Would this game be better if it wasn't anime?

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Why so?

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>>323939646
>anime

>>323939646
What are you even saying OP?

If it looked like fucking oblivion would it be better?

No.

>>323939646
Considering a lot of people, myself included, bought the game for being a Persona 4 clone. I doubt it.

I didn't really understand why you were calling Rean an edge lord but now I understand.

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>>323940782
>saying this on a polynesian smoke-signal site

>>323940978
Halfway through the game, the party doesn't want Rean to hold back. At the end of the game, everyone fears him powering up.

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>>323940845
>the game for being a Persona 4 clone

Wtf is every game in a school a persona 4 clone now?

>>323939646
Anon, the Trails series has always been anime.

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It's technically not an anime, it's a game.

Any game that has some good sides besides being anime (read: having tons of lewd girls) would've been better if it wasn't anime. That's not the case with this one though.

Kondo plans were to appeal a wider audience nowadays as an entry point to the franchine expecting they will play the older entries. I can see this failing so hard, I can probably count with my hands "new fans" trying to play older games of any franchine just because they love the latest entries. Maybe japanese are different, I dont know.

>>323941117
Correct. Ys is now pretty much a clash of clans clone as well with the basebuilding in the upcoming game.

FUCK OFF NOBLES REEEEEEEEEEEEEE

>>323941171
What type of DLC you want, kinsfolk?
Give me everything!
Say no more.

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>>323941252
>Ys is now pretty much a clash of clans clone as well with the basebuilding in the upcoming game
Sauce on this

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>>323941390
It's the dilemma of either having everyone in their school uniforms or no one. I can't stand the idea of having two or three characters running around in their uniform while I dress up everyone else in casual clothes.

>>323941415
https://www.vg247.com/2015/12/16/ys-viii-lacrimosa-of-dana-announced-for-ps4-and-vita/

>You can develop your ‘Drifting VIllage’ base by gathering castaways. The residential area can be defended with castaways during ‘Counter-Attack Battles’, and there are a number of attack skills that will become available.


RIP Falcom.

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>>323941346
I was pretty shocked around the end of the game.

>>323941390
I would like an extra dungeon DLC, or maybe a previous character costume pack, like giving Rean something like Joshua's clothing or something.

psssh...

>>323941691
I'll probably just wait until the sequel and selectively buy DLC between the first game and the second.

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>>323941693
Why didn't I hear about this until now holy shit.

I bet he won't show up either.

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>>323941878
Yeah it's less troublesome in the sequel since they already have unique looks so it's no longer a problem.

>>323939646
Anything would be better if it wasn't anime

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>>323941981
He's replaced. Again.

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>>323941691
worked with the cuck queen just fine

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>>323942113
A-at least I'll have my bluehaired w-waifu, r-right?

Can someone explain something to me?

At the end of chapter 6 who shot down the aircraft with the sniper?

>>323942483
Claire I think

>>323940782
So what's the context of this?

>>323942483
It's revealed at the end of the game. Just keep playing.

>>323942284
Adol left her like any other,

I FUCKING HATE NOBLES ESPECIALLY THAT BLONDE ONE FROM THE GREAT FOUR FAMILIES!

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>>323939646
>high school setting
>medieval weapons like swords or a bow and arrow

every time

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>>323941360
>those lanky lower leg
did she skip leg day?

Is thia game good?

>>323941691
I love Towa's casual dress, it's so cute.

>>323943286
At least Machias and Crow are practical by using guns

>>323943286
>Guns "useless"
>Muh path of the sword
>Everyone praise the swordmen only

I hope one of the S bracer in Zemuria its a firearm user.

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>>323943508
And Crow ditches them

>>323939646
Could you stop shilling this game and fuck off?

>>323943442
Yes and no.

Yes. For PS3 owners, it's finally a real JRPG adventure game.

No. The game and its sequel use a grading system. That system revolves around hidden quests and hidden objectives, so players need to follow a guide to play the game "correctly".

>>323943508
Crow ditch the guns anyway but always wondered who taught him to fight like that. He has very good skills even if secondary talent.

>>323942284
Dumped, dead or otherwise removed.

>>323943286
>>323943286
Dude, there are guns too, the thing is that orbments make you superhumany enough that guns can't kill you as easily.

>>323943286
Guns are pretty close to nonexistent in Japan and are often pretty vilified on top of that to keep it that way.

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>>323941415
Falcom had been trying to appeal to wider audiences ever since 2013

>>323943442
Do you like talking to NPCs after every cutscene to see what new things they say and in order to catch any hidden quests?

>>323942284
You do realize the big joke about Ys, right?
It's a "retelling" of how he writes about it years afterwards, so he always gets the girl but then inextplicably ups and leaves while she's all wet & wanting.
The reality is that Adol is an ultradork who happened to be nearby when a ton of incidents went down and he died a virgin.

