Board 8 > MZero plays Trails of Chilled Steel [Spoilers]

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MZero11
05/28/18 10:22:02 AM
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So I never finished playing with TitS but I got a good deal on this, and since SHAD is letting us down with his playthrough topic of [Trails game], I am here to save the day! Welcome the the new official board 8 Trails playthrough topic, hosted by yours truly!

Anyway, this topic will hopefully motivate me to actually finish the game, after all I do have a flawless record of beating games when I do a playthrough topic (all two of them). Expect 100% objectively accurate character rankings, reactions to things, opinions you probably disagree with, and general buffoonery. Oh and spoilers obviously.

I will be starting soon so fasten your seat belts kiddos
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Sceptilesolar
05/28/18 10:27:35 AM
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Neat. I will watch your playthrough with great interest.
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pyresword
05/28/18 11:01:38 AM
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Tag but finish TitS imo
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th3l3fty
05/28/18 11:04:34 AM
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couldn't finish a game so you're playing the game that spoils it instead huh
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tcaz2
05/28/18 11:52:33 AM
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th3l3fty posted...
couldn't finish a game so you're playing the game that spoils it instead huh

Well if you don't read any books about Liberl, CS1 doesn't really spoil Sky much.

CS2 spoils the EVERLOVING SHIT out of it though.
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Janus5k
05/28/18 12:19:05 PM
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Tag

excellent, board has been sadly deprived of Trails playthroughs
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MZero11
05/28/18 9:30:41 PM
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I thought they were unrelated! Oh well, I had TitS spoiled a long time ago anyway so I might not be new to me

So anyway, the intro movie was pretty cool. Fast forward to some tanks and war fighting with some really jammin' music playing. That groovy tune made the very long loading screens more bearable (I assume this is a problem with the Vita version?) Anyway I bust up a bunch of robos but I feel like it's pointless because I doubt I get to keep this EXP. Battle system is fun though!

Next we have our cliche train ride into school, and for some reason I'm wearing red instead of green like everyone else, just asking to get bullied. Some dumb blonde looks right at me but somehow manages to walk into me anyway, when there's literally no one else around. You could have walked anywhere else and avoided this. But wait, she's also wearing red! Guess I'll be seeing her again. This was the beginning of a character dump, with hair for every color of the rainbow.

So we get to the entrance ceremony and it turns out all of us red coats are part of a special new class, led by an overly flirtatious teacher. So far the theme reminds me of Type-0 (in a good way) with the whole special class, warring empires, and large cast of characters introduced immediately.

Anyway, we get dropped into the basement and get our weapons and orbaments so I guess it's time to fight some real battles. That's where we will pick up next time so stay tuned!
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tcaz2
05/28/18 9:42:18 PM
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MZero11 posted...
I thought they were unrelated!

None of the Trails games are unrelated! In fact characters from previous games show up and continue their stories in later games all the time.

Cold Steel was sort of made as a 'second entry point' however so you don't need to have played Sky or the Crossbell games to understand the plot in CS1 and 2 (though as said, 2 basically spoils FC and SC's entire plot). 3 and 4, however, go back to tons of character/plot crossovers.

Also despite CS1/2 standing alone plotwise there are still a ton of Sky references.
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Shadow Dino
05/28/18 10:11:53 PM
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The only issue with starting at Cold Steel is a few references might fly over your head and it spoils one of the big surprises from Sky SC.

But it's still a fairly good entry point. Think of going back to the Sky trilogy as a prequel of sorts!
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MZero11
05/29/18 11:24:19 AM
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Ok now dumb blonde girl fell on me and shoved her copy of TitS in my face, and is no upset with me as if I somehow managed to maneuver my body under her in midair and positioned my head perfectly to get a face full of puppies. Oh well, she'll probably forgive me evetually!

Green hair guy needs that large stick out of his butthole.
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Janus5k
05/29/18 11:42:42 AM
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Alisa and Machias are not very good at first impressions, no

MZero11 posted...
Fast forward to some tanks and war fighting with some really jammin' music playing.

heck yeah Atrocious Raid
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MZero11
05/29/18 11:52:21 AM
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Alisa gave me the answer in class so all is forgiven. Now if we can just do something about that stick...
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MZero11
05/30/18 1:04:04 PM
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Trails games tend to start slow (I think?), so not much as happened yet. Rean seems pretty bro agreeing to help the Student Council and all. So now I have QUESTS. Yay. I found the girl's notebook cause she for some reason didn't look in the obvious place.

I also decided to deepen the bonds with Laura and Elliot. When I saw Laura in the Gymnasium, I assumed she was in the fencing club and thought "wow that's cool, I want to join the fencing club" but nope, she's a swimmer. So I decided to watch her swim instead. Would've been cooler if she was fencing but oh well.

