Why does /v/ think falcom is the best jrpg studio

Well they're better than "bigger" studios like Square-Enix

Falcom confirmed the grandmaster will be revealed in CS3

>>385780036
Falcom was the best only in the 80's, and I sure hope you don't think Kisekishit is worth a damn when it's literally Final Fantasy but with lower budget and more animu.

How is Ys VIII? Kinda want it.

>>385780036
Because they know how to rock the fuck out.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_WZxZnpk-mU

>>385780036
Atlus is better. Sting was too but they haven't been doing much lately.

>>385780036
There's literally no diversity.

It's shit.

The death of Tails opened up some room for Falcom series.

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>>385783039
>death of Tails
REEEAAALLY!?

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>>385780036
Only on the account of suits finding the vidya industry and sniffing that they could find money there and corrupting the bigger ones, and the smaller ones dying off as the AA market where JRPGs thrived shrunk during the advent of HD gaming and online console revolution.

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They're a reliable and very efficient mid-tier studio that's mostly kept to its core tenets over decades, but isn't great at diversifying like they used to (mainly just Ys and Kiseki these days because they stick around 50 employees, 40 of whom develop, and that limits the scope of their games). I think they'll have to expand without losing their style or outsource more soon. Also, their sound team's always talented and groovy.

>>385780739
No? Kondo said we'll finally have enough hints to get close.

>>385781916
Much better than Celceta, quite an improvement from Seven, and it stacks well next to Oath/Origin for many importers. But it's mostly a refinement of the current party system with a few older-Ys elements thrown in (jumping, solo sections, Origin Arena-style fights, etc).

>>385782279
I see your Evildoer and raise you my Trechier Woods: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=geDWjSbuA44

>>385780036
Same reason firefox is the best browser. Falcom has a default winner position because everyone else is or has become such unmitigated dogshit.

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>>385780036

Falcom will make you cry

>>385785027

JRPGs are fine dicknuts, they're just on handhelds now

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>>385787438
Dana will make you smile...and cry, but not as much as Tia.

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>>385787563

I'm starting to think having blue hair in the Ys-verse = suffering

>>385782739
what the fuck are you talking about

>>385780036
They're not. The Ys series was great, but their recent works are orthodox as shit yet people keep praising them. Hell that Tokyo game even had idols.

>>385780036
>Falcom
>Best at anything other than walls of text
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2tRQcA4Bwfo
That's not SEGA in 2016/2017

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>>385780036

Because my waifu Sara works on their games.

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>>385788609
Brittany is cuter

>>385788609
I believe she also fan-translated Ragnarok Battle Offline way back then and worked on RO pserver tools so she's a pretty cool gal in my eyes.

>>385788665
She's a crazy cat lady. Also fat and a drunkard.

>>385788214
Orthodox is this developer's middle name, let's face it. How recent are you talking? I won't defend Tokyo Xanadu for idols and recycling content, but it's nice to have a Zwei-derived game again. Ys VIII does some weird and exciting things later on, especially when you get to play the heroine.

>>385788737
I hope she gets to work on Arcturus one day since that game led to the development of Ragnarok and definitely influenced Trails FC.

>>385781089
/thread
Nufalcom is trash

>>385788823
Wow, she sounds perfect.

>>385788836
Don't see why she would work on something for free again while being employed. But I'd check out Arcturus. I believe Falcom handled the japanese release.

Does someone have the pasta about Adol?

I liked Celceta

>>385781089
The heck are you talking about? What makes Trails unique is that all 8 games are set in the same timeframe with recurring characters. What other series even does this?

>>385789139
t. xseedude stalker that broke her

>>385789261
Same, dat boss music

Also wasn't there a mention of Ys V being remade or am I imagining shit?

>>385789384
She didn't deserve that, fuck that creeper.

>>385789396
No but it's obvious it's getting remade sometime. They went and remade III and IV as 3D games, so that is next.

>>385789396
Ys 7 is getting released on PC, that might be what your thinking.

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You all better play Xanadu Next at some point.

>>385789173
Chances of XSEED ever localizing it are low too, and she doesn't translate. But it'd be good karma if she could ever hack it for a fan translator. I know she's something of a fan of Arcturus.

>>385789238
Which?

>>385789270
Ignore the bait

>>385789396
Falcom's prez first mentioned having ideas for an Ys V remake last year in an interview, and more than half the North American sites he's been getting interviews with this summer have asked about plans for that. He's probably a lot more excited to get that into development. This time he wants to take Oath's approach with story/content, restoring cut ideas/locations/plot and characters originally meant for Ys V, without adding much new unlike how half of Celceta's new.

And yeah, I happen to like Celceta, even with its flaws. But I think Ys V will get a better (non-PS2 by Taito) remake than either of the Ys IV games Falcom didn't make.

>>385789620
That's also a thing, but Kondo's been getting questions for the Ys V remake as well.

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>>385789261
>>385789396
Play Dawn of Ys you faggots

Celceta is okay by itself but it's by far the worst version of 4

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*blocks your path*

>>385789693
The pasta about his adventures and a heavy metal band following him around.