>>323943683
I was thinking this was a vita game the ps3 is better?

>>323943406
Maybe they're just really REALLY tight boots.

Towa a shit
A SHIT

>>323943779
In all fairness, guns are only used for murder, or lead to future murders.

>>323944246
Both have crossplay, and have similar gameplay post-Japanese patch. So it's really up to you. As a PS3 collector, I sure hope XSEED is able to release a second physical PS3 edition.

>>323944441
>Both have cross-save
fixed

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>mfw playing on vita

knew I should have got it on ps3

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Daily reminder that C is Cassius

>>323944160
I know
Ys 7 still broke me though

So I haven't been keeping up with this shit, but Fie's now recognized as Best Girl, right?

These always devolve into waifu arguments anyway.

>>323944662
Yeah and PS3 also has less slowdowns.

>>323944818
>Fie's now recognized as Best Girl, right?
Fie's good if you want to use an item buff for Rean, before his turn. That's about it.

>>323944530
Whoops. That would be quite a feat with the PS3/VITA's slow wi-fi detection.

I heard someone say something about how the story is better if you have your best link with Millium in both Sen games, is this true? Can any nipfags confirm or deny that there is a difference?

>>323942675
Don't question it, "ironically" acting like a 14 year old wigger is cool now.

>>323944160
Life of Brian?

>>323944818
No it's Towa.

>>323945452
I thought she was the fast debuffer who can really stack up status effects.

>Chrono break
Why is this allowed?

Is there a guide for full Academic Points anywhere?

halp

>>323947448
http://psnprofiles.com/guide/3724-THE-LEGEND-OF-HEROES-TRAILS-OF-COLD-STEEL-Overall-Walkthrough

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>>323944682
You spelled grandmaster wrong

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>>323944160
>The hero of Ys I & II is actually Goban
>After his sister is killed, he has Dogi smash a hole into the tower wall, wrecks shit, and eventually gets teleported to Ys and saves everyone & marries Lilia
>Yunica's superior genes save fucking everyone centuries after the fact

Seems about right.

I'm starting to really love everything about the game, I'm going to hate having to wait for the second game to come out.

>>323948258
Play trails in the sky in the meantime.

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>>323946176
Towa is just a cum dump for mercenaries.

So is there a list of broken M Quartz? Kinda want to prepare for a nightmare playthrough

>>323948258
After beating the game once and keeping your items, the nightmare playthough becomes a speedrun. It will be a looooong wait.

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>>323941693
Dogi fucking when holy shit.

>>323948573
The only real broken setup is the 2x damage quartz and a max level masterquartz that increases damage by 2.

>>323948396
You monster!

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>>323949321
Not my fault she enjoys it.

>>323949531
>>323948396
Those things are lies, lies I tell you. Towa is pure and cute!

So a question to the lorefags, I know Orbments allow you to use Arts, but where do the Crafts come from? Do they also come from the orbment?

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>>323944283

TOWA IS LOVE

TOWA IS LIFE

I WILL FIND YOU AND I WILL END YOU

>>323949974
She is the final boss you know, mark my words, she will betray Rean in the next game.

>>323949942
Crafts are personal skills. They're abilities that characters learn on their own through experience. Think of it like getting better with a weapon when you're training.

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>>323949640
>>323949974
You can't stop her from being a good cock worshipper.

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>>323941693
As long as it's not a huge focus I'm fine with it. Could be fun too

Now, if they put dating sin elements in Ys, that's a different story

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>>323949531
Scans when?

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>>323950142
>>323950303
>>323948396
>>323949531


SHE'S JUST TRYING TO BE HELPFUL. SHE WORKS SO HARD THAT SHE BECOMES ABSENT MINDED AND DOESN'T UNDERSTAND WHAT SHE'S DOING.

MY WAIFU IS NOT EVIL OR A SLUT

I want to fuck Towa until she passes out

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>>323950640
Estelle > Renne > Sara > Tio > literal garbage > Kukloe >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Towa

>>323950297
I get that part, but from where does the wind Gaius uses come from? Or the magic stuff Jusis does with his sword? Do those things come from the orbment too?

>>323950640
Angelica fucked Towa

>>323940845
I love how the school is just a marketing ploy, there's no actual school stuff beyond the festivals.

>>323950640
Does that mean that Rean will do the same to be helpful too?

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Just bought this game and just now started playing it.
What am I in for?

>>323950858
and the mid-term exams

>>323941171
1 millium dollars

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>>323950640
Literal irrelevant character.
>>323950806
>Sara and Tio that high
Throw it into the trash

>>323950956
60+ hours of fun.

>>323950956
A lot of quests.

>Day off
>One of the days with the most activities to do

Imagine if Towa told you she was dating someone, after you did all those tasks for her...

