Valestein
Arcane
I bit the bullet and bought Trails into Reverie. It's the most pricey game I've bought in a while, but dammit, more Rean and Sara compelled me to get it.
In my fan translation he just asked if he's a boy or girl, because he's very femine looking. But nothing more in that way of stuff.IIRC he says in Japanese something like 'are you a boy or a girl?'. A much better translation would be 'I was wondering if I should call you Miss or Mister...'. No one talks like that in real life. There was another game, Super Robot wars 30 IIRC, that had the same problem: character says in japanese to ask if someone is a boy or a girl. English localizer changed it to ask for 'their pronouns' or something like that.
Anyway, total lolcowlizer death and all that. Pirate the game and use the fan pach, never give your money to Nisa.
Edit: Forgot to say, for good or bad Japanese companies are investing billions in AI translation so the localizers days are numbered. Sure AI will be bad for other reasons but at least I will laugh at the lolcowlizers having meltdowns on twitter. I had to change my account because most of them blocked me, all I posted was a picture of a clock and a laugh emoji.
rean?Enough with this fucking retarded femboy fad
HURR CAN YOU FIND MY SENTIMENTAL ITEM ITS MY GRANDFATHER CONDOM its really preciouss to me!1111. Kill this monster in the sewer save this generic sweetheart girl #53414! God forbid falcom write a woman that happens to be a bitch and not marriage material fantasy for weebs just once. Kill these wolves. Sit through generic cringe dialogue where you can predict thousands of words of it before its on screen because characters are boring archetypes that never break the mold.
Yup the next 3-4 hours of gameplay are pure shit. The padding for trails games is worse then old jrpgs with high encounter rates at times.
Your bullshit ain't gonna fly here when you've already proven you're 40 hours in and grabbed the game before the fans even touched it, babe. Go play the nonchalant girlfriend on some other forum.I only completed 2 trails games its very easy to abandon them especially the sequel titles. I play a lot of jrpg including tons of indie shit doesn't mean I play the games all the way though. Fyi I don't even read my profile messages till the last letter cause im not looking to fuck anyone here.
I loathe to let negativity overtake me, but I did not like the portents lurking at the end of the quest Blacking Out Blackmail, because those come from Falcom rather than NISA. Those who know, know.
You made me curious and I checked the quest. Is the plot basically a closeted faggot being blackmailed and the MC reaffirms him? If so that reminds me of western games a few years ago, now faggs are everywhere and the devs are pushing more and more stuff like that. I guess Japan is internally going down the same path, lolcowlizers are not required now.I loathe to let negativity overtake me, but I did not like the portents lurking at the end of the quest Blacking Out Blackmail, because those come from Falcom rather than NISA. Those who know, know.
On a more positive note, I think Van's an awesome MC thus far.
There's gay people throughout the series. I don't think this was particularly ham-fisted in or whatever. Not a big deal.
Is the plot basically a closeted faggot being blackmailed and the MC reaffirms him?
I guess Japan is internally going down the same path, lolcowlizers are not required now.
Delving into more meta matters, just an hour of gameplay later, Van was interrogated and grilled at the police station about his underage companion having a gun. Now, this might sound sensible to a third party reader who's never played the series, but the fact is that this a gigantic more-than-retcon. Underage characters have always had weapons in the setting. It has been part of it since the beginning. It is a FACT that has never been focused on, because it shouldn't.
Van's defense of the situation was lackluster (not that this should ever be in question in a game, ever).
There's gay people throughout the series. I don't think this was particularly ham-fisted in or whatever. Not a big deal.
They've definitely been around, of that there is no doubt. The most recent obvious one was the Reverie Bracer lobby guy in Crossbell (if I recall correctly?). Peppering the setting with camp and quirky characters here and there is fine, hilarious even at times when it's done for a shock or comedy factor; but I do have a problem when they take front and center focus. Having an entire quest focused around that is hinging on on-the-nose. The implications of it are entirely political, and entirely fourth wall breaking. It would be interesting if it was encountered 30 years ago, now it's just really really done for effect.
Is the plot basically a closeted faggot being blackmailed and the MC reaffirms him?
Yes.
I guess Japan is internally going down the same path, lolcowlizers are not required now.
I have relayed my thoughts on Japan being an eternal savior before (they're not). Japan makes beautiful and wondrous things, but they don't possess any sort of immunity.
This doesn't stop here. There are other issues, or rather signs of issues.
Delving into more meta matters, just an hour of gameplay later, Van was interrogated and grilled at the police station about his underage companion having a gun. Now, this might sound sensible to a third party reader who's never played the series, but the fact is that this a gigantic more-than-retcon. Underage characters have always had weapons in the setting. It has been part of it since the beginning. It is a FACT that has never been focused on, because it shouldn't.
Van's defense of the situation was lackluster (not that this should ever be in question in a game, ever).
My stance is the same as always; I try to err on the side of positivity, without ignoring obvious problems.
Looking for the expert input of fellow veterans Lyre Mors and Val the Moofia Boss and whoever other honest player has thoughts on this matter.
Oh dear
NTR confirmed in the upcoming Trails game, abandon all hope. Goodness gracious what were they thinking?
The game was fun enough to finish and I will be getting Kuro 2, but I like the visuals and turn based combat and the character personalities are likeable (or at least, inoffensive), and I like some of the music, but I am not enthralled by the Kuro series like I was with Cold Steel.how it's even possible?It's worse than any CS game.
That's exactly it sans the gameplay part. One of the game's features that Falcom really paraded in all the pre-release material is the two battle systems thing: if you're just running around a dungeon, you can bust it down real-time style like it's a very bad hack and slash or swap to turn-based which is more similar to Cold Steel. All boss battles take place in forced turn-based.The game was fun enough to finish and I will be getting Kuro 2, but I like the visuals and turn based combat and the character personalities are likeable (or at least, inoffensive), and I like some of the music, but I am not enthralled by the Kuro series like I was with Cold Steel.how it's even possible?It's worse than any CS game.
I only kinda liked Cold Steel 1, had to force myself through Cold Steel 2 and I quit Cold Steel 3 after 10 hours.
Is this new game exactly the same gameplay and style or does it play different? I mean, endless dialogue, every character has to say one line in a scene, huge amount of exposition. Anime cliche around every corner?
They've had asses since CS3.
Do character models finally have an ass or is it still flat pancakes??
They've had asses since CS3.
Do character models finally have an ass or is it still flat pancakes??