How is this the highest rated game of the year?
>>748147839Astroturfing
don't know i haven't finished it yet
>>748147839Because it's a masterpiece. Easily the best jrpg series of all time. https://youtu.be/kYETWNSHLXk?si=YQ8U2U_-9piXVIjD
Honest jrpg and one of the best remake there is. Most of the time the remake is way worse than the original. Here it's as good if not straight up better.Literally the only valid criticism I've seen online is that they changed Estelle pantsu for spats (I prefer spats)
It has a 4.87 on PSN. That puts it at about #20.That's insane.
Ehehe, TiTS. It says TiTS 2!!!
There's a bit of a difference when 20 people who bought the game give it a 5, in comparison to a game where there's millions of people.
>>7481489853d garbo
>>748147839yes hello what's the best version to play the originals?I have a chinkdroid pocket 5
Currently just started ch2 and called it a day.Playing on max difficulty and it's actually monstrously hard, the Ch1 boss was fucking insane.While the game itself is a romhack of trails in the sky 1, it's still fun because of the difficulty, seriously I'm used to falcom games being hard in early game and getting piss easy starting midgame, but this one is hard throughout, this is arguably the hardest jrpg I played.
>>748149608PC with voice mods,
>>748147839it's a fun jrpg
>>748147839Don't worry, it took a while for Trails 1st to drop from 91 to 87 too. Barely anyone even reviews this shit game in the first place.
>>748147839Trails fans are massive cultists who will genuinely tell you that the generic, low-stakes shonen writing and empty corridor levels are "peak"
>>748149734wait until some posers post>akshually I beat it first time with no grinding hard mode patch when?
>>748150098It's really impressive how low budget this game is, even for Falcom standards.I mean so far 2 regions I visited are nothing but ports of maps from the previous game.Seems like Ys is the high effort IP while this is the budget gathering IP.
>>748150098when every other game is about saving the world or killing gods, a down-to-earth honest story stands out
>>748148724Keep crying fejeet
>>748150281Are you a larper? Trails shit is the most shonen save the universe story ever, nothing about it is down to earth.
Shut up nigger. Its censored slop, you can pirate it btw which you should do because they dont deserve your money.
>>748150281In the first one you stop a coup d'etat.I figure you'll be saving the world in the third one.
>>748150381You didn't even buy the original games lmao
>>748150281Yeah about that gods thing....
>>748150378post SC Trails is not canon tho
>>748150421I am literally saving the western civilization, shut the fuck up.
>>748150098>generic, low-stakes shonen writingI will take that over deep story with absolute shit ending.
>>748150381gooners need the rope
>>748150472Post the original games and your playtime
>>748147839Rabid kisekisloppers, groomed by Kondo, the king of of reused assets and regurgitating JRPG tropes
>>748150381Saw this and decided to pirate it.
>>748150608You were never going to buy it.You are just lying to yourself.
>>748150381spats are better than another pair of pants btw also you literally have nothing else to complain about, that says a lot about how good this game truly is
>>748150608Feel free to anon, I pirated FC back in the day too after all. But let's be real, we both know you weren't going to play it anyway because both games already have a 10 hours long demo.
>>748150681True, since it's not on gog. I am not paying extra for a license from the yacht fat fuck.
>>748150681Nta, and I won't until they go back and make more games like Gurumin, Brandish and Xanadu Next
>>748150923>>748150909I accept your defeat.
>>748150909The OG are on GoG, that's where I bought them. I wonder when the remakes will be on gog too. >>748150923Try Zwei then
>>748147839I dont wanna commit to playing 10 games to follow the story of this franchise
>>748150497Don't worry you still get shit endings
>>748147839play the series and find out
>>748147839It has the cutest girl
we STILL have games with attractive female characters
>>748151218Why is she called Analace?
>>748147839fc,sc and ao are legitimately great games
>>748151112If you watched Naruto you already know the story.
>>748151267just imagine
>>748151318>Naruto but not gaywhere is the problem?
>>748151249shame about her voice
>>748151359>trails>not gaylol, but at least you admit that it has shit writing
Wolverine lost.Heart >>>>>> 980 million dollar budget.
