A series with a dedicated fanbase: Trails in the Sky FC & SC (Steam Deck)
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- Опубліковано 27 вер 2024
- Finally, you guys can stop asking. This is a first timers review of Trails in the Sky. Or Kiseki No Sora. Trails in the Sky first came out on PSP but I played it on steam, rather the Steam Deck and for the most part it was an enjoyable experience. In this review I talks Trails in the Sky First and Second chapter - as nothing much but the story has changed. Trails in the Sky gameplay, and one of my favorite is the music. Trails in the Sky music, Kiseki in general the music is just... amazing. Falcom has blown me away in that regard. Wether you played the PSP version, or Steam, this review is still for you!
" In the peaceful town of Rolent of the Liberl Kingdom, a young girl named Estelle and her friend Joshua, who had been taken in by her family years earlier, prepare to take their first steps to join the legendary guild of the Bracers. Bracers are considered the peacekeepers and protectors of order that owe allegiance to no country or government. In Liberl their guild has flourished since a brief war some 10 years prior after an invasion from the Erebonian Empire to the north, and their efforts have made peace a lasting prospect. In the course of their journey to become full-fledged Bracers, Estelle and Joshua begin to see the peace threatened by a dark side of the ruling government that plots to overthrow the Liberl queen, Alicia. Together they travel the world on their quest to become Bracers and slowly unravel the truth behind the mastermind who seeks to bring war back to their borders. The Legend of Heroes: Trails in the Sky is the first of a new trilogy in the established The Legend of Heroes RPG series. A highly detailed 3D world, beautiful original soundtrack, and unique strategic battle system showcase production values a generation beyond the previous iteration. An epic story about preserving the peace against all odds spanning over 50 hours of gameplay, with numerous optional side quests, makes this the biggest adventure ever available on a handheld system. "
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"The One Piece of JRPGs" 🤣🤣🤣
THERE IS NO ENDING IN SIGHT.
@@PelvicGaming the creator said we're about half done as of Reverie....yeah thats still gonna be like 30 games good lawd
@@garrettsweet9826 we're actually about 80%
@acebreaker7 oh dang really? I thought it was half. Exciting! Can't wait for Kuro
@@acebreaker7 That's One Piece and that was several years ago. Though going by how the manga's currently going... I'm guessing the 80% point will be when the next major war arc starts.
Something really important to note: the same thing that so many people don't like about trails (the pacing) is the exact same thing that a small minority of people absolutely LOVE the most about trails (the pacing).
That slow pace you mentioned? It's the reason why you know the exact organizational structure of the Railway Military Police, or how you know exactly how many armored divisions are in the Erebonian army. There is an enormous amount of detail, which needs a slower pace in order to convey, and that enormous amount of detail is all completely tied together and completely consistent.
World-building has a point of diminishing returns. The greatest creators of fictional worlds understand this, and put in enough details to allow the audience to get attached, but not enough to slow down the story. A lot of the logic behind the wizarding world of Harry Potter is hand-wavy, that's okay, Rowling understood that to detail how exactly everything worked would slow down the pace and people would get bored.
However, the trade-off is that if you can keep the audience invested enough in the slow pace, you can pull off some jaw-droppingly emotional and incredible stuff that other works of fiction are simply unable to match because they lack the level of detail that makes the audience bond with the work. Trails is the only franchise that doesn't understand that there is a point of diminishing returns to this stuff. In Trails, more world-building is always better.
For fans like me, that's what causes me to fall in love with something, but I completely understand, I'm different. It's not going to work for most people. I would never ask a work of art to cater to my personal tastes, because I know that my tastes are so peculiar that you can't build a commercially successful product catering to me.
That's why trails will always be super-niche, it will never grow beyond its tiny fan-base. However, that tiny fan-base will always be so incredibly passionate that they will never stop bugging youtoubers to review it.
This comment is amazing, it sums up my feelings perfectly 👏
@@captainkidd22 Thanks for the kind words, my friend. I appreciate them!
It drives me nuts when people complain about the size of the Trails series like it's somehow a flaw when there are literally hundreds of rpgs that have zero continuity between entries, and Trails Is basically the ONLY one aside from Xenosaga, the FF lightning games nobody likes, etc. Even those series are closer to being single entry titles than the scope of Trails.
