Hawks Eclipse
Member
Been waiting for this news, hopefully Durante will be involved with the Switch port in some capacity.
Not even going to hope for 60fps, just a super rock solid 30fps and I'd say mission accomplished.
Not even going to hope for 60fps, just a super rock solid 30fps and I'd say mission accomplished.
Pejo
Member
I'm still catching up on the party based Ys games, not sure that I like them better than the Adol-only stuff though. Up next is Lacrimosa of Dana though, which I hear is the best party based Ys, so I'm hopeful. Either way, I will buy this, but like
Hawks Eclipse
said, I hope Durante is involved in the PC port.
Hawks Eclipse
said, I hope Durante is involved in the PC port.
MasterCornholio
Member
Hopefully it works well on the PS5.
Rock And Roll
Member
More awesome news! Went with the Switch for portability reasons with 8 and will probably do the same with 9, unless there's some serious problems with the port.
Hawks Eclipse
Member
I haven't played much of the partYs (heh, sorry) besides Celceta. Personal favourite is Ys Origin, though Adol's luck with the ladies is always nice to have haha.I'm still catching up on the party based Ys games, not sure that I like them better than the Adol-only stuff though. Up next is Lacrimosa of Dana though, which I hear is the best party based Ys, so I'm hopeful. Either way, I will buy this, but like
I'm fairly certain Durante will be involved with the PC port at some point, just hoping he'll get to run his magic on the Switch port too; the Switch port of Lacrimosa isn't unplayable by any shot but I'm quite certain it's nowhere near as optimized as could be.
Edit: Here's an AMA he did about half a year ago.
And here's a reply of his with regards to Ys VIII:
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JunkerWoland
Member
Worth noting, on NISA's YouTube channel, the description for the game's trailer contains the added text: "Coming first to PS4." Potentially not the best news for thoese intending to buy the game on PC or Switch, but, depending on the state of those ports, at least the PS4 release won't be held hostage.
My own interest in this particular Ys entry has cooled significantly, since its Japanese release. The planned 2021 release leaves me even less certain I'll bother with the game.
My own interest in this particular Ys entry has cooled significantly, since its Japanese release. The planned 2021 release leaves me even less certain I'll bother with the game.
Jooxed
Gold Member
So tired of publishers and the double dipping mentality.
mejin
Member
They are doing a great job at this. Game is made for PS4, so it's ok to bring first when they are still working on the ports for the rest.
But since the game launch on PS4 just next year, I hope they have something for PS5 too, maybe together with the pc version.
a multicultural team of v
Member
2021 is kinda far :/
Gameplay is superb though, absolutely worth playing for that alone if you like action RPGs.
Yeah the story is usually average JRPG stuff, some of the games have fun characters though so you can at least enjoy the moment to moment conversations.
Gameplay is superb though, absolutely worth playing for that alone if you like action RPGs.
Paltheos
Member
I'm still catching up on the party based Ys games, not sure that I like them better than the Adol-only stuff though. Up next is Lacrimosa of Dana though, which I hear is the best party based Ys, so I'm hopeful. Either way, I will buy this, but like
Same here. I'll take Oath or Origins over any of the modern Ys games.
Lacrimosa is pretty good though. I can see why so many people went nuts over it.
Lionel Richie
Member
I'm in! VIII is a goddamn masterpiece. Based Falcom delivers every time.
Danny Dudekisser
I paid good money for this Dynex!
I can't comment too much other than to say that NIS learned their lesson from last time and they want these ports to be good.
anab0lic36
Member
I feel like the Y's series was better before you had dumb AI controlled party members tagging along for the ride.
sublimit
Banned
Art direction looks as if it got a hit when compared to YS VIII.
The environments look very bland and colorless while certain elements like character hair are extremelly saturated. These don't mix well IMO. As much as i like Ys gameplay this looks like a very ugly game.
The environments look very bland and colorless while certain elements like character hair are extremelly saturated. These don't mix well IMO. As much as i like Ys gameplay this looks like a very ugly game.
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Jooxed
Gold Member
I still haven't made it really far into 8 yet other than just the shipwreck and running around trying to make it off the island and find survivors i'm guessing the story changes to something other than that.
Danny Dudekisser
I paid good money for this Dynex!
I do love the darker, more gothic setting in this game. I don't know that I'd say the environments look worse so much as just different.
JunkerWoland
Member
For those mentioning visuals, one of the complaints leveled against the game was its environments being somewhat dull and empty. From gameplay I've watched online, the game does appear to lack a certain degree of art direction and area composition.
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infinitys_7th
Member
Thank god this is coming to Switch. Not for port begging - I just love having portable console RPGs. Having FFXII portable was a godsend for me.
Andyliini
Member
Is it port begging if the port is already announced, though.
infinitys_7th
Member
Is it port begging if the port is already announced, though.
Technically no, but I think I said in another topic I wanted it for Switch too. I want every game possible on handhelds TBH - if there was a Vita 2 I would be fine with it on that instead.
Rean no Kiseki
Banned
Ys IX in 2021 and ToCS IV in October 2020 makes me a very happy Falcom fanboy.
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SLoWMoTIoN
Unconfirmed Member
didn't this bomb in japan
Hawks Eclipse
Member
The trailers on each respective platform's YT channels seem to be indicative of what to expect.
The Switch trailer says "Footage from development build. Subject to change.".
I'm assuming they simply capped the ingame footage at 30fps while keeping everything else like the transitions and overlay animations at 60fps.
The PS4 footage displays at 60fps though there are dips in certain sections.
At the very least, I'm glad they didn't simply upload 60fps PS4/PC footage and pass it off as Switch gameplay.
I really dislike it when official footage isn't representative of what the actual game will run like and this applies in the reverse direction too: if your game is 60fps, don't encode and upload trailers of it at 30fps please.
The Switch trailer says "Footage from development build. Subject to change.".
I'm assuming they simply capped the ingame footage at 30fps while keeping everything else like the transitions and overlay animations at 60fps.
The PS4 footage displays at 60fps though there are dips in certain sections.
At the very least, I'm glad they didn't simply upload 60fps PS4/PC footage and pass it off as Switch gameplay.
I really dislike it when official footage isn't representative of what the actual game will run like and this applies in the reverse direction too: if your game is 60fps, don't encode and upload trailers of it at 30fps please.
Mister Wolf
Member
I still gotta finish VIII.