Scrooge McDuck
Member
I don't think there's anything to worry about. The only similarity that long coat has with Toval's is the fact that both are indeed long coats.
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The Kiseki / Trails (of the Sky/Zero/Ao/Sen/Etc) Community Thread: SPOILERTAGS OR DIE
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I don't think there's anything to worry about. The only similarity that long coat has with Toval's is the fact that both are indeed long coats.
There is a reason he is wearing a white coat and it isn't Toval.
White with blue styling, rolled up cuffs, turned up collar, loose belt hanging free. You're right though, there are as many differences as similarities.
New career as a Doctor? Good to know it's not spoiled anything though, thanks.
Is it November yet?
Stumbled across these games by reading a kotaku article on struggles through localization and decided to support it... and i am so glad that i did. Recently beat FC not sure i've ever experienced an ending like that and now I am 3 chapters in to SC and loving it even more! This trilogy is easily in my top rgps. Just glad to join the community and will be posting more.
Side note: From everything i've seen, I am assuming no way that third chapter will make its way to Vita?
Side note: From everything i've seen, I am assuming no way that third chapter will make its way to Vita?
KuwabaraTheMan
Banned
Correct. PC only for the Third in the west. Releasing the PSP version just doesn't make any sort of financial sense at this point in time.
Zero chance. Expecting a company to release a PSP game in 2017 is simply unrealistic and it's miraculous enough XSEED released two PSP games even in 2015.
He did briefly entertain the notion of becoming a Bracer. I hope that gets addressed again in CSII.
Oh yeah, I remember that part. After the events at the end of CS though I'd think he's a bit beyond just being a bracer. I assumed he was being groomed to lead
Olivert's neutral faction.
Cornbread78
Member
Toval planted the seed during the field study visit to
Legram
I kind of figure at the end of Sen/CS Rean will end up either a Bracer, disappear into the woods/mountains as a hermit away from society, or dead.
Sorta of joking, because I do kinda like Rean, but I wouldn't mind if they killed him off at the end of his story so he doesn't have to appear in future franchise entries.
Cornbread78
Member
ouch. That like saying you really like your ex-wife whom you cheated on and divorced to remarry a younger model.
Yeah that's the bit I was referring to. Still feel the bracer idea is introduced because the
third faction
Shouta
Member
Starts in chapter 1. The story takes place in Liberl in fact, lol. Lots of cool tidbits of information scattered throughout and nice cameos of old NPCs/chars.
BassForever
Member
Hey Japanese players who're caught up on the series fun question time
Assume Cold Steel 3 was the finale of the whole saga and all living (?) playable characters from all games are chooseable who would be your final team of 6 (assuming still 4 at point 2 reserve)
Assume Cold Steel 3 was the finale of the whole saga and all living (?) playable characters from all games are chooseable who would be your final team of 6 (assuming still 4 at point 2 reserve)
Interface23
Member
So I just got a copy of TitS and a PSP but I'm at chapter 3 of ToCS1, should I stop playing ToCS and play TitS or does it not matter?
BassForever
Member
There are some minor things from sky fc/sc that'll be spoiled if you play cold steel 1 first. I'd recommend playing them in order I think you'll get more out of it going fc -> sc -> cs1
Interface23
Member
Haven't gotten mine yet but oh well, I'm way behind so it'll get here when it gets here
Not really. By not playing TitS first some things in Cold Steel will probably be more mysterious and surprising. It'll spoil some things from TitS but a vast majority of its story is never touched upon in Cold Steel. You'll miss some lore but it's not integral to understanding the story of Cold Steel.
coredecepts
Member
Got a very nice condition copy of the PSP Ao no Kiseki Special Edition box set with Tio and Elie Petit Nendoroids for $40. Just came in today. The Nendoroid box is sealed!
I like having copies of the games on my shelf, but having Zero and Ao sitting there is making me jones for (imaginary) English-language versions.
I like having copies of the games on my shelf, but having Zero and Ao sitting there is making me jones for (imaginary) English-language versions.
My Vita copy shipped from Best Buy, but not my PS3 copy... yet.
ShadowSoldier89
Member
a few things, like a certain moment in Heimdallr become less entertaining.
chaosblade
Unconfirmed Member
Mine shipped yesterday. With that coming I'm feeling more tempted to play CS since I actually want to play CS2.
Approximately the same length as the first game.
Edit:
Rather than playing Akatsuki, I'm actively datamining the game's files and run into a lot of interesting stuff, such as (Zero spoiler)
a Lodge in Remiferia
Why? The first is better.
chaosblade
Unconfirmed Member
School setting is the biggest factor, but I also don't care for things like social links. If Cold Steel wasn't a Falcom/Trails game I probably never would have given it a second look.
Cold Steel II has bonding events, too.
I don't know, until the game came out in the West and everyone started emphasising the school setting I never associated it with the game so strongly. First things that came to mind were politics and history, but maybe that's because it's the world and its dynamics interest me more in the first place. I found the school setting very logical.
hosannainexcelsis
Member
I think the biggest problem with the school setting in Cold Steel is that the way its handled enforces a rigid formula on the game. Every chapter you have a class, a free day, a trip through a floor of the old schoolhouse, a practical exam, and then the field study which comes as a breath of fresh air. If the game had been more loose with its structure I think people wouldn't have minded the school so much.
encephalon
Member
My favorite "school setting" JRPGs are the ones that don't succumb to the rigid formula ... Final Fantasy VIII and Persona 2.
The problem is the rigid structure, indeed, not the school setting. If you probably think about the issues at hand and everything that happened in Trails in the Sky, the school setting is just the most sensible setting; I can't think of another way to have
Oliverts soft political ideals come to fruition.
