Please release "Trails in the Sky 1st Chapter" on GOG!

[Sargon Aelther]

Dear Nihon Falcom and GungHo,

The Trails in the Sky remake looks incredible and extremely faithful to the original. I may be a new fan, but I’d love to play it and see how it compares to the original. I'm sure you'll do a magnificent job!

While there is a lot of excitement for this remake, this announcement also raises some concerns. So far there has been no indication of whether or not the remake will come to GOG.

GOG is my favourite PC game store and I primarily buy games there. Additionally, every single Trails game is already on GOG. Both "Trails beyond the Horizon" and "Ys vs. Trails in the Sky" will also be coming to GOG. Please maintain this tradition by releasing "Trails in the Sky 1st Chapter" on GOG too!

I would gladly buy the highest edition on GOG day one!



GOG Dreamlist entry[www.gog.com]

GOG Wishlist entry (Legacy)[www.gog.com]



Here are some links that you may find helpful:
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2) Via the Steam SDK Wrapper: https://docs.gog.com/steam-sdk-wrapper/


Thank you for your consideration. Fingers crossed!

[hüllenoperator]

+1

[Hustlefan]

+1 for a GOG release! 🙏

[Skelebob124156]

As the one who created the GOG wishlist entry, thank you for spreading the message here!
Hopefully Gungho will release this game on GOG so we can have all the Trails games there.

[Keihltrein]

+1 for GOG release, please!

We have all the rest of the western releases on GOG, this could be there as well!

It would be important for many Trails fans that only buy this games over there!

Hope you consider it!

[Fearghus8Destroyer]

Yes, please release it on GOG.

[Eternauta]

+1 for a GOG release!

No GOG = No buy
All the Falcom games are on GOG, and that's where I want to continue my collection!

[Erpy]

+1

Gungho kind of screwed JRPG fans on GOG with the Grandia series. The Anniversary Edition of Grandia II was initially available on GOG, only for that game to then be delisted across the board because of the Grandia I and II remasters, which were then only released on Steam with Grandia II never becoming available on GOG again.

It'd be good if they could go for consistency and release this game on a storefront that also has all the other Falcom products that have been released over the last 1.5 decade.

[Sargon Aelther]

Originally posted by Erpy:

Gungho kind of screwed JRPG fans on GOG with the Grandia series. The Anniversary Edition of Grandia II was initially available on GOG, only for that game to then be delisted across the board because of the Grandia I and II remasters, which were then only released on Steam with Grandia II never becoming available on GOG again.

Yeah the lack of an immediate GOG announcement / LOGO, plus the whole Grandia II situation is what worries me. Will they really be the publisher to withold a Falcom game from GOG users? People are trashing NISA on that other thread here, but at least with NISA I wouldn't have to worry or beg.

[Greatve]

gog = on torrent on the first day

[Sargon Aelther]

Originally posted by Greatve:

gog = on torrent on the first day

Unless GungHo uses Denuvo or always-online-DRM, a Steam-Only release will still result in "torrent on the first day" LOL. Be real. Steam does absolutely nothing to stop that.

We ask for GOG releases because we wish to buy our games, not rent them.

[Erpy]

Originally posted by Sargon Aelther:

Originally posted by Erpy:

Gungho kind of screwed JRPG fans on GOG with the Grandia series. The Anniversary Edition of Grandia II was initially available on GOG, only for that game to then be delisted across the board because of the Grandia I and II remasters, which were then only released on Steam with Grandia II never becoming available on GOG again.

Yeah the lack of an immediate GOG announcement / LOGO, plus the whole Grandia II situation is what worries me. Will they really be the publisher to withold a Falcom game from GOG users? People are trashing NISA on that other thread here, but at least with NISA I wouldn't have to worry or beg.

To be fair, most of the games that are released on GOG don't contain a GOG logo on the announcement blurb containing the platforms. For the mainstream gaming press, Steam = PC so the lack of a GOG logo is usually not an immediate red flag for me. It WOULD definitely be a reassurance to have a Gungo rep stop by to make a statement though.

Originally posted by Greatve:

gog = on torrent on the first day

Somehow that never stopped Falcom from being okay with their games being sold there over the last 1.5 decade. And it's not like the Steam versions contain any always-online DRM baked into the software itself.

[Keihltrein]

Originally posted by Greatve:

gog = on torrent on the first day

Do you know that Falcom releases DRM-Free on Steam as well?

We buy on GOG because we feel is important to have a way to own our games.

[Sargon Aelther]

Originally posted by Erpy:

To be fair, most of the games that are released on GOG don't contain a GOG logo on the announcement blurb containing the platforms. For the mainstream gaming press, Steam = PC so the lack of a GOG logo is usually not an immediate red flag for me. It WOULD definitely be a reassurance to have a Gungo rep stop by to make a statement though.

Wile that's definitely true for a lot of game trailers, we usually get GOG pages for upcoming Falcom games, such as Daybreak 2[www.gog.com] and Ys vs. Trails in the Sky[www.gog.com].

Sure, it could be that they may release there without creating a "Coming soon™" page, but this is still unusual for a Falcom title and so it gives me reason to worry and to make this thread.

[Melodia]

Originally posted by Keihltrein:

Do you know that Falcom releases DRM-Free on Steam as well?

We buy on GOG because we feel is important to have a way to own our games.

If it's DRM free on Steam, and you want to 'own' the games (which DRM or not doesn't actually change but that's a different issue), why does it need to be on GOG?

[Sargon Aelther]

Originally posted by Melodia:

Originally posted by Keihltrein:

Do you know that Falcom releases DRM-Free on Steam as well?

We buy on GOG because we feel is important to have a way to own our games.

If it's DRM free on Steam, why does it need to be on GOG?

1) Because Steam should not be the pre-requisite for PC gaming. Choice is good for consumers. It should also come to Epic for that matter. NISA releases there too.

2) Because GOG creates a convenient offline installer for our archiving purposes, as opposed to us having to manually zip up the install directory after every update + any potential dependencies and also having to manually create shortcuts once we extract that zip of ours.

3) There is also no guarantee that that a Steam-Only release of this game will actually be DRM-FREE either. We don't really know how GungHo operates. There is also no guarantee that DRM won't be patched in at a later date. Just look at Capcom.

4) GOG also allows us to roll back to an earlier version without a fuss. We want to support a store that bans DRM outright.

Originally posted by Melodia:

you want to 'own' the games (which DRM or not doesn't actually change but that's a different issue)

When you buy a car, you do not own the brand or manufacturing rights under that brand either. You own your car though. We own our GOG games in practical sense, regardless of what some uptight IP lawyer's warped interpretation of "ownership" is.