nihon falcom - /vrpg/

Anonymous03/16/26, 05:51No.3945807Nihon Falcom

Is there any hope for this company?

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Anon03/16/26, 08:40No.3945848

No hope.

Anon03/16/26, 09:42No.3945853

As disappointed as I have been with the story of Trails games since Ao, they will still be day 1 purchases for me. I enjoy the aesthetic, music, battle system, pleasant characters, the setting, etc. There just isn't anything else coming out that appeals to me besides MMO expansions.The real question is what Falcom plans to do once they "end" the story. Trails is their flagship IP that has a loooooong tail, where if just one person finishes a Trails game and becomes a superfan, they buy 12 more games for $700. If Kondo actually terminates Trails, that long tail will begin to dissipate as Trails won't be in the news anymore and fewer and fewer people will enter the pipeline. And Trails was built up over 20 years. Falcom can't start a new RPG series and replicate the same profits in a short time frame.

Anon03/16/26, 12:54No.3945902

I stopped playing the Kiseki series after the first trilogy. Might go back and play Zero & Ao someday but I have no interest in anything from Cold Steel onward. Same goes for Ys. Love the old games, haven't played the newest ones, probably never will. I love the prerendered sprites and low budget doujin game aesthetics of Falcom's early 2000s games. The newer games feel soulless to me by comparison, I can't vibe with them. I guess I'm in the minority though, I'm a jaded boomer.

Anon03/17/26, 01:44No.3946198

I still like Ys. It's not that they haven't adapted some of the more annoying aspects of falcom, but they managed to at least do it all in one game. That's really my big issue with Trails. It shouldn't take four games to tell the kinds of story they're telling and when NPCs have more of an arc than your party it's an issue. It's not world building to just sit in one place for 2000 hours saying the word ORBAL over and over.

Anon03/17/26, 03:55No.3946274

If they learn from Sky 1st's success and start designing their new games like the games they're remaking, there's hope. Otherwise no. Just look at Calvard and Ys IX and X. Irredeemable trash. Especially the Ys games. Insulting to the franchise.

Anon03/18/26, 23:28No.3947312

Hopefully, after the next Ys game and a remake of V, we get a game that concludes Adol's adventures, then Falcom can go and work on Sorcerian and some other stuff

Anon03/19/26, 03:06No.3947401

Why did Falcom sales collapse between C2 and C3?

Anon03/22/26, 11:03No.3949310

Is there any hope of a international Brandish 3 release?

Anon03/22/26, 20:54No.3949613

Falcom needs to stop with their declining music quality before we can see any hope.

Anon03/22/26, 21:15No.3949621

Just finished Ys Origin as Yunica. First Falcom game I've completed. Is it required that I beat the game as the other characters or would I be okay looking up the ending and moving onto the next game. Presumably I should go to Ys 1/2 next? I've got both a PCE CD and a PSP, which one should I play?

Anon03/23/26, 13:35No.3949992

Kai was unambiguously good and Nordics was fun but not nearly as good as Dana. They're in a good spot rn.

Anon03/23/26, 20:32No.3950149

They're very competent Single A level developers that make fairly compact games on quick timelines for cheap. They'll survive and keep making their games for longer than most companies that fly high and crash inevitably. Nothing remarkably good, but nothing atrociously bad (usually).

Anon03/24/26, 01:25No.3950280

haha that's our falcoom for ya!

Anon03/24/26, 02:08No.3950301

I'm excited for Kyoto Xanadu. Lost all faith in the trails series and will just watch a youtube recap to see how it ended.

