Alex_Mexico
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Do graphics improvements are very noticeable in the PS3 version vs the Vita version or do they look virtually the same?
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The Legend of Heroes: Trails of Cold Steel |OT| Class Warfare
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YianGaruga
Banned
Played the JP demo on PS3 to compare to the NA Vita version and PS3 is a bit "shinier" but they look almost identical to me.
Se7enSword
Banned
Agreed! In fact, any banter with Sara is great!
Check this screenshot post by Gu4n: http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showpost.php?p=190325297&postcount=553
Yeah, right after I wrote that, there was a scene in the inn which had the party members actually having a conversation about their motivations and dreams, which I think did wonders for characterization. The Rean/Laura scene after that about
how damaged he is (and has to work it out himself)
YankeeDonB
Member
In chapter 4, got a quartz that recovers EP while walking (fast, too), and a 200 MP spell that summons a giant damaging and stat-reducing skull over almost the whole battlefield. Threw both on Emma, and suddenly she's my schoolhouse mvp.
This game really addresses the issues I had with TitS FC's battle system. gives the player a lot more flexibility in dealing with varied situations.
This game really addresses the issues I had with TitS FC's battle system. gives the player a lot more flexibility in dealing with varied situations.
Novel Mike
Member
I felt the same, I was seriously thinking about importing part 2 yesterday but instead just watched a demo of the first hour of 2 as well as a few other minor things (opening, its sooooo good) and now I'm working on platinuming 1 I thought I might have to do 3 playthroughs but I think now that I know what I'm doing I can do it all in this second playthrough on nightmare, only took me about 2 hours to get through all of the prologue and chapter 1 with the skip function so its not to bad at least.
Phoenix944
Member
Just received the LE! I think I'll start the game even if I didn't finish Trails in the Sky, since my PSP is dead and I'll need a couple of month before I can purchase another :/
Fuuuuuu
I just put two and two together and realized a spoiler for both Sen 1&2. I won't say the specifics but I just realized something because of a character wallpaper from Sen 2. Damn, and here I was so sure that I'm fine with just viewing all those wallpapers from Falcom... *sigh*
I just put two and two together and realized a spoiler for both Sen 1&2. I won't say the specifics but I just realized something because of a character wallpaper from Sen 2. Damn, and here I was so sure that I'm fine with just viewing all those wallpapers from Falcom... *sigh*
Matt Attack
Member
Just finished this at 74 hours. Aside from feeling that the difficulty was kind of weird (game started out pretty tough and ended up very easy), I really loved it. CS2 has shot right up to the top of my most anticipated games list- I can't wait to see where this story goes.
Honestly, one of my favourite things was how different he is. He's lovable enough as the fool he is in FC/SC, but there's really a lot more to him as a character than that, and Sen showed that really well. He still messes around when he gets the chance, and really hasn't changed in that regard, but after FC I doubt many people would have expected you'd one day be sitting around a table having a serious discussion with him about Erebonia's future like you do in Ch4. He'd be one of my favourites in the series even without the serious elements, but I loved how he ended up becoming more than just 'the party clown.'
Really happy everyone who's finished the game in here seems to have enjoyed it, though. Hopefully English-speaking fans should have a shorter wait for part 2 than the rest of us did, at least.
Quite literally the only difference is res/fps
BassForever
Member
Rufus is DC Douglas for sure, I was like "oh hi Wesker"
And they confirmed Gaius va in the new localization blog
Xenoflare
Member
I was pretty uncertain until the end of chapter 2, and I went hey Wesker as well.
Laura is new Margaret (persona) Marisha Ray
Alisa sounds like Melissa Fahn
I'll throw in more as the game progresses. I love doing this lol
-Pyromaniac-
Member
It's funny...every time I read about this game online whether it's here or gamefaqs or reddit or anywhere really everyone says [insert team] is so broken! Yet that team is always different. One post I'll read Machias is a god. Other posts will say having Alisa in the party makes everything easy. Others say the same about Emma. Etc...
