Any reason for the guess? Other than them being primarily a portable developer.
Ys 8 is on PS4 and Vita.
Any reason for the guess? Other than them being primarily a portable developer.
Xanadu Next is the best choice if you need to play a Xanadu game. And some would say it's the best choice out of all the recent Dragon Slayer titles, not counting Kiseki. Revival Xanadu's another possibility, being a minor remake of the 1985 original with some QoL improvements.never played Xanadu or Dragon Slayer but since it's Falcom I'm in.
which should I play, if I decide to do so? Xanadu Next?
One in Osaka, another in Sapporo, maybe a spinoff at Okinawa or Sasebo?Hopefully the sequel is Osaka Xanadu lol
Ys 8 is on PS4 and Vita.
Omg no way
Hmmm. The press release says it'll be the first title Falcom releases in 2015. I don't see any CERO placeholders on the site or the press release either. Could it be Falcom's first major mobile title developed internally via their Innovation Unit?
I haven't played a Xanadu game before. Is Xanadu Next available on Steam?
Here's a handy chart that helps explain how all of these games are related (from NeoGAF's Dragon Slayer 30th anniversary thread):
If nothing else, I hope we at least get some more awesome music like this.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q7p5qVif6mQ
Here's a handy chart that helps explain how all of these games are related (from NeoGAF's Dragon Slayer 30th anniversary thread):
Hatsuu and wydward are planning dat XSEED coup d'etat to turn XSEED into Falcom Localisation Inc.
jk
This is the same series as Faxanadu right?
I'm not familiar with these game but are they related to Faxanadu? I played that decades ago and had fun with it.
Out of all those the only one I played was the Hudson made Faxanadu, which I loved. That's a game I wish could somehow get redone in 3D with an updated sountrack, it deserves better than being hidden away on the NES
so for people who don't know what this is? what kind of game is it...a RPG right? but how does it play?
Quick question- when they say "Action RPG", do they mean Tales? Or Souls? Or something else?
Closer to Souls than Tales, for sure.
-Tom
Very disappointing.
Where is the next kiseki?
Very disappointing.
Where is the next kiseki?
So just to clarify- it's 3rd person, real time action, with no transition into a separate arena for fights?
Okay, I want in.
Is this related to Faxanadu on Nes?
Correct on all counts, yes. Third person, 3/4 overhead perspective with a rotatable camera that snaps in 8 directions. Enemies on the maps, along with destructible environmental items like crates, grass, bushes, etc. Almost Zelda-esque in that sense, but with a much darker and moodier atmosphere. The kind of atmosphere you'd expect with music like this:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DgS2G4nP6FQ
Puzzles, exploration and lots of Metroidvania elements (an item that lets you walk on thin air to cross large gaps, an item that makes invisible staircases appear, etc.), along with some really intense battles and even more intense boss battles (in typical Falcom fashion).
It's ace all around. At least, Xanadu Next is -- and I assume Tokyo Xanadu will be the same, because why the hell wouldn't it be?
-Tom
xanadu next is a great game but some things are really annoying, like having to buy keys and too much backtracking
Out of all those the only one I played was the Hudson made Faxanadu, which I loved. That's a game I wish could somehow get redone in 3D with an updated sountrack, it deserves better than being hidden away on the NES
Third person, 3/4 overhead perspective with a rotatable camera that snaps in 8 directions.
What other game would be a good example of this?
Correct on all counts, yes. Third person, 3/4 overhead perspective with a rotatable camera that snaps in 8 directions. Enemies on the maps, along with destructible environmental items like crates, grass, bushes, etc. Almost Zelda-esque in that sense, but with a much darker and moodier atmosphere. The kind of atmosphere you'd expect with music like this:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DgS2G4nP6FQ
Puzzles, exploration and lots of Metroidvania elements (an item that lets you walk on thin air to cross large gaps, an item that makes invisible staircases appear, etc.), along with some really intense battles and even more intense boss battles (in typical Falcom fashion).
It's ace all around. At least, Xanadu Next is -- and I assume Tokyo Xanadu will be the same, because why the hell wouldn't it be?
-Tom
It's ace all around. At least, Xanadu Next is -- and I assume Tokyo Xanadu will be the same, because why the hell wouldn't it be?
-Tom
Can't think of any, honestly. Trails in the Sky, maybe? But only in terms of viewpoint -- the characters are all 3D models in Xanadu Next, and the game is an action RPG as opposed to a turn-based one.
Gameplay footage will tell the tale, though: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vef3Pdax-NM
-Tom
Probably Vita/PS4.
What other game would be a good example of this?
A good way to look at Xanadu Next is an amalgam of Ys, Zelda, and Diablo, taking various things from each. It's very much its own thing, though.
Action based dungeon crawler. Unless Falcom has lost their touch (looool) it should be really fun.
A good way to look at Xanadu Next is an amalgam of Ys, Zelda, and Diablo, taking various things from each. It's very much its own thing, though.
Do you have any idea if this is or not a mobile game?
Ah thanks!
Is the camera movable only on the world map or can we move it inside towns/dungeons?
Random thing, Wyrdwad: you mentioned KureSoft does the PSP ports of Falcom games, and I realized I already knew a certain Kure Software Koubou. Better yet, there was a Japanese impressions article of some Falcom game penned by Kure Eiji, who runs the studio. I not-so-secretly hope that XSEED will consider localizing one of the First Queen games (you can try a sample of the first game's remake in Java or Flash), or maybe KSK's Western-like RTS Duel Succession.