Good thing I waited, I really like the Trails games but I played them all the ones I have on Vita and I really didn't want to play this game on a console.
I mean, the game has a 3 in the title. Unless anyone things that these are self contained games like Final Fantasy, they're perfectly aware of the fact that they're jumping into a story halfway through. It's their call.
The thing is, just because it has a number in the title doesn't mean it's the Xth part of a cohesive storyline these days. Most mainstream games try not to make all parts of a numbered series part of a strictly interwoven narrative these days especially because, as people pointed out in this thread, it inevitably turns the franchise into its own gatekeeper as console generations come and go.
Final Fantasy games, Fire Emblem games, heck Falcom's own Ys franchise all have numbered sequels but don't necessarily cause new players to miss out on the very things that define the franchise if they jump in at random points. The Kiseki franchise is more an exception rather than a rule in that regard.
It's a "story walkthrough". The person made a series of videos with only cutscenes and sidequests. There are only some footage of boss battles to contextualize things.Thanks! That's the first part of an entire walkthrough though, right? Maybe I'll go through the prologue (if it is more important as an exposition), but then I think I will look for an "only cutscenes" version or something like that, and skip through that (since that would be long as well, just not as long as a walkthrough). Incomplete, sure, but so is watching Game of Thrones without having read the books, which is what most people did. So much is lost if you haven't read the books, yet lots of people still had a great time just watching the TV series.
Not quite as good as XSeed 's but far, far ahead of Ys VIII's trashfire.Question. How did the localization turnout? Did allthe VA's come back from 1 & 2? I didn't play either, I just wanted to know the verdict after everyone freaked out when the localization was initially announced (actually even before that :P).
Can't comment on the dub since I played with Japanese voices, but the overall localization was good aside from some typos here and there and a few mistakes in item descriptions.Question. How did the localization turnout? Did allthe VA's come back from 1 & 2? I didn't play either, I just wanted to know the verdict after everyone freaked out when the localization was initially announced (actually even before that :P).
what an odd comment.guess falcoms dead to me now,i'll probably just pass on this if it ever does come to PC at this point
kinda a shame since I was pretty into this series at one point
Inconsistent in its quality, but never as bad as the Ys VIII memes.Question. How did the localization turnout? Did allthe VA's come back from 1 & 2? I didn't play either, I just wanted to know the verdict after everyone freaked out when the localization was initially announced (actually even before that :P).
what an odd comment.
because a very well deserved Niche franchise (legend of heroes) is branching out to multiple platforms its dead to you? Legend of Heroes always deserved attention and has produced some of the best JRPGS out to date. I'm happy for it to come to Switch. I will be happy again when it eventually comes to PC.
XSEED would probably still be working on the series if they hadn't passed on Tokyo Xanadu (which led to Falcom opening up bidding for their other games to other publishers) in the first place. Also, XSEED never had PC versions of the first two Cold Steel games at launch either so it shouldn't be surprising that CS3 doesn't have one under NISA. I'm sure there will be a PC port in 2020, they likely just want to avoid another Ys VIII situation and get it right the first time.i'm just tired of feeling jerked around,i've bought and played the 5 games on steam and even bought zero in anticipation of the geofront thing but the past couple years has been nothing but constant face spitting out of falcom from switching to nisa from xseed to begin with to this constant radio silence as it gets released on everything else
call it a final straw if you will but I just don't feel like falcom cares about me as a consumer at all anymore and i'm fed up with it
I completely understand I say just hold faith for a bit longer if you can.i'm just tired of feeling jerked around,i've bought and played the 5 games on steam and even bought zero in anticipation of the geofront thing but the past couple years has been nothing but constant face spitting out of falcom from switching to nisa from xseed to begin with to this constant radio silence as it gets released on everything else
call it a final straw if you will but I just don't feel like falcom cares about me as a consumer at all anymore and i'm fed up with it
Not quite as good as XSeed 's but far, far ahead of Ys VIII's trashfire.
Almost all of the VAs came back except for, I think, Millium's.
Can't comment on the dub since I played with Japanese voices, but the overall localization was good aside from some typos here and there and a few mistakes in item descriptions.
Inconsistent in its quality, but never as bad as the Ys VIII memes.
All voice actors reprised their roles except for two (one who had previously not returned for the first two games' additional voiced lines).
The whole series minus this one is available on PC. Then Cold Steel III is on PS4 and (obviously) Switch soon.I really wish they would bundle up this series into a collection for a platform. I've heard many good things about this series and I'd like to start it, but it sounds like it's almost just as annoying to find the versions to play as it is to find "the best" version of each Final Fantasy.
I completely understand I say just hold faith for a bit longer if you can.
The Geofront translations are something unofficial but been a work in progress with a great team to handle it.
Falcom is finally understanding the franchise is growing outside of Japan. NISA picking up CS III (and probably IV) is the best thing to happen, as it most likely would've been dead after 2. With multiple rumors coming out that next year we will get multiple games from the franchise (CS III Switch and maybe PC, CS IV, crossbell games) I say just stay strong on this matter.