KuwabaraTheMan
Banned
While I can't remember specific levels I was at specific places during the game, don't really worry about being underleveled.
The game's experience system is curved around getting you too the right level, so if you are ever underleveled you'll find yourself getting a shitload of experience after each battle and getting caught up to the right level in no time.
BassForever
Member
This, general rule is if you level after every 1-2 battles with no shiny poms you're probably under leveled.
Repost from the Cold Steel 1 thread. Good vid, worth a look if you're still on the fence on getting invested in the series.
BassForever
Member
Got my confirmation that cold steel 2 has shipped
*HEAVY BREATHING*
*HEAVY BREATHING*
bbkkristian
Member
Amazon acts funny, i'm in a weird distance where I sometimes get packages the day the send me a shipping confirmation then other times where it ships and takes three days (instead of the Prime 2) to get to my house. :/
My game still hasn't shipped.
My game still hasn't shipped.
Oh fuck me I just realized that as long as the post does its job, CS2 is like a week away for me. Weird, I got the order sent confirmation email days ago but it just now hit me that I really will be playing CS2 very soon.
Cutting it real close with this SC run. Damn Kotor 2, the jedi mind tricks were too addictive. Gonna switch to the let's play I found on let's play archive, the dude who made this even included a lot of the NPC dialogue it seems, so this should suffice just fine.
Cutting it real close with this SC run. Damn Kotor 2, the jedi mind tricks were too addictive. Gonna switch to the let's play I found on let's play archive, the dude who made this even included a lot of the NPC dialogue it seems, so this should suffice just fine.
Scrooge McDuck
Member
My copy of the first Cold Steel arrived a month late and now Cold Steel II arrives two days early.
I forgive you, post service.
I forgive you, post service.
Young Magus
Junior Member
T-MINUS TWO DAYS TILL CSII HITS PSN!!!?!
GOODBYE PRODUCTIVITY!!!!
GOODBYE PRODUCTIVITY!!!!
Abstrusity
Member
T-minus two days until gamestop falls to get copies for pre-orders, PSN gets DDOS'd.
Knowing my luck.
Lol, I was actually thinking of cancelling my Cold Steel II pre-order since there's no bonus and I wasn't planning on playing it right away. Then Amazon.ca decided to charge and ship my order 4 days earlier, something they never do. Oh well. ¯\_(ツ
_/¯
So, I figure I might as well just jump right in but I'm curious about one thing: is the pacing better in CSII? The stop and start with the school life bullshit at the start of every chapter got pretty old around the 50 hours mark in CSI. I'm really looking forwad to continuing the story but it hasn't been that long since I played the first game, so I'm a little worried about burning out on it given how long these games tend to be. I know CSII is generally regarded as a much better game. Is the jump in quality comparable to the FC->SC one?
_/¯So, I figure I might as well just jump right in but I'm curious about one thing: is the pacing better in CSII? The stop and start with the school life bullshit at the start of every chapter got pretty old around the 50 hours mark in CSI. I'm really looking forwad to continuing the story but it hasn't been that long since I played the first game, so I'm a little worried about burning out on it given how long these games tend to be. I know CSII is generally regarded as a much better game. Is the jump in quality comparable to the FC->SC one?
Yes. It's almost as if CS2 wants to compensate for the rigid structure of the first game.Lol, I was actually thinking of cancelling my Cold Steel II pre-order since there's no bonus and I wasn't planning on playing it right away. Then Amazon.ca decided to charge and ship my order 4 days earlier, something they never do. Oh well. ¯\_(ツ
So, I figure I might as well just jump right in but I'm curious about one thing: is the pacing better in CSII? The stop and start with the school life bullshit at the start of every chapter got pretty old around the 50 hours mark in CSI. I'm really looking forwad to continuing the story but it hasn't been that long since I played the first game, so I'm a little worried about burning out on it given how long these games tend to be. I know CSII is generally regarded as a much better game. Is the jump in quality comparable to the FC->SC one?
I find the 'jump in quality' hard to judge since there are many who prefer FC over SC; for me personally, it's the biggest "jump in quality" in the series.
Seeing the enforcers listed one after the other in SC (http://lparchive.org/The-Legend-of-Heroes-Trails-in-the-Sky-SC/Update 71/, a bit more than halfway down) made me realize how fucking stupid they all look.
is the only one I think is fine, and that's just because his idiotic outfit reflects his weird-ass personality lol.
is fairly run-of-the-mill I suppose, but I've never liked the whole
thing.
I think they're all fine or even fantastic as characters,
particularly, but god damn do they all look dumb lol.
Bleublanc
Renne
gothic lolita
I think they're all fine or even fantastic as characters,
Bleublanc
Palette Swap
Member
I figured I'd ask here rather than in the CS thread, as it's a wider question than just CS: for those who have played the Crossbell games, (CS spoilers) is
a bit more fleshed out ? As it all happens offscreen in CS, you're left wondering if whoever reports this to you can be trusted to give you a truthful information.
Gideon's death and his attempt on the Trade Conference
Yes. Yes, you could say it's quite fleshed out.
Palette Swap
Member
Thanks.
I really need to play these games.
chaosblade
Unconfirmed Member
I just found out my copy of CS2 arrived Saturday, didn't even realize it until today. Never had a game arrive that early before release. Of course it would be one I have no intention of playing yet.
3rd when
3rd when
Anyone have a link to a good main path lets play of the first game? I think I'm like 5 hours from the end but got annoyed at the dungeon I was in and put it down for like 6 months. Kinda wanna just jump into the new one but find out how the old one ends
Edit: cold steel 1 is what I am referring to
Edit: cold steel 1 is what I am referring to