Trails of Cold Steel (and the Kiseki series in general)

[Briar King]

No plans to! I'm months(probably unless a drastic change happens) from a must buy to continue on so i got time to wait for a nice 15-30% discount to roll around. 

The set up on L's route is a bit different from the way C's could just move forward by having a "proceed" prompt so tomorrow night i ll be initiating R's Act 4 opening. I actually thought about doing it today back here in my room on the Portal but decided to axe that thought so I can see it on the 75in screen.

[Briar King]

Son left so big screen is free. I'm getting on early.

Let's go!

[Briar King]

Well it's feel dumb.. i discovered i actually could go back to C's route after all. It's just his banner thingy got placed below were i was at with R and L's routes..

That short session didn't work out so good so come the next hour or so I shall attempt again to engage R opening.

[Briar King]

R's Act 4 opening stuff

well that took a lot of time for so little advancement. Lots of dialog skits. Booooooooo that Rean is back to normal! I wanted those eyes! Laura! Fie! FINALLY! Hey that rhymes.

Tyrfing S is just a souped up Panzer Soldat.. big boo! The Aion looking thing is an...8th Divine Knight! Intriguing!

I've got to get up early tomorrow to call my meds in from TX Dr so we ll see if i can not fall back asleep after hanging up and try for some early playtime.

I'm in the Elm Wetlands and have yet to trigger Reans mirror scene. Man I bet that next trip to corridor is going to be complex/crowded. Phew.

[Eluvianii he/him]

I can only say there is good payoff for that mindblow at the end of act 3. It's just that the soldat ain't it. 

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2 hours ago, Briar King said:

R's Act 4 opening stuff

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well that took a lot of time for so little advancement. Lots of dialog skits. Booooooooo that Rean is back to normal! I wanted those eyes! Laura! Fie! FINALLY! Hey that rhymes.

Tyrfing S is just a souped up Panzer Soldat.. big boo! The Aion looking thing is an...8th Divine Knight! Intriguing!

I've got to get up early tomorrow to call my meds in from TX Dr so we ll see if i can not fall back asleep after hanging up and try for some early playtime.

I'm in the Elm Wetlands and have yet to trigger Reans mirror scene. Man I bet that next trip to corridor is going to be complex/crowded. Phew.

 

Is Rean back to normal? I don't think he is. He should keep those eyes the whole rest of the game, as I recall.

[Briar King]

Unfortunately for me he was back to normal. I even checked to see if it was in my costume. Nope.

[Eluvianii he/him]

I remember it dialing down a bit but not completely back to black. He gets like this part white part black hair for the remainder of the game. Can't recall the eyes tho. 

[Briar King]

I wish.. i just have plain Jane regular old Rean.

 

And oh I think that OCD sweep kid is now at Mishland. Hmm I wonder just like Gable if I load up a CS3&4 file if I'd find him here? Just like Gable he would have went right over my head playing CS 1st.

[Briar King]

Dang it! R Act 4 stuff

 

right before Rean walks out the Villa after Celine interrogates the EDF he winced and grabbed eye so I was like yeah finally I’m gonna get the double color look…nope he continues to be regular Rean.. 

Im now back in the corridor.

I WANT THE DOUBLE EYES ALREADY! Makes me wonder if the game was patched if yall had them from Act 3 ending forward and i don't..

Edited February 20, 2025 by Briar King

[Eluvianii he/him]

Alright, my bad. I went ahead and loaded a save from Act 4 and he indeed looks normal. The look does come back later but yeah, I didn't remember that interim. 

[Briar King]

What the heck is a VOFAN? I bought Alisa this outfit and it’s cool. Does everyone have one?

[Eluvianii he/him]

Far as I can tell that one's only for Alisa. Wish there were more unique ones but there's just too many characters. Biggest sin in the game for me is that Tita's costume "similar to what she wore growing up" is just a color swap.

[Briar King]

Dang.. that outfit is amazing 

[Briar King]

I have no actual progress report being in Corridor today. Just rusting almost overwhelming trying to manage quartz and gear for 41 current playable toons! Things are going nice being able to craft these higher quartz finally though.

Also unlocked some Tyrfing mini. Aidios knows when I ll get around to doing that with all this VM Pom and Daydreams I'm unlocking to but I'm interested in what that could be.

Yeah I can see myself totally passing Beryels Miranaire thingy. That is way to frustrating on even it's lowest lvl..

[Briar King]

Getting on way early right now cause im in discomfort back in my recliner with both knees in pain from last night so said to hell with this and took some pain meds and stretched out sideways on couch with some Heroes time. I ll try and finish out the stratum unless the meds give me the nods while I’m here.

[Briar King]

Failed. Got 2 floors done... Lots of pain throbbing and can't get comfortable so who knows what I ll get done later on. Lots of Daydreams unlocked and ready to see.

[Briar King]

Ok trying again to get through this with a bit more pain meds then earlier. While this hasn’t gone like I wanted it to today I did at least get the gold and white hair dye for Rean finally in the curio selection so I at least can rock the CS4 badass look until I get the other look I want.

Hopefully this Oxy will do its job and let me get in a good 3-4 hr session in.

[Briar King]

Hmm I don’t get it… I went through the 3rd which is far shorter overall than the 2nd was…I’m missing a gold and blue stone. Please tell me I don’t have to go through it all over again…what am I missing?? There is nothing in guide pointing this issue out. Ugh!!!!!! I’m lost on that one 

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1 minute ago, Briar King said:

Hmm I don’t get it… I went through the 3rd which is far shorter overall than the 2nd was…I’m missing a gold and blue stone. Please tell me I don’t have to go through it all over again…what am I missing?? There is nothing in guide pointing this issue out. Ugh!!!!!! I’m lost on that one 

The way the stones work is that you can't get them all in one run. You need to reset the enemies and go back in to get the last few sometimes

[Briar King]

Hhfuffhjjfdyjvfhddhhffhvfhvfhhfdjioufvjncnkvdzqtigdyjj!!!!!!!!!

[Briar King]

That was thankfully not brutal time wise as I feared. It was done on the 1st floor! So phew! Also while it reset everything i could still go the mid point if I chose to. That was a change.

No way I had it in me to continue on to chip away at everything else that's now open. Like 5 Daydreams and multiple VM and Pom opponents to tackle. Lvl 2 of Magic gals and the Tyrfing thing(!) but I'm in to much rusting pain! Idk if it was because I was on my knees on the frozen ground to long at my fire or cause I was curled frozen in bed without the pillows between my legs last night but even an extra dose of oxytocin ain't helping with this tonight. Even considering taking ambien at 1am instead of 2 in 15ish minutes to put this day behind me. Just ouch!

My gold shard gave me

Rose! Was hoping for my gal Aurelia though I won't lie!

[Briar King]

Grrrrrrr!!!! Feeling much better today but the lightning is falling all over so I have only just managed 1 Daydream before turning off. It was a really cool one though for Clarie, Sara and Sharon!

I hope to be on again tonight but we shall have to wait and see..

[Briar King]

Omg yes yes yes! This simple Daydream may be my favorite yet! Even the counterfeit lady and Minnith get a 3d toon. This is great world building! 

[aneonfoxtribute]

lmao I forgot about that