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Topic | TP Link continues to plays Trails: Copaganda Edition |
ZeldaTPLink 11/09/23 4:18:55 AM #261 | tcaz2 posted... This is the worst chapter Yeah that's not something I'm ever interested in doing. |
Topic | TP Link continues to plays Trails: Copaganda Edition |
ZeldaTPLink 11/08/23 8:07:32 PM #254 | Cecile asks Lloyd to put sunscreen on the girls It's official, Randy is going to muder Lloyd at night https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/a/forum/c/cf06a8c2.jpg The snake https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/a/forum/3/372754b8.jpg Ofc I pick the first option https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/a/forum/2/2c5778a9.jpg This chapter Then Cecile asks the Question of Death. Who do I want to start with I'm dedicated to the ship so I pick Elie Or that was what I was going to do, but my controller slips and I end up picking Cecile and the ensuing scene is amazing. I think I'm watching the other two on youtube Next is trying to make sandcastles with Fran and Tio while a snarky wolf judges us I suck at it and in the end the wolf gets to prove he is better at architecture than 3 humans They ask me to pick one of their names for the castle, and I throw Tio a bone Next is a competition for catching stones with Sully and KeA, which I win https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/a/forum/a/a49ba08f.jpg I mean it's a videogame, what else am I going to do And now I have to give the stone to someone. I give it to KeA cuz Sully is a jerk I lose the game's book collecting quest after being perfect so far because I did not know I had to buy cat food in advance. Damn it Now after the beach event ends, Randy is ready to get his revenge for the sunscreen scene https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/a/forum/9/92a6bc2f.jpg Holy hell and I was just kidding Lloyd deserves it though I have to pick what character looked best in a swimsuit. The list includes everyone, even the boys. This time my finger doesn't slip and I pick Elie To be fair she is one of the top ones already. But in any case, a ship is a ship. Wazy just comes and says he gets laid way more than the other two. Wow. and now KeA went missing. Always get wary when McGuffin girl does missing |
Topic | TP Link continues to plays Trails: Copaganda Edition |
ZeldaTPLink 11/08/23 8:05:32 PM #253 | https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/a/forum/c/c96859ad.jpg this chapter is pure gold https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/a/forum/8/8d807a17.jpg Ok so how many videogames do you know that bother animating sprites of characters giving each other swimming lessons This is KeA though, so all it takes is a few minutes learning and she's suddenly Michael Phelps Rixia implying she is jealous of Sully for how close she is to Ilya. You know, her attitudes as Rixia and Yin are so different from each other. I wonder who is closer to the real Rixia and now for a sprite volleyball match too The game asks who Lloyd wants to team up with, Randy, Wazy, Noel or Ilya. I'm boring and pick Ilya since she's the best player of the bunch I win the first game, by choosing to throw the ball higher Then second game I pick Randy, and lose by not giving the ball to him I imagine picking different characters shuffles the decisions that have to be made? Maybe Randy is just sad that Noel did not have an wardrobe accident while playing Ilya agrees. Lmao. Lloyd trying to pretend he is not heterosexual while Ilya teases him about it is my new favorite interaction It's like Cecile and Ilya are the good cop and bad cop of shipping https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/a/forum/8/885e7244.jpg Rixia read my mind |
Topic | TP Link continues to plays Trails: Copaganda Edition |
ZeldaTPLink 11/08/23 8:03:33 PM #252 | The wait is over. https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/a/forum/5/51439394.jpg Tio is my spirit animal here https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/a/forum/1/129b380e.jpg There is a huge male/female imbalance in this chapter, but Ilya is surely doing her job in trying to balance it add Mariabell and the balance might end up swinging in the other direction The resort's song in this game is also a banger. Don't remember if Zero had the same song. But this one is great. the boys go get some swimsuits. Wazy puts his own and Randy says hes suspicious. Is he implying Wazy looks gay? Cuz I can see it. I dunno what you are complaining about Randy, the gender ratio got even more lopsided then again who am I trying to fool, Lloyd is gonna get the entire female cast for him isn't he https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/a/forum/7/750d13da.jpg yes Lloyd thats probably a good idea https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/a/forum/5/537db9cf.jpg the game uses sprites to its fullest doesn't it Next comes the obligatory scene in every Japanese work of art: boobs. https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/a/forum/f/f6563c1f.jpg This is mean |
Topic | TP Link continues to plays Trails: Copaganda Edition |
ZeldaTPLink 11/05/23 10:59:50 AM #250 | Bump. Coming back soon. The end of HK is great, what can I say. |
Topic | One Piece (spoilers) |
ZeldaTPLink 11/01/23 6:22:47 PM #279 | Crack theory: Bonney is Ginny. Someone forced her to use her DF to turn into a child permanently, and lose her memories. |
Topic | TP Link continues to plays Trails: Copaganda Edition |
ZeldaTPLink 10/29/23 4:50:47 PM #248 | Tio is REALLY hyped about visiting Misheland the Mishy craze is pretty funny, because it sounds dumb af but mirrors some rl fandoms some bits about Wazy having a past. I was starting to think he didn't have a character some bits about Crossbell independence too. Which is a crazy idea but imo might be the only card they had in hands, with the two empires ready to annex it Tio helped Lloyd realize that they need to be doing and now he's helping the rest. I love this party. The shipping is off the charts in this section now to Randy, who is trying his best not to let others notice he's feeling horrible But Lloyd knows him too well Lloyd unleashes the cheese and Randy recovers just to make him stop I'm really vibing with Lloyd rn. Reminds me of myself in some ways I also say some really cheesy stuff with a straight face often https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/a/user_image/9/8/7/AAO9CbAAE_Fr.jpg no homo the game is shipping Randy and that blonde from the CGF whose name I forgot and I'm ok with that and theres KeA, who realizes they are all sad and feels sad too A wild Fran appears And the dancer crew. And Cecile. And Bell. it's official. Lloyd is going to be shipped from all directions. He cannot escape https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/a/user_image/9/8/8/AAO9CbAAE_Fs.jpg Oh no Beach area: check Large cast of young women: check Protagonist clueless to love: check Midpoint of the story right after a climax, ideal for character interactions and cooling off emotions: check https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/a/user_image/9/8/9/AAO9CbAAE_Ft.jpg It's a goddamn Sexy Beach Episode https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/a/user_image/9/9/0/AAO9CbAAE_Fu.jpg Wazy gets it |
Topic | TP Link continues to plays Trails: Copaganda Edition |
ZeldaTPLink 10/28/23 2:40:00 PM #246 | The next dungeon is a huge parking lot Party members: "do they really think people are going to need so much parking space in the future?" Oh you sweet summer children We are attacked by terrorists with machine guns https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/a/user_image/1/3/7/AAO9CbAAE-4Z.jpg But our girls are armed. Noel may have just climbed a position in the rankings from this scene https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/a/user_image/1/3/8/AAO9CbAAE-4a.jpg Those chests are commited to the joke, I give them that we catch up to the terrorists you know this is good writing when I'm feeling bad for the terrorists because the guy they are trying to kill really seems to be a monster but trying to blow up a 40 floor building is not the way to go about it the Calvardian terrorists can go to hell though, since their cause is basically "fuck those Asian immigrants" terrorists beaten. Fun battle. Not the hardest, but it can get tricky since the terrorists have aoe and can self-buff oh cool now we are fighting a tank we beat the tank, though I have to reset and do the first fight again cuz I started the tank with hp too low so it kicked my ass the first time terrorists probably escaped, though except the red constellation was on the other side, and now they are probably wishing they had surrendered because the constellation executes every single one of them except one. Who is saved by a crying Randy yelling YAMEROOOOO into the room, before his cousin can slit the guy's throat Huh. I'm not used to this much gore in a trails game, ngl. Usually the gore stays in flashbacks. We have a freaking legal debate in the middle of the carnage, where the people doing the carnage win Randy also tries to appeal to emotion but the timing for that couldn't be worse. This type of villain only listens to emotion after they have their asses handed to them, not before Sigmund is a smooth guy though. He's not trying to be liked. He knows he can't. But killing the last guy in front of the PCs could escalate this situation even further, so he lets him go and leaves victorious. A falal error has occured and Randy.exe has stopped working. Meanwhile, at the other end of the dungeon, Heiyue does the same thing to the Calvard terrorists, but since Cao's got a lot more finesse, it looks less bad. He takes away the political dissidents so they can be executed where no one can see. We move to the politicians reacting to what just happened, in which the empire looks much worse than the republic See, that's the difference between a dictatorship and a democracy. The former kills dissidents in broad daylight. The later takes them to Guantanamo Bay, since public executions reflect badly in the polls. like I predicted, Rocksmith immediately uses today's event against Crossbell. Because the empire/republic's goons had to clean the mess that Crossbell failed to Of course, I imagine the intelligences of both countries knew this attack would happen but allowed it to anyway But Crois has one last card to play https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/a/user_image/1/3/9/AAO9CbAAE-4b.jpg Ok so I think the reason Orchis tower was built this big was to house this man's massive balls meanwhile, the two mercs group meet, and we watch Shirley read Yin like a book Chapter 2: "We tried to negotiate with terrorists but it backfired": beaten Two weeks later, the party is on a boat, feeling like shit Tio gives Lloyd some pep talk, and is given headpats as a thank you The game is light shipping them and I'm not sure how I feel about it https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/a/user_image/1/4/0/AAO9CbAAE-4c.jpg exactly |
