> Translation of script pretty much finished.
Who's ready for Crossbell?
Can I have source and not false promises made of tears.
>>337199632
http://www.heroesoflegend.org/forums/viewtopic.php?f=21&p=2248#p2248
>>337200028
>he is saying it's coming in december
Which in fan translator terms means in 2 years.
>>337200637
Maybe. But based on their previous releases, high chance that it'll release on schedule.
>>337199364
Good news, hope its better than I expect it to be.
>>337200637
I just hope it releases by the time i finish playing CS2.
Is this chinese pc version or psp or what?
I won't play it till after the trails in the sky trilogy is out and I've completed it.
>>337203063
PSP version.
>>337203063
Japanese PC and psp version.
>>337199364
Is the translation going to be half decent at all? I've heard some bad rumors regarding that.
>>337203269
It won't be good coming from that team.
>>337203269
>>337203385
They have proper translators this time, so i reckon it should end up being decent.
>>337203678
From that team leader rambling back then on gbatemp. He is going to change and edited the final script without ever played any Trails games before. So yeah.. It is going to be Nayuta level of translation.
>>337204119
>Nayuta
Naytua had an assload of repeated stock phases that was clearly ran though a machine translator then guessed.
I at least expect Zero's to be semi-competent.
I'll wait for XSEED's.
>>337204369
>>337204119
Nayuta was done by just one person, and they actually have a team to work on zero.
So at the very least zero won't be anywhere near as bad.
>>337204480
You'll be waiting a long time, maybe forever if 3rd doesn't meet expectations.
But if they do end up releasing, itll be late 2018 at the earliest.
>>337205432
After the abysmal sales of SC. 3rd won't meet expectation. I qm not even sure why they bothered to localized it. So we are stuck with moon or EngRish.
>>337205669
I think its only because cold steel did better than they expected.
What other translation projects are going on that we should be aware of?
>>337206126
In terms of Falcom games?
Brandish 2 and ys vs sora are slowly being worked on by the same group.
Until zero releases, i wouldnt expect anything.
>>337206774
Any JRPG honestly.
>>337199364
Wasn't that a lot of bullshit drama with the translator being a giant attention whoring faggot?
>>337207010
Yes, but the project itself is legit.
Trails series conclusion when? Who is the fucking grandmaster? I will be death before this series got resolution, is that it?
>>337206836
None that I know of.
Theres 7th dragon 2020, ft was recently released if you like dungeon crawlers.
>>337206836
>>337207251
You can play Xanadu Next fan translation also, if you cant wait for Xseed's release.
>>337207230
As of cs2, series is at the halfway point.
Should be at least 6-7 games left.
Why the fuck the thread is so ded? Isn't this what you guys have been waiting for all this time? Years ago people will post "TiTS where?" but now no one seems interested anymore.
>>337211375
Trails games never have many English fans. It was just a vocal minority.
>>337211375
I wasn't aware that Zero's patch was this far along, and I guess I am excited about it, if not cautiously optimistic.
I am a bit annoyed at the timing though, since I was planning to finish up SC and finally move on to the copy of cold steel I bought ages ago, but now I am kinda conflicted, because I would like to play the games in order of release, but I had already resigned myself to having to play CS before the crossbell games, and Ao isn't going to be out any time soon, assuming it gets a patch at all.
>>337211786
This. Now that the games are actually coming over, there's no need to beg for a release.
Different story if xseed stops releasing the games.
>>337211965
According to xseed, CS games can be played without being familiar with the crossbellgames so you should play them next.
I would play Zero after Trails 3rd.
>>337212472
>According to xseed, CS games can be played without being familiar with the crossbellgames so you should play them next.
>believing their lies
Well, I guess for CS1 maybe, CS2? Hell no. Play them in release order.
>>337212538
Well I had no idea. How much does cs2 spoiler?
I can see why they said that though...
>>337213134
A lot.
Anyone have a link to download the Japanese PC versions?
>>337212538
I think the best way to play is from zero, CS, Ao, and then CS2 because Sen 3 will out probably next year after Ys8.
>>337213375
It may be the best way, but wont work for English only readers.
