b7b3d9 No.14509863
={DON'T FORGET TO SUPPORT THE GAMES (or not if it's a NISA/Aksys release) AND SPOILER THE SPOILERS==
>Latest News
- Trails of Cold Steel 2 PC released on February 14th.
- NISA have pushed the PC version of Ys VIII back once again to an undefined date. They have opted to give the game to another developer to finish porting it.
- Ys VIII to be ported to Switch
- Zwei: The Arges Adventure has been released on PC through Steam and GOG by XSEED.
- Tokyo Xanadu eX+ has been released for PS4 and PC. No changes were made to the localization.
- Ys VIII released on PS4 and Vita. NISA fucked up the translation. Examples: https://imgur.com/a/58G3W Translation fixes are slated for a Jan. 30th release.
- XSEED have ported Ys SEVEN to PC. It is available now on Steam and GOG.
- Zwei: The Ilvard Insurrection has been released on Steam and GOG.
>Other not-so-new news
- Cold Steel 3 released in Japan. Remember to spoiler the spoilers.
- Cold Steel 4: The End of Saga to release in the fall of 2018 in Japan.
- The full Trails in the Sky trilogy is finally in English. They are available on Steam and GOG and were recently updated to include Turbo Mode.
- Trails of Cold Steel I is now on PC through Steam and GOG with gameplay enhancements and newly voiced lines of dialogue.
- Tokyo Xanadu released on Vita. Aksys fucked up the localization. Examples: https://imgur.com/a/RgUTF
>Fan-translations
- Trails from Zero is at 60%.
- Ao no Kiseki Fan TL is 100% complete but it is not edited.
- Brandish 2 Renewal has been completed
- Ys VIII fan retranslation project has been cancelled until the official fix is released. The team wants to see if NISA can fix the problems. If not, the retranslation will continue.
- The Legend of Xanadu I & II Dub Project is finished. English tl patches coming in the next months http://tg-16.com/The_Legend_of_Xanadu_Dub_Project.htm
- Also in the works: Dinosaur Resurrection and Vantage Master Japan
>Undubs
- Zwei: The Ilvard Insurrection
https://mega.nz/#!Bw5SURQK!fsrMwjX72trMpoXK3Vx6kKn7cgcj1h5sf5E1OSqgA0s
- Trails of Cold Steel: JP voices
https://mega.nz/#!WkUyhDbb!B8dXNO2aBwNHibQ7tjTCyQLrX-bbBUV2jkZVUYxJ0Q4
Dummy files (Required to write over the newly recorded English dialogue)
https://mega.nz/#!AoVmhDoL!h7fYCD14LQD14Ema9zWVvqHZegYJX2PF9EYWbn3x-DM
Magnet: magnet:?xt=urn:btih:6A260B5B9AA460EB5A71AA88A5B314583DF419D4
-Trails of Cold Steel 2: JP voices + Dummy Files (same as above)
https://mega.nz/#!ywdFnKSD!c9E15HA0bRqU-5kro8gmqcQeRBg8Priqjv3d7dX0W5U
https://mega.nz/#!x11giKyL!ucCRM3OkmGQGbpRdVGdYeg-svzJ7cgUEuFzT2TaQyD8
Merge the JP voices and Dummy files into one folder and dump that folder into the voice folder.
>Falcom pastebin (download links for scans, Falcom Magazine volumes, soundtracks and more)
pastebin.com/G2mswYCt
7fca2b No.14509997
wtf I hate Cold Steel and nuFalcom now
4861fa No.14510274
>>14509863
I would bully but I did the same last time
I'm curious as to how Duvalie would get on in a Brandish game, every damn character is far too lewd with a tendancy to bully.
e7d6d5 No.14510369
How embarrassing OP.
Can't wait to play some TitS SC after danganronpa, hopefully this adventure turns out well
57d6d2 No.14510550
You forgot to include the news from last thread about that one Ys: Something or Other game getting a port.
https://archive.fo/gaSP5
8c4ae9 No.14511192
I recently watched the OVA.
It sure took some creative liberties with about everything.
a0ea49 No.14511821
>>14509863
>The Legend of Xanadu I & II Dub Project is finished. English tl patches coming in the next months
They've been saying this for almost a year.
7e14a2 No.14512519
>>14510550
Renne with icecream is so fucking lewd.
3df35a No.14513214
how accurate are these reviews of cold steel 1?
5bf7fb No.14513301
>>14513214
Well I agree the writing is a step down from TitS.
As for the whole formula, I already knew ToCS is a "we want the Persona audience" game when I starting it, I knew what I was getting into, so I didn't feel too surprised for comfort.
899466 No.14513328
>>14513214
1st Review
"I had a tragedy so I am like this" great oversimplification. You could apply that to any character, in FC or SC.
>so choose wisely your favourite team because won't have time to know them
In FC you switch party members every chapter too. You just stick with Joshua and Estelle. Then they change the formula later on the same way.
>You will do the same thing, there's a formula and you will repeat over and over again
>Also storytelling
Like in FC. Go to new town, meet new party member, do Bracer stuff, find out that something's going on, and you thwart the chapter's plot that's somehow connected to the overall plot.
2nd review
Yeah it's a highschool. But that and the bonding points are where the similarities with Persona end. Because it's not going to look into psychology and sociology, it's basically another game like FC where it's introducing Erebonia, the characters, and starting a greater plot that will span several games.
Also I do believe Alisa apologizes for that shit pretty early on into the game.
>The obnoxious teacher who doesn't know what they're doing
Sara? Did this person even play the game?
>The characters don't get enough development.
Mostly agree. A lot of them get shafted or downplayed in their importance. I understand why they're there; to give different viewpoints, like Gaius being someone who is separate from the Empire's internal conflict, so he's from the outside looking in, while someone like Alisa is supposed to be someone who isn't a noble but regarded as one because of Reinford.
>It also makes it frustrating to play the game when your party keeps rotating out people with only the MC as standard.
Trails in the Sky.
I would say that the biggest flaw in CS to me is that the structure of "go to new place each chapter, do thing" is far more apparent than FC. You see and feel it a bit more.
feb5c8 No.14513420
>>14513214
the first guy should replay FC
as for the second review the series has always had a bit of "anime" sure the scene with Alisa scene at the start was cancer but they got over it before they went on the first field trip.
647638 No.14513792
>>14513301
I went in expecting nothing and found myself pleasantly surprised. Enough to actually start playing the other games in the series. I enjoyed CS1 because Erebonia is an interesting place with a lot of culture and history, and the characters are good at representing that. I liked the world building enough to actually want to see the places mentioned in the other field studies. Gameplay is enjoyable if a little easy compared to previous titles. Rotating cast with fleshed out skillsets and master quarts also makes each field study fun from a gameplay perspective. I am very quick to drop games, and CS1 managed to keep me playing due to gameplay and world-building.
I can forgive the story since it isn't my main concern. CS1 doesn't add anything interesting story-wise anyway. Everything revolves around introducing characters and exploring Erebonia. CS2 is what ultimately sets up the overarching story. Which also means that the story structure in CS1 is geared towards exploring many different areas with field studies. Characters are weaker than TitS. So if you compare them they do indeed seem generic. Design wise they are all fairly good, with enough personality and purpose to not be bland. School life aspect can become a drag if you don't like it. Especially when the school festival comes around. Anime factor is higher than earlier titles but can be downplayed as ironic shitposting by Falcom.
Personally would have have been interested in a game where you are a Bracer in Erebonia with Sara, Toval, and Fie. Where Olivert and Cassius appear as cameos due to the Jester incidents and Osbourne trying to destroy the guild. Could also have tied into Crossbell and Liberl better. It would also have fixed the issues with the immense cast which has only grown larger during CS2 and CS3. But that is hindsight and I don't really mind. I also enjoyed CS2, even if it has many weaknesses.
899466 No.14513839
>>14513792
I'm kinda glad you weren't a Bracer in Erebonia. In each Trails series they place the characters somewhere different to start off.
Sky started you off as junior bracers. In Zero you're a special section of the police. In CS you're a student of a military school doing field trips.
I hope in Calvard they do something different as well.
e93274 No.14513904
>>14513839
Judging by the star door in The 3rd I'm guessing you'll probably be agents for their intelligence division.
Or ICE agents dealing with the refugees from the east, which would be hilarious
4861fa No.14515961
>>14513214
I'd say the reviews are a standard case of not talking to characters, especially npc's and possibly skipping/not paying attention to the bonding events.
If one where to play just the story then certainly what they complain about would, at least apear, to be accurate.
