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>mfw people telling me Ys 8 was the best the franchise had to offer

COMPARE EMBED RELATED WITH LITERALLY ANY BOSS FIGHT IN SEVEN, MoC OR 8 AND FIND ME ONE WHICH ISN'T JUST 𝔞𝔠𝔱𝔦𝔳𝔞𝔱𝔢 𝔣𝔩𝔞𝔰𝔥 𝔡𝔬𝔡𝔤𝔢 𝔱𝔥𝔢𝔫 𝔣𝔩𝔞𝔰𝔥 𝔤𝔲𝔞𝔯𝔡 𝔦𝔪𝔪𝔢𝔡𝔦𝔞𝔱𝔢𝔩𝔶 𝔞𝔣𝔱𝔢𝔯𝔴𝔞𝔯𝔡𝔰 𝔞𝔫𝔡 𝔰𝔭𝔞𝔪 𝔞𝔱𝔱𝔞𝔠𝔨 FOR THE DURATION OF THE ENTIRE FIGHT

HERE'S AN ENTIRE PLAYLIST OF ALL YS 8 BOSSES BEING NO DAMAGED ON THE HIGHEST DIFFICULTY, IT'S ALL THE SAME SHIT OVER AND OVER

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ly21Stjx1mA&list=PLrLuUiylTyduFRUMq_0VJu1Q71KnE9rJN

FLASH GUARDING IS A CANCER LIKE YOU WOULDN'T BELIEVE

>>15649970

I love the mechanics of "just" guarding attacks and being rewarded. It's why I like Royal Guard in DMC so much and I wish more action games and action RPGs had the mechanic

Goddamn what terrible fucking news.

I'd just bought some shit from XSEED (including a vita copy of CS2) earlier this week and it arrived yesterday, with 10$ worth of extra merch I never ordered or asked for for free. They really knew how to treat their customers right.

I hope that doesn't change in the wake of this news.

>>15650040

Its more like it would be an uncertain statement right now as

>>15650034

said, but given how much they work with fan-translators and freelancers as well for the trails games iirc it probably would still end up being good overall, just not as good as it used to be.

if they even bother to do trails games after this

The biggest risk is censorship and Ryan Graff right now.

>>15650068

>Ryan Graff

Who's that?

>>15650250

>before aronhood wipes out the party on nightmare

Goddammit.

>>15650250

>who does nothing but complain about politics on twitter

Oh no, the worst kind.

I have no hope of ever getting CS3 or CS4 at this point let alone Zero or Ao. At least I know that Olivier proposes to Schera in CS4 so at least I will die happy.

>>15650558

I read your spoiler and did not know that. That makes my heart very content reading. I may attempt to just read the games with the japanese knowledge i have now. Havent decided. Really disappointed with everything thats been going on with translations lately

>>15650582

I had to dig around and found a thread on another site that linked to a stream with the scene in question. Up until then I had feared that Olivier had died sometime after CS2. Was very surprised when I found out the truth.

Honestly don't know much more about the series after CS2.

>>15650791

Another question, are Olivier and Shera playable?

I know I care about such random things, but he's the best grill.

>meant to hide posts because avoiding spoilers but accidentally filtered an ID

fucking RIP

>>15650895

Nope. They just have brave orders. Olivier is playable in CS3 but not CS4.

I asked towards the end of the last thread, but what would be the best way to play the Crossbell games? From what I gather you can patch both the PC and PSP versions of the games. I've also noticed there are pre-patched "beta" versions for PC on some torrents.

>>15651004

The PC versions are your best bet. in my opinion.

>>15649970

Right? Why bother using your movement to dodge if you have I-frames and slow mo on it?

At least the Felghana games had the sense to keep guard moves on a mana intensive spell.

>>15651004

I've only played the PC versions from the mega link that was posted in these threads.

So I'm going to say that the PC version is the best because it's easier to start playing.

>>15650900

On that note, this might be a good opportunity to ask, I actually wasn't able to hide posts or IDs for the past two years or so, it just stopped working (and I stopped caring eventually) and I don't know if I'm retarded or why. Any ideas?

>>15653047

Probably something to do with your browser, cookies or IP address is my guess

did you ever try from a private browsing mode? (sometimes things get weird when you do)

I can't figure out why such a thing would happen though. Define "not working". As in posts still showed up or…?

>>15653084

I can expand the post menu and click hide etc, it just does nothing at all. I just checked and it indeed works in private mode, now that's weird.

>>Trails from Zero at 70% (being edited by Geofront/Zerk)

This has been in the OP pasta for months now, is it outdated, are they even working on it anymore, or should I just go with the beta as is?

>>15654557

It's outdated. About two months ago it was updated to 75% on the official site.

>>15654865

I hope they finish soon since I've been waiting this entire time.

Anytime I visit the Hayworth's in Ao no Kiseki, I get incredibly sad.

>>15651026

Is there anything wrong with the PSP versions? I was going to play those

>>15649970

Brandish 3 is the best ys game

>>15655661

Has he said anything about Britany and Tom leaving? I would really like for XSEED to keep their relative transparency and I can't really wrap my head around Hatsuus departure because she seemed to be such a dedicated member of the team. Plus, marketable personalities like hers can be valuable; but I guess XSEED wouldn't know anything about effective advertising. Who knows? Maybe she wasn't any good or had burned out over those eight years of translation. All I really want is an annoucement on CSIII and IIII.

