4:28 Setting your expectations at "kinda decent" rather than "solid" or "good" displayed a lot of foresight. 10:44 A really cool design potentially rendered non-canon by the random angels in CS3's final dungeon ported over from Tokyo Xanadu. 20:42 Somehow I never noticed the blankets on the bed had an insignia on them. So yesterday was really funny, because Sony held a State of Play that contained absolutely nothing exclusive to PS4-- literally everything in it is also coming to PC, and most of it is coming to literally everything. No wonder Sony wants to lock down mainline Persona. Another kinda hilarious thing was the announcement of The Diofield Chronicle, because SE announced another SRPG three days after Triangle Strategy came out (planned for late this year and on literally everything). I'm interested in it because it's taken the real time with dramatic slowdown during menus deal that FFVIIR had and applying it to a strategy RPG, making it a quasi-RTS. So hopefully it looks solid. Also for 24 hours we thought Platinum was co-developing, but it turns out the SE intern just copied site data from Babylon's Fall and forgot to change it (and yes that game's out and stillborn).
4:28 Even Josette's actually good Craft is meh. 10:44 I didn't know those got ported from Tokyo Xanadu. That's.... interesting. 20:42 There's Ouroboros symbols everywhere, the Stahlritter have them all over their uniforms. I noticed that. TMNT Collection even got a Switch trailer not long after. So I've seen people freaking out over The Diofield Chronicle because one of the writing team for FE Fates is involved with it. And then opening up the whole blame game can of worms arguing who was responsible for screwing up Fates' story. A lot of people worship the "renowned mangaka" they got to write the outline and think someone-else MUST be at fault for messing up his vision. Me? He'd never written for a game before, I'd never heard of his manga, and he only wrote Birthright's 500 page outline. I'm inclined to believe the premise was flawed from the start. The guy involved with Diofield isn't a full-on writer or anything, nor was he one for Fates. Babylon Fall seems to have just had the misfortune of releasing right alongside Elden Ring. That pretty much doomed it.
10:44 TX is funny because we've recently gotten confirmation that it was meant to start a whole series but got scaled back, meaning all of the weird info-dumped non-lore (I call it that because it'll say a lot without actually saying anything of substance or particularly contributory; "Okay these are two organizations that exist, they're rivals, and... this is all just a glorified handwave for off-screen support") starts making a lot of sense (the "angels" are just another kind of monster that seemingly existed so they could do "angelic possession" as a reversal of the standard). I'd unironically like to see more of it because I found the combat to be really satisfying after a bit of getting used to (a lot more limited and focused on using all of your tools and reacting to enemies, rather than fast-paced mashing a la Ys) and I think it could be a nice mid-ground between Trails and Ys; you could stay in the same setting but move things on with different plots and have mostly new characters (with a few older ones showing up as NPCs/late joining mentors) rather than being completely standalone a la Ys or burdened by a massive continuity and an overarching plot with a conclusion like Trails. You simply cannot put primary blame on any one party for Fates' writing. There's too many factors and parties at play. Given the different elemental tribes and consistent iconography of four elemental dragons present in concept art, there's definitely greater worldbuilding stuff that got cut but it is what it is. A competent writer (from hearsay of people who've actually read his stuff I'll ascribe at least that much) getting contacted for some worldbuilding blurbs and a rough plot outline and then handing in 500 pages per route (that's what I remember the reports being, anyways) screams of a ton of spitballing and then there's a bunch of reputationless writers in IS trying to doctor that all together to serve their own purposes. Babylon's Fall had so much going against it before that. It went from being a single-player action game with seemingly optional co-op (think something like Monster Hunter) into an always online quasi-MMO GAAS (still at full price) that resulted in a shift in focus to turn the game into a grindy, microtransaction laden mess rather than doing anything to actually polish up the combat (which is generally agreed upon a being slow, rough, and not balanced around 4 players at all).
10:44 I know a lot of people want to see a sequel, but a lot of the mainstream dismisses it as "yet another generic high school weeb game", especially seeing what Xanadu used to be. It's a game I'll have to try some time. Yeah, we can't know about Fates without actually being there. I wonder how much of the plot got re-worked when it was decided Corrin had to be able to marry the siblings? Because that actually impacted the backstory and lore. Something also.... telling.... is that the Making Of book blurs out the ages in the character outlines.
