "I love you" confession and a kiss, those are: Alisa, Laura, Emma, Fie, Sara and Towa. The remaining five more or less get a "maybe in the future" type scene with varying degrees of seriousness depending on who the girl is, these are: Juna, Altina, Musse, Alfin and Elise. I would say the romance pays off nicely, though I also think that your choice isn't ultimately going to matter over the course of the series. If how Lloyd was handled in CS4 is any indication, they will probably just keep Rean's relationships ambiguous in future titles.
a63346 No.15611389
I assume it's probably been asked a lot before, but did whoever did that Asia/Pacific physical print of Ys Origin get the rights to borrow the existing English script from XSEED, or is the English language option an original translation they had done for it?
dd4180 No.15611468
>>15611364
>At this point no arc will never be like Sky was again because the nature of Kiseki is it gets more and more complicated the longer it goes on. I felt very satisfied by the ending to CS4. People will have some gripes, but I'm happy with what I got.
I don't think plot complication is what would keep an arc from reaching Sky level, as that implies the Sky trilogy had a simple plot. The first game yes, but after that the plot got waaaay bigger than "boy and girl try to find their dad while getting their mercenary license." It's more about quality of writing for the plot and character writing. I feel that the Civil War in CS II was very poorly handled and ended much too quickly and decisively. The characters of the main cast was also fairly lacking in my opinion, with the exceptions of Sara, Jusis, and Rean(kind of, mostly due to a post I read on a forum that explained his mental state). People say that I should see the two games as the Sky FC of the arc, but I still feel like with the time and story put into two games they could've done more with the characters than they ended up doing. The CS games were also a bit more blatant in their use of tropes. Tropes aren't bad, but it's a matter of how a writer spins them that can make them work.
I enjoyed my time with the games, I just hope that things pick up and improve in the latter two, as the former felt like they were mostly spinning their wheels and drop-feeding foreshadowing for future events.
>I would say the romance pays off nicely, though I also think that your choice isn't ultimately going to matter over the course of the series. If how Lloyd was handled in CS4 is any indication, they will probably just keep Rean's relationships ambiguous in future titles.
I wouldn't want it to carry over, that would just be unnecessary complication for fan pandering, though that does have the issue of "What's the point of the choice if it won't matter? It makes these options feel more inconsequential as by design they must have nothing to do with the character's development." But I don't really care too much, just so long as I get my fan pandering since they bothered to build it up. I see they cut out Claire and Sharon after CS2. I wonder if Claire was because the VA died. Did they kill her out of respect, keep her silent, or replace the VA? My bet way back was that they'd keep her silent in her cutscenes and recycle her battle quotes. I also can't help but notice… one other thing. … Altina's on that list, but not Millium. Shit, she grew on me throughout her bond points in 2. At least my main girl Sara got Best Girl treatment, though I do look forward to meeting the others. Also, when you mention Alfin and Elise, did you mean to mention them as a unit(the threesome Alfin has been hinting at), or do you just not use the Oxford comma?
One more thing, just a yes or no. Do any of those confessions involve that special Rose that Margarita's family grows? That's something I also bet on.
Thanks for answering what you already did, though. I appreciate it.
>>15611207
>From what I can gather the 3rd and 4th have huge payoffs for the franchise as a whole(sky and crossbell games, I would play them but my Japanese isn't quite good enough.)
The whole franchise, huh? I'd heard the Final CS games were the equivalent of The Avengers movies in the MCU. Where all the previous plots and characters come together for a Big Bang. I'm looking forward to it. And hope characters from previous games don't get flanderized to oblivion. Hopefully XSeed will have at least CS3 done by the time Calvard starts up. They usually take two years to start new arcs, though I don't know how developing solely for console may change their usual design model. I hope that with the space available they'll no longer split games into multiple entries like they did with CS I and II and apparently the first two Sky games.
04dc58 No.15612655
>>15611468
>I enjoyed my time with the games, I just hope that things pick up and improve in the latter two, as the former felt like they were mostly spinning their wheels and drop-feeding foreshadowing for future events.
That is most definitely not something you'll have to worry about. Compare the climax of chapter 1 of CS1 to the climax of chapter 1 of CS3 and you'll see just what I mean.
> I see they cut out Claire and Sharon after CS2. I wonder if Claire was because the VA died.
Claire's seiyuu was actually replaced and she does have voiced lines in Japanese. She actually does get some serious shiptease with Rean in CS3, however the plot more or less forces Claire out of the running in CS4. I can't really go into that without going into spoilers. As for Sharon, plot stuff with her as well, though she actually kind of already has a love interest in Anton.
>**but not Millium. Shit, she grew on me throughout her bond points in 2.*
Millium gets some really good stuff in CS3 and 4. However the plot keeps her out of bonding events in CS4. She also more or less has a love interest already that isn't Rean.
>Also, when you mention Alfin and Elise, did you mean to mention them as a unit(the threesome Alfin has been hinting at), or do you just not use the Oxford comma?