Also people gave me a lot of free crap. Free fishing pole, free cookbook. I also caught all the fish it would let me catch.

Hopefully I can actually fight some baddies next time!
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tcaz2
05/30/18 1:07:39 PM
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You don't join clubs in the game, for the record.

The only vaguely Persona-esque thing in the game is the bonding system. The date thing is just a framing device, its otherwise linear like every other Trails game.

EDIT: I also kind of recommend either saving/loading to see every bonding event or youtubing the ones you don't get, for some reason Falcom thought it was a good idea to put actual character development in them instead of in the main game, and its actively impossible to get every event otherwise.

It's especially bad in CS2 where there are important plot points hidden in some of them...
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MZero11
05/30/18 10:14:09 PM
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That seems like a questionable design choice >_> there shouldn't be plot points in optional scenese imo, and it should be possible to get all of the scenes in one playthrough like Persona
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xp1337
05/30/18 10:42:08 PM
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Yeah, it's something I don't like about it either. It's possible on NG+ because you're given the option to have infinite bonding points but argh shouldn't be locked behind NG+.

CS2 is the real offender though.
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tcaz2
05/31/18 12:13:40 AM
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Yeah its not a very popular thing with the western fanbase. If you were playing on PC I'd tell you to download a NG+ save so you could enable the option to just get them all, but you're not so...

The Japanese seem to love it though for some reason. Probably because it lets you pick a waifu. Which I'm usually all for, but it doesn't work very well with this series since it's continuous.
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MZero11
05/31/18 12:59:21 AM
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Oh cool I get a waifu?

Anyway, I finished the delivery quest so now I get to enter a dungeon! Also I get to choose my party! ...but I actually can't choose >_> i don't understand the point of a party select screen when I really don't have a choice! Thankfully Gaius is pretty cool, but Elliot is not my type of character. Unfortunately it's time for work, so we will tackle this old schoolhouse after!
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tcaz2
05/31/18 2:22:55 AM
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MZero11 posted...
Oh cool I get a waifu?

Yeah but it doesn't really stick much between games. It kind of carries over in some dialogue and scenes (like you'll get a few extra scenes with whoever you pick in CS1 in CS2) but it doesn't like, lock you in or anything and you're free to switch in CS2 if you want.

It's kind of neat but also kind of half-heartedly implemented because of the multiple games thing (and also in the long run means that Rean can't actually ever get with anyone for real, because if he ever shows up in other games after CS they can't make him have a 'canon' choice really).

Also your thoughts on Gaius and Elliot are completely opposite mine!
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ninkendo
05/31/18 9:50:20 AM
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MZero11
05/31/18 12:57:01 PM
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The steel may be cold but the music is HOT

https://imgur.com/iVbzKdc

I fought the boss in the old school building and did my skills test for April, both had jamming music! Really digging the music in this game so far all around
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tcaz2
05/31/18 1:11:07 PM
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IMO Cold Steel 1 has the second best OST in the series.

Sky 3rd beats it though.
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MZero11
06/01/18 10:35:42 AM
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Alisa and I have finally made up. Her side is very understandable and all is forgiven. Which is good because it's time for a field trip! Of course, I am paired with Alisa and Jusis with Machias. All good on our end, but that B-group sounds like a real nightmare. Sorry Gaius! I would trade Elliot for you if I could!

So I arrive in Celdic and I received more errands to run. Of course I'm going to do the optional one, because why wouldn't I??

Teacher is getting hammered before noon, setting a fine example for us
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pyresword
06/01/18 12:47:18 PM
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Wait this is still the first field study right? I could have sworn it took longer for Alisa and Rean to make up but what do I know.
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tcaz2
06/01/18 1:13:06 PM
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Nope they make up right before you leave for Celdic. It makes sense, Alisa never really was actually mad at him, she was just embarrassed to admit she (understandably) over reacted.
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MZero11
06/02/18 11:52:05 AM
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Well this field study would have been very awkward if make up beforehand!

Speaking of which, I finished the first day and there was a case of thievery in the night! The guys who were fighting yesterday of course blame each other and almost throw down again, but luckily mustache man came to the rescue. I find those guys very fishy!
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Sceptilesolar
06/04/18 10:55:06 AM
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Bump?
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MZero11
06/04/18 1:23:42 PM
#28:


Thanks for the save! Haven't been able to play much the last couple days. Still in Celdic and up to 11 hours. Anyway we decided to solve this mystery of the thievery like the Scooby Doo gang, and it's looking like I may have been right about Mr. Mustache being sketchy. Elliot somehow got him to scumslip information he shouldn't have had. That guy should sign up for a mafia game.

