now that the dust has settled, do we all agree she cute?
Ys
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Leaks??
yes several
damn leaks in his ship
many such cases.
Its confirmed, Ys X will be kino.
>someone thought it was a good idea to give this guy a ship
WHAT WERE THEY THINKING
Hey look, another orange haired heroine clone.
Where's the blue one?
looks like Ys 8: the sequel, im in
Sniff
>uses a one hand axe and shield
Basado
I hope they get rid of the gay party system this time
No party and no weakness triangle thing; just one partner character.
nope ys is in a party with his gf (see opie) this time
She has a Viking outfit that would have been a better default to me
nah that's too much. it's nice as an alt though.
Where the FUCK is Dr. Rall?!
literally but also figuratively who?
You know, Dr. Rall? The very memorable Ys character Dr. Flair Rall? He WILL be joining you!
he's still chilling in Lance village with the nurse, why would he leave?
Because, anon, he wants to join (You) on this adventure! He needs to find new flowers!
Do we know who will be slaying the guitar this time?
This looks bad, even for a Switch game.
You see bad graphics
I see SOVL PS2 homage
The graphics are SOVL but the UI is completely soulless
Ys is that one game series where they really should drop these generic, single hue UI frames and flat symbols and use parchment frame with a real compass, icons looking like little stamped brass marks and capillary gauges.
i disagree, the other HP one in the middle of the screen was worse, but then again you don't see them in action, just as a still frame, i would prefer to wait for some gameplay video before judging it even more
go play some ubishit games if you want graphics, dump ape
Yeah that's Falcom for you.
Not sure if this is on their "newer" engine but they're stuck in the past either way.
Another sideshow from Falcom before Trails.
But Kuro 2 is basically a sideshow.
Guess you aren't up to date with the news. Kuro 2 was so bad that they realized that they need to take a break from Kiseki to probably develop the series. We won't be getting any new kiseki for the next couple years.
>kisekeks still being this arrogant despite kuro games flopping hard
haha...
Kisekifags have to be up there as some of the most pretentious jrpgfags on Ganker. They're so fucking obnoxious.
shouldn't you be going back to play kuro 2 with that literal google translate patch? god, trailsfags can be so obnoxious.
party based ys is garbage
It's a new gameplay style this time, just a duo the whole game and flash step and flash guard are all but confirmed gone
Yes that's one of the best games to start with
Party Yss are the best Ysssss
You play Falcom games for their story, music, and gameplay. Their graphics have always been a generation or so behind. They still make my favorite games though.
I hate when people talk about graphics like they're the only aspect of a games visuals. Ys 8 may not have had all that good graphics but it's a better looking jrpg than most because the visual design and colour palette was fantastic. You don't need modern graphics to make a good looking game. Just some good art direction.
My apologies I should have been more percise. When I say graphics I mean moreso about the technical skill and fidelity, not the art of it all.
I'm not saying that you're talking graphics as the only aspect of visuals, I'm more speaking in general of people these days who act like a game having good graphics is this super important aspect that makes or break a game when plenty of games with good graphics look like shit because there's no artistic vision behind it beyond imitation reality lazily. I think the bigger criticism that you can give Falcom in terms of their visual design would probably be their animation work. The character models are really good but the animations are notoriously bad. Though saying that Since Hajimari the last 3 Kiseki games have had better animations so hopefully Ys X follows through and has potential to be a great game visually speaking.
>people these days who act like a game having good graphics is this super important aspect that makes or break a game
which is true, I'm not gonna play an ugly game, simple as. And on the technical side it doesn't even require that much, just make sure the framerate is at least 60fps, resolution is good, textures are good, and there isn't a bunch of vaseline AA and postprocessing shit destroying the crispness of the image. for 2d, none of that le ebin 8-bit retroshit please.
have a nice day zoomer. You're everything wrong with the video game industry today.
yes actual-zoomer, I'm the one destroying games, not the vaseline and physical based rendering loving retards like yourself.
If you think a game looks bad because of some low detail textures you need to have a nice day. Fucking mindbroken zoomer scum. I hope you get hit by a bus and a member of your immediate family gets cancer.
No one said anything about the level of detail required in the textures retard-kun, they just need to look good which can be done at very low res. kys actual zoomer.