Alfin jokes about the threesome thing in CS3, but in CS4 they have separate bonding events and separate final bonds. Alfin even mentally apologizes to Elise during hers.
>One more thing, just a yes or no. Do any of those confessions involve that special Rose that Margarita's family grows? That's something I also bet on.
I don't think a grand rose comes up during any of the events. I might not be remembering, but I don't think so. The final bond is kind of a "we have no idea what's going to happen tomorrow and I don't want to have any regrets" type thing rather than a planned romantic proposal.
>The whole franchise, huh? I'd heard the Final CS games were the equivalent of The Avengers movies in the MCU. Where all the previous plots and characters come together for a Big Bang.
This is a good way to describe it. It's kind of a mid-series finale. The focus is still very much on the Erebonian cast, but the Sky and Crossbell characters get their moments. And yeah, CS4 especially has some pretty interesting implications for the series at large. You learn some weird ass shit about Zumeria and have a lot more clues to the overall plot.
>I hope that with the space available they'll no longer split games into multiple entries like they did with CS I and II and apparently the first two Sky games.
Kondo says he wants to keep all arc to two games now, but it's Kondo so you never know if what he says is actually what's gonna happen.
dd4180 No.15613434
>>15612655
>That is most definitely not something you'll have to worry about. Compare the climax of chapter 1 of CS1 to the climax of chapter 1 of CS3 and you'll see just what I mean.
Perfection. That's what I really wanted to hear. I'll save whatever it is for myself, since I've managed to be mostly unspoiled when it comes to major plot. All I know is that CS3 ends worse for the Protags than CS did.
>Millium gets some really good stuff in CS3 and 4. However the plot keeps her out of bonding events in CS4. She also more or less has a love interest already that isn't Rean.
Oh, that's nice. I heard she died in 3. Maybe just gets criticalled but survives. And just for the record, i wasn't interested in her as a Reanbowl contestant, I just liked seeing her character beyond her more obnoxious genki traits during the Bonds. She felt like an actual little sister, not the kind you lewd.
>This is a good way to describe it. It's kind of a mid-series finale
Yeah, that chart, which I'm surprised you guys have kept through the threads, says the end of CS is about 60% through whatever grand story they're telling in this series. CS3 and 4 are definetly have to get moving plot wise for me to really believe that. By CS2's end we still had 4 or 5 Sept-Tellions to discover, a new series of ancient McGuffins in Divine Knights to start accounting for, and we only know of three of the… I forget how many there were, seven or eight, and still over half of Ouroboros to meet, and figure out what the hell theyre actually about. 60% of the way there, my ass.
>but it's Kondo so you never know if what he says is actually what's gonna happen.
He might actually be able to enforce this, since that's a matter of development on the Japanese side. He's not talking about bringing games westward faster and caring about the overseas market, which is something he can't really control or force faster due to the sheer size and scope of these games. They're localization nightmares and XSeed are the only masochists willing to do this as a job, and even then it's mostly out of love than profit. The sales of the CS Kai will probably have a big effect on resource allocation for CS3, however they deal with the Crossbell shaped hole in the Western Releases. CS Kai will show there's an active audience worth localizing for on PS4.
Which reminds me, what's the difference between the Kai releases and Vanilla? Cause the PC English Release already adds more voices dialogue.
Also, thanks for being so helpful in answering my questions. You've revitalized my hype for the games… Which will make the wait for them more unbearable now. On second thought, damn you for being so helpful.
04dc58 No.15613467
>>15613434
>Which reminds me, what's the difference between the Kai releases and Vanilla? Cause the PC English Release already adds more voices dialogue.
In Japan the Kai versions added turbo mode, hd textures and save carryover (not plot, just equipment and sepith bonuses) to CS3. The XSeed ports coming early next year will also add in the extra recorded dialogue as well as official dual audio. Most people are taking this as a hopeful sign that CS3 and 4 are on the horizon. If that's the case, I hope they do extra va for CS3 and 4 too because it could use it.
dd4180 No.15614690
>>15613467
>The XSeed ports coming early next year will also add in the extra recorded dialogue as well as official dual audio
Shit, the PC extras AND Dual Audio? See, it's shit like this that makes me happy to buy stuff full price. Man, I hope Falcom takes notice of how care XSeed puts into bringing their games to the West compared to other studios who don't need to be named. Speaking of, I see in the OP that TX got an improved translation. Did they seriously have to pull an YS 8 too? I didn't know it was that bad.
04dc58 No.15614764
>>15614690
I never played OG TX on the Vita, but from what I heard the EX version for PC and PS4 did clean up the translation to some extent. It's still not perfect and has some memeory in there, but it's probably worth a pirate, at least.
063c89 No.15615297
>>15614690
I haven’t seen one example of how the TL was improved. In fact, I’ve seen the opposite in that it’s the exact same. I don’t know why that bit is still in the OP.
406202 No.15616003
They should stipulate in voice actor contracts that it is expressly forbidden to die before the series is over.
