- Trails of Cold Steel II confirmed for a September 6 release (NA), November 11 (Europe) - TitS the 3rd for Spring 2017 (PC only) - Akatsuki no Kiseki (F2P browser game) will being its service soon, happens around the first half of Trails to Azure - Akatsuki just started its open beta, you can register and play at akatuki.ujj.co.jp/ (instructions: esterior.net/2016/08/akatsuki-no-kisekis-closed-beta-opens-on-825-and-how-to-sign-up/ ) - Rean's new design for Cold Steel III revealed on Tokyo Xanadu Ex+: i.imgur.com/IjrV9kk.jpg - Trails of Cold Steel III release date for Japan should be Septermber 2017, PS4 version confirmed, Vita port may or may not happen
- Xanadu Next Western PC release… soon? - Tokyo Xanadu confirmed for a 2017 Western release along a PC port - Improved PS4 version with new content (Tokyo Xanadu Ex+) to be released soon for Japan - Possible tease for a new Xanadu game on Tokyo Xanadu Ex+ (Xanadu Next OP appears on a screen): i.imgur.com/IjrV9kk.jpg (Tokyo Xanadu II?)
- Ys VIII: Lacrimosa of Dana just got released on Japan, extremely well received and selling at a higher rate than Seven and Celceta - Ys VIII for PS4 to be released on Japan next year; this version was made for the West so maybe we'll start hearing about a Western release by then
- Tom talks about Trails to Zero and Azure release:
So if I just want to play the modern versions of the Ys games and play them in release order would I miss out by not seeing the story play in the proper (numbered) release order? I don't really want to skip back and forth between the evolution of gameplay mechanics.
Kayden Edwards
I guess I somehow forgot about the part in the image where it tells you to skip those games.
I'm still curious as to how much story I'd miss out on or not get from playing the games this way.
Sebastian Taylor
The stories are self-contained, so don't worry about that. The only exception is that ys II is a direct sequel to I (and both games are sold as just one single game) and Origin makes reference to I & II.
The really interesting stuff is the lore, and the best order to enjoy it it's the release order.
It truly is the best order.
Parker Bennett
Also Akatsuki no Kiseki trailer is here
Joshua Taylor
What are the chances Falcom will get around to putting the Japanese script back into the enhanced PC versions XSEED has released? Can't imagine it's high on their list of priorities but surely they've thought about it.
Joshua Sanders
OH SHIT
I really need to learn japanese
Elijah Walker
wat
Jonathan Hill
Whenever XSEED has brought over Ys and Trails on PC they've added in features from the PSP ports and some stuff to make them more modern like widescreen and such. The Japanese audience is stuck with the original PC releases by Falcom without all that stuff.
Adrian Torres
As in, the versions with enhancements (ex. true widescreen at 1080p for Oath in Felghana) prepared by XSEED. Falcom only updates compatibility when re-releasing their old PC games, not anything like Catastrophe Mode in Ys VI (or the digitized out-of-print artbook that comes with it on GOG/Steam).
Chase Russell
Aw yeah, Cold Steel II soon.
Fuck I'm gonna be pissed when CSIII doesn't come out for PS3 so my saves don't carry over.
Jacob Lee
ah sorry, thought you were referring to the chinese port
Gavin Phillips
i want to fuck adol
Ryder Peterson
Thanks for the answer.
Logan Nguyen
is there anyone who doesn't?
Henry Rivera
Dogi
Kevin Wright
:stopgay:
Lucas Cox
YsVIII might just be the best Ys game.
I forgot the last time a new installment in a long-running series actually made me think that.
Come on lad, even the poor girls he charms understand that he's adventuresexual.
Brayden Wilson
I played the Ys VIII demo the other day and it was really good. VITAMIN WHEN?
John Garcia
Wasn't there an interview where the president of Falcom said Adol does eventually settle down with one of them, but they're not going say who it is because they're afraid of waifufags sperging about their waifu not winning?
Landon Walker
It's all worldbuilding for the last Ys arc, the WWW (World War Waifu)
Ryan Harris
Ys grand strategy game when?
Ryan Carter
Yeah, but he's pretty old at that point(40+ for sure). Young Adol, though, has no mind for romance.
Angel Nelson
Adol after getting a kiss on the cheek.
Bentley Thompson
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Alexander Allen
Just noticed.
Game manual says it's 21.
Luke Harris
Who's going to win?
Zachary Powell
There's a reason I'm asking for people to work on a new guide
I'd do it but I have shit skills
No one because then Adol becomes Santa Claus
Jonathan Nelson
Laxia.
Adam Cox
alas, it all makes sense now.
