Dragon1893
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Wait what?! Has this been confirmed?
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The Kiseki / Trails (of the Sky/Zero/Ao/Sen/Etc) Community Thread: SPOILERTAGS OR DIE
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Wait what?! Has this been confirmed?
Nothings been mentioned. I'd be surprised if they do show up. Not sure why they would be there besides the Hamel stuff that Agates involved in.
chaosblade
Unconfirmed Member
That makes sense, I haven't had one of those in around a decade so I tend to forget about them.
I would also be surprised if Estelle and Joshua show up. Not saying I wouldn't be happy to see them but I don't think they need to grace us with their presence considering where the plot is going. It would be much more important to me to see Lloyd and Elie again considering how Crossbell is involved.
That's true, I forgot about
Fie and Laura. And you're probably right about Gaius too.
I guess we'll have to wait and see.
Cold Steel 2 did make me appreciate SC even more. That game did all the introductions and finished on a high note.
CS2 ending spoilers
CS2 ending spoilers
Well even without the interruptions, the mechanisms surrounding the sept-terrion are quite complex. The infernal castle might just be a way to activate some of the septium veins that run underneath elsewhere. However the Testa Rossa obviously released the hollow trial. Something that shouldn't have been active if everything went according to vita's plan.
There's also meaning in the divine knights battling each other. This series makes me retake the things that may be poor design or bad writing at face value.
There's also meaning in the divine knights battling each other. This series makes me retake the things that may be poor design or bad writing at face value.
So this is pretty cool:
There's something about the CS3 designs that make Class VII look so much more mature and confident than their CS2 and especially their CS1 designs. I'm not sure if it's the pose or clothes or something else, but I'm really digging them for the most part.
Their art and especially stances are miles better (just compare CS1 Fie's stiff stance to her CS3 incarnation)
Really impressed with how they turned out
Source. It's amazing to see your favourite characters mature like this.So this is pretty cool:
Rean looks like he gained a few pounds. The fact that Millium doesn't get a comparison is kind of sad, game-wise. Forever a loli, I suppose. Fie's outfit is still hilarious to look at. At least she's not sporting that awful one bright-colored shoulder pad that a lot of the bracers seem to have.
Whilst I have to say I've never been a huge fan of Elise as a character, her design is consistently on point.
That being said, ALFIN. WHAT HAPPENED. If I couldn't see her legs, I'd say she was on stilts, that's quite a growth spurt. It's honestly a little weird, especially with all the lolis in the cast who haven't changed at all.
Scrooge McDuck
Member
O_O
Welp, even if I have no idea what's going on with Crossbell, CS3 is setting up to blow my mind with just the new character designs.(People mentioned Estelle and Joshua earlier, and I can't really think of a good excuse to see them, but I would do much to see their designs around this point in time)
Holundrian
Unconfirmed Member
McBurn comparison between games :-x
Must be quite the catch at thors.
R_thanatos
Member
I have like , no complains at all with the new designs.
FAN- TAS - TIC , they are.
Well i had no complains with the CS2 designs , but this evolution is even better
Reinforce my belief that Falcom know what they are doing
FAN- TAS - TIC , they are.
Well i had no complains with the CS2 designs , but this evolution is even better
Reinforce my belief that Falcom know what they are doing
PunishedOkabe
Member
Insane how much better the CS3 designs are
Well, except for Fie and Millium. It's like they doubled down on the terribleness.
And yes, your avatar is amazing.
Doooo iiit!
... But uh, to be serious for a second, this series is definitely a time sink, but there's a lot of flexibility in just how much you get invested past a certain point. They're long games, sure, but you don't *have* to do all the sidequests, or talk to all the people repeatedly, and the main story is still plenty satisfying without the world building that provides. You don't even have to binge a game over the span of a few days if you don't want to, they're fairly slow paced, albeit engaging, games for the most part.
That being said once you're hooked, all bets are off.
Finally finished TitS 3! Didn't love it as much as FC/SC, but it was still great. Kevin was a great protagonist, and his backstory was surprisingly dark.
I was not a big fan of the whole dungeon-crawling aspect of the game, but the doors were great, so it still had a nice gameplay/story balance. I also liked the final scene,
Looking forward to CS, but I'm sad that Zero/Ao is not out in english.
Talking about dark,
what the fuck Star Door 15? Didn't expect something like this from this series for sure.
what the fuck Star Door 15? Didn't expect something like this from this series for sure.
I was not a big fan of the whole dungeon-crawling aspect of the game, but the doors were great, so it still had a nice gameplay/story balance. I also liked the final scene,
with everyone saying goodbye to each other, and I loved Estelle's dialogue with Renne.
Looking forward to CS, but I'm sad that Zero/Ao is not out in english.
SatelliteOfLove
Member
Fie's goofy outfits are to sell costumes, Im sure of it; it never fits her.
It's two of the best narratives in gaming, and also two of the few that can keep a narrative up in planned connected sequels.
Palette Swap
Member
On the one hand, even with a full year, that's going to require a lot of time. On the other hand, both series are pretty much at the top of the list of my favorite video game narratives.
Do it!
Well there's also Altina, although CREDIT WHERE IT'S DUE, her design is significantly better than her CS2 version.
Scrooge McDuck
Member
And Towa, but she's a lost cause.