Well, off to the park to see if I can find those rapscallions and the missing goods!
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MZero11
06/05/18 12:31:33 AM
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I just realized I can change who I control on the map (this was probably explained earlier and I just forgot), so I switched to Alisa so I can hit enemies from further away and get advantage easier! Is there any reason not to just use the character with the longest range?
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xp1337
06/05/18 3:22:56 AM
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It's largely personal preference, I think.

Though IIRC when the PC Port was being made it was found that Laura has a chance at stunning the enemy even if hit head-on so you could in theory have her spam field attacks even from the front until the stun happens.

I just used Rean though because he's fast enough that you can stun lock by circling around a bit before they recover and then you hit them again and repeat until you get behind them.
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Robazoid
06/05/18 4:37:44 AM
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I always just got their attention and then ran away until they reached the maximum distance they could follow and turned back around.
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tcaz2
06/05/18 7:01:57 AM
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Getting advantage is easiest with Laura (for the aforementioned reason) or Rean (because he can stunlock them and sidestep around to their back due to his fast animation).

The long ranged characters are fairly useless for it imo
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Sceptilesolar
06/05/18 7:05:42 AM
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There are a few things that matter regarding field attacks, but one of the more important factors for me was using a character with good values in their weapon damage types. That will make sure you get triple advantage encounters when stunning instead of just double advantage. Laura is your best choice at the moment for that reason as well, as she has A rank in 2 types. A few characters have a high rank in 3 different types, meaning they almost always get triple advantage; I tended to keep them in my party and controlled them exclusively whenever they were available.
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MZero11
06/05/18 7:33:58 AM
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The field attack system is fairly deep! I ended up going back to Rean anyway because I kept missing with the arrows, and I managed to realize you could walk around enemies to stun them by doing it on accident once. I didn't know about the weapon types relation to advantage though!
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MZero11
06/06/18 12:44:23 PM
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Found the culprits and the missing goods, and roughed them up pretty easily. Then a giant monkey thing attacked me, which was a lot tougher. And of course Mustache guy has to come along and ruin everything. That guys sucks. Screw him and his dumb mustache

Luckily I was saved my the Ice Maiden, who I'm sure will be important later on. So we solve the case and head home. Turns out Rean is from a noble family, and I could sense the stick being plunged further up Machias' butt. Sure enough, he's all moody and crap towards me now.

Anyway, time for my day of freedom, which actually means running errands for student council. Yay!
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Then00bAvenger
06/06/18 4:27:25 PM
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I always used Fie for my field attacker.

I like the way she runs, she has B rank in 3 categories, and the gun shot comes out faster than any other attack. Also it was kind of fun to 'learn' the range point of when the knife changes to a gunshot.
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MZero11
06/06/18 10:05:12 PM
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I haven't had Fie in my party yet, but I think she seems pretty cool! Hopefully I can use her soon!
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MZero11
06/06/18 10:29:08 PM
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I'm teaching this kid and there's a book called 'Woo Baby' on the desk >_>
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Then00bAvenger
06/06/18 10:45:47 PM
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I prefer Christ Who's gonna die first?
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MZero11
06/07/18 1:07:01 AM
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I have fallen in battle for the first time, to those three moth things in Chapter 2. They confused Rean and he mercilessly slaughtered his teammates. Beat them the second time around though!
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tcaz2
06/07/18 1:27:41 AM
#41:


Those were probably my first death too
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MZero11
06/08/18 1:23:32 AM
#42:


Of course on the second excursion I get teamed up with Machias and Jusis. Rean somehow convinced them to be a little civil and work together, though it might not matter much because if I get my way I'm parking Machias on the bench and rolling with Fie, Emma, and Jusis.

Rufas is pretty cool! I wish I got him instead of his little brother...
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MZero11
06/08/18 12:12:12 PM
#43:


Long purple hair guy is creepy
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xp1337
06/08/18 12:14:13 PM
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MZero11 posted...
Long purple hair guy is creepy

It took me a few seconds to figure out who you were talking about (mainly because I thought you were in Bareahard still) but you mean the Thors Student right? Vincent?
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pyresword
06/08/18 12:28:36 PM
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Isn't he talking about (potential spoilers?) Bleublanc?
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MZero11
06/08/18 12:28:48 PM
#46:


Nope, I am still in Bareahard. There's a quest where you have to find a stone for a wedding ring and this creepy guy is always eavesdropping and talking funny. I think his name was Blueblanc or something >_>
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xp1337
06/08/18 12:30:10 PM
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Oh. I always saw his hair color as blue, that's what got me.
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MZero11
06/08/18 12:31:17 PM
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xp1337 posted...
Oh. I always saw his hair color as blue, that's what got me.


It's like the dress all over again :O
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xp1337
06/08/18 12:32:10 PM
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Hey, I'm open to believing my eyesight is terrible! >_>
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tcaz2
06/08/18 12:45:06 PM
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Bleublanc's hair is definitely blue.
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