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BrightWing posted:In that case, what would be a decent Y's to start on? I think you and I are in a similar boat, since we both recently finished SC. I just finished playing Ys Oath, and it was definitely awesome and made me want to dig deeper into that side of Falcom. Give it a go!
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Unlucky7 posted:I am under the assumption that the Sky series should be played before the Cold Steel series, is that right? I left off on the beginning of the last chapter on Sky FC (Which I hear is still a good half of the game), but all the talk about Cold Steel is making it tempting. It's less than half the game, but I would say about half of my favorite moments are in that chapter Everything with Olivier  Everything with the Duke Everything with the queen 
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Nate RFB posted:Origin or Oath in Felghana, if you're feeling retro then Ys I&II with all the caveats that come along with playing a game made in the 80s. Felghana is kind of steep difficulty wise for a first game, it's not unfair at all but it also absolutely does not gently caress around even on Normal i'd say start with 1 & 2, personally
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finished my 7 replay and man everything about 7's endgame is so good Adol's solution to the lose-lose decision being to fight the decision itself, the ridiculous 7v1 boss fight that turns into a standard ys boss at the end, Tia and Maya's goodbye that still makes me super sad, Raud slowly becoming a good person and being pissed off about it (spoiler'd since there's newcomers with the sale and all) 7 is a good game E: now to spin my wheels waiting for the new VIII localization, I haven't actually got around to viii yet and i want my dick jokes to be of the highest quality possible Yinlock fucked around with this message at 10:17 on Dec 22, 2017 |
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Yinlock posted:Felghana is kind of steep difficulty wise for a first game, it's not unfair at all but it also absolutely does not gently caress around even on Normal
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Nate RFB posted:IMO being a bit ball bustin' is the more authentic Ys experience. Recent Ys games have been coddling players too much. tokyo xanadu ex+'s dodge timing has been giving me fits because i'm so used to the ginormous window ys gives you
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Nate RFB posted:IMO being a bit ball bustin' is the more authentic Ys experience. Recent Ys games have been coddling players too much. 1 has that fuckin bat, it doesn't really gently caress around either. felghana goes full-bore right out of the gate though Erg posted:tokyo xanadu ex+'s dodge timing has been giving me fits because i'm so used to the ginormous window ys gives you i'm complete garbage at just guarding/dodging even with giant timing windows so the ys difficulty hasn't changed that much for me in modern games e: well celceta was notably easier because the bosses are pretty easy anyway in that game, but 7 still kicks my rear end sometimes Yinlock fucked around with this message at 20:38 on Dec 22, 2017 |
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Dec 22, 2017 20:27
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Wrong topic. Whoops. I want Cold Steel 3 real bad though.
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Alright, nabbed Origin and Cold Steel on the sale. Might as well, I know Ill get to it, and Im impressed enough with the Sky games to give another Falcom series a shot. Thanks for the tips!
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SC and the 3rd are both incredible Trails games; my favorite depends on the day. Cold Steel is not as good as Sky plotwise (seriously, you can't beat Estelle as a protagonist), but it's a big improvement mechanically and it's still a Trails series. I really want to play the Crossbell games.
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I'm playing zero in Japanese because finals are over and the office is closed for the holidays until the 2nd so I have a brief respite from the self inflicted pains of my life and it's really good ok bye
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zero is a very comfy holiday game
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Anyone playing Ys Origins with a controller should remap the magic/skill button immediately. I don't know how I did my first playthrough with default controls since it is almost impossible to charge and auto attack at the same time.
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I feel like every falcom action game I play i gotta rebind the controls so they make sense for a human to use. Thankfully every game they put out has beefy remapping options.
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I love Ys Seven but its default bindings for Xbox controllers are a god drat disaster.
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Does the Third have a new music person? The whole ost so far feels very diffrent (good diffrent mind). Also there goes my theory, Ries being there at all kinda ruins it. Also I can dig Joshua's new duds, he's come so far.
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I think it was all the usual JDK peeps. They're just that good.
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There was a noticeable shift to that kind of music around that time for Falcom but I also like to think of it as a overall tone shift for a different pov character (even if that isn't actually the case)
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3rd has the best music of the sky trilogy
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Dear lord, what's with the quotation mark fetish in Chapter 4 of Tokyo Xanadu? At one point, it's even around a place name that we've visited a bunch of times. Chapter 4 in general has just been an editing trainwreck, to the point where I feel as though a completely different person from the first three chapters edited it.