The only one that is consistently on every "broken team" list is Laura. To me that makes it seem like there are lots of viable options. I'm on chapter 2 and still unsure who I want to main other than Rean/Laura. Alisa seems useful for CP reasons but she's kind of bad for almost everything else. Emma seems good all-round magic user that I can use for healing too. Machias I don't know what to make of yet. Fie seems strong and fast but I'm not sure how useful her buffs would be in the game.
The only one that is consistently on every "broken team" list is Laura. To me that makes it seem like there are lots of viable options. I'm on chapter 2 and still unsure who I want to main other than Rean/Laura. Alisa seems useful for CP reasons but she's kind of bad for almost everything else. Emma seems good all-round magic user that I can use for healing too. Machias I don't know what to make of yet. Fie seems strong and fast but I'm not sure how useful her buffs would be in the game.
SatelliteOfLove
Member
Someone earlier was talking about how weak characters felt in FC; now ALL those restrictions are off!
KuwabaraTheMan
Banned
Alisa is absolutely Erica Lindbeck. The voice is extremely similar to the one she used for Kotoko in Ultra Despair Girls.
Xenoflare
Member
Apparently the physical edition has a list of VAs listed on the manual
Goddamn it this just makes me hate EB games more.
SolVanderlyn
Thanos acquires the fully powered Infinity Gauntlet in The Avengers: Infinity War, but loses when all the superheroes team up together to stop him.
Niethardt HAS to be Cam Clarke, AKA Liquid Snake or Kratos from Tales of Symphonia.
AKA the best English voice actor
Xenoflare
Member
Or Decadus from Drakengard 3
Nnnhhhhhngh
I imagine that game is so fun for everyone to voice
http://vocaroo.com/i/s0dQPgbootu6
Sean Chiplock (Rean in this game) is a treasure. He stopped by 4chan and did a couple recording pre-release when Trails of Cold Steel was about to drop.
localization blog 3 said:
BassForever
Member
All it has is a list not who they play, from the ps3 manual
Ben Diskin
Carrie Keranen
Cassandra Lee Morris
D C Douglas
Edward Bosco
Erica Lindbeck
Jessica Straus
Kaiji Tang
Kimberly Brooks
Lucien Dodge
Marisha Ray
Megan Harvey
Patrick Seitz
Anthony Landor
Rachel Kimsey
Rena Strober
Sean Chiplock
Derek Stephen Prince
Xander Mobus
Kira Buckland
Xenoflare
Member
Mela Lee is not on there and I swear to god Sharon is voiced by her. I guess not all actors chose to get credited, which is common
Oh yeah, Fie is Cassandra, no mistake on that either
Mgrgrgr
BassForever
Member
SolVanderlyn
Thanos acquires the fully powered Infinity Gauntlet in The Avengers: Infinity War, but loses when all the superheroes team up together to stop him.
I feel like out of all of Class VII, Jusis and Fie have the best VAs. They captured their personalities almost perfectly. The only one that I think falls behind the others is Sara. It's almost like she has a slight lisp. I don't mean to sound mean, but she also sounds almost like a middle aged woman at times.
voice actor appropriately reflects just how annoying that character is, so kudos to them.
Millium's
BassForever
Member
I dunno I feel all of the cast does a great job with their characters. Rean, Gaius, and Machias as well are pretty great in their roles.
Even better, really. Sometimes, Fie's voice acting was so good I thought it elevated her character past what I would have thought of her with a cookie cutter 'kuudere' Japanese voice.
All the voice actors were pretty great even if a couple of them had weird little slip ups (see: Sara)
Xenoflare
Member
-Pyromaniac-
Member
I have a super dumb question. Where the fuck is the weapon shop? I have yet to purchase a weapon and I'm in chapter 2. Is there one in this city? Where is it at the school? I must be blind...
Also does it make sense to buy anything for anyone other than Rean given that character equipment gets upgraded automatically over time?
Also does it make sense to buy anything for anyone other than Rean given that character equipment gets upgraded automatically over time?
Of course Elise
Slay classy, Japan.
It's in the cafeteria/student council building. The NPC just left to the entrance.
wants to fuck her brother. And everyone seems ok with it. =_=
It's in the cafeteria/student council building. The NPC just left to the entrance.