Austin Wood
it's canon, user.
Ayden Edwards
I'm new to the series
Liam Perez
At least there'll be 40 more chapters and games in his life before that happens
Easton Edwards
I hope they have all the stories backed up in case god forbid one of the central team members die.
David Myers
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Nolan Hernandez
I never though that Falcom would resort to that kind of cliche.
Isaiah Cox
They've been going kinda weeaboo for a while. I blame the console audience.
Jacob Adams
smdh
Connor Baker
I beat Cold Steel this morning.
Hopefully one day Ao/Zero will get localized.
Josiah Bailey
I can't like her because of her VA. She makes undub worth it on her own. :^)
Alexander Wood
The VA fits Millium's personality perfectly. She's supposed to be grating. That's why she's so awesome.
Asher Walker
So any idea about what are the two unnanounced XSEED PC games?
Posting a sneak peek of a big Legend of Heroes III upload.
When Adol's done his first adventure in central Romun. There could be a big war between them, Altago, and Xandria at some point. And there's your premise.
He prefers Feena, which makes sense as she's the ultimate Eldeen waifu (seemingly unreachable). I can see him settling down for non-romantic reasons. Best case, we get a game like Drasle Family where old Adol, his partner, and their children go on an adventure.
Or Falcom will make the final Adol adventure earlier on while dropping hints to his middle-age and late youth stories.
Let's hope. I'd be just as fine with good PC ports of a couple other XSEED games.
Oh shit TitS the 3rd just got updated. The last time was 9 days ago, then 3 months. And Xanadu Next also got another update 3 days ago.
Does anyone care about this? Just asking, if no one cares I'll stop talking about them.
Noah Sanders
I'm just waiting for an update on why Xananext took longer than expected. Seems like, once again, we and XSEED underestimated how troublesome Falcom PC game engines can be. We know they're not using the Figli di Gaucci translation patch at all, so that means wholly new text insertion and troubleshooting. 3rd's release window is a lot more lenient.
Tyler Ross
it's Ys VIII and Fate/Exella with CCC packaged in.
Christopher Bailey
You wish :^)
Michael Lewis
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Jaxon Bailey
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David Carter
It might work with the Chinese guys method, if he actually decides to share.
Andrew Roberts
Cold Steel is 50% off on PSN (20 dollars)
Gavin Williams
Not Xanadu Next for sure, xseed forgot that they were working on it.
Ian Gray
XN is constantly getting new updates, it's just taking them longer than expected.
Jeremiah Diaz
Hi, Xseed.
Wyatt Green
Oh boy, this is turning into SC all over again.
Jose Scott
I want to play the PC version of Brandish IV, but the only download I found was a long-dead torrent. What do?
Nathan Morris
So you're not denying that you're xseed?
Brandon Harris
It's only 540 yen on DLsite and even less when a sale comes around. That's about $5.
Jeremiah Morris
I've never used dlsite, I only checked Falcom's ded buy page and gave up. Thanks, user.
Nathan Parker
You can also try buying second hand the game if you want the physical goodies.
This page has all the places you can get their games on PC digitally. Not sure which ones you can currently still buy physically.
Justin Scott
Also some DLC are free or discounted as well.
Jacob Cooper
Looks like Xseed heard that getting to level 80 in Cold Steel is a pain in the ass and made all the Shining Pom DLC free.
Sebastian Cox
How the hell are you supposed to dodge the fire breath of the first boss in Ys VI? I can beat him eventually with 3 nuts and some luck with what attacks he chooses but this is just dumb. I can avoid the first breath he does by moving in a really specific way but even then if I'm just off I get screwed and I'm never ready to do it in the middle of the fight. Playing on Nightmare, currently at level 6.
Ryan Lewis
Alright, I didn't really expect to do practically three times as much damage with the aerial strike, let alone have it be fast enough to worth using since you only get one hit per jump but I guess it really does let you do way more damage. I still don't have much of a clue as to how you should avoid the sweeping fire breath but maybe you're just supposed to get lucky or tank it.
Brody Gonzalez
Right before he hits you with fire, stand all the way back in the middle of the field, and start running to the left/upper corner of the field while hugging the wall when he starts blowing fire at you..
David Ward
I guess I'll try it if I ever decide to play in Catastrophe mode. When dodging the first fire breath it seemed like I had to move a little to left the first, then move to the right. But if I moved too far to right I would end up right on the fire breath and if I didn't move far enough he'd shoot the fire out too close to me. Plus he's way more likely to use fire breath if you back away, so you need to stay up on him and only back away when you know he's going to do it. Just seemed really finicky.
