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Zaggitz
Jun 18, 2009

My urges are becoming...

UNCONTROLLABLE

I'm buying SC on Steam GOG and PSN, it'll eat into my other gaming plans, but it's a good problem to have. I'll also probably get both versions of Cold Steel.

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Zaggitz
Jun 18, 2009

My urges are becoming...

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SpaceDrake posted:

Interesting note with this - Cold Steel will support cross-play. So you can move your saves between the Vita and PS3 versions at will, if you wish. It's a lot of outlay for two copies of the game, but it is pretty rad if you travel a lot and want to play on the go but also play on a big screen.

This isn't the case with Sky SC - Sara tried her god damnedest to make it work, but the save structure between the PSP and PC versions is just too different.

edit: Also if we're posting Falcom music, in a small way I feel like this is obligatory:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-azjB3lsUTU

The Crossbell campaign has a lot of the best music in Trails. If nothing else, I am bummed that the Anglosphere hasn't gotten to experience that in person just yet.

how big is the quality jump from the vita to the ps3 for these btw? Would I be secure in just playing the vita versions? I don't really wanna go through the hassle of unboxing my old ps3 unless its a marked improvement.

edit: Gurumin is missing from the OP, also.

Zaggitz
Jun 18, 2009

My urges are becoming...

UNCONTROLLABLE

cat doter posted:

sometimes it's ok to feel things that are wrong, we all do it

I mean I'll reserve judgment until after I try the game but I'm playing nier at the moment which is also hella anime, but persona 4 is preeeeeeeeeeetty gooooooood maaaaaaaaaan

Trails 1 nails that small comfy rural town feel that persona 4 does pretty well, tho most of the mysteries outside of the main one are much lower stake. It's also rife with some really good world and character building and sets up some really cool plotlines for the sequel.

Zaggitz
Jun 18, 2009

My urges are becoming...

UNCONTROLLABLE

Man does Agate ever stop being such a wet blanket? He's easily my least favorite character of FC, and that tagline for SC of "go with Agate or Schera" doesn't even come close to making that choice difficult.

Zaggitz
Jun 18, 2009

My urges are becoming...

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Just based on random bits and clips I've seen of SC, it seems much harder, combat-wise.

Zaggitz
Jun 18, 2009

My urges are becoming...

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Did Trails in the Sky 3rd get any psp exclusive content like SC did?

Zaggitz fucked around with this message at 09:24 on Oct 28, 2015

Zaggitz
Jun 18, 2009

My urges are becoming...

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Fighting Reverie in FC as SC downloads. Final Chapter of FC was longer than I remembered.

Zaggitz
Jun 18, 2009

My urges are becoming...

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I have right stick camera movement checked on SC but its not working.

Zaggitz
Jun 18, 2009

My urges are becoming...

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Finished the prologue, new boss music is A+++.

Zaggitz
Jun 18, 2009

My urges are becoming...

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Anyone know what the other three ingredients for Orvid are other than Tender Poultry, Fish Egg and Bird Egg? Also what to kill for them would be helpful

Zaggitz
Jun 18, 2009

My urges are becoming...

UNCONTROLLABLE

Hivac posted:

Does Estelle have a particular line for if you're in the right spot for the photo or is it just a nebulous guessing game for maximum BP?

Gamefaqs says to be standing to the right of the altar.

Zaggitz
Jun 18, 2009

My urges are becoming...

UNCONTROLLABLE

I'm headed there now, i'll let you know if anything works for me.

Zaggitz
Jun 18, 2009

My urges are becoming...

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crashed on retry.

Zaggitz
Jun 18, 2009

My urges are becoming...

UNCONTROLLABLE

Olivier :allears:


I picked Schera but since i know I'm gonna ng+ this at some point I made a mental note to pick Agate eventually.

Zaggitz
Jun 18, 2009

My urges are becoming...

UNCONTROLLABLE

Hivac posted:

Yup.

