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 Trails of Cold Steel is the sixth entry in the Trails series, along with the first entry of the third story arc. Wait, what? The Trails series contains seven games split into three different story arcs. Each arc takes place in a different region of the same continent and covers a different set of events. Of the seven games that exist, only three have been released in English, with two more due out in the next year. LP Format This is going to be a VLP in some combination of live and post-commentary. I'll be editing out some random battles and pointless running around for brevity, unless the audience would prefer I left everything in. Spoiler Policy This LP is a no spoiler LP, but with a couple of tiers. While I'm sure a lot of us have played all the games, my co-commentators have not, so let's not assume everyone's familiar with every detail of the series. Trails of Cold Steel spoilers None. Please do not talk about any events that occur any later than the most recent update. Speculation is fine, vague comments like 'I hate this next boss' are acceptable, but in general, just talk about what we've seen. On the other hand, if I missed something pretty cool, let me know and I'll add it. Trails in the Sky spoilers If it adds to the discussion, fine, but clearly mark them. That said, only discuss events in Sky and Sky SC; Sky the 3rd is off-limits. Crossbell spoilers Just don't. Yes, the events happen concurrently. No, we're not talking about it.
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Episode 1: In Media Res (fixed audio) Commentary audio is a bit loud. I'll try to fix that in the future. Some Numbers fucked around with this message at 00:44 on Jun 4, 2016 |
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May 30, 2016 22:58
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Logicblade posted:Actually if I remember correctly, it'd be VIII in the Legend of Heroes series, but they stopped counting after Ao. >_> Yeah, I realized that after we did the recording. That's not the only factual error I made in that video!
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May 31, 2016 00:46
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Slur posted:Ewie has completed Trails in the Sky FC up to chapter 3. Colin has never seen a single game in this franchise. Not entirely true, Colin's seen the barest start of FC's prologue.
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May 31, 2016 15:38
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Really Pants posted:don't talk when the game is talking, were you raised in a barn Episode 1: In Media Res (no commentary)
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Jun 1, 2016 06:44
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It's been a really quiet week, so let's liven up the weekend with Episode 2: Welcome to Thors Military Academy No commentary Some Numbers fucked around with this message at 01:01 on Jun 4, 2016 |
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Jun 3, 2016 17:30
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Erpy posted:Well, the commentary no longer drowns out the game's voiceover this time. Now it's kinda the other way around. I will definitely try to keep them from talking over the game audio in the future. I believe that will stop being a problem once we get through my first batch of post-commentary videos.
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Jun 3, 2016 18:34
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Okay, I re-edited the audio for both episodes and both boosted and leveled out the volume on our commentary.
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Jun 4, 2016 01:02
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MisawaMahoKodomo posted:Is all of the commentary post commentary? It's going to be post commentary for the next few episodes and then live for a few episodes.
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Jun 4, 2016 03:37
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MisawaMahoKodomo posted:Huh, any particular reason why? (for the post commentary thing) So that I could edit out trash mob fights.
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Jun 4, 2016 17:02
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Time to actually meet some of our characters! Episode 3: Trouble Has a Way of Dropping in on Me No commentary
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Jun 6, 2016 17:04
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Happy Friday! Episode 4: Let's Just Say I Haven't Got a Drop of Noble Blood No Commentary
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Jun 10, 2016 17:11
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In which I demonstrate how bad I am at video games. Episode 5: Are Monsters Like This Common in the Empire? No Commentary There's one more episode from this batch and then I'll be posting live recording episodes. Which have their own problems
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Jun 13, 2016 18:26
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XainZero posted:Late on this, but I'm sad you didn't call episode 4 "Arts & Crafts 101". Wow, that didn't even occur to me. I've just been pulling lines I like from the episodes. Alectai posted:I'm surprised how little response this is getting so far--on the other hand, the prologue of this game is pretty flagrantly tutorial mode, and there's only so much you can do to talk about that. Yeah, there's not a lot going on in the prologue, but it's going to finish in Episode 6.