Also, I'm not really sure how you do the grounded dash attack. If I hit jump and attack at the same exact time I'll do a jumping dash attack, and it'll go further if I do it just after I stop moving, but I've done the grounded version maybe once by accident. Hitting attack right after I let go of even the dpad just doesn't seem to work.
Brayden Hill
If you have probelms understanding the gimmicks of the very first boss and needs healing items to beat him… boy, you are going to have an extra-hard time dealing with all the bosses from all the games. Kinda consider lowering the difficulty, you won't be able to heal on Oath and Origin.
Ian Brooks
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Jeremiah Williams
Can the serial head-patter be stopped?
Xavier Rivera
I think I would've gotten him if I had known to use the aerial attack. When I killed him, I got hit by the first fire breath, healed, tried primarily using the aerial attack for the first time on him, then beat him without too much trouble.
Carson Gonzalez
It's fine, you don't have to sage.
Connor Flores
It's not too hard. You just have to learn the timing and patterns, and there's a chance you can attack him twice with an aerial attack (hitting the enemy bounces you back to the bottom of the screen, use that to get the fuck out of his range in a second).
Also you may eventually get the hand of Galba or something like that, which is the boost we all need to beat this game on Nightmare. A lot of items are pretty much useless anyway.
Feel free to comment your advances anyway.
Sebastian Rivera
Fucking SilvaGunner
Colton Jackson
Challenge accepted.
Jace Campbell
Zwei 2 never ever
Logan Hall
Fie too? Does he have no decency?!
Hunter Walker
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Ayden Scott
Something tells me this is an Undertale arrange mix
Christopher Robinson
It's from Cave Story
Eli Flores
>the game starts with you falling from mountain into the ruins >mage boss >cute ghost npc earthbound halloween hack has ares/varik as the protagonist
Jonathan Nelson
What is this crap, Falcom?
Tyler Hall
It's kinda like the dream where you're at high school but you're only wearing your underwear. Except for her it's real.
Kayden Carter
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Jack Jones
You have no proof to claim that bs
Ryan Davis
Do you mean the localization or something?
Dominic Price
The Brandish/Toby Fox connection's no secret if you look into it. I don't know how or why the SiIvaGunner remixers haven't done Gadobadorrer in some form.
If so, that's still very likely wrong. No major localizer's gonna pass this game up.
Cooper James
Don't worry.
Rean will take responsibility.
Julian Lopez
Come on son. Handhelds are now more popular than consoles over there. Sure Sony won't make a new handheld but the Vita still has at least 2 more years.
Angel Gomez
Knowing their audience.
Isaiah Thompson
Shit audience
Jaxon Gutierrez
This arrangement's one of the better ones from FC Evo, though still not as distinct as the original. Still has the Konami doot-doots at the start thankfully.
Evan Brown
spooky
James Taylor
What's spookier, that or ALEN SMITHY’S GRAVEYARD?
Benjamin Garcia
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Michael Jackson
You're free to play something else. Get a wiiU.
Jason Nelson
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Joshua Carter
No I just find it hilarious that people actually complain about waifus and fanservice in a JRPG. Where have you been these last 30 years (oldest anime I watched is from 1979- don't know much about stuff before then)?! Why are you playing/watching Japanese entertainment?!
Like gun control advocates moving to Texas.
I just really don't get people sometimes.
Jaxson Gutierrez
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Liam Price
Inbefore
The Falcom style is all about pretty girls/boys.
Jeremiah Hughes
Yeah I'm kinds cranky. Time for bed.
Nolan Miller
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Ian Sullivan
Best girl
Brody Moore
Patrician taste, comrade
Angel Wright
Sharon is pretty great sucks she's only available for a limited time
Who do you guys think is going to be the main of Sen 3?
My instincts say Elise but that would be gay.
Parker Clark
Well, Rean is featured prominently on the only piece of promo art we've got for it, so…
I find it a little strange that everyone seems convinced Sen 3 will have a new protagonist based entirely on one instance (Sora 3).
Levi Howard
finally fucking got my cold steel II review code
Jaxon Adams
Dude, leak it. :^)
Nicholas Morris
Is this Falcolm's idea of moe shit? Crazy girl who talks big but is a jobber? Can't believe she beat Loewe once.
Luis Moore
Random but important Ouroboros fact from the 3rd's CD drama and the 3rd Devolution version
The leader of Ouroboros is voiced by a woman, so it's probably a female. Jumping right now on the "she is Aidios" hype train.
Justin Reyes
>she is Aidios w o a h
Dylan Jenkins
Yeah, I really hope that's true as well.