>>385789693
Well yeah, if XSEED are bringing some 90s/early 2000s shit it's not going to be some korean game nobody knows. It'd probably be Gagharv or Zweii.
I was also one of 10 people that bought and enjoyed Xanadu Next on release.
>>385789720
I didn't like Celceta that much but the SNES game is not better than it. Dawn of Ys is /v/core however and up there as one of the best 16-bit JRPG.

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>>385789936
Good man. What was your first impression of Castle Strangerock inside? That dungeon is still way better than I expected it to play.

>>385789857
Pic related? Not sure if it's the exact original

>>385789827
Fuck that fish and the swimming boss too

>>385790375
"Wow this is taking a long time"

>>385780036
>consistent quality for their game
>did not try too hard to pander absolutely everyone
>didn't fell for graphic meme (yet)
>usually great rocking music
>know what their fan liked about their series, tries to focus on what their fan liked instead of expand everything
They're literally one of few studios that i can believe will deliver.

>>385789827
>teleport behind you at 60 frame per seconds
>nothin personnell kid
>softlock game

>>385789827
Literally why I won't replay Celceta. It took my fucking forever to get past him on Nightmare, which is sad because he is just plain bullshit while all the other bosses in Celceta were just cakewalks.

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>>385790660
Mustrum can be a pain too, but Angoraboras is boredom incarnate.

>>385780036
because they are

i'm not sure if that's really saying all that much though

Is Falcom, dare I say, /ourdevelopers/?

>>385791143
Mustrum is the only other hard boss but he is hard for legitimate purposes, Angoraboras is just complete bullshit.

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>>385780036
I LOVE DANA

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>>385792147
I love Ricotta!

>>385792147
Why is she so flat?

Is the ps4 version of Ys VIII confirmed to be a solid 1080P 60fps with no drops?

>>385792746
Rare drops, but still minor and only when the screen's filled with effects close to the camera. Otherwise it's as you've asked, and in 4k on Pro.

>>385792147
Good for you Mulder

>>385791616
Whatever works

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Did Ys 8 turn out to be shit?

I forgot I preordered it.

>>385792927
>Rare drops, but still minor and only when the screen's filled with effects close to the camera.

Good enough for me. I guess I won't cancel my preorder.

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>>385791616

Falcom knows how to adapt to the market, but still stay true to their ideals.

>>385793106
Turned out better than expected for most of us.

>>385793167
He gives as many non-answers as Rean makes motivational speeches, but Kondo's alright and it sounds like a well-adjusted workplace.

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Some channel just broke embargo and posted a long video of Cold Steel PC's prologue at 1080p/60 FPS with most settings maxed: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JsSuL-EN4w4

It's practically a new game with how fast everything runs and loads.

>>385794706
Who care about grafixx if it's Falcom games anyway?

>>385795091
Cold Steel has bad frame drops on PS3 and Vita, in addition to weak graphics. This fixes all that. And it runs on a GPD Win at settings close to PS3, which is nice.

>>385780036
I love Falcom, Trails and Ys series. I don't think the bigger companies like SE make great games anymore.

>>385795630
At least SaGa Scarlet Grace looks like a return to form in that series. Probably will be a while before I get around to it.

>>385780036
Ys is the only thing they make worth playing and they ruined it with 7

>>385794706
>skip through video
>that Towa cancer voice
>Ashley Burch character isn't even there yet
I thought I could handle it but I'm going to need either an undub or a way to mute voices.

>>385795974
You can slide voice volume down to 0 without affecting music or SFX. And there should be an undub very quickly, as I know someone who's got the voice files ready to go so long as the game's folder structure supports a drag-and-drop insertion.

>>385796065
>thinking nu-xseed will allow that

>>385796296
They put dual-audio support into the Sky games on PC where you can put voice files in the right place and the options menu then has a selector for VA. I doubt Durante forgot to use something similar.

>>385790375
That's not the original.
Never thought I'd see one of my posts getting screencapped.

>>385780036
Because they are. They've yet to release a single bad game.

>>385795202
>runs on a GPD Win at settings close to PS3, which is nice.
That's pretty good to know this game don't get shit port.

>>385798315
>inb4 the steambabbies get triggered

Wanderers and Kefin exist, though.

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>>385798765
Kefin isn't even bad, it's just different

Wanderers though, I couldn't defend that one if I wanted to
On one hand I'm convinced it's just the SNES port that was bad and it's not actually a bad game otherwise, but on the other hand the SNES port is so bad

>>385799041
Ys III is a fun game. The SNES port has botched hit detection. Play it on Genesis.

>>385799041
Kefin's only strong suit is its story. It doesn't look, sound, nor play like an Ys game. Wanderers sounds like Ys but it's still a pile of shit.

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>>385799713
Can't disagree with any of that
Both of them felt like experiments in how to differentiate from Ys' pre-established gameplay, and they didn't really succeed at that until 6

>>385799206
If I ever get hungry to play Wanderers again it'll probably be on PS2
I just had to point out SNES specifically because it's impressively bad
The soundtrack on the Genesis one is fantastic though, definitely my favorite version of Dark Beasts as Black as the Night

I don't think they are the best. But I do enjoy their games.

