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Post by Pixel_Crusher on Jul 4, 2016 4:47:40 GMT -5
It won't be the definitive PS4 version:
I have mixed feelings about this. On one hand, I'm grateful that this is finally getting localized, especially since there will also be a PC version (Steam). On the other hand, I don't want to miss on all the extras and improvements the PS4 version will have. Aksys said they'll look into the PS4 version in the future, but when it does, I do hope a PC port comes along with it. |
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Post by thenerdds on Jul 4, 2016 5:20:48 GMT -5
I'm definitely looking forward to the PS4 version.. It's a long time coming..
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Post by Pixel_Crusher on Jul 6, 2016 6:09:26 GMT -5
Strange that I haven't seen much discussion in this thread. Especially given that a lot of people here are pretty much nuts for Falcom like me.
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Post by DPB on Jul 6, 2016 6:22:05 GMT -5
I'm trying to keep an open mind, but the school setting is very off-putting.
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Post by Discoalucard on Jul 6, 2016 10:13:47 GMT -5
I haven't followed much of Tokyo Xanadu to be honest. Like, I barely even know what it's about. I'm just looking forward to the actual release of Xanadu Next, which has a much more interesting setting, even though I've already played it.
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Post by X-pert74 on Jul 6, 2016 13:15:26 GMT -5
I don't know a thing about Tokyo Xanadu, aside from that it's a Xanadu game in some way (never played that series, though I've read a little about it), and that there were people who were clamoring for a localization of it for years now. I'm happy for them, but I don't really know what this game will be like, and learning that the version we're getting is apparently not the best one there is... but then, I wonder - how exactly is the PS4 version definitive? Do they add major new things to it, and polish up some problems with the original release, or is it just something like the Trails games where they get "Evolution" versions that add new flash to the graphics and have remixed soundtracks, which are of questionable quality in comparison to the original release that ends up being localized?
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Post by ZenithianHero on Jul 6, 2016 14:22:40 GMT -5
They probably figure they get a heads up on translation out there and having a later PS4 edition is too easy to market cause fans buy everything (not saying this as a bad thing).
I certainly get this now I wanted it on Vita anyways and I don't own a PS4 yet.
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Post by Discoalucard on Jul 6, 2016 14:58:48 GMT -5
It really has nothing to do with the Xanadu name at all. Actually, none of the Xanadu games are really all that related. Xanadu Next only got its name since it was released as a 20th anniversary celebration of the original Xanadu, and similarly, Tokyo Xanadu was released for its 30th.
Based on what little I know I'm expecting Ys + Persona.
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Post by Exhuminator on Jul 7, 2016 7:55:01 GMT -5
I would buy USA Tokyo Xanadu on Vita, physical release, that's a promise to XSEED. Not a fan of school setting either, but Falcom rarely disappoints.
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Post by Feynman on Jul 7, 2016 11:26:29 GMT -5
A bit odd that XSEED isn't handling this given how strong their partnership with Falcom has been. I guess maybe they just have too much on their plate already to tackle Tokyo Xanadu and Aksys managed to pick it up? Regardless, more Falcom is always great news!
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Post by wyrdwad on Jul 7, 2016 11:45:34 GMT -5
It really has nothing to do with the Xanadu name at all. Actually, none of the Xanadu games are really all that related. Xanadu Next only got its name since it was released as a 20th anniversary celebration of the original Xanadu, and similarly, Tokyo Xanadu was released for its 30th. Based on what little I know I'm expecting Ys + Persona. Xanadu Next actually has a lot of connections with the original Xanadu: it features a lot of the same spells, a lot of the same enemies, an intricate key system (which feels more than a little inspired by the original Xanadu), a quest to collect crowns and find the Dragonslayer sword in order to defeat King Dragon Galsis (which was the entire story of the original Xanadu), and perhaps most surprisingly, some cameo references that arguably tie Xanadu Next's plot directly to the original Xanadu (albeit hundreds of years later). Xanadu Next even goes out of its way to connect itself with the Samuel Taylor Coleridge poem by directly name-dropping Kublai Khan, which was kind of above and beyond on Falcom's part.  Tokyo Xanadu, on the other hand, does not appear to have any connection to Xanadu at all outside of the name (and placing copies of 1985 Xanadu on the shelves of all the game stores in-game). As for what kind of game it is, from what I've played of Tokyo Xanadu (and I do need to play more, as it's kind of fallen by the wayside), it reminded me a lot of the Zwei/Zwei2/Gurumin/Nayuta style of segmented level-based gameplay, but with much longer story scenes and added relationship mechanics that remind me a lot of Cold Steel (as do the environments, which I swear look like they were lifted right out of Cold Steel!). It was actually pretty fun, and was easily the prettiest Vita game I've yet played from Falcom, but it definitely rubbed me the wrong way that Falcom deigned to call it Xanadu. I know they wanted to do something to celebrate the 30-year anniversary of the series, but like... they could've just put the original on PSN and eShop or something. They didn't have to slap the name on an unrelated game. -Tom |
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Post by Discoalucard on Jul 7, 2016 12:43:50 GMT -5
Yeah but a lot of that is just background lore, the game plays extremely differently. It feels like more of "tribute" than an actual sequel. As compared to playing the PC88 Ys and then playing something 25 years later like Memories of Celceta, where you can see an evolution of the series. Granted it is more connected than any of the others just by including a remix of the main town theme.
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Post by llj on Jul 7, 2016 12:52:11 GMT -5
Well, this is a game I'll have to explore about 5 years from now. I don't have the specs to run the PC version and a PS Vita is still at least a few years away for me. Hopefully a GOG version will be released also someday.
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Post by wyrdwad on Jul 7, 2016 13:45:09 GMT -5
Yeah but a lot of that is just background lore, the game plays extremely differently. It feels like more of "tribute" than an actual sequel. As compared to playing the PC88 Ys and then playing something 25 years later like Memories of Celceta, where you can see an evolution of the series. Granted it is more connected than any of the others just by including a remix of the main town theme. Yeah, Xanadu Next doesn't really play like 1985 Xanadu, that's true. But it does have a similar look and feel, I think -- and especially reminds me a lot of Faxanadu, actually. I've always said that Xanadu Next is kind of like the 3D sequel to Faxanadu the world never got. And yeah, neglected to mention that part, but indeed, Xanadu Next does feature multiple arrangements of La Valse Pour Xanadu, the main theme from the original game. Which was a pretty cool nod all its own. -Tom |
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Post by ZenithianHero on Jul 7, 2016 13:59:40 GMT -5
Well, this is a game I'll have to explore about 5 years from now. I don't have the specs to run the PC version and a PS Vita is still at least a few years away for me. Hopefully a GOG version will be released also someday. What's going on for Vita? That's unfortunate, since it has a great Falcom library to play on it. |
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