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The Legend of Heroes: Trails of Cold Steel 3 |OT| The Embers of War
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So besides Red Moon Rose are there any books from CS1/2 that are particularly relevant? I read them when the games came out but it has been actual years since then so may as well do a refresher on the more important ones.
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Got to the start of Chapter 1. Prologue boss was fairly tough on Nightmare. I'm really enjoying the soundtrack so far, but that's not a surprise.
I did have to laugh at the massive error of them labeling the book on Liberl in the library as "Leman State". No clue how something like that wasn't caught.
Isn't the next game coming out already having a new protagonist? No need to wait for Calvard.
I did have to laugh at the massive error of them labeling the book on Liberl in the library as "Leman State". No clue how something like that wasn't caught.
Isn't the next game coming out already having a new protagonist? No need to wait for Calvard.
Rean is still in it.
Sounds like it will be like Sky Third in that regard.
Sounds like it will be like Sky Third in that regard.
Which had a new protagonist. My understanding was that Rean was in it, but not the protagonist.
That really sucks! We've waited so long for this, you'd think they'd ensure everyone who ordered this would get one on launch day.
It's worth waiting for though. Hope you get it soon!
My "Early Enrollment Edition" just came in, but I won't be starting it up until after I finish with Azure (mid Final Chapter) and Cold Steel II PC (Act 2 Part 3) since they've been on the backburner since forever. Curse my meandering ways, these should have been dealt with weeks ago!
Best girl gets most avatars. Just as Aidios intended.
(I was gonna update mine to CS3 Emma but you beat me to it. I'll be sticking with CS2 Emma for now!)
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TFW you think you can finally start playing and move the story forward but you just fuck around making food and buying rods to make sure you get every fish available ASAP.
and then you spend the rest of the day fishing for vitality droplets.
Make sure you DM all errors and typos to our NIS rep. Hopefully they'll get patched and corrected for our PC release? Yes?..........yes?
Based on what? So far NISA and NISA EU got swamped with the amount of orders. Game's sold out at certain places in Europe as well.
Just based on how it feels like there is not a lot of buzz, it might be an irrational fear from back when Sky 1 came out and it felt like we would never get 2/
I'm seeing quite a lot of buzz all over twitter. NISA marketed the hell out of the game. I don't think this is going to be another FC situation.
This is the most marketing and attention a Trails game has ever gotten in the west.
Got my copy in the mail today, won't be starting for a little while as I have to finish my second CSII run. Did play through all the previous games though as part of this, including Zero/Ao. It really did help me appreciate the events and world building a bit more this time around.
I'm just about to begin the first field trip.
I'm really digging the new break mechanic and brave orders. They fit really well into the older systems like the turn order and link follow up attacks and adds a completely new strategy layer that wasn't there before. It's a shame to hear that they're not well balanced, but it's hardly a surprise with Falcom. Either way, hopefully they become a staple mechanic to the combat in follow up entries.
I'm really digging the new break mechanic and brave orders. They fit really well into the older systems like the turn order and link follow up attacks and adds a completely new strategy layer that wasn't there before. It's a shame to hear that they're not well balanced, but it's hardly a surprise with Falcom. Either way, hopefully they become a staple mechanic to the combat in follow up entries.
Just saying that NISA has given CSIII more marketing than XSEED ever gave the series in the west is a hell of an understatement. They have:
- Prepped media ahead of the announcement to give the announcement the most possible reach before it dropped
- Immediately had a PAX panel ready to detail exactly what was going into the translation, and who was working on it
- Continually posted updates about the game - trailers, character bios, etc - on their social feeds leading up until launch
- Heavy presence + on-site demo at E3
- Flew Kondo out to the US, again, for both Anime Expo and a press tour
- Besides just Kondo's panel at AX, they also held multiple other panels - including one with a large portion of the English voice cast
- Collaborated with a freaking Cafe + Bakery to hold a pop-up shop for a week, complete with themed Macarons and decor
- Released a demo with transferable saves weeks before launch
- All the merch. Just... all the merch
That's missing things, but it more than makes the point. For most Falcom games, the most that XSEED did was tweet three times and update their twitter banner - a tweet when the project is announced, a tweet for the release date 2 weeks before launch, and a tweet on release day.
