Only PS4 announced so far, for "fall".Someone remind me, I can't remember... Is there an English date (+ platforms) announced for the localized Trails of Cold Steel 3? Or maybe that'll be at E3?
Depends by what you mean by "Is this the entire game".Ok I need to know, is what I'm currently going through in Chapter 1 of "Trails in the Sky: the 3rd", the entire game?
How do I transfer my save data over from the first game to the second?
Just to check: Did you download the clear save data? It has to specifically be that, and not from new game plus, or the final dungeon, or something.I tried that and it doesn't read I have saved data on the console. I tried again after redownloading the save data from the cloud and it doesn't see it.
Bug? I hope not because I've been waiting to play this
Depends by what you mean by "Is this the entire game".
Is the main game mainly going through dungeons, separated by plot advancement and the doors? Yes.
...Does the game change things up a little along the way though? Also yes.
Doors with an emphasis on talking to NPCs, doors with side activities, lore doors, MANY party members, and the plot generally picks up later in the game, even if it's still more a character piece than a big dramatic event
Pic of my clear data
Edit: it keeps saying no system data exists. What does that mean?
OH you're talking about CS2, not Sky SC.
Hmmm.
Well if there's no system data, are you able to start up CS1 in some way? That should create it, if it's missing.
Just saw Hatsuu mentioning on twitter her name had been removed from CS1 credits on PS4.
This is really really shitty.
Probably because at one point in the development of CS1, it very likely was. But things don't always work out as planned.That sort of thing tends to happen near end game for a lot of JRPGs but here it's just chapter 2
Yeah from the look of it it's like chapter 2 part 1. Same way Chapter 1 was divided too as you mentionned.A little note; while Cold Steel I was divided into a prologue and Chapter 1 through 7, Cold Steel II's structure is different; it's divided into a prologue and three Acts, two of which are divided into various sub-acts. So it's not really "just chapter 2".
I was slightly disappointed that I didn't get more of Agate in Chapter 2 but the game was quick to solve that with this chapter, though the trade off for that is that they introduced Zin and he was less relevant than Agate was in Chapter 2. Overall though I enjoyed that we get to see Agate as more than just kind of an ass and see him warm up to Estelle and Joshua.
Tita and Zin are probably the two weakest party members so far. Zin didn't really get a chance to do or say anything so I can't hold that against him too much but Tita was fairly dull, she's still likeable but I wasn't really interested in hearing more about her like I was with the other characters.
I think the actual story of this chapter was probably the least interesting so far, however it definitely picked up once it started to tie into the larger things that have been happening in the background and it left off in a really interesting spot. I was happy to see Olivier and Vander show up at the start of the Final Chapter as well as the game being incredibly clear that Kloe is far more important than she initially seemed, not exactly sure who she is but she has to be an important person.
Things are starting to come together and that's exciting.
The one element that's been handled a little strangely is the relationship between Estelle and Joshua. The game seemed to really hammer home early on that they were family and then it's sort of pivoted towards "well they aren't actually related and they just grew up in the same house" which makes it seem obvious they're going to be a couple at some point. They certainly hinted at the idea there were romantic feelings between them early on but it felt like the game was also trying to get across a familial connection so it's a little clunky that connection is suddenly swept away.
Also somebody at Falcolm really has a thing for this sort of relationship.
Onto the Final Chapter!
Laura looks fantastic in CSIII! <3
More progress in Cold Steel II!
Since my last update, I saved Irina Reinford in a pretty cool segment, of course Sharon saved the day and Angie's uncle got his deserved comeuppance. Gotta love how Irina is mostly offended because he decided to live in their family home. Haha
Then we had to stop Angie's dad too, they had what I could describe as a..."very Rogner family dispute" which ended in a fight against V inside a huge titan soldat. Unfortunately, V did not survive the fight, which shook Rean a lot but it's war...it's to be expected.
After another tour of erebonia, completing sidequests and acquiring some Zemurian Ore for a new weapon for Valimar (and meeting the unpleasant Schmidt too) tragedy struck once more as Celdic was sadly hit by the flame of war, all caused by the few remaining Kreuzen Provincial Soldiers loyal to Duke Albarea. Unfortunately, Otto, the market leader of Celdic, perished in the attack... :/ It did not take long before we brought the attack to his hiding place, only to be greeted by S at the entrance. Perfect time to test the new sword! The fight was pretty simple and almost ended the same way V's battle did...except this time Rean saved S. Will she be a party member in the future? Who knows but i'm very interested! I also learned that Sara used to be a jaeger, I did not expect that but I always knew there was more to her beyond being a bracer. I think the first hint to that was in Cold Steel when you entered the schoolhouse the very first time and the way she interacted with Fie. (who knew about her past a jaeger) Was just a matter of time before it was revealed to us!
