JadedWriter
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Just started playing this recently. Only up to chapter 1, why is the music in this game so good?
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The Legend of Heroes: Trails of Cold Steel |OT| Class Warfare
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bbkkristian
Member
Based Falcom, my friend.
Currently going through on my second play through, apparently missed a chest somewhere in my first run which really irked me haha.
Question about the 40 quests needed to get the master quartz at the end, when you go to Notebook -> Overall Achievements, what indicates the number of quests complete?
Is it Extracurricular Activities or Field Study Tasks, or a combination of both?
ie:
Extracurricular Activities: 12
Field Study Tasks: 20
Does this mean I only need to do 8 more across both to get to 40, or is it 20 more Field Study tasks?
Question about the 40 quests needed to get the master quartz at the end, when you go to Notebook -> Overall Achievements, what indicates the number of quests complete?
Is it Extracurricular Activities or Field Study Tasks, or a combination of both?
ie:
Extracurricular Activities: 12
Field Study Tasks: 20
Does this mean I only need to do 8 more across both to get to 40, or is it 20 more Field Study tasks?
sound team jdk are amazing as always
JadedWriter
Member
Last Falcom game I played was Memories of Celceta, music was good, but wasn't this good.
Cold Steel's soundtrack is exceptional, even for Falcom. What other games of theirs have you played?
JadedWriter
Member
Just this and Celceta, I'm very new to Falcom.
names2hard4you
Member
I'm on Chapter 3 now
. I thought I wouldn't make it to the end of this game in time for CS2 since I play pretty slowly, but it seems like the release date I see on Amazon isn't final, according to you folks.
Also I have a question about CS2. Is the game supposed to be a "second chapter" to this game, so same graphics, effects, UI, etc except continuing the story, or are there some improvements from one to the other?
investigating the Republic/Empire attack on the Nord Highlands
Also I have a question about CS2. Is the game supposed to be a "second chapter" to this game, so same graphics, effects, UI, etc except continuing the story, or are there some improvements from one to the other?
The way the game ends there is no doubt about second chapter treatment - story wise at least. Can't really comment on the technical aspects as I am on media blackout.
hosannainexcelsis
Member
I will say that playing on Hard it feels like the characters are extremely fragile. I never have enough money to upgrade everyone's weapons and armor either. So if I'm not careful, things can turn bad very fast.
names2hard4you
Member
Hmm I see. I'm gonna go ahead and based on screenshots and some YouTube footage say that it looks like it's basically Cold Steel chapter 2 in that regard as well. Graphics and the like all look the exact same. UI looks extremely similar too.
Definitely check out the Ys and Trails in the Sky games (and Gurumin) on Steam. On PSP/Vita, you have Ys Seven and Brandish: The Dark Revenant. There's also Nayuta no Kiseki, but it doesn't have an official localization, only a fan translation.
All of these are great games (and all of them have fantastic soundtracks). Some various music samples (not all from these games):
Innocent Primeval Breaker
Sophisticated Fight (arranged)
Ice Ridge of Noltia (arranged)
The Boy Who Had Wings
Evildoer
Warriors
Legend of the Lone Wolves
Firm Strength
Smashing Through the Mountain Path
Overdosing Heavenly Bliss (arranged)
The Golden World (Terra)
Cave
A Teary-Eyed Young Swordsman
Release of the Far West Ocean
Twilight Wanderers
Trails of Cold Steel II also releases sometime in the next two months.
cj_iwakura
Member
Why is the MC silent in Chapter 1? Is that the new thing now?
So far the OST to this reminds me a LOT of Brandish, a game with a very melodic OST(surprisingly, given how dark it is).
So far the OST to this reminds me a LOT of Brandish, a game with a very melodic OST(surprisingly, given how dark it is).
random stuff being VAed and mute is really weird.
Dandy Crocodile
Member
Rean has on and off voicing. It's a bit weird.
hosannainexcelsis
Member
Rean is voiced in the field study scenes that get voiced and unvoiced in the school scenes that get voiced. Not ideal, to be sure. I hear Cold Steel II has fuller voicing however.
I found the 5F Old Schoolhouse boss far more troublesome than that (it took me three tries to beat the former, only once for the latter).
The animations were improved between CS I and CS II. Other than updates to the UI, there are not only new combat mechanics, but adjustments made to how orbments work as well.
DarknessTear
Banned
It's that way in the original game too. I heard XSEED tried to change that but Falcom denied them? Not sure if true.
Yu Narukami
Member
I'm in the beginnig of Chapter 6 at 60 hours. How much longer do I have doing all sidequests?
There's
one more chapter
-did as many sidequests as possible (missed at least one without a guide, occasionally didn't get full AP)
-did what I could to talk to everyone everywhere more than once (and still missed some people)
-fought enough to get every battle trophy except for 100 Arts cancels (ending the game at Lv. 67)
-obtained every recipe and made all four dishes for each
-maxed 24 out of the 28 Master Quartz available to me
-made use of all bonding points when available
-fished enough to rank up to Black Angler (still missed Orochi and Vermillion thanks to not knowing there was no rank beyond it, and simply getting the previous 19 types of fish was all that was required)
-tried to open every chest, still missed something
-tried to obtain every book, got everything except Imperial Chronicle 9 somehow
-upgraded everyone's equipment between chapters by obtaining the necessary funds and U-Materials (the latter not being necessary for an ultimate weapon, which I gave to Rean)
I finished my first run with over 100 hours more on the clock than that.
CP can be replenished more easily compared to Trails in the Sky, with crafts and S-Breaks also being more powerful and more versatile by comparison. For what I've played of FC so far, I've used both crafts and S-Breaks far more sparingly thanks to just how long it takes to get CP back (the former not being as useful as in CS and the only ones I've seen among the latter only targeting a single enemy at a time also contributing to this).