Topic | TP Link continues to plays Trails: Copaganda Edition |
ZeldaTPLink 10/28/23 2:37:23 PM #245 | Osborne and Rocksmith want to talk with the PCs. Their PC-dars are well calibrated, it seems Lloyd doesn't want to do. Dudley tells him to grow the fuck up and do his job he also says if things go to south, just let Elie do the diplomatic work. That's good advice tbh While we go there, we get snippets of Kilika and Arios talking about backstory, as well as Lechter and Kloe, and never mind the Cold Steel girl making random references to future game events Slow down Cold Steel girl, I haven't played those yet We talk to Rocksmith. He starts praising us over and over, even wanting to give us a medal for our deeds in the last game At first it seems the game just wants to hint that he is a good politician, but he's baiting the party into saying they can't receive the medal since they are from another country, just so he can reply "but your country is vassal to my country". Bullseye. next, the big bad of this half of the series he starts by casually revealing random stuff he knows about the party https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/a/user_image/1/3/3/AAO9CbAAE-4V.jpg If Rocksmith wanted to make us uncomfortable, Osborne just wants to set everything on fire Osborne is almost breaking the party. But then Lloyd does the protagonist thing and plays a higher card https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/a/user_image/1/3/4/AAO9CbAAE-4W.jpg thats gotta sting Osborne makes another jab and ends the conversation before it gets too heated Then he casually reveals he knows the contents of our talk with Rocksmit from 5 minutes ago. Everyone just knows everything in this setting don't they btw, assuming I was allowed to talk to the two leaders in any order, I like how the game changed the dialogue depending on who I talk to first back to the conference. Osborne is giving shit to Crossbell's government for failing to prevent the crisis from last game, which was primarily caused by people in Osborne's pocket He is also mad Crossbell is in constant political strife, which is caused by well, himself then they propose the CGF is abolished. Ofc they do the problem of being a buffer country is when the two countries who own you decide to team up to crush your automony. The leaders of other states are complaining but it's clear there are only two people in this room who hold any power over Crossbell whatsoever while the politicians plot annexation of Crossbell in broad daylight, we keep getting phone calls suggesting that all terrorist factions in the continent are coming to this building. The tension. https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/a/user_image/1/3/5/AAO9CbAAE-4X.jpg Crois is about to play his own card, when the room is raided by friggin apaches Aaaaaand they also hacked the building we get some Sprite Modern Warfare. It's going badly for the good guys, but Tio manages to unhack one of the doors so we can provide backup The entire arc has prepared us for this moment. We are the cavarly now never mind, Arios shows up and starts deflecting bullets with wind slashes. Godanmit, Arios. but the enemy also has robots, so theres an opponent for us There are bombs about to detonate above us. Clearly the only thing left to do is to have a Megaman Battle Network fight between Tio, Jona and Campanella https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/a/user_image/1/3/6/AAO9CbAAE-4Y.jpg in the future, wars will be fought by clown avatars in blue data arenas time go to to the grofront again, chase down some terrorists You know Rocksmith and Osborne are going to use this event to argue for dissolution of the CGF again, right? I mean, they completely failed to prevent not one, but two terrorist factions from entering |
Topic | TP Link continues to plays Trails: Copaganda Edition |
ZeldaTPLink 10/28/23 2:33:46 PM #244 | time for the major political event that is being hinted since the start of the game major political events are important in a series like Trails, since the protagonists often aren't chasing anything specific, so they give a chance for bad actors to start shit and force the PCs to react Time to explore Orcus Tower. I mean, Orchis. we have a chat with the mayor, where he reveals the governments of Calvard and Erebonia are likely plotting something and he doesn't know what. useful. having an npc give a tour to the building is an interesting choice. Normally the player is released to explore the entire place on their own before the plot kicks in. Hmm... we climb to the top of the tower and see the entire country from it. Suddenly I wish I was playing Breath of the Wild so I could just jump off and glide ok tour time is over, time for politics, and police work uh I'm not sure if you guys should have positioned Olivier and Osborne sitting right by each other. The danger of violence is high. Though I suppose it makes sense to keep Osborne away from Rocksmith, too the friggin Arios standing by the window looking at everyone. That alone should be a deterrent for starting shit, I suppose everyone is worried. Of course, sooner or later Campanella could lock the room and force all those chiefs of state to play Pom Pom Party. And nobody wants that Tio can talk to Not a Falcon. Well of course she can, but it's still fun to see https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/a/user_image/1/2/8/AAO9CbAAE-4Q.jpg Hmm I guess? Lechter is in the chancellor's room. I'm more worried about the other person we did not find in the president's room, though Lechter is both acting like an idiot and showing full control of the situation at the same time. The PCs are playing checkers and he's playing chess. https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/a/user_image/1/2/9/AAO9CbAAE-4R.jpg another random Cold Steel character appearance, I'm guessing oh there's Kilika https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/a/user_image/1/3/0/AAO9CbAAE-4S.jpg Kilika can hear your PC banter we get an interesting but about how Crossbell's army is also helping with the security of the event, but they are supposed to stay hidden because the two nations that own us shouldn't be reminded that we have an army, lest they will want to do something about that https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/a/user_image/1/3/1/AAO9CbAAE-4T.jpg Not that they don't remember. But politics is about looks, I guess We learn that Nial and Dorothy won the Fulitzer. Well that's deserved, that's two entire games of getting involved with every major plot event that happens Grace is anxious to win the Fulitzer too. Well Grace, now your country is the one featuring in a Trails game so that's the best chance you'll ever have |
Topic | Most Evil Fictional Character: Stormfront vs. The Antagonist (Hatred) |
ZeldaTPLink 10/27/23 7:46:26 PM #20 | Stormfront is horrible but has some ambiguity here and there, the Antagonist doesn't seem to have any. |
Topic | TP Link continues to plays Trails: Copaganda Edition |
ZeldaTPLink 10/27/23 1:23:11 PM #242 | To be fair I'm ambivalent on Beaublanc quests. They are mostly annoying, but I think the character is hilarious. |
Topic | TP Link continues to plays Trails: Copaganda Edition |
