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>2017

Xanadu Next confirmed for Winter release

I got Trails in the Sky about a year ago and couldn't finish it because it was so damn boring, like easily the most boring game I've ever played.

It's sad because it was hyped up to me and I really wanted and tried to like it.

The worst part was that when I told people they said stuff like, "yeah, the game is really boring up until the end but the ending is great", like it was somehow a good thing that you have to suffer through 20 hours of mind numbing tedium for half an hour of mediocre plot escalation that ends on a cliffhanger.

>>8671691

>The worst part was that when I told people they said stuff like, "yeah, the game is really boring up until the end but the ending is great", like it was somehow a good thing that you have to suffer through 20 hours of mind numbing tedium for half an hour of mediocre plot escalation that ends on a cliffhanger.

It doesn't really stay boring until the end. Each chapter starts slow, by introducing you to a new location, but towards the end of every chapter the story gains a lot of momentum and something important for the overall story of the game happens.

The cliff hanger happens after almost everything that happens in the game is resolved. It's basically just a preview of SC.

>>8671781

The entire game seems like a preview for SC.

>Not getting that FC is about the characters and worl-building rather than a supposed super epic plot with tons of plot-twists so you can get immerse in its world

I have 500 played on steam for SC because I forgot it was running in the background and never closed it for a very long time

>>8671786

Not really. As I said, almost everything that happens in FC is resolved in FC.

>>8671691

We're getting this post every thread. If you don't like TiTS halfway through just drop it and accept it's not for you. No game is going to be universally loved.

>>8671820

Other games have characters and world building and still manage to be fun.

>>8671856

Please, give me a franchise with better characters and world-building. I'm not saying TitS it's the hotttest shit ever made, but TLoH it's really good at that.

>>8671866

Suikoden I+II

>>8671876

Aside from Suikoden?

>>8671902

Did you just admit Suikoden is better?

BoF1-3

Grandia 1

Langrisser 1-4

I'm starting to think people only play both the Trails and the Tales (literally most the derivative and generic crap imaginable) games because there are no actually good JRPG franchises left but people need their JRPG fix.

>>8671913

So what if I did? I haven't played them but I know they are good at them.

>BoF1-3

>Grandia 1

>Langrisser 1-4

Naaaah

>>8671932

I found the world-building really good and speculation is really fun with the games.

>JRPG fix

I don't need that since I also have Ys

>>8671948

>Naaah

You haven't played them have you. You admitted you haven't played Suikoden. You have nothing to gain from limiting yourself.

I've played all of them and I can honestly say Trails in the Sky is a bad game.

I'll leave now since I've got to grab lunch but you should at least emulate Suikoden 2 before you run your inexperienced mouth of about Trails having good worldbuilding.

At least Ys is good.

>>8671970

You are missing the point. I asked for a FRANCHISE, not for a selected number of games of a different franchise.

If the first games are better but then all the sequels are bad, the franchise goes to shit and it dies, then it's not better. When you say "Game A and B" only instead of the entire franchise, well, you can't prove it's better.

I'm speaking of the Trails franchise (with its 7 games) against all the games of Suikoden, all the games of Grandia, all the games of Langrisser.

Not just Trails FC vs other games.

>you should at least emulate Suikoden 2 before you run your inexperienced mouth of about Trails having good worldbuilding.

>I know better than you, do as I say

Nah, fuck off.

>>8671994

Sorry, I'm a bit sleepy. By dying I mean stuff like the general plotline of Suikoden, which is similar to Trails… but Suikoden will never put an end to all the entire plot like Trails will do. Suikoden has some sort of sacred treasures and shit, right? But they never appeared completely, the franchise is unfinished. That's a big minus for me, and something Trails won't do.

I should hurry up with playing SC, I'm really slow so I might actually not finish it before 3rd comes.

