Excellent. Despite early reports, I think Ni No Kuni was actually later said to turn out really well on Switch. Caligula Effect Overdose was more so-so, but better I think(?) than Ys 8 in performance? But it did have some ugly downgrades. Either way, the proof is in the pudding and the footage all looks very smooth and clean.
From what I've heard you need to play Trails of Zero and Trails of Azure before playing Cold Steel III (to have a good understanding of the story that is).
Yeah, this looks way better than YSVIII. I was one of those who couldn't play it on Switch because of the performance and the weird shimmer on grass. Full screen on my 65 inch TV the trailer looks great. Devs are getting better at porting.
Quite important but not fundamental. Parts of Trails 3rd is basically a prologue of Cold Steel.
Well I’m near the academy on trails FC so half way through the game? The story just hasn’t grabbed me yet and the battle system isn’t exactly amazing. Cold steel games just look more modern to play.
Pretty much this. It's not like PS4 got either of the first two games either.
Ys 8 was ported by what appeared to be the Disgaea team internally at NIS. Fair to say they're not the most experienced with 3D games. I reviewed it on Switch and watched comparison vids and saw that shadows took a big hit, and the framerate and dynamic res was spotty to say the least.
The first two games are available on PS3, Vita, PC and PS4 if you want to start there.
FC is definitely slow and takes it's time to build it's momentum, but the same happens in CS1. But the last half of FC and almost the entirity of the second game is excellent.
I'll wait : D.
It takes A LONG time in FC.
You're close to the point where the game tends to "click" for a lot of first-time players.
FC can be quite boring at times, it really gets going only closer to the end. BUT, SC is now one of my fav rpgs of all time, and playing SC made it worth struggling through FC. so just keep going
Nisa: “PC version available with each copy of the Switch version through Yuzu Emulator! Buy one copy, enjoy it on 2 platforms! 100% guaranteed to run better that if we port it ourselves!”
Not necessarily. XSeed was just the localizer. Ys Origin (which XSeed localized and published on PC) was already ported to XBox without XSeed's involvement. Falcom can offer the CS1 and CS2 license for a Switch port to whatever party's interested, including NIS. If NIS wanted to port CS1 and CS2 to Switch they probably wouldn't need XSeed's go-ahead for it, just Falcom's. But since they only own the CS3 license right now and not CS1's and CS2's, that WOULD cost extra money on top of the porting costs.
We only have publishing rights on Trails of Cold Steel III, so I can't comment to that.
Can you comment on the chances of other Trails games going to Switch/PS4?
Not Calvard according to their 15th anniversary stream this year. My money is on a bridge game like Sky 3rd. We’ll know for sure when they announce it at their shareholders’ meeting this month.
Probably you are right, Falcom can offer CS1 and CS2 publishing/licensing rights to other people, the issue is that XSeed owns the english translations of these games, so it would need to be retranslated which is probably not worth the effort.
Not ones that we don't own the publishing rights to (which is all but III).
Not really, I'm sure there's a lot of people like me that already played most of the franchise and would prefer the handheld version.
I am very happy you guys managed to bring the game to Switch. Gaming takes quite a bit of time, and my time is currently in low supply, so the Switch is the only platform that allows me to play long games like these within any reasonable amount of time, and as a result it allows me to continue to play them. Thank you for bringing these games to Switch!
No ? You think the audience this speaks to buys a game called CS 3 on a system like Switch without doing some research what the game is about ? This isnt Fifa or CoD. The target audience is invested in the series and/or JRPGs and knows their stuff.
Keep up the good work !!
You are really overestimating people; even on the PS4 I saw a lot of people wondering if they can jump in at 3.
