I knew the diorama wasn't gonna be small, but like where am I supposed to put this. Its a massive outer box. I put it next to the 1st chapter special edition just so you can see the scale of it. I just find it slightly outrageous. How can I display it? Anyway Im not mad. I just wasn't expecting it. 🤣
The very first time a protagonist party FINALLY mets the leader of the society
....ANDDDDDD its only in the Garden.....
And only like 5-6 minutes of screentime despite being on the cover.
She sure likes to be in the covers of games to signify a major role in the plot only to just play a really small part in the game plot.
Huh.
Anyways what did you think of the scene were we finally come face-to-face with the GM herself ?
Had a gigantic box show up on my doorstep today and it turned out to be the rest of the collector’s edition! They said it would ship in mid November, so I have no idea why it arrived so early, but I’ll take it. I’m satisfied, although the diorama definitely doesn’t look as good as the pictures. The styrofoam bracer emblem is neat!
Hi i had the chance to discover trails licence this year and decided to play every games because i love the quality of the story , developpement of protagonist , sidequest , the lore construction and i had pleasure to love every trails i have played so far!
Right now i finished trails azure and have to say that this game is the best one for me , already really liked previous trails but didnt expect that azure will be sogood
The developpement of previous character was great , reallyliked the plot twist and antagonist too! Really fell like the story was great and very well written !
This game was so good that i would like to continue playing every trails and will start cold steel! Since i play games mostly for story i would like to ask to you if next game and cold steel has great story like azure?
Have a great day!
There are some changes that I genuinely dislike, for example, Dorothy and Nial's character are WAAAAY different than in the remakes, and honestly their voices are... not as good, but so far, Kevin, Erika and Cid's voices are so damn perfect, specially Erika
It's gonna take quite a bit to get used to this format of gameplay, but I feel like this is going to be a really good time
But so far, characters feel WAY more charismatic than in FC and SC remakes? and they're definetly more unhinged as well, and I love it
It does also feel like they're a bit less restricted? FC and SC felt more kid friendly but the original 3rd from the very beginning already deals with Kevin flirting to have sex with a random girl and actual profanities which is very nice
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I strongly remember this scene because it felt like Van was close to breaking down. The scene hits harder with Marielle crying in the background.
Van lost a dear friend whom he has trusted for quite a while. Even helping Van when he was just starting out.
Marielle lost a person whose love was never meant to be. And when you think about the potential future they could have had, yet it was cut short in Daybreak 1 thanks to Gerard Eldarion.
It really really elevates this moment in daybreak 2 so much.
I think this was where i got tears. I was not expecting such a well executed final moment. While Daybreak 2 has low-lows, to me its high highs far outweights the low moments because it has characters that i do like and am excited to see more of.
That's why it's hard for me to slander daybreak 2. It does so much for Van's character progression. And that's why i am curious to see if Horizon 2 will be able to deliver something as emotional as this.
TLDR: I like daybreak 2
Today I am incredibly excited to announce my newest endeavor: TowaDB.
TowaDB (TowaDatabase) is an unofficial repository dedicated to archiving and preserving the history of Nihon Falcom. Born out of what was originally Ys Database (YSDB), TowaDB is an all-encompassing Falcom Database intended to aggregate every single official Falcom material under one umbrella. What this means is art, assets, visual materials, development materials, interviews-- so on and so forth.
The intent is to make it easier for users to navigate to this database, find what they're looking for through targeted filtering or text queries and reference it in a matter of seconds or minutes.
As with YSDB, I am the lead programmer of this project and have designed the full-stack solution: front-end, back-end and AWS database deployment for this web-app.
For those that don't know, I was not only responsible for YSDB but also the translations I would post on Twitter. My translation effort has grown in recent time with my own in-house translation team: AZOTH. Comprised of myself, Jimbus, Arkii and Ammar, these three have made incredible endeavors in mastering the language and providing me support in delivering quality translations as we start to ramp up and take on project, after project. These three will be joining me in not only translating Falcom interviews, light novels, drama CD's and more but also in the archival and aggregation endeavor under the wider umbrella of Towa Database.
I'd like to give them special thanks for taking on the increasing amount of translation work and helping take on the responsibility of maintaining what will be our "home" with TowaDB.
What this means right now: You can navigate to the TowaDB web application and peruse the web-app. To commemorate the launch of the site my team, AZOTH, translated a legacy interview from the Kiseki Series 10th Anniversary Memorial Book: Sept Archive and stores the current Kai no Kiseki (Trails Beyond the Horizon) and Sora no Kiseki (Trails in the Sky) remake interviews. Within the next week, the "Gallery" feature will also go-live with official materials featured across Falcom's various works.
What this means going forward: The intent is to centralize Falcom archival under one umbrella and connect, hopefully, to other fan endeavors to create this digital mesh of resources for transparency and ease-of-access. And, our long-term goal, is to eventually treat TowaDB as a knowledge base so players can learn more about the studio, its history and trace its legacy through to works they are currently or might be interested in.
Thank you for your time.
Website: https://towadb.app/
Twitter: https://x.com/towadatabase
With me only having really started with Horizon, I don´t know much about him yet. But why is the primary attribute I would give him... cuteness?
Don't get me wrong im glad I still managed to get a rank on that narrow of a margin but come on! Where in the hell did I miss one BP?! I spent hours running around everywhere multiple times to make sure I didn't miss any triggers and I save scumed all the important decisions so I wouldnt miss any points.