>>323951058
nice

>>323951113
Is Towa the silver-haired short girl?

>>323951254
No. That's Fie, one of the best girls in the game.

Towa is the useless brown-haired petite girl who never even joins the party. She's only there as waifubait.

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>>323951254

Towa is the brown haired student council president, also known as best girl.

There's a reason why she's the only non-party member in Cold Steel 1 to get bonding events.

>>323951373

You shut up.

>>323951254
She's the tiny brown haired girl next to the blue haired girl in >>323941691

>>323950858
To be fair, I think the school works to as a tool to get Class VII together and set the tone for this, but yeah, you really don't spend that much time in school in this game.

>>323950956
A fun game where one third is about you learning about the diverse Erebonian empire and all the people in it, and see how political tensions threaten to split it in half as people plot behind the scene. Another is about helping people around you by doing odd-jobs and killing monsters and exploring old ruins. The final is hanging out with your friends, playing cards with them, becoming closer with them as you learn about their past, and go on train rides with them.

>>323951113
That shit would be hilarious, and would make me want to murder someone. I can only stand doing the sidequests because they make Towa smile.

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>>323951373
Oh well, Fie is a cutie and ALREADY I'm liking this game.

It's not really giving me a thousand fucking things to read about how to play the game.

It's just, here's some movement controls, and then a battle just came up, and it's giving me options to do things and not holding my hand.

>>323951453
>>323951475
I like Fie because I saw her sleeping on the bench in the opening and I was like "yes I relate to this one very much so"

>>323951505
oh so it's like persona but with an interesting story and a pretty fantasy setting? Sweet! (not saying persona doesn't have a good story btw. I enjoyed the shit out of 3)

Thank you everyone!

>>323951453
Will Towa become the true love interest in the next game? Someone tell me she gets a cute scene in Sen II.

>>323951734
Towa will be Angelica's love interest, Crow's 50 mira will be Rean's love interest since its the only thing he has to remember him by

>obligatory
http://vocaroo.com/i/s1mGJSDJPpjK

>>323951641
Yeah, the game really doesn't bother with tutorials, they just explains things really fast and move you along.

>>323951641
>>oh so it's like persona but with an interesting story and a pretty fantasy setting?
The coolest thing about the game is the setting. Not just the deep lore, or the world building, but actually how NPC's feel alive since they have small character arcs that change as time passes.

Also the setting is not a standard medival fantasy setting, instead it's set in the awkward period right after an industrial revolution, so we find ourselves in a world where knights and people with swords and magic can fight alongside airships, tanks and guns, and it somehow works very well.

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>>323951641
Fie behaves very much like a cat. She also joins the gardening club at one point.

>>323939646
Would /v/ be better if normies were all banned?

yes

>>323952012
Nah, the 50 Mira coin will be a new S-Craft, and will give Validar an upgrade.

I see /v/ praises this game and that one on steam a lot. I'm a sucker for JRPG's but i'm not sure on this one.

What's exactly good about them or what's the most similar game to them? I want to have an idea before i buy any of them.

>>323952424
>what's the most similar game to them?
Grandia is my favorite comparison because they're similar somewhat in combat (although Cold Steel's combat is much better) and have a similar feel throughout.

>What's exactly good about them
The strengths of Trails games is writing and dialogue, and they usually have pretty interesting and well-developed characters. For Cold Steel in particular, I really like the voice acting, combat, and the overall plot.

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>>323951734
The real question is, will we get to kiss Towa's belly in Sen III?

Why is Coldsteel so much better than Sky?

>>323952679
It's not?

>>323952679
(You)

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>>323952276
The gameplay definitely feels like SMT and Persona and I'm LOVING IT AAAAA

The character models look nice too and the interface doesn't look trash either. Looks pretty nice.

And yeah the setting is pretty fuckin' cool so far.

>>323952302
>Fie behaves very much like a cat.
P U R E

>>323952659
I would rather punch her in the belly

>>323952012

By like halfway through Cold Steel 1 (the second motorcycle test) Angelica admits that Rean and Towa would make a cute couple, and then she barely, if ever, hits on her for the rest of the game.

She may be keeping up the act, but she knows she's lost.

Also if I remember correctly from the polls some anon posted in here yesterday, Towa was voted the most popular girl in Sen, so making her canon would be the wise decision.

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>>323952843

>>323952948
It's not hard being the best in sen when all the girls are shit.

>>323952948
Fuck you you fucking piece of shit, Alisa is the canon love interest

I am so sick of you fucking towa fags. She's a useless pointless fucking character. Kill yourself.

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>>323952424
What's good about them? Well, I wrote this post that describes the feeling >>323951505 of the game. The best thing about the game is the writting, it somehow manages to make the world feel very alive since it has some very solid world building, some great characters (including random NPCs who have small character arcs) and a plot that surprisingly is deeper than what you think for a game set in highschool.