>>15649970

Yeah but that's the only fight in the entire game that's actually challenging or interesting, anon.

Starting TITS right now. do I play hard or normal, I think normal might be too easy but I don't want to destroy my experience with hardmode

>>15658585

Hard is hard as balls. I liked it but it reamed my asshole a bit especially at the start. I eventually got somewhat used to it, but expect to retry a lot of fights and get used to loss until you get the hang of things (and even then its still somewhat risky).

I don't know how norl is since I started and finished on hard kek, but I assume its a reasonable difficulty. I would always recommend people play on harder difficulties to challenge themselves but I don't know how much of a casual you are. I heard hard difficulty was expected for NG+ players/characters or something along with nightmare, so I don't know.

How hardcore are you, anon? :^)

>>15658612

Had a feeling something like that would happen. But, no more spoilers for CS3/CS4, please.

I'm holding on to hope that I'll play them sometime in the future.

>>15655661

This is someone other than the anti-Trump zealot, right?

>>15659216

Yes

>>15655771

The only thing he’s said is that they should get a drink together when she’s in the area again.

>she burned out

Doubtful considering the amount of work she’s been putting in constantly on that otomeshit game she’s been working on. Researching period appropriate language she can use being the biggest thing and it appears she loves doing that.

>>15658585

I find normal to be fairly decent. The game's exp system prevents you from over leveling and it will still punish you for failing to take advantage of arts, crafts, etc. You also only have 2-3 party members for most of the game so it can get pretty rough on hard.

These games aren't like FF/DQ where you just grind and buy better gear and steamroll everything by spamming attack.

>>15660124

Part of the fun is customizing orbments. Get a new party member? Figure out what they're good for, customize them to that end, or cover their weaknesses. Lose a party member? Time to readjust roles by readjusting quartz.

>>15660045

Yeah she was so open with her work and I appreciated that. Are there any American anons that live in the area and would care to find out what's going on? The uncertainty of future quality falcom releases genuinely worries me.

>>15655051

>Party Ys games are objectively inferior to the oath and bump games, Lacrimosa looks no different than Celceta sans jumping

>they have as little thought put into them as giving nisa the 8 port

>no arguments

Are you sure you're not the fanboy

>support falcom

>no one cared about falcom shit until cold steel came out because of its low tier waifu bullshit

Doesn't make sense because the actual good falcom games also had waifus yet its this shit that people talk about almost exclusively

Woke up this morning and put on Ao without even eating breakfast. I'm at the beginning of the 5th chapter so there's a prison break with Lloyd breaking out of prison. I never thought there'd be moments where you're left completely defenseless without an orbment or equipment. I certainly didn't expect teaming up with Garcia to break out

Goddamn I fucking love these games and the twists they throw at me.

>>15660943

Which falcom games are actually good anon?

>>15661561

Why use savestates when you can save at almost any time?

>>15661626

It's just slightly more convenient. I also play on PPSSPP, and sometimes I gotta leave on a moment's notice. Saving during a battle or a cutscene is nice.

>playing TiTS

>that last fight in the martial arts tournament

What a bullshit fight.

>>15661659

You ain't seen nothing yet.

>>15661659

That was annoying, but not nearly as bad a lot of the others in that game

>>15661561

Here is a texture pack, that gives Ao the PC textures, when emulated with PPSSPP:

https://gbatemp.net/threads/ao-no-kiseki-ppsspp-hd-texture-pack.484790/

>>15662589

It's pretty great so far. I'm just wondering about Arios is he just faking it or is he for real? I guess I'll find out in a few hours.

Duvalie Gets bullied by the Crossbell team AND Class 7! Around the same time too, considering they run parallel to each other

That has to be humiliating.

>>15664293

I feel like replaying CS2 again just for that. Wonder if my toaster can run it.

Still, though. Playing through Ao makes me see both Kilika and Lechter in a new light. Lechter especially. I disliked him in Cold Steel and didn't think much of him in Sky 3rd. I don't know what to think about him now. Dunno how to feel about Kilika acting the way she is either. Lots to think about.

>>15670880

Oh I see. I assumed that since he was at the end of CS2, he'd be in CS3.

That's good, though. I like Randy. Probably my favourite male character out of the Crossbell series.

>>15661659

>>15661739

>Being this bad at an easy game

>>15670977

On hard difficulty its pretty painful, especially on a blind first playthrough.

>>15671756

Taimanin Alisa

>>15672497

>Taimanin

Nah, it’s the combination of “fishnet chainmail” and tight latex that makes that theme. Without that, the fishnet chainmail is just “awkwardly placed fishnets.”

>>15673639

That's true.

Still pretty fetishy. I don't mind it. At least Alisa's good for something now (though I don't know if she gets a personality upgrade in 3 and 4. She could be better for all I know)

>>15674088

Okay, yes, but I wasn't counting that because you just see him and he doesn't say anything.

>>15674218

Rixia best tits

>>15671756

To be fair, she's 20-21 now, right? Therefore, in their minds, it's probably safe as long as no one touches her. Waitaminute– is CS4 headpat-heavy?

>>15674218

Bastard

>>15678478

Huh, might be a reason for me to finally pick it up maybe.

>>15686517

Go play something else and come back to it.

>>15678478

Is this compatible with an uncracked Steam version?

>>15686517

>can you ignore orbments?

Nope. I dunno about anyone else but I spent a lot of time switching master quartz and redoing orbment setups almost every few story beats.

How playable is the Zero translation? By that I mean, how much I would be losing by playing the game at its current state?