ZeldaTPLink 10/26/23 8:53:41 PM #240 | day 3 after a long session of picking Tio' orbments, and rearranging everyone else's, I make the daily rounds. Not much special going. There is a cutscene of Kloe and Julia in the graveyard. It goes as usual for Kloe scenes. Sweetness and politeness. We also find Rixia's house. She is still fixated on Shirley. Another highlight is a hidden quest to help Ries investigate the moon temple (and likely seize the cursed bell in the name of the church). She joins the party! Except not really, she's an escort. I'm assuming she'll keep her coolest moves to cutscenes Also Ries is the newest member of the KeA fanclub, by virtue of the fact the later is a magical cook and the former is a walking bottomless stomach Ries doesn't fight but she instantly revives party members in her turns which is cool especially since one of the enemies automatically uses aoe deathblow on the whole party when you kill it https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/a/user_image/7/7/1/AAO9CbAAE-jD.jpg danmit the dungeon is greatly reduced from its Zero version. It's basically one long corridor There is a similar demon boss at the end. It's strong but not very bulky since Tio can take it down with a few photon shots and the rest of the party uses Impede and stuff. Also Ries then the bell summons another 2 of it and I guess it's time for Ries to show her hand yep, thats it. Ries reminds us that she was in a game where the max lv was 150 and destroys the bosses https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/a/user_image/7/7/2/AAO9CbAAE-jE.jpg Ceiling Campanella is watching you masturbate We talk to Imelda and shes basically bragging about how she does stuff and never gets caught. I swear, Imelda is probably one of the most powerful factions in the setting. I'm guessing shes head of one of the 13 factories or the 4th anguis or something One thing I like about Ilya is how whenever we talk to her, she greets us with "hey, if it isn't my favorite little guy" She just thinks Lloyd is a nice guy. I love honest interactions like that Aeolia is my favorite of the bracer girls just because of her interactions with the party. Namely her going full Anelace at Tio and rejecting Randy with a smile time for the usual routine. Beaublanc. Another game, another stupid clue quest He robbed the bank and hid part of the loot in the police chef's office. The nerve of the guy there is an npc who has been wanting to go out with an inn waitress for a while. He finally musters the courage to ask her out. She says sure, as long as he can eat 10 omelettes in one hour. Ouch I think this plotline is going to end at the hospital I play one of those sections where I have to pick one party member to help in a side-quest, except it's decided by rock/paper/scissors. If this actually counts for the friendship system it would be funny The quest seems rather boring, until it becomes a whodunnit for who stole a train ticket (or whether it was even stolen). Then Xin crashes the party and solos the quest. This kid is entertaining. No seriously the kid is young Don Corleone And then it has a twist in the end about who the criminal is. This quest is so funny Back to Beublanc's quest, which is eventually beaten. Then he casually reveals he's an enforcer in his latest message, to the surprise of everyone who is not playing their 5th Trails game Lloyd tries to find out if Mariabell is Beaublanc All Along but shes too busy being the worst character in the duology to give him the time of the day the party returns their authorization card to the bank's elevator and we can no longer roam it. What the hell, we could go wherever we wanted last game! |
Topic | One Piece (spoilers) |
ZeldaTPLink 10/24/23 10:53:44 AM #260 | This arc has been ridiculously good imo. But I agree spoiler providers overhype individual chapters. The reason for the hype is often a plot hint that doesn't get fully explained, or some top tier character appearing on a single page and saying a one liner. |
Topic | TP Link continues to plays Trails: Copaganda Edition |
ZeldaTPLink 10/22/23 7:24:10 PM #235 | wdym I can't change Dudley's quartz? What is the point of getting temporary party members if I can't raid their equipment for the main characters? we learn Dudley likes cats. Everyone likes cats in this setting Predictably, the shortcut to Jona's room is barred and we gotta cross the dungeon I love the new Geofront music dungeon beaten. also stopped by the fishing spot near the exit and caught a bunch of new fish. Campanella can wait. he'd probably understand, knowing the guy the music playing is a distorted version of Jona's normal music, as if we are playing some weird 4th wall breaking videogame like Undertale or DDLC ok so whats the chance we caught Campanella by surprise? Because that almost never happens with Orobouros. Like, the biggest victory I've ever seen anyone get against them was taking down Weissmann, after a convoluted series of plays by Kevin and Joshua, and they still left with the sept-terrion in the end I'm asking cuz Campanella left blueprints for the Orchis Tower in the monitor for us to find, but was it intentional or not? I give it 99% chance it was The door locks, the little shit starts laughing and I have my answer https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/a/user_image/0/8/9/AAO9CbAAE9ph.jpg Hello, SSS. I want to play a game. We have to win at pom pom party or we die. Wow Yeah ok thats the timing for Tio to arrive pom pom party is a crapshoot. unless you are good (I'm not), you just have to randomly get a bunch of chains and use an s-craft before Campanella uses his, for the win. After a couple tries, I do that theres also a "reduce difficulty" option available if you lose, which is amazing. Imagine if every game with non-standard gameplay modes had those. I'm looking at you, Danganronpa I win round 1, then Tio shows up to bail us for round 2 She deletes Campanella btw playing this dumb minigame while the 8-bit version of the Orobouros boss song plays is a nice touch first time that song plays in the Crossbell duology and it's pom pom party Tio joins the party again and it feels awesome. Sorry Wazy and Noel, I like you guys, but the OG 4 are the classics Surprise Yin appears So we were just one international assassin randomly showing up and deciding to escort Tio from getting a TPK. Dudley points a gun at Yin and I want popcorn https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/a/user_image/0/9/0/AAO9CbAAE9pi.jpg ... please no Dudley best tsundere interaction I didn't know I missed: Lloyd trying to treat Tio like a kid and getting her weirdly voiced death glares |
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ZeldaTPLink 10/22/23 7:17:48 PM #350 | You can be 100% right about something and argue it with absolutely perfect logic, but still be in the wrong because you are failing to acknolwledge the feelings and wants of people you are talking to.The human/social component of a conversation is always important, no matter what the subject is and who is right/wrong about it. |
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ZeldaTPLink 10/22/23 3:55:56 PM #332 | I feel like 2013 is sufficiently removed from today that I no longer give a damn. Yeah Draven won some polls, some people were idiots in a forum, who cares, just tell me if we are doing this again or not please and thank you. |
Topic | TP Link continues to plays Trails: Copaganda Edition |
ZeldaTPLink 10/22/23 1:28:24 PM #233 | sidequests done, now for the main story quest: to find a missing cat while jagger girl helps us We have to question the local playboys if they saw the cat. The guys decide to be jerks about it. And we can't just beat them up for the info because we are cops (I mean, they are white and rich). Unfortunately for them, we just happen to have a bloodthirsty mercenary tagging along https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/a/user_image/7/3/6/AAO9CbAAE9kA.jpg Rixia and Shirley is a weird character interaction it's filled with the usual sexual harassment this duology can't let go of, but also has some tension since the two girls are bloody killers but they don't know about each other this cat chase sequence feels filler af but I think it's leading to something cool Shirley is less worried abouy exposing herself than Rixia is so she just goes, make some acrobacies and catches the cat https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/a/user_image/7/3/7/AAO9CbAAE9kB.jpg How to build an anti-villain character: show they like kittens Yep, Rixia figured her out. Atta girl. Wonder if the vice-versa is true too, though Shirley implies she did, too Suddenly, a certain definitely not magical bird appears Time for Kloe and Olivier to put their plans into motion, I guess time to do a quest that's practically impossible to find unless you are following a list (like me). Go to a random room in the hospital right after receiving the letter from Kloe, but before going to meet her, and talk to Arios and I did check every room in the hospital at the start of the day, and no other dialogue has changed since except this this, so yeah, the devs are really being shady here And this is because, if you come here at this exact time, a random NPC is going to faint from eating a rare poisonous mushroom, triggering the quest to find ingredients to heal his condition and now we gotta escort the freaking prince of Remiferia while he looks for a mushroom the good news is that we are overleveled so most enemies in this area run from us. So the quest is a walk in the park Now we are done hanging out with the prince of Erebonia and the prince of Remiferia, time to go meet the princess of Liberl. Such is the life of Not Bracers Oh yes, the inside of the Arseille. Feels like Trails 2 again. We meet Kloe, then Olivier enters the room and reveals he's the prince all along. I love this interaction Yes, I'll be calling them Kloe and Olivier forever and you can't stop me https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/a/user_image/7/3/8/AAO9CbAAE9kC.jpg I mean, Olivier has always been the real one. Oliviert is the guy he has to be in order to save his country, but I suspect once that ends, he will just retire and spend the rest of his life as a bard Olivier says they are all nakama and I'm just happy all my playable characters are getting along It's been 1.3 games, but I think it's finally time to reveal the plot of the Crossbell Arc. Unleash the lore! ok there are so many factions being outlined here I'm confused we have two empire factions, an imperial terrorist group, the republican government, a republican terrorist group, the jaggers who work for one of the imperial factions, the republican mafia, and our unlikely alliance of playable and former playable characters. And obviously the church and the society, just watching from the sidelines and waiting to strike at the right moment Did I miss anyone (besides the two fishing guilds, I mean) ok this was less a reveal of the main plot and just a long outlining of all the possible ways this could go Kloe and Olivier know how the system works, having been PCs before. You find the current PCs in the setting, dump all the intel you got on them and just let them eventually run into the plot and figure it out back to base. KeA decides Dudley's name is Doodles and I agree with her So Jona just learned Campanella has been using his computer (the one inside the underground dungeon), and we gotta go there, into the underground dungeon, to check it out And Dudley joins the party! This is random but I'll take it |