>>748151792>Noisy Pixel is giving this 7.5/10 JRPG... a 16.5/10
>>748150747>spats are betterI like panties better. Your opinion doesnt justify censorship.
>>748151792>based on 10 reviews0 motion
Holy shit they went all out in terms of animation for Josh vs Loewe, arguably made Josh look stronger and cooler than in the original scene.
>>748151845If she's wearing spats by default now wouldn't they have to rewrite the scenes of characters telling Bestelle her pussy is showing?
>>748150309Obsessed + rent free + trails is a bigger jeet magnet
>>748151895Falcom always wins.
>>748151112Nobody forces you to play 10 games, FC+SC is a good entry and exit point, you miss nothing of value by just stopping there
>>748151792Now do that with fire emblem jeet too
>>748151845>But I (me) like panties better!!! Keep crying spats are better. Anyway like I said the fact you keep repeating this over and over shows there isn't much to complain about in this game to begin with. There's already thousand of games with panties. Otherwise just mod it.
>>748151845Notice how pantiesfags won't prove they bought the original games?
of course the panty pedo shows up and tries to derail the thread again
>>748152016I've literally never seen a single jeet playing trails. It's either japanese, whites or chinks.>>748152262If they were so poor they pirated it, I could respect that. I was there too back then and pirated most of my games until I had a job. Otherwise: opinion rejected.
>>748147839Just a reminderthis game is good just because the original is good. Falcom cant do good games anymore.
>>748152430It's just tendies always calling others jeets, God forbids having threads about other jrpgs
>>748152241>>748152262Why do you worship censorship? Why do you hate artisic freedom? Why do you want ratings boards to control the whole world.
>>748149734i assume you're playing the original? I remember getting traumatized by the prologue boss in sky 2 on hard. The rest of the game was fairly manageable after that (aside from maybe one quest that i had to look up the strategy for)
>>748153016>Why do you worship censorship?Why didn't you buy the original game with panties? Why complain about something you never bought?
>>748153665Why are you making up fake scenarios in your head with no evidence? Why do you worship censorship?
It's really really good. A fantastic remake that compliments the original well.
>>748147839Good remake of a classic.
>>748147839>17 reviews>GTAVI and Zelda Ocarina of Time aren't out yetThere's your answers.
>>748154160There's no way this wasn't written by a bot
>>748150381If I see you post this one more time I'm gonna buy a copy just to spite you shut the fuck up.
It's white.
>>748154448Shut up faggot. You wont buy shit
>>748152092doesnt this franchise have 821371289373 direct sequels?
>>748147839>Less reviews>Metacritic/etc just picked the highest rating for a specific consoleGTA6/Zelda will rape its corpse.
>>748151604>main couple doesn't take 10 games to get togetherthey never get together though, not even a kiss, nothing.
>>748154135Why not just post your games and your playtime then?
>>748150281>down to earth>main antagonist in FC was mind controlled and they had a giant robot in the basement>Trainees with the level of freedom that Estelle/Joshua (and technically Tita) are givenThen wait until when Ouroboros and the rest of SC happens.
>>748154652>Zeldajeet excuse to avoid Zelda vs GTA6
>>748154621FC + SC is a finished story. Sequel series deal with other regions, old characters mostly show up as cameos with very minor character development.
>>748154847>avoid Zelda vs GTA6That's the literally the matchup of 2026 retard. The fuck are you talking about?
>>748154916So it's just like Final Fantasy Persona?
>>748147839she FUARKING won
>>748154950Gta6 is going to rape Zelda so hard
>>748154786I dont need to justify proove anything to a random schizo who is hallucinating that I "never played" something. I played the original that wasnt censored and you dont deserve a screenshot because you are a nigger, tounge my anus.
>>748154621If you like them, keep playing; if not, as you’ve been told, you can play the first two and then stop. It’s silly to force yourself to play them all, otherwise you’d end up just like some of the retards in their general, hating most of the games but, for some reason, don’t even consider stopping playing them.
>>748154621the series honestly dies after zeroaround the midpoint of azure which is 5 games down the line is when the mask truly falls off
>>748155002Sales? Probably. GotY and review scores? Lol yeah we'll see.
