SatelliteOfLove
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Man i hope the a team is just going to write what they want and need in this so theres no lulls in the texture (and a smaller playable cast). I have faith they will.
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Sen no Kiseki III Confirmed to be a PS4 exclusive title
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Unfortunately expect the opposite.
They're not that long. FC is like 35 hours and SC is closer to 50. Also half the game time is side quests so if you don't enjoy those you can just run through the main story.
Very strange move, considering how they could get more sales in Japan if it released on Vita :l. I'm not mad honestly, as the screen shots are enough reasoning for why there is no Vita release; it looks great and they want to push the visuals more.
At least they were up front and said 'PS4 Only' right away. Much....MUCH better than what Bandai-Namco pulled with their little 'typo' and 'corrected corrections' for Digimon Next Order.
Maybe a possible Switch version might happen, as they would not want to lose handheld sales in Japan. Hope this move only helps XSEED/Falcom in the long run.
At least they were up front and said 'PS4 Only' right away. Much....MUCH better than what Bandai-Namco pulled with their little 'typo' and 'corrected corrections' for Digimon Next Order.
Maybe a possible Switch version might happen, as they would not want to lose handheld sales in Japan. Hope this move only helps XSEED/Falcom in the long run.
Really am digging what I am seeing here. Unfortunately I fell off of Trails for whatever reason, did enjoy FC a lot and hoping to get into SC at some point. Really do want to play Ao and Zero before I get into the Cold steel series but I have no idea when that is going that happen.
Toadthemushroom
Member
They'll make sure to add Elise as a bonding partner too this time.
SolVanderlyn
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I didn't realize the jacket in the background of the Rean picture was black. That's interesting. Maybe it is
island
I didn't realize the jacket in the background of the Rean picture was black. That's interesting. Maybe it is
Crow? Flashback or still alive? I'd be down with seeing how he got Ordine in a flashback maybe.
Holundrian
Unconfirmed Member
That time the bonding system saves you from confirming all your worst prejudices because you only have 3 Bonding points to spend on 238712639163 possible characters. All of them more appealing than sating your curiosity.
omgfloofy said social elements where present even as far back as Zero :-x
In all seriousness I don't mind the core concept. After all I love it in the Persona games. But it just didn't work for me in Cold Steel and to me it felt like the system was putting weird narrative restrictions ending up with very unbalanced story moments for characters as well as less meaningful character moments.
Don't tell Norton about the typo and that I fucked up the section tagging doing it before the issue number instead of a proper title :-x *goes into hiding*
VlaudTheImpaler
tl;dr
Ok, something I'm confused about. Will this be coming to PC since there are other trails games on PC? Or is this not related to those? I keep seeing the trails in the sky thread popping up on GAF and was going to take the plunge into the trails series since they where on PC but if this is the next in the series and won't be coming to PC then I guess I shouldn't bother right?
EDIT: Not trying to port beg for real. What I'm saying is that I don't want to start a story and not be able to finish it. Or are all the tales games stand alone? I really know nothing about them. Like I said, I was about to step into the world after I get through a couple other games so at this point I don't have anything invested in it emotionally and it won't be a big deal if I should just write them off to avoid the pain. Thing is, I keep a list of games I'm interested in for steam sales and such and I know that the winter sale is coming up.
EDIT: Not trying to port beg for real. What I'm saying is that I don't want to start a story and not be able to finish it. Or are all the tales games stand alone? I really know nothing about them. Like I said, I was about to step into the world after I get through a couple other games so at this point I don't have anything invested in it emotionally and it won't be a big deal if I should just write them off to avoid the pain. Thing is, I keep a list of games I'm interested in for steam sales and such and I know that the winter sale is coming up.
Holundrian
Unconfirmed Member
PS4 exclusive for now. I don't think PC is out of the equation(given the general Japanese push for steam lately) totally but to be honest probably not the highest on their priority list unless more people by the Sky games on PC?
As for getting into the series. The first two Sky games tell a complete story and are totally worth getting into if you want a fantastic old school JRPG with great characters.
Trails is kind of split in sagas.
Trails in the Sky First Chapter and Second Chapter both available on PC tell 1 story.
Trails in the Sky 3rd coming out next year, actually some that has played that should describe it but definitely not mandatory.
Trails of Zero/Azure tell 1 story(have not made it to the west).
Trails of Cold Steel I+II tell 1 story, jury is out on III.
All the games happen in the same world around the same time so some of the characters will appear in other sagas here and there.
And the games hint at a meta narrative happening in the background that's really fun to fully but not necessary to feel satisfied after finishing the games that build 1 story.
This is the third game in the third Trails story arc. The first two Sky games (the ones on Steam currently) tell a complete story.
The Artisan
Member
could just be timed or console exclusive
VlaudTheImpaler
tl;dr
I'll have to check out the first two then. Thanks guys, I love old school RPG's.
Holundrian
Unconfirmed Member
Worth mentioning also the steam winter sale going to start in a few days I believe?
Definitely a very good chance for both these games being discounted.
VlaudTheImpaler
tl;dr
Glitter and Gold
Banned
Falcom is a pretty small company. Usually the platform they're developing for is the only platform they're developing for.
I think while transitioning from PC to PSP they ported some of their own titles themselves, but generally the license their games and properties out to other companies for ports.
The social elements was nothing like social links. The social elements in zero is basically during a story/side mission with you choose a partner to investigate with or something like splitting up to check tickets.
