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Tae posted:Are you being obtuse just because I didn't finish your favorite game? Because comparing two completely different mediums sound like it. No, I'm saying Trails is slow paced and reliant on its story. If you don't care for the story's pacing then you're not going to care for anything else. Find another game. I had the same deal as you when I first played Trails. I found it slow and plodding. Then later I sat down and decided "I'm going to treat this game like a book and I'm going to enjoy that." and I enjoyed it a lot more.
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Tae posted:Are you being obtuse just because I didn't finish your favorite game? Because comparing two completely different mediums sound like it. I dunno man, Trails in the Sky FC has more text than a lot of books, and SC has even more than that, so I'd say the comparison's accurate for once.
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Tae posted:Are you being obtuse just because I didn't finish your favorite game? Because comparing two completely different mediums sound like it. no one's mad, you just seem to think it'd be like playing Suikoden 2 without 1. It's a super story heavy game and the story is split between the two games. You probably shouldn't buy SC, it doesn't seem like you'd enjoy it
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Oct 29, 2015 17:48
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I never like book comparisons cause much of a game's text is wrapped up in generic towns people text.
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Oct 29, 2015 18:03
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I have FC open right now and I'm in Chapter 1 and all the NPCs have small subplots going on that updates after every event. I wouldn't call it "generic".
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Oct 29, 2015 18:07
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I tried to follow as many of those as possible while playing and none of them really interested me, and several had the usual redundancies regarding world events. Just seemed like general world building which is always nice if you are super into the game and setting, but it doesn't really hurt you if you choose to skip them. Regardless the word count comparison isn't well fitted, the writers for either medium have to do things differently given limitations. A lot of text is allocated to the NPCs but you can still play through FC pretty quickly and be well off enough for SC. Rascyc fucked around with this message at 18:22 on Oct 29, 2015 |
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Things in this chapter that stand out to me: the old couple having an argument about the old man's hobbies, the two rival trade families where one of the dad's was on the airliner but his daughter is also rising up in the business and gaining more control while the other family's son doesn't want to be in the business, the backstabbing Orbment Store owner who fooled a dude who is now drinking his problems away in the bar before deciding he needs to get up on his feet, the ex-army man who started up a clothing store and how his wife slowly begins to accept it, the girl in the stall selling sweets who has to take over when the owner was on the airliner who is nervous at first but gets more and more popular (during one conversation in particular Estelle remarks that she has to seriously focus and try harder because there's a lot of people at stake here not just her own family), and Seagore's ongoing pilgrimage through the country.
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Oct 29, 2015 18:33
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is Trail in the sky fc's "nightmare mode" fun. I've been playing and it's really easy and boring so I might want to just..download a clear save.
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Oct 29, 2015 20:03
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GulagDolls posted:is Trail in the sky fc's "nightmare mode" fun. I've been playing and it's really easy and boring so I might want to just..download a clear save. Spacedrake said in another thread it is basically NG+ only.
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Oct 29, 2015 20:17
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yeah they just apply big multipliers to enemy stats pretty lazily. It's only feasible on NG+ and the formulas aren't really balanced around it
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Oct 29, 2015 20:19
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It's like the last boss from Lagoon, except with controls that can actually evade that attack pattern!
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Oct 29, 2015 20:29
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Tae posted:Are you being obtuse just because I didn't finish your favorite game? Because comparing two completely different mediums sound like it. Trails in the Sky was originally planned as one game that got split up because releasing it that way would have bankrupted the company. You can't just skip to the second one.
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Cake Attack posted:yeah they just apply big multipliers to enemy stats pretty lazily. It's only feasible on NG+ and the formulas aren't really balanced around it lame!! the combat infrastructure is really good but I just really quickly outstripped all the enemies without trying. I know you can run away without penalty but it's kind of annoying to keep having to do that after enemies pop up right in front of you on the map.
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Oct 29, 2015 21:04
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how many apocalypses are we up to now in the drakengard + nier universe (theyre connected right?). like 4 in a row?
