I'll have to ask someone from XSEED more about this soon. Assuming the engine runs natively on Windows, then it shouldn't be hard for someone to hack it the hard way (via hex), but maybe this port team's made it easier for guys like JoseJL and Sewer56 to make some mods.Wonder if we can mod this...you never know when someone could get the models prettied up somehow
Literally just finished...well got to the final boss anyway a few months ago....the hi res does not do this game any favors.....kinda like a lot of sub HD games I prefer the pixelated low res, gives it a bit of a 16bit vibe
tl;dr You get these games' soundtracks free from the get-go, and I suspect we can replace tracks so long as they match the BGM table and loop metadata (or however the ports/engines call and stream music audio).http://www.xseedgames.com/forum/index.php?threads/ys-vii-pc-port-announced-for-summer-release.29301/page-3#post-951469 said:Both games have a "bgm" folder; in Ys Seven's case, it contains all OGG files, and in Cold Steel's case, it contains all WAV files.
I'm not seeing metadata for looping anywhere like in Falcom's native PC titles, however, so I'm guessing that's located in some other data folder, separate from the actual music tracks.
...And if it helps answer your questions, the OGG files for Ys Seven are all VBR with an average bitrate that seems to hover around 160-170 (according to WinAmp, though I'm getting 190+ pretty often from a quick sampling), and a 44 kHz sampling rate. This appears to be consistent with the OGG files present in native Falcom PC titles (Zwei II's music, for instance, all has roughly the same stats).
-Tom
Tom @ XSEED recently looked at the music folders for both Ys Seven PC and Trails of Cold Steel PC:
tl;dr You get these games' soundtracks free from the get-go, and I suspect we can replace tracks so long as they match the BGM table and loop metadata (or however the ports/engines call and stream music audio).
Your avatar reminds me, we still haven't gotten any recent Falcom-related artwork from Minako Iwasaki. I hope she can find more work from game developers soon...like maybe a promo piece or two for the Ys V remake, since she was the lead artist on that game.Yessss! Ive been waiting for this for years.
One down now c'mon Celceta!
Your avatar reminds me, we still haven't gotten any recent Falcom-related artwork from Minako Iwasaki. I hope she can find more work from game developers soon...like maybe a promo piece or two for the Ys V remake, since she was the lead artist on that game.
President Kondo's been hinting at one recently, but no plans and promises yet. If the Ys remake > original game pattern holds, we'll see one at some point.Ys V remake? Who, What, When?
15 USD would be great, especially for European buyers. But I'm expecting 20 USD with a launch discount since there's new port work. XSEED should price this lower to get more competitive and build better launch momentum, especially since it's an older game which isn't as pretty as Zwei II releasing around the same time.I always thought Ys Seven was regarded to be the best one. It was definitely my favorite. I don't know if I'm going to double dip but I'm thinking about it. Do we know if this is 14.99 or 19.99?
15 bucks seems to be the magic number for me.
Probably not below 20$/ with a -10% launch discount.I always thought Ys Seven was regarded to be the best one. It was definitely my favorite. I don't know if I'm going to double dip but I'm thinking about it. Do we know if this is 14.99 or 19.99?
15 bucks seems to be the magic number for me.
Oh yeah I just realized since this is a new port it doesn't seem XSEED is using the HD textures from the chinese PC port
Can't really find much gameplay of the old PC port to make more comparsions. I have no idea just how much they remade with the port, but as far as I know it was pretty barebones and 30 fps.
Despite being a huge JRPG fan, I've honestly never played a Ys game before. I even own some of the games on GOG (Origin, I & II Chronices +, III remake, VI).
Am I correct in thinking that by the end of this year, only V won't have an official English translation? IIRC IV has a Vita remake (but will probably sometime get ported to Steam/GOG) and V has a PS2 remake that was never localised but may be in the near future.
Lol, holy shit -- Cold Steel AND Ys Seven in August. That's awesome. I just started a new playthrough of SC that I actually intend to finish this time, because I've realized what a Falcom backlog I've got piling up here. It's a good problem to have.
Needless to say, I'll buy Ys Seven as soon as it's up on GOG. And I can't wait for the inevitable (I assume?) Celceta port whenever that happens. Both that and Seven deserve to be freed from shitty hardware.
I imagine it won't be for a while that we get an official release, though, since selling it shortly after Ys VIII would just serve to make it look worse in comparison.