Considering the scope/size of cast I can't be fully comprehensive but to give a few examples.
Laura, if you just play through the story then she's just a sword autist whose only real development is her initial conflict with Fie and realising her own blinding pride/convictions among other stuff.
If one views he bonding events/talks to her, they can see her be conscious of her overly masculine appearance and her efforts to embrace her feminine side, via monica one can see her care for others in a non-martial role and enjoyment of activities for recreation vs competitive e.g. swimming with Monica vs Fie. Through dialogue you can see a pletora of other elements such as interests developing in other sword styles and general relaxation of attitude. This is briefly covering some elements on just the very first game, there is cleary more in 2/3.
Let's look at Millium, a character who honestly gets far too much hate It's not her fault she got Burch If one plays through the story she's just a hyperactive kid. However if one doea her bonding events they slowly learn not only her past but explore her emotional development going from mere curiosity to genuine concern, also similar to fie you see her disconnect to reality due to a more cut-throat enviornment growing up, not dissapear, but interfere less with her behaviour as she genuinly does mature and learn the rules of a differing society, there's also her relationships with characters such as her treating Emma as a sister figure or her bantering with Jusis and hints of love that would never be known if you don't actully talk to the characters.
Imma stop here since This is barely covering some elements of just 2 chacaters, and I can't say much more without spoiling heavily, especially regarding CS3 since alot of development in CS1/2 is bviously only partially done, I mean ffs characters from TiTS1 are still getting dev in CS3. In fairness yeah, some get shafted, poor Gaius, but one should reasonably consider that theres gonna be numerous other large games, case in point see CS3 for Gaius.
To cut down on the autism, what Kiseki does best is displaying gradual development and characterisation through lots of subtle changes and revelations only made possible to to containing lots of opportunities for characters/npc's to talk and hence drip-feed this as opposed to forced expositional dumps. Imagine a faggot who would run through the like of Baldur's Gate/Planescape Torment and complain there's no quests/npc's/worldbuilding while nigh-speedrunning the main story, they'd be called a retard
I'd address the individual points but >>14513328 has covered them fairly well. Honestly if >>14513214 are perhaps curious about playing them i'd say just try it out with the knowledge thats there's a bit at the very start with Alisa that's kinda shit and you need to put in some leg work talking to people to understand whats going on.
57d6d2 No.14517334
>>14515961
I'm glad I got the undub and only found out that Millium got Burched from the credits.
>>14517194
I refuse to open this because it's probably her dub VA.
296b96 No.14517440
>>14515961
I think CS has a serious presentation problem which although not exclusive to CS, being a general Falcom weakness, is pretty blatant here. What I mean by this is that the characters look through their designs and are initially presented as clichés first and people a distant second.
Example: Rean and Alysia have the look of the generic special high school LN/anime main guy and girl and their initial personality, backstories and disposition is formulaic to a T. My eyes rolled at them when I watched the intro cutscene and the prologue didn't help at all.
Most other characters fall exactly on that line as well, they are too fit to a formula at first. This gives a very bad first impression and made me really not care about any of them at first. It is hard to feel invested on generic kuudere girl #245 or generic class president #378 when you already seen so many of them over the years. I agree that some of the characters get great development, including Fie and Emma which I derided in the previous sentence, but I think they are terribly presented and characterized at first. Every single one of them.
I can't blame people for being disappointed or not investing their time to get the payoffs set up by the narrative when the first impression does so little to get you interested in the first place. You can argue that the characters initial characterization as boring clichés is intentional and made for further subversion down the line, but I can easily see how they could be better written and characterized from the start by cutting a lot of bullshit.
4861fa No.14517560
>>14517440
Oh i'd definitely agree, I mainly found issue with the reviews in that they seem to have played through TiTS and hence should know better.
I'm curious as to how everybody hates the initial meeting with Alisa though, especially since they usually mean the 2nd/3rd meeting excluding the prologue. I remember being hopeful due to the subversion when Alisa appologises after bumping into Rean initially, then becoming worried with that scene and cautiously optimistic with her trying to help in class. Honestly Rean is the main issue early on. But yeah, I do wish Falcom had perhaps made use of the prologue to, at least partially, showcase the characters to be more complex/developed than their initial appearances instead of Rean's cheesy speech with less meaning and more buzzwords than a politicians campaign #2241.
I'm really hoping Calvard's setting will neccesitate that characters can't come off as too generic initially.
>>14517557
Is that void where she pulls her sword from ?
29a886 No.14517569
>>14515961
Honestly it's just that having both Fie and then Millium in the same game is a bit much. Especially after they add the vastly superior (to Millium, not Fie) Altina.
296b96 No.14517612
>>14517560
>I'm really hoping Calvard's setting will neccesitate that characters can't come off as too generic initially.
I wouldn't hold my breath on it. I see the "genericness" of the characters as a marketing necessity more than something the designers actively wanted. As much as I see this as a weakness on the part of Falcom, it is a weakness ultimately created by the market. The core otaku audience, which is the core audience of these games, likes familiarity to the point that they swear allegiance to characters based on design/archetype alone. If the characters don't seem familiar at first glance there is the risk of alienating a lot of the audience. This is also why there is so many fucking characters in CS, because they went out of their way to pander to fans of every archetype/cliché under the sun.
4861fa No.14517622
>>14517569
Well in fairness Millium has received a bit of an upgrade a talking sword is gonna be fucking hilarious
That and if you don't choose to take her she isn't really all that present in CS2/3 hence my earlier point about all her development, much moreso that essentially everyone else being behind bonding events, so at least you can ignore her if you see fit.
8f8b77 No.14518049
YouTube embed. Click thumbnail to play.
And still we wait for Ys 8. Again, fuck you NISA.
b7b3d9 No.14522814
>>14522759
Yep. Next week is when the info starts coming in. And much like last year it will likely be a steady drip every two weeks or so until September. It will probably become much harder to avoid spoilers for those doing so, given the way CS3 ended. Just a fair warning. I will use spoiler tags for what I post, just be aware of the general climate.
d23fda No.14522856
>>14522759
1,000 characters appeared? Really?
647638 No.14523033
>>14522856
Either it is a jab at the oversized cast or the 1000+ NPC characters that have appeared. I doubt that it is the latter.
1ce331 No.14524873
>>14522814
Welp, looks like I'm struggling through CS3 in Japanese then. See you all on the other side.
2a6a51 No.14525280
How much of a toster can I play Cold Steel on? At the moment I only have a shitty laptop with integrated graphics, but Falcom games usually have pretty low requirements.
618c17 No.14525291
>>14524873
already ahead of you. By the time I'm finished reading and translating everything, cs3 will be coming out in english.
f1cbfa No.14525780
So I started trails SC and I'm already kinda peeved at this game. Maybe my memory is shot, but assuming its not the logical inconsistencies and holes thrown in so far are starting to piss me off.
>Kurt is apparently the second strongest bracer in all of Liberl now, and you beat him and a team full of senior bracers with just bear-dude, estelle and joshua in the previous game in the martial arts tournament no problem, sure you can chalk that up to Bear being OP but that's just fucking ridiculous. Why the fuck hasn't anyone been talking about this is this is true? Cassius Bright has a reputation that spans the entire fucking continent but this dude apparently is only second to him? I don't fucking buy it
>apparently people know about Estelle's role in stopping the coup? Despite the fact that I could swear the newspapers made a pointed attempt to not mention Estelle's name and Joshua's names?
>Joshua went from didn't stand a chance against Cassius when he first faced him, got fucking creamed in a heartbeat, to "an eleven-year-old kid nearly killed the strongest bracer and one of the strongest individuals on the continent
fuck is this shit
f1cbfa No.14525792
>>14525780
also Anelace's character art in this game is doing very strange and powerful things to my dick. Estelle's as well though I'm kinda peeved she got rid of the spats or whatever they'd be called. That skirt is just the perfect length.
fuck I don't wanna be a waifufag
647638 No.14525878
>>14525780
Did a random NPC mention it? I am sure any Bracer, military officer, and who else was involved obviously would mention it. I think the story with Joshua might be due to perspective. Joshua probably could only beat strong foes due to using stealth assassination tactics. Cassius probably almost got stabbed in the back and thus mentions almost being killed. Joshua remembers it as getting beaten in a second because that is probably what happened after Cassius dodged the initial attack.
As for Kurt. He probably is the second strongest during the prologue of SC. If his two boss battles are anything to go by. I think that in the tournament, Anelace is as strong as Estelle. Olivier is probably stronger than either Grant or Carna when he actually tries. Joshua and Zin should make up for the rest of the power disparity.