Luis Gomez
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Angel Gutierrez
Original Rouca >>> trails rip-off
Brody Cook
Apparently the Sara trophy in Cold Steel II is called "Worth the Wait" which makes me nervous. I'm considering jumping ship to Laura now. I don't want to play a 60-70 hour game only to have "lol come back in a few years" at the end. Don't suppose anyone here knows nip and can translate?
Luke Hughes
Are you guys planning to keep the same party in CSII, or switch it up?
Carson Sullivan
Sara will probably get added to the rotation since she's regular now. Plus I'll probably want to experiment with the new characters like Toval, Claire and Sharon…when they're available anyway.
Evan Martinez
I was spoiled on that ending, and I believe the trophy title is in reference to her saying that you should wait when you dance with her in Cold Steel 1.
Grayson Young
Toval is literally the first partner character you get. The first, Iunno, 2-3 hours of Chapter 1 is just him and Rean. Claire joins near the end of Chapter 1. Haven't gotten to Sharon yet (I'm assuming you get her around the same time you get Alisa)
Brandon Howard
:^)
Levi Gray
Canon strength and in-game strength are different, and Sara hasn't been practicing as hard as Class VII for a while. She may have been their instructor, but it wasn't until the end of Cold Steel that she really did any real dirty work herself.
It's the same thing with Rean, technically he's (almost) as strong as the Laura's dad in Cold Steel - who could probably become an S-rank bracer if he had been one - and yet in-game most of the time he's shown nowhere near that strength. Granted, that's actually explained a bit better for him, but still.
William Roberts
So…it's a real romance in CSII then? Not a cock tease?
Eli Long
Yeah. Apparently in that ending all the girls in Class VII that are romancable get visibly upset you end up with her over them (I don't have the pic, but Alisa's reaction is boner inducing)
Basically reverse cockblock.
Ian Wright
Alright, thank you! I was considering switching to Laura but hearing that Alisa gets butthurt by it is the best news. Alright, Sara run is back on then. Glad it's an actual romance.
Joseph Russell
Anyone got a good Jap guide for Ys VIII that I can >google translate? It finally got dumped and I'm about to play it.
Jaxon Wright
Xseed can likely trace review copies.
He'd lose his press credentials and be blacklisted.
Jason Stewart
Isn't Sara an A rank Bracer? Someone correct me if I'm wrong.
They literally say she's one of the strongest people in Erebonia in CS iirc.
Kevin Robinson
1. I'm not going to leak it. I don't want to, I've met and talked to both Nick and Hatsuu at E3 multiple times. 2. Even if I wanted to, it's a digital copy on my 3.61 Vita, not my 3.60 Henkaku-enabled system. I literally can't.
Ok, when the hell did that happen? Did the chinaman dump it? 'cause Vitamin doesn't work with extra-RAM games last I checked.
David Thompson
Meanwhile, on cuckchan…
Levi Wood
Maybe not THE chinaman but a chinaman dumped it. It's even in Chinese.
Jace Collins
Isn't that every thread on cuck Holla Forums though?
Carter Green
My copy was one I bought myself and if my Vita was still on 3.60 I would have dumped it myself for you guys. I remember helping the anons on 4chan with Summon Night 5.
Aaron Thomas
HNNNNNNNNNG
Ian Williams
Yeah, for whatever reason some stores started selling it early. I was in a GameStop the other day and they just had the game sitting out, I'm pretty sure if I hadn't asked if it was already out they would've sold it to me.
Not that I'm in a rush myself, I've got a digital copy to play through right now - I can wait for my physical for my Lionheart Edition.
Justin Ramirez
So this Wing of Alma in Ys VI wasn't in the original game right? Warping to any save spot from anywhere in the game is way too good and takes the danger out of the game.
Aaron Fisher
Maybe that was a bit of a gut reaction, traveling can be a pain in the ass sometimes. Still, it's really silly to be able to immediately double back to the last save point and get a full heal if you're in any trouble.
Ys VI originally had no warping system, and the backtrack was a pain in the ass. Since them, all 3D Ys games have warping as well, but most 2D Ys already have that feature
Lucas Bennett
WHY would anyone hate Falcom?
Hell how many normalfags/cuckchan posters even know about Falcom?
Brayden Ortiz
Shit, this gonna affect the Schwarzer Bowl?
Wyatt Long
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Lincoln Allen
I'm stuck between Sara, Laura, and Fie. An Emma is fine too.
This is harder than I thought. FUCK.
Owen Mitchell
HOW?
Austin Edwards
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Aiden Diaz
I'm not sure, I guess trolls found a new mine or something.
I guess this explains the whole "Ys is shit because it doens't feature the Oath system, which is the most classic Ys style"
Brayden Ramirez
when does the waifu shit start? Chapter 5?
