NattyBo

Kinda having fun breaking CS II on normal mode. I’ve got Fie equipped with an orbment that makes counters automatically critical, and with gear and orbment I have her at 100% evade XD

So happy for the Geofront folks, and also that I downloaded their versions before they got yanked!

CS2, Chapter 1 Act 2 stuff:

Just wondering for planning purposes, anyone have thoughts on the Switch ports of CS3 and 4? Gonna be traveling quite a bit over the next 2 months, portability would be a plus. Would prefer PC but if they’re not terrible ports, I wouldn’t mind double dipping. Obviously I’ll miss out on previous save bonuses which kinda sucks, but I’ll survive.

Preface: not at all trying to bring politics to the thread, buuuuut My brain is broken, Vladimir Putin said today "In life there is no happiness. There’s only the mirage of happiness on the horizon. So cherish that." And all I can think of is “sounds like something a boss in Trails would say”. XD XD

Credits rolling on CS1. Hated the final boss fight.

Y'all, I'm sitting in the second hour of a zoom meeting, at 7:18PM my time, with no end in sight, and I'm thinking I'm really close to the end of CS1.... argh. CS1 Final Chapter Spoiler, Azure spoilers

Just played the end of Chapter 5 and about to hit the practical exam for chapter 6 in CS1. The end of chapter 5 was fun, and great to bring things full circle with the opening.

CS1 progress: I think I’m getting towards the end, based on the date and what I know happens in Crossbell. We’re traveling to the field study in .

That’s quite the tier list!

I think “The Glint of Cold Steel” track might be dethroning “Fate of the Fairies” as my favorite regular battle track. What is everyone else’s fave?

Glories of PC gaming: posted on another forum how the turbo feature in CS1 actually just skips stuff in combat and also messes up certain spells (specifically noticed the ones that are supposed to draw enemies towards a center point don’t work). Got pointed to a fan patcher that fixes the turbo skip issue, installed an HD texture pack, fixed some lip sync and other small bugs. Feels like I’m playing the definitive edition now! Story wise, we’re at the 4th field study.

Haven’t played much as I want yet today, but so far I’m at the third field study at . Have let out a few squeaks of delight so far at seeing old faces, primarily . Still getting used to the voice acting for . Also enjoyed meeting again.

Took a mental health day today from work. Hoping to get a lot of CS1 time in. Pretty stressed IRL so I need that relaxing Trails gestalt.

Just hit the June midterms in CS1. Really enjoying the pacing so far. Beginning of Trails arcs always seem like such a good slow burn.

Second. Nothing new for me here except doing FemShep this time

So at this point I’m just convinced Falcom Sound Team never misses. Every single trails game I’ve played so far has so many bangers. Really enjoy the regular battle theme in CS1 so far. Also the music when the Railway Military Police make their debut is great.

Trails of Cold Steel I Mass Effect I (legendary edition) Wrapped up Trails from Azure and Resident Evil 8 over the last couple week.

Yeah; I had the best intentions of playing CS1 today but the 96 degree weather and the pool membership had a better argument. maybe when I get home...

So glad I waited to play Cold Steel arc until I could play Sky/Crossbell arc. I feel like there are just so many non spoilery payoffs and in universe stuff. Like, the Mishy dolls at the market in Chapter 1. Not only do I know who/what Mishy is, I now instantly think of Tio and the Church of Mishy.

Finished CS1 prologue today. Machias is EASILY the most annoying member of the cast so far, yeesh

Credits rolling on Azure. Very glad I didn’t skip the crossbell arc and I can see why both Zero and Azure are spoken of so highly. Quite the tour de force

This finale chapter in Azure is absurdly long and IM stormING LOVING IT YALL. It’s giving me some Xenogears vibes and if you know me that’s the best thing I can say about a JRPG

I’m still shook by all the Azure end of chapter 4/beginning of chapter 5 stuff. Sorry for the thought dump here, it’s just a lot to sift through!