It's especially jarring that the most commonly used positive adjective people assign to RPGs is 'epic', when Trails size and pacing is quite literally the definition of Epic, and everything else is NOT. People think Epic simply means in your face big scale where bad guy wnats to destroy the universe! but you know jack-@%@#% aobut the universe aside from several towns and maybe one planet. Meanwhile Trails makes you ACTUALLY EXPERIENCE every element of said universe on a personal level, not just as a hero stopping by to stop something bad, but one who talks to the elders, the children, the media, actually gets how they all feel in realistic-writing, see how they grow and evolve over time, etc.
I find it weird how so many Western fans (and was shocked when I learned this wasn't the case in the one JPN survey I saw) say how SC is a 'payoff' for dealing with FC. FC is significantly better than SC IMO. I feel like SC is actually kind of 'filler' because half the game is going to a town to solve a particularly odd situation only to find out it's coincidentally caused by some new person who hams up how EVILLL they are causing t he source of the commotion (one of the reasons why I like SC among the least in the series. I LIKE how all the cast have realistic personalities and motivations, and in SC they really ham up how EVILLL oroborus seems. Walter complains that the quakes don't KILL people for fun. Renne talks about killing people for fun, Blueblanc talks about death and despair being the ultimate beauty, and Luciolla. Well. She's kinda hard to pin down since there's little interaction with her. Then Weismann is actually evil for real, etc). But yeah you repeat the find out commotion, meet new oroborus member, repeat 4 times, and then you repeat the tower exploration 4 times, and the only new development that happens is meeting the oroborus members, who practically get ret-conneed after SC as NOT being a 1 dimensional 'death mwahaha, IM EVIL I KICK DOGS' character. Don't mention Lowe, I know he's not like that, he's one exception. People always say I misrepresent SC cuz him alone, but I'm not talking about him.
But yeah, the scope is what makes the series one of a kind, and it's truly epic. So when people use the word 'epic' to praise a game, and they complain about trails' pacing, they are just objectively being derpy lol.
@@Ghalion666 It IS a flaw, especially when many of the games (namely Sky FC & SC, Cold Steel I & II, Cold Steel III & IV and finally Kuro I & II) are in fact one game split in two, where the second half has to be filled with padding in order to make a "complete" game with the same length as the first half. But why? Because Falcom insists on having a quota of yearly releases, leading them to churn out unfinished and/or inflated products. And let's not talk about releases such as Sky the 3rd and Reverie, which only exists to tie loose ends and tease the next arcs, just like a mediocre MCU movie. Even devout fans of the series admit that this series shouldn't be so padded and so drawn out. The Trails series should not be such a heavy commitment in time and money. It is not an epic saga, it is a fat, morbidly obese chump wearing a muscle suit to make himself look better.
@@Ghalion666 I disagree that SC bad. FC and SC work toogether to be a complete piece, like Ys 1 and 2. You can't have only one, that would be total waste. But Ouroboros being just a generic evil dudes is a real killer. I am not done with SC yet, but I glad that in future games Ouroboros will be more dimensional vilans.
Not the “Olivier’s wife” subtitle lmao, too real love that man
HE IS SO FUCKING FUNNY. OLIVERE DON'T MISS.
JRPG One Piece is then most appropriate thing ever said about this series lol. I also love both btw.
i don't consider estelle joshua a stepcest, Cassius just captured a husband for his daughter and raised him...
I am all for the ship but we should be aware it is still wierd. Making a lot more excuse about it makes it the more wierder
@@Snzn_7 This would be true if they were raised from birth, but they were raised together only for a few years.
They also re-do this in many of the Trails games anyway, so one needs to get used to it.
@@Snzn_7 It’s a trope in East Asian fiction. Lots of stories about adopted/step siblings who grew up together and later become an item. I think it was more common irl back in the days, too. People live in small communities and everyone knew one another since birth. It’s actually considered an honorable thing if you promise to take care of your partner for life as payback to your adoptive parents. I think Asians just view their SO as family more than a romantic partner. It’s a generalization, of course.
@@mhawang8204 I am an asian and have watched anime for all my life.
