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This is one of those times where I'm so happy that Durante is a Falcom fan.
It took some time but it looks like Ys VIII PC is finally recommendable without caveats.
It took some time but it looks like Ys VIII PC is finally recommendable without caveats.
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Props for all you and your team at PH3's efforts
I got no Reddit account so I'd like to ask some questions from ehre if that's OK
1- Would you be interested in working on porting older PC and console games from the 1990s and 2000s?
2- Name....10 games from the past 25 years you would like to see get ported to PC
3- Have you attempted toblackmailconvince Rising Star Games to work on the PC port of Deadly Premonition?
Props for all you and your team at PH3's efforts
I got no Reddit account so I'd like to ask some questions from ehre if that's OK
1- Would you be interested in working on porting older PC and console games from the 1990s and 2000s?
2- Name....10 games from the past 25 years you would like to see get ported to PC
3- Have you attempted to
I'm happy cyberpunk got delayed now I can take it easy with cold steel 3 
A completely disinterested addition!World exclusive* Metacouncil announcement.
Remember when I talked about gettting permission to release something no one will expect a few months back?
Ys VIII couch coop.
(*3 minute timed exclusive)
Guess I am getting Ys 8 on Steam, would've liked to get it on GOG, but I feel liek Steam ver. would make Remote Play Together etc. much easier for me to handle
The AMA is up. Now of course as the wonderful people of MetaCouncil you can AMA all the time -- but today I am allowed to give a few more answers, so you might still want to check it out:
Finally!
-- but today I am allowed to give a few more answers, so you might still want to check it out:Finally!
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awww, shucks!Now of course as the wonderful people of MetaCouncil you can AMA all the time
Oh, so Durante has worked with Ys 8 and Cold Steel 3? That's nice
That's dehumanizing
Holy shit, I was hoping that NISA would give enough of a shit to ask PH3 to fix Ys VIII while they were at it but I never realistically expected it to happen. This is basically a best case scenario. I almost regret playing the game a few months ago. Almost because now I have an excuse to replay it!
Also, I didn't catch the stream, did they address why the CSIII port is coming so late?
Also, I didn't catch the stream, did they address why the CSIII port is coming so late?
Sorry for the late reply.
I don't have any credit card info, so I guess the sub is cancelled...
Same situation with me in India.
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Finally!
PRAISE THE MAN
Start with Oath in Felghana. Shortest among the Steam available Ys games and among the best ones. Will give you a taste of what you can expect in other Ys games.
SeeWhere do I start with the Ys series?
Or Legend of Heroes?
I'm lost!
Wait. I just saw the experimental 2 player coop. I think I'm hyperventilating.
Ys games are all standalone so any. Oath in Felghana, Origin, and VIII are the best ones to start with.Where do I start with the Ys series?
Or Legend of Heroes?
I'm lost!
Ys can be played in pretty much any order. VIII wouldn't be a terrible a starting point.Where do I start with the Ys series?
Or Legend of Heroes?
I'm lost!
You want to start Trails with Trails in the Sky First Chapter and keep playing them in the order they were made in.
I heavily recommend against skipping any of the games.
Trails FC -> Trails SC -> Trails 3rd -> Zero no Kiseki/Trails from Azure -> Ao no Kiseki -> Cold Steel 1 -> Cold Steel 2 -> Cold Steel 3.
Zero and Ao are only available as fan translations for now, but you can worry about that after you've finished the TitS trilogy.
For Legend of Heroes on Steam, start with Trails in the Sky. There are 3 games, so you'll want the First Chapter.Where do I start with the Ys series?
Or Legend of Heroes?
I'm lost!
For Ys...that's tricky
Either Ys 1 and 2 or Ys 3: Oath in Felghana
Ys 1 and 2 use a simple bump combat system where you damage enemies by bumping into them. If you're down with simple combat system like that you may enjoy 1 and 2, else go into Ys 3 since it utilizes an overhead view and the combat is simple but the game has a nice sense of progression.
Man, such great news to see Ys VIII getting proper patches, and CS III done by PH3 as well.
I am still miffed it took close to 1.5 years for Lacrimosa of Dana to get a proper port on PC, but I'll gladly eat all the crow in the world for seeing it done. So glad to get such luxury features such as mipmaps without relying on mods and 3rd party tools.
And will purchase CS III on day one to support PH3 at the very least.
I am still miffed it took close to 1.5 years for Lacrimosa of Dana to get a proper port on PC, but I'll gladly eat all the crow in the world for seeing it done. So glad to get such luxury features such as mipmaps without relying on mods and 3rd party tools.
And will purchase CS III on day one to support PH3 at the very least.
Fuck, I can't wait to replay Ys VIII with a solid 60fps, shadows on everything, unlimited draw distance and no crashing! I'm almost more hype about the port finally being on par with CSI-II than I am about CSIII lol. The state of the port was such a huge bummer to me when I finally played it a few months ago, even more so than the localization since I honestly couldn't really see anything blatantly wrong with the redone loc.
I just realized though. That means I only have 2 months to get through CSII NG+ for those black files or whatever and finish the achievements. Plenty of time but after 70 hours I feel like I'm still only just scratching the surface of Witcher 3 so uh... yeah lol.