On a side note, those fucking faces in the promo art for 3rd in the OP, damn…

>>8671913

>Langrisser

>good worldbuilding

I feel like you're just confusing this word with story. Langrisser I-II have good pacing and I like how you can choose your path and see different sides of the story, but in terms of worldbuilding, just no. There's no character development, you can't explore anything (no shit it's a TRPG) and dialogue isn't too great. I mostly like Langrisser for the gameplay anyway.

>Grandia 1

I'll give you this one, but again I only think it's superior to TiTS in terms of gameplay (though I'll admit I didn't finish it, didn't click with me too much)

>Suikoden

Top fucking kek, I played the DS one and if it's anything to go by for the rest of the series it's the most boring piece of shit RPG I've ever played. I can't even remember one fucking character because they all were so bland and the gameplay is atrocious mindless button mashing. I dropped it before the last area or something like that because I knew there was no chance it'd get better by this point.

>>8672241

Eh, besides Kevin it's not that bad, it just kind of clashes with the in-game style.

>>8671932

Trails is legitimately good, Tales is awful and needs to be ovened.

>>8672294

I dunno, Kevin is indeed the worst case, but I think only the nun looks okay.

where are the lewds?

>>8673214

strangely nonexistant

>>8671691

FC is pretty boring, gameplay wise, compared to SC and 3rd mainly because you don't have the advanced crafts and orbal arts that ramp up the enjoyment. Unless you're that casual faggot who just spams Earth Wall over and over, then you should just kill yourself.

>>8673214

Here

http://homepage2.nifty.com/furuiotoko/room09/kogado02.htm

>>8673872

Any idea what could be the cause of the lack of audio? I ran it on an XP virtual machine and it was fine. I tried switching on compatibility mode and that did nothing at all. Neither did running as an admin.

Is there quick save button in Ys I & II Chronicles?

>>8675774

Teacher.

>>8675774

>not choosing the guy who pilots a mech

>>8676591

Go away Dorothee.

>>8675774

Crow and Elliot

>>8676684

wh-what

>>8677624

This is Dorothee >>8677164

>>8678454

The occult bitch who gives you the most annoying quest in the world? What's she got to do with anything?

>>8679205

No that's Beryl or whatever her name is, Dorothee is the book club president who writes yaoi fanfic and infected Emma with fujo disease in the Falcom Academy

Can somebody explain what the deal with Y's 4 is to me and what games should i play, preferably on pc.

>>8682580

This goes into it in more depth than we'll be able to.

http://www.hardcoregaming101.net/ys/ys6.htm

>>8682615

>four games

>As a result, this is the first Ys chapter developed specifically for consoles - there is no PC release

>vita

T-thanks, Falcom.

>>8682824

There's a Chinese PC version of Celceta, but apparently it is region locked with assblasting DRM.

Playing TitS atm, didn't finish it when it first came out on psp. Gotta say, Scherazard is still too much for me. I want her to have sex in missionary position, while hands are holding and with lights off with me. So hot.

>>8683375

>Slutrazard

>not Anelace

Absolute pleb taste

bump

>>8687830

As far as I know, there aren't any differences between them other than the usual graphics/sound bump for later versions. The PSX/Saturn collection is probably the best, although I can't find the ISO to save my life.

when the fuck is Xanadu Next gonna come out?

I don't want to start the fan translation then have the official release come out in the next month

>>8687830

First game has a Windows version/remake. II… no idea.

Look at Falcom's releases and play the most modern version that they released. Usually, that works.

>>8687842

I still wonder what the fuck was that about.

Floofy streamed her fight with the hardest boss in the 3rd. Posting here for people who are interested.

Minor spoilers.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-Rl0eLbv3EE&feature=youtu.be

>>8690429

I bought the one that was 50% off, no way I'm paying more than $20 for a computer game.

>>8690790

Well, you wouldn't buy the direct sequel before beating the first game.