Parker Thomas
The final chapter. Before then it's just hints. No idea how much more prevalent it is in 2, though. Only that ends much more definitively.
Brayden Martinez
ah, and what if there's two girls with the same link number?
Connor Wilson
I think it's called threesome
Eli Price
Just seems ridiculous. Of all the shit devs and cancerous games people choose to hate on Falcom. Sad.
Daniel Bennett
Is Gurumin easy to emulate?
Samuel Allen
You pick at critical points. Like before the dance you get a list of people you've qualified for and pick one.
Kevin Martin
Why would you emulate the console port instead of playing the PC version?
Xavier Reyes
Cause I didn't know it existed, thought it was a ps2 game.
Jordan Rodriguez
Is there a guide in Y's: Memories of Celceta to get more skills? In 7 I'd grab a weapon and spam the included skill enough times to "memorize" it, but it seems different in Celceta.
Blake Ramirez
You can choose one of the characters, for which you have fulfilled the dating conditions, at the end of the game. The conditions are:
Class VII's Main Members Link EXP: 5250
Class VII's Secondary Members Link EXP: 3500
Instructor Sara Link EXP: 4400
Towa Link EXP: 2000
One of these conditions: -Spend time with him/her during the Free Day in Chapter 6 (Chapter 5 for Towa) -Ask him/her to go to the Imperial Capital city to pick up the Stage Costume (Bike Event) -Use at least 2 tickets on the Military Academy Festival Day
Angel Sanchez
Everyone but Alisa. Alisa is shit tier.
But seriously I found Fie to have an interesting backstory, definitely the best of the lot. Laura was my favourite though. She was very useful in battles and I loved the way she acted.
Jonathan Cruz
alright, I'm gonna continue playing then. Thank you for satisfying my curiosity.
Kevin Wood
I haven't had a giggle like this in such a long time. Good god you have shit taste.
Brody Ross
Xanadu Next when?
Yes I know there is a fan translation, I've already beat it last month
Jeremiah Hill
God Alisa is so shit. That's why I hope the user who said this is right:
Not only will I get an actual Christmas Cake end, but also I'd get the bonus of completely btfoing Alisa. It's a win/win.
Zachary Rivera
Fuck my life, and fuck China.
Nathan Diaz
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Jaxson Turner
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Benjamin Walker
SOON
Liam Price
It's pretty clear that she is, given that the scene in 3rd has her reference "Unbinding the seven covenants"
Brayden Phillips
Well, that's going to take a while. Have any rips appeared on the internet so far?
Parker Martin
Trails of Cold Steel II launch trailer
Parker Gutierrez
DOST THOU DESIRE THE POWER?
We Xenogears now.
Carson Hughes
I'm PC only, but that's just rude towards our Vitabros.
Caleb Bennett
It was Sony's decision, apparently.
Angel Jenkins
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Luis Morales
There's always a chance someone will patch the translation in.
Isaac Hernandez
A great excuse to pirate the game then cry if it doens't sell enough :^)
John Morales
Only saying it's possible. Those whining about no PSP release are mostly Vita owners who prefer the portability.
PSP or not, the ones who plan to pirate will do so regardless of the platform.
Charles Russell
I feel like i struck gold here, holy shit.
I really outta give those trails games a shot too at some point.
Leo Foster
Something tells me that you may love the Ys series.
Also oath isn't a remake of Wanderers, it's a new version of the same event. The real remake is the PS2 version.
Angel Reed
It's what i had as a kid, though yeah Oath blows it away in every regard. I'm definitely going to enjoy this.
Thomas Reed
Nayuta no Kiseki for the PSP is really fucking good as well.
How the fuck are people still stupid enough to hire her.
Kevin Thompson
Well…it's Millium, so who cares?
Adam Brown
TitS the third IS on Vita but it is Japan only.
Luke Anderson
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Bentley Harris
I wonder how Father Kevin is gonna feel when he finds out who the grandmaster of Ouroboros is…
Jayden Hughes
Ay Dios mio
Brayden Evans
Story time: I picked up Celceta on Vita when it came out after always hearing about the series from random people when I worked at Gamestop years ago. I ended up playing through every game in the series in 2014 and loving each one on their own merits. You're in for a real treat getting into Ys.
Bentley Thompson
Yup, just like the Crossbell games :^)
Ian Carter
My one problem is that it means god is evil in an RPG again, and I've always like Trails for being pretty unconventional in a lot of respects.
Ayden White
At the same time, they follow a lot of conventions but it's the way it's done that makes that part good.
