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Some Numbers posted:Don't listen to Charlesthehammer, Trails 3rd is arguably the best Trails game currently in English. It's a fantastic epilogue and gives you a real ending and sendoff for the Liberl crew.
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I’ve always wondered where the idea it gives you and ending comes from. They say goodbye I guess but it’s not like the character stories are over or anything. Honestly after hearing so much hype about I just expected more, so I was really let down with what we got. I don’t dislike the game but man was I let down.
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Aug 24, 2018 03:21
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Why does bringing closure to the arc mean that you have to never see those characters again?
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Aug 24, 2018 03:36
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CharlestheHammer posted:I’ve always wondered where the idea it gives you and ending comes from. They say goodbye I guess but it’s not like the character stories are over or anything. Honestly after hearing so much hype about I just expected more, so I was really let down with what we got. I don’t dislike the game but man was I let down. Well, it does help that most of them popped in from different parts of the country, and some people from outside the country. That's a big part of it. The main characters are likely not going back to Liberl anytime soon, either.
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Stabbey_the_Clown posted:It's pretty amazing how much detail gets put into this series. There's even backstory for that pair of gloves Rean and Alisa are wearing in their Cold Steel 1 summer uniforms. CharlestheHammer posted:I’ve always wondered where the idea it gives you and ending comes from. They say goodbye I guess but it’s not like the character stories are over or anything. Honestly after hearing so much hype about I just expected more, so I was really let down with what we got. I don’t dislike the game but man was I let down. Of course no one's story is over yet, most of them are under 30. Also I'm a bit confused. You were disappointed by the lack of a "true ending" since the characters' stories continue, but you were also let down by the additional lore that opened the door to more stories in the future?
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Cyouni posted:Well, it does help that most of them popped in from different parts of the country, and some people from outside the country. That's a big part of it. The main characters are likely not going back to Liberl anytime soon, either. Yeah, that's way too much poo poo going down in Crossbell and we haven't seen Calvard or Remiferia yet (technically)
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Aug 24, 2018 04:44
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... I'm in the final dungeon of Sky SC... and I'M STILL FINDING NEW CHEST MESSAGES
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iospace posted:... I'm in the final dungeon of Sky SC... and I'M STILL FINDING NEW CHEST MESSAGES There's even more in 3rd.
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So many more.
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Aug 24, 2018 05:00
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Tangential, the final dungeon gives me serious Halo vibes, in a good way. The layout of everything reminds me of the single player camp on that. Very well done atmosphere.
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Aug 24, 2018 05:02
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The main Liber Ark theme is one of my favorite tracks from SC.
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Some Numbers posted:Wow, that's honestly really cool. I was let down by how little it closes things,it makes sense with what I know about how trails operates now but the sky series was my first time with the series and at the time I knew little about it. I also was let down more by the fact I only really found half the doors interesting. So many were so boring and that made me sad. Though some were cool and I’m glad we still got more stories with some characters even if I may prefer if the trilogy was completely independent with the other games only really referencing the others.
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Some Numbers posted:There's even more [chest messages] in 3rd. Oh man, just you reminding me of that makes me want to play through it again. I don't know that I've ever seen a publisher inject even more emotion into a game like that before. Trails in the Sky jolted to life my long-dead like of JRPGs. I hadn't really enjoyed one since PS2 era; and out of no where comes TitS on my Stream suggestions, and it becomes my absolute favorite series of genre. I'm not trying to be tribal about it, but I'm playing Persona 5 right now and it's just not hitting that same nerve. It's got production value out the wazoo, some amazing art and music. But story wise and dialogue wise, so far it's not really close. Same with the Tails of series, I just don't feel impelled to keep playing them after a few hours. I give CS a hard time, because I don't think it really competes with Sky, but on the gamut of JRPGs I've played, it's still right near the very top.
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https://twitter.com/RPGSite/status/1033537160509415424 might get announced at TGS
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I wonder where Adol will find himself shipwrecked this time!
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No really, gently caress him.
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pro-tip he's weak to debuffs, which means that's right, it's Josette's time to shine (ok kloe instead)
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Kloe is almost always in my party, for what it's worth
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iospace posted:Kloe is almost always in my party, for what it's worth that is good. anyway, use her strength/defense debuff on him, have someone clock-down him, and clock-up the entire party and suddenly things get a lot easier. there is also path of earth wall spam
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Cake Attack posted:that is good. My biggest annoyance with him is he almost always opens up with an s-break. And "oh I'm so powerful" and still summons two adds that aren't clones. e: beat him, finally. iospace fucked around with this message at 06:19 on Aug 26, 2018 |
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Aug 26, 2018 05:41
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I'm playing Trails of Azure, and they really thought this series through, huh? It's mentioning details from the Cold Steel series that don't come up until Cold Steel 2 (and like relatively specific details, not big picture stuff). edit: Well, may have been late CS1, can't remember Ytlaya fucked around with this message at 08:16 on Aug 26, 2018 |
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Ytlaya posted:I'm playing Trails of Azure, and they really thought this series through, huh? It's mentioning details from the Cold Steel series that don't come up until Cold Steel 2 (and like relatively specific details, not big picture stuff). It probably helped they had most of the Erebonia scenario plotted out before they even decided to do the Crossbell games (at least, I'm pretty sure I've heard that before.)