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ZeldaTPLink 10/22/23 1:24:06 PM #231 | while checking out on new dialogue, I run into Olivier, who is just enjoying the Testaments bar. It's rare to find the solution of a quest before I'm even given the quest https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/a/user_image/7/3/0/AAO9CbAAE9j6.jpg I was gonna say "you are not tricking anyone" but Kilika pulled the same play a game ago and it worked the cops don't buy it, but they pretend they do we go back to Downtown street to grab Olivier, only to meet (yet another) gang fight. But don't worry, a bard arrives to stop the fight with the power of music One does not find Olivier. Olivier finds you. He then proceeds with his usual routine. But unfortunately... https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/a/user_image/7/3/1/AAO9CbAAE9j7.jpg The goofy bard from Sky meets the gritty realism from the Crossbell games. Because he picked the roof of a weapons smuggler to play music on, and her daughter is a badass Olivier then escapes from the party with a "hey look whats that" play and I'm astounded this has worked TWICE in the same game we meet Grace, who reveals she still knows more about the plot than she lets on https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/a/user_image/7/3/2/AAO9CbAAE9j8.jpg I love these interactions next quest is another fight, against the two female bracers, Lynn and Aeolia it's tough as hell, mostly because Aeolia, who is a doctor, spams a healing craft also Lynn hits hard and has a bunch of Zin's skills, plus deathblow, while Aeolia spams mute, seal, sleep and poison too fortunately there doesn't seem to be an AI picking Aeolia's skills so eventually she spends too much time without healing we go into Ilya's house for some very lesbian cutscene. Nuff said I go to the church and catch Ries clearly plotting something we are treated to Olivier dancing with a guy in a cat suit in all its sprite glory. That's the sentence. https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/a/user_image/7/3/3/AAO9CbAAE9j9.jpg The cat guy is weirdly excited about this https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/a/user_image/7/3/4/AAO9CbAAE9j-.jpg Elie is catching on. Only the ways of ultraviolence can work with Olivier. Somewhere, Estelle is feeling proud we complete the quest, and are treated to a scene where Olivier and Mueller reveal a little more of their plotting with the Liberl duo |
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ZeldaTPLink 10/21/23 6:31:00 PM #227 | I did have a feeling that was a CS character. Maybe I'm making shit up but I feel like there is a certain pattern for characters of those games. They are more anime like. Characters from Sky feel more like stuff from older jrpgs. And I guess Crossbell ones are somewhere in-between. |
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ZeldaTPLink 10/21/23 4:42:25 PM #224 | I play more poker, which is somehow even worse in this game (and I don't even touch blackjack, which stopped being playable a few games ago). I estimate by the time this series ends, the casino minigames will be just showing two cards to the player and asking them to pick which one is higher, with a 100 mira payoff for each right one Seriously, it's amazing how consistent this series is at making its card minigames worse every installment my gambling spree is rewarded with a scene where Lloyd and KeA bond over the stuff he just decorated his room with https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/a/user_image/9/3/9/AAO9CbAAE9Xj.jpg these imaginative devs time for a chat with Arios we learn Randy's uncle is the real deal since Arios is praising him, though Arios is the humblest character in the series so you can never be sure Nice lore here. So both Kilika and Lechter are helping their governments plot with respective criminal syndicates lots of lore hints. the game presents what the likely upcoming conflict is but at the same time hints that it's all a red herring Of course it is. The Orobouros part of the puzzle is still unaccounted for there is a tense sequence where the party is returning to HQ for building and you just know something is about to happen. Fortunately, the building doesn't explode like I'm expecting. There's just a mercenary girl sitting on the living room couch, waiting for the party I love Lloyd telling Shirley that she's sitting on a taxpayer funded couch Lloyd is the coppest cop who ever copped. Sometimes that's obnoxious, but sometimes it's just cool Lloyd and Wazy just take control of the situation, cool MFs they are I love those little scenes where Lloyd an co. question bad guys. It's always super tense but Lloyd always manages to get something from it Eyepatch just goes and almost breaks Randy by revealing some bad stuff he did I'm supposed to guess what the jagger's goal is and I guess assassinating the president. The game tells me that can't be it because the price of 100 million would be too low what, I'm supposed to know the relative worth of trails currency now? meanwhile... https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/a/user_image/9/4/0/AAO9CbAAE9Xk.jpg The greatest returns Well not THE greatest, because that's Estelle. But the next best thing This series is gonna get fabulous again https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/a/user_image/9/4/1/AAO9CbAAE9Xl.jpg See above Olivier laments Estelle isn't coming. I understand We also move to an airship, where a somewhat less great but still solid character is watching the sky https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/a/user_image/9/4/2/AAO9CbAAE9Xm.jpg these Crossbell cast members better raise their game because good characters are arriving basically the entire Sky cast is plotting together to use the Crossbell cast to achieve their goals. Fitting We then move to the Geofront, where we learn Campanella is now using Jona's abandoned computer terminal should have burned the whole place down considering what i'm used from this cast, Campanella is probably a hacker too https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/a/user_image/9/4/3/AAO9CbAAE9Xn.jpg When you hack things, "mission complete" appears on the screen We see a montage where a bunch of world leaders arrive for the conference Calvard president looks goofy we see everyone's faces, except the prince of Remiferia's Sorry bro, but your country is unimportant. It doesn't even have its own game, except for some JP-only gacha spin-off no one played I think it's funny how this duology doesn't give characters portraits unless it's absolutely sure it's needed. But I also think this is bad game design. It makes the plot a little more predictable, and breaks immersion a little. Because there are characters who do seem important to the setting, but don't get portraits since the writers know they aren't actually, and they aren't trying to hide it. I feel like Sky wasn't so cheap with portraits like this. People like the mayors and the guild clerks all got theirs. Even the orphanage kids did. So if someone like Mary ended up being important, it was a surprise. I just love Crois's voice acting. It's a mix of goofy and imposing I dunno about you, but I feel like Orchis Tower is the name you give to an evil lair, not to the setting's Empire State equivallent Did they really do the entire construction of this thing under a huge blanket? Kloe: "Meh, SC's final dungeon was taller" Yes Kloe, I know JRPG final dungeons are huge, but try to be a little more sporting, ok? Lechter: "Imagine going to the roof, man" New ship: Lechter X Roofs KeA is getting dejavu at the huge tower. The plot thickens Some fun sounding quests for the next day, including one to find Olivier. Heh. |
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ZeldaTPLink 10/21/23 4:33:59 PM #223 | https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/a/user_image/9/3/2/AAO9CbAAE9Xc.jpg A new character with a face portrait appers! https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/a/user_image/9/3/3/AAO9CbAAE9Xd.jpg they are onto me We meet Cecile, who immediatelly adds Noel AND Wazy to her Lloyd shipping chart And Wazy learns the fun of teasing Lloyd about female NPCs being friendly to him which balances out Randy's suffering over it The new neurology doctor does not have a face portrait. The probability of her being evil is much lower You know what would be cool? If this series had a character without face portrait who revealed themselves to be an orobouros enforcer and only started showing the portrait afterwards. That would be a twist. We are going to climb Stargazer Tower again for a sidequest, but this time there are no enemies. The party is happy. I'm not. this dungeon is still very pretty, though Someone stole all the books we came to get. Heh, you thought this was going to be a free sidequest clear? Think again My money is on Phantom Thief, because the number of Trails games he's appeared so far is currently lower than the number of game's I have started (4 vs 5), and we gotta fix that the quest ends and we don't get to learn what happened. That's a first for this series. we return to Doctor Seiland, for a lecture on how the drug from the last game worked I love how she gives a science explanation then admits the whole thing is also magical rational characters in magical settings who refuse to admit magic exists are annoying. Now rational characters who agree it's weird but accept that it exists and try to understand how it works are much more interesting one interesting mechanic this game has is how when you get amushed by an enemy, it also randomizes which party members enter the battle. Like, Noel is my currently reserve party member but she appeared in the last battle instead of Randy Well, jokes on them, her s-craft was exactly what I needed here the hike to Armorica village continues to be extremely long, but I remain dilligent in my combing of the map for chests, fishing spots and bestiary entries https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/a/user_image/9/3/4/AAO9CbAAE9Xe.jpg Yes Wazy, but you didn't have to throw it on our faces we go meet the new commander for the Tangram gate alas, he also lacks a face portrait. turns out the state of Crossbell only has a budget for two of those in the whole CGF. Since Noel quit, blonde girl got a portrait, but that's as many as it can have and now for another Trails classic. Beating up soldiers to help train them. Never gets old https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/a/user_image/9/3/5/AAO9CbAAE9Xf.jpg Wait what Shit. The game finally realized what's going on and decided to get it back on the player. We are screwed aint we it is... tough. But I make it, thanks mostly to the fact this game gives you recovery items like crazy so I had a stock We learn this guy was Lloyd AND Randy's mentor. That's a CV right there and we also learn some backstory on Sergei feels like this guy was created just to info dump, though https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/a/user_image/9/3/6/AAO9CbAAE9Xg.jpg I won't let you down, Chest-san |