>>8689452

I would go with the Windows remake of the first one but given my experience with Zwei I'm worried about having compatibility issues that might be even worse. Does DLsite have a return policy? I remember not being able to find a torrent so I can't just use that to test whether it runs fine.

http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/B01D014G9Q/8656345-20/

CSII available for pre-order

>>8696955

no limited edition this time?

>>8696981

No, this is normal. CS only had the normal edition when the pre-orders started.

>>8696981

They might not be planning on making one. I think they advertised the limited edition of Trails of Cold Steel 1 as having room for two game cases, so you could put the case for Trails of Cold Steel 2 in there later on.

>>8697107

No there's going to be one. I remember one of them responding to someone who was asking "where's the OST" that it was coming in CS2's LE.

I picked FC up from GOG for ten bucks a couple days and have put a few hours into it.

I'm definitely enjoying it, I'm just wondering if I need to be grinding more. Those Tentomon looking motherfuckers northwest of Rolent keep pushing my shit in.

Finished up the second quest for Cassius last night. Any tips?

>>8697239

The start of some Trails games are a bit harder than the rest of the game, don't worry about it. Also, there's no need to grind, specially thanks to the anti-grinding system. It's better to prepare yourself properly and use the right orbs and equipment than just getting more levels.

Try to do as many quests as possibles. That will be your main source of resources.

And here I thought Ys was the only Falcom property to get an MMO. I kind of wish I could play it but it's probably not even around anymore.

>>8697476

There's also Sorcerian online.

>>8671565

who is that brown QT?

>>8697239

Always do the sidequest on the request board first, before progressing with the story. Sidequest have a time limit for how long they last, and if you progress too far into the story, they'll expire. New sidequest sometimes pop up of the request board, be sure to check it when something story related happens.

When you're given the option to say something, try not to pick the stupid answer, or you risk losing out on BP, extra money and sometimes items.

Certain actions give you more or less BP depending on the quest. Like the farm quest you just did. If the monster spotted you when you were trying to sneak up on it, you lose extra BP. Only a few quests have hidden requirement like this though. Don't worry about this too much about BP on your first playthrough though. What matters most is getting to Bracer rank 1 and if you just do everything on the request board, you'll be fine

Try to buy new food whenever you see it. It's usually better then buying normal healing items.

As for levels, there's always the shining poms. They're these little white things with halos, and it only appear in one location in every region and at the beginning of the game, can only be killed with S-Crafts. The first one is all the way west of Rolent, the area before the bridge to the next region, and in the middle of the road. Sometimes it doesn't appear though.

I don't recommend you do this on first playthrough, but certain NPCs give out hidden sidequest and collectible books at certain points in the story. Sometimes the timing is generous, other times it's not. The best way to find everything, is to talk to every NPC when something happens in the story, but like I said, don't bother doing that since it's very time consuming, unless you really like the game.

Check the empty treasure chests.

>>8697283

>>8697882

Thanks a lot. I really appreciate the advice!

>>8698069

Don't forget to drop here if you wanna share your thoughts on the games.

>>8696205

Have you tried D3Windower? I've beaten Brandish 4 on a Windows 10 just fine.

>>8699742

That's what I'm using for Zwei actually. The big problems I've had with Zwei are the FMVs having no sound and the audio sliders in the menu breaking completely.

>>8698069 here. Just took the reporters to Esmelas Tower.

When do I get more party members?

>>8700761

Right after you do that.

You also tend to cycle through party members who aren't Estelle and Joshua throughout the game. So I recommend you don't bother trying to open up their quartz slots, until the main duo have all of theirs open first.

I'm doing a second playthrough of SC with carryover and noticed that characters don't get their levels reset but they get their experience reset. So for example, my level 60 Schera that I neglected in the first playthrough has about 15k exp, and I literally have no option but to grind on shiny poms to bring it back to the 60k range before I can even think about leveling her up. Meanwhile, Estelle and Joshua are both at level 91 with 15k exp, and get next to nothing from shiny poms even at the final chapter. They require over 80k exp for the next level. I realize that there's no point in leveling Estelle and Joshua any further, but still, what's up with that?