>>15674218

You can tell this is fake because there are no spelling errors on the cover.

>>15687993

This was for >>15687888

>>15689919

Seems like the update adds a wav_jp folder to the voice folder in the game folder.

>CS1 and 2 just went on sale on GoG

>feeling tempted to double-dip despite owning copies on the Vita

But I'm worried my money will go to cancer; at the same time I want them to know there is still interest in them doing trails of cold steel, at least more than NISA but this is annoying.

>>15690103

Nice.

>>15690103

Is this a farewell gift, or a good omen?

They didn't the voiceover for free I assume, so it's nice.

>>15694585

>they bought the rights to the Japanese audio, which at least means something

Yeah that's what I was trying to say. Rather surprising investment this late after release, but nice nonetheless.

>>15695351

>Rather surprising investment this late after release

They mainly got the rights to the Japanese audio for the PS4 version, that will be released in a few months. Getting to use it in the PC version too is just a bonus.

>>15697627

Yeah no idiot, that was Marvelous. XSEED never could get the rights by themselves. Now that NISA took Ys 8, Marvelous saw that they had to give a fuck for once about Falcom releases. It's thanks to marvelous XSEED could get access to the jap dub.

>>15697627

>>15698044

they said numerous times they couldn't afford to get the rights. i'm not sure it was the nisa offering that actually got them to do so though.

>>15697916

Yeah, maybe it's just that.

Just got Trails of Cold Steel and the last Falcom game I played was Faxanadu on the NES.

Is there anything I need to know before heading in?

re: the usual JRPG bullshit of "if you miss this obscure item in the tutorial area you can never 100% the game" or "this character/build is completely worthless, don't bother with them".

>>15686517

Just experiment with the orbment system. Characters have strengths and weaknesses via stats and you can either play up their strengths or cover their weaknesses using the customization. You'll never be stuck with a bad build because the game encourages customizing and re-customizing any chance you get. Though there are ways for certain characters to break the game.

Other than that, storywise it's not open ended. You go to a place, do quests there, then go back to your "base", do quests there, and then go to a new place as the story progresses. So if you want to 100% the game you need to do certain things in those locations, like look out for fishing spots. There are also hidden quests that don't show up in your book in each area; this also counts towards 100% completion. You find these quests by talking to people as you progress the main quest (it could be as simple as doing one thing in the main quest and then talking to someone right after), so the game encourages you to talk to NPCs a lot.

>>15698457

Have you already played TitS?

>>15698077

>>15698044

Marvelous Europe seems to have wanted to get in on the action instead of NISA Europe distributing it there as they usually do for Falcom releases, so that must've made Marvelous JP decide to throw their weight (and money) around it.

It used to only be XSEED who was involved, and XSEED isn't officially Marvelous's branch in the US, they're a subsidiary that handles Marvelous releases yes, but they do have some degree of autonomy and Marvelous is usually pretty hands-off and uninvolved with them outside of their own releases.

>>15698457

>if you miss this obscure item in the tutorial area you can never 100% the game

Yes and no, I noticed in Cold steel (after being an autist and talking to everyone) that there is usually an extra hidden quest after the urgent request is completed.

Here's how I played: Talk to all NPC's before starting the optional requests, start doing optional requests, start the urgent request and check if some random schmuck changed their dialogue, if not, proceed to complete the urgent request, start over after urgent request is completed.

If a "passage of time" (most of the time it's after the urgent request) has happened, there probably is something new to find.

That's how I managed to 100% the quests, recipes and fish on my first playtrough for CS1 and 2.

>>15698540

No. I do remember starting it but I couldn't get into it for some reason.

>>15699250

I'll go back and give TitS another go. The combat didn't click with me straight away and the plot seemed to take a while to get going. I remember being a bit put-off by the number of tropes in the opening (taboo not-really-sibling love, quest in the sewers, exposition dumps out the wazoo), but if does actually get good later on then I'll give it another go.

On the subject, does it have any miss-able or worthless content?

>>15699402

Is this true for TitS too?

>>15701827

Thanks anon, I'll give it another go with the mindset of "first of a trilogy in a trilogy of trilogies". Any maxBP guide you can recommend that's also spoiler free?

>>15701868

For FC there's this: https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=712454203

It's more of spoiler free guide than max bp, but it's the best I could find for the first game.

For SC there's this max bp guide which is really good and only tells you the necessities.: https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=544768316

>>15701926

You're going to enjoy the ending to FC.

>>15701959

My first GF had auburn/brown hair in twintails and anger issues.

I miss her so much.

>>15698044

>>15698077

>XSEED never could get the rights by themselves.

>they said numerous times they couldn't afford to get the rights.

>but they can afford spending shitload of money on the BIGGEST DUB EVER for Akiba's Beat

also dub only means they were able to change the script and characters without anybody noticing and the few who do get shat by the rabid XSEEDfags.

>>15702178

In fairness Japanese VA are more expensive than American nobodies.

Xseed didn't feel the need to invest in getting dual audio because nobody else was courting Falcom. When Nisa started bidding for Ys 8 they had to reevaluate.

God damn I love FC so much.

>>15701804

>I remember being a bit put-off by the number of tropes in the opening

I feel like if you get invested in the series you'll be back here complaining about Cold Steel in a couple months.

>>15701804

>Is this true for TitS too?

It's not as "structured" as CS when it comes to the optional stuff. For example (without spoilers): in order to get a book, you need to talk to a merchant sitting at a table, but he won't give you anything the first time you talk to him.