I'm sure they have something prepared for that, with some good plotwists. Maybe it's not an evil God, but one forced to recover the treasures for some good reason and that's the only way because humans wouldn't cooperate.
Mason Kelly
She's not, though. She's taking back the Sept-Terrion because they're impeding humanity's development.
I just got to chapter 3, already saw her and fuck I knew the voice sounded like utter dogshit compared to others.
So fucking help me if she's a major character, I'm all invested into the game but I cannot stand Burch.
Ethan Williams
She joins class 7 in chapter 5 and goes on that field study, conversely isn't really in Chapter 6, and is in it about as much as everyone else in the final chapter. Can't speak for Cold Steel II.
Zachary Hill
Just end my life considering she joins Class 7 just means that Burch has to be heard a lot….
If I only knew before I'd have avoided playing.
Oliver Parker
You say that like xseed was ever your friend to begin with.
Carter Thomas
Yes, Goyim! You should all pay homage to Nintendo Treehouse! The true best localizers in the west!
Brayden Howard
Just mute the VAs if it bugs you that much. There's an option to turn down voice volume.
Zachary Richardson
Yeah, that's exactly what I'm saying. Nintendo Treehouse is a great localization company who is your friend.
Stop making ridiculous arguments to defend a publisher, they're not your friend.
Ryder Powell
Well the problem is I've actually enjoyed the rest of the dub, so turning it off I think will ruin a chunk of the experience.
Just based off the snippit of what I heard at the end of the second chapter I'm afraid now that it'll spoil the experience if I have to listen to that trash voice for a 1/3 of the first and the entire second game.
Let alone knowing I supported a product that has her VA in it makes me feel awful since I've boycotted anything with her until now.
Christopher Nelson
Yeah man, fuck these xseed shills and their shitran kagayra.
Henry Miller
Vita undubs soon, r-right?
Charles Gray
So what's the best version of Wanderers from Ys?
Supporting a game with her VA is a small sacrifice in order to support a series like this if you want the rest of the games.
Adam Smith
I wonder what could this be…
MAYBE IT'S A CONFIRMATION FOR ZERO AND AZURE
Brayden Gonzalez
True true!
TitS FC, SC and third were all released on the PlayStation 3 in Japan. Lucky bastards.
To be fair to Falcom/Xseed: this series is still incredibly niché in the West. Each game sold much less than a million. We're lucky to have it at all.
Nathan Anderson
Well this is rather embarrassing, I can't seem to find a working download or seeded torrent for Gurumin's PC version.
Oliver Morales
No ofcourse Xseed is not my friend, they're a for profit company.
But they ARE the only ones who actually give a shit about publishing Falcom games in the West.
Thanks to Xseed I don't have to play some Western triple A trash next month.
Bentley White
Why the fuck don't you just go and buy the game?
Ian Peterson
It's not… Supposedly its just a slightly modified ending sequence with more pictures than the Japanese Version.
David Lewis
God damn
Isaac Scott
They're also one of the few localization companies that doesn't do this.
John Rivera
Do we know if that or something similar is not in the original script?
Benjamin Gray
Can't wait to see Fie's design after the time skip.
Austin Taylor
Hopefully she'll be wearing even less.
David Cook
Seconded, not to mention the context and how the original character said it.
If the girl is being ball-and-chained by the guy then it makes sense.
Carter Lewis
All this hype around Cold Steel 2 has me wondering, should I just go ahead and play Cold Steel or should I go with my original plan of waiting til 3rd comes out, playing that, then trying to play the rest of the series in Japanese?
I'm not a fan of adding politics and shit into localization but without context, unless it's something specific like "MAN (particular group or analog) SURE ARE FUCKING STUPID", it's hard to tell whether they added it in or it's actually a good translation.
I recently played Devil Summoner 2 which is set in 1930s Japan and one of the characters is a female reporter who's pen name is based off of a famous Japanese feminist. At one point you get to see the inner frustrations of various characters and when you get to her she complains about how much better men have it, how they get taken more seriously than her, and that she wants to take them down a peg or something like that. There's also another point where she asks another character "Why are all the heroes in these rotten legends man!? It's sexism, plain and simple!". Taken out of context, some might jerk their knee about SJWs but from context I doubt the Japanese is very far off at all.
Elijah Rivera
Right. It was 1930s, so it seems more likely. There are ways to discuss SJW-esque topics without throwing logic out the window and crying "all hail the vagina".
Like in one of the Witcher games, a female character bitches she can't get into the army and fight, and how she wants to prove herself as a warrior. Geralt tells her "just do it and stop saying you're gonna do it." Basically telling her to fight- in an army or not.
Kayden Garcia
Xseed is my friend if they continue to provide a good service.