4861fa No.14525972
>>14525878
>>14525780
Yeah regarding Joshua vs Cassius, multiple enforcers mention he could likely kill them if he used stealth/ssaination methods, yet he is openly the weakest in direct combat. That and Cassius is probably exagerating a bit, it should also be considered that Cassius may have had difficulty stopping him without killing him, and he should have only just moved onto the staff at that point.
Regarding Kurt, i'd second >>14525878 but also mention that while perhaps ridiculous Bear is meant to especially shown much later in SC be significantly stronger than his in-battle ability.
>Why the fuck hasn't anyone been talking about this is this is true?
While I can't remember the full extent, quite a few npc's do mention the results of the tournament, even in FC although most people don't bother to retalk to npc's after each round, also remember Zin intended to go in solo and considering how small Liberl is Kurt isn't too big a deal, people would definetly not be surprised to see Zin win.
b7b3d9 No.14526011
>>14525780
Zin is very strong. Probably easily stronger than Kurt. Joshua is also higher on the power tier than Estelle so that tipped the odds too. As for Cassius's comments it could mean a lot of things. He could have been nearly successfully sneak killed or perhaps he was exaggerating to highlight Joshua's skill at such a young age. Be warned though, getting too in to power level shit in Trails will probably just make your head spin the more the series adds character-wise. Plot is always king when it comes to power level
>>14525792
Pic related.
f1cbfa No.14526026
also which is better story-wise to pick, agate or schera?
98258e No.14526049
>>14522759
I went with Schera. Because you get Tita and Kloe later and with Estelle all 4 take a bath at Elmo together, they ask her about what she thinks of Oliver and it's a good bonding moment. I like her wind magic.
98258e No.14526050
b7b3d9 No.14526058
>>14526026
They each have their charms. I think taking Agate is funnier, plus it gives him some screentime he's lacked but if you're the guy who was bothered by Olivier acting gay then maybe taking Schera is the better choice for you.
f1cbfa No.14526088
>>14525878
I can't remember now, I think it was an NPC though, I don't think it was anyone you'd expect to be involved in it but it was just a minor thing that sorta annoyed me.
>>14525878
>>14525972
alright fair enough, I just do not remember Kurt being talked about nearly as much, nowhere near as close to the idol-tier legend that is cassius, I guess that makes sense for second place but its still kind of embarrassing, he isn't even A-rank, how sad is the continent of Liberl
How the fuck did they even survive the war with a fighting force like this?
>>14526049
>spoiler
Nice.
I remember her being shit for me in FC because she was just too squishy when she was reintroduced, she was useful to be sure but goddamn was it annoying to try and keep her alive.
Tita was even worse to keep alive though, even though I wanted to use her. Too fucking cute not to have her as a party member even though she sucked balls outside of that blind attack she had.
>>14526058
>bothered by olivier acting gay
I wasn't quite bothered by him acting gay, I just liked to call him a faggot for it. yes I am that anon Just basic banter. He was enjoyable enough as a character I suppose.
I guess I'll pick Agate then, I feel like he might be a fun character to be around, though fuck this is actually quite a difficult choice.
I'm guessing that there's no way to be able to experience both outside of loading the save before the choice and doing each route in its entirety?
11ee48 No.14526099
>>14526088
Schera's insanely good in SC because she has craft that lets all other party members have their turns much faster.
b7b3d9 No.14526127
>>14526088
To give you a light gameplay spoiler it only affects the first three chapters. So if you did want to replay, it wouldn't be the whole game. The main story and quests are the same regardless. It just changes one party member who is there with you and this that changes the dialogue somewhat.
e515f4 No.14526419
>>14526088
> how sad is the continent of Liberl
It's a smallish country when compared to Erebonia and Calvard, which are the largest countries on the continent. Zemuria is the continent that all the games takes place on.
>How the fuck did they even survive the war with a fighting force like this?
Librel's airships (plus Cassius) saved them. Remember, Bracers do not directly involve themselves in war between different nations. As for Erebonia's invasion of Liberl, if I recall, Liberl's forces were pushed back to their capital and major military installations. With airships, they were able to break the sieges and go romping around Liberl and have complete air dominance.
899466 No.14527698
>>14526058
>>14526049
>>14526026
I just like Schera
tfw that short-haired Schera in 3rd
bfec65 No.14527755
>>14527698
She also changed her outfit slightly.
5dcd82 No.14529804
I see my favorite feature of this game came back.
I'm honestly surprised I missed one this time. Just my luck I guess
How annoying.
>>14526419
>Calvard is one of the largest countries on the continent
now there's something I didn't expect. The vibe I got was " mystical nomadic jungle/plains people" from what I've seen so far
>>14527755
not sure how to feel about this tbh
>>14526127
this is useful info anon, thank you
b7b3d9 No.14530205
>>14529804
Calvard and Erebonia are the two superpowers on the continent. Erebonia is a militaristic empire with a rigid class system and aristocracy but is also on the midst of great internal upheaval due to that class structure and a growing reformist movement. Calvard is more or less America at around 1920s or so. And like America they have an immigration problem with refugees, though in this case they're basically Asians from the east. People like Zin aren't actually native to Calvard. However due to the massive influx of immigrants large parts of the country have taken on an Eastern vibe.
50a00f No.14530268
>>14526088
>How the fuck did they even survive the war with a fighting force like this?
They didn't.
Chapter 5 I believe.
5dcd82 No.14531118
why the fuck is this so hard
as a side note I sorely wish Tita was better. Why is her EP pool so pitifully low? Her HP is already pathetic and her range is average, her crafts and AoE basic attacks are her only redeeming features and the fact that she gets creamed relatively quickly (though I'm able to keep her alive much easier than I was in FC for some reason, dunno why exactly) is annoying as heck
it feels like it should've been a given that she gets a decent EP pool and spellcasting at least
frustrating as heck
647638 No.14531231
>>14531118
She was perma dead when I fought the earthworms. I even used Lichtkreis 6 times during that fight. She got knocked out each following turn.
7a38f0 No.14531996
So I'm playing through 3rd and I just got to Star Door 15.
Jesus fucking christ.
beab3f No.14532051
>>14525280
I played it on a shitty laptop with integrated graphics but I had to set custom resolutions lower than 720 to get 30 fps. There's a thread on the steam forums on how to do it iirc.
beab3f No.14532070
>>14531118
Tita becomes good in the 3rd. :^)
680e9f No.14532089
>>14527755
Christ, I want to racemix with her so bad.
beab3f No.14532134
05500c No.14532137
>>14532126
Why not fuck off back there yourself?
8c4ae9 No.14532454
>>14531118
I used Tita (when I was able to) all the time during FC, and almost the entire SC.
647638 No.14532469
>>14532454
It is unfortunate that her recruitment chapter in SC has a bunch of story related surprise attacks, which end up knocking her out before she gets to do anything (do not know if it is less of an issue on normal). Smoke cannon with long barrel makes for good crowd control and chip damage. It can even help you cheese certain monster exterminations.
50a00f No.14532494
>>14531996
Was it your pleasure?
7a38f0 No.14532504
>>14532494
No. No it was not.
8c4ae9 No.14532547
>>14527698
Have more Schera.
Also a complementary Tita removing the undesirables.
d2b4a6 No.14533038
b7b3d9 No.14533142
>>14533038
Adol is dead. NISA killed him.
0f29b1 No.14535184
>>14534747
Hey, Josette. She's grown a bit.
b7b3d9 No.14535195
Here's the CS3 art book for people who want it. There's some spoilers in it, though. Most of which won't make sense with no context, but a few things might.
https://mega.nz/#!wT4D2K6I!Gitu5XHGhd2nykpHm_ouZrJENf65mo-qeBlUWcMnbIg
https://imgur.com/a/8jj30
b7b3d9 No.14535282
>>14535241
Those last two do show up in the game and the moment they do created a thousand false start theories. The truth, however, is much more mundane and of very little importance in the grand scheme of things.
beab3f No.14535381
>>14535241
I like that they used the TitS art in CS3 and didn't replace it with new art.
647638 No.14536246
>>14535195
Maybe people will stop complaining about her now
647638 No.14536258
Olivert makes CS1/CS2 Cedric look like a tyrant.
74f64f No.14536261
>>14535241
>>14535282
Please tell me Rean isn't Joshua's brother or some shit.
31c382 No.14537303
I want to be Renne'd asunder!
