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Nihon Falcom

3 games by Nihon Falcom reviewed here.

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Ys VIII: Lacrimosa of Dana

A shipwreck-survival action RPG that turns rescuing NPCs into a settlement-building system and backs it with some of the fastest, most readable real-time combat Nihon Falcom has ever shipped. The PC version carries genuine baggage from a rough 2018 launch and a since-rewritten English script, but the game underneath both has aged well.

7.5 / 10

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Xanadu Next

A 2005 Nihon Falcom action-RPG that reviewers independently and repeatedly describe as a possible hidden influence on Dark Souls, held back on its 2016 Western Steam release by real technical instability, a build-lock design complaint, and a striking loss for native Japanese-speaking fans — the original Japanese language track was removed entirely.

7 / 10

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The Legend of Heroes: Trails beyond the Horizon

The 13th entry in Nihon Falcom's long-running Trails series pairs a widely praised, technically excellent PC port with a genuinely split reception on pacing and writing among the exact veteran fanbase most qualified to judge it, compounded by specific removed anti-aliasing options, contested localisation quality, and a notable absence of the series' usual romance options.

6.5 / 10

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