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iospace posted:And "oh I'm so powerful" and still summons two adds that aren't clones. At least he's not Walter. "TIME FOR A REAL DEATH MATCH*!" (* where I have help from robots)
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Justin_Brett posted:At least he's not Walter. Would you prefer they make you one on one him with Zin.
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OddObserver posted:Huh, wonder what they mean about "directly following up" --- that story sure looks pretty wrapped up. They were trying to go to Altago yeah. There was a lot of talk about the Romun Empire gunning for Adol so maybe it'll be there.
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Wow, I am continually impressed at how well these games set things up, so that something in one game can have tremendously greater context with information from other games. In this case, the event is in Cold Steel 1, with context from Trails in the Sky SC and Cold Steel 2's NG+. Spoiler-tagged to not give anything away for those who haven't played/seen Cold Steel 2's NG+ yet. In Chapter 4 of Cold Steel 1, when walking around the dorms, Rean can talk with Sara and she mentions that Instructor Thomas drank a lot, but seemed to be completely unaffected by the booze. Just one of his strange character traits. Probably goes with his habit of eating awful cooking. But there was something in Trails in the Sky SC... the quest "Diaset's Secret" reveals that the Church of Aidios knows of a medicine which blocks the effect of alcohol. (Cold Steel 2 NG+) As a member of the church, Thomas could easily know about the existence of that medicine.
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Kondo gave a interview on Cold Steel 4 and I'll just share the non-spoiler bits. -“There are some characters yet to be introduced in order to avoid spoilers.” If you've been following Cold Steel 4 news, that's a hosed up statement because jesus christ. -“This time there’s a part where you’ll split up into multiple parties to take on. An unexpected character will also show up with Order Command.” The roster is almost as big as Suikoden games in playable characters at this point. -"Since it revolves around a story surrounding the Empire, unfortunately there are some characters that won’t make an appearance.” -“However, those characters will have a place we’ve prepared for them in the next Trails series, so please look forward to that next series.” Also an absurd statement considering anyone following Cold Steel 4 news.
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Tae posted:Kondo gave a interview on Cold Steel 4 and I'll just share the non-spoiler bits. I'd be guessing that last statement is dealing with Sky characters who are from calverd but I haven't been spoiling myself on 3 and 4 so who knows.
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Tae posted:-“There are some characters yet to be introduced in order to avoid spoilers.” If my interpretation of this is correct, it's almost a spoiler in and of itself.
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Stabbey_the_Clown posted:Wow, I am continually impressed at how well these games set things up, so that something in one game can have tremendously greater context with information from other games. In this case, the event is in Cold Steel 1, with context from Trails in the Sky SC and Cold Steel 2's NG+. Spoiler-tagged to not give anything away for those who haven't played/seen Cold Steel 2's NG+ yet. Well, there's that but then again, he might have been similar to Aina. Unless… OMFG, Aina is a Dominion!!!
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Finally done with Azure and while the ending itself wasn't mind-blowing that was only because everything leading to it basically answered all of the arc's biggest mysteries so all you were doing was cleaning things up and saving KeA. It was on par with the rest of the series if you take it all into account. The very last part of the ending sequence was hilariously spoilery though. Since I played CS1 beforehand, I seriously thought Osborne was dead but it sure doesn't look like it, not to mention it says straight up the Noble Faction doesn't win but that was fairly obvious considering they have the support of Ouroboros.
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After taking my time and losing stamina for a few months I'm now headed towards the end of Sky 3rd. Just finished all Moon, Star, and Sun doors today. I thought people said this game took less time to beat than FC and SC but if my save file is over 60 hours already which is about how long it took me to beat SC.
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Probably depends how much time you spent talking to NPC's and stuff in the previous games. For FC and 3rd I had similar playtimes, but SC was much longer.
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Erpy posted:Well, there's that but then again, he might have been similar to Aina. Unless… OMFG, Aina is a Dominion!!! Aina is the Grandmaster. edit: The Phantasmal Flame plan is just some convoluted scheme to create infinite alcohol.
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Ytlaya posted:Aina is the Grandmaster. Oh come on, we all know it's Dorothy
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