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ZeldaTPLink 10/21/23 11:47:01 AM #222 | I'm still playing, but exploring an entire freaking map worth of enemies produces a lot of gameplay hours but not much posting material, so I'm waiting to accumulate a little bit more. Post incoming likely later today/early tomorrow. Also week has been tiring so I haven't played that much. |
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ZeldaTPLink 10/20/23 8:36:35 PM #306 | Also have you guys noticed all Lopen has done for the last 90% of his time here was reply to something someone said to him? Stop doing that and he runs out of things to say. Not feeding the troll. God I'm such a millenial for remembering this. |
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ZeldaTPLink 10/20/23 8:29:06 PM #305 | No seriously I saw a post on FB the other day with a "cartoons of today vs cartoons of old days", as if trying to make the point that old cartoons are better, and the old cartoons side had stuff like Gravity Falls and Adventure Time. These are now old people's cartoons. Let that sink in. Yeah people are gonna start caring about GameFAQs again. |
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ZeldaTPLink 10/20/23 7:59:47 PM #302 | As for the argument, this forum is "dying" because every forum is dying. I'm tired of having to say this to crowds of people who think their forum is a special case of death unlike any others because of X, Y and Z. No man, text got replaced by images, eventually by videos, and then by short videos and the age audience everyone is pursuing is at least 20 years older than the one who cares about a site like this. Allen could have done this and that but the only way to save this site from decay would have been to turn it into something completely different, like a social media app, and maybe that would have sucked (I mean all social media apps suck rn). The things we like simply don't match with the things that attract gen alpha. If anything, I feel like even the idea that forums are dying is starting to feel dated, because it's been a while people started complaining about it, and the reality is most forums did not die. They stabilized and became niche, and this seems to be one of such cases. Some communities I knew got nuked out of orbit, usually without no warning, either because if drama the admin didn't want to deal with, server costs that no longer could be paid, or because some idiot blew a fortune on a site and then learned it wasn't that profitable. Those things are always a risk (heck, the last one recently happened to freaking Twitter), but as long as they don't, I feel like this place will just keep limping until its userbase dies of old age. And honestly, that's not that bad. |
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ZeldaTPLink 10/20/23 7:49:18 PM #298 | Thanks for all the hard work Allen, especially putting up with all the bullshit people gave you during this time. Some of it was deserved, but I know A LOT of it wasn't, and no human should have to deal with the amount of turd you probably received. So again, thanks for your service and I hope you continue to enjoy being here. |
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ZeldaTPLink 10/14/23 6:55:17 PM #218 | New chapter (Hollow Knight starting to feel repetitive again) There's going to be a big internaional conference and all squads of police/military will be helping defend it the player characters? We will be backup forces the guys who get deployed when things go to shit Finally! After over an entire game, we get to be the ones who appear at the last second to stop other characters from dying! chapter 2 begins: "this time we gotta succeed in the first try since the backup is us": begins "You can now access all of Crossbell with the orbal car" I dunno what to do with all that power there's only one thing to do: walk everywhere Ries is giving a lecture to some kids. They try to nap mid lecture https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/a/user_image/4/8/4/AAO9CbAAE7ys.jpg Bad idea one thing that is weird about Crossbell games is that the airport and the train station are always off-limits, unless there is a specific quest requiring going to them. In Sky, going to the airport was always part of visiting a new town. Sounds tad arbitrary to me So there is a new quest at the fighing guild. Defeat the four elite fishers of the Imperial Fishing Club, then the champion. Epic. They are literally called the Elite Four. I'm not making this up https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/a/user_image/4/8/5/AAO9CbAAE7yt.jpg Sounds like a fearsome bunch Wald's goons want to try to get him a date with Ries to cheer him up. Not sure if I ship it. We stop in front of the Chinese Mafia and the owner just steps out and goes "hey perfect timing I got a sidequest for you" We have to babysit the mafia boss' kid. CLASSIC. Also the kid is in love with Elie. Why not. Only 3 characters are coming though. Elie, Lloyd and one more. I bring Randy. I feel like this has the most potential for humor. Wazy is funny too, but he is more of a "troll others" type, while Randy is one who gets trolled. And this annoying kid is perfect for that. Noel is, alas, not very funny https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/a/user_image/4/8/6/AAO9CbAAE7yu.jpg lol This quest produces some priceless interactions, to say at least. And contains some hints for future plots at the ends Also KeA continues her peferct streak at making every character love her, even that arrogant mafia heir kid we have to take Nielsen to check out Stargazer Tower Massive reg flag. Do not engage in quests to take curious intellectuals to ancient ruins related to the game's macguffins Rixia is worried that important people from other countries are coming to see her dance. Likely because someone from Calvard knows she's Yin ok so orbment setups reworked and city rounds done, now there's THE ENTIRE MAP that the game dropped on me. Where do I even start |
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ZeldaTPLink 10/08/23 8:05:50 PM #214 | I love that you can pass in front of Rosemberg studio and go "oh that place is connected to orobouros. They are the main villains of this series. Pay no mind" we go in there and bump into an orobouros meeting, for that matter holy crap Campanella's voice is so annoying. It's more childish that what I expected, but still annoying af. Perfect. this scene is so awkward is hilarious. major big bads from the series talking when suddenly some rando cops walk in and ask whats going on big bads "nothing were just planning the end of the world. Have a good day" [leave] Everyone can see Campanella and the Professor are evil just by looking at them. Except Noel. Shes really this party's polyanna huh which balances out since Wazy is the shady underworld guy this professor guy is one of the anguis, if I remember my lore correctly. The one who built the pater mater. And he wants it back. Unfortunately for him, Renne has gotten character development, and I guess that doesn't include giving important weapons back to the bad guys We arrive at Mainz and Wazy is asking why they didnt just use their new car. I agree with Wazy's point, but is there a single person who plays this game and doesn't go by foot the first time? There are treasure chests to be found and xp to be obtained, after all dont worry Wazy we are probably never walking this path again except when we get to go to the moon temple I'm tasked with going into (another) abandoned mine to investigate supernatural phemomena. As soon as we go in, rocks fall behind us and we are trapped. How so video-gamey this burst thing is really cool I dont feel like the battle system needs more mechanics though. But hey it works we get to the end of the dungeon and are attacked by a dragon. Ok. Lloyd asks the women to run, in classic Lloyd fashion Randy to the rescue! Randy: "It was worth it to be away just so I could be one of those people who shows up to rescue the protags this time!" He did not say that but I bet he thought it And Doggo too Randy automatically replaces the fourth chatracter which in this case is Wazy We beat the dragon, who is not resistant to stat reduction which means Noel keeps his attack cut in half and thats about it Then we leave the mine, having accomplished a grand total of nothing Because we didnt bring the car, Randy did lol at the characters making fun of Randy for being less of a ladykiller than Wazy is Called it. The new characters are Randy's family Meanwhile, the main villains watch. Chess pieces move and phantasmal blazy plans develop. The professor teleports away. Because the good guys have internet and cars, so the bad guys need freaking sci-fi tech to stay ahead https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/a/user_image/1/6/9/AAO9CbAAE6fp.jpg Perfect timing for Estelle and Joshua to leave the playable cast indefinitely /not also this is the 2nd time Campanella implies he knows about the existance of the 4th wall Randy went to confront his family And Lechter. Because fuck it, that's why You take your eyes away from Lechter for one day, and he helps install a jaeger HQ in the middle of the city This character is going to spend the whole series making me unsure if I like him or not, won't he Oh he's Randy's uncle, not dad? Weird And the father is dead. Huh Time for character development, Randy. It will hurt, but it will be worth it Chapter 1: "This felt more like a prologue tbh": beaten |