Now I need to visit the other shrines for even more Zemurian Ore to power-up Valimar sword but for now it's sidequest time...and speaking of sidequests.
I returned to Roer and completed the quest where you needed to fix the pocketwatch of Alisa's dad (which was owned by her mom) and man...the end almost gave me teary eyes. I pretty much expected Irina to act the way she usually act but I also expected her to have a different reaction upon being on her own and I was right. See, once the pocketwatch is fixed it shows a wedding picture of Irina and Alisa's dad together...but it also hides a 2nd picture which Alisa missed out on...a picture of her mother holding her when she was a baby with the caption "Our precious treasure". Such a beautiful sidequest, one of the many reasons why I love going back to talk to NPCs whenever a major story event occured.
So how do I go about buying Zero and Ao (for PC, I assume the fan translations are for PC?), digitally if at all possible?
Yeah no wonder then, I haven't seen that specific bonding event with her.Laura's attire in CS3 pretty much seems to be a deliberate copy of Victor's.
Cold Steel I actually gives you a clue that can pretty much give Sara's past away. If you do her final bonding event, Sara directly admits to Rean that she's originally from North Ambria. Seeing that you completed Trails in the Sky the 3rd, you probably remember that North Ambria State collapsed onto itself after the incident with the Salt Pale (Sara was either not born yet or little more than an infant when that happened) and that the income generated by the activities of the Northern Jaegers is pretty much all that keeps the country from sinking altogether. Jaegers are pretty much their one and only export product. Between that and Sara's savage fighting style, the fact that she's a former jaeger herself isn't difficult to deduce, although it requires you to see that specific scene with her.
I really hope NISA with their bigger coffers can make a localization of Ao and Zero happen, even with their typical "care" in localizing games. It would be so great to just have these on Steam.You can hit up DLSite for Zero. American Credit Cards work on there so I had no issue purchasing and installing Zero. From there it's just setting your PC to Japan locale or installing locale emu and running it in JP to getting it to work. The Fan TLs are out there, just need to hit up google for them.
Ao on PC is a nightmare and a half, here's a guide if you want to follow it. https://www.reddit.com/r/Falcom/comments/8fjsfo/how_to_buy_ao_no_kiseki_on_pc/
And while I think the writing isn't as consistent or hits the highs of the Sky series, I have to say that plot wise I find the Erebonia arc (and Crossbell) a considerable step up from Sky. The level of interconnectivity between the politics of the setting and its factions with the more JRPG anime nature of the ultimate grand conflict is fairly minimal in Sky, but it's completely off the charts in the other two arcs, and it's much more engaging for it.
I really hope NISA with their bigger coffers can make a localization of Ao and Zero happen, even with their typical "care" in localizing games. It would be so great to just have these on Steam.
Which version are you launching with: DX8 or DX9? Try the other one and see if it fares better.The Steam version of Sky 1 keeps crashing when i try and open the menu... not sure what's changed, I never had this problem last time
It's lucky the game autosaves or it would be unplayable like this
You can hit up DLSite for Zero. American Credit Cards work on there so I had no issue purchasing and installing Zero. From there it's just setting your PC to Japan locale or installing locale emu and running it in JP to getting it to work. The Fan TLs are out there, just need to hit up google for them.
Ao on PC is a nightmare and a half, here's a guide if you want to follow it. https://www.reddit.com/r/Falcom/comments/8fjsfo/how_to_buy_ao_no_kiseki_on_pc/
PSP is also supported, though the Zero english TL currently out there has some major crash bugs when it comes to cooking and casino mini-games. Zerker's edit will hopefully get those ironed out since they plan to support PSP too. But a lot of their focus will be on PC.So how do I go about buying Zero and Ao (for PC, I assume the fan translations are for PC?), digitally if at all possible?
PSP is also supported, though the Zero english TL currently out there has some major crash bugs when it comes to cooking and casino mini-games. Zerker's edit will hopefully get those ironed out since they plan to support PSP too. But a lot of their focus will be on PC.
Yeah, Ao too.For Ao too? I'm wondering if the easiest way to play the translations would be PC version for Zero from DLSite, PSP version for Ao from wherever. Couldn't do any sort of save transferring in that case, obviously, but I doubt it'd be that huge a loss. I'll probably just beeline the main story of Zero.
Sorry for the dumb questions, I'm just completely out of the loop when it comes to these two games and their fan TLs lol.
Yeah, Ao too.
Both (Chinese) PC and PSP versions use a similar save type, but there's some steps that need to be taken in order to get them to work:
It requires the use of the PPSSPP emulator to decrypt/encrypt the saves, so you'll also need an PSP image file of Zero/Ao to complete the steps.
Seems Falcom altered the save format when they released their own version of Zero PC, you won't be able to transfer saves between it and Zero PSP.