The gameplay is pretty fun too, since it feels nuanced enough without making things too complex and you can customize your characters in a ton of ways.

>>323952843
Good, I hope more people soon learn that Fie is the cutest girl, and forget about that useless Towa.

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>>323953082

How will Laura cuck Dubarry?

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>>323953082
LORD HAVE MERCY

>>323953197
Fie is a cute. A C U T E

>>323952679
I think it's a bit better than FC, but that's mostly due to the better combat system making the pacing feel better.

All the talk of Crossbell in this game just makes me want Zero/Ao more. Fuck.

>>323952659
Hopefully Rean one day, she really needs to win.

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>>323939646
play the PSP version on my Vita or PC version /v/?

>>323953165
Look Alisa is just horrible, any girl would be better than her and Towa would just be the best.

>>323953420
We'll have Zero at the end of this year.

Ao, who knows

>>323953479

PC has the better translation. Plus you can switch in the japanese voices

>>323953479
PC version, without a doubt.

They took HD assets from the Japanese PS3 version and put them in the PC version. It is vastly superior to the PSP version.

>>323953420
Maybe is Sen sells really well. My hope is that they start translating it after Sen II, but who knows.

>>323953479
PC, it has the PS3 assets.

>>323953576
Towa isn't better than anyone, she's a pointless character who never should have even been made. If Falcom ever makes her the canon love interest then I am never buying another falcom game again. PERIOD.

>>323939646
how can a game not be an anime?
is it by using Hollywood cliches?
if this is what you want then fuck off

>>323939646
it wouldn't exist otherwise.

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>>323953579
2018 is early estimate, most likely 2019/2020.

>>323953082
Fie is one of the characters that can reach a 100% dodge rate for all physical attacks in both games. In CSII, she can also counter attack from ANYWHERE. I'll let that sink in for a second.

>>323953479
I played it on PSP because of the speedup function in the emulator

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>>323953576

This to be honest, familyman.

>>323953725

How sad, good thing there's way more Towa fans than Alisa fans to make up for your lost sales.

>>323953725
Dude, it's a dating game so Falcom would be stupid to make anyone a canon love interest, much less a side character like Towa, so calm down. If anything, the one closest to being the main love interest will be Alisa, who will probably be the protagonist for Cold Steel 3.

>>323953796
Crossbell police you are arrested for sexual harassment

>>323953810
Oh so they incorporate her guns into her counter attacks? It kind of felt lame how her standard attacks only used the knife part of her weapon while Machias could always use a gun.

>>323953796
What's the joke here.

>>323953810
Fie is great, I like having her as a debuffer in my game, but I feel I am not using her right most of the time.

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>>323953921
>it's a dating game
What the fuck?

No it isn't.

Fuck off with your shitty bait

>>323953810
You also forgot there is a quartz that makes every counter a crit. Add in the master quartz that doubles crit damage, and you have some high as fuck damage output.

>>323954057
Okay, fine, it's a game with a relationship values mechanic, which implies you get to choose which girl is the love interest, so I doubt they will force one to be the chosen one.

>>323954243
Alisafags are the Elliefags of ColdSteel. Aka not canon.

>>323953921
>Alisa, who will probably be the protagonist for Cold Steel 3.
why would they do this?

So whats a better M Quartz for Rean, Murakamo or Vermillion?

>>323954448
Because Rean is with the Iron Bloods, probably reluctantly

>>323954038
I guess you haven't gotten the straight line craft that inflicts faint/death yet.
Fie also happens to have the highest speed out of all the characters. Toss on some speed accessories, buff her speed, and watch her run circles around everyone else. She has some amazing delay crafts as well.

>>323954448
Rean must be replaced so he can be saved.

>>323953921
Hopefully Rean will not be protagonist in sen 3. Anything would be better than him.

>>323954550
Moebius.

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>>323954875
Do you think they'll have to call in the big guns?

Cold Steel 3 should make Crow the protagonist
he is the best girl after all

>>323954875
Lloyd will come in and do a Simon speech about believing in himself

>>323954550
Vermilion.

>>323955081
Any particular reason why?
Never used it at all

>>323955210
He's dead.

>>323954981
Oh come on, he is not that bad, he has his good moments and a cool mech.

>>323955210
Thank god he's dead

>>323955274
aww
thats a shame

>>323955210
I have some bad news for you.

>>323955271
Max level makes it so items have a range instead of being only usable on 1 person.

>>323955082
Nah, they will be saved for the Calvard games.

>>323955236
Crow will save him, as a ghost that lives in the coin.

>>323955271
Rean is pretty much in your party all the time and he's has good speed so having him as buff is useful.

Jusis is a bro, he'll do your homework and clean the toilets unlike that commoner Machias
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CxTapShCfO0

>>323954550
Vermillion at higher levels. Mobius is good for spamming buff items that restore your S-rank arts bar.

