#falcom — Public Fediverse posts

Basement Brothers Looks At PC-98 Brandish
Basement Brothers is a great Youtube channel that finds and runs classic PC-98 games on original hardware. The PC-98 is a computer platform that was only sold in Japan, and was a home platform for Nihon Falcom, the long-lived JRPG publisher. Here they talk about Brandish, a unique style of dungeon crawl created for
https://setsideb.com/basement-brothers-looks-at-pc-98-brandish/
#Uncategorized #BasementBrothers #brandish #falcom #jrpg #pc98 #retro

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#軌跡系列 #Falcom #電腦遊戲

軌跡系列 - 黎之軌跡

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進度11/12開始（不計還沒出續作的界軌）

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#軌跡系列 #Falcom #電腦遊戲

軌跡系列 - 黎之軌跡

https://matters.town/a/4wzctehexj5x?collection=Q29sbGVjdGlvbjo1NTYz

進度11/12開始（不計還沒出續作的界軌）

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軌跡系列 - 黎之軌跡

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進度11/12開始（不計還沒出續作的界軌）

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軌跡系列 - 黎之軌跡

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進度11/12開始（不計還沒出續作的界軌）

The Basement Brothers look at Popful Mail for the PC-88
Falcom's Popful Mail is one of those games that takes after classic anime. It's almost the perfect anime-styled light RPG, with appealing and fun characters on a quest that doesn't take itself too seriously. It got a good number of ports, and they all have something a bit diffe
https://setsideb.com/basement-brothers-looks-at-popful-mail-for-the-pc-88/
#niche #retro #basementbrothers #falcom #niche #platformer #PopfulMail #retro #rpg

優しい時間（軌跡リオセリ）
「ったく、しょうがねえなあ…」

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*Fanboxには無料記事でGlazeの無い画像を置いてます🌙☕

#軌跡シリーズ #falcom #ファルコム #界の軌跡 #二次創作 #イラスト

サブイベントの時のティータちゃんです
#イラスト #falcom #空の軌跡 #空の軌跡_the_1st #空の軌跡the1st #soranokiseki #軌跡シリーズ #trailsinthesky #ティータ #ティータ・ラッセル #金髪 #金髪碧眼 #ロリ #少女

空の軌跡のメイド服エステルです
#イラスト #falcom #空の軌跡 #空の軌跡_the_1st #空の軌跡the1st #soranokiseki #軌跡シリーズ #trailsinthesky #エステル #エステル・ブライト #メイド #メイド服

Paused my #Lufia2 playthrough to give the #TrailsInTheSky1st demo a spin. It's really impressive in every regard and I hope it'll do well.

#AmPlaying #Falcom #JRPG #Games

Ys Origin: A New Saga Begins - Part 1!
Tonight, we're diving into the enigmatic and challenging world of Ys Origin! Get ready for a thrilling live exploration of this action RPG classic. Join us as we uncover the secrets of the Devil's Tower, battle formidable foes, and experience a truly unforgettable adventure.

Tune in live at:
twitch.tv/thedonofeverything
kick.com/thedonofeverything
rumble.com/user/TheDonOfEverything

#YsOrigin #Ys #ActionRPG #Falcom #Gaming #Kick #Rumble #Twitch

[[ Burning! ]] Dinosaur – Original Soundtrack (1991) (FM Towns)

#ost #dinosaur #fmtowns #miekoishikawa #masaakikawai #videogame #retrogaming #games #gaming #originalsoundtrack #soundtrack #videogamemusic #gamemusic #music #vgm #nihonfalcom #falcom #1991

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tobpSwt8ofc

[[ The Logic of Shooters (Stage 1 Zone Silva) ]] Star Trader - Original Soundtrack (1991) (X68000)

#ost #startrader #x68k #videogame #retrogaming #games #gaming #originalsoundtrack #soundtrack #videogamemusic #gamemusic #music #vgm #takeru #falcom #1991