I just realized though. That means I only have 2 months to get through CSII NG+ for those black files or whatever and finish the achievements. Plenty of time but after 70 hours I feel like I'm still only just scratching the surface of Witcher 3 so uh... yeah lol.
Damn fantastic work Durante, looking forward to Cold Steel 3.
Give Ys I+II a try. Can't hate on the bump system!Where do I start with the Ys series?
Or Legend of Heroes?
I'm lost!
They finally fixed the screenshot uploader thing, I'm pretty sure it's been broken for me for at least a year.
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Community - Ys VIII: Lacrimosa of Dana giveaway
With the game now getting fixed up thanks to Durante and his studio. I feel i should do a giveaway Please reply to this post with your entry number first person to enter is number 1 next person is 2 etc etc
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You're the hero pc gaming needsWorld exclusive* Metacouncil announcement.
Remember when I talked about gettting permission to release something no one will expect a few months back?
Ys VIII couch coop.
(*3 minute timed exclusive)
Wait wait, Ys VIII: Lacrimosa of Dana that was terrible at launch has now been patched/fixed officialy by Durante?
Good job!
Good job!
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Hey Durante ,
I can't load my save game in the most recent patch because "there's DLC not installed that's used in the save game" or some such error message. I did use the HQ texture pack DLC, could that be the culprit?
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just remembered, that I seemed to have lots more DLC options in the game than what Steam showed me (without actually buying anything). Maybe a quirk in how NISA set up DLC before this patch. Anyway, I went ahead and bought all remaining DLCS and that fixed the issue.
Seeing how PH3 fixed this game, I hope they get some share from the revenue of Ys VIII from Steam
I can't load my save game in the most recent patch because "there's DLC not installed that's used in the save game" or some such error message. I did use the HQ texture pack DLC, could that be the culprit?
edit:
just remembered, that I seemed to have lots more DLC options in the game than what Steam showed me (without actually buying anything). Maybe a quirk in how NISA set up DLC before this patch. Anyway, I went ahead and bought all remaining DLCS and that fixed the issue.
Seeing how PH3 fixed this game, I hope they get some share from the revenue of Ys VIII from Steam
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Start with Oath in Felghana. Shortest among the Steam available Ys games and among the best ones. Will give you a taste of what you can expect in other Ys games.
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Hey, thanks all!Give Ys I+II a try. Can't hate on the bump system!
I'll definitely check'em out.
My first experience of the Steam Controller with 4 hours of Atelier Firis:
The controller itself is passable, the right pad might be good for consolized strategy games but I miss the right thumbstick for easy controls of the camera angle. The right pad isn't really that great for changing the camera constantly like in Ateliers case.
The left dpad is sometimes too hard to click and othertimes it is not apart enough to count a direction upwards instead of sideways. I constantly go sideways or up/down when I wanted the opposite because the pad is too big.
The controller itself is passable, the right pad might be good for consolized strategy games but I miss the right thumbstick for easy controls of the camera angle. The right pad isn't really that great for changing the camera constantly like in Ateliers case.
The left dpad is sometimes too hard to click and othertimes it is not apart enough to count a direction upwards instead of sideways. I constantly go sideways or up/down when I wanted the opposite because the pad is too big.
For Trails, start with Trails in the Sky -> Trails in the Sky SC (which means Second Chapter) -> Trails in the Sky the 3rdWhere do I start with the Ys series?
Or Legend of Heroes?
I'm lost!
For Ys it's honestly fine in whatever order, even Ys VIII would be alright to start. The only downside with starting with 8 would be that it would be hard to go back to Seven and Celceta (remake of Ys 4) , which use the same gameplay template but are much less refined.
Ys I&II are still really fine games as well and are the 2 games that use the bump combat system, which sounds weird but is a lot of fun in practice.
And then you have Origin (prequel to 1 & 2), Oath in Felghana (remake of Ys 3) and Ark of Napishtim (remake of Ys 6) which also share a common gameplay template (my favorite one of all them with the exception of maybe 8 tbh). Napishtim is the first game that used this template and the roughest, so it's a bit harder to go back to it after having played the other 2, but still fine.
I only recommend playing 7 after 6 because of some story/character overlap but even that is mostly just not a big deal. And some say you should only play Origin after I&2, which is probably a good idea to catch references and stuff, but also not really a big deal.
Basically play in whatever order you want
For reference, release Order was I & II, Napishtim (6), Felghana (3), Origin, Seven, Celceta (4), VIII iirc.
What's eplison8?
Also I guess this mean that PC will keep on being the best place to play Falcom games and thus Falcom's PC legacy keeps on living. I thought CS3 might have been the end of it
Also I guess this mean that PC will keep on being the best place to play Falcom games and thus Falcom's PC legacy keeps on living. I thought CS3 might have been the end of it
Isn't that just one of the "policies" with Falcom games, were a DRM free version has to be a thing?
I had no idea Falcom had this as a policy. Yeah, with this in mind a GOG version was to be expected I suppose.
Great to see it anyway
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