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The Legend of Heroes: Trails in the Sky SC |OT| More Olivier Than Ever
- Thread starter Dandy Crocodile
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You actually made me google Ryo Yonemitsu to check to see if he was still alive (my personal favorite Falcom musician.)
Yep, he is. He's not even that old, he's in his fifties. Some people just stop making music, I guess - even though he was lauded as being as great as Uematsu, who is a year younger than him, he decided to stop.
I can't believe Wataru Ishibashi passed away at 39.
Dragoon En Regalia
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Barrylocke
Member
Actually, I think I wanna change my answer. Ryo Yonemitsu did some of my favorite arrangements ever, but Yuzo Koshiro's work with Falcom really cemented how much I love the guy. He's appeared on most of my favorite game soundtracks. Streets of Rage 2, Actraiser, Etrian Odyssey, etc.
I'm glad I'm not the only person that's considered this actually. Nice to know I'm not the only one looking into this with a bit of a grim side... :/
I think about that kind of thing whenever any long awaited anything finally comes to pass. It's a pretty common thought, really, it's just something that most people don't like bringing up, lol
SpaceDrake
Member
Oh god damn. I legitimately did not know this and somehow missed it happening last year. And this stings because I largely love his Trails work.
RIP, Ishibashi-san.
I honestly hope we can help more people appreciate his work.If he hasn't already, I'd love for Koshiro to help with a Trails title or two. His Etrian work is some of the best game music I've ever listened to.
Barrylocke
Member
Very soon we shall see the triumphant return of "This Bitch Can't Be Serious" Estelle, along with her lesser known relative, Smug Estelle.
Very soon we shall see the triumphant return of "This Bitch Can't Be Serious" Estelle, along with her lesser known relative, Smug Estelle.
Is it petty of me to be glad that XSEED didn't change the portrait art for FC/SC PC to this shit from Trails in the Sky FC Evolution? Some of the FC Evo music tracks are worse than the original, too. I don't want that version.
Dr. Kitty Muffins
Member
Does this have Xbox 360 controller support?
FC did and I replayed it on 360 pad, I don't see why SC wouldn't.
SoraanTribal
Member
Even though I had been waiting for years for this to release, I'm not ready! lol I had to replay FC before SC came out, but time just kind of got away from me. I can't remember some of the story...
The Illiterati
Member
It's not for a sake of 3 dollars. Any amount of a sale may or not be there in the future, so if there's one now, I'll buy it. On the other hand, if I'm not going to play it, the odds are then greater that one day when I'm ready to, there will be an even greater sale, see?
Very soon we shall see the triumphant return of "This Bitch Can't Be Serious" Estelle, along with her lesser known relative, Smug Estelle.
Goddamn I love Estelle.
I feel like this may be a bit old/obscure but Estelle really reminds me of Sana from Kodomo no Omocha.
That updated art is pretty lousy. There's no comparison.
Matt Attack
Member
Estelle really is great. She has some fantastic lines.
Anyway, earlier in the thread I said I thought I was on track for completing FC today.
Then this guy happened (FC end-game spoiler):
Holy crap that was a hard fight. I wasn't particularly high level (31-32), and some of my best items
. I had to give it 5 or 6 tries, with a lot of equipment, orbment and strategy reshuffling, before I managed to finally maneuver the battle to a winning position:
But then I got to
In any case, not today. But I can't be far off now can I?
Anyway, earlier in the thread I said I thought I was on track for completing FC today.
Then this guy happened (FC end-game spoiler):
were with the other party
But then I got to
what I presume to be the final dungeon, which seems to be twice as long as any other dungeon in the game. Of course, compared to the above all the battles seem pretty trivial now.
You're pretty close to the end.
SatelliteOfLove
Member
Yeah, I'm going to have to work real hard to resist ignoring pets/sleep for this.
I'm working long hours lately so they are so lonely by the time I get in evenings as is.
Oh wow. RIP
I don't really note of soundteam_JDK much past the early years of Ishikawa, Koshiro, and Yonemitsu (maybe it's the team designation?) but this reminds me all too much of Pokrovsky's passing earlier this year: get involved with an outstanding VGM composer only for a tragic death to take them soon after.
Yeah, and I keep hearing that the FC/SC/TC artist is "rough" or "decent" yet they have such a way with expressions and posing, especially compared with some later artists who try their hand at these characters or later Falcom ones. Odd criteria people have.
The thing that irritated me the most is that one particular scene [minor FC end spoiler]
Joshua's face at the end scene
facial sprite I'd never seen before in the entire game before that point which added extra impact
Shake Appeal
Member
No, you're very close. There is one more hard fight, but it's not really comparable to the one you mentioned.
Nah. While it's better than the anime's style I think there's something of a classic charm to the original artwork. As posted above some consider it "rough" or "decent" but I think in a way that's mainly it not being in line with a more modern anime look, and at least for Trails in the Sky I think it's better off for it.
