The problem with the trailers is the text, I'd let the gameplay speak for itself.
We usually try to, but in this case, the trailer exists largely to differentiate this from the PSP version of the game and explain what that + in the title means.
Aside from the screen frame, that's less something that can be shown, and more something that needs to be textually explained.
...Either way, keep the feedback coming! I'm not trying to be one of those indignant people who defends our work staunchly with absolutely no basis. Constructive criticism is always welcome, and helps us improve for the future. As noted, we're a team of about a dozen people, and we've got over a half-dozen games in various stages of publication that we're working on at once, so we're bound to need a little guidance every now and again.
Played with a 360 controller, found doing that move where you have to move/stop/fire really hard to consistently pull off. I had to sort of flick the stick. It seemed like an important move, that I could never perform when I wanted to.
Actually, that move is included more as a throwback to earlier Ys titles for people who really, really WANT to perform it. It's never required and really isn't very important in the slightest -- I don't think I ever used it even once when I was playing, as I never really had to.
I also disliked that I couldn't play it more like a twin stick shooter (I only tried the girl). I disliked that I couldn't fire away from where I wanted to go
I'm... not sure I understand. Especially if you only played as Yunica, whose moves are very much structured in the tradition of hack-and-slash titles (a la Devil May Cry). I'm not sure I can envision how her controls would even function as a "twin-stick shooter."
Maybe the game was a different genre than you were expecting? Because yeah, I don't think we ever gave any indication that it would play in that fashion...
And Ys I & II Chronicles+ plays even less like a "twin-stick shooter" since combat, as mentioned, is structured in such a way that you literally just run into enemies to kill them. The damage you take vs. inflict is largely based on the angle and trajectory of your impact, so it's all about circling around enemies and precisely lining up your fast-paced movements with the enemy's.
You do gain the ability to shoot fireballs in Ys II, but these just literally fire straight ahead of you (possibly with a bit of homing action, depending on what other items you have equipped at the time), from wherever you happen to be standing and in whatever direction you last moved.
-Tom
entium III 866 MHz
