Just straight up peak, in all the games I've played in my life, this is the perfect sequel I have ever played, there isn't nothing more I can say but just great, I have no criticism I can say rn, it's just so good, I think I'll remember their journey for years to come.

Unto 3rd now!

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What a great duology, I love how they build a bigger conflict love the new characters and the relationship they get with the sky cast, love the conclusion of Renne past and how she give her all to protect her Crosbell friend even she loses Pater-mater, Love how Kevin is way more positive and open, and how the Brigth family finally adopt Renne.

Love the city of Crosbell its conflict, corruption it make it feel real specially as the situation is in between the 2 biggest powers in west Zemuria, about the villans well I really like Ouroboros and Arianhod will be branded in my mind after that fight and probably a bit of PTSD, but I love her the other Angius is a bit more cliché but well it fits, I would love to met new enforcers here, but I will get to know more eventually, love the red constellation and its connection with Randy.

Also for now Mirabell is the villan I hate the most great villain but i want to kick her teeth in even more than Weissman, and now she is an Angius, great

one last thing isn't the end credits of Azure a huge spoiler of the events of cold steel?

I have a question

- isn't Ouroboros goal to use all the 7 sept-terrions? In that case, wouldn't be bad for the that the mirage one is lose?

I just beat the dragon in the Grim Garden during intermission. I legit I sit there listening to the characters meeting up with Orouboros for 30 minutes. I feel like every name must be said at least once when different parties meet each other, and there's so much joking around during serous scenes. Am I crazy or was Trails always like this? The plot seems to be moving in an interesting direction but jeez I wish they cut down some of the chatter.

Toval tells Rean in Ymir that someone called him on his ARCUS and gave him extremely detailed information on where Rean could be found following the escape from Trista. Who was it? Vita?

I'm trying to play Trails in the Sky The 3rd for a group of friends who love the series and want to her my reactions. I have the game set to the lowest settings according to the Launch , apart from a higher resolution to be a borderless Fullscreen, but the game runs at about 10spf (Note, NOT 10fps). I'd like to keep the game in Fullscreen if possible, does anyone have any advice?

This is a balance patch . So far i cant find new content .

Arte got nerf hard with this patch . Cetus Phantamas Modified go from 320 -> 230 % . New Octopus spell which out damage all S craft now got nerf .

Some characters minor stat got buff like Aaron , Elaine ...

Some craft and S craft got buff like Altina S craft shield now go from 1500 to 5000 .

Arte character is now official inferior to S craft awakening spammer .

Wanna fight the exclusive monsters and the secret boss.

Who is the character you hate the most? The one where you just want to punch your screen the moment they appear. For me, it's sixth anguis. God I despise the guy so much.

Additionally the 13th of November is when Falcom will release the yearly Financial report which usually reveals the main release for the next year (In this case likely either Kai 2 or the Tokyo Xanadu Sequel)

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Is a new game + worth doing after clearing the game the first time?

Whenever they mention how the monsters are becoming more aggressive or dangerous or whatever, and how X civilian going on their own is so dangerous, I keep thinking "Man, this is one crazy world. These people just leave civilization and they can get jumped and killed by beasts so easily. That would be one scary world to live in."

And then I remember wild animals exist.

Picked up the trails series this year, been having a blast. I've been playing in chronological release order and just recently beat Azure (so no spoilers past crossbell please!)

Something cool that I noticed was how Estelle and Lloyd both had blunt force/non-lethal weapons. Not only did it feel refreshing since most JRPG protagonists are sword wielders, it also felt thematically in line with their roles as protectors of the people. Lloyd mentioning training in suppression tactics when showing off his tonfas at the beginning of Zero was specifically what got me to start thinking about this.

In contrast to Estelle and Lloyd, 3rd was about Kevin, who wields a crossbow. His role as a heretic hunter meant having a lethal weapon makes sense, and I felt that it being a ranged weapon also gave him a sense of detachment from the people he killed. It's not personal, it's just business. He's not literally getting his hands dirty the same way Joshua did.