31c382 No.14537333
>>14513904
Calvard sounds a lot like the US with its open immigration policy. I'm guessing the Calvard Republic doesn't give its people public housing, healthcare or welfare benefits otherwise all that immigration would drive it into solvency.
b48f3a No.14537342
>>14522727
gonna need some marmalade to go with this sugary song.
b7b3d9 No.14537638
>>14536261
No. Those were the false start theories I was talking about. In reality Rean just got a flash of events while visiting Hamel, kinda like he does in the spirit shrines.
>>14536246
Pic related.
544e72 No.14539104
the trails games would've been so much funner with 2D battle sprites, or at least the current sprites not looking like such horrible potatoes.
544e72 No.14539106
>>14539104
trails in the sky, to clarify
7a38f0 No.14539143
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I found most of 3rd, excluding Star Door 15, to be rather predictable. But this, I did not predict this.
>>14539104
I found them somewhat charming myself.
f1cbfa No.14540197
There is something deeply disturbing about the villains in this game giving headpats to each other.
15f15b No.14540289
>>14533142
Adol will never die.
647638 No.14543098
>>14542929
Don't give the shippers new ideas.
74f64f No.14543107
>>14540289
Adol becomes Santa.
b7b3d9 No.14546056
Man, /v/ is moving faster these days.
e70206 No.14546090
Was it ever explained how Osborne survived getting shot?
b7b3d9 No.14546132
>>14546090
Sort of. If you really want to know CS3 spoilers below:
Osborne doesn't have a heart any more. Rean has it and that's what's in his chest, which replaced the heart Rean lost in the attack that killed his mom and basically him too. Whatever process Osborne went through to do this (most likely involving Albrecht and the Gnomes) rendered Osborne… extremely durable among who knows what else. Eugent mentions that Osborne is no longer human and even shooting him in the head wouldn't kill him. We still don't know exactly what he is (or Rean for that matter) or what happened though.
647638 No.14547012
>>14546132
I hope they go more in detail on how you transplant a full-sized heart into a young boy and how you survive without a heart, although it probably is based on gnome magic
74f64f No.14547018
>>14542929
I thought the fujos settled on top Machias/bottom Jusis.
618c17 No.14549143
>>14547018
Really? I thought it would've been the other way around.
5ab12f No.14549544
How would you anons feel if Falcom implemented an Arts Fusion system into the next game of the one after? i.e. if one character uses one type of magic and another character uses another magic and if they’re compatible, they combine their attacks into one ala Persona 2. I think it would be fairly interesting and would add a bit more depth to the combat.
74f64f No.14549558
>>14549143
Gay porn rules dictate that blonds always bottom unless it's two blonds. It's part of the jewish attack on the Aryan race.
74f64f No.14549561
>>14549544
Probably wouldn't be used that much since the vast majority of the time crafts are superior to arts.
beab3f No.14549780
>>14549544
Sounds like Growlanser IV. Might be cool.
7b2a8f No.14550292
>>14549561
I'm wondering how the balance will be fucked in Calvard. Crafts are busted in CS because in Crossbell crafts are basically useless by end game (especially on higher difficulties with physical attacks doing like 1 damage) and everything just devolved into arts spam making battles extremely boring.
74f64f No.14550315
>>14550292
Anything is better than Delay spam.
5ab12f No.14550740
>>14549561
That’s an easy rebalance.
c763cb No.14550753
>>14550315
The point with CS is you have other viable options. Yeah delay is busted, but you can just as easily succeed with arts builds among other things. In Crossbell literally only one thing worked in the end game.
235e82 No.14551555
this is perhaps the most adorable thing I have witnessed
and also depressing
e70206 No.14551629
>>14551604
she stole fies short shorts from CS2
618c17 No.14551651
>>14551604
Which would you lick first? Armpits or ZR?
ceb599 No.14551874
>>14527698
Schera's sexy and Heaven's Kiss is amazingly practical.
While I wait for SC and the 3rd to go on sale which of the older series is worth playing. The first two seem like pretty standard fare, and the Gagharv trilogy sounds good but you wouldn't be able to play the originals I take it?
b7b3d9 No.14551934
So yeah, the issue focused on Nu C7 this week. Probably have a more full picture of the article tomorrow, but apparently they're going to put in more new areas (like the rest of Crossbell City) so it won't be all retreads. Also Rean is the MC confirmed, so at least that stupid debate should be culled.
899466 No.14552514
>>14551934
I have no idea why I get a boner for this girl. Goddamn. There's another green-haired girl I saw screenshots of in CS3, but she has dark skin too. Maybe it IS the hair
5ab12f No.14552561
>>14551651
Neither. Altina is for hugs and headpats. Altina is a good imouto and should not be used for lewd.
8b4c93 No.14552851
>>14552781
>Sen IV will have an Ys slot machine
647638 No.14553593
>>14552781
I wonder if the battle against Osborne will be with Ash, Joshua, Crow, and Rean in the same party.
4d9095 No.14553759
So yeah here's a rough summary of the article. Spoilers for CS3, obviously.
https://pastebin.com/jkKptHAq
beab3f No.14553893
>>14553759
Can't wait to play cs3 in 2023 and cs4 in 2028!
e4d814 No.14553913
>>14553893
It seems to take about 2 years for xseed to bring it over so assuming xseed still actually has it then we probably won't get cs3 until the later half of 2019 and cs4 around 2021
4d9095 No.14553959
>>14553913
Reminder that CS1 and 2 were back to back even in the localization.
74f64f No.14553989
>>14553913
>Cold Steel 3 won't come out until the American Civil War is in full swing
Shame.
c05a39 No.14554060
>>14552781
Juna's outfit is kinda shit. Everyone else are quite nice though.
5ab12f No.14554213
>>14554060
I think if it had a different color scheme, it could work. I like what they were going for.
74f64f No.14554218
>>14554060
I like the art but the model looks bad. Also it looks like Ash is just wearing a dark version of Rean's CS2 coat.
5dcd82 No.14555491
yo fags how big of a deal is the defense stat? As in how much does it actually help in TitS?
Is a 60-100 defense increase worth a 5 speed loss? how about 5 speed + 10 agi? and a +1 mov?
74f64f No.14555567
>>14555491
Always prioritize speed, defense can be covered by Earth Wall.
7fca2b No.14555786
>FFXV
uninstall
>Ni No Kuni II
uninstall
Fuck. I guess graphics really don't matter after all. Even Coldsteel II is god tier compared to those two.
Looks like the age of good looking AND well written JRPG is over.
>>14555491
Agi seems to be worthless, 400 agi stacked on Joshua and he doesn't dodge anything. Like anon says focus on making fast, heavy hitters and spam Earth Wall.
899466 No.14556086
>>14555786
God, I could break out in paragraphs about how FFXV is a load of shit, especially on release. I don't understand how people can like it. TALES does a better job of literally everything.
I haven't played Ni No Kuni 2, but it seems a bit charming. If I do play it I won't be expecting much but a childish story and decent gameplay.
74f64f No.14556102
>>14556086
>childish story
It's about Trump the US president losing a nuclear war and getting Isekai'd into a war against (((rat people))). If nothing else, it's good meme material, but probably not particular good.
5dcd82 No.14556763
Good lord chapter 5 has me crying like a bitch
0a0443 No.14556873
>>14556763
Mind giving me a reminder? Is this of SC or something else?
5dcd82 No.14557302
5dcd82 No.14557321
also who is best storywise to bring into the research facility?
this is way too hard for me to decide between, 2 slots isn't enough
>wanna bring Agate
>pointless to bring him without Tita
>can't bring Kloe in that case
>zin and olivier are underleveled and could use the experience but they'd get their asses whooped
>schera is fine I guess but not sure if she's worth sacrificing a slot for
0a0443 No.14557339
>>14557321
Agate and Tita are actually pretty good choices I think. You're partner is Graham if I'm correct and he should have a few water quartz plus grail sphere which is a party wide earth guard.
0a0443 No.14557341
b7b3d9 No.14557506
>>14556763
I found the dream at the end of chapter 4 to be more sad. What got you about chapter 5?
f1cbfa No.14557578
>>14557506
the dream really hit me hard as well, fuck I've really mellowed out over the years to be feeling sad over shit like this
Really everything involving Agate and Ravennue after the orchards get torched
I hate how vague of an answer that is but it feels like everything kinda happens in a short time frame
>his fight with Loewe
>you find out about what happened to Mischa
>his outburst against Morgan while he was wounded
>Tita and him during his recovery
>young Agate's reaction against the mayor
>Agate's accessory and the backstory behind it
come to think of it I've just been feeling sad and worried for a lot of this game, even shit like what happened in Rolent had me very worried and sad
when did I turn into such an emotional faggot
f1cbfa No.14557589
>>14557339
thanks anon that helps; problem is that Graham's s-craft is 100 CP for, yeah a teamwide earthguard but 100 CP isn't nearly on demand as 54 EP from Kloe with my setup, which she can use earth wall with.