>>323955304
I don't want to hear or see him do those chunni moments again.

>>323955357
If he's playing on anything but nightmare, Moebius won't have that much use for him. Also, Murakumo becomes much more useful in CSII, where you can finally get accessories and equipment that boost crit rate.

>>323955535
Dude, it's not worse than anything before, I mean these games are chunni anyway. I mean we have Ouroboros around.

>>323955707
He's going to hate Enforcer #1.

>>323955707
Yea but it never reach that level of chunni. Rean's airship escape moment in sen 2 made me cringe.

>>323955843
McBurn was alright. His face tattoo is kinda stupid tho.

>>323955917
Sorry, I don't feel that way since I don't think Rean is worse than anything that has appeared before, the only thing Sen changes is that it shows it more.

Campanella and Mcburn are related

>>323956203
>Sen changes is that it shows it more
Yea and it pretty cringy.

>>323956369
Wait what?

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>>323955210
Crow is literally albino Jesus. You heard it here first.

Oh boy, 70 hours in and I'm finally about to reach the prologue.

>Missed a character note

AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA

>>323957846
Sounds about right.

>>323957846
That's how these games work, but it's enjoyable.

>>323958232
It's impossible to get them all in your first run technically. In some free days there are like 4 or 5 characters that get note updates from hanging out with them and they only give you 3 or 4 points to waste. Don't worry.

>>323958232
I know how you feel. I got all the fish up until very last two in the notebook and I'll never be able to go back to Roer to get it this playthrough.

>>323958232
I know how you feel, seeing an empty spot in the notebook really makes me want to go back and get the stuff.

>>323958591
Um, all the fish end up in both the river and pond the after the chapter ends. It is impossible to be locked out of completing the fish notebook.

>>323959260
They do? Oh cool.

Becky best girl.

>>323959396
Linde and her sister are best girls.

GO FIGHT
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5HFWr-YzWyA

>it's just like Persona!
>it's just like Grandia!
>it's just like Suikoden!

Why is this fanbase so completely retarded?

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>>323959724
>tfw you will never be able to romance any of the other school girls

Mint is cute.

CUTE.

>>323960523
it's like darksouls

>>323960523
The school time is like persona, the combat system is like Grandia, and the politics is like Suikoden. There, happy.

>>323960586
The best thing this game ever did was making so many cute girls all around the campus. I bet that everybody that plays the game will end up with a favorite NPC or two.

>>323960402
Go Fight!

>>323960787
>The school time is like persona, the combat system is like Grandia, and the politics is like Suikoden.

None of these are true, particularly the Grandia comparison.

I honestly don't know what's worse, some idiot thinking the combat is like Grandia or thinking it's like SMT.

>>323960849
Hey, I was mainly referring to that review that made that comparison, which was from where I thought you brought that.

Is Thomas using magic to make it that everyone sees his hair as brown or is he wearing a wig?

>>323960960
Grandia comparisons have been thrown around since the hype for SC happened.

It's probably the most moronic out of all of them.

>>323961090
It's not that bad saying the combat system is similar to Grandia. You have positional combat, delaying/interrupting casting, customizable magic, etc. Of course, one has a real-time system where the other has a more static turn based one, but they're still fairly similar.

>>323961956
>one has a real-time system
dafuq?

Neither of them have real-time combat.

They are very similar. Cold Steel has things that Grandia doesn't, of course, but it's not that different at all.

This guy saying the comparison is moron is, well..a moron, to say the least

>>323962309
Alright, not real-time, but an Active Time Battle system.

It's not an anime. It's a videogame anon.

Duh.

FALL TO RUIN

>>323961956
They're not similar at all. It's closer to Arc the Lad than fucking Grandia.

>customizable magic

Absolutely nothing to do with the combat system, and is present in several JRPGs.

>>323962721
I haven't played Arc the Lad, but wasn't that more of an Action RPG and not turn based?

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Should I make a gallery of whenever Gaius mentions muh wind or did some Anon do something similar already?

>>323962885
The last game was an action RPG. The previous ones carried out battles like small scale SRPGs. The first PS2 title's combat is almost identical to Cold Steel.

>>323962721
The basic concept behind Trails combat is very similar to that of Grandia combat. Trails combat is better, of course, but the comparison is apt.

I bet you're just an assblasted nostalgiafag who is upset that we're drawing comparisons to his favorite games. Fuck off kiddo.

>>323963084
No one is willing to do it since it'd take too many screenshots.

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>>323963084
You can try if you want, but that's going to be a lot of screenshots.

>>323963084
Someone should do it, but I bet it would fill several pages.

>>323963142
Interesting. I might have to check those games out, then.