No way is Ao coming out in English anytime soon whether it be by a fan translation or even Xseed.
>>337211375
We've known they were going to flake out since that drama fit a few months ago.
>>337199364
heroesoflegend.org/forums/viewtopic.php?f=2&t=258
Interesting, seems like he looking for potential help.
>>337203063
PC version is an upscaled PSP version so it won't look as nice.
>PSP
Into the trash
>>337199364
And then it's just a matter of insertion, which takes even longer than translation.
>>337216245
trust me it looks real nice compared to psp one
Just finished AO and starting sen. Can't stand the shit graphics. The school setting's turning me off. Also, I'm sure story's gonna be dull until I get to the second game.
So where is this in relation to cold steel and trails?
>>337217787
This is the first game in the crosbell series that take place after sky and mostly at the same time as cold steel.
>>337217787
The trails series is a one big story. A lot of factors in story are closely connected and there are constant references to the previous titles in the series. Cold steel especially has a very close connection to Zero/AO and you are missing out on alot if you do not know what's happened in Crossbell. The game's are still playable, but to fully understand what is going on, you HAVE to play zero/ao
>>337218662
It really didn't felt that way from what i played of Cold Steel, it was mostly HEY SHIT IS ABOUT TO GET REAL IN CROSSBELL CITY BUT WHO CARES THERE ARE SCHOOL FESTIVALS WE NEED TO GO.
Northumbria Province arc when?
>>337219369
It's because the games are designed that way to attract new people to the series. The first game in the entry is always an intro anyways. The second game will be moreso
>>337219473
After Calvard
Is this threat real?
>>337218662
There is enough optional text in SEN to give you a good synopsis of the major events happening in the city.
Why read some shitty translation from some fagboys when I can read the Japanese original?
Who do I know it's shitt\y? Tell me about all the drama that happened when the translation was being made. That's how you know it's shit, the translators being drama queens. It's a sure way of telling they just learned some basic Japanese and now feel like they need to save lesser people by granting them their shitty translation. Too bad some good game gets ruined by that, you know noone will make a good translation of it now.
>>337206095
Still seems rather silly (not that I'm complaining) considering PC sales are what really matters, especially considering how it's a sequel to a sequel which didn't do that great (though it not doing that great is very much their fault for poor release timing and bad advertisement). Falcom could have always given them the push because CS sold well but I kinda doubt that. I'd say they'd push for the Evo versions if Falcom wanted but I hear that's a real pain with who owns the rights to what and that'd be the third release of the game already (for FC) so they might be hesitant there too.
>>337219869
well aren't you special, little buttercup. Not everyone can read Japanese, you know.
>>337207230
>writer of the first game won't be the writer of the last
Aaaaand dropped.
>>337220013
Why are you so butthurt Mr. "translator"? You should have continued studying and you'd lose all will to fuck up some game with your shitty translation as you'd get better and better.
You know how it works. The better you get the more you realize how bad you are.
>>337217336
While i'm not familiar with the workings of fan translations, i seriously doubt inserting text will take anywhere near as long as the translation, especially for something as long as a Trails game.
>>337220082
Huh they change the writer already? KEK what a disaster. This is always the problem for long series that refused to end the stories. This is going to be another Suikoden scenario, isn't it?
>>337205669
SC sold shit? That's fuckin sad considering SC no doub has the best story in the series
>>337220268
I'm saying, if that anon is gonna die before the end, imagine the writers.
>>337199364
I thought these guys were working on Ao too and had good progress on it as well already? Am I just poorly informed?
>>337220219
Depends on how the text is codified, making sure the text fits the text board everytime since english sentences tend to be much longer than their japanese counterparts, on how many files is said text, if the font needs hacking so you don't have wide gaps between letters.
It's a bit more complex than you think.
>>337220459
Ao will get a release in 2018 at the earliest. I am being generous here since i seriously doubt that they will ever finish that. Xseed will take their lovely time until 2020.
>>337220194
you're a funny person, you know that? You really think you're better than others. It's so cute
>>337220706
And you're grasping at straws with your generic anger. Something tells me everything I presumed is actually correct.