>>748147839Average games of 20 years ago are 10/10 when put next to the garbage of nowadays.
Because it is literally what every remake should be. A graphical improvement while staying faithful to the original. A remake's greatest achievement is to replace the original and the Sky remakes do that.
>>748150381I remember there was a scene in the original where Estelle accidentally flashes her pantsu because she forgets that her new outfit doesn't have spats. Did they remove that scene from the remake?
>>748154442Get gaped faggot.
>>748155512You do not understand that they cannot do this otherwise people will start to notice that video game design quality has been steadily declining. They have to make the remake garbage so that gamer turds don't accidentally develop taste and make it impossible for them to sell their next non-remake game.
>>748155512Wrong. Its a censored demake with none of the charm the original had.
>>748154916I'd say part 3 puts a nice dot on the i, but it's not my favorite.
>>7481563693rd is basically an optional epilogue, it's only for people who really want more.Kevin deserved more.
>>748156420Yeah, I'd actually argue Kevin is better in Horizon. Teaming him up with Rufus was a bold play but they're a fun duo.
>>748149608My steam deck runs the Switch version ok, so you should try that.
>>748147839it was always based
>>748155512You'll say the same thing when the Trails remake remake releases in 2050 and replaces this one, and the incest will continue on and on and on forever.
>>748149734Kill yourself, you're as bad as speedtrannies, play on normal and have fun, FromSoft faggotStop trying to play every game in impossible difficulty because you cannot have fun
>>748157342If I'm going to play a JRPG on anything other than the hardest difficulty, I may as well read a visual novel instead of wasting my time with the gameplay.
>>748147839The first game filtered out all the people who wouldn't enjoy this kind of game
Trailschads, do I have to play this shit?
Because
Any mods that lets Estelle go commando while wearing a skirt?
>>748157342Playing on normal is for gamer dads
>>748155512They even fixed the overlocalization
>>748157565it's pretty decent. it's an action game with some mild platforming. not canon (or is it?)
>>748158236I tried playing it and it's okay but I wasn't really getting into it. I'll make myself play it if it's actually part of the Trails series. Some people say it is, some people say it just has Trails in the name but has nothing to do with the other games.
Censorware is always shilled by marketers and "fans" (bought and paid for by the way) to drown out criticism of their DEI agenda.
>>748158302it wasn't connected for a long time (takes place on a different world supposedly) but some of the revelations about the world in later games has made some people rethink
>>748147839It's based af that's why
>>748158471If this becomes a fucking multiverse series then I assume at some point Adol will be a party member
>>748147839Solely to make browns seethe.
>>748158837it's not a multiverse, more like "this setting is way older and bigger than we had been led to believe"
You are not ready when 3rd releases and you replay the same maps for The Third time
>>748159349i'll be there day one
There is like no good Estelle porn
>>748148985shill
>>748159334I guess I'll play Nayuta then in case it ends up mattering
>>748159349I love 3rd but I wish they'd do something about that Tita door. It catches you off guard because it's the first door you get to and it lasts for literally an hour, and the other doors aren't like that.
>>748159636kek i remember that. it locks you in for an hour and then gives you a tutorial after
>>748159735There's no warning. You have no reason to expect a literal hour of text. And then the other doors you encounter aren't like that at all so I have no idea what they were thinking starting you with that one.
>>748159809Exactly. I was playing late at night and had work the following morning, and I was just waiting for it to end so I could save and go to bed. kek
>>748147839Look at the competition from the west
>>748150381Is it censorship or did they decide that spats suit Estelle's character better? Because they do.
>>748150381The original is cucked and censored, it doesn't even have Renne panties. The remake is a based gem defying censorship.
>>748154740The fuck are you talking about? They kiss in the very first game.
>>748147839Only a few fanboy journos review it and overcompensate the grades as if saying 'please play this series that I like that it's niche even though I only like one arc that I played when I was 13 and shit on the others'
>>748147839Lack of reviews tends to lead to much higher scores. The same reason Sektori (who?) is actually the highest-rated game this year.
>>748161747God bless nips and their autism.