Steam page when
Zwei II has the luxury of less genre and series competition, even in early-to-mid September, while Seven's gonna look ancient next to VIII once that launches. So XSEED's prioritizing releases as much as they should in such a tight calendar.I guess they're trying to get this out before Ys 8 releases, was hoping we'd get Zwei!! 2 first since it was announced first and I haven't played that yet.
The Ys VI release has one cool advantage: a digital copy of the game's OOP artbook, one of Falcom's best. For $20, it's better value than you'd expect, and the other changes made to Ark itself help make it more attractive even to anyone who knows or expects it to play worse than Oath/Origin.After all, Ys VI hit Steam after its sequels, even though it's easily the worst of that "trilogy" (Ark/Oath/Origins).
So we are missing ys 5 only now right?
The Ys VI release has one cool advantage: a digital copy of the game's OOP artbook, one of Falcom's best. For $20, it's better value than you'd expect, and the other changes made to Ark itself help make it more attractive even to anyone who knows or expects it to play worse than Oath/Origin.
For sure, and that's why I get a little puzzled when people say Ark's a better game than Seven (though I totally get Ark being more of a favorite since its advantages over Seven are notable). Seven's boss selection ranges from solid to great, and hitboxes rarely become an issue.
7's boss selection ranges from "flash guard" all the way to "flash guard"
Nice, will add on wishlistAlready up!
If you want to go by 'numbers', then, yeah, by the end of the year only V won't have any versions avaible officially in english. That said, V isn't really a good game and is considered by many the black sheep of the series, so Falcom are bound to remake it sooner or later, and chances are we're getting it in english then.
IV was remade by Falcom as Memories of Celceta, and right now is a Vita exclusive, but if Seven PC does well then I imagine there's no reason it won't see a release on Steam as well, as you said. It's curious because the IV remake is the first time Falcom themselves worked on that story, since the two existing versions of it, Mask of the Sun and Dawn of Ys, had been developed by other companies who licensed it from them.
Thanks for the info. I really need to get started with the series sometime soon. Is there a general consensus regarding the best game in the series to get started on?
7's boss selection ranges from "flash guard" all the way to "flash guard"
We'll see how flash guard timing works at 60 FPS, depending on how the port team handled that. The English fan patch for Celceta fixes Flash move timing back to how it's supposed to work on Vita, but it didn't do that at first because of how animations work.7's boss selection ranges from "flash guard" all the way to "flash guard"
Thanks for the info. I really need to get started with the series sometime soon. Is there a general consensus regarding the best game in the series to get started on?
In all fairness, I completed Celceta and I don't remember ANY of the bosses.
I know I should have played on the harder difficulties, but normal in the earlier Ys games was still a pretty stiff challenge. I (incorrectly) assumed that would carry over to Seven/Celceta.
Hopefully someone makes a mod to have the charge button held down at all times like what was added for Celceta. Playing this game hurt my hands due to the necessity to have that button held down at all times to refill SP.
Don't bet on it.I'm so ready. Now if only Durante would show up and say "surprise, I worked on this port as well!".
They're looking into it.Hopefully someone makes a mod to have the charge button held down at all times like what was added for Celceta. Playing this game hurt my hands due to the necessity to have that button held down at all times to refill SP.
That said, V isn't really a good game and is considered by many the black sheep of the series, so Falcom are bound to remake it sooner or later, and chances are we're getting it in english then.
I wish they had redone textures or something. I'm not trying to shit on them here for bringing this to the PC, but it looks like the PSP game running in PPSSPP, with some higher res 2D elements like the character profile pictures and such. I just wish it had a little bit more improvement. It's a great game though and people should play it.
I'm going to disagree with this hardcore. I feel like 75% of the people who say this, have never played Ys V (not saying you, just over the internet in general). Personally I had a really fun time with V, and it shits all over the shit stain train wreck that is VI. Seriously Ark is the absolute worst in the series, by a long country mile. V is different for sure, but it begins to introduce things that become more common in the modern Ys games, and while it's short, it's probably twice the length of Ys III.
Personally I feel people should stop being told not to play Ys V and allowed to try it for themselves. I'd play through Ys V about 10 more times before ever picking up Ark again.
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I had no idea so many people thought Origins was the best Ys game. I do not share my Ys taste with the rest of GAF if that's the case at all.
Every time I think of Ys VI and music, I have to throw this track on - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PoyLvhCa0k4&list=PL824FB87D703BA1CA&index=5
So good.