>>323963183
>Trails combat is better
Not to start a shit storm but I don't think any JRPG can top Grandia 3 in combat.
Ofcourse the game as a whole is garbage.

>>323963084
You can try it.

It will take a long time however

Towa had better be a main heroine in 3.

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>>323962494
Is that the dance scene?

>>323963183
Grandia is built around canceling enemy attacks and combos. Those are the core concepts of Grandia's combat, and they aren't present in these games.

Even Neptunia is closer to these games than Grandia.

>>323947935
>after the fact
lol I geddit

>>323963310

>HEY A STRONG ATTACK IS COMING YOU SHOULD CANCEL IT WITH A CRITICAL
>The game literally tells you if you should cancel with a crit or a special move every time your turn comes when an enemy is readying an attack
>It does this through the whole fucking game

I could understand a little hand holding in the first hour or so, but jesus fuck. I'm not that stupid, game.

>>323963703
>and they aren't present in these games.
So, basically, you know nothing about Trails combat.

Gotcha.

>>323963703
Grandia isn't "built around" cancelling attacks, you ignoramus. That's just one part of the combat system out of many.

>>323963972
He's talking about the different kind of "normal" attacks: Combo and Critical. You could use Critical attacks to interrupt an enemy's normal attack.

>>323963960
Those tips are pretty stupid. Luckily you can turn them off or so that's what I remember.

>>323963972
It is fundamentally impossible to have Grandia style combos, and only crafts/arts can be cancelled as opposed to everything in Grandia.

>>323964112
It is a core part of the combat with several bosses throughout the series testing your knowledge/skill with the mechanic. The combat would literally be broken without it.

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>>323964325
It's not nearly as important as you claim it is. I've beaten both Grandia I and II without giving a single fuck about trying to cancel anyone's attack. If it happens, it happens, but I never prioritized or thought about it.

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>>323953420
>>323964465

>>323964554
Some bosses instantly kill you if you don't cancel certain attacks. Try again.

>>323964835
Nope, you try again, fuckhead. I know what I've done and haven't done.

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>>323953420

There is literally zero practical difference between Grandia's "cancelled attacks" and Trails' "delay". The only major difference is that, in Trails, not every enemy is susceptible.

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>>323953420
More Crossbell shit

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>>323965271
Literally did nothing wrong.

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>>323953420

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>>323953420
>All this meaningless dialogue

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>>323953420

I like Sen's calendar it helps keep track of the timeline. We know on March Rean and Altina fights Lloyd and Rixia.

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>>323953420
Oh my, I wonder what could have caused this.

FUCKING XSEED YOU HACKS, FIND SOME WAY TO BRING OVER ZERO AND AO

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>>323953420
Orpheus plan?
Second stage?
What could she be talking about?

>>323964465
Doesn't Rean know him?

>>323966772
He knows of him, but they never met.

>>323966772
Not in person

>>323966728
>>323966445
>>323966143
>>323965751
>>323965484
Okay, I get it, it's all foreshadowing from Ao/Zero and Third, but I like it. It makes me want to play those games too.

>>323966772
Yeah I'm pretty sure he knows everyone who practices Hachiyou Ittou but never meet them. Alternatively he knows Anelace but not Cassius and Arios

>>323966668
learn Japanese

or alternatively wait for the fan translation of Zero this year.

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>>323967027
Then what are you waiting for? The games are already ou- oh wait, not in english

Arios will help train Rean in Sen 3.

>>323968356
Not before the mandatory "Kafei-roshi would be disappoint" scene

>>323968462
Both of them are a disgrace, Arios and Rean are the two worst students for being evil. Why couldn't they be like Cassius and Anelace.

>>323965404
Uh, no. Blowing massive holes into Empire fortresses using ancient weapons that ERASE MATTER FROM EXISTENCE isn't exactly a neutral or friendly thing to do.

>>323968675
Now, now. No need to spoil the EOPs about Rean's heel turn

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Someone please explain how I should start with this series, preferably on PSP/Vita? I have no idea what I'm doing.

>>323969095
Which magna is this from?

>>323967065
There are eight styles of Hachiyou Ittou right? And Rean only practices one or something?

>>323969095
You start with the original trilogy on PC, then move to Zero/Ao on PSP and end with Sen on PS3

>>323969194
He practices Momiji, Arios is Hayate

>>323969194
He knows two.

>>323969260
Remind me, why does Rean know Hayate and Ura Hayate?

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>>323965484
mfw Osbourne is voiced by Jouji Nakata, seems kinda fitting. Shame he didn't say REJOICE

>>323968965
They were going to use it so it's okay.

>>323969525
ur a hayate

>>323969525
Fuck Ura Hayate. Arios can suck a dick. FUCK ARIOS.

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>>323968356
He's too busy helping Lloyd.

>>323969201
So I should avoid the original trilogy on PSP? I really prefer playing JRPGs in a portable manner but if the PC version added boats load of content then I'd be willing to play them instead.