>>748162286SektoriCHADS get in here
>>748161932second game too lol theres just no public displays of affection which is true for like all of these fucking games except for the wedding at the end of CS4
Why is Persona mainstream and not really treated as an "anime game" while Trails is treated like a niche product for weebs?
>>748150098The low stakes aspect is exactly why I liked it. FC genuienly felt like an adventure going to different towns, meeting locals and exploring stuff while solving scooby doo main story quests to rise in the Bracer ranks.It was a change of pace from the dime in a dozen "world ending/punching god in the face" JRPGs. It felt very mundane until the end. Cant say anything about SC since I have yet to play it.
>>748161747Impressive.
>>748162549persona is published by SEGA, one of the biggest names in gaming
>>748162549Persona has long stretches of social-elements before the RPG gameplay gets in the way. Plus its got the basics of a story that even the illiterates can enjoy because it's snappy.Trails by comparison is a long haul, even with their english dub spelling it all out for them. Lose the plot and their dumbshit minds can't recover. Oh and you have little girls in Trails while Persona mostly keeps it highschool with lankier proportions.
>>748162675Yeah I love that too. It's a relaxing kind of JRPG. I like that it takes its time and lets you enjoy all the characters. I get why that doesn't work for some people, but it really works for me.
>>748162549>Why is Persona mainstream and not really treated as an "animeWhat, everyone bitches about some tropes on Persona, hell to this day some people are still mad the girls hitted Ryuji on the end of the boat palace
>>748162549Persona was/is maximum weeb with the whole "friendships with your fake friends and anime girlfriends". Somewhere along the line with persona 5 it became non weeb possibly because the "masses" played it and they don't want to think of themselves as weeb. Even though the games are arguably more weeby than any trials game and you can date little girls and boys.
>>748162871Yeah but that doesn't stop it from selling 10x as much as other JRPG series that don't have those tropes they supposedly hate so much.
>>748162978I think anime in general got a massive influx of normies and persona just happened to get swept up in that tide. It helps that persona 5 has been getting jerked off for like a decade at this point by ATLUS. So it has had time for a solid fanbase of people to come around a single game.
sky fans really love sky but ignore the rest of the series. if they looked at the other kiseki games they would notice that sky actually sucks and isn't anything special. it really is a bizzare phenomenon that the sky remakes are getting incredibly high scores when any other kind of jrpg with this much asset reuse and shit pacing would get doomed into the 70s.the only way I can explain the remakes is that it's basically a cult that surrounds the series. it's impossible to honestly discuss niche series like this becuase the fandoms have been overrun with tourists.
>>748162978I think it goes more like>>748162812 said, persona found a niche that wasn't and its still not filled to this day, people excuse the tropes to play their anime high-school simulator compared to other jrpgs series which got less tropes but don't fill that niche
Persona 5 in particular lets you romance adults which means the population of ""people"" who give you the side-eye when you talk about romancing highschoolers and the ages of fictional characters can take the moral highground and pretend that they're not weird for liking an anime game.
>>748157565its unknown if its connected at the moment but it's highly likely that it can be. There's direct connections with Towa atleast which may or may not be canon.
>>748163123Why's the asset reuse a problem? The story has it take place in the same towns, only months after the first game. Why should they be different?
>>748163187There's a reason why Persona is one of the more modern examples of>RPG fan excited to play favorite game for the first timebecause its audience has ballooned to the point where it has demographics of people who hate RPGs, who hate turn-based gameplay, and people who just hate gameplay, and combinations of those aforementioned traits.
>>748161703You are a nigger
>>748163251I've only made it to Cold Steel 1 so far. I noticed that Millium has a stuffed doll of the fairy from Nayuta in her room. Seems like nothing but a little nod, like how Laura finds a Dogi toy in the store in one of her bonding events. But I guess they could decide it's canon later.
>>748163303It isn't in a vacuum but tons of retarded fans go on and on about the world building in a series that reuses NPC models as much as possible.