It is more so an Anime/manga trope. Basically its but "Fictional trope"
And don't confuse it as IRL asian thing to have a thing for their Step siblings lol.
Always love seeing new people get into the series, thank you for letting your fans bully you into playing them XD this series really is something special and it makes me happy to see more and more people giving them a chance. This was an excellent review. Since you love Kevin, you will adore Sky the 3rd. There's tons of lore and worldbuilding in that one, stuff that's still being elaborated even in the more modern games. It's one of my favorite aspects of the series, getting to see things like technology, gameplay, etc slowly progressing forward along with the world itself. The attention to detail is crazy good. I know these games aren't for everyone, but if they're something you can get into it's a massive delight. Does the music ever miss? Imo, very rarely, but that will depend on who you speak to. There's a decent side of the fandom that very openly and loudly despises anything from the Cold Steel arc (and beyond) as well as a certain composer. As far as you not being crazy on the pacing, unfortunately that's how the series is. It's purposefully slow in order to allow the characters and the world to develop. Some things could be trimmed down sure but after going through the entire series myself I found that I greatly appreciated those slower moments after all the reveals and plot shenanigans I'd experienced. Hope you keep enjoying the rest of your journey! This review was excellent, and feel free to block me as well if you haven't already, I totally get not wanting to be spoiled even on trivial details xD
My God dude, you're everywhere hahaha
@@Dede-en4sk Haha... if I see Trails pop up in my recommended I usually click on it xD
Yeah IDK man , I'll never understand Cold Steel haters , Im on 3 right now and I love it.
Hey glad you enjoyed them, i have lots of good memories playing and replaying trails series, will forever have a place on my heart
Always a good day when one of my favorite reviewers finally jumps into a series I'm neck-deep in (I really should get back to completing Trails to Azure)
Oh nice! I just finished FC last week and have become a fan. I didn't think it was the masterpiece everyone was going on about but I definitely want to see what comes next!
Sky SC is definitely top tier, well Sky FC and SC were planned as a single game, but it was too big for the PSP back then, so it was divided in 2 parts, or so I read somewhere yars ago
The music is beyond great for this series Im happy I got the special editions with the soundtracks
Honestly the music -maybe the characters- is the best thing about this series hands down. The music blew me the fuck away!
@@PelvicGaming I got most of the games as special edition when they came out here in the states so I was fortunate enough to be able to have the soundtracks :D
I legit just finished FC last night and oh boy I’m officially hooked! I had to look away from the screen a few times because I haven’t started SC yet but your reviews are awesome!
Wow I remember when your sub count was as small as 10k, glad to see you at 50k subs. Congrats!
The best game series I've ever played and Estelle is my favorite character of all time, she brought me into the series because of her strength and personality.
I started playing this absolutely brilliant series back in 2018. I had just bought a gaming laptop and bought all the Trails games (Sky trilogy) on Steam. I've gone on to buy and play up to game 11. My new favorite JRPG series; Final Fantasy has been knocked down to second place.
You will love Kevin in Sky the 3rd.
Dedicated is an understatement, Trails fans take "cult following" to its literal definition.
I know because I am one of them
my favorite rpgs series from far!!! love them all!!! they are like a neverending story!!! Amazing!!
Oh shit! I just finished both these games. What perfect timing since I LOVE your reviews.
Great review, I'm really thankful because without this video I still wouldn't get how quarts works. Thank you. I'm enjoying this game so much more now
AYYYYYYYYYY WE LOVE TO HEAR IT. For what it's worth the Quartz system confused me too, but I had a friend explain it to me and BOY did it open up a whole new world for me! Glad you're enjoying the game more now!!
I'm glad to know there are other people not into the sibling trope that sometimes ship the two. I blame Irregular at Magic High School for exposing my hypocrisy.
Yeah....I haven't seen that anime but I've heard *things*. That said, yeah not into the sibling thing but ...alas, Japan gonna Japan.
Frustrates the hell out of me that your channel hasn't blown up yet. You deliver such good content and reviews. Solid, informative, not too long, while still providing all the info for a great review!