406202 No.15616015
>>15589321
Hacking a PS4 is far from easy or convenient though.
05485b No.15616398
>>15616003
Why did you remind me anon
9fc1cb No.15617236
I just read a bunch of replies in this thread and am saddened that no more Kiseki games are probably going to be released in the west. What a shame.
04dc58 No.15617259
>>15617236
Where did you come up with that conclusion?
9fc1cb No.15617277
>>15617259
I just don't have any faith in localization, or Japanese companies anymore. I get really (I mean to the point where I buy multiple copies of a game) excited about a series and then there's a multi-year hiatus with no new news about localization and there are two titles that have been released since then.
By the time Sen 3 and Sen 4 (Note: The better not come out before Zero and Ao, but they will) I will probably be in my 30s.
04dc58 No.15617336
>>15617277
It took two years for CS1 to be localized. It's only been one year since CS3 came out. None of this is unexpected.
063c89 No.15617519
>>15617277
Your conclusion is retarded and your dilemma stems from being a child and wanting your product as quickly as possible because you have no sense of patience. Learn Jap to get around that.
a7d484 No.15617556
>>15617519
>telling someone who is impatient to learn japanese
That's effectively telling him to kill himself
de96fe No.15617571
>>15614690
And unfortunately, after seeing how Sony just shafted XSEED, I just found extra reason to not triple-dip, because as much as I want to support XSEED, I want to do it without supporting Sony at this point, until they do a complete policy reversal with apologies abound.
dd4180 No.15617577
>>15617556
>That's effectively telling him to kill himself.
Yes, but I appreciate that he didn't just say it straight out like most people here. Breaking the repition is nice once in a while.
dd4180 No.15617579
>>15617571
>Sony screwed XSeed
Oh fuck, what's happened?
de96fe No.15617583
>>15617579
Senran Kagura Burst Renewal forced to remove an entire feature on PS4 (Steam goes uncensored). You haven't heard?
9c4bc9 No.15617596
>>15617579
Sony US not Sony JP, Sony US has been going on a censorship spree lately.
de96fe No.15617600
>>15617596
Sorry, I guess I should have mentioned that.
Oh, and Sony EU too.
a7d484 No.15617605
>>15617571
I don't want to tell you to support Sony as they are cancer or to buy the thing, but do keep in mind that Xseed would suffer far more than Sony would from you not buying it. You should contact or send an email to Xseed and let them know why you aren't buying it so they can realize that Sony's policies are costing them sales and not anything that they're doing
Also if you want Sony to take a hit, you should email/mail them about your opinion on them and then let others know about the censorship
de96fe No.15617613
>>15617605
Again, triple-dipping. I already have the game. The only reason to even consider this edition is the merchandise, of which, I already own the full soundtracks of both games.
dd4180 No.15617615
>>15617583
>You haven't heard?
I'm not into SK, and only keep an ear to games media when I'm looking for new releases to be interested in these days.
>Steam version uncensored
The hell? What's in that mode that Steam is fine with but Sony isn't? I figure neither would allow loli/under American AoC, so that can't be it
>>15617596
>Sony US going on a Censor-spree lately
Really? Fuck, that's garbage. Wonder where the hell this is coming from. Sony's the main hond for JRPGs, this is fucked.
822f41 No.15617642
>>15617615
You know the interactive hand touching in Senran Kagura reflexions? Basically that. Its funny that they've become more cucked than Nintendo for this generation.
>>15617613
I would recommend buying the merch separately off Xseed's website (Soyny wouldn't get a cent) then; you should email them just in case because they're inconsistent with the merch they sell on their website.
>already have both OSTs
So then… just the cases?
de96fe No.15617659
>>15617642
>So then… just the cases?
Literally yes, the only things about those editions that I might consider wanting. Because really that Rean/Valimar vs. Crow/Odine aesthetic is actually quite nice.
9c4bc9 No.15617847
>>15617615
Presumably because Sony US recently moved their HQ to California.
dd4180 No.15617931
>>15617642
>You know the interactive hand touching in Senran Kagura reflexions?
No, because I'm NOT into SK, like I said before. I put it in all caps this time so you wouldn't miss it.
>they've become more cucked than Nintendo for this generation.
I can't believe that. Fire Emblem Fates had the face-petting mechanic… not removed, but limited if I remember correctly. A few years ago sure, but I doubt they would've allowed whatever lewd touching mechanic is in SK. Though the fact that Sony let it go in a previous game but not here… boggles the mind.
>>15617847
>California
Ahh… I visited recently. Not as fucked as I'd expected, but still pretty fucked. But the fact that someone'sb been hitting these obscure ass Jap game releasesonly recently implies a recent employee's active agenda. Only question is who, which we won't know unless we either comb the credits of the games or the idiot outs themself as someone, "Valiantly slaying oppressive and exploitative game mechanics for the good of all."
a7d484 No.15617955
>>15617931
No, in Fates it was outright removed in pretty much every sense. Nintendo were (and likely still are) fucking kikes. In Reflexions its there in all its glory and is likely lewder than anything Ninty had in Fates.