>>385800410
I agree on the Genesis OST being fantastic. It's the closest we ever got to an Ys III Renewal. Wish Yuzo didn't leave Falcom after Ys II. I can only imagine what he could have done with the YM2608. Though technically he already demonstrated that with ActRaiser, but still.

>>385780036

But we don't.Get your facts straihgt

These fuckers should go remake Brandish 2 already

>>385793167
>but still stay true to their ideals.
CS exists
>dumbed down battle and orb system
>highschool setting
>battle harem archetypes out of the ass instead of characters
>shit plot after two games

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>>385800592
Are you sure you don't mean...
Your Dark Facts?

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>>385800703
>tfw I got a friend into Ys recently
>tfw he started with Ys I
>tfw I watched him get raped by Dark Fact on stream for 3 hours straight

>>385800801
Damn anon, are you me?
That's exactly where I got that webm from, I asked him to send it to me after that same experience
but it was more like 8 hours instead of 3

>>385800883
Well at least I managed to talk my friend out of going nightmare for his very first run. Took a while to convince him that being good at Dark Souls doesn't mean shit when you decide to tackle Ys on nightmare.

>>385797401
I know what the original looks like, but you must have copied it, lol.

>>385800658
We better hope XSEED finds time to port The Dark Revenant to PC for a do-over.

>>385800702
Ys VIII exists too without those flaws. They can stick to their ideals but still focus too hard on a new audience when shifting platforms, and fall into development problems alongside.

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>>385800993
Shame on you, I convinced mine TO play nightmare and that's why the whole experience was as fun as it was
friends don't let friends be casuals

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>>385801075
I decided to spare him the nightmares since he's still too young. I first tried to nightmare him all the way back in 2002. 15 years later he's still the bane of my existence.
My friend's screams of terror when he finally got to him and the fight began still make me chuckle.

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>>385801302
>spare him the nightmares
fuck anon i smiled

fair reasoning i suppose, but the REAL thing to be afraid of on nightmare is fucking batman
in comparison Dark Fact is at least fair, just really hard and requiring a semblance of actual skill
which a Casual Souls player wouldn't have, so good call

>>385780036
How do I get into Ys?

>>385801617
1. Buy an Ys game.
2. Play it.

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>>385801578
You know what the funny thing is? He had less trouble with the bat than he had with Dark Fact (he played through the game on hard).

As for me I found out that once you figure out how Vagullion ticks he's actually easy as fuck, even on nightmare. Though it did take me close to a decade to figure him out.
Yes I'm that retarded.

>>385801617
git gud

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>>385801617
>Acquire Ys I&II Chronicles/+
>Open Ys I
>Play Ys I on Nightmare
>Continue with the rest of the series afterward
You CAN go out of order because it's not a story-focused series or anything, but that's probably the best starting point

>>385801713
It takes a lot of patience and the correct way to fight him is a vast departure from the way you're supposed to play the entire rest of the game, which is why most don't figure it out
I think even then he's super hard, especially in earlier versions where movement is a lot slower

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>>385801980
Patience is indeed key, but just avoid the corners, lead him around like an idiot, get as far away from him as you can once his bats spread and he'll be dead before you know it.

>>385801980
Where do I go from there?

>>385802542
Origin if you want more of the same story and area, though its a pretty shit prequel (the game itself is solid). If not, just pick whichever games strike your fancy. I & II are the only ones directly connected to each other.

>>385782739
Are you being serious right now my man

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>>385802542
anywhere you want, but here's my suggestion:
Ys I > Ys II > Ys IV: Dawn of Ys (PCE)(translation patch + dub patch if you want) > (VI: Ark in Napishtim, Origin, and III: Oath in Felghana in any order) > Seven > VIII

Optional: III: Wanderers from Ys (very different, not as widely liked as Felghana, also Adol talks), V (also different, translation patch but much easier than the rest of the series), IV: Mask of the Sun (Adol talks in this one too), IV: Memories of Celceta (play it if you really like the party system in Seven/VIII, but it's generally considered one of the weakest in the series)

I enjoyed every single one of those myself, so the only reason I'd recommend them in that order is so each of the three "systems" used in the series (bump, 3D, party) are contained to their own groups and in order
Bump being first because it was how the series actually started, it's typically pretty love-or-hate and if you somehow REALLY don't like that playstyle but still want really good action games, go to the ones after IV (though I'd say Dawn of Ys perfected the bump system and is my own favorite in the series by far)
The party system games (Seven/Celceta/VIII) are listed last because they get a lot of hate lately for being easier than others and promoting a more "modern" playstyle suited to casual toddlers who play videogames today, if that makes any sense, and also they were released most recently anyway

really though
tl;dr just play whichever one you feel like on impulse, you'll probably still enjoy it

>>385780036
unironically the 2nd best after atlas

>>385804221
What qualities do they have over Atlus?

>>385795630
dragon quest is still good but yeh almost everything SE has made in the last decade has been shit

>>385804281
you know i said atlus is better right?

>>385804920
no doubt atlus is better