Thanks man. Honestly it kinda sucks that it hasn't picked up but alas...Still I appreciate you watching and thebkind words!! ^-^
The game series is so good. Starts slow but when its good its good. I went through 8 games in 3 months lol
First half of Trails in the Sky: Beat cop slice of life.
Second half of Trails in the Sky: Political Thriller.
@@R3GARnator oh definitely. On CS4 right now and I think sky still has my favorite cast
I've been MEANING to check this out on Steam Deck... I always saw it in my recommendations. Seeing this review definitely might be a tip for me to finally dip into it soon
Seeing this pop up in my subs made me unspeakably happy.
Oh I am so excited you covered these!! I have been wanting to start the Trails series for so long now but I keep putting it off...I think I may still put it off until I get SC on sale or something though, because I'd hate to get through FC and not want to get SC until the next time it went on sale! I like never buy games full price anymore. My friend who's really into visual novels and JRPGs gifted me FC a while ago, he said I'd love the build up, lore, world, characters...all the story based stuff haha.
I am so sad to hear the cutscenes don't work on Deck! There's no way I'm getting through a bunch of JRPGs at my computer, my Steam Deck is my baby and has helped me play so many more PC games. Oh well, at least UA-cam exists and we can look them up to still see them. Still sucks though ;-;
Good luck braving this one Lady P. I've always wanted to get into this series but it seems like a huge commitment.
it is but it is so worth it in my opinion. can try chipping at it little by little instead of all at once. you will get burnt out lol
@@nightwolf235 All of the games are connected right?
Just try the first one. You will either love it or hate it, no in-between. Just know, 3rd ends in a cliffhanger and the remaster of the next game From Zero isn't discounted that much yet.
@@Fade2BlackSS yes its in the same continent and the politics all come into play in the sequels. Characters come back and in each game the events of the past ones are briefly mentioned. So knowing what happens will give you an “ohhh they talking about this from that game “moment.
There are alot of games and its the main reason ppl stay away. But I do higly recommend playing through them just know its alot of anime tropes of that time in each arc.
@@R3GARnator lmao yesss and theres tons of hidden side quests and books and newspaper to read in the world that add more to the lore. I hate missing things in games so I played this series with a non spoiler guide because they are long as games and I dont have the time or will power anymore to go back and do another run.
I played the very first legend of heroes back in the early 90s several times. There wasn't much to do back then without the internet. I had no idea they made tons more until years later. I didn't play Trails in the Sky until maybe 2020ish, didn't know it was a legend of heroes game til I bought it. I played quite a few falcom games back then, and you will find the music was insane for all falcom games since the beginning. And yeah, because it's taking forever to get through these games, i've been spoiled like a hundred times over. Nothing too terrible though.
Subscribed because of this one 😅 I've been playing the Trails games for years now, and the blend of world-building, politics, anime bs and character development really do something for me that a lot of other games just kinda miss.
Unfortunately, as far as your complaints, some get better but others...not so much. The questionable romantic relationships and pacing (not a problem for me personally, but for many others) will continue throughout the series. On the bright side, other stuff that you mentioned like the orbments and money system get streamlined. I also personally like the portraits better in the newer games, but that depends on personal taste.
Hope to see you continue and hear your thoughts and criticisms about my favorite series evolve!!
"On the bright side." I see you what you did there... because Estelle's last name is Bright.
Oh I’ve been waiting for this one
I hope I dont disappoint.
Thank you Pelvic Gaming
I got that renne and pater mater so wrong. I haven't chuckled this hard in a long time. I love this video 😅
back when i first played these games i was saying "Liberal Kingdom" the whole time.
To borrow a line from Little Kuriboh, "Marik, please don't flaunt your yaoi in public!"
Great review. Hope you're having fun in Japan! 🗾
I'm so happy that you began playing this series! ❤ Yes, it's a commitment... I played Trails in the Sky FC on psp years ago and finished it, but because it was so expansive and I'm kind of a completionist, I got a bit burned out. Especially story wise if the characters are written well and even the NPC's have interesting side stories that make me want to talk to everyone after an event, it takes a lot of time. But after seeing all the new entries come out over the years and having played Trails of Cold Steel on PS3, it was time to get back into the series, especially because of spoilers. And for me it was the perfect timing since the Crossbell Arc had just been translated and officially released on Switch. Now I could play everything in order with minor spoilers. Up until now I played the whole Sky Trilogy, the Crossbell Duology, the first 2 Cold Steel games and I'm currently playing Cold Steel 3. I even set foot in Nayuta and Tokyo Xanadu for a few hours. I was very happy that you mentioned the Sky games not working properly on the Steam Deck, since I was considering bying a Deck just to play Trails in the Sky SC and 3rd 🙏. So I'm happy I didn't spend my money on that! Enjoy the series and just take it at your own pace. If you get burned out, just play something else and come back later, that's my advice.