>>323970006
Well Rean can go to Crossbell and ask Arios for training. Its not like he did anything bad to Arios yet.

>dense katana wielding main protagnoist with edgy power up

did they try to make him as generic as possible?

How long until The 3rd gets confirmed? I say it happens this year.

>>323970154
Its a Tachi not a katana

>>323970154
Yes.

>>323970058
No new content, but just less bugs and a cleaner translation job on the PC version.

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>>323939646
I personally think so.
Though I don't know a western video game that really takes its time and shows off the characters doing lots of pointless stuff to flesh out their characters the fact that there are so many stereotypical anime tropes shamelessly used just feels annoying.
If the style of the game meets up with somewhat better writing that doesn't use the same old tropes then it would be great. As it is its enjoyable but there are obvious annoying shit in it.

>>323970058
Go play them on PC, the PSP version is OK, but the PC ones has the HD assets.

>>323970058
It's the other way around regarding content, the psp versions are updated but look like total garbage. There's also the issue of censorship of The 3rd on the PSP.

If you're playing in english is best to play on the PC as well, the translation has been updated multiple times for consistency, something that isn't possible with the PSP versions

>>323970006
It's been awhile since i finished Ao, why was Arios working for Deiter again?

>>323970426
Western video games have just as many tropes as Japanese ones.

>>323970579
He wanted to rewrite history to help Crossbell

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>>323970154
>>323970294

>>323970579
Bring back his dead wife? I don't remember either.

Only the lowest casual scum calls anything with a japanese artstyle ''anime''.

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>>323970654

>>323970579
Cure Daughter and he wanted to test Lloyd to see if he is as determination as his brother.

>>323956064
Hir face tatoo combined with his red eyes and white hair transformation was ugly but hell I wanted to fight him again with his sword and to be an actual challenge. Pretty much like when you got an archievement for defeating Arianhord in Ao no Kiseki even though the requirement was to lose. You even get an special dialogue where she praise your awesome strenght.

Dubarry is an old hag I hope Laura kisses Arianrhod in front of her.

>>323969873
That's a nice buff you got their

Watch as I hit through two layers of Adamantine Shield with one move

>>323956369
He mentioned Campanalla once or twice but I dont remember what he said. He did mention Lowe and Sara reacted, like Lowe was such a big deal when alive the everyone important knew him. Dubarry wanted to surpass him too.

>>323971057
There's no way they won't reuse those assets he'll be back in sen 3 for sure.

>>323939646
Can you faggots properly put "Trails" in the OP so we can filter your threads?

Thanks.

Dialogue/Cutscenes - This game has awful, absolutely awful dialogues and cutscenes. Even though almost everything is voiced over the dialogue, (they have some parts that are pure text) it is as if the writers are 10 years old. Their humor is the most laughable thing ever and is the last thing from funny. I suppose if you're 8 you would actually laugh and find most of the humor funny, other than that it's laughably pathetic. This wasn't a con to me but this game has a LOT of talking in it, so if dialogue is a turn off for a game then avoid this game. The animations themselves in the cutscenes seem so forced and unsmooth it's awkward at times. It's like watching a poorly animated school project video made for art class at times; for example, seeing an airliner move frame by frame and seemingly float in the air, completely out of place. I understand this game is a port and somewhat old, but other games from this time had better animations than this.

>>323971329
You forgot the magic word.

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>>323960523
Thats gaming journalist. In fact Kotaku started with Persona meet Suikoden comparison and picture related took them far enough to add two more.

Characters - You may think this is a weird con but let me explain. This is one of the worst aspects of the games, absolute worst. Before I make any statements on it, think back to when you were 13 years old and had 'great' ideas for video games that were RPGs and thought of these great characters, that's how these writers were. Take any Schwarzenegger film and you can apply the characters to his movies. Estelle is a complete dumbass, and is clear through the dialogue that she is as smart as a 6 year old or at least is severely mentally at the age of 16; however, she inherents the skill of using a stave like from her father. Estelle will irritate you beyond belief with her stupidity, the writers just try too hard to create comedic effect with this stupidity, mind you. Furthermore, she cannot pick up on innuendos, at all, like any other 6 year old kid. Remember that one kid in your class that you wish would just shut the up and if they didn't you would freak out? That's Estelle in a nutshell. Her character is shallow and easily predictable, like every other character in the game. Moving on to Joshua, he's not nearly as bad; however, he is just as predictable. He comes off as a secretive and depressed kid, or at least traumatized as a child (which he is). He is smart (in terms of this game at least, considering everybody has the logic and thought process of a 10 year old) and quick-witted and can decipher a crime scene with ease and pick up on trends or piece things together like any normal adult. He has his moments of depression that generally goes into a romantic cutscene with Estelle, with a kidish twist of silly humor and 'cheer me up' laughs and giggles. These 'Bracers' are 16, not 12 and going through puberty like middle school kids; however, that's how their romance progresses and is actually cringe-worthy if you think about this enough. Those are the two main characters that actually matter.

tl;dr: If you have the mindset and intelligence of a 12 year old with 8 year old humor then you will absolutely love this game. Let's put it this way, if you remember playing games like Dragon Quest as a kid, loved them, and then played this you would get a nice feeling of nostalgia followed by pure boredom and realization of how mediocre this game really is.

