Just dropping by again to also say that Fie is great.
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Sen no Kiseki III Confirmed to be a PS4 exclusive title
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I've actually never heard her dub voice I don't think since I undubbed both games when I bought them on PS3, I'll have to look up a clip on Youtube or something.
I like her too, Fie is my favorite though.
Fie is the best, naturally.
CS2 end game spoilers:
Okay, that changes things a bit. Hmm. Still a bit hesitant to say that's literally Crow for how seriously it took his death, and I give Falcom enough credit to feel they aren't the types to back down from these sorts of things. But the way the hair is swept and especially the headband doesn't leave me with much other ideas.
...maybe it's a future Rean, having literally turned his back on the Imperial army? The change in coat being his symbolic moment of resolve. And maybe he puts on the headband just to honour Crow's memory. Or... something. :shrug
Maybe it's a mistake to try to read into a back of a character so hard, lol.
...maybe it's a future Rean, having literally turned his back on the Imperial army? The change in coat being his symbolic moment of resolve. And maybe he puts on the headband just to honour Crow's memory. Or... something. :shrug
Maybe it's a mistake to try to read into a back of a character so hard, lol.
I'm partial to Laura because her character archetype is always top tier, but she's great in her own right. Meiya in Muv-Luv/Unlimited/Alternative comes to mind.
AkrosRockBell
Banned
Fie is awesome
Tales has already announced that Berseria is the last cross gen entry with PS3.
Kresnik258
Member
So, I knew this was coming, yet it's still disappointing to hear.
Sometimes I find it baffling with companies like Falcom spend a generation and a half building up a fanbase for a series like this on Sony handhelds then ditch them at the final hurdle. Especially given the modest production values of everything prior to Sen I, then suddenly Vita's increased power isn't enough.
Still, whatever, I'll get over it. I like Falcom & this series enough to buy it on PS4 if that's where it's ending up. Damn shame that we've never managed to get a full Trails sub-series on Vita in the west though (2 TiTs games; 2 ToCS games; 0 Crossbell games -_-)
The news that stings more is Ys VIII. "We're not doing another Tokyo Xanadu Ex+!" then they do exactly that, screw off.
Sometimes I find it baffling with companies like Falcom spend a generation and a half building up a fanbase for a series like this on Sony handhelds then ditch them at the final hurdle. Especially given the modest production values of everything prior to Sen I, then suddenly Vita's increased power isn't enough.
Still, whatever, I'll get over it. I like Falcom & this series enough to buy it on PS4 if that's where it's ending up. Damn shame that we've never managed to get a full Trails sub-series on Vita in the west though (2 TiTs games; 2 ToCS games; 0 Crossbell games -_-)
The news that stings more is Ys VIII. "We're not doing another Tokyo Xanadu Ex+!" then they do exactly that, screw off.
Scrooge McDuck
Member
While you should be fine starting with the VIta/PS3 one, the Steam games come first. So ideally start with those.
Agent Gibbs
Member
So we got PS3& Vita, PS3 & Vita and then its moving to PS4
god damn you best port the games to PS4 or have some fancy ass save mojo so I can carry over play data
EDIT: Laura is best and i'll hit anyone who disagrees with a ridiculously oversized sword
god damn you best port the games to PS4 or have some fancy ass save mojo so I can carry over play data
EDIT: Laura is best and i'll hit anyone who disagrees with a ridiculously oversized sword
The series goes like this:
Trails in the Sky FC
Trails in the Sky SC
Trails in the Sky the 3rd
Trails of Zero
Trails of Azure
Trails of Cold Steel I
Trails of Cold Steel II
Only the first two Sky games and CSI/II are localized. Luckily, FC and SC are a closed-off duology (relatively) and 3rd is an epilogue which leads into the rest of the series, and Cold Steel was designed for newcomers to the series.
In summary, FC -> SC -> Cold Steel I and II is just fine. However, The 3rd hits in 2017 so it's up to you if you want to wait. It's not really necessary.
Toadthemushroom
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Toadthemushroom
Member
I have plenty of free time right now so I'll start with the ones on Steam then. Thanks!
Toadthemushroom
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YianGaruga
Banned
Fie never left my party and from the ones I've seen she has some of the best bonding events and ending scenes.
It's between her and Emma for #1
EDIT: Towa is #1 mascot though
Same re
arty. Rean/Fie/Laura/Emma makes for the strongest team.Fie with 100% evasion so she never gets hit and can act as a tank, Laura with Tauros, Radiant Wings, and various other things so she does this:
Criminal on Emma for even more damage, and you've got the face melting team of victory.
YianGaruga
Banned
hell yeah, except I choose Sara instead of Laura. She's better in every way and I'll fight you if you disagreeSame re
Fie with 100% evasion so she never gets hit and can act as a tank, Laura with Tauros, Radiant Wings, and various other things so she does this:
Criminal on Emma for even more damage, and you've got the face melting team of victory.
Well I was on the fence but I think I will not bother playing my sealed Cold Steel II copy then.