>>337220773
>grasping at straws
in regards to what? Wishing to play a localized game?
>>337220675
Whether Xseed release zero/ao depends on how well trails 3rd sells.
Seeing that Sc didn't do so well I really don't have much hope on any more PC only games.
cold steel feels awfully like persona. I know they had to change up things from bracers style but this isn't creative at all
>>337199364
Does Zero end in a cliffhanger?
At this point I'm waiting for the 3rd so I can replay FC and finish SC, I guess Zero will be out by then too but I might hold out and see how long Ao takes/if ever. Can always just play Zero and replay it later like I'm doing with FC if it takes a long time.
>>337220879
The more platforms the game is exposed to the better.
>>337220974
Zero is mainly more of a fantasy story with ancient treasure wish granting loli and everyone wanting a piece of that.
The political stuff is mainly on Ao
>>337220974
It's not like sky FC where it ends with "shits starting to go down" but it does leave many things unanswered.
>>337220890
They had to catch up with the times and in the mean time they saw how other franchises get away with being lazy and did the same.
CS just feels like it's a light novel and it's pretty sad.
>>337220879
But YS sold well on steam. I guess JRPG isn't easily received in general
>>337221089
Good to hear.
I wouldn't want another SC cliffhanger with years of waiting to find out.
>>337221254
Ys had a much more pronounced western presence since the Turbografx days, TLOH had those poorly translated games on the psp before Trails kicked off.
>>337221254
So did FC, and Ys is more action orientated.
Problem is Sc did much worse, but it should be expected since its a sequel to a game many people never finished.
>>337221502
Did FC sell well? I was sure it did bad since Xseed practically gave up releasing SC
>>337211375
I'm not gonna believe until the deed is done, that way dissapointment cannot happen.
>>337221618
Dont know about psp, but It sold very well on steam.
>>337221618
It's at like ~175k sales now on PC, they were having a lot of problems and were spending a long time on SC and they had to rush it out on dying platform, that's mostly why its release was so awkward.
>>337221840
I thought the only reason it took that long was the translators fault?
>Trails in the Sky
>Playtime total: 17:53 (average) 06:02 (median)
>Trails in the Sky SC
>Playtime total: 48:33 (average) 39:13 (median)
Pretty interesting numbers, I wonder if xseed is already going into 3rd with the mentality that even if they don't sell much they have some 10~20k fans there waiting which will buy the game for sure and that might still be a good deal for them in the end. I'm sure they have better selling franchises they could be focusing on though, but Trails always had a small team anyway.
>>337222024
There's a lot of factors, they just had a bad time in general with it and by the ending it seemed like they just wanted to get it over with.
I am sad that my toaster cannot even run YS Celceta at decent speed. FUCK ME
>>337222238
Specs?
>>337205669
Learn some fucking English yourself before you start complaining about fan translations holy shit
>>337222302
Core 2 Duo @2.80GHz @2.79Ghz
4GB RAM
Nvidia GeForce 210
Don't bully
>>337222145
So that's why the psp version is a goddamn mess, did they ever fixed that?
>>337222390
It triggered you? KEK
>>337222390
There is zero complaining there. It is the truth. Either Moon or Engrish regardless of his English level. You are with the team?
>>337222525
Can you even patch games on PSP? Either way, making a game on PSP is different and they can't fix things as easily and need a bigger time period between it being done and release, that's why it uses a version that's some months older and is missing a ton of fixes they did at the end, they didn't say it but the reality is that it'd just be a waste of time.
>>337222720
I think its possible but Xseed returned their PSP devkits, so they can't work on it even if they wanted to.
>>337199364
>Who's ready for Crossbell?
Finished it around 2 years ago. Would be nice to be able to experience it for the first time again.
I'm ready for Sen III, unfortunately will probably have to wait another year yet.
>>337223684
How is it anon compared to Sky trilogy?
>>337222708
I'm not saying fan translations are infallible and in this case it's probably going to be pretty bad but that doesn't excuse you for being a retard
>>337207230
are the games connected in some way? is there one big plot I can read online pre TitS
>>337218651
>at the same time as cold steel
So I guess this will never be translated officially then.