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ZeldaTPLink 10/08/23 11:24:50 AM #211 | NFUN posted... you should drop them to the bottom of the character rankings for their sexual assault Well, I'm willing to ignore bad gags on otherwise good characters since I know it's mostly the product of a Japanese company wanting to please the worst fans in the planet to make money, so Ilya gets a pass since she mostly has good traits, I suppose. And red haired girl is new. Still need to learn what her other traits are. But holy crap is Mariabell horrible. She's Josette tier of bad at this point. |
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ZeldaTPLink 10/08/23 8:48:44 AM #209 | Next day is a rainy day. We have weather now. After 4 whole games ok so every single npc in the game is walking with umbrellas. And the PCs don't have any. this is weird we go to Neivanlli for intel on red hair eyepatch. Owner refuses to give us more than a couple hints, but as soon as we leave, we see a cutscene of her discussing more bits with her daughter. The implication is that the guy has a daughter of his own, who I'm guessing is the one who was with Lechter Wald corners us to get revenge on Wazy for becoming a cop. Wazy then makes a passionate speech, the kind I wasn't expecting him to make. they fight, but before then, Wazy gets an aura and the fight is a joke. Not sure if he got a stat boost or if Wald's stats just got scaled down, but he can't even touch me and goes down in a few attacks Wazy then just turns back and leaves, for Wald's despair. Police, I'd like to report a murder. We go to the civic center where Wazy randomly proposes they should start throwing parties at night. Lloyd makes a great comeback. https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/a/user_image/7/1/8/AAO9CbAAE6Ym.jpg My favorite side plot of this chapter is Fran wanting to call her sister Noey but having to use Miss Seeker. Uh, have you tried meeting at a middle way, maybe? Such as her... name? In the end, Fran wins. Noey it is. She says she was havin "Noey withdrawals". Okay. https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/a/user_image/7/1/9/AAO9CbAAE6Yn.jpg "Anyone scared by rain/cold/etc can't call themselves X" is one of modern society's dumbest recurring quotes. It shows up everywhere. Maybe people aren't scared of rain, they just want to avoid it because it's unpleasant? And may give you pneumonia? I run into one of the kids I rescued in the geofront back the prologue of the last game giving shit to his sisters for travelling too much. She calls him back "junior geofront inspector". lol The stock broker and his wife saying how they love each other despite him losing their house is pretty cute. TIme to investigate what happened to the fishman guild. Turns out they have been taken over by a rival guild, led by one Lord Lakelord III That's a strong candidate for the name of the series' final villain. Book it. This is just one elaborate ploy to make me restart the fisherman ranking ladder. lol. We go to the bank, where we meet the richest man in Zemuria and his daughter. The later proceeds to grope Elie like usual Ok so what's up with this duology and the gags about women sexually assaulting each other? It's not less wrong just because it's two women. we had it twice in this chapter, and there was also Ilya last game, multiple times I don't know if they are going for "lesbians are crazy like that" or "hahaha women groping each other's boobs is funny" but it's terrible either way this series sometimes I am prepared to dump all those freaks to the bottom tiers of my list, honestly And then the same Mariabell starts giving shit to Lloyd for doing "inappropriate things to Elie". The massive hypocrite. The next quest is to playtest videogames. ... yeah. https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/a/user_image/7/2/0/AAO9CbAAE6Yo.jpg This escalated quickly I play some tetris then go back to police work. There's racism to be done. There's a scene at the cathedral with a nun discovering Ries' real identity and the implication that the archbishop also knows it. This is the lousiest infiltration ever We are interviewed by Nielsen, which is basically a quiz about the plot of the last game. Then he leaves and goes back to being a setup character |
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ZeldaTPLink 10/08/23 8:45:42 AM #208 | We finally see Randy, who is with Mireille, another character who has been given a portrait since last game Which means I have to start going to Bellguard gate more than once every two chapters now. Character portraits mean relevant dialogue. https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/a/user_image/7/1/0/AAO9CbAAE6Ye.jpg Shes rather cute, ngl https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/a/user_image/7/1/1/AAO9CbAAE6Yf.jpg The military uniform doesn't fit Randy, imo. Randy can also see people who are inside a vehicle who is passing fast. Yep, that's the hint. Eyepatch is Randy's dad https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/a/user_image/7/1/2/AAO9CbAAE6Yg.jpg Randy used headpats. It's super-effective She gets away from Randy and goes back to being an evil drill sergeant Time to go to the cathedral to pick up McGuffin Girl Meanwhile, we see Ries leave her favorite facility, the bakery, to go to her second favorite facility, the church Elie knows Ries. Interesting. Elie just knows everyone, doesn't she. Like, if she ever meets Kloe I expect to learn she knows her too And Elie knows she's gralsritter too, but Ries asks her not to tell her the party. Not exactly the most sound infiltration plan if random people in Crossbell may know what your real work is. The Kevin infiltration plan in SC was better. https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/a/user_image/7/1/3/AAO9CbAAE6Yh.jpg You may have a point, Wazy. She has a character portrait. https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/a/user_image/7/1/4/AAO9CbAAE6Yi.jpg Infiltration: Success So KeA is such a nerd she's the teacher now. Figures. She continues to have magical knowledge abilities. First with cooking, now with math. We make a phone call with Tio across the continent. That's a thing now. |
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ZeldaTPLink 10/08/23 8:42:56 AM #207 | we manage to corner Lechter and have him admit hes a spy, though we already knew that so its not exactly new info I guess when a spy is known enough abroad, the game changes to whether they can do their job without being followed. Actual unknown spies are even more dangerous, though Some red haired girl shows up and I think she was in the opening among other evil guys? But those can be misleading She assaults Lloyd, to the horror of the girls. Wazy whistles. Lmao. Then she assaults Ellie https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/a/user_image/7/0/6/AAO9CbAAE6Ya.jpg Trails In The Sky 5 random thought, I love how Sergei always calls us exactly when we finish a story mission. Imagine if he tried to calls when we are in the middle of fighting a chest monster. But nope, we leave the dungeon and the phone rings, like clockwork we do a quest involving ambushing some idiots who do crazy things with a car, and the game makes no effort to make it feel good. They get away scot free because they are from Calvard, one of the countries that literally own us, and that's it https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/a/user_image/7/0/7/AAO9CbAAE6Yb.jpg That's... fair And now a red haired dude I also think was in the opening. Hmm He asks me if I counted all the passengers in the train that just went by. Of course i did not. But I bet I get DP if I say I did. This series and its impossible to achieve 100% scores WIld guess this is Randy's dad He just went and took our sidequest from us. An npc. stealing what looked like a random sidequest from the players. That's new there are some fly monsters hovering around the corpses of the big ones and I'm seeing a Lion King dead father scene. Wonder if this is intentional yay new area! does the police academy has to be behind a forest which is already way outside the city is anyone's question tho we arrive at the police academy, where turns out we are getting a car. Cool. We have to do driving lessons tho why bother? Just give the wheel to Noel. She already drives tanks and she's a car geek so she's the one who will likely be driving Oh the boss just taught us traffic law and left Noel in charge of teaching the party the practical stuff. Fair Sad Randy isn't here to join too, though. Tio too, though shes too young to drive I suppose Hmm the prison is here too. A prison in videogame story. Is this going to be a prison break plot? Or a prison infiltration? Or a mass prison riot that releases criminals into the outside world? So many possibilities. I was wondering why only Verne and Reinford made cars, and not Zeiss. Suddenly we learn Zeiss made our car. Yay go my Liberl! they literally scaled down an airship engine for a car. Typical I feel like Noel and Tita would get along really well We have a police dog, and now a police car! Now all that's left is some tear gas and we can be real police https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/a/user_image/7/0/8/AAO9CbAAE6Yc.jpg What is it with this game's cars looking like busses inside? Is this Harry Potter? they drive on the left side of the road. Apparently Hong Kong does that too. Nice reference. I'm gonna guess one of Erebonia/Calvard drives on the right and the other on the left, to mimic UK/China https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/a/user_image/7/0/9/AAO9CbAAE6Yd.jpg Noel is carsexual |