I've only played through the Cross bell & Erbonia arcs but I adore the Trails series. I plan on going back and playing through the Sky games.
Glad you enjoyed your time! I was obsessed with the series for a couple years, but those pacing issues you discussed never really go away. By Cold Steel 2 they were really trying my patience. The Trails writers will go to their graves before giving up the chapter-by-chapter formula lol
with the Bestelle and Joshua relationship, it was made clear that they never really saw each other as siblings and they met at the age of 11 meaning they where already their own people. no later of in the series there is a character that i hate with a burning passion because of a similar situation except they where way younger and fully grew up together.
It's not Joshua, it's pronounced Yoshua! jk.. the pronunciation sass was both warranted and hilarious, loved it. Great vid, as always!
Hope you'll get to enjoy all those games!
I bid you a grand welcome to the world of Trails 🎉
I hope you enjoy your stay 😊
I am so happy you are doing this series! Also I know you won't be reading the comments but if you do, let me encourage you to not worry too much about spoilers. I believe that the Trails series lives and dies by its character writing and there's very few times where a 'spoiler' can ruin enjoyment of the game. It's all about building their world and how well they tells their story.
I was so excited to see this in my sub box! This is absolutely my favorite RPG series. It makes me so happy! Olivier and Schera are absolutely my favorites from the first two games, though Kevin surpassed them for me after I played 3rd.
But I'm sorry to hear you got harassed into playing this game though!! The fan base can be a lot, but hopefully you are able to enjoy the video games for what you like about it and how you want to enjoy it, fan base be damned 😤
I enjoyed the searching for synonyms for “generic” joke a lot
I originally played and beat “Trails: FC” way back when we were all still waiting for “Trails: SC” to be translated & released. There was some issues with that, and for a while, no one was sure if we’d get “Trails: SC” or any other “Trails” game ever again! Thankfully we did, and the series is extremely popular with la LOT of titles, but for a while it was very unsure if we’d ever see the continuation of Estelle & Joshua’s story! Olivier & Sherezard were two of my favorite characters. Especially whenever they interact or go drinking! 😂 (And I’m guessing “Renne” & “Pater-Mater” are using more of a French pronunciation. I know in Latin & some of the Romance languages “Pater” & “Mater” are like “Father” & “Mother”. Like in the word “Paterfamilias”)
HARRY POTTER DIES AT THE END OF THE THIRD GAME! Just messing with you; I've never played any of these, and now that I've seen the combat, I think I'm going to keep it that way, since I'm pretty bad at SRPGs of most any flavor. That and like you said, it's such a commitment; there are just too many games for me to even want to start in on it... I say as I begin a marathon of Yakuza 0-7... Either way, you're a great tour guide for this world I won't be visiting, so I'm looking forward to the next one!
I encourage you to play through FC. :)
Another great and honest review, as always. You never fail to make a great point and impression.
I started Trails of Steel. Because I never played any of the other Trails game I was so confused when certain events or characters. I haven’t touched either Steel titles cuz I’m still trying to process what happened.
Yeah music for sky and crossbell really has an identity. Cold steel... It has great musics but it's all over the place for me.
One piece of jrpgs is a great example ❤
Welcome to the rabbit hole, excited to hear your thoughts on Sky the 3rd (not because its my favorite entry or anything, nothing silly like that haha...)!
Even though its a bit late to ask I am curious, did you play the sky trilogy with the mod that backports the voice over from the evolution release? If you ever feel like replaying them down the line i feel that it's a must-have!
Oh man a 3rd enjyoyer, nice!
I am just about done CS1 and 3rd is definitely top 3 with SC and Azure, i cant seem to rank them.