>Though the fact that Sony let it go in a previous game but not here… boggles the mind.
Funny story about that; A UK playstation rep had this to say when someone asked him about that
dd4180 No.15618037
>>15617955
>No, in Fates it was outright removed in pretty much every sense.
Huh, I could've sworn they just limited access to my room and the face petting, but I don't remember much of my little with Conquest beyond dissapointment. God, I'm really hoping Three Houses is a renaissance for the series's writing.
>those tweets
Huh, that, and this comment from Tom I picked up from an article about it
>He added that while "the age of the characters doesn't help", he believes its the "interactivity in general that's the issue"
There's something very specific to this SK game's Intimacy mode that's different from the others and crossed the line to where even changing the age should wouldn't work.
a7d484 No.15618079
>>15618037
You could look at their face technically, but that was literally it. No player interaction. It was effectively removed in every practical sense of the word.
FE Fates as a whole was a fucking disaster. I heard Echoes was good though, so there's at least a chance three houses won't be shit. With Heroes, Warriors, Fates and Awakening though, their overall track record doesn't give much optimism.
>There's something very specific to this SK game's Intimacy mode that's different from the others and crossed the line to where even changing the age should wouldn't work.
No, its actually a new Sony policy. They banned Omega Labyrinth Z earlier this year and people are believing that this new policy is the reason for it and SK's censorship as well.
http://operationrainfall.com/2018/10/13/senran-kagura-burst-renewal-cuts-ps4-explained/
8c2501 No.15618250
>>15617605
I've personally decided I'm not buying any games for Sony consoles unless they're used, however I'm breaking that rule for CS1&2 on PS4 just to toss Xseed some money to get 3&4 here. Modern vidya is such a shitshow I'm not interested in 99% of it. I just want to wrap up LoH and then I'll be happy enough with my backlog of shit on older consoles, PC, etc.
dd4180 No.15618264
>>15618079
> I heard Echoes was good though, so there's at least a chance three houses won't be shit.
Depends on how they took fan reaction to SoV. I think that was them experimenting with the style of older FE games to see if that would still be popular with a modern audience. If they listened to the praise of the better written story and proper critique about the game mechanics, we should be good. If they listened more to the Waifu Brigade who were upset about lack of Supports(which in Fates/Awakening are bloated) and lack of children(Fates kids still make me wince with how they were implemented), we're fucked. If they Pokémon this shit again, we're super fucked.
>With Heroes, Warriors, Fates and Awakening though,
Heroes is a mobile Gacha and Warriors is a Musou crossover. Expecting a good story from those is like expecting good plot from a porno. Awakening was bland all around, but not terrible. Fates is the only really offensive one of the bunch. But I suppose I'm getting off thread topic.
>No, its actually a new Sony policy
Well, that's a kick in the teeth. It would be difficult to curry a God amount of support to fight it, considering the small size of the fandoms for these games and the apathy many have toward this kind of censorship. The worst and most likely thing to happen with a boycott is that the good localizers who bring these obscure ass games take the hits and close down, so those types of games never get brought over at all, or in even worse butchered states.
How do you win here? Without learning a language with three fucking syllabaries. I'm too old for new language acquisition.
9c4bc9 No.15618396
>>15618264
Just be a loud minority, it works for every other demographic.
On the other hand the particular market Sony US is trying to fuck with also happens to be some of their more consistent and lucrative customers. Contact Sony JP WITHOUT USING A FUCKING FORM LETTER this is important and let them know you are disappointed in the recent "changes"/censorship their US branch has been taking part in.
Be specific, cite particular games you missed out on, avoid marketing terms, and make some sort of appeal that shows you aren't just some faggot copy and pasting OUTRAGE emails. Then tell your friends and they tell their friends, etc.
Just remember this: no matter how much easier it makes the process do NOT use a form letter, do not create a form letter, do not tell people to create a form letter, do not encourage or aid people in making a form letters, etc.
They make these sorts of things seem inorganic and/or automated making it less likely that Sony or anybody else you email will give a shit about 500k form letters versus maybe caring about 400k emails with thought put into them.
8c2501 No.15618438
>>15618396
You present an interesting case in that Sony's niche fans are probably more likely to be loyal fans, versus the fairweather gamers playing multiplat shooters. Those people can vanish instantly in another console generation when they go with whatever console is cheapest/most popular/etc. It's probably a good idea to point out people like us stuck with Sony because it was a platform known to carry unique Japanese games that aren't found on other consoles.
On a side note I'm curious as to who's making all these calls in Sony's western branch. It's pretty clear they're trying to be indiscreet by making publishers apologize while remaining dead silent on their end.
dd4180 No.15618540
>>15618396
>contact Sony JP
Have they been known to give a shit about E-mails in Gaijin language? This is Japan, they consider the money they get from us nice, but inconsequential.