DangerMouse
Member
Yup, this looks damned good.
I'd rebuy for upgrades to the other two to get all three on here.
It's too ambitious for Vita, and Falcom doesn't make PC games anymore. There would be no point in releasing this on PC anyway without the previous two games being on there first.
darkmark1987
Member
Excited for this one.nearly finished 2 on vita so will be caught up on the English releases by the time 3 comes out here (need to redo trails in the sky 1 so I can actually do 2 and 3)
Night Hunter
Banned
Are the Trails of Cold Steel games PSTV compatible?
I'll spoiler this, just in case.
It's hard to say, since it's a bit blurry, but I think I can just about make out the crest of House Cayenne on one of the flags, so it's indeed a possibility.
Parakeetman
No one wants a throne you've been sitting on!
Dont have the localized one but the JP versions of ToCS I & 2 were PSVTV compat.
Glitter and Gold
Banned
Yeah I'm pretty sure that's deliberate on Falcom's part.
So it's safe to assume that's Ordis in the shot
I can believe that.
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I must say, I warmed up to Blusis immediately. Something about dual-wielding swords just gets to me. Tonfa girl... not so much.
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Augemitbutter
Member
now that they focus on one platform i hope they can do what they always wanted to do. i play cold steel mainly for battles and music. go all out with addictive gameplay and you will have my super SE money with extra soundtracks purchase.
thank you.
thank you.
Yes I completed both on my PSTV
Unknown Soldier
Member
So are they going to release I and II first on PS4 or just assume everyone who wants to play III already had a Vita and played it on there?
Also will Falcom ever allow dual audio in localized releases?
Also will Falcom ever allow dual audio in localized releases?
Unknown?
Member
I don't get this. There are tons of series that aren't all on one system. Why are people complaining about this series?
There's the ps3 version too, and playstation now.
I would like a ps4 version even having both games on vita, but unfortunately Falcom is a small Studio, so we can only Hope that they give to another Company to port, and even then pray for the western release.
Glitter and Gold
Banned
We don't know.
Based on history, no, but who's to say things won't change in the future now with Falcom considering the Western market more and more in its business decisions.
It'll be interesting to see if Aksys manages to get dual audio for Tokyo Xanadu, since XSEED hasn't been able to so far. Every Aksys release I've ever played has had Japanese audio, so it would be a first if they can't do it this time. At least it'll probably be possible to make an undub using the voice files from the Japanese Vita version if not.
SatelliteOfLove
Member
Aaaand Chris Hanson alert is lifted again. Thank god.
CS2 spoilers:
CS2 spoilers:
there's totally going to be another from the 13 factories, aint they?
davidwhangchoi
Member
great news
Nightengale
Member
Not sold on the design on Tonfan and Blusis at the moment, but they're fine. Part of the problem is well... they remind me wayyyy too much of the Nayuta no Kiseki characters.
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Repost from Media-Create thread on my exclusivity thoughts.
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Repost from Media-Create thread on my exclusivity thoughts.
When was the last time Falcom released a game on a Nintendo console? The original DS? Even then, it was a shitty port from other systems.
EDIT: Oh, I forgot about Ys Strategy. lol.
iRAWRasaurus
Banned
Hoping to hear news of Xseed doing a English translation soon 
Nightengale
Member
Well, it's not as if Falcom is avoiding other platforms out of spite, but they're a small-ish company that has always been well-served to focus on the platform where a vast majority of their audiences are.
That has the potential to change in the medium term if we assume that Switch will be the defacto platform where all Vita/3DS stragglers migrate to. They'll never abandon the PlayStation since it's where their core fanbase are, but if let's say... 20-25% of the audience that was there due to the portability moves on to Switch, then it might be worth consideration.
Or at least, you know, find a port partner like how Chinese companies port their games to PC.
Then again, Falcom was getting frustrated with the hardware limitations that were being put on Trails having to make the game Vita/PS3, and some parts of Cold Steel drop down to single digit framerate. Would Switch really be all that much better?
Nightengale
Member
I don't know. Like I said, it's speculative. For all we know, PS4 successfully maintains the audience Falcom desires from CS1/2 in C3, while growing them globally and Falcom can continue the trajectory of Kiseki being a console-franchise moving forward.
I for one, am not super interested in the lack-of-Vita-SKU fear mongering, but just offering an alternative perspective.
No Vita version is a shame for me as my gaming time is only really on my commute, I guess that's it for me as far as Trails is concerned. Still, it seems fairly understandable why they've done it, those visuals look like a big step forward and the trouble with a long running game series is that occasionally some fans get left behind as platforms rise and fall. Fair play to Falcom for making long-term decisions. Let me at least have YsVIII though
Danny Dudekisser
I paid good money for this Dynex!
Looking at the screenshots for this and Ys VIII, I'd gladly rebuy Cold Steel 1 & 2 (and Ys: Celceta...) on PS4. Shit, charge me a full $60. Whatever. Just gimme.
I dunno how much sense it makes, though, particularly if it's a move to target the West. Considering the games just launched on PS3 not that long ago, is there really enough of a market, between double dippers and JRPG fans who didn't already have a PS3 or Vita?
killatopak
Gold Member
Fuck this.
I want it to be portable. Something the size of this game is really hard to play on the couch. I want to play it in bed in tiny sessions.
I want it to be portable. Something the size of this game is really hard to play on the couch. I want to play it in bed in tiny sessions.
Holundrian
Unconfirmed Member
Can't you use... remote play?