>>8701529

Maybe it's a bug. I know FC doesn't have that problem.

Try asking Sara about it, see what she says.

The guy who uploaded WOODSOFT's first big Falcom arrange project (messa!! Tiny Treasure Box) put up a cool doujin Falcom metal album, pic related. It's all done by one dude, should be more consistent than WOODSOFT collaborations.

>>8697509

Still need to find the client for that game. It's got a lot of rearranged classic Sorcerian music, some of which I've heard on Nico Nico Douga. That stuff's really nice-sounding, I just don't know where to get the game itself.

Does Falcom just want people to pirate their games? I certainly will since there's no DRM.

>>8699885

I'm running it in 7 with XP compatibility mode. If I skip the opening FMV, the BGM kicks in, and if I go back to the title screen I get the music there, too. Starting a new game from here gets me sound in the opening FMV.

I'm guessing there's some initialization check that runs once you get into the game proper instead of at startup. Applying the 1.03 patch doesn't fix it, sadly. And the Wave slider is still broken.

>>8701732

>implying DRM stops piracy

Does the shooting game in Zwei get me anything or can I ignore it? I'm god awful at shooters and the hitbox in this feels pretty wide which doesn't help.

>>8701732

>There's no DRM so I will pirate

What, is this bait?

>Pirating a good publisher and developer

Adol is my husbando

I regularly wear French cuff shirts. I'm thinking of ordering or even making one of them with adol's face and the other with an Ys logo.

I want to have a bad day, look down, and see his cute twink rehead self smiling back at me

>>8704844

floofy pls get back to your translations

>>8704876

> having a love for best boy makes me floofy

>not wanting your tongue on adol's toned, nervous, slightly sweaty from adventuring abs

>not wanting to hold his arms by his wrists above his head, exposing his red stubble underarm hair and kissing him

>not wanting adol to fall asleep on your chest

Anon I think you don't understand my love for adol. He's cute. I want him with me even at work.

>>8704902

Of course I don't understand. Adol is not into that stuff.

>>8701732

>(1)

Not biting the bait.

>>8709384

Oh right. Well that saves some money for 3rd or Xanadu Next, huh?

Be honest with me, guys. Would it be the worst idea to import Zero no Kiseki Evo? Pretty much the only complaint I've heard is that some of the arrangements aren't as good as the originals, and spoilers in the opening movie (which I can just skip/ignore) - while the rest of the game is much better because of better textures, voice acting, and CGs.

Would it be worth importing if I haven't played Zero no Kiseki before?

Excellent remix of Master Ninja from Brandish 2 right here.

>>8713378

I need to stick around for a drawthread and get a proper Todd macro for Estelle.

>>8713505

Still better than playing Sorcerian Forever and having to turn music off/on in the options menu because the CD tracks don't loop. That likely won't be an issue with Brandish 4 once the translation patch releases, hopefully with a way to enable FM synth and MIDI soundtracks instead.

>>8713505

>>8714207

Well fuck me, it actually played the audio. I wonder if it's cause I put it in XP compatibility mode and left it that way. I just assumed none of them would have audio since the Falcom logo doesn't.

>>8714409

Once you get ingame it initializes the sound properly, although the wave slider still doesn't work.

See >>8702615

Posting best Evolution track.

>>8704844

Which Adol is your favorite, anon?

>>8713135

If you're learning Japanese, I heard that Evo isn't a bad idea, because the voice acting pronounces the kanji for you.

The music is shit compared to the original, but it's bearable.

>>8714207

That was one was pretty good.

Know anymore Brandish remixes?

>>8716117

The arranger I linked just put up a new Brandish remix, Maison from Brandish 3. It's just as good as the Master Ninja arrange, very pleasant surprise for me tonight.