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GulagDolls posted:lame!! the combat infrastructure is really good but I just really quickly outstripped all the enemies without trying. I know you can run away without penalty but it's kind of annoying to keep having to do that after enemies pop up right in front of you on the map. There should be quartz that make enemies more visible and make them ignore you, you can just walk past whatever you don't want to fight
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Oct 29, 2015 21:12
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After the talk about DQ7's slow pace, and hearing the same thing about Trails, maybe I should try out Trails for my placid JRPG fix since DQ7 isn't available.
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Oct 29, 2015 22:52
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Trails is positively speedy compared to DQ7
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Oct 29, 2015 22:58
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From what I heard, your first battle isn't for like 7 hours.
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Oct 29, 2015 23:01
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It really bothers me that Developers can program the light output of the PS4 controller, and Bandai Namco made the decision to choose the same red that the critical failure warning gives. Like who decided on this when porting over TOZ.
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Tae posted:From what I heard, your first battle isn't for like 7 hours. Boss battle, maybe, but you get to fight some stuff like an hour in, tops.
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Oct 29, 2015 23:14
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Red Red Blue posted:There should be quartz that make enemies more visible and make them ignore you, you can just walk past whatever you don't want to fight I can't tell if you're being facetious but for people who don't know there are quartzes that do exactly those two things. Edit: Oh, never mind, you weren't saying 'it would be nice if they had these' but rather 'you should be able to find the quartzes that do this because they exist'. Sorry, I misinterpreted your intent.
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I am amazed and enthralled that there will finally be a good Drakengard game.
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Butt Ghost posted:I am amazed and enthralled that there will finally be a good Drakengard game. C'mon, Nier didn't have the best combat, but it was most definitely a good game. Also 'good Drakengard game' is a very low bar to set.
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Oct 30, 2015 02:48
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I love Nier, but as a game it's a bit mind-numbing. At the very least, it doesn't physically hurt to play like an entry from the main series.
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Oct 30, 2015 02:57
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Sure, but consider this: boar drifting
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Can't argue with that
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Relin posted:how many apocalypses are we up to now in the drakengard + nier universe (theyre connected right?). like 4 in a row? the apocalypse has had an apocalypse - nier: blood dragon
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Oct 30, 2015 03:17
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Any word on when the PAL PSN store will get the PSP version of Trails in the Sky SC?
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Oct 30, 2015 06:09
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Neddy Seagoon posted:Any word on when the PAL PSN store will get the PSP version of Trails in the Sky SC? *sobbing noises*
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Sakurazuka posted:*sobbing noises* Oh. 
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XSeed's official stance on social media is 'we'll keep you posted'.
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Relin posted:how many apocalypses are we up to now in the drakengard + nier universe (theyre connected right?). like 4 in a row? One. It kind of just started in one world and moved into the other.
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Would you say there's a certain hostility towards anything turn based these days?
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not really. maybe random encounters, but not turn based in general
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Random encounters is the biggest thing that people hate from the past. Turn-based still has very much a place, in some fashion as it's still being done recently.
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Tae posted:From what I heard, your first battle isn't for like 7 hours. That first dungeon is the best part of DQ7
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There's some cool areas in DQ7 but everything takes so long that they all run together. About the only thing I can remember now is the party calling the Wind Spirit a slut the minute she got off screen. She demanded a 5 year supply of hot guys as payment for waking her up and hit on everything in a 3 mile radius in her minute of screen time 
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HGH posted:Would you say there's a certain hostility towards anything turn based these days? There is from me
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Butt Ghost posted:I am amazed and enthralled that there will finally be a good Drakengard game. drakengard is good
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HGH posted:Would you say there's a certain hostility towards anything turn based these days? I wouldn't say hostility but bad turn based combat is especially egregious because it's basically a test of how much time you have. If Planescape: Torment had turn-based combat, where each character had to move individually on their turn, people wouldn't speak so fondly of it. At least with real time games everything moves at a consistent pace.
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