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DyyywBYx_sg

[RETRO V.G. ADS] (JP) Dragon Slayer - The Legend of Heroes II (1992) (PC Engine CD)

#advertisingvideogame #dragonslayer2 #pcecd #pcengine #videogame #retrogaming #adstv #ads #cm #games #gaming #nihonfalcom #falcom #hudsonsoft #jp #1992

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There was a Nintendo Direct recently that I’ve failed to watch. It’s the second in a row, but I usually get the news the day after. I was on Facebook and saw a post about something-something, Trails in the Sky remake, very short trailer. I couldn’t believe it. I googled it and found an IGN article. Not entirely sure, I went to my source and newfound home, the fediverse, and they confirmed it and sent me the trailer. I’ve been on forums and other groups and it was a constant discussion between Trails fans, about when the game would be ported to consoles, since the license is owned by another company. 

So there really is going to be a remake, not only a port, and as the vibrant colors can attest, it will be gorgeous and most likely easier to navigate on the menus and environment. However, it wasn’t only that. The game will be 3D and I was extremely happy for reasons I wrote about previously. When I asked the Falcom gods for a remake, I wasn’t really thinking about changing the perspective altogether, instead making volumes, patterns, textures and colors a bit easier to read. A better map, camera movements and overall readability of the interface. In my text I wrote that my experience with the game was plagued by nasty physical symptoms. The first time I played the game and panned the camera I got nausea with the only result being a more visceral reaction that didn’t seem to go away. I just wanted to see the story between Estelle and Joshua but I couldn’t bring myself to endure any more of it. With Trails of Cold Steel I experienced the opposite and found the game easier to read overall. Also I could navigate better in 3D. My reaction to Trails in the Sky is something I’m not proud of even though I couldn’t control it.

I asked my wife if she remembered the game that made me sick and showed her the video of the remake. “See? Now we can play from Estelle’s perspective.” I said. I then showed her how the game looked before. She pointed to one of the screenshots from a Google search of the original. “Ah, but that… that is something I’m familiar with! I like that.” I asked if she prefered a 2.5D isometric perspective, if she could navigate well in the environment and she said yes. I instantly recalled Triangle Strategy, one of my favorite strategy games, and how beautiful it looked in that same perspective. I showed her the remake with a third-person view. “How do you think you’d play from this perspective? You can look everywhere and also up.” And her answer was very telling. “Why would I even want to look up when I can look down and see everything?” An answer worthy of a goddess! 

I wonder how people will react to this remake compared to how they recognise the first games in the series. In this department, I consider myself a newcomer, because when I was younger I didn’t have access to JRPGs. I jumped from 2D Nintendo games directly to 3D games and then I spent years in the shadows doing university things. I still have mixed feelings about the perspective change, though. This is not a new discussion in JRPG groups, about which perspective people want to play their games in, if they prefer 3D character models or 2D sprites, if what feels more authentic is one or the other, especially when it comes to an original game where the authenticity is already established.

“Maybe you adapted to Triangle Strategy so well because the game required you to do other things where the perspective wasn’t so important,” my wife added. About this, I don’t know. True, the exploration in Triange Strategy was minimal, but my problem with Sky was the readability of the environment. I couldn’t see and distinguish colors and volumes easily in areas outside the village and interiors – my problem entirely. The top-down perspective is a feature of the original game and a fundamental part of its identity. Why did they decide to change it considering that so many people love games like Octopath Traveller or Star Ocean: The Second Story Remake? My personal preference is always 3D – it’s easier on my eyes for some reason and more immersive. Habit also plays a role. I’m looking forward to seeing more footage of the game and every little upgrade they make. The story is, in fact, the reason I still want to play the game. And Estelle, but that goes without saying.