>>748163303because it makes playing the games back to back a terrible drag and exposes the kind of low budget jank the series has always been. they dump all the same old assets at you and force you to do yet another tour of the world before they can actually let you start getting into the good story. this is the same formula for every kiseki entry. the start of SC is incredibly fucking dull and boring. the fact that you need to put around 20+ hours into the game before it actually starts getting into new or interesting territory should be a giant red flag as to how the fuck it got a score in the 90s.
>>748148724But enough about cuck emblem: nog edition
>>748163457Worldbuilding is less about the reusage of the same faces of townspeople than it is about consistency and how frequently townsfolk have different things to say.
>>748163325P6 will be the real test to see if those faggots will actually stay or go to another popular fade, I think it will be a middle of the road situation as Atlus might play safe
>>748155612I just assume every bit is dialouge and character that was charming in the original has been removed.
>>748163481It's not a series for brainrotted tiktok zoomers. Maybe stick to cocomelon
>>748156369>>7481564203rd is peak. I'm playing it right now and I honestly think I'm enjoying it more than FC and SC. I'm genuinely confused why people shit on it.
>>748163625People dislike 3rd because of how loosely interconnected it is when you just take its main story beats and NOT the optional Doors.3rd is fantastic.
>>748163568i've played every kiseki game, it has nothing to do with dead brain zoomers. there's a reason why modern kiseki has been forced to be on hiatus, modern fans have had enough of filler and shit pacing and sky suffers from the same issues that every entry in the series does.
>>748163625It's just not what people were expecting. If you go into it knowing it's a different kind of game, I do think it's amazing. I tell Kingdom Hearts fans that 3rd is the Chain of Memories of the series.
>>748162465This is my problem, the romance in the games is Persona social link tier. It literally doesn't matter at all. If you remove it, nothing will change.
>>748163792Sky trilogy is the only one that matters. Everything else is filler.
>>748163531>consistency and how frequently townsfolk have different things to say.LMAO
>>748163754I am doing all the optional doors though and I'm loving it.
>>748163531>consistency and how frequently townsfolk have different things to sayBased
>>748163531I hate this shit. My autism makes me check what every NPC has to say, and most of the time it's worthless stuff, so it's just a slog.
>>748164069Then don't do it. Tons of JRPGs have updating NPC dialog. Trails shills are just retarded.
Play SC or Tita might cry. You wouldn't want that, would you anon?
I miss the chest messages
>>748164195Other jrpgs don't have the same quality of NPCs that trails have.
>>748164493You're right. They're often better.
>>748164493>Other jrpgs don't have the same quantity of NPCs that trails have.Fix'd.All Trails has is bloat.
>>748164493Only notable Trails one are the ones with requests, the rest is just like other jrpgs
>>748164516>>748164583>>748164628Name one jrpg that has well written NPCs that actually grows and develops throughout each game like the thors NPCs.
>>748164709Thor's ones got requests, the students that weren't recruited to the ship in CS2 were literal who's that were not important, same for the ones that help in CS4
>>748164709If the best part of your game is the worst part of any JRPG (talking to NPCs), then it's over already.
>>748164709>well written NPCsCertainly not fucking Trails lol
>>748164982Literally no one said anything about it being the best part. It's just another aspect that makes Trails engaging.>>748165114>no argumentsTrails npcs goes through more development than all members of the phantom thieves.
>>748155512White post.
>>748165575>Trails npcs goes through more development than all members of the phantom thieves.Not even you believe that.
>>748155512>defending censored demake slopabrown post award
>>748165575I don't know man, I've seen people suck off unique NPC dialog for decades and act like it's something only Trails does. It really just outs them as tourists completely ignorant of the genre.
no it sucks because rean isn't in it
>>748166180all members of the pt remain the same past their arcs. Ryuji after Kamoshida is the same Ryuji by the end. Any development they might have are locked behind optional social links that don't change the way they act in the main story even if you complete all of them because Atlus are hacks. Meanwhile Alan develops from cs1 all the way to cs4.
>>748166852>Alan>no last nameso this is the power of trails world building lol
>>748166954>nitpicking when you don't have any arguments
>>748167316i don't know what country you're from but in most of the civilized world you're expected to know a friend's full name.
>>748150512no, they need the pantsu
>>748150747>nothing else to complain aboutComplaining about censorship IS the way forward. You should always complain when a game gets censored.