I remember using Kevin's healing craft more than anything else, though maybe that was because the last time I used him was during the second coup
c71bb6 No.14557835
>>14557589
The problem with Earth Wall is, that you have to keep your party close together, which makes them susceptible for aoe attacks. Grail Burst also gives you two guard on everyone, when Kevin has 200 CP.
feb995 No.14557979
Daily fuck you nisa.
>>14557835
>>14557589
Grail guard is also essential for the same boss fight in chapter 7 and the final chapter, because starting off a fight with a chance of all party members getting KO'd/Petrified is not remotely fun.
8b4c93 No.14558329
Did we get a confirmation on who's the main character of Sen IV? Is it Yuuna?
647638 No.14558339
>>14558329
Rean is main but not during the prologue. Prologue MC is not confirmed, but I could see Ash being a likely candidate since he is able to move freely.
beab3f No.14558457
>>14557589
You can break turn order with grail burst, which is what really makes it useful.
b7b3d9 No.14558903
>>14558329
Kondo is adamant in the magazine that Rean is still the central character, but given how scattered everyone is in these descriptions it sounds like the game might be shifting povs a lot at least at first, which would be kind of interesting and new for Trails. It would make sense for something that's supposed to be kind of a mid-series finale.
b1da9b No.14560393
>>14559986
Is that nips doing English dubs?
b7b3d9 No.14560770
>>14560393
They're in English class so it's a nip reading something in English.
c05a39 No.14560817
The modelers really did a good job.
3df35a No.14560877
so when did this game turn into gurren lagann
cbce4b No.14560897
>>14560877
You'll be fighting a certain someone later on that ship. If you want the bonus BP, you need to win. I managed to do that with home cooking and a few special items but it's pretty hard unless you get it right.
74f64f No.14560944
>>14560877
Wait until it turns into Xenogears.
cbce4b No.14561131
>>14561102
He is still Cassius's son.
3df35a No.14561288
tfw I'm at chapter 6 in SC and only am just now truly learning how the orbment configuration system works
I'd like to think I'm not usually this retarded but god-fucking-damn, I should've put more thought into this, I didn't realize the order of the configurations had such a huge impact, I was running a pointlessly inferior orbment setup and didn't care about it
cbce4b No.14561351
>>14561288
The lines matter for a reason, not just the stats of the individual orbs.
983ae6 No.14561565
All that time spent not leveling Zin has come back to haunt me.
Its funny how different my teams were in this game compared to FC though. I'm pretty happy with how much more viable Tita was for this game she barely ever died for nearly the entire time I used her, at least in comparison to Kloe (strangely enough). Maybe its because of that long-barrel accessory, the range is just so fucking nice, and her crafts are really good too.
>>14561351
Knowing this would've saved me a looooot of retries I think. It also would've possibly changed my playstyle drastically because of the different arts I would've had
5b71b1 No.14561594
>>14561565
Tita is genuinely the best character in the 3rd.
e4d814 No.14561623
>>14561594
I don't know renne and Richard are pretty fucking op in the 3rd
She is really easy to use though.
5b71b1 No.14561717
>>14561623
They are, but that skill that Tita gets 30% into the game makes her outright the best character.
5d4c00 No.14562001
We are reaching levels of RAPE that shouldn't even be physically possible.
c05a39 No.14562017
I just got to the part where Milium shows up in cs4, which has taken me 9 hours. Judging by the time taken to get to this point, how fucking long is it going to take me to finish this game?
3df35a No.14562038
>>14561565
Zin actually turned out useful and caught up quickly.
Tita on the other hand, disregard everything I fucking said about her, what the fuck happened
>0 fucking damage to enemy mobs even after a la forte
>and she's level 67 or so as well (everyone else is 72 to 75 but STILL)
647638 No.14562075
>>14562017
I asume you mean CS3. You are only about 10-15% based on average playtime.
c05a39 No.14562109
Yea, I realized when I posted, couldn't be fucked deleting and reposting. I'm quite surprised how far along that is. But then again I guess the game was cut in half.
b7b3d9 No.14562172
>>14562017
I'd say that guy is vastly exaggerating. Millium shows up on the first free day. You're like 3% in. None hours to get there is pretty slow. You've probably got at least 85 hours left at your pace if not more.
5ab12f No.14562353
>>14562038
Levels matter in Falcom games, anon. One level can make all the difference.
544e72 No.14562359
>>14562353
Its still hard to believe anon
beab3f No.14564847
i had to fall
to lose it all
b7b3d9 No.14564967
>>14564847
They're forfeiting the game before someone else takes them out of the frame, putting their name to shame.
c05a39 No.14564990
>>14562172
That's what I thought. When they start talking about military shit, I know it's going to take me at least 30 minutes to get through the conversation. I also dread having to talk to Aurelia because they always use Kanji I've never fucking seen before.
>>14564967
It's kind of weird to see an artist draw a character smaller than their model. Usually with characters with big breasts the Japanese artists tend to exaggerate that area more.
b7b3d9 No.14565214
>>14564990
Yeah if Japanese is hard for you this game is gonna take you well over a hundred hours. Easily. Kiseki is pretty much at the top on the language difficulty tier. You've barely started.
c05a39 No.14566058
>>14565214
I wouldn't say I have particular difficulty with the language, it's more loads of unfamiliar vocabulary that I have to look up. I've played through plenty of other games with heavy reading before (just recently played metal max 4), this however is like basically reading a novel. There's quite a bit power gap from manga/games to more complicated stuff which I wasn't really aware of till now, still enjoying it although it takes me an age.
66688a No.14566080
>>14553759
He got his shit fucked up.
e4d814 No.14566321
>>14565910
I am not a big fan of Altina's new outfit
looks a bit weird to me.
647638 No.14566632
>>14566321
Looks like something Millium would wear. Maybe that was the idea.
c05a39 No.14566844
>>14566632
The way the interviews make it out, probably.
4515a4 No.14567441
Unable to find games we head North.
8c4ae9 No.14567499
>>14567441
>magaline
What the fuck, I love Trump's America now.
5ab12f No.14571837
>>14568576
>Ein will never tease you
>You will never tease her with your dick
Why even live?
899466 No.14573250
>>14571837
>Sticking your dick into something that powerful
Not sure I'd want to, to be honest.
e08908 No.14573255
>>14571837
>>14568576
>>14573250
Did we ever get confirmation that the Church demands celibacy?
7fd02f No.14573293
>>14573255
Well they don't seem to be dominated by pedos and gays like our Catholic Church so I'm guessing they have consentual hetero normative relationships.
647638 No.14573343
>>14573255
Estelle asks Kevin if he has a girlfriend in SC. He jokes about having girlfriend candidates all over Zumeria. Although not direct confirmation he never denied that he couldn't have one.
a0ea49 No.14573483
>>14573293
Does that mean they're orthodox?
5ab12f No.14573551
>>14573250
Well, Cassius stuck his dick into Aidios herself if you can’t stick your dick in Ein then you’re just not manly enough.
899466 No.14573555
>>14573551
That hasn't been proven yet
e08908 No.14573615
>>14573555
>>14573551
It's not that Lenna is Aidios it's that Aidios is an ancient septium computer who requires a human host.
e08908 No.14573620
>>14573615
It should go without saying that Lenna is the most recent one and is also the Grandmaster, who is taking the treasures back as man no longer needs them.
0e1b65 No.14574573
Just ended the TitS saga.
Damn, I think these are the best JRPG´s I´ve ever played. I welcome more recommendations.
Also I bit the bullet on the Zero no Kiseki english patch and doesn´t seem so bad, I mean you can play the game and understand what is going on. I´m still at Ch1 so that might be. Although I really hate the typos like Wazy´s name appearing as {azy most of the time, maybe I installed it wrong.
899466 No.14574650
>>14574573
It's probably updated so it's not as bad as it was.
I think Ao has a patch but it's pretty machine translated. Has that been updated?
565158 No.14575017
>>14574650
Ao's patch is the spreadsheet (which is critical path only and still missing stuff and also worse quality than the Zero one) plus machine translation. It's garbage in my opinion. The Gurren one will supposedly be out in a couple months after it goes through a bit of an editing pass.
beab3f No.14575036
>>14575017
guren's over 70% and doing 10-15% a week it'll be out in april
517e39 No.14575607
A CS4 promo was put up in a store. Guess who's back? Back again?
