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Unlucky7
Jul 11, 2006

Fallen Rib
Finally beat the Baron, and even then he managed to get a big fish on round 15 and the only reason I won was because I already lucked into a substantial lead at that point.

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Unlucky7
Jul 11, 2006

Fallen Rib
Okay, I do generally like the enemy design and boss encounters in Sky 3rd than in SC. But then along comes (Chapter 6 boss spoilers) Schwartzritter and he brings with him everything I hated from SC. :v:

Question about that boss: So his two S-Breaks can cause Faint and Freeze, respectively, and can use an Art (Silver Thorns?) that can reliably cause Confusion. Any of these can cause a wipe if I am unlucky enough, and I can only reliably defend against 2 through accessories as far as I know. I am thinking I should kit my party against Confusion at least, since he throws Arts way often. Should I take the anti-Freezing or anti-Faint accessories, in that one or the other has a lower chance of happening if he happens to use those S-Breaks and I do not have a barrier up, or is it a coin flip?

Unlucky7
Jul 11, 2006

Fallen Rib

Some Numbers posted:

Do you not have any Grail Lockets?

I forgot about those; I probably have them lying around or on another character. I will check once I get back.

Unlucky7
Jul 11, 2006

Fallen Rib
Okay I checked and I have no grail lockets, and apparently those are in the next area. And I don’t think there is any overlap on the accessories on Freeze, Confuse, and Faint.

I guess I will split 50-50 on the Faint and Freeze and hope for the best

Unlucky7
Jul 11, 2006

Fallen Rib
Okay, I am at the endgame and I just went through the Abyss, shame it is not more interesting. Other than finishing off the last two star doors (Don't know if I want to play through the Nightmare Arena yet) and leveling my lesser used characters to a decent level before the final area, is there anything I absolutely need to do? I know how to get the ultimate weapons at least.

Unlucky7
Jul 11, 2006

Fallen Rib
Okay, done with Sky 3rd and it is definitely my favorite of the Sky trilogy. But it also feels like a contradiction.

On the one hand, it is an incredibly lean game; very straightforward, very little filler there, and I think it is better for it. But you also have to play two whole rear end games to get the most out of it, both of which are incredibly large. I am glad to have finally finished the FC and SC duology, but I can't not say that they did not feel like slogs at times. Anyways, I really liked the door stories in general and in some cases they enhanced the previous two games. BUT it is also a pretty good standalone story. I know I am overstating this but this game feels like seeing anti-matter and matter somehow coexisting at times, and I am glad it does.

In any case, I feel like I can also finally properly start on Zero and Crossbell without any regrets.

Unlucky7
Jul 11, 2006

Fallen Rib

Erpy posted:

That slog stuff is not going to change in future games. All games are very long, very wordy and very slow-paced at times. (though all of them also have moments where poo poo hits the fan later on)

Believe me I am aware that 3rd is definitely an outlier in that respect.

Unlucky7
Jul 11, 2006

Fallen Rib

MythosDragon posted:

More doors
Doors in every game

Falcom make Trails into a visual novel.

Unlucky7
Jul 11, 2006

Fallen Rib
Playing through the Prologue for Zero again, this time playing on Normal (played through it on Hard a year back, before I decided I would rather not deal with that). I know it is probably a side effect of "Being originally developed for the PSP" (Those huge flat polygons), I do like those big sprites.

Dumb question: Trails into Reverie is the game with the crossover between the Crossbell and Cold Steel casts, right?

Unlucky7 fucked around with this message at 21:49 on Sep 12, 2023

Unlucky7
Jul 11, 2006

Fallen Rib
Still in Chapter 1 of Zero, about to go to Mainz and I really hope that they either eventually let me go to the other paths for the one Monster Egg I am short on or that they will be available on that other pathway, or I will be very cross.

I appreciate that the Casino, Poker in particular, is weighed heavily in your favor (my headcannon is that Randy is cheating at cards :v: )

Unlucky7
Jul 11, 2006

Fallen Rib
All I know is that it is going to feel weird once I hit the games where the Crossbell Crew has english voices.

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Unlucky7
Jul 11, 2006

Fallen Rib

MagusDraco posted:

same way as Nayuta. It's a patch to the current steam release so doesn't get any sort of "new release" push by the steam store.

I was wondering why I did not see that in the New Releases...

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