Hey all, new Trails fan that got into it with the Remakes, and has now recently finished Sky 3rd as well. Something that's been on my mind a bit playing through these games and seeing how people talk about them is the split between how people talk about the story and how they talk about the gameplay/combat.
I think that it's obvious a big reason why this series is praised or talked about or loved is its storytelling approach and the long running continuity between games that builds upon itself, something very rare across gaming. Goes without saying I really loved those things in the Sky games, the slowburn character work and their heartfelt dynamics, the lived in world etc. But I wouldn't like these games nearly as much if I also didn't have such a genuinely great time with the core gameplay and the combat, especially when it came down to the Remakes.
However, it seems that general JRPG consensus (or even among Trails fans themselves) is that Trails combat isn't all that interesting or great because of it being too easy, too easy to break, too monotonous, stuff along those lines. And I'm curious why that is, or what the frame of reference/comparison is? Even from playthroughs I've seen, people struggle even on Normal mode with bosses or even regular encounters sometimes, let alone harder difficulties. My experience was that action economy mattered a lot, I made constant use of buffs and utility abilities, the positioning gimmick adds spice and is always relevant in optimizing your DPS output and staying safe and you're always thinking about it, the quartz customization system is very fun to mess around with and has you thinking about optimal combinations and abilities you want for each character depending on their role in the party etc. In the remake this sentiment rings even more true because of auxilliary systems like eating that gives you permanent stat bonuses and the option to craft and upgrade equipment which makes engaging with the world and finding resources more valuable and meaningful, especially if you're playing on Nightmare where every edge you get matters.
Long story short, I found that all the various mechanics and gameplay systems fed into each other nicely and I made use of most of it, which I'm not really sure I can confidently say is true on average. I know this is the Falcom subreddit so they might be more biased to validate me, but as I said even Trails fans themselves kind of dunk on the combat a lot of the time so once again I'm kind of curious why that is.
Hey all, sorry for the delay on this one, and not including a picture of The Lovers Card. Turns out Reddit will just auto-delete any post with that image, so... I mean, you can find it if you really want.
After a foray into speculation, we're back with a character we know well... The Lovers. Luci's story actually fits her card incredibly well, almost as well as Loewe, so let's jump straight into the Lovers arcana.
The lovers represents, as you can probably surmise, a healthy and stable relationship. Still, there's a little more than that, it can also represent a choice between two completely exclusive options, such as a choice between two lovers, and its place following the Hierophant leads to its connotations being that of someone who defines their own morality in place of adhering to others. We can see pieces of that in Luci, but it doesn't entirely define her story.
So, is Luciola reversed? Well, the reversed Lovers can refer to conflict and disharmony, and imbalanced relationship, as well as blaming others for the consequences of your choices. That definitely sounds like Luci's story too... So what gives? Is she upright or not? To which I would say Luciola's definitely a switch... I mean, she switches her tarot position back and forth, get your mind out of the gutter.
So, early Luci is definitely upright, she has a secure and healthy home with the troupe, she has her own sense of morality, by all accounts she's a good person... Until she's faced with a choice. A breakdown in communication causes her to embrace conflict, lashing out and embracing the instant gratification of the reversed lovers. Did Mr Harvey have to die? No, of course not, but when Luci lost her stability all she had left was imbalance, so she latched onto it. When referring to love directly, the reversed Lovers card often speaks to a passionless detached relationship, and that's what we see of Luci when she returns in 2nd. Cold, uncaring, and pushing Schera away to keep from seeing the consequences of her actions.
That said... It's not how we leave Luci. The consequences she was so scared of turns out to be worse than she could imagine, because Scherazard doesn't hate her. In spite of it all. This seems to return Luci to the upright position, at least to a certain extent. I don't think Luci staying so far from the spotlight is a coincidence, I think she chose it. I think Luci is in a self-imposed exile, facing the consequences of her actions by being the worst thing a Lover can be: Alone.
Luci's story is incredibly sad one, she was barely an adult when she killed Mr Harvey, and her life since has been one of pain and sorrow. Still, she did what she did, that can't be denied. What's a fair ending for Luci? Ultimately the series is very much on the forgiveness train, and I think that'll likely be the case with Luciola. I doubt they'll be so crass as to pair her up with someone, but the Lovers includes all kinds of love. Hopefully, she'll receive exactly the kind of love she needs.
If you know you know.
My mom left me a real life orbment from sky.
So my mom passed away this january and i've been looking through her stuff these days and found this. I'm guessing I'm having my Estelle moments this year.
Just in time to finish the sky remakes too.
(yes I know it's a pocket watch, just thought it was a nice thing)
I got these included with a Pinbox Collection from mainly Ys and Trails games. A Google lens wasn’t super helpful on where exactly they came from. I feel like maybe they were just a monthly throw in with an order or something but if anyone knows what they’re called exactly or where they came from I’m super curious.
>!I'm playing Trails from Zero and I'm halfway through chapter 4. They've revealed the existence of the cult, and they mentioned two things that really messed with my head. They mentioned the experiments on children and that the church took it upon itself to annihilate the small groups that tried to revive the sect.And it occurred to me that Kevin in Sky 3rd had mentioned that a cult had experimented on a child to transform him into a monster and he had to kill him. I don't know if they'll mention it again later, but if this is related, it's incredible.!<