So you need to start a plot cutscene that takes place in the same room as him (he won't give you the book after this dialogue is finished) you walk outside and another plot cutscene starts (here he will give you his book if you go back in and talk to him).

But if you enter the plot door, that is pretty much right next to the main characters (because no one else except the merchant changes his dialogue so why would you check him again?) you will never be able to get that book chapter.

TitS has more of those sneaky moments than the latter games.

>>15702287

I avoid guides on my first playtrough.

>>15702766

What's funny is TitS and CS have the same tropes for the most part, it's just the fanservice is more "pronounced" due to the better graphics of CS. If anything one of the reasons I like these games is because they're practically made for anime/manga fans while still telling an interesting story with autistic levels of lore, characterization, and detail.

>>15702178

That's the biggest dub in XSEED's history up until that point, not the biggest dub ever. They also didn't seem to have anyone immediately recognizable on the dub front in their advertising for it so it was likely done on the cheap.

That game also had dual audio as well, so your post is irrelevant on that front.

>>15687995

>>15687993

Thanks anon, maybe I'm going to play it after all.

>>15650034

Is it true Altina's breasts are bigger on the PS4 games? That was quite a disappointment.

>>15706933

That was Alfin you’re thinking of.

>>15703309

> TitS has more of those sneaky moments than the latter games.

That's the kind of shit I despise in JRPGs, which is why I ask in the first place. I don't want spoilers or a handholding walkthrough, I just don't want to miss shit because of bullshit like that which was designed to sell strategy guides back in the day, and which carried over because nips can't seem to abide breaking tradition.

http://operationrainfall.com/2018/11/08/new-ys-game-consoles-next-fall/

https://archive.is/lajNc

>A number of details outlining Nihon Falcom’s plan for the next year has been revealed from a recently published financial report. Certain things covered included some good news such as over a 15% increase in sales, along with profits going up about 30%. The Trails of Cold Steel series which was mentioned as surpassing over 1.5 million copies, will be expanded on in all regions. A number of games are planned which include a new entry in the Ys series. Additionally, it was said that the company will seek out to expand its multiplatform content. This outline was for what they plan on for the new fiscal year which will close next September.

>>15706959

You sure I thought I saw pictures of her in swimsuit where she has tits.

>>15707811

Clearly not flat on the last 2 pics. Which game are these from? Especially compared to the second picture.

>>15707861

They're all from 3+4 dude. Like I said she's 13/14, so there's probably the smallest amount of chest, but if that's "adding boobs" to you then I guess you can autistically screech in a corner.

>>15707940

Stop acting so retarded just because I don't agree with you, man. Either way thanks. It's a shame they fucked up her chest. Hopefully they didn't do that to Millium too.

>>15707811

A 13-14 year old girl would have somewhat developed breasts.

Mosquito bites start at 11 or so.

>>15708022

Isn't she some some kind of robot too though?

>>15707940

Careful anon it's probably THAT poster from /animu/.

>playing Tokyo Xanadu

>at hot springs

>kou says "haha what if we shouted our attacks out like anime characters?"

>get to dungeon

>"EEEXXUUUTTEENDDOOO GGGIIIAAAA!!"

>>15719804

Is that actually Estelle in 3D? She appears in Cold Steel? I thought it was a brand new cast set in the future?

Still working on TitS FC.

>>15719804

More like Asstelle.

>>15719804

I never really was that attracted to estelle but Falcom sure does know how to make a good 3d model these days.

>>15719804

Oh fuck.

>>15722880

*Bit but fits my point.

>>15722937

Brain fart. Thanks Schera.

Just finished Ys I&II for PC Engine/Turbographix16. Good game. Was my introduction. Your shitty guide tells me to skip Ys III and shit, but that's not gonna happen.

I'm looking forward to playing the remake of Ys I&II for PC but I'm not sure if I should play Ys III and IV first, as a sort of release order seeing as how all the remakes play completely differently.

>>15723183

Guides are only a helpful resource, play all the falcom games you want faggot

The PC engine version of Ys 1 and 2 had the best music imo

>I'm not sure if I should play Ys III and IV first

Might as well if only because they're not remakes and playing remakes of games you just played sounds like it would be a bit tedious

Holy shit side-scrolling Ys III is so fucking weird. What even happened?

>>15723411

All Falcom games are a clusterfuck of various amounts of quality until you get to the 3D ones.

>>15723429

Except Ys I&II on PC Engine/TG16 was a masterpiece. I'm still having fun with Ys III, but it's absolute QUALITY. I love running forward without a care with my windmill of death.

Is there any way to tell the current date of the Crossbell games in-game? I feel like I'm getting to the point where the timelines and events are starting to line up but wanna make sure.

>>15724598

Glad you had fun anon.

I cannot get the hang of the bumping in Mask of the Sun. This has to be the least fun in the series as of yet.

>>15726254

And holy balls, the bosses are hard. I don't know if I"m going to actually finish playing this one. I'm looking forward to the other Ys IV, The Dawn of Ys, but Mask of the Sun is just a chore so far.

>>15726381

Alright, I think I'm about half way done with Mask of the Sun. It still controls really weird compared to the others. There is no trading damage, it's either deal or take damage, meaning a slime can bury you if you're not careful, forcing your bumps to be very precise. On the other hand, running around in circles seems to be the most effective way to deal with most encounters. Also, it was just that first boss that was stupid hard. The next boss was stupid easy. This game is just badly crafted.