Anon03/25/26, 22:09No.3951180

I am back on this series due to there being nothing else to play I am playing Dawnbreak 1 and then going straight to chronicles But god its hard to get through I hate how they make meaningless side quests mandatory to advance the plot Shameless padding and filler Most of the dialogue is entirely skippable In fact it must be skipped And many of the story sequences must "skip all" To maintain my sanity and not alt-f4 in rage Because apparently they don't care about boring you to death Like cutting through layers and layers of fat to get to the meat of the game the good parts But the game is pretty good I like the kino combat animations at 120fps These games require difficulty mods But overall an immersive experience but its truly a statement on how uninamously bad all recent game releases are, that here I am playing Falcom slop again

Anon03/26/26, 07:30No.3951487

>> 3951180 (no (You), fag) bait used to be believable

Anon03/27/26, 10:16No.3952266

I played through the series and made it to Daybreak, and I guess I'm burnt out because I'm not as into Daybreak like I was previous entries. I'm only on chapter 2, but I haven't been playing it as much as I did Reverie and previous games.

Anon03/27/26, 18:01No.3952447

Still the best game to cater to my philosophical and metaphysical preferences (of ending this cursed Kali Yuga and remake the world) out there.

Anon04/01/26, 01:36No.3955398

Yeah but they need to cut their loses and end the trails series asap.

Anon04/03/26, 13:13No.3957331

because they make their letters in colors you don't like?

Anon04/05/26, 20:15No.3958871

Grabbed the EGG Console versions of Ys MSX2 and Revival Xanadu on a whim as an excuse to practice my barely mediocre Japanese, honestly more fun than I expected them to be (even if Xanadu kicks my ass despite getting the Easy Ver). La Valse Pour Xanadu's stuck in my head, very memorable melody even if it sounds a bit offputting at times. Any tips for Xanadu's early game? I went all in on STR and MAG while somewhat neglecting the rest of the stats, save for giving CHR a small bump. Did I fuck up already?

Anon04/06/26, 10:40No.3959541

It's doing pretty good since Sky 1st released. There's hope.

Anon04/06/26, 18:56No.3959807

The only hope for Failcom is that they finally go bankrupt and take their shit budget games with them.

Anon04/06/26, 22:57No.3959950

Why does this company specifically have so many A-logs on this board? I've never seen this level of irrational hatred for Falcom anywhere else online

Anon04/07/26, 17:36No.3960645

They need to appeal to the west to sell more games, and the best way to do this is with the remakes

Anon04/18/26, 00:32No.3967423

I don't think I've played a single Falcom game in my entire life.

Anon04/18/26, 01:45No.3967453

Ouroboros is just terrible. Immediately turned into dindu comic relief after one game.

Anon04/18/26, 05:41No.3967567

I love Trails

Anon04/26/26, 02:52No.3973734

I hope they stay around. Trying Sky FC last year was a pleasant experience and I'm interesting in continuing the Trails series as well as playing their other games. I might try Kyoto Xanadu when that comes out.

Anon05/02/26, 17:29No.3978243

>put Kai on hold after 10h >replaying Kuro 1 instead I just can't stand the constant Rean- and Van- wankery they got in Kai. >haha that's our Van... >haha that's our Rean... >I should be thanking YOU >do you remember Class 7?... haha.... NO AND I DON'T GIVE A DAMN WE HAD 5 GAMES WITH CLASS 7 IT IS TIME TO STOP Kai is also unbearably slow even for kiseki. Kuro 1 on the other hand >good pacing for kiseki >great banter >fresh cast a blast to play. Probably the best of nuFalcom.

Anon05/04/26, 19:55No.3979356

Rean derangement syndrome is very real. Rean's arc ended 4 years ago. Since then 2 games came out already that don't have Rean and they STILL just want to talk about Rean. How does he do it?

Anon05/05/26, 01:31No.3979551

After playing the Cold Steel arc, I now understand that meme on vrpg years ago where people kept spamming Rean

Anon05/08/26, 04:25No.3980932

Toewacutest!

Anon05/13/26, 01:42No.3983555

What makes Falcom games good? Why such a devoted cult fanbase?

Anon05/13/26, 14:57No.3983849

Anon05/26/26, 02:07No.3990113

>1Y stock >+98%

Anon05/26/26, 08:48No.3990351

I've never played a game from this company that was more than a 7/10.

Anon05/27/26, 06:39No.3990782

Haha...

