DrROBschiz
Member
I found the writing in both FC and SC to be incredible. Otherwise i wouldnt have made it to SC in the first place
Sorry but for all the faults you could find in FC/SC the characters and writing werent one of them. At least for me
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The Legend of Heroes: Trails of Cold Steel |OT| Class Warfare
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I found the writing in both FC and SC to be incredible. Otherwise i wouldnt have made it to SC in the first place
Sorry but for all the faults you could find in FC/SC the characters and writing werent one of them. At least for me
It's been way too long since I played it but there were definite moments that made me uncomfortable. I'll try to make a note of them on my next play to support my accusations in future.
I found all of Angelica's flirting with under age girls really uncomfortable (obviously even worse with Towa). The creepy old man
Alisa's grandfather
I've stated before that I feel Millium has reasons for acting older than she is due to the life she's had to lead. It doesn't make it not creepy when she's talked about in a flirtatious or sexual way though.
Seriously, it's been so long since all this stuff bothered me that now I feel like I've fabricated it in my warped imagination. I know my partner definitely had the same misgivings when we played through it together though. If anything, I was the more able to tolerate it of the two of us.
Basileus777
Member
Angelica is the only part of the game I found creepy.
It was rather odd just how much was different or otherwise omitted.
Yes, yes it was.
Also, the creepiest thing about Millium will go completely unnoticed by anyone who's only played the English games.
I'm listening.
I'm also curious about this.
I've forgotten now what the differences were. I think I noticed Millium is missing in the prologue? And the the base is much shorter than when you actually go there. Is there a reason for this, or is it just slightly clumsy story-telling?
Aren't Angelica and Towa in the same class? She's only a year or so older than her.
-Millium and Crow missing
-base layout much shorter and more simplistic
-not wearing their summer uniforms
It comes across more as something that was only meant to serve as a demo (which it was used as at one point before the game came out), rather than something that would make it into the final product. No idea why they did it that way.
Pretty sure they're the same age (and both are second-years, difference being class assignments with the former being a noble and the latter a commoner).
The shortened dungeon is probably to not have the pacing suffer. The absent Class VII members is very deliberate, I believe. If they're not there, where could they be and what would this mean? The how/why of this is addressed in Ao.
I considered the effect on pacing. That said, do you mean that the existence of two different versions of the events is intended to have actual plot relevance?
YianGaruga
Banned
This thread is still extremely active for a niche singleplayer game that is over 6 months old, I see it on the frontpage all the time. Pretty cool
EDIT: aaand spoilers I'm out
EDIT: aaand spoilers I'm out
I was responding to multiple unrelated posts. I wasn't trying to connect those together.
I know, but Millium isn't related to the The 3rd/Crossbell spoiler you posted. This is an entirely new can of worms.
I know, but Millium isn't related to the The 3rd/Crossbell spoiler you posted. This is an entirely new can of worms.
Oh. Well, that was what I had been thinking, anyway. Are you saying it's explicitly deconfirmed as of CSII?
This is what my friend hinted at to me when I brought it up. Love how it could be seen as some kind of oversight when we know Falcom usually loves committing themselves to all the small details that makes everything up.
Maybe creepy isn't exactly the right word, but believe me, in context, it's seriously disturbing.
As for the other thing, CROSSBELL MAJOR SPOILERS
The same sort of thing happens at the beginning and end of Zero. It's revealed in Ao that time was actually rewound and history altered.
I don't think this thread is the right place to discuss this. I'll answer in the Community Thread: http://m.neogaf.com/showthread.php?p=212730348#post212730348
Oh I got the impression that Towa was accelerated to older classes because she was so smart, maybe I misunderstood this. It doesn't help that she looks about 9 though, still not fond of fetishising women who look like children.
But...but... they WERE there the second time! And you say there may actually be a logical reason for the discrepancy? As if I didn't want the Crossbell games badly enough already.
Towa is 18, Angelica 19. The question is rather why does she still look like a child (with pointy ears)?
How do I miss so much when I spend so long playing these 😵 Definitely time to replay Cold Steel I think.
