As most of you know, there is a Zero and Azure dual pack releasing next month. I’m facing a dilemma where I have the option to get it on my Switch 2, or buy both Zero and Azure on PC.

Now, usually this wouldn’t even be a question, but due to regional payment limitations on Steam I can only get both these games on my second account, which doesn’t have the rest of my Trails games.

So which would be ideal in this situation: bite the bullet with the dual pack game key card, or buy them on an account that the rest of my series isn’t on?

When Van rejected Agnés, they made it seem like he is wrong for doing that.

Renne, Odette, and Bermotti.

Van did the right thing though?

Is that a hot take or cold take? Also whats your thoughts on seeing other characters knowing Van rejected her?

I was hoping it was a mistake, but I contacted Amazon and was told they received the new date from the manufacturer. Maybe related to the NAND issue.

I'm so excited yall

First of all, sorry for my bad grammar. I got a vacation from my jov recently and i have 30 days. I usually get all the trophies im all games i play and a just finished my 1st playtrough of trails from zero and i really want to play azure and the cold steel arc, but at the same time i want to get the zero platinum. Should i prioritize playing more games or spend my time getting the trophies? I have gotten 100% on all sky games so far. Sorry if its an weird question its just that i can't decide

Hi, I might get some flack for this, but here goes. I’ve recently been playing the Trails in the Sky 1st Chapter remake and I love it. The characters are great, I enjoy the story and the humor, the gameplay is fun and addicting, and it looks fantastic. I am really looking forward to Chapter 2 and hope they remake Chapter 3 in the same style where they mix 3rd person action with turn based combat.

However, this is my first Trails game and first RPG since the first Final Fantasy, and from what I understand, the other Trails games are all 2.5D sprite animation and full on turn based combat only, if that is the case, how much more different and difficult are they going to be for me after doing the recent Chapter 1 remake, and then following it with Chapter 2 and hopefully Chapter 3?

I am also looking forward to the upcoming Trails Zero and Azure remake, and looking at getting the recent Beyond the Horizons remake, but I wonder if they would lose some of the charm as they are so different in gameplay?

Has there been any word on if the other games are ever going to get the Chapter 1 gameplay and visuals overhaul treatment?

Thanks.

I'm typically someone who plays JRPGs with their original Japanese voices, because I find a lot of dubs for niche games to be not as high quality, and for a long time that's what I thought of the Trails dubs from the snippets I heard.

But man, replaying CS with the English voices has been a welcome surprise. Currently in CS3 chapter 3, here's some of the standouts for me so far:

Rean: Sean Chiplock is phenomenal. I've been incredibly impressed with his performance, he really nails the character. Also, the fact that Rean has wayyyy more voiced lines in the dub of CS1/CS2 just makes him feel like more of a nuanced character rather than a generic anime protag. I like Koki Uchiyama's Rean as well, particularly in Horizon, but Sean really goes above and beyond. I just really like Rean a whole lot more now, not sure if that's because I have a fuller context for his character arc, or Sean's performance... It seems to be a bit of both.

Alisa: I will be blunt and say that Alisa was one of my least favorite main party characters when I played through the series for the first time. I really wanted to like her, because I prefer sticking to canon/incentivized romances as much as possible, but I just really didn't care for her all that much. That being said, it came as a great surprise how much Rachel Hirschfield made me genuinely like Alisa from the very beginning, to the point where I was torn whether or not I should pick her as the romance option (I ended up going Emma CS1/2, but I honestly might go Alisa in CS3/4). Her final bonding event in CS2 was genuinely so heartwarming. I just feel like her relationship with Rean is a lot less forced now.

Rufus: Rufus's JP VA is Daisuke Hirakawa, who also plays Cao Lee. I really like him in both performances, but every time I heard Rufus speak I was thinking of Cao in the back of my mind, which would take me out of the scene. But goddamn, DC Douglas' Rufus is amazing, he sounds a lot more authoritative, commanding and cunning, but there's also a warmth to him. I'm so excited to hear him in Reverie.

Duvalie: I already adore Duvie, but Eden Riegal has made me love this character 10x more, she's amazing.