It’s kind of cool that the main danger of the Capua fight is Don’s Bazooka, considering that a lot of RPG’s will downplay how powerful guns are relative to things like swords I do like it when projectile and explosive weapons are extremely powerful. trails in the SKY the 3rd I would argue is a very heavy in fan-service of the call backs and reused characters variety, it has aspects of it since it’s a continuation of a completed story, uses most of the previous games party members, it could have been quite simple and relied almost entirely but it also builds on the previous games like with us exploring Kevin and too a degree Renne’s character and backstory as major focuses, as well as doing a lot of set up for later arcs, it doesn’t just rely on the past for its content so it seems less like a story for the sake of bringing your favourite characters from previous games back. The use of Phantasma copies of characters like Don and Kyle I do feel is heavy on fan-service, it is justified in universe as to why that happens but at the end of the day a lot of the appeal of them is either fighting old boss fights like Capua’s, Team Bracer or the three Enforcers or fighting characters with whom we have heard about their strength but haven’t seen them fighting because their not playable or bosses, like Kilika or Cassius. And based on that kind of design I’m eagerly awaiting the English release of Trails to Reverie since from what I’ve heard it’s pretty much this game for the Erebonia Arc.
"Still, seeing them like that's actually put me at ease. Because there being copies of them here actually points to the idea that the real Don and Kyle are safe in the real world and not in this one." 0:53 Creeper? Aw man... Again, Ries' S-Craft animations are amazing. The line she says during Heavenly Sphere especially is great. 12:29 I've read somewhere that if you don't do the Josette Sun Door before this point, this is when you'd get the Bobcraft, and doing the Sun Door afterwards would upgrade it. That's a really long time to wait for Josette's S-Craft! Don't be a Door skipper, guys. 17:38 Without Kitty Suits and Fool's Emblems also? I'm... very tempted to give that a go on a Nightmare replay. 20:01 *K N O W L E D G E* So... In light of the latest community post, I'd like to say that my prayers go out to you. Things _will_ get better, but do take care of yourself in the meantime.
Heavenly Sphere's animation is long, but it's not Knights of the Round level. 12:29 That would make sense.... but wow, Josette with no S Craft until NOW. Good luck.
I should have seen those two coming as the next boss but that Sun Door was a while ago at this point and I forgot that they used to be sky bandits too. They did put up a good fight but couldn't stop Dark Matter EX once it started going. This might be a controversial opinion but Heavenly Sphere has my favourite S craft animation. Cool to see something good happen to Josette with her S craft being strengthened. This place can be gotten through quite quickly. Cloak is basically the Moogle Charm in FF6 but that charm can be gotten a bit early is very useful for getting treasure early or avoiding annoying encounters like the encounters in the Cultist's Tower. A quiz game sounds like an interesting experience even though you can probably cheese the answers by looking them up. That next fight sounds very epic and I am looking forward to that.
10:29 this looks like a summoning cutscene in yu-gi-oh duel links. 19:58 maybe the real treasure was all the quartz that gave us information that we got along the way 20:46 kevin, looking at the photo: damn, i blinked
The thing that is being summoned must be some powerful boss monster. Knowledge is kind of what keeps me going which is kind of odd when you think about it. That photo is probably cursed.