899466 No.14575639
>>14575607
I can't wait to see them. One of the things I love about these games is that you can see characters get older.
e08908 No.14575648
>>14575607
Ooh, Schera and Kloe.
79cb25 No.14575667
>>14575607
Does this mean I'll have to actually play CS now?
e08908 No.14575670
>>14575667
Only if you like seeing teenaged boys be forced to commit war crimes.
beab3f No.14575710
>>14575607
april fools haha
79cb25 No.14575718
>>14575710
Ohhhh… I forgot what day it was… Damn it.
79cb25 No.14575800
>>14575762
1:14
Damn, they probably are bringing them back.
899466 No.14575958
5ab12f No.14575962
>>14575607
People shouldn't be surprised that they're coming back. I mean, there's no way they'd leave them out on all of the fun.
c05a39 No.14575967
>>14575962
I think in the interview they saying something about estelle and joshua not being erebonia, but then again I guess a lot of it is going to be set in crossbell.
bcd958 No.14575990
>>14575710
Yep. Sorry guys. We got rused because it was fucking masterful. I didn't even get into the other stuff the trailer had, which used really clever hacking of CS4 and some other stuff to pull it off. I honestly can't believe how much effort someone went to for an April Fool's prank for Trails.
5ab12f No.14577815
>>14577750
That supposed to be femRean? She's pretty cute.
e08908 No.14577917
>>14575762
Just straight up admitting she's Lianne. C'mon now.
b7b3d9 No.14578201
>>14577917
Again, it's fake. Though CS3 already confirms it.
899466 No.14578554
>>14577750
Aw man, stop this.
I need more, now. Goddammit
e08908 No.14578572
>>14578201
>Again, it's fake.
It clearly isn't, given all the new gameplay footage it shows.
b7b3d9 No.14578607
>>14578554
Here you go.
>>14578572
All of it was done with hacking CS3 and other tricks. That Musse outfit was actually dlc. I'll admit it's a very convincing fake, but it's definitely a fake. Literally every bit of video shown can be done with CS3. Not to mention there's other stuff that doesn't fit. For instance, that Olivert art? It's from Akatsuki. I was shocked someone put this much effort into an April Fool's joke for Kiseki of all things, but it is fake.
e4d814 No.14578618
>>14577750
her smile and optimism is not gone yet
>>14573343
the Gralsritter have a bit different oaths from the other clergy. If the general clergy could marry I do think we would have have seen a married one already though.
e08908 No.14578629
>>14578607
Well to be fair it's a great marketing tool, even as a fake. You see how excited everyone got.
>>14578601
>>14577750
Looks like Rean and Laura's daughter.
beab3f No.14580509
I keep reading Sen 3 spoilers. Someone needs to stop me.
03bb70 No.14580543
>>14580509
Stop and play the game. I really do need to resume it as well.
1de190 No.14580621
>>14580509
How much has been spoiled for you?
beab3f No.14580630
>>14580621
basically the entire ending and a few other details like crow getting graverobbed and coming back
1de190 No.14580652
>>14580630
Well I don't know what to say anon. At this point there really isn't anything to stop you from doing if you already know the ending stuff. There's a lot of people who just gave up and spoiled themselves because they knew it would be years until the got the game and now it's even up in the air as to who will get it. You can learn nip but getting gud enough to get through a Kiseki game is a process that takes a couple of years itself unless you're a neet with infinite time.
c05a39 No.14580914
I've spent a while trying to look up the skirts of the various characters in sen 3 with no luck, and then I find there's an actual guide for it. I'm not sure if I should spoil myself or not.
0ce837 No.14581083
I generally do not mind spoilers too much. Unless you actually sat through an entire playthrough of the game and can read Japanese, there will be a lot of character interaction, sidequests, world-building, exploration, and combat, which you haven't spoiled. While the story is an exciting aspect of Trails, it is far from the only selling point. I am playing through SC right now, and even though I know how it ends, it is the journey itself which makes the game fun. It can also be fun to try to figure out how the events throughout the game lead up to the end.
b7b3d9 No.14581211
>>14580914
In my experience stairs worked really well.
229544 No.14581394
♪Now, I'm gonna love you
Till the heavens stop the rain
I'm gonna love you
Till the stars fall from the sky♩
5ab12f No.14582539
beab3f No.14582570
6461d8 No.14582582
fuck Adol in the ass simulator when
d9e7de No.14582622
Brandish 5: Ares' quest for a nice bed when
5ab12f No.14583496
>>14582582
NISA already did that.
5dcd82 No.14583554
>>14583496
>it still hasn't been released yet
topkek
3df35a No.14584368
I fucking hate this game.
>Joshua does all the damage with his arts and has arts like clock down and orbal down and those crazy time spells
>Estelle has been the main healer since day 1 and I don't know how I'd survive without all the la tearas, and she's got decent arts capabilities as well
>plus I gave her most of the 2nd tier quartz
FUCK
I can't decide.
3df35a No.14584400
also a review on this game that I found that would trigger any normal human
http://archive.is/nWTJb
56ee00 No.14584474
>>14584431
You can only have one status quartz, so you can't include death, freeze, mute and petrify. You can also only have one quartz of a type, so if you have HP 1 and HP 2, you can't add both. Hence why Kloe has to have HP and Mind quartz because she has mandatory water quartz slots.
The more powerful the quartz, the more sepith it gives to arts the character can cast.
Percentages of status quartz are increased with more powerful ones, there's a petrify 2 you get alot later for instance that has 20% instead of 10%.
But if you do have characters with different quartz for instance, it's possible for them to stack. If I attack with Agate for instance who has Seal, that enemy then can't attack me. Follow up with Zin and he petrifies them. But that has a base 10% of happening per melee attack. If you use Hurricane with Estelle to hit 3 enemies and she has freeze, she has a 10% chance to freeze each enemy she hits.
e08908 No.14584484
>>14584368
It's only for the next half hour. Don't worry so much.
fa4a72 No.14584626
>>14513214
I think Falcom just wanted some kind of pull for new people when making CS1. I mean what tends to be what sells in JRPG´s? Highscools with anime babes and some romance options like persona, also the calendar thing is another thing they added. But when you look at it all of that was a all a facade, the highschool, the romance and the calendar system, it was never their focus as they drop all of that for the next games.
I kinda see why, I mean how else do you bring new people for an episodic series that is pretty hard to get into?
899466 No.14584672
>>14584626
It's even a facade in CS1 itself. The game is less about their highschool life and more about introducing characters and setting up the civil war. The calendar system isn't about time management, it's more for people who've played Zero/Ao to line up events, since both series occur parallel to each other.
3df35a No.14584696
>>14584474
I learned about this 2 seconds after I tried equipping more than 1 status quartz, but thanks for the write-up anon
I really wish the game told you that hurricane applies status effects, would've been amazing to know
>>14584484
>half-hour
nigger you must be a speedrunner, I'm just now finishing the rolent shit and am heading to grancel
fa4a72 No.14584709
>>14584672
Yeah, they present it as a persona-like game. But that is just a big lie.
8c4ae9 No.14584833
>>14584400
There's so much wrong I want to point out about this, but that would take up too much time so I'll be brief.
The current state of games "journalism" is a load of trash.
fa4a72 No.14584863
>>14584400
>Play first game
>Learn Liberl´s layout like the palm of my hand
And I have seen people skip FC to SC just beacuse they don´t want the "unnecessary" stuff, then they complain that they don´t understand the games and that they are not that good.
I wonder if people just refuse to play episodic games the way their are supposed to be played.
Journos really are a problem.
8c4ae9 No.14584959
>>14584863
It could be the lack of instant gratification. The just want to get to the end and say that they've "played it".
Funny how that faggot complained about not knowing where places are, when the game gives you a map.
3df35a No.14585180
Goddamn. Orbment configuration is the worst fucking nightmare.
I spent like 40 minutes trying to figure this shit out and ended up de-equipping everyone after I think I fucked up when Joshua somehow didn't end up with abyss fall or death screa whatever that all-attack time spell was. Fuck this is going to be hell…
I also don't know who I'm going to end up bringing. Agate might be one but I kinda wanna use Kloe and Tita and fuck, 4 party members feels really fucking limiting. Why couldn't they have made an exception for the finale, goddamn
it sucks even more because of how much dead weight Tita and Schera (Schera much less so because of that craft, but she still couldn't do shit besides that) for the last chapter and now they're underleveled. Olivier doesn't have a prayer of catching up, somehow he's level 54, and Zin… he's okay, but I don't really feel like using him, he's not dead weight but he's just not as satisfying to use as he was in FC.
