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The Legend of Heroes: Trails of Cold Steel 3 |OT| The Embers of War
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I feel like the character's drunk when moving around in turbo mode. I had to turn it off, because the imprecision as my character wildly swung around, annoyed me.
i've learned to separate these annoying tropes from the better aspects of the the series. Gotta have the pandering.
And let's not put First and Second Chapter on a pedestal, what with its incest undertones.
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Edit: there are also multiple moments in Zero and Ao that made me roll my eyes or groan, so this series isn't without its faults in that regard.
You really want to know this?
Not all the characters in your list, no
They want to know something that isn't really necessarily story dependent. I tried to be non specific in my answer. Sorry if you clicked reveal by mistake
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Lol, don't kid yourself into thinking moments where the game indulges in juvenile pandering serves as an example of how far things have fallen since Sky, especially when the Sky games had Olivier flirting with minors and getting exciting over female high school dorms.
Sky fanboys need to take off the rose tinted sunglasses.
You're both right in that Sky wasn't free of pandering either. But I find it much harder to ignore in the Cold Steel games.
And the most important reason for that is the character designs. Every major female character is either a Loli or a combination of massive tits and non existent waistlines.
And the series reached a new low (as far as I know) with Altina's DLC costume. She's 14 according to dialogue in the game and she's practically naked and definitely sexualized in that DLC outfit.
There is a reason I ignore DLC outfits. They're not canon to the story anyways.
I think it's just more bothersome because of it being 3D, lbr. Rixia's 3D model is amongst the worst in terms of what you just mentioned and you can bet that she would have looked exactly like that had the Crossbell games been in 3D.
This is a Japanese anime game. As far as those go, this series is harmless. If anything, I am more bothered by Musse's constant sexual harassment of Rean (debatable, but if she keeps this up and he keeps being clearly bothered by it, then that's not okay, girl, it doesn't matter if you're a woman) than any of the character DESIGNS per se.
Again, just my personal feelings.
So, I just saw the first minor cameo, and while it's something that people who haven't played previous games won't get, it shouldn't really affect their enjoyment of the game. For me, it was an awesome call back that made me laugh out loud.
It was the Capua delivery guy. Glad to see they're doing so well. Was the branch campus built on their land, does anyone know?
it's something I really wish the Japanese would cut away from their media. I hate it.
That's a completely fair perspective to have. I just don't think opening with "this series has really fallen" is a productive conversation starter.
Yeah, the character designs are fucking embarrassing and it's really frustrating to see that they just keep getting worse game by game.
Make sure to do a quest on the free day in chapter 2, the man who wants his pocket watch fixed, that goes into it more.
Re: character designs, I remember hating the idea of Millium when CS first released, and she turned out to be a great character, even if I hated how they had chosen to design her. I'm not gonna lie, that swimsuit DLC costume for Altima made me raise an eyebrow. They're clearly pandering to a specific demographic with these designs. I love these games to death, but it's frustrating.
I don't think the character designs are bad at all; it's how they're modelled in-game that's the issue.
If anything, they improved tremendously from the "garish pauldrons" and boring outfits present in the earlier games. It's regrettable for sure, but it's not some big tragedy; JRPGs are trending towards more sexualized designs and Falcom is just reacting to the JRPG market, same as they always have.
Edit: That isn't to say I condone the DLC outfits at all. Falcom sold out hard with them.
If anything, they improved tremendously from the "garish pauldrons" and boring outfits present in the earlier games. It's regrettable for sure, but it's not some big tragedy; JRPGs are trending towards more sexualized designs and Falcom is just reacting to the JRPG market, same as they always have.
Edit: That isn't to say I condone the DLC outfits at all. Falcom sold out hard with them.
Hey, I wanted to relay that I haven't received anything from my preorder since April. I was billed successfully and I have confirmation for the billing. No shipping notice, or response to any email I sent yet. Is there a way I can escalate this?
I mean, those are not excuses. Apologies if you didn't mean it that way, but other games also doing it doesn't excuse anything. And it's DLC, sure. But they put that shit front and center, just look at the OP. They use that (and let's be honest here and name it for what it is) pedophilic costume to upsell you on a Deluxe Edition.
I don't think it's just modeling. Just open the art book that is bundled with the Early Enrollment edition. Their 2D designs are just like their models: either loli, or Lara croft in the 90's. And then look at the cut ins, those are beyond embarrassing. They didn't need to put Altina in a swimsuit to sexualize her. We all know why she's angled that way and in that super awkward position. Milliums S-craft cut in in 2 as well. And that goes for pretty much all the female characters. Its just that they're just not all children or loli's, so it's less embarrassing, but still plenty so.
