Coughing Hobo posted:

I keep marvelling at the fact that all of these characters and their outfits look like they belong in the same world, whereas Tales of characters always look like they're designed in a vacuum.

Cake Attack posted:

note that Gaius is most definitely wearing a gralsritter coat

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Have the graphics options been built into the in-game menus, or will there be a separate configuration launcher?

I'm also curious as to how saving will work. Since the PS3 and Vita version accessed each system's built-in save systems, I assume a new save menu/system had to be developed from scratch. If it's at all like Trails in the Sky's save system, complete with auto-saves, then that would be cool.

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There's a separate launcher, though it's far more feature-rich than any other launcher we've ever had in any of our PC games to date.

...Seriously, I love this launcher. It's a work of art all its own.

As for saving, there's no auto-saving, but you can save at any time via the menu, and there are a grand total of 400 save slots laid out in a grid pattern of mini-screenshots. These save-games automatically populate to/from the Steam cloud after closing the game, too, so I've been able to QA all day at work, then pick up right where I left off from home without the slightest trouble.

-Tom

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Interesting, I wouldn't have expected that since Steam says it has full controller compatibility. That also includes launchers, so I assume this means you can use a controller in the launcher and start the game from there.

Hmm. I haven't tried using a controller in the launcher, but I wouldn't be surprised if you can! There's not much you CAN'T do in that launcher. I'm probably over-selling it, but man... that launcher is just a monument to good coding and design. You can tweak bloody EVERYTHING, and it gives you clear, concise explanations of exactly what every single tweakable feature does, what the recommended setting is for that feature, and even shows a little animated gif next to it that compares and contrasts what each of the settings look like in-game so you can see right away exactly what kind of effect your tweaks will have.

-Tom

Erpy posted:

Neat. The console version of Cold Steel "only" had 90 saveslots. Which was just short of what's needed if you're trying to create a save before each boss fight and at the start of each timeblock.

Stabbey_the_Clown posted:

Yes, I know there's probably no carry-over to 3rd and that 3rd has no "Priest Points" to miss.

Stabbey_the_Clown posted:

In Sky SC, where are "Bacon", "Eggs", and "Golden Toast"? I've talked to the birds at Erbe Royal Villa, in front of Grancel Cathedral, and in Rolent, but I don't seem to have found them all.

Nate RFB posted:

I think I gave that one a cursory google search but in the end isn't it just for an achievement?

Cake Attack posted:

Hmm, an original port of a psp game huh...

oath2order posted:

Cake Attack posted:

Hmm, an original port of a psp game huh...

oath2order posted:

Last Celebration posted:

If they're porting Zero/Azure I hope it's like Felghana where they just give us a choice between the original OST and the Evolution version. And I think I remember hearing that TiTS Evo got voice acting, but does XSeed have the money for that if those are the versions they're (hypothetically) porting?

Erpy posted:

Felghana has no Evo version. Only the Trails games do. And the Evo versions, due to being a licensing clusterfuck involving 3 or 4 different parties, won't be brought over...like...ever. So any part of the Evo versions will be off the table too.

MythosDragon posted:

Its almost completely impossible due to the voice acting being done by a company that will charge out the rear end for all licensing fees. Its out of Falcom's hands sadly.

Xander77 posted:

Ares Pots seem a bit like shining pom equivalents. What's the best way to kill them?