Michael Gomez
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Matthew Fisher
While this video had a click-baity title (Falcom is far from indie, even if they are criminally overlooked in the west, and beating Bathesda at world building is like beating a retard at Jeopardy) I still really liked the content of it. Especially because the unimportant NPCs were something I loved about these games. When I played Trails in the Sky SC every time I returned to a town from the first game I excitedly went around to all the NPCs I remembered to see how they were doing. Each return to Trista in Cold Steel saw me tracking down all the students to see what they were doing each month. It's one the reasons my play time on these games is so long.
Robert Hill
So anyone able to say how predominant she is in CSII?
My motivation to finish CS has diminished a lot learning she's the VA, and hearing it. I don't think I can handle a whole game with a ton of her shit voice piercing my ears.
Colton Wright
This scene would've been less gay if he ran over and buttfucked me
Jaxson White
rean is a real serial head patter
you didn't know?
I'm still not very far into it, but so far you choose which characters to take with you to the areas. So you don't have to bring her along if you don't want to. I am still on act 1 though
Nolan Rogers
He says Bethesda but focuses on an Obsidian game.
Jonathan Sanchez
She's pretty prevalent in Act 1.
Owen Price
I think Burch's shitty, smug voice fits Millium's character.
Kayden Taylor
Honestly, I agree. She's supposed to be annoying as shit.
Lucas Taylor
the entire class is Rean's harem including the guys
I think she is pretty bad still but I have heard worse for loli characters in the west
Gavin Diaz
Millium is like the Teddy of ToCS. Meant to be cute and endearing, but instead comes off as annoying.
Brayden Powell
Loli characters are shit so it fits that a loli has a really shitty VA
Isaac Gonzalez
To be honest, I also get a little bit a pleasure from the idea that Burch is forced to voice a romanceable 13 year old.
Christian Jenkins
I thought her being obnoxious was a cover.
Adam Campbell
It is quite ironic Actually is is quite ironic that she voices so many young characters
Austin Hill
Wait you mean Ashley Burch? You mean I indirectly gave that cunt money.
God fucking dammit.
Adrian James
No, she would have been paid even if there were no sales. Her plan to get royalties fell through, remember?
James Scott
Maybe Fie will go commando.
Sorry I had to make that pun.
Julian Turner
YS VS CS CONFIRMED
Liam Hughes
YOU'D BEST NOT BE FUCKING WITH ME
Sebastian Green
Not gonna lie, but that sounds dope as hell.
Zachary Morris
It's still feels like me buying the game is like saying "Hey xseed, hire Burch again!"
That from Tokyo Xanadu PS4? Fuck my copy is gonna take 2 weeks to get here.
Luke Rodriguez
Is it really that hard to make an actual falcom crossover instead of just Ys and Trails? Who doesn't want to see Mail fighting Ares?
Samuel Brown
Falcom Special Box '97 is on Spotify now. Let's rock.
Now I'm wondering if I should give Devil Summoner 2 a shot even though I haven't played the original. Taisho-era setting's always looked cool to me, but I hear mixed things about how it plays.
Probably the PS2 remake. Out of the original J-PC versions, I've heard poor things about X68k's balancing (admittedly from someone who thinks Ys II PC-88 is worse than Ys I PC-88 because of grinding…hmm). Safest option there would be PC-88. On consoles, PC Engine CD is the most tolerable choice. You at least get Yonemitsu's arrangements.
Poor guy's salty about missing the Greenlight code giveaway maybe. I'll probably Gurumin 3D just for kicks.
Could be cool. Just add in Gagharv characters and we're set.
A fighting game would be nice, but I still want Rhythm Slayer. Then we can have old and new characters kicking ass to the beat against bosses. You could also mod in new tracks/environments/characters for maximum fun.
Adam Gonzalez
To me, sending the message of "Hey Xseed, keep making proper localizations" is more important.
Evan Turner
Stop Falcom I can only take so much.
Christian Wright
I'd say play the Raidou Kuzunoha games in order. The first one is still good but the second improves on the gameplay quite a bit so it might be hard going back if you ever wanted to. They're both also pretty short in comparison to the other games in the franchise.
Shit, I forgot that I got my copy for free from that. Now I feel like I ought to buy the 3DS version myself to give them money.
David Young
I would like a new Ys vs. Kiseki fighter just to get new jdk Band arrangements, but only if the old 2006-2014 performers/arrangers worked on this.
Hmm, sounds good. I'd rather try Raidou than Persona 3/4 at this point anyway.
Cooper King
Raidou's writing is really good as well. The first game is easy and awkward, but the second has pretty good gameplay, but way too much backtracking in the middle through the fucking bug people caves.