NISA quite literally marketed the game as strongly as they could. They stopped just short of giving it a AAA marketing budget.
- Prepped media ahead of the announcement to give the announcement the most possible reach before it dropped
- Immediately had a PAX panel ready to detail exactly what was going into the translation, and who was working on it
- Continually posted updates about the game - trailers, character bios, etc - on their social feeds leading up until launch
- Heavy presence + on-site demo at E3
- Flew Kondo out to the US, again, for both Anime Expo and a press tour
- Besides just Kondo's panel at AX, they also held multiple other panels - including one with a large portion of the English voice cast
- Collaborated with a freaking Cafe + Bakery to hold a pop-up shop for a week, complete with themed Macarons and decor
- Released a demo with transferable saves weeks before launch
- All the merch. Just... all the merch
That's missing things, but it more than makes the point. For most Falcom games, the most that XSEED did was tweet three times and update their twitter banner - a tweet when the project is announced, a tweet for the release date 2 weeks before launch, and a tweet on release day.
NISA quite literally marketed the game as strongly as they could. They stopped just short of giving it a AAA marketing budget.
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Remember when XSEED released these games and we had to be their marketing team? now we can just sit back, enter Twitter contests and eat mishy macarons, life is good fam
Welp. Amazon fucked up, and I'm not getting the game today. Really annoyed, since I'm going to be away from home tomorrow and I was hoping to take my PS4 and the game with me. This'll probably be the last time I pre-order a game with them.
Going with branch campus and smaller cast seems to work really well. I'd say some of the students feel like they could fit in VII, but it's asking to much.
Jessica and Leonora and Sidney need to be in my class.
I love Instructor Rean; it feels like he was built for this role. Student Rean and his unearned accolades bothered me as much as everyone else, but now it really feels like he earned some wings. He's a diligent teacher who cares for his students and feels the baggage of the "legend" surrounding his character. Something about that just fits. I have absolutely no problems with him as the lead this time around.
Not very far in, but I can already tell this will very likely be my favorite Cold Steel game. The aesthetic and atmosphere and character dynamics all nailed their landings this time around. I am more invested in Kurt, Juna and Altina's relationship more than I was in Class VII's at any point during the first game.
Does monster info carry over to NG+?
edit: is Juna Erika Harlacher? Can't find any confirmation but it definitely sounds like her using a deeper register than Ann.
edit: it is her, yay
edit: is Juna Erika Harlacher? Can't find any confirmation but it definitely sounds like her using a deeper register than Ann.
edit: it is her, yay
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I'm really impressed at how naturally the game is tying in all the references and character appearances.
Just an hour or two into Chapter 2 but i think if this keeps up it'll easily be my favourite game in the series. It's basically combined my favourite elements of the series while also addressing a number of my issues with the first two CS games.
Just an hour or two into Chapter 2 but i think if this keeps up it'll easily be my favourite game in the series. It's basically combined my favourite elements of the series while also addressing a number of my issues with the first two CS games.
I assume it'll be like the last two Cold Steel games where you pick and choose NG+ options based on how many replays you've done thus far? Unless they switched to just allowing you to pick and choose everything as soon as you do NG+ like Tokyo Xanadu. Or maybe something else, not sure yet.
It's like Tokyo Xanadu, there are no points this time around and you can pick everything if you want.
I wonder if there's gonna be any students this time who will be as cool as Kenneth. I like that they all have more unique models and a face during conversations.
Yes, I'm interested in the series future, and since the 3rd Sky game was one of my favorites, maybe Erebonia arc will go with a bang?
And everyone says that the next arc should be calvard, but I would like another duology in a smaller country. North Ambria (The mercenary country which Sara is from) for example.
In the library Leman State is listed twice(one entry is actually Liberl).
Random error I noticed...
Random error I noticed...
the railway military police hired fuckin' Michael Irvin? safest railway ever confirmed, man is terrifying
You're not wrong that NISA's efforts to drum up support for the series outstrips what XSEED had done in the past, but I think it was a little more than just a few tweets. Like the occasional streams they would put on (in lieu of, you know, a demo or something) and various trailers. And getting Durante to help with the Cold Steel PC ports was kind of a big deal at the time.
I guess that pales in comparison to hosting panels at anime conventions in the eyes of some.