Which is done through art direction not graphics you fucking moron. Ok you're not a zoomer you're just too stupid to know what you're talking about. Fucking dumb moron agreeing with what I just said while thinking there's any disagreement.
art direction is a component of graphics you actual fucking retard zoomer.
No it isn't. They're two separate aspects of visual design. Graphics can be used to complement good art direction by giving it greater detail and allowing for a greater scope of what can be shown but art direction is the driving force of visuals. It's this stupid misunderstanding of what graphics even are in the first place is why you get retards who would say
this looks bad like
.
Yes it is you fucking retarded zoomer. Can you see it? Is it appearing on the screen? Then it's graphics. Art style and technical fidelity are the two main components of graphics in games.
Graphics are anything that appear on the screen. It's effectively a synonym for visuals, which makes art style a component of graphics.
I have no interest in arguing semantics with you despite your best efforts and I'm less interested in making this a thread long shit flinging match of "he who gets the last word in wins". Let me ask you a simple question to end it. Do you think
looks bad? If you think no, it looks good, great, we agree that having competent art direction is the most important thing to making a game visually appealing. If the answer is no, the water texture is too bad or whatever other dumb excuse you have, have a nice day, you're a zoomer and you're a blight on the industry. 2 potential answers and we're done.
Yes the GRAPHICS there look quite good zoomer-kun.
Cool, great, fantastic. Agreeing is swell. Next time don't make an argument out of word games when you clearly understand the point I'm trying to make you nit-picky fuck.
Also to add to this, maybe don't jump to retarded fucking conclusions out of your own ignorance next time.
You've got it backwards. Graphics are a component of art direction, not the other way round.
People seem to forget that it's a fucking Vita game so obviously it looks like one.
Swap story for grafx and I agree. yes they're always a gen or two behind but they always look nice to me. and frankly being behind todays pig disgusting grafx is probably a good thing.
She's not Dana, that place is not the Isle of Seiren and that boat isn't Castaway Village.
What's the point of throwing these girls at Adol when he canonically an adventuresexual until he dies?
Nobody likes a sausagefest
Can I start with this as an intro to the series? I bought years ago for some reason and never played it.
Sure, you can start with it
Yes, storywise the games are mostly standalone.
It's also the peak of the series for many.
There are only like 2 games in the series that I'd say are bad to start with and those would be 2 and 9. 2 is kind of a direct follow up of 1 and they're kind of a package deal so that wouldn't work and 9 is too nostalgia bait full to be a good starting point. It's also garbage so I wouldn't recommend it anyway.
True. It's weird how it borrows so much from 8 but manages to be worse in every way
The best feature of 8 is the adventure on the island. 9 not having any interesting locations to speak of just cripples the game. It's actually impressive that you can go from what is in my opinion one of the best jrpg maps ever in Ys8 to having one of the dullest and most boring ones in 9.
I loved first game on psp.
All others was honestly bad.
why the fuck adol is still 17 year old?
It's an interquel between 2 and 4
Boobs too small
9 was unplayable. I have little reason to believe 10 will be better.
Surely they learned their lesson and will go back to the fun of VIII, or even surpass it
I want to believe
X started development as an anniversary game for the series' 35th and has a brand new gameplay style so I'm hopeful.
Laxia 2.0
I sleep
>Ys
Aren't these games just Neptunia tier shovelware from that one coomer dev? What's the big deal? Or are you all just horny for the new girl?
No, that's Trails.
Ys are action RPGs that are actually fun and pretty good, with a few exceptions.
If they were good people would be talking about them all the time, but all I see is these occasional Ys waifu threads.
VIII had plenty of discussion back when it was current.
9, the most recent one was not so good so it killed discussion until recently.
What
said 9 sucked ass and was one of hte weakest games in the series so nobody had much interest in talking about it. Also Ys 9 came out before Hajimari no Kiseki meaning we've had 3 different Kiseki games without 1 single Ys.
Was that ever up for debate? Are people who play these games retarded or something?
so when is the release date?
mid-late 2023
late 2024/early 2025 most likely
end 2025 for pc
Ys is a retard name and hurt the sales
Has anyone here played the original versions of 3-5? I was wondering if they were worth emulating.
