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SpaceDrake
Dec 22, 2006

I can't avoid filling a game with awful memes, even if I want to. It's in my bones...!

sandpiper posted:

Oh hi.

Hey man, I really appreciate the fact that you've been working so long and so hard on this. It must be one of the biggest loads off of your shoulders. I can't even imagine how much stress you've been under trying to get this out the door.

Well, I haven't been workin' on it all that hard since mid-last year :v: the long, long home stretch was handled by Sara, Jess (who doesn't post here), and a small army of QA folks at XSEED and beyond.

but yeah, wondering how a thing I worked on for several years will be received is definitely something that is happening at this moment

I hope you guys like it, it's a labor of love for everyone involved

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Saralene
Feb 17, 2011

Developer, Gamer, and
apparently, Vtuber

The question of life is not,
"Are you a catgirl?"
but rather, it is in fact,
"Are you a catgirl yet?"
Yeah. Please by all means enjoy the hell out of this game. It was sort of brutal self-torture to get everything working and sorted out, believe me. Though I would gladly do it all again if I had to.

Reco
Feb 26, 2011

enemy one body to the proximity Zan attack discard the power slap hit.

Sakurazuka posted:

That it exists at all already gives you my undying gratitude

to everyone involved

Supremezero
Apr 28, 2013

hay gurl

sandpiper posted:

Oh hi.

Hey man, I really appreciate the fact that you've been working so long and so hard on this. It must be one of the biggest loads off of your shoulders. I can't even imagine how much stress you've been under trying to get this out the door.

I don't really know that he's had anything to do with it recently, since the translation was finished months ago...

e: Or... er... a year ago.

Slur
Mar 6, 2013

It's the Final Countdown.

Saralene posted:

Though I would gladly do it all again if I had to.

I want whatever it is you take to keep your resolve that high.

sandpiper
Jun 1, 2007

hhehehehehe

Supremezero posted:

I don't really know that he's had anything to do with it recently, since the translation was finished months ago...

I'm more referring to the project as a whole and everyone involved in it, rather than SpaceDrake specifically. Everyone went through some poo poo.

Supremezero
Apr 28, 2013

hay gurl

Slur posted:

I want whatever it is you take to keep your resolve that high.

They drink our tears.

Tears of despair while they're working, and our Tears of joy when they're done.

Zaggitz
Jun 18, 2009

My urges are becoming...

UNCONTROLLABLE

I'm ready.

ImpAtom
May 24, 2007

SpaceDrake posted:

Well, I haven't been workin' on it all that hard since mid-last year :v: the long, long home stretch was handled by Sara, Jess (who doesn't post here), and a small army of QA folks at XSEED and beyond.

but yeah, wondering how a thing I worked on for several years will be received is definitely something that is happening at this moment

I hope you guys like it, it's a labor of love for everyone involved

I am sure it will be excellent and also that someone on the internet will hate it but that is the internet for you.

Supremezero
Apr 28, 2013

hay gurl

ImpAtom posted:

I am sure it will be excellent and also that someone on the internet will hate it but that is the internet for you.

No. This will be the one thing the internet universally loves. Believe!

StrixNebulosa
Feb 14, 2012

You cheated not only the game, but yourself.
But most of all, you cheated BABA

I can't believe it's happening. I thought this would hit in November or December for sure, maybe next year. I bought the game last year around Christmas, thinking for sure that SC would be out in Jan-Feb., but no - either way, it's time to actually finish it now that the sequel's gonna drop. :D

Supremezero
Apr 28, 2013

hay gurl

StrixNebulosa posted:

I can't believe it's happening. I thought this would hit in November or December for sure, maybe next year. I bought the game last year around Christmas, thinking for sure that SC would be out in Jan-Feb., but no - either way, it's time to actually finish it now that the sequel's gonna drop. :D

Well, it's almost November! Close enough, right?

Erpy
Jan 30, 2015
(insert title here)
Oh, by the way, guys... :)

http://trailsinthesky.com/

Nobody mentioned this one yet.

V-Men
Aug 15, 2001

Don't it make your dick bust concrete to be in the same room with two noble, selfless public servants.
Why can't I buy this game now? I'm throwing money at my monitor hoping to buy this game faster.

Nate RFB
Jan 17, 2005

Clapping Larry

Erpy posted:

Oh, by the way, guys... :)

http://trailsinthesky.com/

Nobody mentioned this one yet.
Anything special in there besides the usual game info and wallpapers? Though it is kind of neat they talk about Cold Steel, too.

Erpy
Jan 30, 2015
(insert title here)
It's rather bare bones.

- There's wall-papers and forum icons of the main characters plus Weissmann.

- You get to learn the official English last names of Anelace, Kurt, Mueller and Phillip.

- You get to stare at Amalthea's rear end.

- It promises more Olivier. Seriously, that's what it says. "More Olivier".

Oh yeah, and it naturally spoils FC.

Erpy fucked around with this message at 23:14 on Oct 23, 2015

Munin
Nov 14, 2004


Better get to finishing my replay of FC on the PC...

FC is a great ride and the narrative works very nicely as a unit but man I have been eagerly awaiting that follow on for years.

Whee it's finally gonna be here!

I'm also adding my thanks to all the ones who have expressed theirs already.

Slur
Mar 6, 2013

It's the Final Countdown.

Sakurazuka
Jan 24, 2004

NANI?

TitS

Shinjobi
Jul 10, 2008


Gravy Boat 2k
This is the best surprise I've had in a while, and my birthday was like...11 days ago.

xylo
Feb 21, 2007
<img src="https://forumimages.somethingawful.com/images/newbie.gif" border=0>

There is no buy button on the steam page! WHY IS THERE NO BUY BUTTON? :negative:

Boneless Jogger
Apr 20, 2010
Don't know if it's been mentioned here but every new psp feature will be in the PC version , including the new playable characters.