0:54- We did it. Don and BigKlingy cracked the code. So obvious now in hindsight! Lord of Phantasma is a Creeper who has creative mode on. Phantasma was secretly the Aureole's Minecraft sever. Xp 6:05- Kind of nice seeing the Capua's being a tough fight. After how much they've gotten dunked on, nice seeing them put up a fight. 11:58- Okay, so Ries' S-Crafts are officially Golden Sun's Judgement and Catastrophe summons in my eyes now. They remind me so much of the latter, especially Ries' second one being just as overkill as Catastrophe. 12:35- Nice seeing Josette getting a power up like this as well as her trouble being relieved after this fight. 17:48- Love how we've become infamous amongst chests now. I'd love to see a game really go ham with that. Xp 18:42- Do we find all of the gems in chest or are there some we need to make as well. 18:56- Though it has the potential to be really trollish, a quiz game on the Trails games sounds great. 20:03- With how you said that, I got reminded of Doctor Cid. You're doing him proud with your ham Klingy. lol 20:35- Okay, that one is quite witty. Xp 22:34- Knew we'd be fighting against them since it seemed to obvious to not include them, but all three at once sounds as dangerous as it sounds really cool. 22:38- I feel like the more I hear of it the more that the SC Evo Opening gets worse and worse. 24:43- And this one is actually hard to prove unlike the original phrase. In other news, no updates and probably won't be able to comment again until Saturday. Really busy and this is my real last break for a bit. To everyone going through their own struggles, best of luck to you guys as well and I have confidence in your ability to overcome these trials as well.
Since he is a creeper, all we need to do is make him blow up and then we have won. I wasn't expecting them to be a tough fight but I am glad that I was proven wrong. Heavenly Sphere is probably my favourite S craft animation wise. Speaking of Golden Sun, I should probably check those games out at some point considering that they are GBA games and sound like interesting RPGs. I am hoping that they easy to get into too. Josette getting anything good is a win in my book. A chest being a secret boss could be a fun idea. I do wonder if you are able to cheat and look up the answers online. I am going to enjoy watching that fight too since it sounds like an experience. Once Saturday does roll around, I should have made some nice progress on Awakening. Also thanks for the support.
Never thought to see the 2 again. Makes sense for personal things for Josette & Joshua. (Estelle should've been but Oh well...) After that, yeah... Must've a been slight troubling mind for Josette but believe she feels more at ease now even found her calling so that's nice. Also, ooh. New One for her. Cool. The door... Hmm... Yep. Requires for some certain items for it. (Wonder what it would be tho.) Don't forget the Chests & stuffs- Phew. Glad he hasn't... (even after the part before going there & almost left the last one there. Lol.) Hm? Them?! Of course! Goddess Aidios! The 4... Yep. This'll be challenging. (Perhaps personal for some party members to bring or not... Looks like to encounter then to the next part or some...)
The key to becoming a more challenging fight:Become a fake phantom like being 14:27:It’s not just a clown it’s the entire circus! 16:22:I wonder what that clown is feeling right now with 4 people phasing through his body in a circle 18:55:Oh I’m looking forward to this I’ve heard this door is hilarious 22:40:Yes! My favorite type of story bosses In jrpg”s! When your party just has a knockdown drag out brawl will multiple/and or all of the Main villains generals at once! They always make for chaotic yet fun battles gameplay wise and give you plenty of thematic story room with who you use! Funnily enough both my top example”s of this come from the tales series tales of xillia at the point all out war has broken loose and you fight 3 of the 4 chimeriad members at once(and later in the arena take on all 4)and then tales of the abyss when you fight 3 of the six god generals on a mountain peak in a fight that in story caused an avalanche afterwards.
Helps that these guys are now immune to Deathblow. Thanks FC speedruns for showing me Deathblow 2 works in them back there. 14:27 Fun fact, they sort-of reference that in Great Ace Attorney. 18:55 It's.... great. 22:40 Cold Steel 4's storyline bosses are pretty much ALL that, by the way.
0:55 Aww man. (Seriously though I can hardly type this due to laughing too hard) 1:20 Joshua, I hate your pun. 4:45 *Don 9:17 Wow, these guys are really beefy. 11:06 Ries used Moonblast! ...It was COMPLETE OVERKILL! 11:33 So does Kevin EVER use his Dark Mode victory quotes again or...? Also, yeah I did not expect that fight to be tough, I was like "Oh come on, after Jaeger Kurt how could they be-" Welp. 17:42 I hate that joke, thanks to a certain noodle incident in high school. 19:00 OH MY GOD. 20:51 That just sounds like something from Deltarune or Persona 4... 22:36 yes Yes. YES. *Y E S .* Also yeah screw you SC EVO you friggin' simp. I was spoiled on the existence of the Enforcer All-Stars fight, but yeah, they HAD to be here. This is gonna be so cool.
