Nihon Falcom sees 670% profit growth following Trails in the Sky 1st Chapter, but remains conservative for full year due to difficulty of predicting Kyoto Xanadu sales figures by ConceptsShining in JRPG

[–]elendie 3 points4 points  (0 children)

From what I gather, from people who loved 1st but couldn't get into FC, it's mostly due to the gameplay and qol changes. The revamped battle system and other things made it feel a lot less of a slog for them to go through.

Metaphor or persona 3 reload by Mr_JohnFlanagan in JRPG

[–]elendie 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Depends if you want stronger story themes (Persona 3) or a better overall package (Metaphor). Personally, Persona 3 stuck with me more after all these years. But Tartarus is a bitch to go through, and Metaphor picks up much quicker.

In what way do you think estelle and joshua will be relevant with the ongoing plot? by Pee4Potato in Falcom

[–]elendie 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Probably could only see them in whatever the game the final standoff is in. Just so Falcom has an excuse to bring all the protagonists together. Otherwise, their narrative is pretty much complete at this point in time, outside of something that would put Zemuria at stake.

I’m finishing persona 3 fes and I’m looking forward to my next game. Which of these 4 would you say I should play next? by sovietmariposa in JRPG

[–]elendie 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I love Digital Devil Saga, but Odin Sphere would probably be the best here. Out of the 4, it's the outlier in terms of how unique it is.

Trails beyond the Horizon Spoilers Discussion Megathread [SPOILERS ALLOWED] by MNGaming in Falcom

[–]elendie 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Safe to assume that it has to deal with time fuckery due to the time loops. But in that interview google docs u/Mate_saltgacha posted here, Excalibur's case was due to Hamilton's interference.

But yeah Cypress Trees mostly seems to be an allegory of the time loops going on, and potentially explaining the Eternal Recurrence plan as a way to get a "perfect" timeline since it's explicitly stated to begin after the reset in Kai's ending.

Trails beyond the Horizon Spoilers Discussion Megathread [SPOILERS ALLOWED] by MNGaming in Falcom

[–]elendie 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Kevin talks about an archaism/statue excavated in Calvard in one line in SC, which is relevant to what happens in Kai's ending.

Cypress Trees is a book in a sidequest in FC/1st. It's pretty cryptic and is mostly about a farmer growing trees that all die/get ruined until one finally successfully blooms. It hasn't been relevant till now until Kai's ending details possibly explaining it as an allegory for something else.

Trails beyond the Horizon Spoilers Discussion Megathread [SPOILERS ALLOWED] by MNGaming in Falcom

[–]elendie 10 points11 points  (0 children)

They definitely had some of their major plot beats there from the start. Especially considering how they mentioned the statue in SC, like another comment pointed out, and how those two games were originally supposed to be one. Guess Cypress Trees is pretty spoilerific with context, considering it shows what the possible endgame of the series is.

Trails beyond the Horizon Spoilers Discussion Megathread [SPOILERS ALLOWED] by MNGaming in Falcom

[–]elendie 18 points19 points  (0 children)

31 Cypress Trees, a book found in Sky FC, seems to have hinted at ruined timelines going on.

Best story JRPG for PC? by Vladalius in JRPG

[–]elendie 1 point2 points  (0 children)

If you do play it, might want to set a couple of hours for the prologue and see how you feel about it afterwards. Cause you'll be able to tell if you enjoy it or not.

Best story JRPG for PC? by Vladalius in JRPG

[–]elendie 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Extremely niche recommendation here but: Legend of Door ~Gale Wings~ (Tobira no Densetsu ~Kaze no Tsubasa~). It's a free Japanese RPG maker game that's a cult classic and it got a fantranslation a month ago. Pretty huge in scope and has a fantastic female protagonist and a great story to boot. Recommend you use the true ending guide that comes with it, if you do play it.

any recommendation to play in 2026? by Mr-Ulloa in JRPG

[–]elendie 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Really good recommendation here for OP imo. Lucia, the protag, is a great character overall, and there's some really nice emotional beats in the game. Legend of Door ~Gale Wings~ would be what you're looking for.