Yesterday, we decided to spend a nice and cosy afternoon reading books when the world outside seemed to be overcome by yet another storm. September is almost here and with it comes more rain and beautiful brown, yellow and red leaves paving the footpaths. After finishing Soul Hackers 2 I can say that many games have passed by these hands this year. This blog will be one year old in November and since my Fire Emblem Three Houses rush last year – a game I still love so much – I have been playing games non-stop and also writing about them. With this I want to say that I don’t especially look forward to new games nor do I have the energy to look new things up. It’s nice that the release of Trails in the Sky is still some months ahead of us. Maybe even on a new Switch? We never know!

https://swordofseiros.wordpress.com/2024/08/28/a-matter-of-perspective/

#adventureGames #blaugust #blaugust2024 #estelle #falcom #gaming #JRPGs #nintendoDirect #nintendoSwitch #perspective #trailsInTheSky #trailsInTheSkyRemake #triangleStrategy #videogames #writing

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【零之軌跡】Zero no Kiseki OST - Crossing the Iron Bridge

Crossbell 東邊城外道路西克洛斯貝爾街道背景曲

又一郊遊用曲

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#GOG is having a sale on #RPGs: https://www.gog.com/en/promo/20240516_roll_with_it_sale

Mix of #WRPGs & JRPGs, incl. most of #XSEED's catalogue, which means many #Falcom games, as well as stuff like #CorpseParty (which is noticeably cheaper this year). Also #Gurumin too. (But not NISA or Aksys, nor Idea Factory for whatever reason.)

Also some other sales events such as a #SEGA Publisher Sale (including the #Yakuza games), and an #Adventure sale (including #HorizonZeroDawn). Other sales are linked from the main page.

#RPG #JRPG #WRPG #GameDeals #DRMfree #videogames

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【空之軌跡SC】Sora no Kiseki SC OST - Crushed and Scarred

某些主線劇情用的背景曲
うちひしがれて 大概等於心情被某些事壓抑吧

遊戲早期沒甚麼機會聽到

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【空之軌跡SC】Sora no Kiseki SC OST - Silver Will, Golden Wings (Game Opening Version)

空之軌跡SC 開頭曲

忘了提跟上一作Sora no Kiseki FC OST - Silver Will的關聯…

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There’s a nice Steam sale going on this week from XSEED and Marvelous! games. I’ve also seen a number of Bandai Namco games on sale, so I grabbed Code Vein and Tales of Arise while I was at it. They have been on sale for some time now. Time means days in Steam time. I’ve seen both games on PS+ for ages and never played them. Under the XSEED/Marvelous! banner, I bought something else.

I reacted so strongly against Trails in the Sky that I decided the best way to move on was buying another Trails game (right?!). This time, I decided to be careful. I would buy it, install it, and see if I liked it as soon as possible. We only have two hours to play and test a game before we either decide to ask for a refund or keep the game. When we run a Trails game for the first time, it displays a configuration tool, and the timer starts even when we’re only trying to figure out the appropriate config for our setup. My setup is not like a setup. It’s a laptop, so it was set up for me, which I am very grateful for. That didn’t discourage me from prying it open and upgrading my RAM because, for some reason, I decided it had to be a weekend project. Imagine the nerves. I never did that before in my life. This must be nothing to you but to me it was dangerous! You can’t imagine the obsessive preparation I did before to make up for my lack of experience. Now, I can proudly say that I’ve gained 500 XP, 100 Knowledge, 50 Endurance, and 1000 Faith.

But back to Trails. Trails in the Sky can pretty much be played in a calculator. I’m sure my Casio fx-991EX Classwiz could play the game if it wanted to. That little config tool was easy to set up, and the game was pretty much ready to go on my very old laptop, where I played it for the first time. I don’t know what I was expecting from a 2004 game. I’ve written somewhere in my first posts that I didn’t grow up playing these games. I don’t know how I should put this, but I do enjoy older games in general. I’m by no means a retro gamer, but I’m curious, and I want to learn about the millions of games I’ve overlooked. However, sometimes my body decides to reject some games, and it so happened that Trails in the Sky was one of those games.