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BrightWing posted:Does the Third have a new music person? The whole ost so far feels very diffrent (good diffrent mind). It's just the same music buy more sad, because the main character is super depressed, right?
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Cyouni posted:Dear lord, what's with the quotation mark fetish in Chapter 4 of Tokyo Xanadu? At one point, it's even around a place name that we've visited a bunch of times. seems like they only got around to re-editing (or editing for the first time) the first few chapters, everything after that is the same mess it was on the vita big fan of them referring to the big evil thing by like 5 different names, some of which don't even mean the same thing
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lets hang out posted:seems like they only got around to re-editing (or editing for the first time) the first few chapters, everything after that is the same mess it was on the vita That's disappointing, the chapter 4 side story was decently solid editing-wise, so I was hoping it was an isolated incident.
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I keep getting curious about Tokyo Xanadu and Ys VIII since people seem to be enjoying them a lot, but everything I've seen & heard about their dialogue is off-putting. It's a shame.
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Really Pants posted:I keep getting curious about Tokyo Xanadu and Ys VIII since people seem to be enjoying them a lot, but everything I've seen & heard about their dialogue is off-putting. It's a shame. Localization aside, Ys 8 is an incredible game, definitely the best Ys game. Don't let the bad localization put you off from playing it. Tokyo Xanadu is fun too, but not quite as good as Ys.
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Really Pants posted:I keep getting curious about Tokyo Xanadu and Ys VIII since people seem to be enjoying them a lot, but everything I've seen & heard about their dialogue is off-putting. It's a shame. They’re redoing the translation for Ys 8 because it was such a garbage fire so I’d wait for that to come out Who knows when it’s actually going to get finished though, i think their initial promise was by the end of November and whoops it’s December now
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They said November originally but revised it to early next year fairly quickly because that was obviously impossible.
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Billzasilver posted:It's just the same music buy more sad, because the main character is super depressed, right? uh https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rRGmm9ozTMc sure.
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Is there a recommended level guide for Ys Origin? I feel underleveled after Rado's Annex.
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Ulio posted:Is there a recommended level guide for Ys Origin? I feel underleveled after Rado's Annex.
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Ulio posted:Is there a recommended level guide for Ys Origin? I feel underleveled after Rado's Annex. Go kill some of the flying dragons and 4-way laser things in Silent Sands until that stops leveling you quick.
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Ulio posted:Is there a recommended level guide for Ys Origin? I feel underleveled after Rado's Annex. If it's about those special Karons you need to kill to charge up the Evil Ring, those things are always lovely to fight.
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I already made it past that era and beat all the red/boosted monsters in that area, even the big red demons. Really Pants posted:Go kill some of the flying dragons and 4-way laser things in Silent Sands until that stops leveling you quick. Ya I think I need to level up vs those because they seem to be the only enemies I can kill reliably. The 4 laser are kinda annoying to deal as Yunica though, it is too much waste of time to grind efficiently.
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If you're really struggling it's entirely possible you've missed a weapon upgrade item or armour somewhere.
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Really Pants posted:I keep getting curious about Tokyo Xanadu and Ys VIII since people seem to be enjoying them a lot, but everything I've seen & heard about their dialogue is off-putting. It's a shame. Every time something caught my attention for one reason or another, I took a screenshot. Assuming you're willing to take spoilers up to very early chapter 5, here's a quick album, unsorted. Most of it's minor character spoilers that you'd usually figure out anyways, but if you're willing to look, you can make your own decision.
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holy poo poo are those Fie and Crow ride-alongs now I'm just more conflicted Hwurmp fucked around with this message at 19:34 on Dec 24, 2017 |
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Tok Xan is rough in a "we are understaffed/under budget" kinda way and you can still generally make sense of the dialogue and tone. Ys is extremely "we didn't even try" gibberish at some points.
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Really Pants posted:holy poo poo are those Fie and Crow ride-alongs Not pictured: Demon Prince Rean and Magical Girl Alisa ride-alongs.
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Well I don't remember Ys 8 regularly mixing up npcs genders sooo
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