Speaking of Sapphril Tower, goddamn that monster chest was a hell of a fight

although it didn't help that I wasn't paying attention and exploded agate on his first turn and I also had a civvie NPC with me

I did all the monster extermination quests with Dorothy in my party because I'm a loving idiot.

Zaggitz
Jun 18, 2009

My urges are becoming...

UNCONTROLLABLE

Anybody found volume one of gambler jack yet. I got 2 at the casino.

Zaggitz
Jun 18, 2009

My urges are becoming...

UNCONTROLLABLE

Finished Chapter 1! Olivier and Bleublanc was so, so good.

I'm finding the game to be quite a bit more difficult, but in a good way that generally feels good and not horseshit, Death Throes aside. :argh:

Taking a break for now but looking forward to jumping into Chapter 2 tomorrow after work.

edit: For anyone who gets stuck doing the detective sidequest, there's another npc you can question on the docks accessed via the basement.

Zaggitz fucked around with this message at 11:11 on Oct 30, 2015

Zaggitz
Jun 18, 2009

My urges are becoming...

UNCONTROLLABLE

Saralene posted:

This was about Brandish and its resting mechanic, not Trails SC, I'm afraid.

As far as SC goes, by the way, hopefully the last couple of patches have improved stability a bit. The XSEED Tumblr should be posting a blog entry by me shortly, too.

You are doing saintly work, thanks.

Zaggitz
Jun 18, 2009

My urges are becoming...

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Are there bp rewards in 3rd for maxing out in SC? I'm already aware of how different the setup is for that game so I cant really see it.

Zaggitz
Jun 18, 2009

My urges are becoming...

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Holy crap Major Cid.

Zaggitz
Jun 18, 2009

My urges are becoming...

UNCONTROLLABLE

Tamba posted:

Yes, you get a CP-auto-regen accessory for A ranking SC, or a CP-rate-increasing accessory for B rank.

Oh the gladiator accessories? Nice. Do you get both for A rank or just the belt?

Zaggitz
Jun 18, 2009

My urges are becoming...

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Do reserve party members get exp?


edit: holy poo poo did one battle and Tita gained like 8 levels.

Zaggitz fucked around with this message at 04:02 on Oct 31, 2015

Zaggitz
Jun 18, 2009

My urges are becoming...

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MAN IF I HAD KNOWN THERE WAS GONNA BE A HOT SPRINGS BATH SEQUENCE I WOULDN'T HAVE PUT OLIVIER IN MY RESERVE.

MANNNNNNNNNN. :negative:

edit: sheep mech.

Zaggitz fucked around with this message at 04:22 on Oct 31, 2015

Zaggitz
Jun 18, 2009

My urges are becoming...

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Some Numbers posted:

Also, I'm kind of surprised you didn't expect a hot springs sequence considering that you were in Zeiss and the hot spring wasn't broken.

I figured it was gonna be a plot thing, so I just took Kloe with me cause the other two jobs were for monster kills and I wanted my healer.

edit: Sara's blog is up.

I'm buying all three versions of this game, and I can't thank you enough for this insane amount of work, Sara.

Zaggitz
Jun 18, 2009

My urges are becoming...

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Supremezero posted:

... I just got to Zeiss.

I demand knowledge of this! (or at least of how Reserves work in this game and if I can just pull them out without a problem)
once you have more than 4 party members, you can just swap out whenever at the guild branch.

Zaggitz
Jun 18, 2009

My urges are becoming...

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Yo the Julia and Cassius sparring sequence is bad rear end as gently caress.

edit: Divine Penguin was cool and the reward even cooler.

Zaggitz fucked around with this message at 07:33 on Oct 31, 2015

Zaggitz
Jun 18, 2009

My urges are becoming...

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It's not, party members don't leave anymore. And yes they get exp while in reserve, I can confirm.

Zaggitz
Jun 18, 2009

My urges are becoming...

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Cake Attack posted:

whats the answer for the the last phantom thief sidequest in chapter 3?


Check the arena

edit: just got to the scene from SpaceDrake's avatar. Kevin rules.