>>337220219
As someone who works in translating games, coding is always harder than translating. English in written form is always a larger text file than a Japanese one so you have do lots of jury-rigging to get text to fit and align correctly, and changing text might cause unintended bugs elsewhere like certain events not triggering, items not working correctly, and a bunch of other tiny things you'd never expect to blow up like it does.
Trails always have a huge script and I don't envy the translators, but I especially don't envy the coders. Fan or official.
>>337223995
Not that anon but I'll give my opinion.
You say trilogy, but TC is really just an extra fan service.
Story just isn't as good as sky. None of the main characters really match up to what sky had. A lot of the reasonings behind antagonist's actions are bullshit and the ending doesn't feel as well done as sky.
>>337225575
Are you talking about TC or the Zero?
>>337225575
But I am asking about Crossbell series..
>decide to replay Zero
>remember no 100% enemy escape
>no animation skip
>OCD compells me not to leave a single battle where an enemy bumps me from behind
Sen really did make the turn based combat less tedious, despite dumbing down the customization
>playthrough FC taking my time doing everything
>inevitably miss something and have to go back a couple of hours
>put it off for months
>upgrade PC but back up save to old HDD
>old HDD seems fine for months
>suddenly starts clicking on boot and disappears from list of drives
>could have easily copied the whole fucking drive to my newer HDD at any point over the course of months
Trails does support Steam Cloud, so I might be ok, but since I need to go back a couple of hours, I still can't get motivated. Especially with no 3rd/Zero/Ao/Sen PC releases on the horizon.
SC sold badly because it's almost double the price, in addition to people not finishing the first. I didn't buy it on launch because they gave a discount for FC, but no launch discount for SC, and also because they skipped to Sen.
So is this actually gonna take 2 to 4 years to translate to then just quit? Like every transition project ever?
>>337217475
Doesn't the chinese version run like dogshit on pc?
>>337228181
Retail Chinese version runs like dogshit because drm constantly sends data to server slowing down the framerate to smooh and silky 15fps. Which sucks since retail FC to 3rd plays perfectly
We buy the game to show support of the localization then play the pirated version
>>337228093
Translation itself is already complete.
>>337224973
Why do you say that?
>>337221502
Thing is xseed needs to understand how to promote there games. They did it well with Cold Steel with all the trailers and shit but SC got the short end of the stick because they only gave people like a one week notice and only like one trailer or some shit. I bet most people still don't know SC is out or just never beat the first game altogether. I know when people told them they waited to long to announce it on there forums Tom kept trying to damage control saying it could be a slow burner or whatever on PC.
>>337225484
Fan translator here and holy shit the translation can really just be the top of the ice burg for many a game. Checksums, text dumps, asm fixes, reinsertion tools (often customized on a per game basis)... there is so much shit that goes into it.
I honestly applaud the people working in the translation, but I was quickly turned off by the leader of the team's comments. I would like it better if Xseed chose to buy the translation, but he is arrogant on pricing his team and he whole thing at a million fucking dollars, especially when he wants to localize shit inconsistently against xseeds work on purpose.
In the end it really isnt about helping the scene for some people.
>>337229739
first and foremost it's a psp game
TOWA
>>337230402
Bit hard for them to promote Sc when only those who played the first game would care.
Seems like they purposely focused on Cold Steel since future releases depend on how well it sold.
>>337207230
Even Aidios is her bitch.
>>337231128
You seem to have posted wrong image and grossly misstyped "Renne".
>>337231150
They should have announced the release date at least three weeks to a month prior instead of being so tight lipped. I know it bit them in the ass before to give concrete dates but people kept putting off FC because they have the mindset of "I'll finish FC when SC has a date". It's not the type of game you can just rush through in a week. Focusing on Cold Steel so much also wouldn't help them as only one other game is being released for those platforms (since we don't know Sen III's situation), where as on PC they said they would try to catch up to everything else. It's a shame since they also announced Corpse Party PC within like a week of it releasing, I'm almost expectiong Senran Kagura Shinovi Versus to pop up on steam randomly.
>>337230723
But it also has a PC release, an upscaled version yes, but the option is there.