Thank you for giving the franchise a shot! Great video(:
Yay finally! I was so hoping you'd try this series.
I wish i had this video before because i didn't understand the quartz system til the end of 3rd chapter
Ugggghhhh.... More games for my backlog....
Just try the first game. You will either love it or hate it.
Glad you liked it. You need to play the Crossbell games they are the best in the series. Cold Steel is pretty good with a few flaws great story and improved combat.
I just pick up this game last week,I havnt got a chance to play yet..hopefully can start by this month
That's what I keep hearing! I'm looking forward to experiencing the hype!
Fun fact, sky was originally supposed to be 1 game. No idea why it had to be made into two games. But if you think about the end of sky 1 it makes sense bc it was p abrupt.
Also no falcolm music never misses lol.
Been waiting for Lady Pelvic to review the game, did you know that when you attempt to interact with openned treasure chest, the treasure chest talks back to you in Sky?
you have 7 games unbeaten yet
Yes I love it
It is my simple opinion (not a suggestion or request) that a Pelvic Muscle (lol) Collaboration would be just wonderful. Two of my favorite people!
Nothing would prepare me for the clip of that anime you played 🤣
Listen, that moment awakened something in me as a child. It could have very much be the reason why I like some things today.
I remember when you were reluctant on playing these. Glad you finally played them. They're great, but don't let the fans hyping them up delude you later on cause they get much worse with the Cold Steel games. The first 5 games are really great (Sky 3rd being the best :3), and then the 10th game is also really good too.
interesting; I thought Sky 3rd was the worst of the 3. very artificial environment to explore compared to that of the first two
@@noneofyourbusiness4616 Yet it also has the best character writing, the best protagonist, and is left short but sweet. Doesn't have pacing issues or padding, has overall the best soundtrack imo. I don't care about the environments or setting that much
@@noneofyourbusiness4616 I loved it because of how it got dark. I think it depends on if you play them back to back. I waited a year after SC to do 3rd because I got exhausted from going around towns talking to everyone. So it felt nostalgic to revisit those people and places. But I can see how going straight from SC to 3rd would feel bad.
Believe me I am keeping expectations in check. Like I said yes I have a more positive impression but I hate and I mean HATE the pacing. And third chapter brought my expectations down so we'll see how I feel about the next arc (Crossbell) which will dictate if I wanna go forward.
@@PelvicGaming the pacing never improves in this series I'm afraid
"the One Piece of JRPGs" Haha thats how I described it the other day to my friends.
You got to slap a voice patch with the sky trilogy to make it infinitely more better.
It helps peoole who are not indoctriniated to not sped through dialogues. And get a clue on how a lot of the side quest holds story value since they have voiced lines. Also that it gives off more impression for the main cast.
You did good by starting with Trails in the Sky, i started From Zero (bad dum tss) and it would be much better if i knew what i was in for.
Knowing how to farm sepith is the best way of getting money.
Estelle and tita are the best sepith farmers in the game. Estelle moreso.
On sepith up turns youll want to use estelles hurricane (or her pummel s craft for bosses) on as many enemies as possible (or Titas minigun S craft)
If you can mainpulate the turn order well, the spell Aerial is also great for sepith farming.
The thing about the sepith up bonus is that enemies drop sepith for every hit the receive during that turn.
Hits in trails, up until Kuro, are any attack that makes an enemy flinch during its animation. So attacks that cause the mobs to flinch multiple times during its execution are best used on Sepith up turns.
Estelle sure, Tita... I'm sorry I used her the least. I just don't care for her gameplay. xD Even if you craft her well, the best she ever gets is 'good'. Dare I say, she can take more than one hit.
@@PelvicGaming tita works best as crowd control. Load her up with status ailiment inducing quartz and use smoke grenade (or whatever the craft that causes blindness is) and watch how she debilitates all but the most ailment resistant mobs.
Also and this is a spoiler
When she returns to the series she has the most health out of anyone.
Huh, never knew about the movement Vs. attacking thing. Thanks for the advice!
