Gambit2483
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Fixed.Every non Indie developer having to announce for the Switch:
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Ys X -Nordics- announced
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ShadyAcshuns
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^what a bunch of shit. Falcom was releasing ugly looking PS3-esque titles for PS4 long before Switch came around.
Miyazaki’s Slave
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Deerock71
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Knightime_X
Member
I hope this has more action.
Ys IX so far as been quite boring, but I'm still in the castle and town area.
Ys IX so far as been quite boring, but I'm still in the castle and town area.
jshackles
Gentlemen, we can rebuild it. We have the capability to make the world's first enhanced store. Steam will be that store. Better than it was before.
Almost 0% chance. It usually takes a couple of years for Falcom's games to make it outside of Japan, and that's mostly due to the fact that they don't even start localizing their games into other languages until they're complete and released in Japan.
SlimeGooGoo
Party Gooper
- 41:35 to 43:59 – Field Battle
- 43:59 to 46:26 – Naval Battle
Ys X: Nordics gameplay – field and naval combat
Falcom premiered five minutes of new Ys X: Nordics gameplay showcasing field and naval combat during a Dengeki Online live stream today.
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Pejo
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- 41:35 to 43:59 – Field Battle
- 43:59 to 46:26 – Naval Battle
Ys X: Nordics gameplay – field and naval combat
Falcom premiered five minutes of new Ys X: Nordics gameplay showcasing field and naval combat during a Dengeki Online live stream today.
That's the most Falcom looking Naval Combat that I could have imagined. Looks stupid fun. Very fast paced.
manzo
Member
In-game looks like absolute dogshit, which is expected for an Ys game. The only thing has me worried is the soundtrack, which makes it an Ys game. Now that Unisuga is out of the picture, the drums, bass and cymbals are mixed so fucking badly that it makes my ears bleed. Not the composer's fault, but the sound engineer needs a firm slap in the face. On the portraits, all other character designs are ok'ish except Adol. Jeesus fucking christ, how can you fuck up Adol's design so bad? Thank goodness the in-game models are better.
I guess us 40-year olds who have been with Adol since 1989, there won't ever be a game for us old men.
Still day one. Like all other Ys games.
I guess us 40-year olds who have been with Adol since 1989, there won't ever be a game for us old men.
Still day one. Like all other Ys games.
sigmaZ
Member
Probably simply has to do with language barriers and workflows. There's a lot of "If it ain't broke, don't fix it." mentality in Japan. Japan has for years had shotty tech design. Recently though, they've finally started to improve.
sigmaZ
Member
I enjoyed the movement and combat, but the story made me hard cringe to the point where I just started skipping it entirely. I was still able to enjoy the rest of the experience. (I didn't like the drab aesthetic though. Glad they seem to be going back to 8's aesthetic)
Paltheos
Member
Someone's speculated that Koguchi might have jumped ship too. Falcom's crummy crediting policy has them change music credits to whoever's working for the company at the time in the cases of ports, and the recent Switch port of Oath in Felghana credits Sonoda and Unisuga(?? I personally checked this too from a stream of the game), neither of which had anything to do with Felghana's music. No clue why Unisuga's listed - maybe he has moved to some other role in the company - but crucially no Koguchi =/. I certainly hope not but we'll see.
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SlimeGooGoo
Party Gooper
What the fuck
Reminds me of creator of Suikoden not being listed in the credits of Suikoden 3 because he left the company months before the release of that game.
Although he acknowledged he was ok with it, and that it was Konami's policy at the time.
LiquidMetal14
hide your water-based mammals
Love me some HD PS2 graphics. Nothing wrong with that.
Fbh
Member
Looks decent.
The on foot gameplay seems fun and I like the combination attacks, and the ship stuff looks like a fun gimmick.
Also the art direction is a whole lot better than the ugly mess that was IX
What's with the aliasing in some of the still from the video though? The graphics look straight from the Ps2, it should at least have a high res aliasing free look on modern consoles.
The on foot gameplay seems fun and I like the combination attacks, and the ship stuff looks like a fun gimmick.
Also the art direction is a whole lot better than the ugly mess that was IX
What's with the aliasing in some of the still from the video though? The graphics look straight from the Ps2, it should at least have a high res aliasing free look on modern consoles.