Glitter and Gold
Banned
As others have said I think all of them are really close in age, and as I've said I really think she's just teasing them most of the time.
I can see this. I think this is just a trope that doesn't translate well into modern western sensibilities. Like Master Roshi in Dragonball.
I just didn't see this at all in the game. I don't remember any moment where Millium was sexualized by the dialogue or actions of another character, but also the game deliberately characterizes her as acting in ways that betray the life she leads. She acts like a hyperactive, annoying 13 year old and is consistently giving up secrets from her job lol.
???
I thought it was just to build intrigue through starting the game in media res. I figured the reason Crow and Millium weren't present was to avoid spoilers as neither of them are initial members of Class 7
KuwabaraTheMan
Banned
Alisa's grandfather was certainly creepy, but I can't say that I ever found Angelica creepy. She's mostly just flirting with people who are her peers.
Gwyn (Alisa's grandfather) was definitely a dirty old man, and I found the context for the bits with Angelica more funny than anything else. In regards to Elise, the main issue is the fact that while she and Rean
, they were still raised as siblings from a very young age, so it comes across as awkward that she would be able to see him as anything else.
, yes?
aren't blood relatives
Having stumbled across something either here or in the series community thread, don't remember which, I'm guessing this is pertaining to the speculation that
she has possible fairy ancestry
R_thanatos
Member
I feel the same way ..Angelica is fine given the context.
As for rean sister, it would have been annoying if rean wasn't so ...dull at times so seeing her that way made sense to me.
I can't get enough of princess alfin teasing her about it .. make me smile everytime.
Again, I can't go into this in detail because of the Crossbell arc, but there are more reasons to think it's not to avoid spoilers than to think it is. And if you really like to know, scroll up to preta's post and reveal a major spoiler for yourself.
Possibly. She has too much prominence in the story to play the little role she does right now. The same goes for Elise.
Potential Awakener?
Glitter and Gold
Banned
So were Estelle and Joshua though.
I think what bothers people is that Elise is very much imouto trope played straight for the most part. At least in CS1. On top of Onii-Chan honorifics in the original, their relationship seems very one sided, with there not being much to Elise beyond pining for her brother's affection.
I think the only thing that bothers me with both personally is how openly accepting and encouraging outside parties seem to be towards both pairings.
I was fine with Estelle and Joshua's relationship by the end of the game after becoming familiar with the nature of their relationship, but when their childhood friends and Schera tease Estelle about it in chapter one I was sort of left scratching my head, to the point where early on I was rooting against their relationship becoming romantic lol.
My reaction to Elise is the same. I was sort of ok with Alfin's teasing as she's the sister of you know who, but then I read the translation of the Drama CD and uhhhhhhhhhh...
Nah I trust your Kiseki expertise. I'll wait until I can experience those games.
I think the other issue with Estelle and Joshua was the fact that they, meanwhile, met considerably later, and had only regarded each other as siblings for half a decade.
KuwabaraTheMan
Banned
The biggest issue I had with Elise wasn't even just her creepy feelings towards Rean, but how Class VII reacted to it.
Like, they were all but saying "Geez, Rean, hurry up and reciprocate your sister's desire to fuck you already".
Like, they were all but saying "Geez, Rean, hurry up and reciprocate your sister's desire to fuck you already".
For the people who aren't bothered by Angelica, how would you feel about a 19 year old man making the same sexually suggestive comments to 13 and 14 year old girls? Not trolling, just genuinely curious as to whether it alters anyone's view of the situation.
I do generally like Angelica when she isn't being a perv by the way, she seems like she has some demons to deal with has real depth as a character. It's a large part of why the other stuff bothers me.
I do generally like Angelica when she isn't being a perv by the way, she seems like she has some demons to deal with has real depth as a character. It's a large part of why the other stuff bothers me.
Glitter and Gold
Banned
This is a pretty loaded question lol.
I'll sidestep it by saying I don't really think Angelica hugging her friends at their reunion is really that sexually suggestive. I think that's literally her only interaction in the game with the younger party members. (Fie and Millium)
So my answer is I probably wouldn't be okay with it if it was a male or female character, but I don't think anyone in Cold Steel really does this.