Topic | TP Link continues to plays Trails: Copaganda Edition |
ZeldaTPLink 10/08/23 8:36:22 AM #206 | Mega_Mana posted... Hotel Roenbaum (Day) -[1/36] You remember reading the teaser in Trails in the Sky Second Chapter for 'Trails in the Chest,' but you didn't feel like reading it then. Yet suddenly, you have a craving for more Trails...in the Chest. Thanks for the work! Will try to make time for reading this later. |
Topic | One Piece (spoilers) |
ZeldaTPLink 10/06/23 4:14:02 PM #240 | SHINE_GET_64 posted... once the chapter is out on Sunday it's fair game IMHO, but before then it's ILLEGAL ACTIVITES I thought this topic was about pirates. |
Topic | One Piece (spoilers) |
ZeldaTPLink 10/06/23 5:13:14 AM #233 | CoolCly posted... what a super dumb post They are posted regularly on tcb. |
Topic | TP Link continues to plays Trails: Copaganda Edition |
ZeldaTPLink 10/04/23 9:01:05 PM #202 | Not much text today but I did talk with every npc in the city, that takes a while. So today is sunday. I know it because KeA went to Sunday School. Now, the bank doesn't normally open sundayl. But it's open now Omg I know whats going on. The owner of the bank is now the mayor, which in this country is the highest executive seat. He rewrote the labor laws so he can make people work in the weekends too! The demon. I go into the newspaper and find the mysterious blind dude who appeared in Sky 3rd. That's one elaborate set up. Wonder what this character will be used for. We are talking to npcs and Wazy randomly makes one guy come out of the closet as bi because of him. That's the story. The treatment we are getting from npcs this game is completely different. ost of them love us, and the first division doesn't immediately foam with their mouths when they see us. Just a little. this game is giving face portraits to all characters who should have gotten it to begin with. The era of face portrait famine is over Wazy seems like he saw through Rixia almost immediately The game users Noel and Wazy as an excuse to have the entire cast introduce themselves to the party again. Clever. fun interaction of the day. The old couple from the luxirious building who is alreays bickering because he spends too much. Then we talk to him with Noel in the party and they start bonding over hoe they both like cars. She's gonna cause a divorce at this rate. Cao continues to be the coolest motherfucker in Crossbell. He's impossible to faze. Ofc the spymaster knew we were hired to go counter spy him We receive the recipe notebook and i'm here wondering what happened to the previous one I catch up to Lechter rather easily, by looking for him at his natural habitat: rooftops He literally escapes with a "Look whats that!" trick Yeah ok that's enough gaming for today |
Topic | TP Link continues to plays Trails: Copaganda Edition |
ZeldaTPLink 10/02/23 2:00:38 PM #200 | catesdb posted... this is understandable I mean I'm just nitpicking story wise. Gameplay wise I know finding quartz from the beginning is part of the package. |
Topic | TP Link continues to plays Trails: Copaganda Edition |
ZeldaTPLink 10/01/23 9:29:51 PM #196 | time for the first batch of requests. We begin with two monster exterminations, a glorified tutorial, and fucking Lechter. Your usual trails experience. I learn our PCs finally learned Lechter is a spy, during the timeskip between the last game and this one. This is gonna make interactions more fun. I wonder if they know about Kilika too. https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/a/user_image/0/3/6/AAO9CbAAE4_0.jpg Well thats a way to introduce a room So the excuses for the non-complete party is that Randy is helping the unzombified army recover from all the drugs they took at the end of Zero, while Tio is helping expand the interwebz. Feel kinda of tacked on Wazy makes a rant about how school sucks in front of KeA. He is by far the most non-cop member this party's ever had and I'm 100% for it Wazy notices how KeA is studying high school level math even though shes like 8 and I thought it was only me Renne gotta be careful there's competition in the child prodigy arena wait since when does she talk with Zeit too https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/a/user_image/0/3/7/AAO9CbAAE4_1.jpg [professor Oak meme] Chapter 1: "Welp time to start opening those slots again": begins Wazy at the item store: "Yo do I get free stuff since I'm hanging out with the mayor's daughter" It seems Crois has built a building even taller than the IBC, because owning the highest building isn't enough, he wants the highest in the entire continent. This guy is like who Maybelle wants to be when she grows up The new department store rooftinme seems like the perfect place for emotional character conversations. Probably half of them involving Yin Balloon Selling NPC is right up there with Singing Airship Pilot for nicest people in Zemuria Michel from the bracer guild has a face portrait now. Always thought he was a little too major not to have one He looks less like a dickhead than I imagined https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/a/user_image/0/3/8/AAO9CbAAE4_2.jpg Estelle is gone. Dark times are upon us. https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/a/user_image/0/3/9/AAO9CbAAE4_3.jpg How did I endure an entire game without this guy as a regular party member is what I want to know He is just filling that Olivier shaped hole in comedy that I thought Randy was going to fill but never did The rest of the minor bracers don't get character portraits, though. Somewhere, Grant laughs. The Fisherman Guild members have disappeared. Clearly they are going to return a few chapters from now with an entire navy, ready to annex Crossbell to the Fishing Empire Or perhaps they are pissed that one of their members, Guenter, was killed, and they are plotting their revenge Alternatively, they don't give a fuck about the nerd, but him (and Estelle) being gone means there is an empty throne now and they must compete for the title of biggest fisher of Crossbell (other than Lloyd). So they are preparing for the fishing civil war. one of the kids at downtown asks us what we are doing with Wazy if it's not putting him in the slammer I wish I knew, kid. I wish I knew. Predictably, Wald is pissed Wazy is now a cop. I'm eager to see them meet again |
Topic | TP Link continues to plays Trails: Copaganda Edition |
ZeldaTPLink 10/01/23 11:23:13 AM #195 | We arrive at the altar where the bad guys wait. The lv 60 party members are not here though, despite the supposedly shorter path they were going through Oh ok they summoned a gigaton of minibosses to keep them busy. So we have to face the main ones The problem with villains like this is that they feel less threatening due to how batshit insane their plan is. This guy wants to turn into an omniscient demon lord so he can become... mayor. What does he think other countries are gonna do? They will invade his ass the following day. It's similar to Amalthea trying to conquer Liberl with a single tank. at least Guenter seemed to have something more grand going on, likely after he captured KeA We beat the boss and he turns into an even bigger boss. Which kinda looks like the final boss of Zero. Hey, this is a prologue! And we had Estelle/Josh last time! This isn't fair. Somehow he fails to obtain omniscience though. Interesting. Oh we have to fight round 2 too. Though with Dudley/Arios this time It is somehow easier. 4 characters instead 2 with one being Arios makes up for the boss's stat increase Lloyd blames himself for letting Guenter die so he'll try to save Ernest. Not like either of them deserved it. But hey that's the hero for ya Lloyd uses Talk no Jutsu. It works enough to make the villain regret his actions, but he's still melting Then the most unexpected backup arrives https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/a/user_image/4/6/6/AAO9CbAAE426.jpg Surprise Kevin is the best Kevin This game may not have the best Trails protaginist but it has the next best one also Kevin's Japanese voice is deeper. I approve. It's not that deep, but English Kevin sounded like a goblin while this one is a normal tenor dude He activates his stigma and says some magical words and boom, demon is human again Seriously, if you want to defeat orobouros just make Kevin the protagonist of every game. He's too OP Dudley then goes and comes up with the most convoluted way to say "good job" ever. The tsundere https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/a/user_image/4/6/7/AAO9CbAAE427.jpg And then Kevin does the proper hyping up of this game's incoming plotline "Yes, there was a good reason you paid more for this game than the last one, don't worry" https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/a/user_image/4/6/8/AAO9CbAAE428.jpg Oh and there's Ries. With her favorite friend, Food. This one has a softer voice. Eh I think I prefer the English one. Sounded more badass. Oh she's infiltrating the Crossbell church. Interesting. Noel is apparently joining the party for good now, so