Twinblade★ 3,892 Posted September 20, 2022 Share Posted September 20, 2022 https://www.metacritic.com/game/pc/the-legend-of-heroes-trails-from-zero Probably gonna get this for Switch. The portability is nice but it also looks basically identical to the PC version. 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Remij 4,670 Posted September 20, 2022 Share Posted September 20, 2022 It is a great game. I played a big chunk of it with the Geofront patch a while back. I stopped because it became obvious they were going to officially localize it The PC and Switch versions are improved over the PS4 version... they were redone by Durante's (he did the DSfix Dark Souls mod for PC) dev team "PH3 Games".. you can expect it to be excellent. The PS4 version is apparently just directly ported from the Japanese version and Durante's team didn't update it for some reason. 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Twinblade★ 3,892 Posted September 20, 2022 Author Share Posted September 20, 2022 9 minutes ago, Remij said: It is a great game. I played a big chunk of it with the Geofront patch a while back. I stopped because it became obvious they were going to officially localize it The PC and Switch versions are improved over the PS4 version... they were redone by Durante's (he did the DSfix Dark Souls mod for PC) dev team "PH3 Games".. you can expect it to be excellent. The PS4 version is apparently just directly ported from the Japanese version and Durante's team didn't update it for some reason. yeah the PC and Switch versions are the way to go, and the reviews themselves are all saying that too. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Remij 4,670 Posted September 20, 2022 Share Posted September 20, 2022 24 minutes ago, Twinblade said: yeah the PC and Switch versions are the way to go, and the reviews themselves are all saying that too. Damn, just checked the meta, it's at 91 right now (only 4 reviews though lol but still ) Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Twinblade★ 3,892 Posted September 20, 2022 Author Share Posted September 20, 2022 25 minutes ago, Remij said: Damn, just checked the meta, it's at 91 right now (only 4 reviews though lol but still ) I would have never even known about this game if you hadn't mentioned it in the other thread. You get my thanks for that even if you are a filthy hermit 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Remij 4,670 Posted September 20, 2022 Share Posted September 20, 2022 Just now, Twinblade said: I would have never even known about this game if you hadn't mentioned it in the other thread. You get my thanks for that even if you are a filthy hermit Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Twinblade★ 3,892 Posted September 21, 2022 Author Share Posted September 21, 2022 damn, this is the perfect deck game. PC version has dynamic shadows which for some bizarre reason aren't supported on the switch one 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Remij 4,670 Posted September 25, 2022 Share Posted September 25, 2022 On 2022-09-21 at 10:58 AM, Twinblade said: damn, this is the perfect deck game. PC version has dynamic shadows which for some bizarre reason aren't supported on the switch one Yes, quite looking forward to playing this game on the Deck. In other news, the Trails series has sold over 7 million copies https://www.gematsu.com/2022/09/the-legend-of-heroes-trails-series-sales-top-seven-million Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Remij 4,670 Posted September 29, 2022 Share Posted September 29, 2022 Durante made some posts detailing the work they put into creating this new version of the game. Primarily focuses on PC features.. but a lot of it also applies to the Switch version. Part 1 https://store.steampowered.com/news/app/1668510/view/3361388019335519328 Part 2 https://store.steampowered.com/news/app/1668510/view/5138061328894182485 Part 3 https://store.steampowered.com/news/app/1668510/view/3355764861429706188 This is why their ports are so loved. They're extremely high quality and they don't just settle for good enough, they continually push to make everything the best it can be for all their supported platforms. It really sucks that the PS4 version was handled by NISA and not Durante's team. The Switch and PC versions are just undoubtedly superior. Still a great game no matter where you play it though... if you're into these types of games, you should definitely support the work PH3 have done. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Twinblade★ 3,892 Posted September 29, 2022 Author Share Posted September 29, 2022 19 minutes ago, Remij said: Durante made some posts detailing the work they put into creating this new version of the game. Primarily focuses on PC features.. but a lot of it also applies to the Switch version. Part 1 https://store.steampowered.com/news/app/1668510/view/3361388019335519328 Part 2 https://store.steampowered.com/news/app/1668510/view/5138061328894182485 Part 3 https://store.steampowered.com/news/app/1668510/view/3355764861429706188 This is why their ports are so loved. They're extremely high quality and they don't just settle for good enough, they continually push to make everything the best it can be for all their supported platforms. It really sucks that the PS4 version was handled by NISA and not Durante's team. The Switch and PC versions are just undoubtedly superior. Still a great game no matter where you play it though... if you're into these types of games, you should definitely support the work PH3 have done. Its fine but some of the stuff like the dynamic shadows seem to only occur in very specific lighting conditions? LIke I don't actually think i've seen them yet. Its always just the standard blob shadows like in the Switch version. Also, they really should have added a feature to automatically forward through dialogue which basically every JRPG has nowadays. Some of the story sequences are really long and it feels like you're hitting the accept button like 50-100 times to get through each one of them. 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Remij 4,670 Posted September 29, 2022 Share Posted September 29, 2022 1 minute ago, Twinblade said: Its fine but some of the stuff like the dynamic shadows seem to only occur in very specific lighting conditions? LIke I don't actually think i've seen them yet. Its always just the standard blobs like in the Switch version. Yea basically just dungeons, and maps at nighttime. We now have dynamic shadows from light sources in dungeons, and on other maps at nighttime. As an added bonus, our character shadowing allows distinguishing between torches, flame-like lights, and other light sources, and the former feature a subtle shadow flicker and movement over time. Basically just artificial light sources like torches and lights. Not fully dynamic shadows from the sun. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Mr. House 3,371 Posted September 29, 2022 Share Posted September 29, 2022 Buying it this weekend. If I knew it had cards, I would have bought it already. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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