The pastel colors and textures didn’t do any good for my sight, as I couldn’t identify many elements in the open world. During the exploration in the first town, I tried panning the camera, although the way it moved as well as the perspective gave me nausea. Traversing the town was painful, to say the least, and I was constantly losing my sense of direction because I wanted the camera to stay static, except I had to move it, either left or right, to see my characters. I tried the map, maybe it could help me, yet I found it very hard to read. I barely used it, but of course, I had to in order to complete the first quests. Navigating the dungeon (sewers?) was easy, but the combat appeared to be very convoluted. I didn’t enjoy navigating the menus, and at a certain point, I had loads of crap I didn’t know what to do with. The thing is, this was not like Shin Megami Tensei or Persona, where I didn’t know what to do, but I wanted to learn it so badly. In Sky, I just wanted it to be over with. -400 Willpower.

I pressed on and completed the quest where we had to save two or three kids. Then we had to go all the way back to the village and then home. I found my way back home (took me a while) and read the conversation between Estelle, Joshua, and their father. It was a cozy moment of respite. Our father had to depart somewhere, and we would be on our own from then on, completing quests to get stronger and wiser. I’d love to see the story through, but I decided to say my goodbyes to our father at the station before closing the game for good. It was the least I could do. I cared about those characters, but I cared more about myself. +100 Dodge.

I even read some guides without spoilers and intended to put my experience out there. I’m glad I didn’t because the Trails community can be very… passionate, especially when there’s conflict of opinions, and I didn’t have the time nor energy to deal with the consequences of my ramblings. Some kind souls on Reddit expressed the need for a full-on remake of the Sky trilogy to accommodate new players. You can only imagine the backlash. It wasn’t violent, but if you’re any good at reading between the lines, there were layers there. It’s like saying in public that you’re happy with the implementation of casual mode in Fire Emblem. Layers.

You could ask me why you want to like a game so badly? Because I lack a personality of my own. It’s because I’ve read countless words of love about the series. I wanted to partake in that love and sense of discovery and adventure. Trails games are known for their long and riveting story arcs. I don’t think it’s wrong to at least experience one of those arcs, even if it’s not the best one. Thus, I decided to dig further, comparing games, taking a closer look at screenshots, and finally going for Trails of Cold Steel on this week’s sale.

Before launching the game, I had to go through the config tool. I enjoy testing different types of settings, but I didn’t have much time. The 2 hours mark, remember? I launched the game. The first cutscene was stuttering at times. Something went wrong, the clock was ticking, I had to quit the game, enter the config tool again, and lower the MSAA. It got better with no visible loss. I just wanted to try the game to see if it was playable or if it had buildings trying to aim at my jaw. And, Seiros in heaven, it was! It’s a 3D game. I’m inside the environment with no camera or angle issues. I was never so happy to experience such an evolution! The map was readable, with zoom in/out and camera angles. The textures were fine, and due to the lighting and sharpness, I didn’t even have to squint!

I’d like to play more but it was too late yesterday. Estelle isn’t there, nor is the rural setting from Sky. I’m at a military academy, in a special class with commoners and nobles, a bit like in Three Houses. I’d like to have time to try the combat at my level. The game started some months after the initial events, so the first fight went smoothly with no issues. I tried crafts, attacks, and arts. I think it’s possible to build a nice variety of characters with buffs, debuffs, and magic attacks without freaking out about the menu navigation. Making plans is always a good sign. I’m still on the fence, though, but I found this first experience very promising.