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Jun 13, 2016 21:09
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Omobono posted:But drat if this game isn't Persona, Legend of Heroes edition. Not that it's a bad thing, mind you. It absolutely is. This is will come up more later.
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Jun 13, 2016 21:46
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OddObserver posted:I suspect you would be slightly better at this vidya game if you used Elliot's craft. Well, if his starts with his best craft, which he might, but I am not sure of. I'm embarrassed to say that I literally forgot about Resounding Beat until after I'd finished the boss battle. I'm also way better at Cold Steel than that boss battle makes me seem.
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Jun 14, 2016 01:50
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In an effort to finish the prologue sooner, here's a surprise Wednesday update! Episode 6: I Feel They Have the Potential to be the Light we Seek No commentary Some Numbers fucked around with this message at 19:59 on Jul 19, 2016 |
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Jun 15, 2016 16:56
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Sara does indeed rock! Let's see some more of her. Episode 7: Technical Difficulties Let me know if I need to upload a no commentary version. I'll have to make one.
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Jun 17, 2016 16:37
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Lord Koth posted:I'm fairly sure this is all perfectly acceptable in regards to the no spoiler policy(I'm only vaguely familiar with the Crossbell arc myself anyways), but if you think any of this has gone too far I'm perfectly happy to remove it. Not at all, that's totally fine. I would highly recommend either reading the LPs of Trails in the Sky FC and SC or playing the games, as knowledge of the events in Liberl will enhance one's experience of Cold Steel. I'm still hoping that we eventually get the Crossbell arc.
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Jun 19, 2016 05:59
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You know, as much as I love that clip (and I really do), it does contain a spoiler right now. Can you remove it for the time being? Here's the important part, minus the spoiler: http://i.imgur.com/7EBWMRa.webm Some Numbers fucked around with this message at 16:35 on Jun 19, 2016 |
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Jun 19, 2016 16:23
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Mondays suck. Here's a late update. Episode 8: The Center of Class VII
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Jun 21, 2016 04:52
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Erpy posted:Sara wasn't in her room during the nighttime-section. She was downstairs having a drink and the fact you ended the night session without talking to her meant you get to live with the knowledge you will never see Rean's "plasted to bastard"-line in this playthrough. I have a great idea, let's start over. Well poo poo. I won't start over, but I'll record it and tack it on to some other video. MisawaMahoKodomo posted:Not to be asking about bad news, but I'd presume the live commentary isn't going to last forever now is it? Unlikely, as scheduling continues to be annoying. It's far more efficient for the group if I record on my own and we Skype separately.
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Jun 21, 2016 14:10
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RareAcumen posted:I'm only just now starting part five and good lord. Machias is one of my favorite characters.  This is based on things that happen much later
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Jun 22, 2016 16:51
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Some Numbers posted:Machias is one of my favorite characters. This is not one of those things, but this episode does feature a higher than normal amount of Machias: Episode 9: How do You Sip "Arrogantly?"
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Jun 22, 2016 18:10
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Cyouni posted:You forgot to mention that you can buy the Red Moon Rose books later with some work (and tons of money). I mostly certainly did not! Alectai posted:Legend of Heroes is literally all about being fantasy superheroes--with the Trails era stuff also including an industrial revolution and rapid technological advancement. It's not surprising that the girl who's the daughter of a world class badass and has trained to be a world class badass since birth is capable of exceeding the world records of a world where we actually need to worry about physics and the actual limits of the human body Considering the exploits of a certain general from Liberl and his prodigy daughter, I can totally believe this. Lynkericious posted:Plus she's Laura, wait until you actually get to see her in battle. Let's not get too far ahead of ourselves, there's still some stuff we have to get through before that.
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Jun 23, 2016 03:59
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RareAcumen posted:
Don't worry about that. I'm currently communicating with the localization company trying to fix some DLC costumes.
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Jun 23, 2016 06:46
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As long as the option to play dress-up is there, I'm good.
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Istvun posted:Look, they made the costumes as anime as they possibly could. What more do you want?! I want to be able to use the costumes I paid US currency for.