Fuck
e4d814 No.14585205
>>14585180
if you run though the underground passages you can find some shinning palms that you can kill and with scaling exp they should catch up fairly quickly.
You can go back and change characters at any time before the very final part but I will advise that even though it will be a walk I would advise switch to bring Zin and Schera if you didn't bring them before for at least part of the tower as you get some extra scenes with boses. you get some extra dialog for Kloe's, Olivers, and Tita's respective bosses but it is not nearly as much as Zin and Schera
544e72 No.14585247
>>14585205
Hm.
Makes sense, I'll keep that in mind. Thanks for the information anon.
I have a feeling this chapter is going to be an absolute bitch, but at the very least I sincerely doubt it will be as bad as chapter 8. Holy fuck was that a lot of running.
e08908 No.14586704
>>14584696
You're doing it wrong. You do all the side stuff while you have all 4, then go back and do the plot stuff.
8c4ae9 No.14586720
>>14586681
I assume that is about the Trails from Zero fan-translation.
What are the odds that we get an official translation, before the fan one?
beab3f No.14586722
>>14586720
It's the Ao translation.
5dcd82 No.14586897
>>14586704
I realized that too late. Lost out on the grancel monsters too, fuck
1ce331 No.14586915
Damn, the monkey boss before this really fucked me up. Are Zero and Ao gonna be The 3rd tier in difficulty? For clarification playing on Hard.
beab3f No.14586931
>>14586915
They're more like a middle ground between TitS difficulty and CS difficulty imo. Similar to CS some of the biggest difficulty spikes are toward the beginning.
e08908 No.14587515
>>14587498
Unless it was starring Bluewhite the Ghost Stealer.
b7b3d9 No.14587674
>>14587498
The whole "they should have gone with the military idea!" mindset bugs me to no end because either the game would have been entirely linear or they would have been a "special" branch of it which would just be doing the SSS again. And everyone who bitches about the Thors uniforms would better have had a lot to say about all the characters wearing the same thing in that instance.
c05a39 No.14588052
>>14587674
I imagine it would've ended up similar to cs3. So basically "special team."
79288a No.14588071
>>14584863
The audience for game journos is mostly casuals. And there's no point for them to play a 80 hour JRPG. Let alone the entire series. Mainstream media barely pays attention to anything that isn't triple A fare.
647638 No.14588287
>>14587674
I think the primary issue is a lack of military/provincial army presence. Thors doesn't feel like a military academy. It feels like a Japanese high school where everyone also casually wields a weapon. Combat training and physical education didn't feel like a substantial part of the curriculum, but that might just be because it wasn't shown.
a797b1 No.14588497
>>14585247
I just realized how fucked up that paragraph was.
I want to apologize for putting you through that.
>>14588287
There is a Military Studies class too but I do think it is more accurate to call it just a school for nobility that gives them a little military and combat training to get their feet wet so they can continue with further education with their family or for the eventual commoners the army. I think if they had changed the combat tests to something like a wargame it might have emphasized the military part a little more.
b7b3d9 No.14588965
>>14588287
The truth is you actually see almost none of the schooling. You pretty much just see people on their time off, hence where that perspective comes from. Niethardt teaches millitary tactics and Sara is a combat instructor for the whole school, not just class vii. She even mentions teaching the other classes sometimes. But yes, the school isn't run very millitarily. This is actually the big change on CS3. Thors I goes into full millitary mode with no more extra curriculars and mandatory service after graduation. Thors II is run more like the original but because Rean is a teacher you see more combat training. Not to mention the introduction of soldat classes.
c05a39 No.14590646
I find it kind of funny she ended up working for an east asian jew.
5bf7fb No.14590814
>>14590646
D-damn, looks mature.
899466 No.14591022
>>14590814
All of the characters grew up and most of the girls got hot except for Millium
It's exciting in more ways than one.
5dcd82 No.14592311
almost everyone's "background" artwork is good except for Julia's.
What the fuck, she looks like a fucking dude.
5dcd82 No.14592315
>>14592311
I mean, her armor and body still look fantastic, but that fucking face and hair… it looks way worse than what she would look like in regular dialogue, don't know why
e08908 No.14592333
>>14592315
>>14592311
Isn't there one good picture of her with her hair down in 3rd from the fight w Mueller door?
5dcd82 No.14592343
>>14592333
>hair down
muh dick, Kloe looked infinitely better with it, I need to see this
>Mueller door
What is this? a spoiler of some sort?
I'll just finish this game real quick.
beab3f No.14592346
>>14592333
There's a cut content portrait of her with long hair.
e08908 No.14592351
>>14592343
Nah it's just a random flashback fleshing out the characters. Nothing major happens, they just have a practice duel.
5dcd82 No.14592354
>>14592346
still looks pretty dude-like. Dunno why,
beab3f No.14592365
>>14592354
She does have her hat off in the Mueller door by the way, anon was right about that.
5ab12f No.14592387
>>14592311
Julia is cute. Dunno what you’re talking about.
5dcd82 No.14592464
FUCK
I didn't think it was possible to grind too much in this game, but I might've done it. I just wanted to get all my characters up to par with those shining poms (god bless whoever decided to put those in) and now I think Joshua and Estelle are impossibly broken, at least that's how I'm feeling after that pushover of a bleublanc fight.
5dcd82 No.14592577
>>14592464
disregard that, I just died to Walter on the first turn before I could even do an action.
What the fuck
647638 No.14592787
>>14592464
My Joshua did 0 damage to Blueblanc, so I started spamming soul blur, after the battle I saw that I forgot to equip my new weapon.
5dcd82 No.14592867
I beat luciola, do I need schera and zin anymore for any more special dialogue/stuff, or do I bring Tita for who I assume to be Renne?
please no spoilers obviously
5dcd82 No.14592876
>>14592787
goddamn that got a laugh out of me.
speaking of joshua and weapons, I had a really huge laugh when I saw that the "all-purpose knife" sold in the bose market was stronger than the legendary weapon you find in the tower dimensions
b7b3d9 No.14593205
>>14592867
Renne has a few special lines for Tita, but nowhere near as many as Zin and Schera got. Renne's scene is more about Estelle.
After Renne is Lowe and whoever you take to that fight will be your party for the rest of the game. Lowe actually has unique dialogue for every single party member. Bringing Kevin, though, gives you hints for future plotlines.
e4d814 No.14593332
>>14592867
It is really minor so don't feel like you need to.
5dcd82 No.14593454
>>14593205
>>14593205
>party for the rest of the game
now this is going to be tough. I'm tempted to bring Kevin now for Loewe but aside from his s-craft he's kind of been a potato for me.
My fucking god though, that was a brutal fight. I don't think I've used that many healing items all game aside from maybe the tank battle. Holy fuck.
How much longer is this game going to go on?
I'm not complaining, this has been pretty great, all things considered but I'm starting to feel, not "fatigued" per se, but fuck. This is a really fucking long game. Might be the longest single player game I've ever played, especially if you count both parts as one.
c05a39 No.14593507
I kind of joked to myself that they should lock these two up and fie in a room and have them have a conversation but Tio seems rather different from Zero, I'm guessing the events over Ao change her character a bit. I guess Altina will also be going through something similar in cs4
b7b3d9 No.14593877
>>14593454
Kevin does have some interesting things to say, but it's up to you. Once you reach Lowe it's just a boss rush to the ending.
>>14593507
Tio and Fie do get a moment where they, along with Randy, tease Agate and Tita.
899466 No.14594232
Is there a place where I can download the OST for Sky 3rd?
5dcd82 No.14594294
THIS GAME IS AN UNBRIDLED MASTERPIECE AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA
5ab12f No.14594317
>>14594294
Actual spoilers for those who haven’t finished SC be warned: How sad were you when you thought Estelle and Joshua were gonna die? How hard did you smile when CASSIUS CAME RIDING IN ON THE DRAGON?
5dcd82 No.14594332
>>14594317
I thought I knew they were going to live because I'd heard people referencing them in other games, but despite that I still got sucked in, and I was tearing up and extremely worried, and then I let out a scream of strange triumph mixed with sadness still kinda lingering as I processed what happened and starting crying tears of joy.
I made so many fucking loud noises that I feel embarrassed, people in my residence hall must be wondering what's going on
What a fucking game.
899466 No.14594460
5dcd82 No.14594493
>>14594460
I will, I will.
Though I hope it isn't as long as this game, or I'll never get through my backlog.
Between the both of them, GoG says 120 and the games added would be about 170.
