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unimportantguy posted:CS2: Oh hey that finale really did pop off that was cool. Credits now? Yeah that makes sen- Divertissement? Epilogue? Another dungeon? You guys weren't kidding this game does not end. Yeah, CS2 is great 
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unimportantguy posted:CS2: Oh hey that finale really did pop off that was cool. Credits now? Yeah that makes sen- Divertissement? Epilogue? Another dungeon? You guys weren't kidding this game does not end. I remember I got to the final chapter and was like “I have the time I’ll just power through it. Lol.
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Aug 13, 2023 23:48
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Every single Trails game I reach a point where I think "OK, I'm basically done. I can wrap this up in another hour before I go to bed". At best, this has been 2-3 hours before the actual ending. At worst, it's been 10+.
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Aug 14, 2023 00:07
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They're long freakin games
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Aug 14, 2023 00:24
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Also, re: Alisa, I have gone two games without doing a single Alisa bonding event and I intend to keep it that way for two more. There are about half a dozen other characters I would choose to spend bonding points on first.
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Aug 14, 2023 00:35
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Rean can't kiss Alisa because he has to kiss Crow.
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Aug 14, 2023 00:44
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unimportantguy posted:CS2: Oh hey that finale really did pop off that was cool. Credits now? Yeah that makes sen- Divertissement? Epilogue? Another dungeon? You guys weren't kidding this game does not end. Most fun segment in the series. Also it sounds utterly insane to me to not drop a save and do all available bonding events. Is this how you guys sleep on Gaius being the best male character in the series?
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Aug 14, 2023 00:53
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From CS2 onward I used Cheat Engine to give myself unlimited BP. Felt a lot better than hanging out with someone and then rewinding time so I could have hung out with someone else instead.
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Aug 14, 2023 01:00
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It's silly how you can cheese seemingly any fight in CS4 as long as you have Jusis and some source of CP. I fought some cryptid like 20+ levels higher by just grouping everyone together and using Jusis + Altina/Alisa for CP. You occasionally take a hit, but very rarely - you can basically always win as long as you can survive a single hit. My opinion of CS4 has improved a good deal of this playthrough. Some stuff that used to bug me doesn't so much anymore. I used to think the stuff with new class 7s' Panzer Soldats "resonating" with Valimar was dumb (since it seemed weird for this magical artifact thing to somehow resonate with human-made technology), but it's actually not that weird when you consider that orbal technology is literally magic-based, even if the magic is coming from a resource. The stuff with the curse also isn't so bad on its own - it's more "the lack of a more interesting plot point" than a negative plot point on its own. unimportantguy posted:CS2: Oh hey that finale really did pop off that was cool. Credits now? Yeah that makes sen- Divertissement? Epilogue? Another dungeon? You guys weren't kidding this game does not end. This part was insanely cool if you weren't expecting it and had played the Zero/Azure games.
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Aug 14, 2023 01:12
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The end of CS2 rules for the simple reason that it's the only game in the series I've played so far that has falling action
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Ytlaya posted:It's silly how you can cheese seemingly any fight in CS4 as long as you have Jusis and some source of CP. I fought some cryptid like 20+ levels higher by just grouping everyone together and using Jusis + Altina/Alisa for CP. You occasionally take a hit, but very rarely - you can basically always win as long as you can survive a single hit. Smh if you weren't also using this exact strat in CS2.
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Aug 14, 2023 01:34
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Thoom posted:They had a very "look at how cool and powerful my OC is" fanfiction vibe, but I enjoyed the one about Renne beating up a snotty rich kid and ruining his dad's political career. Little poo poo had no idea who he was messing with. I enjoyed that one too but I would have enjoyed it more if it wasn't just a bunch of white text on a black screen.
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I am finally at chapter 7 of Sky SC after years of putting it off. I have a couple of questions: 1. I am still wondering if I want to play Sky 3rd or start Zero again after that, but I was wondering how much does Zero follow up from 3rd? I understand 3rd is kind of its own story while tying up loose ends from the first two games. 2. I think I crystalized the biggest thing that bugs me about Trails combat, which is generally fun. However, in the late game, at least on Normal difficulty, enemies tend to be large piles of HP that are tedious at best and unfun at worst. Does going up to Hard mode in Zero or 3rd fix this? I am hoping that it makes it deadlier for both sides, but I kind of doubt it. I ask this because I completed the prologue on Zero on Hard and I was wondering if I should continue.