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Jun 24, 2016 01:20
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We continue our Free Day questing in Episode 10: As Virgin as my Olive Oil So I know everyone's super invested in the blistering posting schedule I've been using, but I may need to slow things down, because I'm rapidly running out of footage and we may not be able to record this next week. I have two more episodes, which I'll post on Monday and Friday and then...we'll see. Hopefully we can record next Saturday and keep the pace going.
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Jun 24, 2016 17:28
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Erpy posted:All battles give 3 link experience for the active links plus 1 link experience for everyone with everyone. There's no way to get more link exp out of battles. You're not really meant to grind link exp though. It's more like a supplement. The main ways your link exp goes up is through bonding events, reading books from the book store, completing field studies and completing schoolhouse floors. And card games! Don't forget about the card games!
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Jun 25, 2016 16:36
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Super Jay Mann posted:Oh man I have way too many Well get 'em ready, because we recorded the first set of Blade games this morning. This also means that if I get off my rear end and do some editing, I might be able to post that video on Friday. We'll see.
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Jun 26, 2016 06:28
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words about that card game, you wouldn't believe it.
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Stabbey_the_Clown posted:(And yes, consider this a request for no-commentary versions of Chapter 7 and any future ones.) Okay, I'll get on that tonight, though I'm not sure how well the live episodes will work without commentary.
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Jun 26, 2016 22:47
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Normally, I would be posting a new video right now, but I accidentally uploaded the wrong video and I don't have access to my episodes at work. As such, I will have to post the new episode this evening. In the meantime, I have a partial update with Episode 7: Technical Difficulties (No Commentary)
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Jun 27, 2016 19:19
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Okay, finally got Episode 11: Such a Soothing Personality uploaded! No Commentary Some backlog: Episode 8: The Center of Class VII (no commentary) Episode 9: How do You Sip "Arrogantly?" (no commentary) Episode 10: As Virgin as My Olive Oil (no commentary) Some Numbers fucked around with this message at 06:32 on Jun 28, 2016 |
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Jun 28, 2016 05:17
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Stabbey_the_Clown posted:How many "Bonding points" do you get on a regular playthrough - enough to see 66% of the events? Something like that. You generally get about 3-4 Bonding Points per Free Day and there's at least one more event than you have points for (more, later on) Evenings generally have 2-3 events and you get a single additional point. Unused morning points do carry over to the evening, but using that requires that you know ahead of time what events are happening. Speaking of Bonding Events, we have another one in Episode 12: Why Am I So Stubborn? No Commentary The next few episodes will be live commentary.
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Jul 1, 2016 23:26
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Super Jay Mann posted:There's I think only really two instances where the game truly dicks you over in that regard. Chapter 2's Field Study is pretty egregious.
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Jul 2, 2016 04:00
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Thanks for the screenshot, Slur. I only have Max Bonding Points and Mira/Sepith carried over for this playthrough.
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Jul 2, 2016 22:15
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Stabbey_the_Clown posted:Oh right I remember you, you're the pessimistic guy. But yeah, it probably isn't coming to Steam. That's why I'm following this LP. Thanks for the screenshot, very informative. We like to make fun of Slur for being super pessimistic, but in this case I think he has a point. A PC port of Cold Steel would be a pretty huge undertaking for XSeed since there's no existing code for it.
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Jul 2, 2016 22:42
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I know I managed to update during my hellish week, but there was this American holiday that wrecked my schedule by letting me sleep. Anyway, we're off to our field study! Episode 13: Card Games on Trains No commentary version coming once I make it. Probably Friday, with episode 14.
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Jul 6, 2016 16:57
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NGDBSS posted:As a guess off the top of my head, since I've seen the LPs of Trails in the Sky, maybe that unnamed person would be Bleublanc? You mentioned that you knew who he was the first time around. I had the same guess at this point in my first playthrough. As to whether or not that guess is right...well, time will tell.
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Jul 7, 2016 01:10
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