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apolloooo
08/03/17 9:38:38 AM
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http://store.steampowered.com/app/538680/The_Legend_of_Heroes_Trails_of_Cold_Steel/

The pc port is amazing so far.

You got resolution up to 1440p (no 4k or ultra wide sadly)

great setting and the enhance ment like HBAO+, more anti aliasing option, detailed shadow etc are neat.

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FF_Redux
08/03/17 9:40:29 AM
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Lonestar2000
08/03/17 9:45:28 AM
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Ugh, it's turn-based.
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apolloooo
08/03/17 9:58:47 AM
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FF_Redux posted...
Why is this series good? Sell it for me.

the series is famous for it's amazing writing and great, memorable set of characters set in memorable world that's built really consistent.

basically the series are divided into several sub series. the first one is called trails in the sky, set in the kingdom of liberl. the second one is is trails of zero and ao which is set in the crossbell state and the third one, and this one is trails of cold steel which is set in the erebonia empire.

all the "sub-series" are independent to each other, but since they all set in the same world aroudn the same time, you will get reference and cameos and context from the other games.

basically you can't play trails in the sky second chapter without playing the first one, but you can easily enter trails of cold steel blindly without playing sky first.

think of it like the MCU movies. you can't watch thor or iron man as their own movies, but jumping into iron man 3 without knowing anything iron man will probably cause some confusion etc.

now let's talk about what makes the games really great. firstly, ALL the NPCs are named and they ave their own unique dialogue and it changes as the story progress. for example, the first store owner that you meet, which are usually the most generic NPCs found in RPG have his own story, family, relationship etc. he will talk about his life, his job, his freinds and current events surrounding this world. you do several story missions and come back he will say different things, reacting to what you did and other development in the world. etc. this video explains in detail why the attention to detail in trails series are just so massive and great:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TaN2G-AEd9Q


then there's the world, and it is one of the most realized and interesting world in videogames history, competing to games like planescape, mass effect, elder scrolls, etc. it is just so detailed and interesting. basically it's a post industrialization continent with several countries and factions, rife with political intrigue, their own culture, cities, provinces, ideologies and religion.

take the septian church for example. it is such an interesting organization. at the public space, they acted as schools, hospitals and counseling, giving the citizens of the world services like education, sanctioning marriages, even healing etc.

on the other side they also deal with ancient artifacts from previous advanced civilization, which they basically range from a curiosity with strange powers to weapons of mass destruction. in the background, the septian church hold absolute monopoly on this artifacts and their knights called the gralsritter or literally grail knight in german are this shadow army that tasked to search and safeguard this artifacts, sometimes with violence if forced. their gralsritter are some of the most fearsome, strongest individuals in the world, and with that, the church is one of the strongest faction in the world

i could go write a book about the factions in the game, but nobody has time for that. the main conflict is basically a multinational grand scale conspiracy done by a group called ouroboros involving these artifacts from previous civ. the saga are separated into different countries and sub series because it is so massive in scale while still being believable considering the ouroborous are one resourceful organization.
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apolloooo
08/03/17 10:01:32 AM
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the gameplay itself is really good, it's turn based but not like most JRPG. it has grid square that makes positioning important and add a new layer of strategy to it, you can use arts basically magic and crafts that are skills. the combat works like a simpler SRPG.

the character building comes from the orbment system, think of it like a hybrid of ffx crystal sphere, but more customizeable.

i think the closest comparison is the djinn from golden sun games. you can mix and match orbments of different elements that will change the stats, magic arrays of the character and build them as you wish.

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Esrac
08/03/17 10:02:20 AM
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Makes me wish I didn't own it on PS3.
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FF_Redux
08/03/17 10:04:28 AM
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On Steam there is Trails in the Sky, SC and 3rd. So that's just the first series?

The Zero one isn't on steam?
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apolloooo
08/03/17 10:09:32 AM
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FF_Redux posted...
On Steam there is Trails in the Sky, SC and 3rd. So that's just the first series?

The Zero one isn't on steam?

Zero one isnt localized yet both of them.

So far here are the games available in english:
Trails in the sky 1 and 2 on steam/psp
Trails in the sky 3 steam only

Trails of cold steel 1 and 2 on ps3,4, vita and steam (2 on steam will be coming later this year)

trails of cold steel 3 is on development to release on ps4 in japan this year, hopefully the localized version is coming next year and steam version will follow

Zero and ao is so far japan only, but prospects are so far good, even that a fan translation of zero is being made now
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FF_Redux
08/03/17 10:15:15 AM
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apolloooo
08/03/17 10:18:00 AM
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FF_Redux posted...
So it's best to just get all of them on steam?

Steam are generally agreed to be the best version of these yes. They are all excellent ports. From graphics enhancement to quality of life improvement like skipping battle animations, etc.

Plus all of them run on 60 FPS on pc and not really a demanding game.

The downside is waiting for pc port because they come latercthan the console version.

Well i guess at this point you have skipped the longest and most painful wait
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FF_Redux
08/03/17 10:21:05 AM
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apolloooo posted...
FF_Redux posted...
So it's best to just get all of them on steam?

Steam are generally agreed to be the best version of these yes. They are all excellent ports. From graphics enhancement to quality of life improvement like skipping battle animations, etc.

Plus all of them run on 60 FPS on pc and not really a demanding game.

The downside is waiting for pc port because they come latercthan the console version.

Well i guess at this point you have skipped the longest and most painful wait


Yeah, well I prob won't be playing in a long while anyway.

I need to start my studies and I already have Hollow Knight, FF12 Zodiac Age and Pyre on my current active backlog.
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Leanaunfurled
08/03/17 10:23:03 AM
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The Steam forums make me want to punch babies.
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apolloooo
08/03/17 10:24:01 AM
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Leanaunfurled posted...
The Steam forums make me want to punch babies.