>>337231641
That's a weird way of spelling "Len"
>>337232402
>this trash dares to even reference TiTS
Why can't nepshit die already?
>>337231770
Cold steel being the best looking game ,graphic wise at least was their biggest chance of expanding the series audience. Focusing on it was a good decision
And It seems like it worked out since we're getting TC despite poor sales from Sc.
>>337232784
Because compile heart rehashes every single aspect of the games so there cheap enough to keep making a profit. Here have another family.
XSeed announced that they're also done with Cold Steel II so a release date will be announced soon.
>>337232402
>>337233153
I'd bump combat that femAdol.
>>337232402
wait, why is neptunia filled with not neps
>>337233351
As in done with translation and editing, they still have testing and a lot of miscellaneous stuff to do.
>>337233471
Part of the fun of Neptunia is the extended cast. They have lots of nice shout outs to different companies and stuff, personally my favorite is God Eater-chan because she looks like Alisa but can also use Blood Rage.
>>337232402
>Len
>>337213248
As far as I have explored the net in the past few months looking for it - nope. The only things I have been able to find online were the chinese versions.
Disappointingly enough, the PC ports of Zero and Ao are not 60fps like the Sora trilogy were. I remember seeing a video where someone upscaled Zero's resolution on an emulator and claimed it to be the Zero PC port in Japanese as it's basically the same thing
>>337234401
Difference is sora was originally a pc game to begin with.
And only copies of zero I can find are the PSP version.
Aren't Zero and Ao getting EVO versions? I wouldn't be suprised if Xseed decided that if they were were doing translations, of the Crossbell games, they would just translate the EVO versions, especially after CS did well.
>>337231641
I want to cum inside Renne. I am going to prison, isn't it?
>>337235608
This is really old by now. Xseed won't localize EVO version. Why? Other anon will answer it for you.
>>337235608
>>337235747
Yup, 0% for any evolution game.
Reason is licensing and cost.
>>337235608
Yeah but the EVO versions have butchered soundtracks.
>>337235608
Kiseki EVO release order
2012 - Zero EVO
2014 - Ao EVO
2015 - FC EVO
- SC EVO
2016 - the 3rd EVO
>>337236423
Full Voices are the only good thing about it.
>>337236359
Is there a source on this?
>>337232402
Even NISA has her as the Annhilation Angel. What was CF thinking localizing Renne into the edgy doomguy Angel of Slaughter?
>>337235608
XSEED won't touch any of EVO version thanks to Chara Ani.
>>337237216
wasn't it "Extermination" originally?
>>337236675
>hatsuu.tumblr.com/post/136591526801/another-question-what-about-the-evolution
>>337203678
They're not playing through Zero and Ao no Kiseki (let alone Trails in the Sky) before translation, rather translating as they go along, which was a team decision that makes this patch a lot quicker to finish and release but compromises its accuracy in key areas.
>>337207010
>translator
Hacker slash editor. Also, Andrew Dice/SpaceDrake is Carpe Fulgur's editor, not the translator.
>>337220008
FWIW Tom and maybe Hatsuu said a while back that SC's release pushed a burst of sales for TitS FC, those being proxy sales for SC. They're also more aware of bad advertising than before, so they're putting out lots more streams and preorder links on Twitter at least. And then we have ToCS sales bringing a bit more attention to the previous games by word-of-mouth. Most likely there won't be a fiasco in waiting like what happened with SC's localization now that XSEED's learned their lessons.
Lastly, XSEED's already contracted an outside PC port team to help release an enhanced Little King's Story Wii on Steam/GOG, which points a way forward to porting Falcom games.
>>337222052
~15k sales in a few months is what XSEED's traditionally expected from their releases. They budget in mind for small successes like this, though ultimately I think Trails will continue to be their prestige series, not meant for profit but not financially ruinous.
>>337228081
Not double the price, actually, closer to 1.5x. And the main problem is people haven't finished FC, but I worry less about forcing anyone to finish it and more about getting anyone (likely to finish) to start playing it.