Anon05/28/26, 06:00No.3991208

make the Gurumin art design their house style and maybe.

Anon05/30/26, 20:09No.3992463

Absolutely no one must have played proud nordics because no one has mentioned that the new final boss dragon has big physiczing titties

Anon05/31/26, 00:34No.3992625

Married couple to be

Anon05/31/26, 02:13No.3992644

I like Rean

Anon05/31/26, 20:00No.3992891

I've played Book 1 & 2 and Origin, I want to check out the whole series eventually but VIII looks really good and I'd like to try a modern style; are there any particular entries that I should ideally play beforehand to get the references?

Anon05/31/26, 21:08No.3992933

playing Horizon and legit having a good time

Anon06/03/26, 00:38No.3994178

Since the beginning of this year, I've played Sky FC remake, Sky SC, Sky the 3rd, Zero, Ao, and Cold Steel 1-3. I'm on Cold Steel 4 now.I'm having fun, Trails has been more enjoyable than I thought it would be. Crossbell games were the weakest, but still not bad.

Anon06/04/26, 09:59No.3994861

Reminder that when a Falcom game features >a bullshit dungeon that has no direct link with the plot >more minigames than usual it was released to meet the yearly quota and is 100% skippable. Games that match this are Sora3, Haji and Kai.

Anon06/04/26, 14:20No.3994915

I'm playing Azure and the last chapter is very very long.

Anon06/10/26, 02:45No.3998504

I bet Fie's farts smell like flowers and waffles.

Anon06/10/26, 11:10No.3998672

thanks for the weekly bump /vrpg/ is dead just like falcom

Anon06/14/26, 10:20No.4000518

I finished Horizon I finally caught up That ending was insane And there's still no sequel announced FUck me

Anon06/23/26, 20:54No.4005481

I bet Shizuna's farts smell like spearmint.

Anon06/26/26, 23:14No.4007679

I can't imagine them remaking Trails games past Crossbell. Maybe the first 2 Cold Steel games but I doubt it.

Anon06/28/26, 13:09No.4008838

Maybe it's just me but i don't remember Estelle being this embarrassed in the OG. I swear she was as dense as Rean and Joshua was the one who had the crush first but now Estelle was the one getting blushy blushy. Cold Steel gave a terrible influence i swear to god.

Anon06/28/26, 15:31No.4008890

Yes they need to make the Aurelia game

Anon07/07/26, 15:36No.4013748

Anon07/07/26, 15:37No.4013749

oh boy i can't wait for kyoto xanadu!

Anon07/28/26, 17:40No.4029344

The jewing of the Falcom Music Channel because chats revealed boring internals of Falcom is retarded. Kondo, just hire like eight more dudes.

Anon07/29/26, 03:19No.4029945

They had their chance in the early 80s when making some of the first ARPGs ever but had to burn every bridge they could think of while refusing to capitalize in the west early and they still do it today with their composers like Unisuga who "left", many people like the music of Falcom games don't realize he was the real backbone of all the great tracks from Ys and Trails.

Anon08/09/26, 02:47No.4044955

I started Daybreak a few days agoAgnes has big booba

Anon08/12/26, 02:57No.4048270

Masayuki Kato's death was personally in my opinion the final nail in the coffin

Anon08/15/26, 01:46No.4053561

Will Trails Chapter 2 remake be the inflection point?

Anon08/15/26, 12:14No.4054013

they've been shit for far longer than the short period in the 80s when they were good, so

Anon08/19/26, 23:48No.4060223

Agnes has big fat tits and Van is an idiot for not smashing that before she left

Anon08/29/26, 18:45No.4071874

haha

Anon09/04/26, 11:07No.4080127

I've been watching someone stream Trails in the Sky FC and it heavily dawned on me just how superior the OG Sky games were compared to the subsequent entries in the series (even Crossbell). Such wasted potential...

Anon09/05/26, 11:07No.4081157

OG Sky games have legitimate claim to being among the greatest JRPGs of all time.