Great detailed review! Love how you go deep on the details. I absolutely loved trails in the sky fc and sc. The music, characters, story, world, combat and graphical style with 2D sprites and lovely illustrations. That said I personally think the series went way downhill by the time cold steel came around. I used to consider myself a trails fan but as the series has gone on it has become more and more clear im really just a sky trilogy fan.
Hooo boy, I can't wait for Trails of Cold Steel III and IV review after hearing some... thoughts, about certain characters from Sky 1 and 2. :D
These games, my god. I have been dying to start them, I DID start FC and loved what I played so much that I had to stop because I knew I didn't have the time to commit to ALL of those games, which I would absolutely have to because I don't do half measures when it comes to games I love.
I need to shake off that fear, I keep telling myself "Once I've got this game out of the way I'm going to fully start" and then something else gets in the way. They look so good, like so good that I feel like I am intimidated!
Amazing series!!!!😍
Also u can play all 3 Sky games with full voice acting.
I’m just starting myself. Half way through SC. Really loving it!! I do have to break it up a bit with other games, it’s just a lot to digest sometimes and I don’t want to feel rushed and sometimes I just want to play something higher paced. But my goodness. I just spent the last hour reading two riveting in game short stories. I don’t think I’ve ever done that before…
Excellent review! I've been holding off on a steam deck. Cause I know the second I get my hands on these either a port or a switch 2 will be announced.
This has been in my Steam backlog for almost a year, I guess I should start it at some point 😅 great review! Sucks about the second chapter not working properly on Steam Deck, that's my main handheld at the moment smh
Crazy cause I just started this month 😂
I played this when it was localized and released on steam... then had to wait years for second chapter to come out. And waiting almost 10 years for the crossbell games.
Wait....
How can you be Olivier's wife if I am?
Oh who am I kidding, our boy is open to it.
This video had a great script pelvic! Loves it❤
Great review!! You have a really good journey ahead, enjoy.
Btw outside of those CGI's problems in Steam Deck how was the experience? I'm probably buying a Steam Deck soon and I would love to play Sky and Erebonia arcs but I'm a bit scared about the performance.
For better or worst, “Welcome to the hive” 😂
Glad you gave the series a fair shot LP and kudos for all the great, insightful and ACCURATE description about the Trails background.
Yeah those character names got me too! I used to pronounce “Loewe” in my head as “Low” 😅
I always feel like a huge outcast in the jrpg community for loving the genre but really disliking this series. Glad you enjoyed them! Fantastic review!
Nah you're not an outcast for having a DIFFERENT OPINION. You can sit with me.
Idk man if someone told me they didn't enjoy this series I'd just get it. I might inquire a little as to why but...I'd get it.
3 months+ later, but I'd not characterize JoshuaXEstelle as Incestuous.
A couple reasons spring to mind:
1. Joshua spent his first 11 years without Estell, vice-versa with Estelle.
2. They become Jr Bracers simultaneously, at 16, so only, at most, nearly 6 years of knowing one another (this would have to assume they met dirsctly after both Estelle and Joshua's birthday for it fo be roufgly 6 years, so 5 years is roughly the amount of time they've known each other up through Rolent arc.
3. They spent 6 months together as Jr Bracers, nearly alone except for the other. Not as Bro/Sis, but as Jr Bracers.
4. And lastly it's not yet hinted at them being sexual, more like them being ingerested buf settling ofher affairs firsf.
This, I dont feel like it qualifies as incest at first.
PS- I'm only talkin from Zero Ch 3, Final Day, so more could happen, but, to me, it just doesnt feel like incest currently. Not even light incest.but that's just my take on it.
Well “mater” depending on what they are going for can mean “mother” so there is that
One of us! One of us!
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Oh no. The fact that I can't see the cutscenes on the steam deck automatically knocks it off the list for me. Bummer, because I was actually pumped to get into this series. Thanks for the heads up though.
This doesn’t apply to all the cutscenes ! just the ones with the ‘drawn’ art and those aren’t major in my opinion. It only happened given or take 5 times in the whole game and there are dozens of cutscenes through the game that work on the steam deck.
How did you play a game in netween with that cliff hanger
FC is one of the best games ever made.
SC and 3rd are also really good.
From there, the series is fun to play through in spite of Itself, thanks largely to its world building, music, and game mechanics.