SolVanderlyn
Thanos acquires the fully powered Infinity Gauntlet in The Avengers: Infinity War, but loses when all the superheroes team up together to stop him.
A lot of people say Laura's voice isn't as good as the rest, but I think it's appropriately husky for someone meant to be physically powerful and delivered in a manner that reflects her super serious nature very well.
They're
not blood related, but yeah, still uncomfortably weird. Gwyn, on the other hand, doesn't have that excuse. The Estelle/Joshua situation was different because they lived together for five years, but Elise and Rean grew up together. Eugh.
Xenoflare
Member
Prioritize Rean, and the weapon shops in chapter 2 is Christine's(?) Galleria on the second floor.
At school it's on the first floor of the student union building
Student Union in the school.
Xenoflare
Member
I like Laura's voice. The delivery is pretty on spot, the factor of familiarity is a plus for me too. She improved a lot in Persona Q
-Pyromaniac-
Member
jesus, they could haven't put weapons shops in more obscure places lol. Thanks for the help peeps.
Xenoflare
Member
Yeah I had a problem with that as well. Since in the TiTs games they actually colour code the buildings while in this game it's all over the place.
SolVanderlyn
Thanos acquires the fully powered Infinity Gauntlet in The Avengers: Infinity War, but loses when all the superheroes team up together to stop him.
Chapter 6
Mueller! Ah, I wish he and Olivert were playable in this game. I love seeing the characters from Sky return in 3D. The cameos/references seem deliberately paced so that you never forget that these games share the same world. Also love the Cassius Bright references - he's treated as an appropriately world famous character. As an aside, I wonder if we'll ever find out who the other three S Rank Bracers are.
Same. She sounds like an eloquent 5 year old.
Fie's voice is by far the best in my opinion. Emma's not bad. Rean, Gaius, Jusis and Machias are all solid as well.
Equally interesting to learn is what happened for those other bracers to earn themselves a prestige S rank. We know why (FC spoiler)
Cassius
This is part of the only thing I don't like in this game. Way too much perverted stuff. I just laugh how they are outraged at the
nonchalant head patting
SolVanderlyn
Thanos acquires the fully powered Infinity Gauntlet in The Avengers: Infinity War, but loses when all the superheroes team up together to stop him.
A part of me hopes that one of them is related to (3rd spoiler)
The Pillar of Salt incident
This is also all coming from someone who's only played the English games in the series, so maybe a lot of this has been answered elsewhere. I get the feeling much of it hasn't, though.
Burning Justice
the superior princess
Hatsuu posted on her blog all of the voice actors that they can name:
http://hatsuu.tumblr.com/post/136423971086/hi-i-dont-know-if-i-should-ask-but-ive-been
Everyone that's not on this list requested to remain anonymous.
Cold Steel and Cold Steel II only add more breadcrumbs (although I would rather call them loafs), like (Chapter 2)
mentions of animism and fairies (based on her ears, Towa could be very well a descendant of the fairy species)
the statue in Nord Highlands
Rean's burning chest/white hair/super saiya-jin mode
the tale around Rianne Sandlot
Shouta
Member
Well, considering their situation they probably don't think anything of it. lol The situation as a trope is annoying but in their situation, it makes sense.
It started happening regularly in Falcom games with Ao but it's not totally new. Thankfully, it's relatively standard fare and it's mostly stuff that's been around for decades.
SolVanderlyn
Thanos acquires the fully powered Infinity Gauntlet in The Avengers: Infinity War, but loses when all the superheroes team up together to stop him.
If you want more proof that Niethardt is 99% likely to be Cam Clarke, here.
Kratos Aurion
Niethardt
Yeah, I noticed these were all setups for something bigger. I was hoping most of this would be covered in CSII. Even if it isn't, the fact that CSIII will exist at some point is hopeful.
SliceSabre
Banned
Welp finally decided to pick this up, digital since physical was a bust, and I just finished the prologue but I am enjoying the experience thus far!
It's not enough to turn me off completely because it's still not in the creepy territory but I'm a bit disappointed. Apparently the Evolution versions of Sora no Kiseki Vita has much more.
Xenoflare
Member
You are doing the god's work