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There is one side plot from 3rd that Zero continues to develop, but that's about it and its building on stuff you'd know from SC. It is one of my fav parts of Zero though. E: And I found hard mode to just be pretty bad over the Sky games at least i'd recommend keeping it at normal. I switched from hard to normal once I hit TC and never looked back until CS.
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Aug 14, 2023 01:53
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Also, I had forgotten that SC has one of my favorite tropes: Secret organizations filled with high ranking fight weirdos you need to face in every chapter.
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Aug 14, 2023 01:57
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A trails staple that I also personally think is great.
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MythosDragon posted:Most fun segment in the series. I used a max bonding point save for my first run of CS 4, and I did indeed watch all available bonding events. It's just that for every woman except Alisa, I reloaded to before watching anyone else's who gave a heart, so their second events did not qualify for a heart. And I also skipped Emma's second event too.
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Ytlaya posted:My opinion of CS4 has improved a good deal of this playthrough. Some stuff that used to bug me doesn't so much anymore. I used to think the stuff with new class 7s' Panzer Soldats "resonating" with Valimar was dumb (since it seemed weird for this magical artifact thing to somehow resonate with human-made technology), but it's actually not that weird when you consider that orbal technology is literally magic-based, even if the magic is coming from a resource. One thing to consider is that (CS4) even more than standard orbments, Sept-Terrions are heavily involved in Divergent Laws stuff. So it's not that surprising that two things based off the same origin can interface. Unlucky7 posted:2. I think I crystalized the biggest thing that bugs me about Trails combat, which is generally fun. However, in the late game, at least on Normal difficulty, enemies tend to be large piles of HP that are tedious at best and unfun at worst. Does going up to Hard mode in Zero or 3rd fix this? I am hoping that it makes it deadlier for both sides, but I kind of doubt it. I ask this because I completed the prologue on Zero on Hard and I was wondering if I should continue. I think Hard in 3rd is a lot better than FC or SC, but I think Zero is where they actually started designing Hard as a difficulty instead of applying stat mods without consideration. Cyouni fucked around with this message at 03:51 on Aug 14, 2023 |
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Zero Chapter 4: i cannot say I was expecting the steroids various NPCs were getting hopped up on to be from a devil worshipper cult, and also maybe literally magic. The intersection of “formerly classic JRPG setting experiencing its magic reverse-engineered Industrial Revolution” crops up in the weirdest ways sometimes, not that I’m complaining
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You might want to hold off this spoilerish comment until you know how the organization you brought up works (which might be now!) But does anyone else find it funny that the plot of this game is essentially the same thing as a giant part of the Q conspiracy, only written about ten years before said conspiracy cropped up? Like, to me, that's the funniest thing about those lunatics.
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Veryslightlymad posted:You might want to hold off this spoilerish comment until you know how the organization you brought up works (which might be now!) But does anyone else find it funny that the plot of this game is essentially the same thing as a giant part of the Q conspiracy, only written about ten years before said conspiracy cropped up? Like, to me, that's the funniest thing about those lunatics. Yeah, I was thinking about this yesterday. It gets even closer to it in Azure. I’m on the final chapter and chapter 4 was basically the entire Q conspiracy with Dieter using devil magic to make a new god while doing a false flag city scale terrorism campaign. Dieters job being a banker. Especially considering it’s all opposed by the Catholic Church stand in. Edit: I should mention that I don’t think anyone at falcom did this out of like overt antisemitism or anything, they just cribbed from exiting conspiracy theories. (Huge Crossbell spoilers) TheMightyBoops fucked around with this message at 18:33 on Aug 15, 2023 |
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Aug 15, 2023 18:29
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Kuro prologue: This combat system is very different and is going to take some getting used to, but it's really interesting and refreshing so far. Is Agnes the girl from Renne's story at the end of Reverie?
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Some Numbers posted:Kuro prologue: This combat system is very different and is going to take some getting used to, but it's really interesting and refreshing so far. Yup
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Huh, I hit the finale a lot sooner than I expected, yeah I have 80+ hours on my save file but that’s cause I’ve been doing the whole “talk to NPCs every time their dialogue changes” thing. It does kinda feel like things went from zero to a hundred pretty quickly though, but I guess that’s the SSS’s fault for busting up the auction and setting off this chain of events. Still feel like I’m gonna be very happy to be able to immediately boot up Azure thirty minutes after the finale of Zero though. Also, I think Dudley might be the quickest I’ve gone from thinking “god, this guy sucks, what a loving lameass” to “he’s actually kind of a bro” in a JRPG. Helps that he sounds like Zoro, even if it might not be the same guy.