>>337231770
XSEED really wanted to choose their backlash this time, rather than risk long-time fans getting mad at them again for more unfruitful delays. Remember, we don't have details on PSN sales of the game (as low as they probably are), but XSEED was thinking about those guys too.
>>337237442
I think so yeah. Both Annihilation and Extermination fits Renne's cold killer alter ego. She's not suppose to rip and tear Estelle's guts out and slaughter her like a fish
>>337228081
Third is coming in 2017 to Steam
>>337237891
I dunno if my toaster is capable of playing this. FUCK ME
>>337236423
Just because SC evo soundtrack has been disaster doesn't mean all evo soundtracks are bad. Especially Zero and Ao evo are damn good.
>>337237982
It can. I live in third world with ancient laptop from 2004 and it can play FC and SC smoothly.
>>337237982
It probably is, it's an engine from 2004 and it's not even a graphically intense game for those days
I wonder why XSeed has such a massive hard-on for this series.
Don't make me dump Xanadu Next screens here again, y'all should know to try that game and buy it so Tom can visit Falcom HQ a year later and demonstrate our good taste.
>>337237982
If it plays FC and SC, then it most certainly plays 3rd.
>>337238194
3rd Evo could have a pretty good soundtrack too, so far anyway: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XJiJ8iE6Cro&index=6&list=PLzFTGYa_evXhDQGYnyBAHjTUCraPekL3d
>>337238464
Top men in the company love either this series (Hatsuu, their up-and-coming editor) or Falcom in general (Tom, their unofficial PR dude and all-in-one translator/editor).
>>337238194
To be fair to the Evo versions, they only really ruined a couple of tracks, like SC's OP and (naturally) Silver Will. Nearly everything else ranged from forgettable to downright trash in the originals, too. I don't remember if they messed with The Whereabouts of Light but I hope not.
SC's Evo OP is so laughably bad though. Spoilers for every single major event in the game (and not even good ones, they pretty much show the ending and drop multiple main characters for fuck's sake), terrible animation, shittier version of the original's song...I don't think there's really any other metric by which it can be judged.
>>337238551
Why does Klose have the downs?
>>337238551
Do it anon. It is still Falcom. It is all good
>>337238647
>Whereabout of Light
i thought Hoshi no Arika translates to Whereabouts of Star
>>337238660
Because Atelier Sai wasn't very good at making figurines. They closed shop not long after doing a series of Ys VI/Sora no Kiseki items, though I've found pics of them.
>>337238647
>and (naturally) Silver Will
Not a single arranger has tried mashing Silver Will together with its prototype, For Those Who Interfere, No Mercy (aka Unforgiveable Troublemakers) from Legend of Heroes V: Cagesong of the Sea: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9RpKzKLyyGk
Same old shit every time when remixing SW.
>>337238704
As you wish. Starting with XaNext's first dungeon.
>>337238551
Xseed and Falcom has many similarities. They are small companies between giants and really passionate of their work, so i think they feel obligated to each other.
>>337239134
This has story?
I really hope (and think) Sara can give Xanadu Next true widescreen rendering like with OiF/Origin/Ark of Napishtim on Steam/GOG (Trails also).
>>337239582
Definitely. Falcom even used to localized Chinese/Korean PC games back in the Win9x days when they had to save money on their own development.
>>337239658
The plot's simple, maybe even simpler than Oath in Felghana, but the backstory's quite good and you get some fun NPC dialogue in the hub town.
XaNext is primarily a no-nonsense dungeon crawling adventure. You could best compare it to past Falcom games (Brandish, classic Xanadu, a bit of Zwei!!), Vagrant Story, Symphony of the Night, and Nox. Very tight and well-designed package overall, and more accessible than it looks.
>>337239052
From what I've seen it's translated both waysthough I personally prefer the former
>>337239967
Seems good, another question if I may. Is this eastern (anime) or western style? This screen cap make it seems like this is western art style game.
>>337237729
>Not double the price, actually, closer to 1.5x.
Well that depends on your regional pricing. In Europe, it's pretty close to exactly double due to a slightly reduced price on FC.
>>337237891
Oh yeah, I forgot about that announcement. Still a ways off though.