Sure. but from a player perspective you're introduced to two characters treating each other as siblings, and you have outsiders of their relationship putting it in their head that they might be attracted to one another before they themselves even realize that.
Yeah that's what I mean. The relationships themselves don't bother me so much as everyone outside of them being so readily understanding and accepting. It's not a big deal just sort of weird.
Like when Olivier and Alfin have the most platonic sibling relationship between major characters in the game, something don't add up lol.
I am playing Trails in the Sky right now for the first time, and during the prologue/chapters(so far), pretty much -every- NPC is making witty comments about the two of them pairing up. There are also several quiet moments where Estelle regularly ponders the idea of Joshua as more than an adopted sibling and even tries not very subtly to goad his thoughts on the subject(he pulls back usually without much comment).
It's very clear to me that the idea of them eventually pairing up is hardly any real twist and no one would find it shocking. Also, at the start of the game he has been in the household for 5 years, making Estelle 11 when they first met(given she is 16 when becoming a Bracer).
Obviously can't compare to this to the debate being held with Cold Steel, but the seeds establishing Justin/Estelle's "potential" relationship in TiTS are planted firmly right away.
Glitter and Gold
Banned
Yeah I'm not saying it came out of nowhere, I just think Falcom's "seed planting" method of choice was a hard pill to swallow in the opening chapters of the game.
I mean I think it would be weird to even tease step siblings or any length of time, at any age, about being attracted to each other, so it was jarring seeing the whole town seriously suggesting it to Estelle as one of my very first impressions of the game and its world.
I mean I think it would be weird to even tease step siblings or any length of time, at any age, about being attracted to each other, so it was jarring seeing the whole town seriously suggesting it to Estelle as one of my very first impressions of the game and its world.
I didn't get that vibe from them. It was more like, "yep, poor girl's got it bad. Why can't you see it Rean, so you can go ahead and deal with it already before things get worse?" Didn't seem like they were trying to pair them up, they just wanted Rean to stop being a dunce about what was obviously happening and deal with it like a responsible adult. Apparently they're fine with just letting things fester though. Maybe they should take their own advice.
Now, the
Schwarzer parents
Glitter and Gold
Banned
Part of me thinks they cut a pretty vital chapter in regards to the Drama CD. I feel like it was the proper introduction to
Ourobouros
but between what you describe and it generally being a throwaway hot springs episode, if they had to cut anything they definitely made the right choice.
R_thanatos
Member
i saw more like
"can't you deal with it , better ? she's your sister you know !" . Like the whole class realised he was holding back something when it concerned her sister.
It was only alfin that was more direct with her intentions and that was 100% of the time to tease her friend. The class 7 members ? I don't recall a bit of dialog when they actively pushed anything other than a peacefull and healty relationship between familly members.
Your question has , like no revelance to the discussion ...
The thing about Angelika is that she's probably the most predictable and linear character in the whole game. A cardboard cutout would probably have more of an effect on me, now combine that with the fact that she hits on little girls and you can see that she is not very endearing.
That problem of linearity is endemic to the whole game but Angelika is probably the easiest example of it.
That problem of linearity is endemic to the whole game but Angelika is probably the easiest example of it.
Is she? Can you predict everything that will come up with her in CS2?
That's reaching. Unless I missed it, no one is saying Angelica should be removed from the game. Just that her moments of say interest in the other females came off too strong. The fact she is LGBT has nothing to do with it. If that was a guy who came across overly strong I'd feel the same way, and I kinda do to an extent with the grandfather and Crow.
She can be bi all she wants.
KuwabaraTheMan
Banned
I didn't really feel that about Angelica at all. I thought she was a pretty interesting character, with some really nice scenes in the last couple of chapters.
I also didn't really find anything about her to be creepy. She makes some comments about Fie and Elise, but they're 15 and she's 19. I don't really find that to be super creepy. If she was 24 maybe. And even then, I don't recall anything that really went into really bad taste territory.