1:20 I mean, the old Joshua never joked much, so this is a sign he's improving. 11:06 lol. I'm pretty sure this is the longest S Craft animation in the game. 11:33 Well.... 20:51 I can see that being in Deltarune. 22:36 At least Agate's actually in The 3rd Evo's opening. Still no Zin though.
For the crew of Sky Empress, while they knew what Warriors’ mission was, they had no clue how it would shape out. Finally, after 10 days, they had set off for Onrac. Expecting the city to look the same like the first time they flew over it, they were in for quite a shock when they saw an island with ruins on it that wasn’t previously there. Knowing that this was most likely the Warriors’ doing, they hoped that a landing zone was secured for them to land and so they scoured the area around the city for the agreed signal. Thankfully, they found one next to the city and, after a few tries, successfully landed it. Lianna and Rosch were awaiting for them. After greetings were made, they assembled the crew to tell them what happened. Once Water Crystal was restored, the magic that Kraken made to keep the shrine underwater was gone, forcing it to resurface again and cause chaos in the city. It took a day until peace was regained and a meet-up between the city authorities and the mermaids was made. Crown Princess Kanone was the one representing the mermaids. While that was underway, Warriors, Lianna and Noelle scoured the shrine to find as many survivors as they could. Unfortunately, a terrible truth was waiting for them. The barrier that was surrounding the city, keeping everyone from entering it, was made with mermaids as the source of power. By the time the liberation happened, most of the population was dead after exhausting their power, leaving only around 100 mermaids alive in total. This truth was found out after they discovered Noelle’s sister Kithra in the shrine’s basement together with the last known survivors in horrible shape and nearly starved to death. This dampened the mood. However there was one silver lining. Judging from the discovery made a day prior to airships arrival, the sealed powers of descendants that avoided the shrine’s fall were unlocked, allowing for a potentially bright future for the city. While negotiations were still held to see how to address the current situation, a celebratory dinner was being held up the next evening and the crew was invited to join. About half of the crew ended up joining the Warriors there. During the festivities, Mari and Rosch had a conversation about one notable presence that was missing there. Mari: “What do you about Lianna skipping on this dinner? I am not sure that’s usual behaviour.” Rosch: “I don’t know. It’s not up to me to answer for her. Wherever she has been sneaking off to recently, I am sure she has a good reason to do so. But let’s not ruin our celebration with someone who isn’t even here.” Mari: “Are you sure? She is your fiancée if that ring is anything to go by.” Rosch: “Noelle is also her fiancée and I don’t see you pestering her.” Mari: “Fine, fine. I won’t bother you with that. Instead I will bother you with something else, now that you have reminded me.” Rosch: “Reminded you of what?” Mari: “What do you think it will happen once we leave? Any expectations from either side? Rosch: “You mean in political sense?” Mari: “Yes.” Rosch: “That’s hard to say. Any kingdom revival would be dubious at best. Even with the return of the royal family and the mermaids, the fact is that they are too few to influence anything outside the city right now. They can’t even usurp the power on their own. Noelle’s- Sorry, Tilly’s sister, I keep forgetting that. Anyway, as I was saying, Tilly’s sister Kanone has a long way to go if she has any ambition for the kingdom’s restoration.” Mari: “And what do you think about her main opposition?” Rosch: “The one with the merchant Blackwell at its head? While I did hear he is not particularly liked among the people due to his ruthless ambition, the city officials that support him do have some influence. I am sure they will be thorn in Kanone’s side. I don’t think he is even here tonight. At least, I don’t see him.” Mari: “Is that a bad thing?” Rosch: “Might be, depending on what transpires in days to come. Does that satisfy as an answer?” Mari: “Yes, thank you.” Rosch: “Good. Now answer mine then. Why asking me this? I am sure there are better people than me to explain this to you.” Mari: “Yes. The thing is, Lianna isn’t here, Noelle- Rosch: “Tilly.” Mari: “Right, right. Tilly hasn’t left her sister’s side in the past 4 days, I don’t know if I can rely on Lewyn to inform me above all of this and those two lovebirds are in the world in their own. So you are my next best choice.” Rosch: “So I am your fifth choice, is that it?” Mari: “Not really. For instance, I would count Lewyn out of that list.” Rosch: “Glad to see where your priorities lie.” Mari: “Hey, I-“ While they were conversing, an explosion was heard, attracting everyone’s attention. Everyone went outside trying to see where did this came from with some of them even preparing for a fight. Mari and Rosch were with everyone, seeing the smoke coming from the east. Mari: “You thinking what I am thinking?” Rosch: “I think so. Someone might be being attacked right now. Hey, guard. Do you have any idea where that smoke is coming?” Guard: “I think it’s coming from lord Blackwell’s estate.” Rosch: “Seriously?” Mari: “You don’t think this is a coincidence, right?” Rosch: “No. Let’s gather everyone. We need to see what’s going on.” Mari: “Right. I will help out the wounded.”