Again the franchise was never big, always niche. Its finally getting the love it deserves, so give it a bit of time. I can probably say without a doubt that NISA already shown love and care for CSIII, support for it, and even advertised it (partnerships, events, etc.) much more than XSeed did when they had the license for 1 and 2.
Give it time. I have Faith in NISA for this one. Localization might not be 100% or whatever, but I am confident they will support this franchise with everything they have as long as they are handling the titles.
Yeah, multiple game from the series (supposedly) releasing on console(s) next year and NISA promoting the series is definitely gonna calm people annoyed with radio silence around PC version while the third/eighth game in the series drops out of nowhere on Switch.
Not first hand impressions, but there were a few mentions in this thread of people/reviewers that played this game as their first (and they were all positive). Will try to look it up in a few moments as I am in the middle of something,Thanks for the responses! :)
I also want to hear experience from someone who did begin with CS3 as their first Trails game ever. I don't think we've had one example so far here did we?
Here's anotherIf someone asked if to start with CS3 I would say, it is better to play CS1 & 2 before but on it own all the reviews I have read
say it is a great game so go ahead. Check Nadia Oxford's review at US gamer, she just played half of CS1 and jumped straight into
CS3 and had a great time, she mentioned that the recap helped quite a bit.
I'll give you my take. Having read all that people write here as to why one shouldn't play CS3 first, I stand even more firmly behind my point that this is no different than watching Game of Thrones without having read the books. There is so much that people don't understand, are missing the context of, can not appreciate, don't realize the meaning of etc etc because they haven't read the books, yet look, lots of people who never read the books had a great time watching the TV series. Imo anyone who says this is not a good analogy has not read the books (or maybe they read just one) so they don't understand the extent of what they are missing.There's been a couple of reviews from people that played CS3 without playing any other of the previous games, and they were thrilled about it.
It's not ideal, but CS3 is a great rpg regardless if you are new to the story.
since JPN is advertising it as a worldwide release, my money is that it comes out that same week if not that exact date
Falcom's dead because...they're expanding their audience to the Switch?guess falcoms dead to me now,i'll probably just pass on this if it ever does come to PC at this point
kinda a shame since I was pretty into this series at one point
Since they'll come "after Sen/Cold Steel, higher chance than any older one.I will be getting this for the Switch but what are the chances we see the Crossbell games? I am playing through CS1 for the first time now (in Ch. 3) after only playing Trails in the Sky on PSP 8 years ago. CS1 has reminded me why I enjoyed the series initially since the world building is so good, it definitely has me back in the series and I am seriously thinking about going back to the other games after CS2.
It depends when they are planning It.Since they'll come "after Sen/Cold Steel, higher chance than any older one.
But since Falcom was looking into re-releasing older kiseki games, they might all more or less come to recent hardware.
Falcom's dead because...they're expanding their audience to the Switch?
Of course.It depends when they are planning It.
If they do straight Evolution ports It could be within a year, a remake much more time imho
This is an extremely rare opinion concerning the Evo soundtracks.Of course.
I personaly want the Evo versions or at least the key features. Artworks during discussion with moving lips, better music...
Of course.
I personaly want the Evo versions or at least the key features. Artworks during discussion with moving lips, better music...
I will say this though, while TITS 1 & 2 music is indeed worse (and/or much worse) I do prefer some tracks from the 3rd evo OST compared to the original.????? There's very little of the music that is even equal to the originals, let alone better. That is a very rare take to have.
This is an extremely rare opinion concerning the Evo soundtracks.
Well, tastes.????? There's very little of the music that is even equal to the originals, let alone better. That is a very rare take to have.
Are you me lol ?What?!!
Does it mean I can finally continue my cold steel saga from days of the Vita? YeSSSSSS!
Now port all those tits to Switch as well! I will triple dip!
It's possible these are portable screens. The footage from GameSpot looked much cleaner, so I'd suspect that was in docked mode and includes AA in it only. There has to be some benefit to docked over portable mode. Funny enough Ni No Kuni by Engine was also 720p in both modes, did that have AA in docked mode?
Wouldn't surprise me if it was originally a Vita game but got canned for it just because I guess Falcom wanted to move on from it?
Wouldn't surprise me if it was originally a Vita game but got canned for it just because I guess Falcom wanted to move on from it?
Don't think so, no. If there were any differences, we'd know through the footage, which was aliased as all hellIt's possible these are portable screens. The footage from GameSpot looked much cleaner, so I'd suspect that was in docked mode and includes AA in it only. There has to be some benefit to docked over portable mode. Funny enough Ni No Kuni by Engine was also 720p in both modes, did that have AA in docked mode?
Really? It looked pretty smooth and clean for me, especially for a 720p docked game IMO.Don't think so, no. If there were any differences, we'd know through the footage, which was aliased as all hell