Jose Price
Why would I buy it?
Julian Gray
Because the only reason for not buying a cheap game and support Falcom/XSEED is being a jew.
There's absolutely nothing negative to justify pirating the game aside from saving a few shekels, goy.
Gabriel Hall
Why would I buy a game if I don't know if it's good? Do you also want me to preorder Sen no Kiseki III?
Brandon Murphy
Just a quick correction user; Mastiff published Gurumin, not XSEED.
Kayden Morgan
You know you can ask for a refund, right?
I know that, I'm talking on general terms.
Justin Nguyen
Vita undubs have been a thing for a while.
Jackson Russell
People were saying that they were pretty sure it was Burch, but I never saw confirmation.
Christian Price
Let me guess you used Play-Asia instead of Amazon Japan which would be cheaper and faster.
Oliver Lopez
Not them but does Amazon Japan do international shipping? I thought you had to use some proxy service for that.
Isaac Mitchell
Yes they've been doing international shipping for a while
Alexander Perry
Well hot damn. Is the shipping cheaper or something? I might go ahead and get Persona 5 from there.
Jayden Price
It varies from weight its usually $7-10 and its pretty fast.
Cameron Jones
No I paid for the cheapest shipping option amiami. So I'll either get it somewhere between 1 to 3 weeks.
Parker Turner
They have DHL now and its pretty fast, it took only 2 days when I bought Tokyo Xanadu when I used DHL for Amazon Japan
Jaxon Kelly
yeah but DHL was like 2500 yen, the cheapest was 300yen. I only pony up the cash for fast shipping for when I got $300+ monthly orders, if it's just a single item I just go for the cheapest.
Nayuta is standalone. The translation is kind of shit, but playable.
Aiden Gutierrez
This is why Sara is the better Christmas Cake.
Luke Morgan
Not the best, but slightly better then Bandai's PSP translations.
Xavier Bell
It's a fucking action rpg. As long as the menus work, the translation is fine. Jesus, you people.
Dylan Butler
Cold steel 2 has been a much better experience for me than 1 so far, as I had expected. The repetitive school formula of one really ruined that game for me.
Logan Perry
It helps that best Anguis shows up immediately.
Eli Gutierrez
The patch recently got updated with over 1000 translation errors fixed, so it might be more bearable than it used to.
Juan Walker
...
John Sullivan
kill me
Samuel Clark
You can get clear saves from gamefaqs or nextgenupdate.
I've only finished two Ys games, Oath and Origin, and I already feel like I want to binge play the rest of the new ones. Pretty good shit and I haven't seen a good action game in a long time.
Fuck you, you smug bitch, I'm going to do it. I don't even give a fuck about most weeb shit, but I wanted to learn a far east language eventually and the Chinese can go fuck themselves.
Wyatt Rodriguez
What about the repetitive "Call Ashen knight at end of chapter to bail us out and have boring ass mech fight"
The fucking "ultimate" attack you learn after 5 staggers doesn't even kill a scrub mech
Logan Allen
Nah they're gone, I accidently deleted my id.dat file when I was clearing VPKs which blanked the whole system.
I'm just gonna play CS2 with a fresh file (had just only gotten to opening of chapter 1) on Normal then probably a do a full play perfect run of both before CS3, if that's even on the Vita.
Wait, I mixed up act.dat and id.dat. There should be a way to restore it, though.
Hunter Martinez
What it did was prompt a format, which I stupidly clicked yes to. Moral of this story is that in molecularshell, green text is selected, not orange.
Jaxson Lee
I just want Gaius to get his knight already so the series goes full Xeno.
Brayden Hughes
How are you supposed to beat Orjugan/statue boss in Limewater Cave in Ys VI without a ton of luck? At least on Nightmare without items. I did it but it took fucking forever and there were so many times where it felt like I just got trapped by his attacks with no where to go. Livart spin seemed like the only way to reliably send his missiles back at him but it leaves you grounded for so long.
Easton Lopez
Attack with brillante to charge its special attack, which can directly hit the boss.
Thomas Roberts
I know you can get a full charge from killing the hands but it didn't really seem like it did enough damage to be the primary way to hurt the boss.
Andrew Scott
Had this spoiled for me:
>Sara: (Pecks Rean on the cheek) Consider that to be a appetizer. In a couple of years if you're still interested in the main course, come and find me. I'll make the wait worth it
I was afraid of this. Looks like I'll be importing my Laura save instead. Kind of glad I haven't been able to start yet now.
Jason Richardson
fucking casual I'm playing on nightmare and it's still not even that hard so far