>No form letter
I figure that would ineffective as they might consider that spam as opposed to genuine discontent, but the way you're talking about it implies past experience going poorly.
f29174 No.15618569
>tfw just finished the side story portion of Cold Steel 2
How playable are the fan translations of the Crossbell games? I jeed to know more about Crossbell after playing that part.
d3a5bc No.15618580
>>15618264
>I'm too old for new language acquisition.
I was in my mid 20's when I learned moon, well above the four or five that most single language speakers say is the age cap for learning a new language.
04dc58 No.15618600
>>15618569
Zero is pretty rough but as long as you are familiar with the world and can stomach some 90s anime subs tier writing sometimes, you should enjoy it. It's a testament to the characters that they still shine through even the imperfect translation. The Ao translation is quite a bit better.
f29174 No.15618624
>>15618600
Just that brief bit of Lloyd made me like the guy so I can see why you would say the characters can even shine through a imperfect fan translation. Guess I better dust off my PSP once I finish this CS2 epilogue.
dd4180 No.15618635
>>15618624
I hope that lasts, I've heard Lloyd's flatter than Fie's chest as a character.
04dc58 No.15618652
>>15618635
>>15618624
Lloyd is exactly what he appears in that interlude. My biggest criticism would be that he doesn't really undergo much personal growth. He's pretty much a well adjusted and competent guy from the moment he gets off the train (he just needs to gain combat levels). He's more a straight man for the events around him. It's the other characters around Lloyd that make Crossbell interesting. But yeah, of the four MCs I'd say he's the weakest. Most people who would disagree with that usually have a hate-boner for Rean and or CS as a whole.
9c4bc9 No.15618657
>>15618540
>Have they been known to give a shit about E-mails in Gaijin language? This is Japan, they consider the money they get from us nice, but inconsequential.
You're talking about Sony, the company that tried repeatedly to cancel and kill off the Vita because it didn't do well outside of Japan. They probably care a little bit.
They may not care about sensibilities and small "blips" of issues but if a decent amount of people kick up a stink they will definitely take notice, more so if people actually commit and stop buying their shit until it gets fixed but this is a best case scenario, I already know nobody will commit that far
>I figure that would ineffective as they might consider that spam as opposed to genuine discontent,
There are several reasons and you did hit a big one. Another is that form letters allow for very easy filtering off to some poor fuck that has to go through a few hundred thousand emails essentially saying
<FUCK YOU
and having to return each with a form letter of their own. It's just fluff.
The biggest reason they'll be more ineffective is because we royal don't have nearly the numbers to make a form letter campaign of any size relevant to any company the size of Sony, particularly when a not insignificant portion of the community that might have played those games accept being nannied by corporations. redditors, complete faggots, etc
To combat that you try to increase the chance they have to at least look over a good portion of the emails/letters.
When they start seeing a pattern of outrage from people that they took the time to write to them personally they are more likely to consider them more "expensive" customers in the sense that they are difficult to obtain/keep happy but also tend to spend far more than the average user. "High value consumer"
>but the way you're talking about it implies past experience going poorly.
To expand more on the point above, about number of people, it isn't that campaigns using form letters are entirely ineffective, there are campaigns that have used them and succeeded.
It's that they are less effective due to the problem of engagement. A corporation would rather have five customers that come back seven plus times than thirty customers that only buy once and they will try harder to keep the repeat consumers buying.
That's also how you have to approach boycotts and email campaigns. Not
<oh fuck, I was gonna buy this but now I can't BRAND VISIBILITY, MARKET TERMS, etc. t. email#4065
but
<hey guys, I've enjoyed your shit for a while and the local branch of your company is making decisions that do not allow me to buy the games from you that I have in the past. I wanted to bring this to your attention because I enjoy your product.
Millions of form letters are cool but consider a smaller pool of engaged customers. "Sony loyalists" we'll call them.
You have a few hundred thousand but they all took maybe thirty to forty minutes to write out an email and are upset they are missing games they would have and/or previously have bought. That's how you lose high value customers to competitors.
Most companies try to avoid this and I suspect Sony isn't entirely different in that regard, Japanese or not.
It's going to have to be a quality over quantity approach to get over the hump that is apathy.
822f41 No.15618737
>>15618264
>good story
Lmao, I didn't expect that from either of them. Gacha in and of itself is cancer and a bad sign. Its nothing but fanservice and microtransactions and its very popular.
The problem with Warriors was that it was an insult to anya actual fans of the series if you paid attention during its development. They deliberately kept out fun characters and fan favorites for sequels and DLC and filled it almost entirely up with Fates and Awakening characters. It also just wasn't a good mosou.
Awakening wasn't as bad as Fates of course, but it still disappointed me. It was like a Sacred Stones with more polish in its presentation but worse in literally everything else from map design to supports to difficulty to story to everything
>how do you win here
Unfortunately the best thing people can really do is show support on other platforms. In this case it would be (((Steam))) and jewtendo. Contacting the localizers and letting them know you would appreciate seeing them on other platforms and contacting Soyny and letting them know what and why you're doing what you are. If nothing else you give your voice as a consumer and you leave a trail of clear evidence if they ever wonder why their software attach rate plummets off a cliff.