I’ve played a bit more today and decided to keep the game. There’s only so much we can do on a Trails game before the timer runs out. There’s a lot of dialogue, and I didn’t find it necessary to skip anything. The game shows its age in terms of graphics, but everything else seems to be working just fine. Occasionally, I experienced some minor issues with character movement when I break objects, but it’s nothing serious, at least so far. I’m curious about some characters and what they have in store for our group. I only went through the normal introductions and inside the first dungeon. I experimented with the combat and familiarized myself with the ARCUS combat orbment. I’ll learn as I go, as I always do. This can be the beginning of a love story or just a good time! I’m good with either! In the end, I forgot to ask myself if I had the time to play it.

https://swordofseiros.wordpress.com/2024/02/21/trails-through-frustration/

#adventureGames #bandaiNamco #erebonianEmpire #falcom #fandom #gaming #jrpgs #marvelous_ #pcGaming #rpg #steam #storyRich #theLegendOfHeroes #trailsOfColdSteel #turnBased #videoGames #xseed

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【空之軌跡FC】Sora no Kiseki FC OST - Pride of Liberl

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Basement Brothers Xanatalks About Xanadu
Falcom is possibly the greatest Japanese game publisher that's barely known in the US. Recently Ys sequels have changed this a bit, but their earlier titles are still a hole in the knowledge of even some Western RPG fanatics. At least, I never had much of a chance to learn abou
https://setsideb.com/basement-brothers-xanatalks-about-xanadu/
#retro #basementbrothers #dragonslayer #falcom #japan #msx #pc88 #retro #rpg #sharpx1 #video #xanadu #youtube

#10GamesToKnowMe (in rough chronological order)

1. #MegaMan6, to represent the polished pinnacle of the #NES era

2. #HocusPocus, to do likewise for classic #DOSgames

3. #YoshisIsland, to represent finely-crafted gameplay packaged with a beautiful audiovisual presentation

4 & 5. #SuperMarioRPG and #ChronoTrigger, to represent classic #JRPGs, capable of delivering all sorts of narratives -- the lighthearted, the heartwarming, the serious, the heroic, and the tragic

6. #CastlevaniaSymphonyOfTheNight, to represent the joy of exploration and all the intricately detailed game worlds out there, in the #metroidvania genre and beyond

7. #YsOrigin, to represent the brilliance of more recent #JRPGs, as well as the musical and storytelling genius of #Falcom games

8. #Dragondot3, to remind us that even seemingly simple little games can be fun and full of heart

9 & 10. #Timespinner
#PhoenotopiaAwakening, to represent the great games that continue tradition in both style and substance

Been absolutely loving #TrailsIntoReverie so far, tons of fun. At the end of act 4 now, preparing to begin the final chapter after 1 more boss fight.

It’s a fantastic epilogue to the #Trails games so far, especially the #Crossbell and #ColdSteel arcs. Some great final character building, as well as tying up of many loose ends from the end of CS4. As well as setting up for the future.

The few scenes using #Falcom’s new engine leave me eagerly awaiting #Kuro.

#Kiseki

Hi! I'm Enso. Figured doing a short #introduction for new folks.

i'm currently a student studying #UX & a #CSTEM ambassador by day, #jrpg streamer by night. i like #gaming, #anime, #tech, #visualdesign, #tech, #gamedev, #args, & #painting.

When I'm not busy, I'm:
+ playing #HonkaiStarRail, #Falcom games, #Destiny2, or my backlog of #IndieGames.
+ making fan-made themed ARGS
+ Smothering my #cat w/ love (his name is 光: Hikari)

Nice to meet y'all ✨💖
#CatTax attached w/ captions on the video.

@cwebber
the #MSX had quite a few #SHMUPS, including a bunch of early #Konami, #Compile and #Falcom titles.

Some others you might like to try include:
- #Aleste 1 & 2, #AlesteGaiden
- #Gradius / #Nemesis (depending on the region) 1, 2 and 3
- #Parodius
- #SpaceManbow (there's also a pretty good #homebrew sequel #Manbow2)
- #Zanac, #ZanacEX
- #MKai's #Kyokugen & #PleasureHearts

Also worth mentioning is that the #MetalGearSolid series started on the MSX with #MetalGear and MG2: #SolidSnake