Also, I don't care one bit about the story. There's people talking every once in a while, but it all boils down to keep running forward until the next cutscene happens. Even in Ys III, there was a semblance of having to pay attention to know what you're doing and where to go, and I cared about the cute loli and her brother, but this one is just training you to keep going through these linear as fuck tunnel dungeons. That's another thing. The dungeon design is just boring. There's nothing to it. Whenever there's a split, you go into one door and there's a treasure chest. Go the other way and it's progression. There's just nothing to do it. I get that this is SuFami, so there's hardware limitations, but that's no excuse.

>>15724551

THere's no way to check the calendar in Crossbell. People couldn't start actually pinpointing days until Cold Steel came out. There's this, though: http://kiseki.wikia.com/wiki/Timeline_of_Zemurian_history

>>15726381

Both versions of 4 were outsourced.

>>15726639

Were they? I thought it was only Mask because people seem to like Dawn.

>>15724598

Adol has dicked so many underage girls… Or he would have but his heart burns only for ADVENTURE.

Cant wait for Ys 9.

>>15726690

>Hudson

Well, that's not surprising.

Nearing the end now. I spoke too soon about the progression. While the dungeons are still linear and boring, the story picked up and actually tells you things now other than, "bad stuff, go kill something".

The bosses are still stupid, and there's not enough gold and too much to buy. I haven't skipped this many equipment sets in any of the previous games.

Also, there's this part where a sword you just get becomes immediately outclassed by another sword you get a few rooms over. The level designs are just weird.

>>15726941

>ADVENTURE

That's an odd way to spell Feena.

One thing I forgot to mention is that the weird bumping I was talking about earlier becomes moot at a point when you get strong enough equipment. Now I'm just plowing through everything often without even caring about hitting off center or anything and I'm never really damaged if I keep moving.

>You can get transformed into a Roo, but everyone says the same boring things, even the monsters.

Why put this in at all?

What's your favourite version of Overdosing Heavenly Bliss?

Okay, so get this. This pissed me right off.

In Mask of the Sun, you have to be at a certain level to even damage enemies, including Bosses.

I was fighting this boss, thinking I was doing something wrong or wasn't waiting for the right precise frame to land a hit, but nope, I leveled up a little bit and then started to do damage normally. Never did I think I would be forced to grind in a Ys game.

>>15729532

Just that one

Don't spoil the best music in the game anon, its best heard in context for people

>>15730012

Yeah for better or worse, levels do matter in a Ys game, though generally you should be at a level where you can do damage without grinding

There's a sale on GoG on Falcom games, and they're the lowest I've seen for some games on it; both Zwei AA is 6 bucks and II is 14 for example

>>15730652

There's PS2 versions of YS 3, 4 and 5 (Jap only), I wonder how they compare to the originals, wouldn't be that hard to top those.

>>15730688

I had a lot of fun with Ys III, but I'm looking forward to how they change it in Oath of Felghana.

On the other hand, I don't even have a mild feeling of excitement For Memories of Celceta or Dawn of Ys for that matter after what I just went through.

>>15730704

You should have fun with MoC.

>>15730707

Mask of the Sun poisoned IV for me so far. I'll let you know if Dawn fixes anything. I'm just drained right now after that game.

>>15730704

Oath in Felghana is one of the best (if not the best) Ys game so there you go.

>>15730688

Ys I - VI were on PS2:

Ys I & II: Eternal Story is based on the PC version, but with some exclusive bonus content (new characters and items).

Ys III: Wanderers from Ys got a complete visual overhaul and the gameplay was changed a bit.

Ys IV: Mask of the Sun - A New Theory looks similar to the Ys VI/OiF/Origin, but it's slow and clunky.

Ys V: Lost Kefin, Kingdom of Sand uses the same engine as the Mask of the Sun remake, but with some minor improvements. Since the original game is pretty slow too, the remake is considered an improvement. They also included some of the story elements that had to be cut from the original game.

Ys VI: The Ark of Napishtim is a port of the PC version. All sprites were replaced with 3D objects and the anime cutscenes were replaced with bad CGI cutscenes. They also had to tone down the violence a bit.

>>15730828

The visuals were completely redone but still low resolution (640×480).

In Ys I there are now 3 towns instead of 2, a lot more characters and the island is a lot bigger. The Story is also bit longer and there are a few minor sidequests. Ys II also has some minor improvements, but nothing as notable as the changes made to Ys I.

>>15730890

>>15730828

There is several versions of the PC remake:

Ys I Eternal & Ys II Eternal were the initial versions that were sold as separate games. Ys II Eternal had better visuals than Ys I Eternal. Both had a midi arangement soundtrack that is not as good as the PC Engine versions.

Ys I & II Complete were both games as a bundle and Ys I Eternals visuals were updated to be on par with Ys II Eternals.

Ys I & II Eternal Story is the PS2 version and as I mentioned it includes a few new characters and items. The music is still midi arangements but with pretty bad instruments.

Legacy of Ys: Books I & II is the DS version. It has a 3D environment using the sprites from the original 2D environment as textures. Instead of the bump combat you now have an attack button. It also has an exclusive boss. The music is a bit better than in the PS2 version. Overall this version is not very popular.

Ys I & II Chronicles is the PSP version. In it you can now choose between the original PC-88 soundtrack, the original PC soundtrack or a new version of the soundtrack by Yukihiro Jindo, who also remade the Ys III soundtrack for Oath on Felghana. You can also choose between new character portraits or the original ones from the PC version. The extras from the PS2 and DS versions are not included.