4913f2 No.15619653
>>15618600
Don't forget the hype OST.
3aa92c No.15620136
>>15617615
Although America is indeed a nation of Christfaggots and moralfaggots the US Constitution expressly forbids the banning of art. The Constitution was written by enlightened people. Stores simply refuse the sale of certain art.
But enter the digital store!
99fd94 No.15629843
>>15629811
How is a NISA screw up bad news?
04dc58 No.15629846
>>15629811
>The 500,000 copies is calculated across all platforms Ys VIII: Lacrimosa of Dana is available on
I was actually nervous for a second. Read the article next time.
20bf4f No.15629901
>>15629846
2/3rds of those sales are from outside Japan, and every version NISA has touched has had fuckups of huge proportions.
Over 340K copies sold from NISA and 165k from NIS.
>>15629843
half a million sales for a niche series isn't a screwup, unless you have sales numbers for their other games that are higher? (and also compensating for the fact that Ys VIII rarely went down in price and is overall very high priced compared to other Falcom games)
896657 No.15629919
>>15629901
You are one of those retards who doesn't know shit but believe they know what they are talking about. Falcom is loved in Asia and their games sell a lot there. Believe it or not, they sell games in other countries aside from Japan and those from the West.
e42072 No.15629927
>>15629846
Thats good for a Falcom game.
04dc58 No.15629983
>>15629927
And did you consider that it needed four platforms to reach those numbers?
20bf4f No.15630068
>>15629919
So then how much is "a lot"?
More than the west's share? Do you have any statistics? Moreover, would NIS not be involved in some way over there?
You have a point though, regardless. I forgot about the Asian region. It would be nice to have some actual hard numbers though.
>>15629983
An average of 125k per platform is still high for Falcom games, and again Ys VIII is a premium priced game for them.
04dc58 No.15630081
>>15630068
>An average of 125k per platform
Is that the average though? I want to know the actual breakdown per system. I'm willing to bet the lions share was on the Vita and PS4.
20bf4f No.15630143
>>15630081
>Is that the average though?
Yes? That's basic math.
The actual breakdown is going to be a lot harder to find, but you're probably right about the lion's share being on Vita and PS4.
417d57 No.15635871
>>15531167
This. I appreciate a complete english translation as possible, but the inclusion of an the original audio track has never ass blasted me at any point.
>>15536592
I only ever bought the first one on vita, and i immediately regretted it when they announced the third part as a PS4 exclusive. Should have seen it coming, because the exact same shit happened with the trails in the sky.
9c4bc9 No.15637730
>>15618657
I've got some horrible news as a followup to this optimistic post.
It appears Sony Japan may be hopping on the censorship train and Sony US is just happy to lockstep. If that is true emailing them will likely do nothing.
Start looking into alternative hardware for next gen if you own Sony consoles.
4c1cad No.15638976
>>15637730
Yeah they're censoring the already censored console releases of VNs. These things look like anime from the early 2010s where they were censoring shit to sell more Blu-rays. Sun streaks covering panty shots same with bikinis.
1d55ae No.15639005
00b83c No.15639025
>>15638995
I have a bad feeling about this
214366 No.15639039
>>15637730
Apparently they're doing it because of the olympics.
(This person is a partner to Marvelous Games) http://archive.is/k96sS
>>15639025
Same.
04dc58 No.15639106
>>15639025
>>15638995
>>15639039
Well…shit. I also have an extremely bad feeling about this.
2a8118 No.15639199
Huh maybe something is up at Xseed. If she is looking for work it means she doesn't have a job lined up which implies she didn't have a plan post Xseed.
20bf4f No.15639274
04dc58 No.15639319
>>15639274
>>15639199
>>15639039
>>15639025
>>15639005
One thing worth remembering is that Hatsuu was only the lead on Sky 3rd and CS2, so it's not like she was the only person who ever worked on Trails. She was just the most vocal about it online.
dc741f No.15639344
>>15639319
Its still a shame to lose a passionate proponent for Falcom IP localization, and the risk of getting replaced by someone worse than her is very very high in commiefornia. All these freelancer localization rats and goblins looking for jobs and whatnot.
On an almost comically ironic side note, I ordered some shit from the Xseed website and just had it arrive to me tody, and they gave me 2 extra pieces of merch free of charge.
XSeed knows how to treat their customers right. I just hope they're not in any financial troubles or anything like that. This dismissal makes little sense to me and I wonder if it had anything to do with Senran Kagura preorders presumably crashing after the censorship debacle, since the VP of Xseed himself said that small companies like them literally live and die off preorders and letting people go is a common (and unfortunate) way to keep yourself from losses in a quarter if necessary
either way it just doesn't add up.
