Nayuta Boundless Trails - The Perfect Trails Game For Based Ys Fans! - Tarks Gauntlet

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Legend of Nayuta Boundless trails (A spinoff of the main Legend of Heroes/Kiseki series) was long overdue for a western release and it feels so good to finally see what we were missing all these years.
But, what we were missing was more of an Ys game than a Legend of Heroes game and you know what? That's incredibly based.
PS: I tried something different when putting this video together and tried to break out of my normal structure a bit. Instead of 6 or so distinct sections I aimed to put everything into just a couple large "Blobs" of sections. I'm a little mixed on the result personally, but for games that I don't think need GIANT reviews, I'd like to find a way to iron this formula out and utilize it more/better.
00:00 - Intro
01:18 - Story/World/Style
06:35 - Combat/Stage Design/Extra content
16:23 - Outro
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[@thezeddy]

Tark showing the guns off with that shirt. Keep up the good work

[@TarksGauntlet]

Hell must've froze over. This isn't your normal type of comment.

[@thezeddy]

​@@TarksGauntlet*cough* sorry Nice game choice you weeby a$$

[@DuoBeard]

250 days, looking forward to the next one This charm of this Era is something I miss dearly. Looks almost like a must play to me

[@HybridAngelZero]

This game is just so definitely my jam. The special brand of late PSP character models and environments, the light-hearted tone, the little attention to detail. This game just holds a certain joyfulness that's really hard to quantify, in a way that really is similar to Megaman Legends or Grandia

[@strain42]

I still don't understand this franchise at all, but I am LOVING that shopkeeper!

[@TarksGauntlet]

She's a bit cheeky. Pun intended.

[@Fast_Travel_Gamer]

The world is good again when Tark uploads a video.

[@ta7sint]

In my languales we greet by saying "Selam"

[@jmporkbob]

This game is insanely underrated. The gameplay loop was SO satisfying and fun, it has one of the best soundtracks, and I felt like the story was better than at least 75% of Trails games. People who love this game should play the 2 Zwei games, because this is basically a spiritual successor to that older Falcom series. Also, worth noting that the PC version at the very least has anisotropic filtering, so you wont get the static-y textures when viewed from oblique angles.

[@Starmachineofficial]

This game is on my backlog, but i love the idea of a trails game with Ys mechanics

[@DanielSantosAnalysis]

I was afraid this game was going to be more like Ys Seven and Celceta, but this reminds me a lot more of Oath in Felghana, which I much prefer. I think I'll check this out sooner rather than later.

[@giuseppem.labarile6851]

Love how you show those pretty hidden gems I would have never found otherwise!

[@SuperSupersoda]

Falcom's real intentions are clear: they are trying to make a Towa multi-verse. The connection between Nayuta and trails is that Towa and Nayuta have the same last name: Herschel. There's a popular fan theory that Nayuta is Towa's great uncle. NIS America doubled-down on this by having Towa's Zemurian Ore weapon in Reverie be "Boundless Trails". Between that and Towa showing up in Tokyo Xanadu, I'm expected Towa to show up in X's 10 Nordic when it releases later this year. Y's is the only Falcom property without Towa and its high time we fixed that massive problem. The other extremely popular fan theory is that the Grandmaster is one of the mythos from Nayuta and that the game functions as the Grandmaster's back-story. Now that Reverie has come out, that theory has lost a bit of steam, but it's still possible. Other than that, when I played Nayuta last year, I came away convinced that Ada (the girl who runs the weapon's shop) is a relative of Noel Seeker, as both have red hair and a penchant for showing us their butt (definitely not complaining about that). I had an amazing time with Nayuta and I really liked the game a lot. It's the kind of simple, easy to understand, comfy platformer that used to be so widely seen in gaming, but seems to not be around anymore.

[@ArbiterLibera]

Those are indeed some fine folk.

[@ajud24]

Glad to see you back on!

[@adoggred]

Welcome back, commenting for the algo.

[@redstratus97]

Loved this and love that you are back! Yeah I hope to get this one eventually. Really looking forward to your future reviews on all the Neptunia games that you have missed.

[@Kraftium]

Nayuta? yeah its pretty cool I guess infinity/10 sidenote: About the salt and pepper static on textures, thats actually a problem with the console versions not having proper mipmapping on the textures. The p4pro/ps5 can brute force the problem with 4k, its not gone its just smaller and harder to notice. On PC this isn't a problem even at lower resolutions like 720p

[@Official_RetroMania]

This is the only Trails game I still need to play not a huge fan of action RPG's but I know Falcom will make this entry important to the overall story of Trails at some point.

[@TarksGauntlet]

I sincerely hope they never make this entry important in any way, shape or form lol. Knowing falcom though it could happen. This series has enough gate keepers and barriers to entry as it is. It'll be nice to keep this as a game most people agree has a wide open gate.

[@Official_RetroMania]

@@TarksGauntlet But the brilliant story writing of Falcom it's that all games are connected... It's similar to Kingdom Hearts. Yes, Trails Kiseki asks for your full dedication so do many long running tv shows with like 20 seasons of One Piece with like 1000 chapters and not every series is for everyone, some people prefer a media what is short has a fast start and end like a movie while others don't mind dedicate years into one series because they grow attached to the brilliant story and amazing characters.

[@TarksGauntlet]

@@Official_RetroMania Sure. And many series have spinoffs that don't require you to be there for the rest. I hope to god this game stays exactly as that. They've basically said every step of the way this isn't part of the overarching narrative, and I hope they keep to that. But this is also falcom. They say anything to sell a copy.

[@TarksGauntlet]

@@Official_RetroMania PS. I gave you a follow on twitter so I could DM you about something. Not about this conversation but tangentially related.

[@Jack-nj9pi]

Not taurks with actual gauntlets haha. But you didnt mentioned the new game plus which adds more stages and story to the game. This was excellent on the psp and vant wait to do it all over on the ps4

[@kates5183]

I've had this game on my shelf for awhile now, I really need to pick it up. How is the OST?

[@TarksGauntlet]

Top tier. Most falcom osts are though tbh.

[@damarcusaustin4911]

Nintendo vita

[@hemangchauhan2864]

Falcom need to clear up their marketing. I thought this game was a Trails mainline game

[@Jack-nj9pi]

Its been promoted as a spin off why would you thinks its a mainline title?

[@damianserah]

ah,so the waifus are only decorations and only use two guys?...pass

[@TarksGauntlet]

I mean, yeah. Sort of. This ain't really a waifu game, and in combat for the vast majority you only control one character and the little fairy Noi. In some early stages you have an AI companion.

[@damianserah]

@@TarksGauntlet It's a shame, if they put a girl and a boy there could be a bit threads of fate

[@hollowman7168]

Funny enough I think this game has better combat then any Ys game....

[@TarksGauntlet]

Ive heard a few people say this. I haven't played all the Ys games in this style (closest I played was Ys Origin) so I didn't want to make too many comparisons myself.