She comes across more like a ridiculously short woman than a loli
Yeah I like Towa too much as a character to lump her in with the loli crowd. She's short, and she's cute, but that's pretty much the extent of it? Admittedly I'm not well versed in loli culture. Maybe that's all you need and I'm in denial. BUT she doesn't have child like habits, or cat ears, and she's a highly successful student... person... whatever she's doing in CS3. So there's that.
Scrooge McDuck
Member
Oh, I was looking at it more from the "everybody grew" angle rather than the loli angle. I mean, she started from Rean thinking "I thought she's younger than me" and - if her Tokyo Xanadu is any indication - at 23 she'd look exactly the same.
Ah, right. It's doubtful her appearance will ever change.
Yeah, she mentions something along those lines in one of her bond events.
As someone who will first jump into Cold Steel with the Steam release, I must say I quite like the idea of the characters changing outfits and growing up throughout the games. It seems really endearing and I quite like the designs.
... that said, I'm gonna have such a hard time choosing which characters to play with ;_;
... that said, I'm gonna have such a hard time choosing which characters to play with ;_;
Morrigan Stark
Arrogant Smirk
Those new designs are pretty good for the most part, but I am still annoyed by their sheer refusal to let the girls wear pants.
Like, come the fuck on already. Especially Laura, she's a swordswoman, GIVE THAT POOR WOMAN PANTS PLEASE
And I'm gonna pretend those boots are finally flat-heeled because fuck high heels forever
Like, come the fuck on already. Especially Laura, she's a swordswoman, GIVE THAT POOR WOMAN PANTS PLEASE
And I'm gonna pretend those boots are finally flat-heeled because fuck high heels forever
I think Margarita is more like a fairy.
Dragoon En Regalia
Member
Main problem with new designs, more than Gaius getting that typical Erebonian trifold-bangs hair (which could sort of make sense if they bring it up in a reunion scene?), is needless belts. Some of the new belts are simply overkill, even if the characters' silhouettes and color schemes still work well. I also dislike the new illustrator (they also worked on Tokyo Xanadu's characters), at least for promo art of characters like Agate who has slimmed-down eyes and a lack of detail/shading that's common in these illustrations, even compared to the previous artist.
Now that I'm done nitpicking, these designs are bretty good and I have other things to worry about.
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Now that I'm done nitpicking, these designs are bretty good and I have other things to worry about.
Nope. The Erebonian Folklore chapter describing fairies is specific enough about them being small and hardly growing physically after a certain period. Margarita does have the right personality, though, which
Towa
I'm suspicious of Millium and Altina somehow being fairies, however they were incubated or designed
At least Laura doesn't have a skirt this time
Emma could have used a pair of pants and go full Misty tho
I'm sure only Fie and Millium are escaping the high heels
But they're making up for it with other garbage
Oh shit I have to watch it now.
The artist seems to suffer not only from a case of sameface, but samehairstyle. Unless it's a new fashion trend in Erebonia with the bangs for guys or something.
Dragoon En Regalia
Member
Hair problem's more likely on the character designer(s), not the promo artist, but it's annoying regardless.
Dragon1893
Member
Love the evolution of the character designs. Everyone not looking so samey was one of my favorite things about CS2 coming from CS1.
Having everyone always wear the school uniform made the group look boring.
Absolutely love all the female characters in CS3.
Really glad to hear Sara is in the commercial, love her so much.
I haven't watched it because I'm not done with CS2 but knowing that Sara is in it makes it even harder to resist, did she get a complete redesign as well?
Also, the new female character looks great, the amount of waifus is out of control lol.
Having everyone always wear the school uniform made the group look boring.
Absolutely love all the female characters in CS3.
Really glad to hear Sara is in the commercial, love her so much.
I haven't watched it because I'm not done with CS2 but knowing that Sara is in it makes it even harder to resist, did she get a complete redesign as well?
Also, the new female character looks great, the amount of waifus is out of control lol.
Palette Swap
Member
I'm replaying through FC because why not and there's a bit of dialogue that struck me (FC and SC spoilers)
I'm not far into 3rd, so it might be explained there, I guess.
Joshua thinks he's met Kloe before when you first see her. Is it ever expanded upon? I assume it would be related to his past as an Enforcer, but I can't remember either game ever spelling anything out about a mission related to Kloe or the royal family?
I'm not far into 3rd, so it might be explained there, I guess.
It's been a really long time, so I'm not sure, but I can think of a few of explanations:
Kloe was in the background of some previous scene, and Joshua just happened to notice.
Being royalty, Joshua just happened to know of Klaudia's existence through Enforcery connections, but was never able to put two and two together before it just became irrelevant.
Kloe reminds him of the Queen, who was involved in covering up the Hamel incident.
Kloe reminds him of his actual sister, being... uh, female? Nice? I dunno what she looks like, so this could be stretching it.
Being royalty, Joshua just happened to know of Klaudia's existence through Enforcery connections, but was never able to put two and two together before it just became irrelevant.
Kloe reminds him of the Queen, who was involved in covering up the Hamel incident.
Kloe reminds him of his actual sister, being... uh, female? Nice? I dunno what she looks like, so this could be stretching it.
OR, it's an unresolved plot point, leading into TRAILS IN THE SKY: EPISODE 4, coming in 20XX. (Probably not)
The game does a good job at forcing you to use pretty much everybody.