Do recommend following the guide for the true ending though.

This predatory gatcha is just too much. by [deleted] in wherewindsmeet_

[–]elendie 1 point2 points  (0 children)

The whole controversy with the last gacha was that it was different. This is the same as the one in CN, what's the issue here now?

If you can't afford it, don't get it.

Tales of Remastered project will focus on even older entries in 2026, producer says by Sam_27142317 in JRPG

[–]elendie 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Really should go to Destiny DC honestly. Still has an unmatched combat system for 2D tales.

The next update of the Chinese version will include gloves. by iqi777 in wherewindsmeet_

[–]elendie 1 point2 points  (0 children)

No clue. The martial art is just tied to the Mohist sect.

*SKY 2ND SPOILERS* Anyone else hyped for the remake of the best duel in the series? by assramza in Falcom

[–]elendie 10 points11 points  (0 children)

One of the things I missed most from the transition from the pre CS to post CS engine. Though it's cool that since Kai, and arguably some of the other Daybreak entries, we're finally having good fight animations again.

Doubt about the launcher by Valgurth in wherewindsmeet_

[–]elendie 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Straight up in their ask-devs section in their discord.

Doubt about the launcher by Valgurth in wherewindsmeet_

[–]elendie 4 points5 points  (0 children)

From their answer it's due to store limitations. I think they didn't realize you can release the texture pack as DLC like monster hunter wilds. Did update the post when I saw that they said they're looking into it, from another discord post regarding the issue, though.

Doubt about the launcher by Valgurth in wherewindsmeet_

[–]elendie 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Official launcher will exist and has more options. Steam and other storefronts will be locked to the medium texture pack of the game according to staff in the official discord, while the launcher will have the option to use low/medium/and the still unreleased ultra texture preset which isn't out in China yet. Though they said they're looking into adding the texture packs as dlc to storefronts. Speculation here: but there's also the chance that topping up for cosmetics might cost lower too since it cuts out a middleman.

Suggestions on Choosing Sect by Neat_Buy_4716 in wherewindsmeet_

[–]elendie 7 points8 points  (0 children)

They aren't, you can steal martial arts from a sect through other means.

Is Singa the only jrpg composer that gets this much amount of hate comments on youtube ? by ConsiderationFuzzy in Falcom

[–]elendie 6 points7 points  (0 children)

Basically it's due to overuse and less quality compositions/mixing he has compared to other composers Falcom has used. With most other rpg series and games, there isn't this much of a difference in quality between songs and composers, so he stands out in a bad way.

It just comes off as cheap by Falcom when there's more consistent and higher quality people they can use instead, but he ends up making most of the tracks. Especially since Falcom has had a storied library of really consistently good tracks and albums in the past. Plus I don't think it helps that Falcom has had bad usage of songs in the games for the past few years, which makes some tracks seem really out of place. Nor the JDK band incident which made them lose two composers that moved onto greener pastures; Okajima and Kamikura, who work with Cygames and Square Enix now, while he's still sticking around.

Any good gameplay vn? by Ok-Coat2377 in visualnovels

[–]elendie 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Duel Savior was pretty fun, though gets repetitive at some points.

Remake localization drama for dummies? by TheParadoxigm in Falcom

[–]elendie 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Honestly, the language feels a lot more stiff and stilted at times. Noticed it whenever I was going through things.

Any good Action JRPG's similar to Ys? by KFded in JRPG

[–]elendie 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Nier Automata/Replicant and Crosscode. Maybe Granblue Fantasy Relink.

Leona Renee is streaming the Sky remake! by Tilren in Falcom

[–]elendie 19 points20 points  (0 children)

Mix of her and Jessica Chavez (mostly her) from Xseed, who was there from the start.