Zaggitz fucked around with this message at 23:07 on Oct 31, 2015

Zaggitz
Jun 18, 2009

My urges are becoming...

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Yo it's hella dumb that when Agate rejoins the party I have to keep Schera as my secondary. Why are you making me live with my mistakes, game?!

Zaggitz
Jun 18, 2009

My urges are becoming...

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Professor Alba was Weissman, a member of a secret society called Orobouros(a high ranking member, though not the leader). He has the power to influence minds, and was behind every major event in the game, the endgoal for why he did this is left vague at the end of FC, but you are made aware that Joshua used to be an assassin for Orobouros until Estelle's dad saved him, and even after that Weissman used his abilities to have Joshua spy on the Bright family for him. Lorence, one of the main mooks for the blond haired general, Richard, ended up being an undercover member of Orobouros that Joshua has history with. At the end of the game Weissman unwipes Joshua's mind and leaves him to wallow in what he's made him do. Joshua then tells Estelle the truth about himself after sedating her, and subsequently takes off on his own to presumably kill Weissman and other Orobouros members in Liberl.

That's a basic rundown. Sorry about the run on sentences.

edit: anybody find the Milch Main Road monster in chap 4?

Zaggitz fucked around with this message at 05:18 on Nov 1, 2015

Zaggitz
Jun 18, 2009

My urges are becoming...

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Some Numbers posted:

The first one is on the main path between Rolent and the checkpoint, after the fog clears up. The second one is just off the main path near the fork to Perzel Farm.

Oh my god I'm an idiot, I hadn't seen him cause i instinctively hugged the walls of the area cause i figured he'd be off the beaten path.

Zaggitz
Jun 18, 2009

My urges are becoming...

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Cake Attack posted:

i did as close to literally nothing but play sc today as is possible

I'm still doing it.

edit: Man the end of Chapter 4 really pulls at the heart strings.

Oh my god Olivier and Anton trying to create an anti drunkness potion to take on Aina. :allears:

Zaggitz fucked around with this message at 09:33 on Nov 1, 2015

Zaggitz
Jun 18, 2009

My urges are becoming...

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Levantine posted:

Ok, I'm just now getting to the game (I had to wrap up ToZ before I started TitS) - is it like the first with a ton of missable content? I'm mostly just concerned about getting enough BP for max rank and maybe the books for weapons.

One thing I would definitely add is that every area(so far, I'm in Chapter 5) has one or two sidequests that'll only show up/be able to be completed with the full bp at the start of the next chapter before you leave for the next town, so make sure to check the board before you leave a given town!

Zaggitz
Jun 18, 2009

My urges are becoming...

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Lemon Curdistan posted:

On that note, I missed out on 1BP in the prologue to FC (by rushing in solo in the tower, since it seemed like not rushing in would be bad), how hosed am I?

First game has some huge leway to get max rank, out of a total of 368 bp you only need like 295 i think. Max bp just gets you a bonus quartz in sc.

Zaggitz
Jun 18, 2009

My urges are becoming...

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And then you are forced to have Schera for 4 and Agate for 5.

Zaggitz
Jun 18, 2009

My urges are becoming...

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edit: stupid doublepost

Zaggitz
Jun 18, 2009

My urges are becoming...

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I hit it before the bubble finishes forming and it never fails.

Zaggitz
Jun 18, 2009

My urges are becoming...

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Chapter 5 makin me misty eyed about Agate what is even happening.

Zaggitz
Jun 18, 2009

My urges are becoming...

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SpaceDrake posted:

So at that point

from that point on, don't expect to be clear-eyed until after the credits roll, tbqfh


Indeedy

A little part of me is wondering if I should've made a separate thread for SC, to "advertise" it better and get word out that it's out

A little late now, but

Just looking at steam I see a lot of people playing FC currently, so I wouldn't be surprised if the sales for SC started picking in a week or two.

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Zaggitz
Jun 18, 2009

My urges are becoming...

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Hahahahaha Agateforcing the Dragon to pay for their services.

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