Trails series for me is a solid 7/10 overall. I don't think its the greatest ongoing story of all time, but I enjoy my time with it.
>>748167653ok now what does that have to do with the pt being poorly written and trails npcs being well written?
>>748166852>character development is turning into an entirely different person in a few dayslol
>>748163123Cold steel is garbage
>>748163123>trails>niche
If you don't think it deserves top 10 of the year I would love to see your top 10.> But it's not a new game reallyI don't give a shit.
Tendies and fire emblem nigger weave lovers (all 5 of them) are really mad this game scored higher huh lol
>>748163123The quality of these games plummet after Azure. No one with a brain likes games past Sky and Crossbell.
>>748168492>persona>now fire emblemWhat will be the next big name you'll need to drop to feel relevant?
>>748168234cs1 to cs4 span years retard. You'd know this if you actually played the games.
>>748161747Finally, some pro gameplay footage!
Can I see Kloe, Anelace, Schera and Renne panties in the original? No? Original is censored garbage and if you disagree you are pro woke
>>748166852Nah, the speech he gives on the velvet room jail is a good development even if done quick(especially compared to people in trails where class 7 development can be counted in one hand, CS3 class 7 was done much better) and there is also the third semester stuff
>>748168781You guys got me on Renee, remakechads won.
>>748168781where is the estelle pants in the remake
>>748147839I'm playing through 1st chapter right now. It's a nice looking budget jrpg and plays nice also.Just way too much escorts fights and some cutscenes have like only one npc being voiced. Just make it like the cutscene is fully voiced or not, not this bullshit.
>>748168949Where is Renne panties in the original?
waiting for them to release all the patches and DLCs then i can pirate
>>748169071Don't reply to a question with a question. you spend 80 hours with Estelle in the game, not Renne.
>>748169024I don't know why Falcom does such inconsistent voice acting even within the same cutscene.
>>748147839Because barely anyone reviewed it and barely anyone bought it
>>748169189seiyuu very expensive please understand. Also wasting budget on an unneeded ancillary english dub with worse voice actors across the board.
>>748169346Nah, Estelle's game will sell even better than 1
I'm playing though vol 1, it'sy first proper JRPG I'm trying to beat I just beat the sky pirates for the second time in chapter 1. I'm enjoying so far, story is fine I wish it would pick up a little bit, I'm worried combat will get stale half way through. Also my name is Joshua so hear Estelle say it all the time is nice to the ears
>>748169742It definitely takes its time setting everything up. Just accept the slower pace and enjoy getting to know the characters, and I'm sure that when you're finished, you'll be really eager to play the sequel.
I kind of don't like that most of the DLC is just extra items. Kind of feel like you're fucking with the balance and design of the game.
>>748169954That's what I heard it picks up a bit chapter 2. I used to hate JRPGs as a kid but I am enjoying this so far
>>748170104It doesn't really even do that. It would take like minutes to farm the paltry amount of extra shit it gives you. A lot of JRPGs have this, it's just a dumb retard tax.
>>748170545I hate how tempted I am to buy the sexy costume DLC. I'd barely even use it because it obviously takes you out of the immersion of the game.
>>748170543The Trails games are just so comfy to me. Nothing quite like it.
>>748170723Only the first ones are comfy though
>>748168781>KloeYes, retarded secondary.
>>748170543>I heard it picks up a bit chapter 2.After another 50 hours of nothing, sure.
>>748164069turbo mode is great for npc rounds, especially if you're a speed reader
>>748170636I bought the bunny suits in Horizon because they were seggs but other than that I normally pass. Photo mode is making these ones more tempting though.
>>748172101In Persona 3 Reload I liked having the sexy outfits for the girls, but A. They're free and you unlock them by playing, and B. There's long parts of that game where you're just dungeon crawling and no significant story cutscene is going to happen, so I like looking at the sexy costumes while I'm just grinding Tartarus. But there's no grinding in Trails, and it's all about the story, so I don't want to see the girls in bikinis during serious cutscenes.
>>748172659They added a toggle to turn off costumes during cutscenes. No idea how well it works.