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Green hair is voiced by Green hair yes.
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Trails in general is real good at taking characters I think I won't like and turning me around on them. KeA is basically the only "adorable little girl everyone loves" character in an anime game that I actually like, for instance.
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My favorite voice casting thing in Trails is that Lloyd and Guy are voiced (in Japanes) by Simon and Kamina from Gurren Lagann. That feels very intentional.
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Last Celebration posted:Helps that he sounds like Zoro, even if it might not be the same guy. Thoom posted:My favorite voice casting thing in Trails is that Lloyd and Guy are voiced (in Japanes) by Simon and Kamina from Gurren Lagann. That feels very intentional.
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MythosDragon posted:Green hair is voiced by Green hair yes. Some Numbers posted:It's the same guy. Rad, I wasn’t 100% sure since they’re acted fairly differently and it’s only really the kinda hoarse raspy quality in his voice that gives it away. Makes it very funny juxtaposition that Dudley is voiced by Travis Touchdown though, but I guess this is the same series where Lloyd’s dub actor is Kenshiro.
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Natsu and Happy from fairy tail are voiced by Lloyd and Kea despite like being opposites in every way barring a single defining inner trait so that makes me giggle uncontrollably.
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Whoever created the clear file for my CS4 playthrough was a sick pervert who chose to omit bond events for most of the male characters; they have all the female character notes except for one of Laura's, and even missed out on Crow's great second bond event. What kind of sicko would be like "I'm more interested in Emma or Alisa's second bond event than Crow's"?! Unacceptable!
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Ytlaya posted:Whoever created the clear file for my CS4 playthrough was a sick pervert who chose to omit bond events for most of the male characters; they have all the female character notes except for one of Laura's, and even missed out on Crow's great second bond event. What kind of sicko would be like "I'm more interested in Emma or Alisa's second bond event than Crow's"?! Unacceptable! I don't remember crows....
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MythosDragon posted:Natsu and Happy from fairy tail are voiced by Lloyd and Kea despite like being opposites in every way barring a single defining inner trait so that makes me giggle uncontrollably. This one’s genuinely adorable ngl.
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Ytlaya posted:Whoever created the clear file for my CS4 playthrough was a sick pervert who chose to omit bond events for most of the male characters; they have all the female character notes except for one of Laura's, and even missed out on Crow's great second bond event. What kind of sicko would be like "I'm more interested in Emma or Alisa's second bond event than Crow's"?! Unacceptable! Sounds like my save file
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Maybe they did Crow's first and then loaded to see other people's. You don't know.
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It's silly how CS4 tries to absolve Hugo by being like "Wads was doing all this insane poo poo behind our backs!" It's at least the third time this has happened, why are you still even employing him lol. He just does crimes constantly! Ignorance is no excuse!Clarste posted:Maybe they did Crow's first and then loaded to see other people's. You don't know. I don't buy it! MythosDragon posted:I don't remember crows.... Crow contacts various people involved with the ILF, including Scarlet. It's nice because the main story mostly ignores that stuff.
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Ytlaya posted:It's silly how CS4 tries to absolve Hugo by being like "Wads was doing all this insane poo poo behind our backs!" It's at least the third time this has happened, why are you still even employing him lol. He just does crimes constantly! Ignorance is no excuse! Ah right Yeah that was good Not as compelling as Machias and Gaius, but that what happens when you are the white/6th(12th) ranger.
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Ytlaya posted:Whoever created the clear file for my CS4 playthrough was a sick pervert who chose to omit bond events for most of the male characters; they have all the female character notes except for one of Laura's, and even missed out on Crow's great second bond event. What kind of sicko would be like "I'm more interested in Emma or Alisa's second bond event than Crow's"?! Unacceptable! I ignored Crow completely and I will not apologize for that.
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I decided that getting the character notes achievements was not worth the price of seeing a lot of the bonding events and stringing along a bunch of characters I had no intention of going any farther with anyway.Ytlaya posted:It's silly how CS4 tries to absolve Hugo by being like "Wads was doing all this insane poo poo behind our backs!" It's at least the third time this has happened, why are you still even employing him lol. He just does crimes constantly! Ignorance is no excuse! But it's not his fault, it's that dang magic curse which made Wads do it. It's just like Ash, except Ash took responsibility for his actions and had actual lingering guilt for them. After all, we can't have assholes in the game, even assholes have to have a heart of gold or really be victims themselves, or otherwise be depicted as sympathetic. (Seriously, other than Campanella/Novartis, who was the last human character who was an out-and-out rear end in a top hat?)
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