Pejo
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sigmaZ
Member
Looks great. A lot more like 8 than 9.
Like the music but the midi instrumentation and mixing could be better. Kind of embarrassing that they would release it as is.
I mean if you think I'm exaggerating, use your own ears and decide:
The only other thing that will make or break it for me is the dialog. I don't care what anyone says but nine has the most garbage dialog out of any Ys I've ever played. It's the pinnacle of soy anime trope.
Game got 10x better when I just skipped through all non-essential dialog. Screw this comfy game crap in gaming as of late.
But yeah, looking forward to this.
Hamlock
Neo Member
Ys VIII has four composers in total, and they're all back in Ys X except for the guy who composed Sunshine Coastline; he doesn't make music for Falcom anymore. They hired someone new a few years ago, and his music is just not as good—he composed "To Be Free" and "Yesterday's Journey, Tomorrow's Dream" in that OST Mini preview. The former is very clearly trying to be Ys X's Sunshine Coastline, but the composer's arrangement still has a ways to go.
sigmaZ
Member
Ah. That's a shame.
sigmaZ
Member
Maybe I missed the PR on this, but Adol seems to have voiced dialog outside battle. Wow.
Hamlock
Neo Member
He also has voiced dialogue outside of battle in Ys 8 and 9. As you can tell by the second video, Adol will still remain mostly silent.
jshackles
Gentlemen, we can rebuild it. We have the capability to make the world's first enhanced store. Steam will be that store. Better than it was before.
Man I didn't realize this was coming out so soon. Pre-ordered!
pleaseinsertdisctwo
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It still looks like there’s a lack of impact when hitting enemies. That was my biggest issue with VIII outside of the totally obscene amount of filler. It felt like you were slicing air and thus combat never felt right to me. Plus I really don’t like the dodge/guard slow-down mechanic (whatever it’s called).
MaxwellParrish
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Definetly a prequel. In Ys9 Adol was 24, here his age is indicated as 17, about the same of Ys 1 and 2
Thick Thighs Save Lives
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Hamlock
Neo Member
Localization will likely be in 2025 at the earliest. Really sad that they can't speed up the localization times of Ys games, when other smaller franchises get localized faster.
Thick Thighs Save Lives
Gold Member
Well that's a bummer since I was hoping for maybe late 2024 for the western localization..........
SantaC
Member
Same here
YeulEmeralda
Member
Do Ys games get fan translations? I'm currently playing Kuro no Kiseki which won't be officially localised for another year at least.
Hamlock
Neo Member
Cool video from Digital Foundry on Ys X. John has been an Ys fan for a while, so I was hoping for a video like this. In the history lesson at the start of the video, he mentions version of Ys 1 and 6 that weren't developed by Falcom, but they're still a fairly important part of Ys history. He also mentions how movement in Ys 8 and 9 was clunky which I kinda disagree with. He also overhypes the visuals a little too much, I haven't seen a game series get slammed for its visuals as much as Ys before (outside of Pokemon), so it's a little surprising to see someone like John saying Ys X looks good.
Either way, it's a great video and I'm very glad it exists.
Hudo
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I am going for the harem ending.
ShadyAcshuns
Member
Where's the localization release date?
Shadowstar39
Member
Hell yeah, day 1!
Looks like they are going back to previous setups., Ys 9 was quite a departure. I really did not like it compared to y's 7 and 8 (which i thought were amazing, double dipped on those games for different systems) .
Looks like they are going back to previous setups., Ys 9 was quite a departure. I really did not like it compared to y's 7 and 8 (which i thought were amazing, double dipped on those games for different systems) .
Shadowstar39
Member
Which game, and what was wrong with switch version? I have 8 on switch and it plays fine. Have 9 on it too, and so does that, but not really a fan of that game.
Ys 7 have on psp and pc , fun game that one. If ys can work on psp it can work on switch
Skifi28
Member
Son, you are the harem ending.
Chukhopops
Member
8 on Switch is fine.
9 is absolutely not, it has terrible framerate when you do literally anything in the main city (which is most of the game). The final boss is even worse. I still had fun but I wish I’d bought the PC version.
Shake Your Rump
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Who is the wise guy that bumped this? You made me think the game had an actual release date.