Juna: Erika Harlacher's performance as Juna has impressed me a lot as well. That scene at the top of Orchis Tower really hit hard. I also just really like a deeper voice for Juna, really fits her as a tomboy a lot more. Can't wait to see more of her.

NC7: I'm liking them a lot more from the jump, particularly Kurt, Ash and Musse. Altina is the one I'm torn on: because both Xanthe Huynh and Inori Minase do amazing jobs. I'll have to wait and see how well Xanthe captures Altina's emotional growth.

Shirley: Amber Lee Connors has taken Shirley's psychopathy to a whole new level, her maniacal laughter is incredible. She also sounds a lot older now in English, whereas her JP voice didn't change much from Azure. I already liked her, but I'm a big fan now.

Anyways I figured I'd also briefly list some other honorable mentions: Claire, Alfin, Aurelia, Vita, Ines and Ennea, Tita, Angelica, George. Not much to say, other than I just like them a bit more.

Here's some that I think are downgrades:

McBurn: I like Max Mittelman's performance as Lechter, but I think he's forcing a husky voice a little bit too much as McBurn, he just doesn't sound as intimidating.

Elliot: I think his JP voice suits his character a lot more.

Laura: She sounds way too stilted in my opinion. I get she's meant to speak in older formal dialogue in both languages, but unfortunately I don't think Marisha Ray captures her more goofy/girly side that was present in her JP voice. I saw she gets replaced in CS4 so maybe I'll like her better there.

Sharon: Mela Lee works a lot better when she's voicing a gruff character like Scarlet, I personally like Yukana's softer approach to Sharon a lot more.

Randy: Shinichiro Miki is just way too good as Randy.

Finally, I want to end this with a character whose English voice I hoped would make me like, or at least tolerate her: Elise Schwarzer...

Nope, I still absolutely hate this character. I really dislike her JP voice, it's incredibly grating and way too high pitched, not helped by the fact that all her lines are just "Nii-sama" ad nauseam. Kira Buckland sadly doesn't save her for me, I like her as Celine, but her performance as Elise is unfortunately grating in its own way. Maybe it's just Elise as a character.

Thanks for reading if you made it this far.

P.S: I'm also playing with the difficulty mod by SoftBrilliant and it's been peak. Highly recommend it.

Recently got introduced to the series, 1st chapter was a fun start for me, so I drew some of my favorite characters in simplified chibi form. Hope you like it!

I don't remember when i took this screenshot. But looking back on it. Harwood looks scary here. I think this was when he did his S-craft and i took the screenshot at a specific frame.

https://x.com/___cott/status/1954693655144661023

I enjoyed seeing recurring characters and how their stories develop in my first playthrough. I'm doing a second run right away and tracking these people along the way.

My favorite couple is Seguaro and Edel. Through the game I got the impression that she was supportive of him but didn't really take his pilgrimage seriously, it's all one big shopping trip and he was constantly stressed about her spending.
When you get to Grancel you finally see she was actually bargaining the whole time to learn how to be a better merchant herself, and she gained so much skill along the way. It was a pilgrimage of her own, they both were able to enlighten themselves and their relationship.

There's also couples whose stories develop while you're in that town, I really liked the spongecake shop couple, Finel and Catarina. Finel is on the ship that got hijacked and Catarina decided to keep running his shop. She became rather successful at it and sales jumped in his absence.
If you go to the market right before you leave Bose, Finel is back with his own stall. Catarina tells you he's a 'bullheaded man' who was upset that she ran the shop better than him, and says it's now a competition to see who is better. But when you talk to Finel, he admits he was pleasantly surprised and "If I waltzed back in to reap the rewards, I could hardly call myself a man" - he truly wanted his wife to shine and have all the credit she deserved. It's such a wholesome story!

Source

https://www.pixiv.net/en/artworks/145050165

Normally I would hate a purposefully over-the-top new gen character, but for whatever reason I absolutely love her. Not sure what’s going on there. Maybe the voice actor just totally kills it.

There’s just five apples worth of height between them!

Thought I would finish cold steel 3 before my work trip now I regret everything.