0:07 Hi, Don and Kyle! 0:53 HAHAHAHAHAHA!!! That is amazing! I love it so much! 1:20 Get it? Taking off? And they have an airship? ...I'll see myself out. 5:48 And so is Kyle. 11:15 I'm going to say it right now, Heavenly Sphere might be the most visually impressive S-Craft in the game. 12:30 Lol, Bobcraft! 14:01 Yes! That Door that gives one of the best quartz in the entire game (just wondering, I know you've already recorded this entire dungeon, so did you do this Door before or after the boss fight at the end? Believe me, having that quartz I mentioned makes that fight an absolute joke, even on Nightmare)! 15:53 No, of course not, Olivier can never be an idiot. 17:37 "Insanity is doing the exact same f*cking thing over and over again, expecting s*it to change. That is crazy. But the first time somebody told me that, I don't know, I thought they were bulls*itting me so, boom, I shot him. The thing is, okay... he was right. And then I started to see it everywhere I looked. Everywhere I looked, all these f*cking pricks, everywhere I looked, doing the exact same f*cking thing, over and over and over and over and over again. Thinking 'This time, it's gonna be different. No, no, no please! This time it's gonna be different.' I am sorry. I don't like the way...you are looking at me! Okay? You have a f*cking problem in your head? Do you think I'm bulls*itting you? Do you think I am lying? F*ck you! Okay, f*ck you! It's okay, man. I'm gonna chill, hermano. I'm gonna chill. The thing is... All right. The thing is, I killed you once already. And it's not like I am f*cking crazy. It's okay. It's like water under the bridge. Did I ever tell you the definition of insanity?" Okay, jokes aside, I wonder if this is actually supposed to be a Far Cry 3 reference. 19:01 "For someone like me who reads Trails lore like it was the f*cking Bible, it shouldn't be that hard." is what I thought to myself before I did Sun Door 5. While there were some questions I aced, there are definitely some evil ones in there. 20:02 ...That was beautiful. 22:36 Finally, worthy opponents! Our battle will be legendary! 23:09 I disagree... IT'S ONE OF THE BEST SONGS IN THE ENTIRE SERIES!!! 25:00 Actually, Strike 2 wouldn't work on Orbal Gear!Tita, since from a programming standpoint, Orbal Gear!Tita doesn't have any quartz, so giving her quartz that don't increase stats or have effects outside of battle is completely useless.
...Why do I get the feeling that the humor on the gag of the Lord Of Phantasama's mask on a Creeper from Minecraft will be not as funny once we learn their true identity... A Quiz minigame with questions based on in-game lore should really be something more common on RPGs with tons of worldbuilding. It kinda tests how much you know about the game's world and characters.
19:06 Sun Door 5 is painful, yet fun. I always try to do everything immediately just for the amazing final reward. 22:56 Despite being able to cast Clock Down on all of them, I find them harder than the Schwarzritter. 23:08 Hot take, I don't like that song. I find the guitar to be somewhat wonky. I much prefer the vocal version of that song.
19:06 Given that apparently Maniac difficulty was added in later ports and backported into this version, was this reward even in the original release of the game? 22:56 Doesn't help that Bleublanc's statuses make your Earth Wall range smaller. And he loves to use AoEs to remove your guards.
Again, I forgot that you fight them again. But besides that... Are you okay, BigKlingy? You don't have to post or upload anything. I know that you are an adult, but I am worried about you. So... Don't overdo it, alright?