Ys I & II Chronicles+ is the English version of Ys I & II Complete for the PC. In this version XSEED ported back all of the additional features of the PSP version.

Okay, I popped in Dawn of Ys and immediately my love of the franchise is restored. It put me right back into I&II aesthetic, now with diagonal movement, and it's charming as all hell. I love the PC Engine.

>The Mask of Eyes was the Mask of the Moon.

Holy crackers, the lore and call backs in this version is so much better than in Mask of the Sun Ys IV.

>>15743404

imagine fucking up spoilers like a retard

thank god I didn't read past the first bullet, kill yourself

>>15746351

What are you crying about? The fact they made a reference? You think that’s spoilers?

Trails in the sky is just a shitty made in abyss ripoff

Glad i refunded

>>15746962

Referenced the wrong post, and it looks like he deleted it

>>15746998

>play less than 2 hours of a 120+ hour set of games

>thinks his opinion should matter to anyone

topkek

>>15746351

Estelle's mom is revealed to be Aidios in Sen 4. Get fucked.

The Grandmaster is the Trails version of Gueld.

>>15752829

watch the ending on youtube haha

So is the fan translation of Ys VIII only on the Vita, or do I suck at researching this sort of thing myself?

>>15760881

There is no fan retranslation at all for Ys 8 as far as I'm aware. The people who were originally going to do it dropped it when NISA "updated" the translation themselves. The group felt as though it was good enough.

>>15760919

I remember there being a patch on the Vita, but good to know.

The group is probably retarded then, because NISA, or good. Pick one.

>>15760919

"The group" is full of naive retards.

>>15760942

There was a huge patch by NISA if that's what you mean, and it turns it from literally unplayable to still noticeably mediocre.

>>15761701

>come on friends we have to save the magical kingdom from the demon king with the 7 crystals of power!

Which game are you referring to? Because I can't think of a Falcom game off the top of my head with a plot like that..

>>15760942

There was a patch that ported the NISA translation to the Japanese version so that you could pirate the game in English on firmware 3.60.

>>15760942

>>15761817

And there was also a planned fan translation that was canceled when NISA released their retranslation.

>>15761734

Filter and ignore. Don’t give attention to obvious bait.

>>15764578

What a strange feeling. Sorry your experience with Dawn had to be tainted by Mask anon.

Feels like the thread's been in stall mode forever…

>>15769154

Not much to talk about, Xseed is dead. Nobody cares to localise CS3/4.

>>15769154

Silently waiting for more news I guess.

>>15769158

Kinda wish she remained with that blue hair

>>15769154

>>15769166

I think I'll just take my time with that NG+ of CS2 now that there is nothing on the horizon.

>>15769154

Well there's not much news and unless we get more people in here to talk about their experiences with Falcom games there's not much we can do.

>>15770418

Started on Ys V. This is really weird but enjoyable. I think I hate Super Famicom games. PC Engine is so much better hardware. Like High Score Girl taught me, "While everyone's talking about their Famicom or Sega, only the true gamers have PC Engine!"

The thing that caught my eye at first was how every area is split up into several different screens. I can't remember was even Final Fantasy on the SNES like this? It really breaks up the gameplay in a game that's supposed to be one continuous rush. Not to mention having to stand still to attack and block and all. It really doesn't feel like a Ys game, but it's not bad.

So far Ys III is the better Ys alternative. That one actually felt like a Ys game even though it's Zelda II. It was one single rush to the end and it felt great to control.

In any case, I'm having fun with Ys V even through my complaints. It's nice to take a break from traditional Ys after the slog IV was to me.

>>15769154

Well, there's little to be excited about. Still no idea what's going on with CS3 or 4 locs. There's Zero and Ao's fan translations, but considering how it'll be impossible to see a conclusion to what it sets up, what's even the point of playing them?

It's been a good run for these threads, I remember when I first came here almost two years ago and made the OP format with some other guys. It was really fun to discover these games, share theories, talk power levels and waifushit. Even Angelica Autist was… no, he was just annoying.

But I can understand why shit's just somber now. We're just waiting for our fears to be confirmed.

>>15778190

>what's even the point of playing them?

Because they are fun?

>>15776728

Ys 1&2 Chronicles for PC

leave the control method on 8-directional instead of full analog–the combat doesn't play nice with the minor discrepancies in angle

ToCS 3 on PC when?

>>15779064

Nah, man, it's kinda exciting to see people getting into series I like.

>>15778190

I still played Ao recently. They're just a lot of fun. Yeah, it kinda hurts that we're waiting for the payoff, but I wouldn't want to have NOT played Ao, it's one of my favourite games in the series.

>>15778380

>that Vita

Hnnnggh.

>>15776728

Ys Book 1&2 for Turbographix 16.

Calvard's going to be so cucked with the 'ebil right wing terrorists who hate the poor asylum seekers'.

>>15779110

never

>>15789336

I don't care if immigrants are 'good people' they'll still bring their culture with them and make wherever they settle unrecognizable.

>>15789493

Anon, this is a fictional video game.

>>15789933

>Estelle with pants and a sash, Renne with stockings and tight shirt.

Gotta admit, I like those two. Those clothes on Estelle give her a casual feel and looks like something she'd wear on a day off. Plus sash can float behind when you move, making you look good.