>>323970616
They are more diverse and are not as annoying or hollow.

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>>323971696
>>323971561
>>323971423
Well said brother.

>>323967027
I was kinda surprised with Zero/Ao setting, its by far the most advanced looking city in the whole franchine in fact Tio one of your member its a hacker and you use modern technology like in our world. The city Crossbell its similar to one of ours in some ways, its was based in NewYork and part of Hong Kong aparentely. There are some drug lords and the beggining of Zero too, while the main characters know about them they cannot do anything because they maintain the status quo.

>>323971204
ZERO FIELD DOES NOTHING. Not even AZURE DEMIURGE is THAT bullshit, and it's the toughest boss in all of Kiseki, for fuck's sake.

>>323971561
>>323971696
>I don't like game
>Therefore, I am superior to people who do like game
And y'all have the nerve to call others 12 year olds

>>323971707
They're not diverse whatsoever, m8.

Could Arios beat Cassius?

>>323971929
Kicking his ass in Wonderland was satisfying as hell, but seriously fuck that buff removal attack and his S-craft

>>323970650
>>323970795
>>323970849


A bit of all this. Fact is he joined the idea with the promise that rewriting the history will help Crossbell and cure his daughter along the way. He shared the dream of Dieter for independence of Crossbell too.

>>323968965
They were desesperate to show their powerful weapons. They could have won easily but utlimately Ouroboros ditch him, left Crossbell defenseless and divided. Easy for anyone to invade.

I think the true villains aside from society are Osborne and whatever dude its controlling Calvard. Rocksmith didnt look like douche to me but maybe he has ulterior motive to act friendly to Libern and Crossbell, word is that while making peace with everyone they take part of their economy and Osborne know that somehow their military streght of Calvard its getting bigger. Ultimately I think if their goverment its somehow evil Kilika might be an antagonist.

>>323963084
I once did this with Komaeda and Hope in Danganronpa 2

Trust me man, you don't want to do this

>>323971238
I dont know how much they will reuse since they promised a visual overhaul for Sen/Cold Steel III unless they mean some bloom here and there lol

Game would be better if it wasn't shit
Play Trails in the Sky and get some god damn taste

>>323972202
He had that movement? fuck I dont remember.

>>323972646
>bloom
I really hope they don't add more effects on screen. The more stuff they add the lower the frame rate will be.

>>323972680
Can't we just get along?

>>323972680
FC was so much better, right? Better graphics, no world building, just pure awesome action right from the get-go. All the plot holes were answered too.

>>323970814
Thousand times folded over Nippon steel

>>323972925
Talking about that, Celceta could have been better without that shit.

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>>323971929
Do you like long fights?

>>323971561
>Rated T for Teen

>>323973090
I beat the Steel Saint on nightmare.

>>323973090
Stop giving spoilers!!!!!!!!!!! FUCK HER!! THOSE SHITTY CHIMERAS SHE SUMMON!!!!!!!!!!!! FUCK ALCHEMISTS!! However I still found her attractive somehow.

>>323973067
I think you can turn it off in the PC version but apparently the recommended specs is a 670.

Why does Emma have a different staff in Sen II?

>>323973090
Stripe her and tie her up and give her to Angelica one dyke is too many.

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>/v/ hates kiseki now
What went wrong?

>>323973349
I think Angelica is into younger women.

>>323973380
Some guy made shill threads instead of making normal threads.

>>323973380
Constantly having threads for the games attracted shitposters.

>>323973418
We don't know that all we know is that she likes women

>>323973349
Mariabell isn't even that bad. Ilya will out dyke her.

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>>323973090
Not him, but how long are we talking here?

>>323973567
I didn't see her drooling over Claire.
>>323973659
C is literally small time.
Try Ao's final boss.

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>>323973649
The biggest dyke in the series

>>323973659
>having machishit and Angelez on your team

>>323973659
20-30 minutes with constant summons and waiting for enemy turns if you don't kill fast enough. This doesn't sound bad but there's another boss after which will take another 20-30 minutes.

>>323973862
>Machias
>Not broken as all fuck

>>323973659
>using default master quartz
AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA

>>323973981
There is absolutely no problem doing so.
Not even on nightmare.

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>>323973659
Give Machias Juggler or Cipher man