539e57 No.14594528
>>14594493
It isn´t. It´s way shorter because of the lack of NPC´s. Be sure to do all the Doors as they set up what´s to come in the series and are easily the most interesting from that game. Specially the last 2 doors, enjoy the game.
5dcd82 No.14594564
>>14594528
Okay.
is it worth replaying the ending with different character set ups from SC to see them all? Or not?
And does 3rd use SC save data?
beab3f No.14594573
5dcd82 No.14594606
>>14594573
Well that solves that handily.
What about Kevin Graham? Is there anything after Loewe's fight that gets revealed about the story aside from what was in there like this anon
>>14593205
was saying
beab3f No.14594655
>>14594606
It's been a couple years since I played SC, so I'm not sure, but the stuff in the pastebin about Rufina could be what that anon was talking about.
255f8a No.14595163
Guess this is the link to Cold Steel.
255f8a No.14595605
>>14595163
Schera's really got a perfect tanned skin in this one to be exotic.
5ab12f No.14595996
>>14595163
Osborne before he got his nosejob.
255f8a No.14596017
>>14595996
It's like a block of flesh on his face.
899466 No.14596143
>>14594493
It's way shorter. There isn't an overworld, there aren't any towns, it's more of a dungeon crawler than anything.
Which is kind of a good thing because it focuses heavily on the main characters; their pasts, their current situations, and what they're going to do in the future (setting up future conflicts).
>>14595605
One of the hottest women in Trails. Goddamn.
5dcd82 No.14596530
>>14596143
>It's way shorter. There isn't an overworld, there aren't any towns
What?
That's bullshit man, I don't get to see the effective epilogue after Liber Ark collapses/falls and its impact on the people?
Plus the dungeons weren't really the reason I played that game, but I guess the character focus is good.
d02edf No.14596538
>>14596143
>One of the hottest women in Trails. Goddamn.
I like Kloe better.
8c4ae9 No.14596545
>>14596530
In my opinion, SC ends the story of Liberl. The third wraps up the story of the characters.
It's still a really good game.
ea31e3 No.14596591
>>14596530
Some of the moon and star doors will tell you what happens after SC.
899466 No.14596621
>>14596530
3rd isn't a wrap up for Sky, it's more or less a bridge between Sky 2nd Chapter to Crossbell/Cold Steel. Some of the moon/star doors show what happened but it's not expanded upon; you hear most of the effects in other games.
It's still absolutely fantastic because you see the effects Sky on the main characters themselves, and how that starts to fuel future plots.
>>14596538
Kloe is lovely and I wish I'd see an older version of her in future games. But Schera does things to my dick, man.
d02edf No.14596696
>>14596621
Who's worst girl?
899466 No.14596745
>>14596696
Out of the just Sky?
You know I never really thought about it. I liked all the characters from Trails in the Sky.
If you asked me about Cold Steel I'd just shout out Millium. If you asked me about Zero (which is the only one I played) I'd just say Elie but also add on that she's not that bad, just feels a little boring.
d02edf No.14596748
>>14596745
If I had to go by Trials, I'd say the bandit girl is worst girl. Still have to play Cold Steel at some point.
5ab12f No.14596752
Hey goys. NISA want to get you back on their side. So that's why they're including the DLC from the PS4 and Vita versions of Ys 8 into the Switch version! Isn't that totally amazing and not scummy at all? My praise for them is sarcasm guys
>>14596696
Josette is worst girl from Sky. Alisa and Ferris are worst girls from Cold Steel.
899466 No.14596780
>>14596752
That's fucking atrocious, but at the same time I have a feeling that NISA is desperate at this point.
d02edf No.14596784
>>14596780
I hope it's a bad sign for them, I have no idea what Falcom was thinking handing them that in the first place.
beab3f No.14596796
>>14596538
i wish kloe would always wear the wig
899466 No.14596829
>>14596784
I do believe NISA promised them a better price, PC and Switch ports.
I also do believe that they're contract bound to release these; which is why their initial translations were hot fucking garbage and it probably still is even after it's been "Fixed".
eede4d No.14597168
I am what I am
And no I don't give a damn
I am a lolicon man
eede4d No.14597254
>>14588287
Well the audience for these games is Japs and weebs. Not Ghost Recon larpers from /k/.
Did anyone honestly expect cold steel to be set in a Erebonia West Point? If so you haven't played a lot of JRPGs.
899466 No.14597305
>>14597254
Ah Type-0. A pretty poor game but the combat and characters are 100x better than FFXV. That's amazing.
cf3e96 No.14597483
So Tokyo Xanadu+ is on gog now with a 40% off discount. Did anyone ever attempt to fix the localization?
5ab12f No.14597723
>>14597483
Nope. It’s not that great of a game anyway.
7e14a2 No.14597830
>>14597305
Yeah typical PSP gameplay. You were supposed to finish the game 3 times at least.
>>14597483
Jesus Christ Aksys is this generation's Working Design. Its amazing they got away with it. But then who the fuck played Xanadu Next anyway?
899466 No.14597862
>>14597830
Let's get this straight. Xanadu Next is GOOD, and was translated well.
Tokyo Xanadu is the one in question. It's decent, but was pulled from decent to bad with this NISA-tier translation.
It's sad because both it and Ys VIII are 60$. Full fuckin' price.
5dcd82 No.14597957
>>14596591
>>14596545
>>14596621
This game feels almost like a spinoff. Its kinda disturbing and extremely hard to take seriously.
Anyways its okay so far. How long can I expect this game to be? Please tell me under 40 hours if I'm being thorough
Erika is so annoying so far, holy shit
Ries too, but they're both slowly growing on me, goddamn if they didn't piss me off though
>>14596784
>>14596829
Supposedly its the french release that hooked in Falcom.
899466 No.14597983
>>14597957
I fucking love Ries.
The game is about 20-30 hours long I believe.
cf3e96 No.14597985
>>14597957
>Supposedly its the french release that hooked in Falcom.
Muslims need to hurry up and take over france already so video games get banned under sharia law
b7b3d9 No.14598059
>>14597957
Ries is a good girl.
c05a39 No.14598158
>>14596745
Millium in cs3 I found actually kind of endearing. Then again I don't have to listen to burch in cs3 so it could be that.
b7b3d9 No.14598299
>>14598158
While is dislike Burch as a person, I actually think her retard moe voice is fine. It's serviceable. It's her serious "tough girl" voice that she uses in stuff like Life is Strange and Horizon that sucks.
And yeah, I think CS3 Millium is nice. Nowhere near Altina, but there's some really good story content with her in there.
899466 No.14598308
>>14598158
I don't think Millium is horrible, but I subjectively I can say that she's the worst out of the lot. I don't hate her, but I'm indifferent to her. I even like Alisa more.
>>14598299
I hate her "Teen cheerful girl" voice. Like Rise in P4DAN, she sounds anxious and scared with a wavering voice 3/4 of the time, when she's supposed to sound excited.
b7b3d9 No.14598318
>>14598308
The problem with her in DAN is she isn't Laura Baily and honestly casting anyone else was going to fail. Burch can't do a Bailey impersonation the way Matthew Mercer can do a Troy Baker one. I thought she was fine in PQ, though. Then again, I'm like one of two people who actually liked that game.
899466 No.14598331
>>14598318
I didn't even recognize her in PQ; she wasn't trying to be Laura Bailey, yeah.
I liked that game. It was pretty decent.
e4d814 No.14598360
>>14598299
I honestly think she is the only decent western loli voice currently in the industry though that is not saying much. I find this really ironic considering who she is
It is funny just imagining her trying out for some role and then getting the loli character and then going home to scream about how terrible Japan is
b7b3d9 No.14598364
>>14598331
She was Rei in that game. I actually didn't know when I played either and thought the dramatic scenes with her were actually pretty well done. When I found out Burch did the voice I kind of had a moment where I realized I had to look at a performance objectively rather than just what I thought about the person doing the voice, because I had thought it was good before I knew who did it.
b7b3d9 No.14598841
It's almost time for a new bread. Anything need to change for the op?
3df35a No.14599019
Cassius is a master of 5D chess, forgot to say that earlier
>>14598841
I don't think there's been any new news aside from Ys VIII's date supposedly being finalized and a few minor updates to the news lines.
5ab12f No.14599340
>>14599019
I thought the release date news was just an up in the air "April release date"
beab3f No.14599842
>>14598158
I replayed CS1 with Jap voices recently and still didn't like Millium. Jusis shitting on her was pretty good. But apparently CS3 ruins that and he was just tsundere all along. :^)
>>14598299
>>14598360
I still disagree with this. I can't stand Burch's loli voice.