>3
really bad game, not fun at all
>4(Dawn of Ys)
Really good, great music too
>5
generic and not very fun
>>4(Dawn of Ys)
>Really good, great music too
I know what I'm doing this weekend then.
celceta is actually fun af as long as you play on nightmare. the towns are an absolute chore tho.
I have played Origins,1 and 2 and I'm not sure whether to play some other game or just wait for 10
Also fuck 1's final boss, I can't believe I wasted some time of my life to fight a fucking screensaver
>I'm not sure whether to play some other game or just wait for 10
if you're an eop like most of us it's gonna be between 1 and 2 years before you can play it anyways. if you speak nip then maybe you can hold off for 3 - 5 months, but otherwise I'd start another game.
play Ys VIII, it is best modern falcom game
how can a company simultaneously make based kino Ys and cringe lgbt trails?
Is this a meme or trails is bad? I was thinking to try it out after I liked YS but I guess not
I’ve never played it so I don’t know what the gameplay is like, but I’ve seen homo shit is in them, so that’s enough for me to not play it. I think one of the untranslated games literally has a dude give a “gay folx are heckin valid” speech
i like both
Ys is more about focused on just exploring/fighting while trails is more slow paced and story focused.
As long as you're fine with anime tropes, you'll enjoy Trails as long as you don't get burnt out by playing all of them in one sitting as the pacing gets insufferably slow at times.
Kiseki and Ys are very different games. You could argue they're polar opposites hence why there's such a strong animosity between their fanbases a lot of the time. I actually think Trials has better gameplay than Ys. Ys is just decent in terms of ARPG gameplay but Kiseki is the highest standard of turn based RPGs.
>Is this a meme or trails is bad?
Ys is a ARPG, Trails is a JRPG
Back in the good ol days Falcom made the most based game of all, Gurumin.
It's been a steady decline since then.
>Play Ys I for the first time
>immediately get stuck looking for the silver harmonica
What's the Ganker consensus on the proper play order for most kino experience of the series? Can I trust that site? I just finished 1+2.
Do I go...
>1+2 > 3 (Oath) > Origin > Celceta (4) > Napishtim (6) > 7 > 8 > 9
or
>1+2 > Origin > Celceta > 3 (Oath) > 8 > 6 > 7 > 9
Release order.
Release order and there is no argument about it. Story order is retarded and both of your suggestions are even worse.
release order so you get to enjoy how the gameplay evolved or devolved over time
Why would you play anything but release order? Ys story makes no fucking sense anyway beyond the scope of individual games.
>"Since Felghana (Ys 3 remake), Celceta (Ys 4 remake) and Origin were made long after Napishtim (Ys 6), Falcom retconned most of what happened in their original releases and intentionally planned for the games to be played in aNEWchronological order,NOTrelease order. In our interview with Kondo-san, President of Falcom, he explains that there are usually three people responsible for all the text in a Ys game, with one person in charge of the lore."
So, in English, this translates to play everything in release order that hasn't been superceded by a remake already ( 1/2, 5 and 6 haven't been replaced) first making it...
> 1/2 > 5 > 6
and then from 6 onwards play the remaining titles (Origins, Oath, Celceta, 7, 8, 9) as they came out in release order making it
> Oath > Origin > 7 > Celceta > 8 > 9
And disregard any numbering or chronological timings (such as Oath being a remake of what was originally Ys 3)
Putting them together makes it:
> 1/2 > 5 > 6 > Oath > Origins > 7 > Celceta > 8 > 9
My heads hurts
Some people sperg out way too hard about muh play order
Like the other anon said Ys stories really aren't that connected, just play them in release order and call it a life.
Just make sure you play 2 after 1, and Origins after 1 and 2.
Where would be X in this list?
it takes place after Ys 2
I'd move 5 to after Origin just because 5 is so shit and not that important that playing it that early could put you off from touching the games again.
Any dicky?
Yes, most Ys games have had a e-boi. Hopefully X will continue the trend.
>no party bloat
>flash guard is gone
>boat kino
>port town kino
>no edgy shit
>bright and colorful color palette
Yup im thinking adventure kino is back on the menu boys now we just need Singa to not fuck the the music up