>>8711720

Tom said the late-game challenge in Zwei!! is resisting temptation and skipping out on all the food you accrue. Optional leveling is what keeps playthroughs flexible.

>>8713378

Bought the SC for 30% off just now.

I understand that they want to make money, but 30$ was a bit too much.

>>8719841

Just circle around the core.

>>8719841

I never really understood it either but I was able to beat it on nightmare.

Why do I suck at Ys seven? AT the final boss, final form. Need better guarding. Or I could just grind for the final set of weapons.

>>8720588

If you aren't good at blocking attacks, just avoid them instead. Also try to save potions.

>>8717485

>I understand that they want to make money

well, yeah, its a business not a charity, anon.

>>8720846

30 bucks was just too much.

Should have done the neptunia thing and sell it at a discount for a launch weekend.

>>8720906

>Not the superior vocal version

>>8720934

They did sell it with a discount at launch, just not as steep as this.

>>8720906

Recent Eurogamer interview with President Kondo makes it sound like they're giving up on porting the games internally and are waiting for XSEED to present an option, which explains why they've gotten a port team working on Little King's Story.

Josephine's one of the more notable Sorcerian melodies Ishikawa composed. I still prefer The Choice is Yours, especially Namba's version.

>>8721289

That second pic makes me wonder when they'll remake Ys I and II again.

>>8720906

I think its more of a pride thing, Falcom used to be top tier in terms of PC developers in Japan.

>>8720945

Posting another great vocal here.

>>8673872

is there similar one but for Ys?

>>8721289

It's only speculation, not certain yet if XSEED's test-driving port team collaborations expressly to get games like Ao no Kiseki ready for PC. Japanese console ports to PC are rare coming from the Japanese themselves, with so many PC games coming to console but not the other way 'round unlike in North America and Europe. They haven't had much practice and no milestones bearing down on them forcing improvement, so they stagnated in this area without realizing it would bite them in the ass years later. Japanese games development had plenty of capital and support from after the bubble burst at least until a decade ago, not mirroring the Lost Decade that much.

Falcom, starting with Napishtim, included a detailed configuration menu for their games, and Koei seems to have done their demographic right too. But Falcom was developing only for PC and still took a while to let users with resolutions, AA, control bindings, &c. I wonder if Kusano was the VIP responsible for making Napishtim this different from Zwei!! (moving into full 3D gave them an excuse).

>>8723544

Hopefully when they're well past done with Kiseki. I want nothing less than a Felghana-like experience that expands the plot/side-quests a bit, builds on Esterian lore (culture there before and after Ys, the Roda trees, relationship with Celceta, the Burnedbless village, &c.), and has a gaiden story based around Keith Fact.

>>8723763

They weren't always the best, most talented developers in the J-PC market. Arsys Soft, co-founded by the programmer behind the original Thunder Force, made games like Reviver and Star Cruiser which pushed tech across multiple J-PCs in ways no one could match, and were mechanically/structurally innovative. Reviver has a built-in, modular GUI with adjustable graphics/SFX options and windowing (on top of being closer to a Sierra point-and-click adventure than other ADV games until Tokyo Twilight Busters), while Star Cruiser is mostly polygonal (in 1988 on a PC-88) and combines Elite with period dungeon-crawlers. I'm rambling at this point, lol.

>>8724529

Another great Yamakawa vocal arrange right here. Making songs out of Lord Monarch's themes like this was a great move. Sadly neither it nor Brandish received the arrange albums they deserved (latter got a really disappointing Perfect Collection (like Ys III) + lackluster PCE CD music).

so in Coldsteel do the lines in the orbment mean anything? im not far in but outright skills on orbs so I dont think there is any like need 6 green and 12 blue for a heal sort of shit is there?

>>8729862

As far as I could tell, it only affects the price and the EP gained of unlocking slots (it's more expensive to unlock the same line but you get more EP), and the number of debuff quartz you can fit at the same time (i.e. you cannot have burn quartz + speed debuff quartz on the same line)

>>8729862

The lines barely have any meaning.