Do you think they could/would sell their translation to XSeeD for them to sell the game and make profit for Falcom/XSeeD/translation team? I'd be more than willing to pay for this game.
>>337240634
You haven't seen his delusional hate speech at gbatemp? 1million anon 1million.
>>337240634
They could, but they won't. XSEED probably wouldn't want to step into that territory after Oath in Felghana and the fan translation's leader is a retarded autist about them in general.
>>337240757
Nope, link please?
>>337240964
I am not on my pc. Hopefully another anon will link it for you. He is just another delusional autist.
>>337240361
Mix of both, and more Western than usual for Falcom games. The in-game models don't reflect the promo art that well, actually, looking a bit cuter.
The backstory I mentioned comes in the form of ancient tablets found throughout the game's dungeons, a la Tabula collecting in Ys VI. You can find a few more similarities between XaNext and that game later on. The game has and represents a lot of what mid-2000s Falcom games are like, hewing closer to Ys than Diablo or another superficially-similar overhead dungeon-crawler.
>>337241378
Thanks anon. You might sold me this. Keep the screen cap coming.
>>337241597
np
It's a 15-/20-hour game depending on how fast you progress, how quickly you acquire each weapon skill by hitting 100% proficiency with each weapon, &c. And it has great music to get you in the mood for adventure: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N9vRHpszYqk&index=6&list=PLzFTGYa_evXiya6nflwJApHSmbZRcL0hi
XSEED most likely won't use the existing fan translation patch, but you can try the game for a little bit if you find the ISO and patch with Google-fu.
Is this playable with a toaster? No release date?
>>337242135
>>337241875
Xanadu Next, I mean
>>337242236
Runs well on toasters, though I don't know about true widescreen yet if XSEED puts that in. They set a Spring 2016 release period, but now it's looking more like sometime in Summer (which is historically better for XSEED if you look at Trails FC's sales).
Two things to keep in mind:
•Xanadu Next's got several boss fights, not as complex as those in Oath/Origin/some of Gurumin but with multiple phases nonetheless, and they'll require you to plan ahead by at least taking an Elixir with you. There's also a randomly-generated bonus dungeon that's 2-/3-times as difficult as the main game accessible from the front lobby of the final dungeon, right before you fight the last story boss.
•Buying XaNext will send a message. It could tell XSEED that localizing earlier Falcom games, like the even more serious Dinosaur Resurrection (not about dinosaurs, more like a D&D campaign gone wrong), and Falcom might see how much we want new games like this.
Also, the sequel should star Agnes. She appears in every dungeon but the first, giving out tips, banter, and items to improve your stats and let you carve Keys from Bones. There's a hidden reason she follows you everywhere, too, searching for something.
I thought this project was dead.
Anyway, is it okay to play this prior to playing the 3rd?
>>337244248
3rd's releasing in Spring of next year, and this fan patch for Zero looks compromised from the start, so I suggest waiting a bit longer. Besides, there's always the backlog to worry about.
>>337245359
I don't have a backlog because I'm very picky about the games I play. And I don't mind an inferior translation.
>>337238551
Is Xanadu already out?
>>337245726
No. Xanadu Next hasn't released yet because XSEED's been finishing up Corpse Party PC (they had to rewrite the whole game in C++, which took ~2 years) and Sara's just getting to work on XaNext. I don't have a release date, obviously, but it's likely coming sometime this Summer.
Tokyo Xanadu will happen next year if not late this year. XSEED's got a tight enough relationship with Falcom to snag that game.
>>337245917
Its a day one buy when it does come out then.
>>337246398
oh yes
I hope they can hack Time Attack into the game somehow, even posted on Marvelous's forums about how that might work.
>>337245917
Wait then where are your pics coming from? Are you Tom?
>>337247573
I wish I was Tom. The screenshots I just snapped with IrfanView, using saves from my last two playthroughs.
>>337247728
But you said English version is not released yet. You edit the pics?
>>337248036
No, I'm using the fan translation, started by Tom but finished in 2011 by Tancients and hackers at Figli di Gaucci.
>>337248148
I see, I am sorry for being a dumb person.
>>337248360
forgiven