2a8118 No.15639361
Alright something is going the fuck down.
dc741f No.15639365
RED ALERT NIGGERS THIS IS NOT A DRILL XSEED MIGHT BE FUCKING COLLPASINGINSINFODJDIOJAOSJDOISAJIODJIAOSIODJASIODJIOASOJIDJOIASJODIASJOIDJIOASJIDJSIAODJOIASJOIDSJAIODJIOSAIJDJIOASDJIOASOJIDIJSAODJIOASJOIDASOIJDJIOASJIDOASJO
NOT GOOD NOT GOOD
https://archive.fo/fhsME
84476a No.15639392
>>15639365
Calm the fuck down, if Xseed doesn't localize Cold Steel at least NISA will do it so we'll be getting these games no matter what.
dc741f No.15639415
>>15639387
He was their staunchest anti-censorship advocate; presumably he worked on all their falcom games (I know for a fact he worked on the Zwei ones for example thanks to his localization blogs) but there's not too much way of knowing since they took him off the credits for all the games ever since he didn't stand by an example of censorship in a localization (the KKK witches sign being changed in something)
>>15639392
Please feel free to kill yourself
214366 No.15639416
>>15639365
Tom was the only thing keeping XSeed from censoring literally everything their staff found offensive.
Panic.
2a7339 No.15639432
>>15639359
>>15639199
>>15639361
>>15639365
I'm never gonna get an official Dinosaur Resurrection western release now. Fuck.
>>15639392
Kill yourself.
4c1cad No.15639525
>>15639359
So it's XSeed done? The way Tom talked about it it sounded like everything they localized would be censored if not for him. With the current state Sony is in this is incredibly fucking worrying.
214366 No.15639556
He says that XSeed will probably start censoring shit they find offensive.
Yep, that's pretty much it. XSeed is done. http://archive.fo/Ierp3
04dc58 No.15639581
>>15639525
Honestly, we don't know. This is uncharted waters. But if this is any indication >>15639556 I'd say keep your eye on every XSeed release. If they cuck out then that's it. No more support. So far they've lived by the good graces of niche fans who know them as the "good localizers." If they drop that then they're worthless and without niche support they'll die and they'll deserve it. So I guess we'll see what they do.
4c1cad No.15639664
>>15639581
Well right now they've committed to giving every game a PC release. Steam also allows straight up pornography now. So they have no scapegoat to blame for making them censor things.
84476a No.15639676
>Remember: XSEED has never had an anti-censorship policy. That's always just been me – I'm just very vocal about it! But I can't stick around forever – especially when I hear the call of Japan. I've been wanting to go back for so long now!
<Are you suggesting literally nobody else agreed with you on that issue? Because that is terrifying beyond belief if true.
>Preeeeeetty much. I mean, other people have their own lines that they draw when it comes to censorship, but no one else drew their line quite as taut to the ground as I did. ;)
417d57 No.15639723
I'm more worried about the retarded communist going to "teach" japanese kids than fucking xseed.
04dc58 No.15639759
84476a No.15639770
ebed0b No.15639795
>>15639199
>>15638995
>>15639365
XSEED IS DEAD
OUR HEROES ARE BEING FORCED TO ABANDON THE SINKING SHIP
WHERE WERE YOU WHEN [Falcom] GAMING DIED?!
c9c8af No.15640113
>>15638995
>>15639359
It's over. NISA is pretty much a given at this point, if AT ALL.
Fucking hell, why. Just why. This is the worst case scenario.
04dc58 No.15640146
>>15640113
I guess there's a slight chance Marvelous could just dissolve XSeed and start doing more stuff themselves.
214366 No.15640183
>>15640146
I'm worried that even if they get the future Trails games, there'll be censor-happy harpies among the localizers that aren't kept in check.
c9c8af No.15640193
>>15640146
Hm, maybe. I only realized once I cooled down a little, Hatsuu and Tom announced it on the same day, and Hatsuu is only looking for work now. So… they got kicked out?
dc741f No.15640231
>>15640146
>dissolve their American branch entirely
Now this would be a stupid fucking idea.
>>15640183
This is what is to be concerned about.
>>15640193
Yes…? That's what people including myself are assuming, which is not a good thing since XSEED is based in commiefornia. The people who can replace them have an extremely high chance of being bad. They have no localization producers with those two gone, and pretty much no anti-censorship advocate.
The reason I believed this happened personally is because of financial problems XSEED is having, presumably because of preorders for the new senran tanking because of the censorship; XSEED's executive VP has stated not long ago that they as a small studio "live and die based off preorders" so I assume this was a layoff.
c9c8af No.15640307
>>15640231
Dunno how it looks from inside, but from here they just fired the two biggest faces of the company. I have no idea who XSEED is now. I mean, there's still Sara… right? She's a programmer though, and did she even get to work on CS anyway?
dc741f No.15640475
>>15640307
Yeah no kidding. They were effectively brand ambassadors (in a good way). It was an utterly retarded idea
I have no idea if Sara did or not
5925c0 No.15640904
>>15640873
There was a picture of him with an eyepatch, so it's probable. Plus he wouldn't want to keep a certain silver haired woman waiting.