At least it's not like Star Ocean 2, though I think in both cases what Trails in the Sky got was way better anyway.
Am I right in thinking SC completes the story, and the third installment is just a little bit extra?
You're not far off at all.
PS.
You're not far off at all.
PS.
That fight you struggled with is an optional one.
Yes, you're right.
The 3rd chapter is an epilogue which opens up the world and story into Trails of Zero and Trails of Azure and then Trails of Cold Steel 1 and 2.
Danny Dudekisser
I paid good money for this Dynex!
It's in line with late 80s/early 90s anime, which is what Falcom tends to channel anyway. I like it.
In the comparison above I also like the original art style more. It seems more expressive and less generic.
I realized that, but it didn't seem
impossible to win, and if it's not impossible I have to win it
Barrylocke
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Adam Prime
hates soccer, is Mexican
Man... The ending of FC is sooooo good. I'm excited for anyone finishing the game this week.
ColossalLazy
Member
Very soon we shall see the triumphant return of "This Bitch Can't Be Serious" Estelle, along with her lesser known relative, Smug Estelle.
New avatar get.
Fantastic. Waiting years for a conclusion would kill me!
Yeah. I got my teary smily-grin face
'D) when
Cassius came in and whipped the shit outta everything
Feels good, man.
Mauricio_Magus
Banned
SpaceDrake
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Essentially, though a lot of die-hard Trails fans would say it's more than "a bit". It's basically a fairly short main quest used as a wrapper to visit a whole lot of the world-building and extra scenes Falcom simply did not have time or room to fit into the main Trails in the Sky game. A whole hell of a lot of it sets up stuff for Trails of Cold Steel and the Zero/Azure games, though - in particular it's the "proper" first appearance of a particular Erebonian character who is mentioned at length in SC but only makes on-camera appearances in later arcs.
It should support any and all XInput devices.
The problem was more that a lot of the FC promotional or status art tended to be pretty rough. The new portraits, though, while they help unify the art style with Cold Steel and the Crossbell arc to a lesser extent (though even then, it's not quite like Enami-san's art) really do some of the charm of the originals, particular everyone having a slightly different posture. It always bugged me, even in Zero/Azure, how everyone had a similar posture.
Holundrian
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Anyone have a 100% steam FC save file? I'm switching from the psp version and I don't want to lose on the time I put into FC.
SatelliteOfLove
Member
Hah. Pretty much. Estelle getting hit with the "waif ray" that Rena got hit square between the eyes woulda been a tragedy.
It's a case by case basis.
Click if you wanna hear new renditions of FC tracks:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cR1nDYj0l9Y
I don't like this new version of Rock on the Road as much.
Same goes for the Victory theme:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rb6Gh21SBeI
It sounds too overdone.
I also don't like the new Secret Green Passage:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XlFALXuK2Is
However, I do actually like the new Hollow Light of the Sealed Land. Somehow it doesn't really do it for me after the intro, though:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WtQZOALL6GY
Check page 1
Phoenixazure
Member
Well i thanfully still have the save from the end dungeon of FC. I've almost completely forgot the story though. Debating on just finding a recap video of sorts. Anyone has a video to share?
So, what you're saying is, it's best to wait for TC before playing Cold Steel...
That's not entirely true.
Falcom said themselves Cold Steel was a great place to jump into the franchise even if you're new. They designed it that way.
However, it's a hell of a lot more important to play TC before Trails of Zero and Azure.
SpaceDrake
Member
Nah, right now the only one that really needs The 3rd is Trails to Azure. That one features a gorjillion plot beats introduced in 3rd and you might be a little lost on some details without it.
I know folks who still enjoyed Azure without it, but it's very helpful to play 3rd before Azure.
The only thing you'd be missing from Cold Steel by not playing 3rd first would be a little additional background info on who A Certain Erebonian Who Is Not Olivier is; this character is still going to get a good deal of establishment-by-reputation in SC, and that will be enough so that you won't be totally lost going into Cold Steel. And then Cold Steel, IIRC, also fills in some of the necessary beats for new folks.
YianGaruga
Banned
I hope XSEED at least lets us know when the ship has sailed on TC/Zero/Ao so I know when to start taking Japanese lessons
SoraanTribal
Member
I wish I could transfer my PSP save to the PC version for the bonuses. Would it be possible to download a save file from somewhere else before I start SC to get all that stuff? Not sure how it works on Steam with save files, though. Or where SC will look for the files.
Would it be possible to download a save file from somewhere else before I start SC to get all that stuff? Not sure how it works on Steam with save files, though. Or where SC will look for the files.I wish I could transfer my PSP save to the PC version for the bonuses.
Yes, first page.
Maybe the OP should include this save file.