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I mean they did this with the new Sky remake and it’s coming to PS5 and PC now. So it’s most likely a matter of time. If NISA ends up doing the work for them, Durante is a masterclass porter so we all good

@Zeroo Twitter fans are insufferable but this is literally the one to jump in at 😂. No gatekeeping, this is the very first game in the series remade

I legit just wait for most games to hit $40 now

Unless it’s something I’m gonna play with friends, i don’t care to hop in at launch 🤷🏻‍♂️

@Kraven I’ve played all these games and get all the sidequests

I ended with about 75 hours

How did you get to 85 at chapter 3????

@Major_Player do you have proof of these stories? Because from what I remember, Nintendo literally paid a ton of money extra to get switches air mailed because of demand

Now amiibo on the other hand…

@RainbowGazelle of the arc, yes. They said in an interview somewhere they didn’t want the arc to be as long as Cold Steel

@Czar_Khastik @Angelus3K most likely very soon! A major port/remaster/remake is continually being teased by Falcom president Kondo. He’s gone on record saying that they know the demand and to keep looking for news!

I played them on PC and FC/SC is my favorite games of all time!! Thankfully in the meantime if you find a laptop in a ditch or at Goodwill, most likely it can play Trails in the Sky lol. It’s super easy to run.

@Rmg0731 Zero and Azure were an exception last year because that translation work was done by a community group called The Geofront. NISA actually licensed that work then hired many of them to work on the new games coming out. I’m expecting next summer for Daybreak 2, but if it’s more like Winter 2024 or Spring 2025, I’d be very impressed with the translation speed.

In fairness, my wife’s family all has ADHD, and this is not actually that surprising. The condition will make you do things just for the sake of acting out. Not saying that it was ok, but I’m not shocked about someone having an online persona. It’s not like they were trying to catfish people, internet weirdos just fell in love for some reason????

I played this for 4 hours so far and LOVED it. Van is a great protagonist. Admittedly, Falcom games are always lower budget but they have so much heart in them. My favorite series to play right now (as seen from pfp lol)

@GilgaMax96 @B_Lindz For everyone wondering why it’s only the PS4 demo, it’s because it came out first in Japan years ago before they made a PS5 version. Probably just easier to put that out instead of making a new version since those who get the PS5 version will still get their save transfer. I’ve played other Falcom PS5 versions and they’ve all been super solid. Good frame rates and runs at 4k

@James_42 after I got burned by the Forza series, I’m never preordering again. Even if you have loved past experiences, it does not guarantee the next one. Unless you got money to burn then do whatever lol

WHY ARE WE PREORDERING WITH ONLY A SINGLE TRAILER TO GO ON WHYYYYYYYYYYYYY

Especially the $130 version. If it turns out to be a dud (which, only having one trailer, we DONT KNOW) money could be spent on so many other great games.

@pyrrhic_victory the amount of people that refuse to buy games on Epic is very significant. Also I have stopped buying EA and Ubisoft games on PC BECAUSE of the (god awful) launchers. Alan Wake 2 poor sales were just brought up recently and not being on Steam is a part of that.

I didn’t think that the PSN account was that significant until I saw people needing Government IDs for it (not something I had to do in the US) and of course, straight up losing access to the game. The thing about a community is that people will band together, even if the problem does not hit them hard personally, for the sake of others.

LOVED this game on PC. It's a breath of fresh air to games. Did a replay of it recently and it still had all the charm. Highly recommended.

@nessisonett they tried too hard to be Persona. It was an experiment that didn't pan out. But they've moved on from it. And it's not nearly as painful later. They figured out that people didn't like it.

@nessisonett sadly Cold Steel is the weakest arc but CS4 and Reverie are outstanding.

Heard good things about Kuro/Daybreak so I’m SUPER excited. Van seems to be a great protagonist, which I’m over the “friendship is power” trope of Lloyd and to a lesser extent Rean.

If someone bought Zelda and complained it wasn’t Mario even though it’s made by Nintendo, we would laugh at them for their ignorance.

People trying to do that with FromSoft now is insane. I mean yeah I know they are famous for one thing, but why can’t they go back to their roots??? If you compare something the company straight up said is not comparable to, that’s not doing the game justice and seeing it for what it is.

As for the game preview I saw HOLY COW IT LOOKS GOOD

I’m more tech savvy than the average person but no expert, but I’ve not had an issue replacing any of the batteries in Sony products I have owned. The vita def could have been easier as the ribbon cable for the back touchpad is a little scary. DS4 battery was super simple. Going the PSP route though would be very nice for ease of doing it for the average parent/kid. The New 3DS has a really good way to have an easily replaceable battery but not sacrificing the clean look. But definitely a good idea to not let companies go the smartphone route of soldering everything and having to do the heated workbench stuff for batteries. That sounds like such a nightmare to work on….

Absolutely fantastic series. Still have the first games' protagonists as my profile pic lol.