04dc58 No.15640906
>>15640873
CS3 makes it looks like he dies at the end. He survives, but loses an eye.
ae930d No.15640958
This is fucking terrible news. What the hell is Hatsuu going to even do now?
05485b No.15640998
Ho ho ho, good thing im studying moonrune. Get on board faggots or enjoy your bastardized nisa games
9c4bc9 No.15641049
>>15640193
That literally sounds like a hostile takeover.
This combined with the recent retardation with Sony leads me to believe (((they))) have infiltrated somehow and are pulling in Japan since trying to cuck Western releases wasn't working well enough because they were constantly being called on their shit.
15938d No.15641110
>>15639676
>>15639770
>Tom, as cucked as he was, was literally the only thing holding them back
I didn't realize it was this bad. What is wrong with this industry?
9c4bc9 No.15641425
>>15641110
Localization doesn't pay well enough to get people with principles into it and those that potentially could are filtered out.
SJWs work for pennies and do so largely for the warm feeling they get from denying people uncucked shit.
dd4180 No.15641956
>>15638995
>>15639361
Well, guess I gotta drop this series. It's a shame, but no one will ever do them as well as XSeed with these two could've. Hatsuu had the passion to actually be willing to localize these and Tom kept any bullshit out, even if he wasn't directly involved. So long, Trails. I'll just imagine all the characters from the past series got together with fully trained Class VII and beat Ouroboros. And it was all epic. Then world peace. Then timeskip where a bunch of characters got together and had kids, no matter how illogical the pairing, and every protagonist cut their hair short.
9e7418 No.15643135
>>15638995
http://www.xseedgames.com/jobs/
Anybody in the thread want to legitimately brave the fire and flames of Torrance, Cuckifornia? Condolence might be that you'll end up in the area of the U.S. closest to Japan. Not sure if that's any reassurance.
<can't learn-
>Japanese language knowledge a plus, but not
I…don.t know why that is a specification, but if you can get a burger fool job you can stand a good chance of qualifying. I dunno, for Anitwitterfag cancer that lurk here you could even hit existing employees up on Twitter.
I really hope you don't just like Falcom as a meme considering all those years of threads. Even if it's not the best you would be presiding over the translation yourself, no?
214366 No.15643148
>>15643135
It's likely because you won't be directly translating. Someone else will be translating and you'll be editing.
dd4180 No.15643345
>>15643135
I would, but I don't have the portfolio, nor do I live close enough.
8b094f No.15643647
>All I wanted was CS3&4 and then vidya could burn for all I care
>Now that will probably never happen
So I guess I'm just going to have to find a script/summary and listen to the soundtrack. I hate current year so fucking much.
214366 No.15643698
>>15643647
I'm still holding out a bit of hope, but things are looking pretty grim.
I've also put off learning Japanese indefinitely since it costs an arm and a leg to import anything from Japan where I live.
04dc58 No.15643716
>>15643698
>>15643647
I'd wait at least for a bit to see what will happen. But we'll have to keep a close eye on it, sadly.
20bf4f No.15644179
>>15643135
Its because that's a localization associate position, basically the equivalent of lower than a grunt I would imagine and being very basic of a job
Its almost like a trainee position
dd4180 No.15645493
>>15643647
I blame Andrew Dic. If he didn't royally fuck up his SC "help", we'd probably have had Zero and Ao in the West years ago and would be in an awkward situation with CS III and IV. The series would be more well established and wouldn't have lost steam with the long awkward pause between FC and SC and the arc skip.
b62c9f No.15646751
>>15643647
All the good Kiseki games are now in English so its not all bad.
b62c9f No.15646769
I will never join you Satan!
Not even when I am a cute flat chested little girl?
I PLEDGE MY SOUL TO YOU
This has been a rollercoaster week of emotions. It began so well with reading only 49% of this nation considers themselves religious. It ended with Sony going full moralfag. And Americans call this liberal? Forgive them KeA they know not what they do.
8b094f No.15647016
>>15646751
I've been meaning to play the Crossbell games, how is the so called "beta" of the english patches versions posted on nyaa?
822f41 No.15649002
>>15646769
>less people being religious is a good thing
careful faggot, that will almost certainly backfire on you. The basic rights in America are given by God and as such can't be taken away from man. In a pluralistic, relativistic, progressive society, arbitrary censorship can and will happen to you if its decided in the public consciousness that its too disgusting to allow, and considering that leftist moral police and influencers are trying to label anime as "pedophilic" and evil while letting real pedophilia slide or even defend it and people with principles and actual objective standards and foundations decrease by the day…
Have fun figuring that out
c72113 No.15649576
>>15649002
>The basic rights in America are given by God and as such can't be taken away from man
America has always operated by selectively giving rights, the fuck are you talking about?
a7d484 No.15649929
>>15649576
The fuck are you talking about?
Corruption unfortunately existing and occurring from time to time against the will of the people doesn't negate the constitution and the declaration of independence (which admittedly technically wasn't a legal document afaik but was still hugely important in America's formation of rights and whatnot)