Some quartz can not be on the same line. This gives characters with more lines an advantage.

Other than that the lines determine the order in which the slots can be unlocked. The further from the core the slots are, the more expensive they are and they give more EP, which is the only advantage strong art users get with the new system.

>Wyrdwad, Discoalucard, OMGFloofy, and Rouge from HG101 and Ancient Land of Ys gather to talk about Falcom awesomeness in this panel held in the summer of 2008 shot by yours truely.

Holy shit, Tom was such a blonde. Also taking notes in case I happen to do a Falcom panel sometime in the future.

"And falcom still releases PC games". ;_;

>2:50

>XSEED: "We don't have the money to translate it [Trails FC]"

>>8731116

I'm scared.

>>8731177

What?

>>8731194

Xseed is going bankrupt.

>>8739671

NG+ also adds new story events and quests, as well as unlockable permanent bonuses, so don't feel too bad about skipping content the first time through.

>>8739671

>I ordered Nayuta no Kiseki and it will hopefully arrive fairly soon. Anything I should know before I start that? It sucks that apparently the hardest mode is locked til NG+ but I'm sure I'll still have fun on Hard.

That game is really damn good. I really hope they have that style of platforming in the upcoming Ys.

Fuck off, Xseed shills.

>>8741834

lolrevoltards

Good 'ol bat man.

>>8730543

Rouge was cosplaying Alba that whole time, the fuck man.

>when you get to the final chapter in cold steel the title screen changes

nice

>>8742573

Best Shoko Minami vocal comin' through.

Seems like Xseed gets alot of hate Where does that stem from?

>>8745227

Nightwolves, people failing to understand that Japanese voices can't be brought over because of Chara-Ani, and etc

>>8743300

I love when games do that sort of thing. I think Half Life 2 did something similar depending on where you were in the game.

>>8745315

Do you guys think Nightwolve will ever drop it? It can't be healthy to hold a grudge that hard for this long.

>>8743300

How does it change? Is it spoiler?

>>8745338

He won't. he invested too much hate and time on this shit to just "let it go".

I can imagine him at 92 years old shouting "DAMN YOU XSEED" and his family rolling his eyes because he can't shut the fuck up about dem evil XSEED.

>>8746001

>How does it change? Is it spoiler?

They wear different outfits (their concert outfits) and the train is decorated for the academy festival.

>>8747956

>>8748133

I somehow only had the cart of Dragon Slayer. For years it was this outlandish, mysterious gaem.

Then internets ruined it all.

>>8748145

>gaem

>the internets

>implying is any good without savestates

>>8730543

Reminder Wyrdwad stole 5 translations and sold them to XSEED for 100% credit on the translations, extracts, and toolset.

I'm kind of disappointed that the dragon bosses in Zwei!! are the exact same boss just with a different element. Honestly, the bosses in general feel kind of boring. Sure as hell ain't with Ys in that regard.

>>8748195

Ni Nightwolve, how's going?

>>8750296

you never use a calculator?

>>8750296

Is there anything useful or interesting there?

>>8750333

I just use the default Windows one. My keyboard even has a specific key to open it for some reason.

>>8750446

I know you can unlock special minigame plugins which include that Ys typing game. Haven't found one yet.

>>8748118

The title screen was changing all the time throughout the game though.

>>8752322

Wasn't it just adding new characters? I meant other stuff changed. :^)

>>8753852

Winter 2016.

>>8753852

Next year.

Whatever happened to BoF Games? Did they just drop of the face of the earth bringing their almost finished Zwei 2 translation project with them?

>>8755690

Last year they went back to work on their projects, but who knows how's that going.

Has anyone tried to mod the redone music from the PSP version of Zwei!! into the PC version? Might be a nice change of pace when I do my NG+ since I don't have the PSP version and also don't want to have to play all the way through again on there just to get back to NG+.