>>15789933

Juna's middle design with the fur coat seems like a superior design to the one that made it in the game. Everyone else's I think the game design is better than the alternatives.

post more cute Vita

>>15791806

Does any other studio put as much work into the panties as falcom?

>>15791806

>panty shots

Merry Christmas!

>>15789933

They look more and more like SAO characters and I don't like it at all.

>>15794516

Doubtful.

>>15794446

what cna i say, Japan was always ahead of us

>>15794543

An anon's opinion is doubtful?

>>15794446

NotVitaOrAurelia/10.

Although I would give bonus points for Sara. And Emma, too.

Gimme those mature girls, man. Can't have enough

>>15795221

Sara is second from the end and Emma is the first two. Aurelia's panties don't look like much because of her tights. You can't really see anything.

>>15794446

I worded it wrongly. I didn't meant to put the word "would" in there.

>>15796104

>you had no options besides jumping and moving around to defend yourself

You had beta flash guard for that.

>sick and it's raining so why not play a game in a language I don't know

>get PC-98 Sorcerian and every single expansion

>13 disks of adventure await

>start up NP2-fmgen and listen for that sweet Koshiro soundtrack

>beep boop

>spend hours looking for a compatibility guide to make it recognize the FM board

>write a post in the Falcom thread in the vain hope that someone knows what to do

>stop right before posting

>go into the BIOS and turn on the memory switch and sound board switch

>beautiful FM sound massages my brain through my headphones

>post anyway

Has anyone played Sorcerian Forever/Original? It's hard to find them online.

>>15794516

Agreed, CS screams modern anime. Not a fan of contemporary anime.

>>15796789

Oh hey, I found Sorcerian Original. Apparently it contains all the first party quests Falcom ever made for the old version, plus the new features and quests from Forever. Don't know if it's possible to hack in your own quests like the old version allowed, though. Here's the link if anyone's interested. Remove the underscores; they're to mess up bots that report pirate links. Yes, I am unduly paranoid.

https://mega.nz/#F!ZJBV_FZ5J!NmM_W0teE710QY_WL8fGxQ1w

>>15808160

I think Cold Steel gets criticism more because of its artstyle and it's students in a school setting (which it drops for the most part after CS1. CS3 retains it but with a twist). Otherwise in terms of structure CS1 is closer to Sky 1, and CS2 is closer to Sky 2.

And also criticized because of the ability to choose a waifu (but you can also choose a bro or none at all).

>>15808160

The cube wasn't the aureole, It was a different artifact altogether.

From what I've understood, it creates a pocket dimension based on the person that activates it, and pulls everyone that has any connection to that person in with them.

>>15796465

True, but activating your defensive abilities wasn't instantaneous (there were a slight handful of wind-up frames with stuff like Earth Guard), and it was tied to a (rechargeable) resource so you couldn't really spam it. Meanwhile Flash Guard is instant and can be spammed to extend its invincibility duration by spamming the FG button for as long as you are colliding with an attack hitbox. If you ever got stuck Flash Guarding inside a tornado in Ys Seven, you'll know it's not pretty.

>>15812098

please spoiler next time, there's still someone who's going through SC right now.

>>15808329

CS is loosely like those magic academy battle harems that were popular a few years ago (and I love it for that reason) , which pissed off some of the normalfags that don't realize all the Kiseki games are packed with anime/manga tropes anyway. But you're also right in that CS 1&2 are also full of references to Sky FC and SC, especially the sidequests.

>>15813748

>From what we've been told so far there's always 12 in any given era.

Dominions, yes, but not everyone with a stigma is necessarily a dominion. We also don't know if all 12 seats are filled all the time. In fact, we know that isn't the case, because five was apparently vacant for a long time.

>>15808160

I wasn't aware that you can only choose a girl for the final bond, but that's because of my lack of knowledge of CS3 and CS4 in general.

I am aware that Zero and mostly Ao started it, though. I appreciate it. Tfw can't waifu Ilya. Went for Rixia instead

>>15813793

I love CS a lot. I'm hoping against hope that XSeed gets 3 and 4 and manage to not fuck it up with Brittany and Tom being absent.

>>15649948

>SUPPORT FALCOM GAMES AS MUCH AS YOU CAN.

I'll be a good goy and buy all the Legend of the Heroes games and their Bandai Namco levels of DLC or just play the actually good Ys games instead

>>15813949

That's only Cold Steel.

I stumbled across this somehow.

http://archive.is/eBakZ

Fucking redditors make my blood boil with their idiocy sometimes.

>>15813849

>Dominions, yes

Stigmas as well. The text is from the scene in the final chapter of Sen III where Gaius reveals he inherited one of the 12 stigmas from Barkhorn

>>15813849

It was established in The 3rd, that once a stigma manifests, the person is offered to become a dominion, even if the person was not working for the church before. No one has ever declined that position.

>>15816824

If the church finds out about it, sure. We don't have any indication they always know when a stigma manifests. They might have a way to know that, I suppose, but we haven't been told that.

>>15813979

Cursed image.

>>15823394

>Absolutely no replies after 7 hours

I guess if it's not Kiseki most of you fags don't give a fuck.

>>15824885

I was busy reposting it to friends.

Project N.O.X., sounds like something completely new?

>>15816846

I imagined that the Church gives these people an offer they can't refuse. Or maybe they're always miserable people who are happy that someone will take them in.