Great Joe
Aug 13, 2008

Hwurmp
May 20, 2005

TitS are life, Ys is hometown

Supremezero
Apr 28, 2013

hay gurl
TitS are life, ToCS is hometown.

SpaceDrake
Dec 22, 2006

I can't avoid filling a game with awful memes, even if I want to. It's in my bones...!

Boneless Jogger posted:

Don't know if it's been mentioned here but every new psp feature will be in the PC version , including the new playable characters.

Can confirm, the English PSP and PC versions are 100% feature-equivalent.

(This is going to result in so much salt from the Japanese PC fanbase, I can see it already. :v: )

Slur
Mar 6, 2013

It's the Final Countdown.

xylo posted:

There is no buy button on the steam page! WHY IS THERE NO BUY BUTTON? :negative:

Erpy
Jan 30, 2015
(insert title here)

SpaceDrake posted:

Can confirm, the English PSP and PC versions are 100% feature-equivalent.

(This is going to result in so much salt from the Japanese PC fanbase, I can see it already. :v: )

Since the Japanese already have all 7 Kiseki games at their fingertips, I'm playing a very tiny violin for them. Like...miniscule in size.

I've also heard that a Japanese version of XSeed's PC version may be getting on Steam in Japan, so that's even more reason to shrug at the saltiness.

Supremezero
Apr 28, 2013

hay gurl
Just what was added for the PSP version, anyway? Is it really enough to provoke salt in the first place?

Slur
Mar 6, 2013

It's the Final Countdown.

Erpy posted:

Since the Japanese already have all 7 Kiseki games at their fingertips, I'm playing a very tiny violin for them. Like...miniscule in size.

I've also heard that a Japanese version of XSeed's PC version may be getting on Steam in Japan, so that's even more reason to shrug at the saltiness.


The tiny violin orchestra is already forming. Erpy, who would be our conductor?

Supremezero
Apr 28, 2013

hay gurl
Can I play Tiny Viola instead? I used to play Viola.

Suspicious Cook
Oct 9, 2012

Onward to burgers!
I'm more excited for this than I am Xenoblade Chronicles X. :shittydog:

Erpy
Jan 30, 2015
(insert title here)

Supremezero posted:

Just what was added for the PSP version, anyway? Is it really enough to provoke salt in the first place?

What was added to the PSP version was, AFAIK:

- An extra piece of quartz which is kinda like Cast3 with a twist. Arts go off almost instantly, but it nerfs several of your stats (like ATK and ATS) to such a degree that the only purpose of the character is casting healing/buffing spells.
- The original PC version allowed you to swap a book collection for one ultimate weapon for either Estelle or Joshua, like in FC. In the PSP version, you could get two ultimate weapons and they could be for any of the playable characters.
- Apparantly an additional S-craft level for one of the characters.
- Two additional playable characters who join your party in the final dungeon.
- All the stuff like bestiary, retry-offset, difficulty levels and New Game+ that was also added to FC's PSP version.

XSeed's PC version contains all those extras plus the bells and whistles Sara added such as widescreen support, hi-res art and other things. Falcom's "Windows 8" PC version is the original PC version without any of those extras, just configured to not crash upon start-up when running it on modern OSses.

So yeah, probably enough to provoke salt in the PC players. But they still have access to all 7 kiseki games, so here's me not giving a schnitzel. :P

Cake Attack
Mar 26, 2010

Erpy posted:

What was added to the PSP version was, AFAIK:

- An extra piece of quartz which is kinda like Cast3 with a twist. Arts go off almost instantly, but it nerfs several of your stats (like ATK and ATS) to such a degree that the only purpose of the character is casting healing/buffing spells.

lol unless it nerfs defenses too that's gonna be broken as hell

e: Wait, it also nerfs your offensive magic stats? nvm, that seems more reasonable

Cake Attack
Mar 26, 2010

Erpy posted:

Oh, by the way, guys... :)

http://trailsinthesky.com/

Nobody mentioned this one yet.

quote:

Anelace Elfead
Granddaughter of a famous swordsman and recently promoted senior bracer. A bit of an airhead, but proficient in combat. Has a friendly rivalry with Estelle and an unholy love of cute things

my wife

Erpy
Jan 30, 2015
(insert title here)
Yeah, I believe it majorly lowers your ATS, meaning the only spells you can effectively wield are heal and buff spells since those have the same effect regardless of magic stat.


Some of those traits were already shown in FC during the final chapter. After each of the tournament matches, Kurt, Carna and Grant are always hanging out at the Bracer Guild, sitting at the bar or taking a break inside their hotel room. Anelace? She's either standing in line at the icecream stand, or she's checking out the plushies section at the department store, trying to make up her mind about which one's the cutest. It's kind of adorable, really. Makes you want to shove Tita in front of her and grab a bag of popcorn.

Erpy fucked around with this message at 18:35 on Oct 24, 2015

Paperhouse
Dec 31, 2008

I think
your hair
looks much
better
pushed
over to
one side
I wish Anelace was a playable character

Reco
Feb 26, 2011

enemy one body to the proximity Zan attack discard the power slap hit.
e: hoooooooooooonk goons have to click every spoiler tag ever

Reco fucked around with this message at 19:10 on Oct 24, 2015

Terper
Jun 26, 2012


This is not the time to be posting SC spoilers!!

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Slur
Mar 6, 2013

It's the Final Countdown.

So are you going to do an LP of SC?

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