>>8753882

and I doubt we'll be seeing any delays.

Since we are talking about the date release, when do you guys think that the 3rd will be released? Let's take on mind first…

>Cold Steel was translated in a bit less of a year, the script is 1.5 Jap millions characters

>The 3rd is just 1 million but a bit harder to translate

>The 3rd's code is pretty close to SC's

>They started translating the game a few weeks ago

Early 2017 looks accurate to me. If later, around march~may

Finally beat Trails of Cold Steel. FUCKING CROW

>>8760645

and no CF delays.

Fuck. I just played the Tokyo Xanadu demo and it was fun. XSEED are going to bring it over right?

>>8758363

Should be possible using FalConvert or a custom tool. The music's already bundled inside the main data files, unlike how with Ys VI Falcom started letting owners access the .ogg files directly in a folder (thus letting them configure the loops and adding new music in).

>>8763229

Toxanadu's not Kiseki-big but it's still the largest action game Falcom's done in terms of text, so XSEED's likelier than other localizers who aren't as up to the task.

>>8763229

>USGamer described the game's chances of being localized as "extremely strong".[12] In February 2016, Falcom president Toshihiro Kondo, when asked if third party companies were interested in releasing the title in the English in the West, responded that it was "something that we definitely want to make a reality and are currently working towards. Please wait just a bit longer."[2]

Nice.

Man I ought to listen to more of their Super Arrange soundtracks. So far all the ones I've listened to in the Zweii!! one are real good but this is the stand out.

>>8763263

Would it be possible to do for someone who's not familiar with this sort of stuff at all?

>>8769250

I don't think you know what locked content is if you think having NG+ rewards is "locked content"

What a faggot.

>>8769160

If it was either the horrible translation or the butchered gameplay I could cope with them, but both is just unplayable for me. I do hope XSEED picks them up someday but I really don't see that happening, both because they have so much on their plate already, and because the PC version is pretty fucking unlikely to attract anyone nowadays. It would need a complete remake and I don't think Falcom is likely to do that anytime soon.

>>8769160

>>8769276

There's a fan translation in the works, anyway.

>>8769274

Wait so content that is locked for new game plus is not locked by your definition?

>muh achievements

>Fate/kaleid liner Prisma Illya 2wei Herz!

>2wei

God damn, now Falcom can't do that for a Zwei sequel. How are we going to call the third game now?

Two former members of Sound Team jdk, Atsushi Shirakawa (TENMON) and Naoki Kaneda (KIM), have confirmed a number of which tracks they composed/arranged for Legend of Xanadu:

https://twitter.com/tenmon2010/status/711894212837376000

https://twitter.com/KIMsSOUNDROOM/status/711926719607754752

Album tracklist for reference: http://vgmdb.net/album/2533

Summary of who did what: http://seldane.proboards.com/post/190706/thread

Posting random cool Four Wind Gods remix to celebrate.

>>8770703

San Zwei!!

>>8769276

They could make it viable by doing all the games individually, releasing in short succession, and then making a Steam/GOG bundle deal. But the Windows remakes would end up being a prestige project no matter what. My hope is that XSEED's gonna have enough of a financial pillow to do that while releasing more successful games.

Falcom remaking the games will happen, but it might take some time after they recover from completing Kiseki (which, for all we know, could finish but still have spinoffs to keep the fan money flowing). I'd rather see them do a one-off Legend of Heroes games after Kiseki before remaking White Witch, or maybe a re-do of the first two games.

>>8769416

Heroes of Legend hasn't started translating it (they put it, AIZA, and a couple other projects on hold for the moment) and they've barely done any hacking, just exploratory work.

>>8768381

>Would it be possible to do for someone who's not familiar with this sort of stuff at all?

No, quite unlikely.

Are there any good guides in English for Nayuta no Kiseki? I don't want to miss things and I find it easier to follow a guide in English than in Japanese for obvious reasons.