Hardly surprising if true. Adding voices would've meant Falcom would need to implement additional codes.
Yu Narukami
Member
Don't tell me I still have 40 hours to go?
The VA Falcom chose for Rean in Japan is a pretty big name, so they literally couldn't afford to pay him enough to voice all of Rean's lines.
Xseed wanted the localization to voice all of his lines but Falcom decided to enforce 1:1 matching voices between the JP/ENG dubs, thus why Rean is silent half the time.
It's no unreasonable to assume you still have 25 to 30 hours left, no. I think my clock also hit 60 in Chapter 6, finishing the game at 85 hours.
Cool. All Master Quartz for CS2 are up, I just need to add the stat data/passive effects.
The 10th Anniversary Sept Archive has neat bullet-pointed summaries per chapter of the games, so I'll use those to write summaries.
Not sure what 'leveled' insight means, but it sounds that what you're looking for is a guide. I'll leave writing those to people who are better at the games' battle system than I am. Though, I could write a word or two on how to break Rean into turning his normal attacks into Murakumo-amplified 100% guaranteed critical hits.
I thought it was a programming issue. They couldn't put new audio in spaces that Falcom didn't originally compensate for. No?
They don't seem that stringent with the dub, given the changes XSEED made to one of the intro scenes in CS2. I'm getting all of this from what was said/shown on their E3 stream.
I think you two refer to the same issue. The reason XSEED could change the intro scenes is because the recordings the scene refers to were changed. Say, instead of 00001.wav being Alisa muttering 'Rean...', XSEED recorded Alisa actually saying something for 00001.wav. What XSEED can't do, is add 10001.wav if Falcom stopped at 10000.wav.
Yeah, there we go. That sounds more like an issue of Falcom just not wanting to double-back for programming. I think if the code as is allowed XSEED to add audio on their own Falcom would've been fine with it.
Unless they just actually said they wanted them to be 1;1 somewhere and that's why they wouldn't do the coding.
I can't recall having much of a problem with this. Are using your newer characters? One of them has moves that have a large chance of breaking and causing Faint. It's very useful. If you want you can also use Detect with Emma/Elliot to increase the chance of breaking that target. It's a recommended tactic to use in general as the skill adds an extra star chance of breaking for link attacks. Also you may not want to hear this, but if you're having trouble now (End or Chapter 3 spoilers)There's another boss straight after
No, I didn't want to use
Millium
While I'm posting anyway, I'd like to know something: Are elemental arts with large AoE's like Aerial stronger than their single target (like Aerial Strike)? I'm asking because, unlike crafts, arts don't have a class designation so I'm not sure whether or not they do more damage.
EDIT: Well, chapter 3 boss is down.
The second boss was way easier than the first. Only reason I even won the first fight was because Millium's S-break is obscenely good. Makes we wonder if my normal party is somewhat underpowered...
Yes. Theoretically, your Aerial should do 1.5x more damage than Air Strike. This comes at the cost of a longer casting time (a bit more than twice as long) and a slightly longer AT delay after casting.
Also, embrace her. She's out-of-place at first, but hilarious in the long run.
Yu Narukami
Member
I love the game but at this point I just want to finish it.
But you're almost at the point where I started to become interested in the game.
Yu Narukami
Member
I believe many questions will be left unanswered until the sequel, right?
I may very well have the slowest time for a first run in the thread. Took me 167 hours.
Right.
The questions that are answered produce more questions, exponentially.
Yu Narukami
Member
That characters high break and Faint chance really makes them a good person to use, however annoying even I found them at times. Those moves never really stop being useful. However said character probably seems really good in comparison to everyone else you just had because firstly they may not have learned their more useful Crafts yet, and more importantly in this Chapter you did not have access to Laura and Fie who besides Rean are your best physical characters, both being good for AoE breaking and fainting. Next Chapter is a lot easier for for said reason. Also in the case of Rean and Laura (very mild gameplay spoilers)
Thier S Breaks get upgraded for bigger range and more power. Alisa's as well I guess
Generally if you get a guest character, use them. Higher level and crazy good Crafts.
I'll keep that in mind, thanks!
Though Rean and Laura
both gain improvements for their S-Breaks to make them more useful (didn't find Alisa's particularly useful, even when upgraded)
Millium
Sara (gave the nod due to also inflicting 100% Faint) > Millium > Crow = Fie = Laura (upgraded)
True. I used her S Break a few times on monster chests to one shot all the enemies. There's a trophy for it as well! 100% Faint hitting everyone is broken and while I generally agree with the order you put there in terms of utility, for raw power Laura would probably come first.
Ultimadrago
Member
Gotcha. Don't worry about it then, I just like to see a side-by-side word on styles (which could very well be in the upcoming guide, haven't seen it). I don't really need standard character summaries having already gone through Cold Steel 1, but I suppose for those that need a refresher.
JadedWriter
Member
I keep contemplating getting Trails in the Sky, but never get it. There are so many PSP Y's games, but I have no idea which ones to get nor the storage to hold all of them or the money to buy all of them.
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coredecepts
Member
They're also on Youtube.
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCz7eke4JGlbtc11_6mmA7ew
And iTunes and Amazon.
Pro-tip: Album images and track names for Zero, Ao, Third, and Cold Steel 2 are all on there, so tread with caution.
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCz7eke4JGlbtc11_6mmA7ew
And iTunes and Amazon.
Pro-tip: Album images and track names for Zero, Ao, Third, and Cold Steel 2 are all on there, so tread with caution.