>>15824885

I figured there’d at least be something people would want to talk about. Like the waifu on display or the name of the project. Probably going to be a new Xanadu game. Even the message is pretty cryptic. I guess I didn’t do a good enough job alerting people that this is a new Falcom project. I dunno.

More information in two weeks regardless.

>>15824923

>>15823394

We just don't know what it is yet. My best guess is something Xanadu…maybe? Kondo talked about a Tokyo Xanadu sequel some time back. This could be that or it might not. Until then it's just mysterious. The girl looks goth-y, though…so that's nice. Assuming it's representative of what the product will be at all, which it might not be.

>>15824907

>I imagined that the Church gives these people an offer they can't refuse. Or maybe they're always miserable people who are happy that someone will take them in.

It's a little of column a and b. My only point was that it's not clear if the Church is automatically alerted when a stigma manifests or not. We simply don;t know enough and probably won't until the series actually goes to Arteria…probably in the finale.

>>15823394

>>15824885

Mostly because we don't know what it is. All it means is "fuck yeah another Falcom franchise maybe". But it could be a VN for all we know.

You know, I see people complaining about Sen all the time, but you know these fags are putting hundreds of hours into each installment and will continue buy every game on release and get caught up in hype pre-release.

Also, Sen IV translation is out: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1E0FLBMlc9Mkr23u3peS2zFw64owS94zExUfWNtugV8A/edit#gid=0

And someone posted a method of overlaying the spreadsheet on a remote play window on >reddit: https://www.reddit.com/r/Falcom/comments/a1wgjs/cold_translation_overlay_spreadsheet_translation/

>>15825912

There's nothing wrong with complaining about the games anon.

Seeing people shitpost or complain in an overly simplistic way is annoying to be sure, but its better than having a pure circlejerk where no negativity is allowed.

Ideally people would critique more, that is put evidence, arguments, effort and thought into their posts and avoid loaded language and exaggerations but overly constricting people won't produce anything meaningful at the end of the day

>>15825921

He used gay terminology but that line wasn't totally inaccurate.

https://twitter.com/NISAmerica/status/1070452759403606023

NISA's announcing games in 15 minutes. Better start praying.

>>15842830

An announcement like CS won't happen on such a small, innocuous stream like that.

It will likely just be more NIS indieshit and things of that nature

>>15842830

What the FUCK

The intro or whatever to this stream is straight out of fucking anti-gamergate

Seriously, almost every notable person, journo or otherwise shows up along with a slew of SJW whales

>Mr Shitface

>Scooby Wu

>Adam Sessler or whatever his name is

>Various other journos

>some other trash who I can't name off the top of my head

disgusting trash, its a fucking diversity showcase, how does this have any people supporting it

okay, so the stuff NISA announced so far were

>Lapis Labyrinth, something 2D involving chibi 2D girls and gems and some kind of combat and colorful screens, typical weird and unusual NIS fare

>Danganronpa Trilogy to PS4 (lel)

I doubt that's everything

>the hosts of this show addressing Resetera directly as if they're friends with them

I think I'm going to develop cancer

>>15842942

>>15843065

Is that it? Is it over? I don't want to watch it.

>>15843128

Its still going, but I don't know if NISA has any more announcements in it is the problem which is why I'm annoyed

It feels like they would have more

Anyways the hosts are cancer and most of the games are shit, but there's a few intriguing indie games in the bunch at least, but this whole thing is basically just a gigantic fucking advertisement, its nonstop game trailers interspersed with the faggy hosts talking like the people you would hear in those Gamestop TVs.

this isn't worth it, I'm fucking off

>>15843230

The PC versions of boths games have already been updated with official dual audio (though it was easily patched before) and even a few more English lines for CS1.

bump

Any news on ToCS 3 on PC?

>>15854344

No news of an English release period. Trust me, someone will post about it here when it happens. If it happens.

Most people are speculating Nox is Ys related, which might be the Ys IX Kondo was talking about.

>>15861439

I doubt it, but what's the basis for this speculation and who is speculating?

dude

n.o.x. = next of xandria

ys v remake confirmed

>>15861699

The financial report says they're making a completely new Ys title. It's either Ys or TX2, and while TX2 is almost assuredly going to get a sequel at some point, Ys is the one they've been talking about recently.

I believe the Sen 4 OST dropped today. How can JDK keep making such good music. Holy shit.

https://twitter.com/Gu4n/status/1073218232134320128

Wew. Nayuta's great even if this isn't implying it's canon. Play it.

>>15866073

I'm gonna say CS3 and 4 dropped some serious hints toward Nayuta being canon, though. So it's probably not a bad idea to play it, even though the fan translation is pretty damn rough.

>>15866207

Tales is bigger, though.

>>15866209

>Westwood

Now there's a corpse…

>All these spoilers

Fuck all of you faggots then, these threads weren't worth fucking visiting

>>15868352

Noel is cute but I went for Rixia because I couldn't go for the more mature girls

>>15866868

the real real question is when is estelle getting pregnant?

>>15866990

Estelle's mom is Aidios.

God I want Estelle to sit on my face

>>15872223

Tio wants the D.

>>15874673

>you'll NEVER marry Tio

>>15881500

Nothing I can really think of.

>breads are lasting over a month and a half now

This bread was nothing but depressing and demoralizing after a catastrophic event

same thing happened to the Vita threads this year after each horrible piece of system-ending news hit

>>15883870

Well Project Nox will be unveiled tomorrow night aroudn the time of the shareholders meeting, so hopefully there will be something new to talk about soon.