For anyone wanting to play the Sky Trilogy, if you have A COMPUTER, you can play it. And I literally mean anything. That 8 year old laptop thats gathering dust? It can probably play it. Easiest games to run by far. And for Intel based Macs, you can run bootcamp and dual boot windows fairly easily. I highly recommend playing from the beginning if you can, but if a PS is all you got, Zero and CS1 are great starters too. Although CS4 ties up a lot of loose ends from Zero/Azure so the impact may be lost if you haven't played them.

This is literally the exact reason I stopped playing PC. So many bugs and glitches, whether that be with the games or the OS or Nvidia drivers or what. I even have a decent high-mid range one (12600k and a RTX 3070) and have so many issues. The moment I got a PS5 and realized the ease of use to just play video games, my PC went to the back burner. Now I only buy stuff on PC that’s cheap or not on my PS5.

@The_Pixel_King Falcom usually lags behind, but its getting there. Zero/Azure/Nayuta are older games now getting releases in English not that intensive so it may just make more sense to make it for just PS4 and run it in back compat. Starting with Reverie, all ports after that will have a native PS5 port. I have the PS5 version of Ys 8 and it runs fantastic so I know it will be worth the wait!

Normally these buyouts get me a little nervous, but Blizzard/Activison is a large exception for me. With all of the leadership and workplace issues that have been rampant, there needs to be a shakeup. Microsoft is one of the few companies with the cash to do it. Microsoft usually has a good track record of treating their employees well from what I have seen. Sony also has a very short memory with all their timed console exclusives they get, especially PS4 COD era.

I'm part of that statistic lol. I bought an Xbox One when I was younger for Forza but got fed up with the slow hard drive and lack of other things to play on it. Waited for the PS5 and absolutely love it. First PlayStation I've bought myself.

@nomither6 The Scuf custom controller for PS5 STARTS at $200 USD before some of the options, like adjustable trigger travel that comes already installed on the Edge. They aren't trying to upsell for the sake of controller sales, that's literally what the market is.

Although that deadzone adjustment better get rolled out to all controllers because that would solve a lot of drifting issues.

To the people complaining about the price of the controller: you clearly aren’t the market for this.

Just because a Ferrari is expensive doesn’t mean that you have to complain. There’s plenty of other cars that can get you from a to b.

As a competitor to the Xbox elite controller and other custom high end controllers, this is awesome to see.

While it is a bummer that there’s no upgrade path, these ports are usually for people who either have never played the game before or would like another shot at the special edition. I’m playing through 9 on PS5 right now and the back compat works fairly well right now anyway. But I did get the PS5 native version of 8 and it runs as smooth as butter

@Ralizah DO ITTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTT

It's still my favorite game of the series... as my pfp shows lol

@Cloud39472 Falcom has always been behind on graphics quality but puts time into world building/characters instead. Cold Steel 1&2 originally being PSVita games does make them age much worse than the 2D sprite/3D backgrounds of the Sky/Crossbell games.

So excited for this game! I ran through the entire series last year and had a fantastic time. Truly incredible character development and world building.

Just DEAR LORD DO NOT START WITH THIS ONE XD

I don't mind paying $70 for AAA high budget games. The fact that PS games go on sale really quickly softens the blow as well.

But Madden/2K at $70 HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHahahahHAHAHAHAHA

Interesting note on scalping at places like eBay: the US is forcing eBay to report income for anyone making over $600 now. Technically, you only get taxed on the profit you make, but this seems like an extra hurdle for scalpers to jump through.

Doubt it will make a difference though…

@Denni5m it depends on what difficulty mode you go for. Hard or especially Nightmare makes you have to learn enemy patterns and be able to use the parries (flash move and flash guard). While admittedly it’s not a super deep system, I did really enjoy it, especially when you get all the party together. Story is what makes this game worth it to me but I know that it’s not what everyone looks for in an action game.

aaaaand that ruins it for me. I got the steam version a while ago just to own a copy but I will gladly just emulate the GameCube version if its gonna be like this.

I appreciate the fact that someone who knows the sport reviewed this lol

@IronMike that was John Madden, the games namesake, famous coach and commentator. He died recently so they make the cover in honor of him.

As someone on essential, I’ve been itching to try out Granblue and NFS Heat! I know the online for both is kinda dead, but they look like fun single player games and Granblue seems like an easy fighting game to get into and play with friends.

@Judal27 If you start with Zero it should be good. While the Sky games do have some nice lead up and are fantastic, Zero and Azure tie in way closer to the story of Cold Steel.

This game was a blast when I played it with the Geofront translation patch. Easily my favorite battle system in the series.

I will be keeping my eyes open for Reverie news though. I want THAT special edition fo sho

@nessisonett It's due to the gambling minigames. PEGI recently decided that any gambling, even with in game currency, would amount to an 18. The story got big because if they ever made an updated version of the original Pokemon Red/Blue, it would get and 18 rating (Note that this was not retroactive, so the 3DS eShop version stayed PEGI 12). There's nothing remotely close to getting it to that high of a rating otherwise.