My specific complaint is that the games undergo a process of haramization that undermines a lot of the character writing (Crossbell and Calvard are mostly fine, but Erebonia is a mess).
As the series develops, certain teen characters feel implausibly talented and accomplished, and the world's tech level moves absurdly quickly.
There's also another pretty major issue that permeates the character writing, but I'd be spoiling the games beyond belief by going into detail.
On the plus side, there's also a really cool narrative trick in the first three arcs in that there's both a meta-protagonist NPC that drives everything and the protagonist player character for each arc.
I played on steam deck and there is a way to get the videos to play if you do a bit of tinkering on desktop mode. Doesn't take too long
I've been meandering through the first one, enjoying it but I need to find the time to really get through it. I'm sure I'll get sucked in eventually though I ended up playing ys 8-10 back to back because they were such a blast
Not sure if someone already mentioned, but if you use Proton GE, the cut scenes will be fixed.
How do they run on the deck? I heard there are some issues.
Joshua and Estelle
SWEEEEEEEEEEET HOOOOOOOOME ALABAMAAAAAAAAAAA!
At least they only knew each other for 5 years and have no blood relation, but a fuckton of other JRPGs and Anime got no fucking excuse.
It's like Japan has never heard of the Westermarck Effect.
You owe me a new phone screen. I broke mine clicking So fast
You had me in the first half ngl
I played the PSP version. I didn't get to meet some of the characters shown in play through footage. Perhaps the PC version has some extra content.
I strongly disagree on the art style critic I think the old art style is charming and in fact it always feels so weird seeing characters like Joshua and Estelle show up in the newer games with their uber generic modern anime look.
Its cool to agree to disagree. I am not a fan of this art at all.
@@PelvicGaming curious how you'll feel when you get to the later games and see them again because I know my reaction was " lol who is that? THAT'S JOSHUA?!"
Dont know why but i feel like Rikuson1 the only one is behind this 😂😂
holy shit pelvic!! YOU ALSO LIKE OURAN HIGH HOST CLUB!?!?!?!? I FUCKING LOVE YOUUUUUU!!!! (im still witing for a new season) oh and the video was great!
Trails SC wasn't released in the west until 2015, not 2007... heck not even FC had an English release in 2007.
yeah it was a long time after first chapter came out. I remember I got it for the psp digital cause they didnt release a physical version.
The whole story of xseeds bringing Legends of heroes trails in sky chapters 1&2 was crazy I think at one point according to an article the translators contemplated “to end themselves” because of all the stress.
I was really lucky to be able to play From Zero on PC after the cliffhanger ending to 3rd.
Great video
In joshua and estelle's defense... as you stated early on, joshua got brought into the fold when they were already almost teenagers to begin with. Rather late, IMO. it's not like they grew up together or anything. .......Now a certain female character from cold steel on the other hand... >_>';;;
Lol 11 is enough time to grow up with someone. Children are easily attached to one another and the relationships form naturally and easier than as adults.
I never said it wasn't. I just said 'it's not like they grew up together or anything'. Which they didn't. It's only been a few years.
Though she brought up an interesting perspective in that Estelle hadn't really thought about it until she started getting teased about it. Did she get gaslit? Who knows :O
Knowing each-other a few years really isn't the same as growing up together.
Yep, which is my whole point. Which is why, IMO, joshua and estelle get a pass. XD They didn't grow up as siblings from toddler age.
yeah their relationship is great but the romantic infatuation seems to sort of come out of nowhere to set up the second game
Trails video? Instalike.
I'm a huge fan but even I need to pace myself. These games are massive and if you do want to see everything - every quest, every optional battle, every scene, every NPC dialogue - you do tire yourself out eventually. I still need to find the right headspace for Cold Steel 4 and the following games (as well as replay the second Crossbell game for the extra bosses).
Playing both games more or less back to back was definitely something, especially with you being in the third game already. Make sure to not play to an amount that it feels like a burden; I'd hate to see you dislike the franchise because of it.
And yeah, Estelle rocks, one of the best female leads I've ever seen and the main reason I hope we'll get another female lead in the series soon!
It's only 12 games. Nayuta isn't a part of the main series.
well with that naming they sure want you to think it is