time to give her some much needed character development. Starting with some sad backstory So Ravache is basically gone. As well as the cult. And Hartmann. And the CGF boss, apparently. We really wiped the bad guys clean, huh. All it took was them all associating with a demon cult and the cult making a failed attempt to conquer the country. Feels a little too easy of a way to end the city's corruption imo, though I'm guessing the game will come up with new bad guys now Wazy is also a cop now too. i'm gonna pretend that makes sense And the other 3 party members are gone, at least for a while. I don't mind the variance, tbh Crois personally vouching for Wazy is curious, though https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/a/user_image/4/6/9/AAO9CbAAE429.jpg nice photo the game references the Ellie x Lloyd optional scene from the last one. I wonder how this works if I saw a different character scene Fran to Noel: "You are not hurt, right sister?" Noel: "As you can see, I'm perfectly fine!" Me: "Yes, those 5 or 6 reviving balms did their job" Elie arrives and announces she's also going to be at the starting party, so we get 4 people She and Lloyd are staring at each other weirdly, though. Does this dialogue change if I pick a different scene at the end of Zero? Fran is surprisingly wise about romance when it's related to literally anyone but herself. And Lloyd has a harem now. Typical. Wazy shows up and makes some gay tease at Lloyd. The harem is literally the entire party Randy and Tio need to come back asap or this is gonna go down in flames Though he admits he's just doing it 4 teh lulz Prologue: "I hope you enjoyed those OP characters, now enjoy the noobs for the rest of the game": beaten And the opening plays. Trails openings are always a treat What I got from this opening: 1- The support party member option is gonna get a lot more use now 2- This game is considerably more emo. Or at least it's being marketed as such. 3- You miss Orobouros? This is about to stop being an issue. I hope you like Campanella (I do). 4- KeA still important despite everyone who was trying to use her abilities being dead or imprisoned |
Topic | TP Link continues to plays Trails: Copaganda Edition |
ZeldaTPLink 10/01/23 11:19:03 AM #194 | https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/a/user_image/4/5/6/AAO9CbAAE42w.jpg A manhunt is a fun way to start a videogame oh ok Dudley and Arios are 15 lvs higher. And Arios has a sword with 300 more attack. Makes sense. the overworld enemies all running away when they see us is hilarious even Arios's overworld attack is badass. He doesn't merely swing his katana. He shoots a wind slash with it This is the easiest prologue in the series so far. Yes, 3rd was a cutscene only prologue, but this one still manages to tie with that because you just have to press the attack button over and over as Arios wrecks everything in one hit, so its not different from just going through dialogue and I'm playing on hard. But I suspect even on Nightmare this would still be a joke https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/a/user_image/4/5/7/AAO9CbAAE42x.jpg ikr https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/a/user_image/4/5/8/AAO9CbAAE42y.jpg ... damn So Hartmann is a shadow of his former self, while Ernest still believes he can rise to power. Time to take them out of their misery We learn Crois is the new mayor. There is a new superpower in Crossbell, and it's capitalism. Ho. well this boss was a bit tricky. In the sense that it kept almost killing non Arios party members and forcing him to stop to heal them instead of soloing the monsters, that is Rocks fall and split the party in two groups. The lv 60 group and the lv 47 group. Guess which group I'm playing as now Though Lloyd and Noel learn a combo craft. i'll take it the next area has new enemies. Which I guess are much weaker to compensate for the massive cut in party strength https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/a/user_image/4/5/9/AAO9CbAAE42z.jpg Where are Randy/Tio/Elie to roll their eyes when we need them to? Damn Lloyd Noel enlisted to the army at 15. I'm not even going to pretend I get it Trails in the Chest has returned! Except I didn't read the original because it was in random order and I never bothered to look online |
Topic | TP Link continues to plays Trails: Copaganda Edition |
ZeldaTPLink 09/30/23 8:42:49 PM #193 | I mean at least SC had a whole conversation about how losing quartz is a worthwhile sacrifice to get stronger in the long run. And 3rd used Phantasma bs to justify it. Zero was just a new cast. But here they are in the middle of a mission. I'd just bring the old one and leave the new one at the base. |
Topic | TP Link continues to plays Trails: Copaganda Edition |
ZeldaTPLink 09/30/23 6:12:58 PM #190 | So Hollow Knight has been fun but it's also kind of exhausting, both mentally and physically. It scratches a different itch I guess, one not related to 100h playthroughs. So I feel like taking a break from it for now, which means unbreaking this game. I might play more HK in short bursts between Trails chapters if I feel like it. We'll see. I just beat the Dung Defender in that game, which seems close enough to a midpoint to stop the game at. So it is time to focus on something that smells better than dung flinging bosses and ancient sewer dungeons. Something less frustrating than a metroidvania and less filled with death and pain than a game about a a civilization destroyed by an infection. Something like... police. https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/a/user_image/8/4/3/AAO9CbAAE4tL.jpg uh now that I think about it, those guys are worse in all those criteria, aren't they but hey, this isn't REALLY police is it? It's bracers with police badges. https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/a/user_image/8/4/4/AAO9CbAAE4tM.jpg See? (what a mean banner btw) So let's play: Trails Copaganda Edition: Part 2 aka Trails 5 Aka Trails to Azure (wth is an Azure btw) Our heroes are in Calvard. Actually, just Lloyd, some non-regular party members, and Arios. https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/a/user_image/8/4/5/AAO9CbAAE4tN.jpg This looks like a final dungeon. Isn't it a bit too early for that? the cult just likes to build final dungeons I guess. https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/a/user_image/8/4/6/AAO9CbAAE4tO.jpg Noel's character portrait got updated. It looks more casual I guess? We are promptly attacked by beholders. Weird way to make a battle tutorial but I'll take it YAY playable Arios! Arios's scraft is pretty cool so Arios just deals more damage in a turn than the rest of the party combined. Figures Prologue: "We can't call them beholders cuz Hasbro will sue us so they are just "fiends"": begins I missed being able to press a button to look at old dialogue while I was playing HK. Every game should have that the cast complains about how they got a new orbment which means they have to start collecting quartz all over again. Uh, just use the old one? But yeah, this series needs excuses to restart orbments every time so get used to it |
Topic | Worst DCEU movie? |
ZeldaTPLink 09/27/23 7:54:03 PM #49 | I watched both it and Batman & Robin as a kid and loved them both. I did not watch them again to check if they hold up to a non-kid audience and I'm happy living without that insight. |
Topic | Most Evil Fictional Character: Dio Brando vs. Bondrewd |
ZeldaTPLink 09/26/23 4:07:06 PM #21 | The fun part is despite being a more hardcore version of nazi doctors, Bondrewd still manages to induce massive cognitive dissonance by just refusing to antagonize the good guys or show any anger or malice in his speeches. In fact, he even cheers the good guys up as they land hits on him and says how he is proud of them. He doesn't do it because he wants to hurt people, he is just incapable of prioritizing anything above scientific progress. He completely lacks humanity both in the sense of good feelings and bad ones. So he is even less human than a psychopath, who at least can feel anger or bloothirst. Bondrewed is both less evil because he doesn't feel any of it, and more evil because his lack of feelings drive him to some of the most evil actions ever witnessed in fiction or real life. His entire existance is a study on how intent vs actions define one's morals. |
Topic | Most Evil Fictional Character: Dio Brando vs. Bondrewd |
ZeldaTPLink 09/26/23 3:51:51 PM #20 | Imma have a child and raise her for 8 years with love, just to test if the fact the child loves me as a father increases the superpowers given to me when I cut her limbs and organs off on a surgery table, while keeping her awake and unsedated for the whole procedure, then stick what's left in a cartridge so I can use her as a receptacle to the abyss's horrible curse. Bondrewd |
Topic | Worst DCEU movie? |
ZeldaTPLink 09/26/23 1:40:07 PM #39 | plasmabeam posted... BvS was absolute garbage and not even remotely fun to watch. Basically this |
Topic | Worst DCEU movie? |
ZeldaTPLink 09/26/23 1:30:58 PM #38 | I haven't seen WW84 and this topic is making me want to. Anyway, my answer is BvS. It has some actual good stuff but it is aggressively boring for at least 70% of its (very long) runtime. SS is incredibly bad from start to end but it has a higher fun vs boring ratio. I take bad fun over no fun. J/L and Birds of Prey are bad movies but they are not at the same level of bad as the ones above. Man of Steel is mediocre. Aquaman 1, WW 1, Shazam 1 and SS 2 are actual good movies. Haven't seen the rest. |
Topic | One Piece (spoilers) |
ZeldaTPLink 09/25/23 11:24:49 AM #194 | |
Topic | Best First Game in a Trails Arc? |
ZeldaTPLink 09/25/23 10:04:16 AM #41 | FC = Zero >= SC >>> 3rd Among the ones Ive played so far. The FC hate in this topic is criminal. |
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