First episode was the kind of long ass JRPG that lasted dozen of hours that I have a hard time to afford these days (took me around 2 months playing ~1-2h a day, mostly on transports), if they're moving out of handhelds then it's a lost cause for me.
Mind the game was long, but the writing of many of the subplots made it somehow worthwile, I only say somehow because the main plot dragged on for way too long and it's hard to justify a whole game of buildup with very few satisfying answers, apparently the second entry is barely better on that point
For the western audience it's a great news, people like gaming on their huge ass tv there, but CSIII won't have the graphical upgrade that will make it standout from the others average japanese games, and also it's the fucking third entry of a subseries, how can you expect newcomers to jump on that and expand your audience?
I hope it will perform well, because on the quality front Falcom is up there, but I have worries about the sales they will get from going this way, the safest (and probably wisest) choice should shave been to stay PS4/PSV for CSIII and eventually going PS4 only for their next IP/subseries, as it stands I can only see the game drop dramatically after what Tokyo Xanadu ex+ did and what Ys 8 will do.
First episode was the kind of long ass JRPG that lasted dozen of hours that I have a hard time to afford these days (took me around 2 months playing ~1-2h a day, mostly on transports), if they're moving out of handhelds then it's a lost cause for me.
Mind the game was long, but the writing of many of the subplots made it somehow worthwile, I only say somehow because the main plot dragged on for way too long and it's hard to justify a whole game of buildup with very few satisfying answers, apparently the second entry is barely better on that point
For the western audience it's a great news, people like gaming on their huge ass tv there, but CSIII won't have the graphical upgrade that will make it standout from the others average japanese games, and also it's the fucking third entry of a subseries, how can you expect newcomers to jump on that and expand your audience?
I hope it will perform well, because on the quality front Falcom is up there, but I have worries about the sales they will get from going this way, the safest (and probably wisest) choice should shave been to stay PS4/PSV for CSIII and eventually going PS4 only for their next IP/subseries, as it stands I can only see the game drop dramatically after what Tokyo Xanadu ex+ did and what Ys 8 will do.
The series started with such a great female protagonist, i hope they will someday go back to that.
Well, the Trails subseries that is. Trails in the Sky is the sixth Legend of Heroes, Trails of Zero/Azure is LoH 7, and Cold Steel I/II/III is LoH 8.
hosannainexcelsis
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Rean protagonist again? Kiseki is dead to me; I'm not playing through 200 hours of shitty characters. I'll just cherish Trails in the Sky, when Falcom still knew how to make fun games...
Dr. Kitty Muffins
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This would be amazing.
Rean is popular.
Not as popular as Estelle but he's still #3 on, say, this popularity chart.
He got a big bump in popularity after CSII came out from what I can tell.
Falcom doesn't have a PC distributor anymore and hasn't released a concurrent PC version of one of their games since Zero. Sony only right now. Ys Origin came out in 2006 and that's their most 'recent' Steam title.
YianGaruga
Banned
Falcom hasn't made PC games for ages. All their games on Steam are old
I want a spin off with Olivert as MC so bad
hosannainexcelsis
Member
PS4 is nice. Hopefully the tech comes forward a lot from the PS3/Vita games because as much as I enjoyed them, they were very subpar in that regard. Worried about character bloat with the new party members considering there were already far too many in CSII.
Here's hoping I Rean headpats the wrong girl in the Prologue and she kills him in retaliation!
Here's hoping I Rean headpats the wrong girl in the Prologue and she kills him in retaliation!
Megawarrior
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A Tear of Vermillion got me into the series.
So... how high is the chance to see Zero and Ao in the West before this one? As far as I know Sen III will serve as the continuation for both Ao and Sen II, right? (No Crossbell spoilers pls)
Don't think I want to play Sen III while knowing only half of the story background...
Don't think I want to play Sen III while knowing only half of the story background...
YianGaruga
Banned
post-CS2 Rean seems like he could be an interesting character. Maybe I'm expecting too much, but they have to do SOMETHING with the whole thing they set up
I understand not loving Rean but every other character is so good that it doesn't even matter
I understand not loving Rean but every other character is so good that it doesn't even matter
At the most we'll get Zero but we'll hear nothing about that until a while after 3rd is out.
Did you watch Gurren Lagann? I've heard him compared to 21-year-old Simon from that. More hotblood than the other ones. Shonen speeches, et cetera.
Rean is a light novel protagonist (Rakudai, Mahouka, etcetera), Zero/Ao is a super robot protagonist (Gurren etc.). Specifically, one like Simon.
Is Xanadu Next Steam version a work of Falcom? Or the improved graphics and contents are works of XSEED?
Toadthemushroom
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Prophecy of the Moonlight Witch for me. Shame it had to be the PSP version, but it was compelling enough for me to have finished it at the time.
XSEED did all the extra programming to support widescreen and fixed UI stuff. That's thanks to their hardworking employee Sara, their sole programmer.
Toadthemushroom
Member
I missed that, thanks. Berseria definitely felt like a PS3+ game, so it'll be interesting to see Bandai Namco target PS4 as a baseline.
He's also a beat cop, if you can believe it. Not in school anymore, obviously, and not a bracer, just a policeman.