What happened there. Whining about japan voice?
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Leanaunfurled
08/03/17 10:30:45 AM
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apolloooo posted...
Leanaunfurled posted...
The Steam forums make me want to punch babies.

What happened there. Whining about japan voice?

A lot of that, yeah. It gets annoying with every Japanese game these days. Calling it overpriced (and then getting the price wrong and fucking NO ONE corrects him on that). DLC bitching (ohemgee, CLOTHES) and the usual "will my pc run this, idk how2specs."
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apolloooo
08/03/17 10:33:38 AM
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Leanaunfurled posted...
apolloooo posted...
Leanaunfurled posted...
The Steam forums make me want to punch babies.

What happened there. Whining about japan voice?

A lot of that, yeah. It gets annoying with every Japanese game these days. Calling it overpriced (and then getting the price wrong and fucking NO ONE corrects him on that). DLC bitching (ohemgee, CLOTHES) and the usual "will my pc run this, idk how2specs."

Sounds like moat game at release. Bitching, moaning, trolling nothing new. I usually avoid those and try to discuss it elsewhere.

Heck, fucking infamous rpg codex is being more civil than steam forums nowadays, even with the codex's no censor policy and it usually attract particular type of people
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TheMarthKoopa
08/03/17 10:47:58 AM
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apolloooo posted...
japan voice

Hurray for undub patches

I'll finally be able to play this series
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Leanaunfurled
08/03/17 10:48:53 AM
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apolloooo posted...
Sounds like moat game at release. Bitching, moaning, trolling nothing new. I usually avoid those and try to discuss it elsewhere.

Heck, fucking infamous rpg codex is being more civil than steam forums nowadays, even with the codex's no censor policy and it usually attract particular type of people

I think I just have less patience than I used to.
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Sexypwnstar
08/03/17 11:00:04 AM
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Will the EVO versions ever come to the states?

Also what about that Ys/Trails crossover whatever you call it
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Leanaunfurled
08/03/17 11:01:53 AM
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Sexypwnstar posted...
Will the EVO versions ever come to the states?

Also what about that Ys/Trails crossover whatever you call it

Hope not, waste of resources.

Ys vs Sora no Kiseki: Alternative Saga will likely never come here.
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apolloooo
08/03/17 11:07:13 AM
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I dislike the evo character portraits. I dunnom the early 2000 anime artstyle remind of of old animes of yore that i love as a,kid.
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Leanaunfurled
08/03/17 11:12:52 AM
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apolloooo posted...
I dislike the evo character portraits. I dunnom the early 2000 anime artstyle remind of of old animes of yore that i love as a,kid.

And the redone music. v_v Best thing EVO has given us is Ao's new opening song, which is great, imo.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L59S0WDwZ8M

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Guerrilla Soldier
08/03/17 11:37:40 AM
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psssh...nothin personnel...kid...
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apolloooo
08/03/17 11:48:02 AM
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The music is great true. I wish there is a way to kod evo music to vanilla, ehich probably already exist anyway
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Alucard188
08/03/17 11:48:36 AM
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I own the GOG versions of the games. I fought really hard against buying CS yesterday, as I don't want to spend $45 on a game I already own and beat last October. I'll likely do the same thing I did before and wait until CS2's port comes out before buying CS1 again. >_>
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apolloooo
08/03/17 11:51:41 AM
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Guerrilla Soldier posted...
psssh...nothin personnel...kid...

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apolloooo
08/03/17 11:52:35 AM
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Alucard188 posted...
I own the GOG versions of the games. I fought really hard against buying CS yesterday, as I don't want to spend $45 on a game I already own and beat last October. I'll likely do the same thing I did before and wait until CS2's port comes out before buying CS1 again. >_>

*haunts you*

throooooow moneyyyy at xseed. . . . .
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apolloooo
08/04/17 12:09:44 PM
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Bump
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Leanaunfurled
08/04/17 12:13:11 PM
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Spend less time bumping this topic and more time PLAYING COLD STEEL ON STEAM EEEEYY.

I'm going through CSII right now, it's really good. They're pretty much parallel to FC and SC, III is going to blow shit out of the water.
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apolloooo
08/04/17 12:14:41 PM
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Leanaunfurled posted...
Spend less time bumping this topic and more time PLAYING COLD STEEL ON STEAM EEEEYY.

I'm going through CSII right now, it's really good. They're pretty much parallel to FC and SC, III is going to blow shit out of the water.

I have played it for like 4 hours and honestly my butt just gave up. I cant feel my butt. Too much sitting. . .

Sit at work, sit when driving, sit when playing. This life is gonna kill me one day i bet it
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Leanaunfurled
08/04/17 12:22:55 PM
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Damn you for not having a stronger booty.
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Esrac
08/04/17 12:24:31 PM
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I wonder if I should try to sell my PS3 copy and buy this one when it goes on sale. $40 is a bit too much for me right now.
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apolloooo
08/04/17 12:24:48 PM
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Leanaunfurled posted...
Damn you for not having a stronger booty.

When cybernetics enhancement have matured the first thing i gonna replace are my butts.

Anyway i love sara already. Do each trails series have a quota of hot alcoholic female?
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Leanaunfurled
08/04/17 12:29:33 PM
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apolloooo posted...
Leanaunfurled posted...
Damn you for not having a stronger booty.

When cybernetics enhancement have matured the first thing i gonna replace are my butts.

Anyway i love sara already. Do each trails series have a quota of hot alcoholic female?

It's unlimited. Wait until you meet Angelica. She'll fight you over the waifus. ;o
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Alucard188
08/04/17 3:23:40 PM
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Angie is awesome, and her default outfit is a leather bodysuit.
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