If there's not one, then what's the most complete one in Japanese?

>>8777640

Positioning yourself is important in the big battles, think about Fire Emblem or Advance Wars but more forgiving. Done properly, you can get a few extra turns and avoid attacks, which comes in handy for the hardest battles. In normal it's not that important because it's an easy game.

There's strategy, but for normal difficulty, since it's easy, well, you can just attack and heal. But buffs and debuffs can help quite a lot. Increasing your speed or using wall earth is almost basic for any important combat. And there's also the turn bonuses. Not stealing turns to your enemies to get those bonuses would be a shame.

>>8777640

As much as I love Trails it really did annoy me that you can't choose which way you're facing. I remember there being a damage bonus for attacking from behind so that would have been very useful to have. Did they add it in the later ones? I've only played FC and SC so far.

I have Cold Steel sitting over there and I still don't know if I want to play it yet.

Falcom Magazine 61 is out!

http://www.falcom.com/info/secret_giftwp/falmaga/falmaga.html

>>8777640

Just moving is a lot faster than attacking (the unit gets much less delay before its next turn), it's useful in a few situations.

>>8777828

I'm pretty sure the way you're facing doesn't change anything, actually

My copy of the Nayuta no Kiseki special edition just got here. I hadn't realized that little Pom had a zipper so you can put stuff in it. I don't really have anything to attach it to though.

When is the Drama CD supposed to be listened to? Is it something I can listen to any time or should I have played up to a certain point?

>>8778664

Must have been my imagination then.

Sophisticated Fight, Strepitoso Fight or Determination of Fight?

Silent Desert grooves well when remixed with Super Mario World instruments. Mystic Quest SPC remix could be god-king.

>>8783025

Sophisticated Fight is still my favorite melody, and probably the most flexible if you wanted to do multiple arrangement styles. Determination of Fight sounds like it'll be my overall favorite though, and Strepitoso competes but doesn't beat either. I have a boner for Takeshita's music at Falcom, of course.

Is Feeling Danger Nearby retained for 3rd or did they make a new track for when your party's in trouble?

>>8783025

I love sophisticated fight. Just hearing the beginning makes me happy. I didn't like strepisto fight that much, but vice-versa I prefered all the boss tracks of SC to those of FC that I always found pretty weak.

If XSEED do Zero and Ao they'd bring over the Evolution version this time right? :^)

>>8789578

I hope you aren't implying what I'm thinking. Evolution sucks.

>>8789862

All I know about Evolution is that the graphics are better tbh. What did they do to fuck it up?

>>8790120

And don't forget:

>replaced all the textures with completely different looking ones

>>8790205

Even the textures? That seems to be too much work for no reason, is there any "before/after" picture?

>>8790120

What did they change about the gameplay?

Do any of Falcom's games let you repeat voiced lines or even have a log to look back through? I found the absence of such a feature particularly annoying in Ys vs SnK because with the VN format it feels even more like it should be there.

>>8794823

Trails of Cold Steel kind of does, it doesn't let you repeat dialogue from cutscenes, just stuff they say on the field while you're running around.

>>8796968

That seems like the least useful time to be able to repeat dialogue.

>>8802006

¿Qué te cuentas, Mr. D?

>>8802857

What

>>8802006

Don't the Chinese PC versions have terribly animated intros that spoil the whole plot?

>>8806134

that's the Devolution Vita ports.

New playlist up on Falcom Music Channel. This time it's FM synth arrangements done by the FMPSG circle. Wiz.'s version of Tower of Fate is what Garland would headbang to.

>>8806134

I know FC and SC Evo both have those, didn't hear about Joyoland having the budget for something like that.

>>8807070

Because just showing a list of items is boring as hell.

>>8806134

Japan and the rest of Asia don't care for spoilers its why most openings either spoil the end or the plot. The only people who care about spoilers is the West