All that being said, knowing that Rean wields a sword and the Cold Steel games being about the Erebonian Civil War has me curious to see what kind of role he's going to take. Switching to the protagonist having a lethal weapon gives off the impression that he's going to take a more bloody path... Except I know that Trails has a disease against killing off characters, so I wouldn't be surprised if the choice to have him wield a sword was just "hey wouldn't it be hype to have our protagonist have the 8 leaf blade style"

I don't know much about Van and the Calvard arc, but it'll be cool to see how much the theming I want to believe is there holds up.

If you read all this, thanks, haha. I've been having a lot of fun with these games, couldn't hold it anymore and just had to word vomit!

Hey all! I decided recently to finally try my hand at the Ys series, and I was not prepared for exactly how rich and complicated the release order is (let alone the many versions).

For a little backstory, I recently got into modding and was gifted both an Anbernic emulator and a PS Vita, and decided to try some of the PC Engine releases out of curiosity, before sitting down and getting Ys I&II Chronicles for the Vita. That lead down a rabbit hole where I found the Digital Emelas guide to playing the series, and currently as I'm enjoying Ys I&2 so much, I decided to go out of my way and get everything I could for the Vita, all the way up to Lacrimosa. However, there seem to be two highly suggested routes: The Story Order and the Release Path order. Initially I thought I might go with their story order, until I thought about how it might be fun to discover the story and world lore like many longtime fans of the series, and Digital Emelas says it's the way most hardcore fans encourage newbies to play the series. Story order would also encourage me to pick up X quite soon, which is fine by me if I really enjoy the games up to then, and the website recommends that for story immersion. I know the games are all able to be enjoyed as stand alones, but as a longtime JRPG fan looking to shore up my knowledge on more niche JRPGs (and in this case, really get to know more Falcom games, which I've put off for much too long), I am really curious to know what the community at large really recommends for full immersion and enjoyment.

I would also appreciate any recommendations on which versions to play (say, Switch vs. Vita versions of Lacrimosa), bonus points on where to jump into The Legend of Heroes games, I just got Trails of The Sky on Vita as well, and I know it's a rabbit hole on its own. Thanks in advance!

Looking at who is the one saying "Get Up, Schwarzer!" when the EDF is attacking the Nord Settlement with a railway gun, after Rean slices the shell in half with the Tyrfing S, and Zoa Gilstein first appears? I assumed it was Rose, but since there's no name listed, I can't be sure.

Its in this video at about 15:01.
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So I’m in the final dungeon and iv split my teams, I have found myself swapping for the best quartz (no delay) for each party. When it comes down to the main battles do I get a chance to swap the quartz back? Haha I’m gonna be screwed if not

So, forget all the arguments on what people consider spoilers or not. For this post I would like to define spoilers as anything that directly relates to mentioning things from the other game before experiencing it in a way that connects dots before they should be connected.

I've been trying to come up with a method for my friend who is currently playing through sky SC. She is crazy about spoilers and wants it to be as chronological and linear as possible. Currently I have just been telling her the following: Get to the start of chapter 5 in AO, then play CS1, and it should minimize spoilers in theory.

Characters like >!Towa Herschel!< near the end of chapter 2 in AO are good examples of what can be exceptions. She doesn't say anything that connects dots before going into CS. But spoilers such as basically the entirety of the political happenings in chapter 5 would probably ruin the entire first cold steel game for her and I would never hear the end of it. Different folks different strokes and all.

I'm consulting here to be sure I'm not overlooking anything with my theory. I know there are various things in books, character notes, etc with a lot of details-- but I don't remember exactly all the nuanced details of the chronological order. So to say far less I'm just not completely confident in my memory nor my assumptions.

Feel free to provide any constructive feedback & hot takes pertaining to this. Both can be appreciated assuming they find a detail I overlooked. Not going to lie, at this point I'm more interested in validating a method than actually helping my friend out lol. This has been a topic on numerous accounts over the years and is oddly interesting.

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