I suppose you're right. I was pretty much just venting. I opened the artbook: shaking my head. Saw the DLC: shaking my head. First hour: shaking my head. Remembering all the shit from the previous 2 games: shaking my head. I had to vent.
Oh don't worry I am not excusing anything. Two wrongs don't make a right after all. I am just saying that I am used to worse, so I have stopped being bothered by it, or I would be bothered way too often.
Now, that sentiment excludes the DLC costumes. I'll be honest, I don't know how bad they are because I didn't buy them and haven't bothered to look into what is available. Now I have a feeling I don't want to take a look...
Anyways, what I am saying is of course there is a threshold of things I can take without getting upset. If child characters are in any way sexualized then that does bother me a LOT. I am already upset by the fact that I can most likely romance Altina with Rean (who, to make matters worse, is 20 now). That's just uuugh, and will probably lead me to avoid some of her later bonding events even though they might otherwise be very interesting.
As such I am glad I have not seen that costume and I now do not want to see it.
I would... If NISA didnt screw up my order
Might just buy another copy at this point...
I feel the desire to try to get this game cheaper than $60 especially with a few other full priced games I'm interested in coming out in short order any suggestions? I already looked through my physical collection and there's like 1 game I would be able to part with and I probably wouldn't get too much out of it.
Ah crap, that really sucks. If you know you can somehow flip your NISA copy later, go for it.
So Cedric just showed up and he sure became a little shit. I made sure to go out of my way to save a unity attack for him during the Soldat fight.
Nah pretty sure he is Schwarzritter from sky games.
Or maybe he is Iroquois Pliskin. I tend to confuse them.
Ah, thanks. I do all the quests, but thank you for the heads up on this one.
Also, Azure Siegfried's identity is obvious to anyone who's paying any attention.....it's Mile, from the Gagharv trilogy. It's canon now, baby!
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I'll take a shot in the dark and say it's 2nd lieutenant Lorence
Siegfried's real identity is...
....Mother fucker......
It all makes sense now! Steig, Seig.....white hair, white feathers. GODDAMNIT1 falcom, you magnificant bastards.
It was under our noses this whole timeSiegfried's real identity is...
The tomato's talking about wanting to be eaten. If that's not vore, what is?!
So, what difficulty are you playing on?
I have decided to start blind with nightmare and pretty happy with my choice. Nothing has been too difficult, but certain encounters are pretty unforgiving of mistakes or tactical miscalculations. One side quest boss in the forest from chapter 1 really gave me trouble, giving me my first restart in battle, as it was just too fast and healed itself a 10K worth of health, forcing me pretty much to get it perfect with the break gauge/turn order management and the appropiate brave orders to maximize damage otherwise it was impossible to deal with as it was able to return to full health again in no time.
I said it before, but the new additions to the combat system are just phenomenal. Couldn't be happier with the combat on this entry (and many other things as well, but I prefer to talk about those after I finish at least a full chapter)
I have decided to start blind with nightmare and pretty happy with my choice. Nothing has been too difficult, but certain encounters are pretty unforgiving of mistakes or tactical miscalculations. One side quest boss in the forest from chapter 1 really gave me trouble, giving me my first restart in battle, as it was just too fast and healed itself a 10K worth of health, forcing me pretty much to get it perfect with the break gauge/turn order management and the appropiate brave orders to maximize damage otherwise it was impossible to deal with as it was able to return to full health again in no time.
I said it before, but the new additions to the combat system are just phenomenal. Couldn't be happier with the combat on this entry (and many other things as well, but I prefer to talk about those after I finish at least a full chapter)
Did all three of you play CS1 and 2 on PC like I did? I felt the camera was wonky in CS3 as well and someone suggested to me that maybe the lack of a FOV slider was the cause of it feeling that way, since I know some people who played the Playstation versions of CS1 and 2 say the camera feels the same.
Once you realise that Freddy is actually the best student you will be ashamed of your words and deeds.
If you want to DM me details, I'd be more than happy to see if we can get to the bottom of it.
For anyone else still waiting on tracking, we did have a small technical issue over the weekend that was corrected and for the most part should have received tracking numbers by Tuesday, but even if you haven't for some reason, almost all units have been shipped, so barring issue you should be seeing your copy soon.