"The One Piece of JRPGs" 🤣🤣🤣

@PelvicGaming

4 ай бұрын

THERE IS NO ENDING IN SIGHT.

@garrettsweet9826

3 ай бұрын

@@PelvicGaming the creator said we're about half done as of Reverie....yeah thats still gonna be like 30 games good lawd

@acebreaker7

3 ай бұрын

@@garrettsweet9826 we're actually about 80%

@garrettsweet9826

3 ай бұрын

@acebreaker7 oh dang really? I thought it was half. Exciting! Can't wait for Kuro

@thenonexistinghero

3 ай бұрын

@@acebreaker7 That's One Piece and that was several years ago. Though going by how the manga's currently going... I'm guessing the 80% point will be when the next major war arc starts.

Not the “Olivier’s wife” subtitle lmao, too real love that man

@PelvicGaming

3 ай бұрын

HE IS SO FUCKING FUNNY. OLIVERE DON'T MISS.

Always love seeing new people get into the series, thank you for letting your fans bully you into playing them XD this series really is something special and it makes me happy to see more and more people giving them a chance. This was an excellent review. Since you love Kevin, you will adore Sky the 3rd. There's tons of lore and worldbuilding in that one, stuff that's still being elaborated even in the more modern games. It's one of my favorite aspects of the series, getting to see things like technology, gameplay, etc slowly progressing forward along with the world itself. The attention to detail is crazy good. I know these games aren't for everyone, but if they're something you can get into it's a massive delight. Does the music ever miss? Imo, very rarely, but that will depend on who you speak to. There's a decent side of the fandom that very openly and loudly despises anything from the Cold Steel arc (and beyond) as well as a certain composer. As far as you not being crazy on the pacing, unfortunately that's how the series is. It's purposefully slow in order to allow the characters and the world to develop. Some things could be trimmed down sure but after going through the entire series myself I found that I greatly appreciated those slower moments after all the reveals and plot shenanigans I'd experienced. Hope you keep enjoying the rest of your journey! This review was excellent, and feel free to block me as well if you haven't already, I totally get not wanting to be spoiled even on trivial details xD

@Dede-en4sk

3 ай бұрын

My God dude, you're everywhere hahaha

@Cyrus_Bright

3 ай бұрын

@@Dede-en4sk Haha... if I see Trails pop up in my recommended I usually click on it xD

@Moody.Smiruai

13 күн бұрын

Yeah IDK man , I'll never understand Cold Steel haters , Im on 3 right now and I love it.

Patreon: www.patreon.com/PelvicGaming Thank you all for watching, be sure to subscrizzle to my Patreon and look forward to future content~! Third is in production as of this post, and Final Fantasy V is currently being played. At the "true open world" part of the game. Time to get me some legendary weapons baby~!

JRPG One Piece is then most appropriate thing ever said about this series lol. I also love both btw.

Something really important to note: the same thing that so many people don't like about trails (the pacing) is the exact same thing that a small minority of people absolutely LOVE the most about trails (the pacing). That slow pace you mentioned? It's the reason why you know the exact organizational structure of the Railway Military Police, or how you know exactly how many armored divisions are in the Erebonian army. There is an enormous amount of detail, which needs a slower pace in order to convey, and that enormous amount of detail is all completely tied together and completely consistent. World-building has a point of diminishing returns. The greatest creators of fictional worlds understand this, and put in enough details to allow the audience to get attached, but not enough to slow down the story. A lot of the logic behind the wizarding world of Harry Potter is hand-wavy, that's okay, Rowling understood that to detail how exactly everything worked would slow down the pace and people would get bored. However, the trade-off is that if you can keep the audience invested enough in the slow pace, you can pull off some jaw-droppingly emotional and incredible stuff that other works of fiction are simply unable to match because they lack the level of detail that makes the audience bond with the work. Trails is the only franchise that doesn't understand that there is a point of diminishing returns to this stuff. In Trails, more world-building is always better. For fans like me, that's what causes me to fall in love with something, but I completely understand, I'm different. It's not going to work for most people. I would never ask a work of art to cater to my personal tastes, because I know that my tastes are so peculiar that you can't build a commercially successful product catering to me. That's why trails will always be super-niche, it will never grow beyond its tiny fan-base. However, that tiny fan-base will always be so incredibly passionate that they will never stop bugging youtoubers to review it.

@captainkidd22

Ай бұрын

This comment is amazing, it sums up my feelings perfectly 👏

@SuperSupersoda

Ай бұрын

@@captainkidd22 Thanks for the kind words, my friend. I appreciate them!

@Ghalion666

Ай бұрын

It drives me nuts when people complain about the size of the Trails series like it's somehow a flaw when there are literally hundreds of rpgs that have zero continuity between entries, and Trails Is basically the ONLY one aside from Xenosaga, the FF lightning games nobody likes, etc. Even those series are closer to being single entry titles than the scope of Trails. It's especially jarring that the most commonly used positive adjective people assign to RPGs is 'epic', when Trails size and pacing is quite literally the definition of Epic, and everything else is NOT. People think Epic simply means in your face big scale where bad guy wnats to destroy the universe! but you know jack-@%@#% aobut the universe aside from several towns and maybe one planet. Meanwhile Trails makes you ACTUALLY EXPERIENCE every element of said universe on a personal level, not just as a hero stopping by to stop something bad, but one who talks to the elders, the children, the media, actually gets how they all feel in realistic-writing, see how they grow and evolve over time, etc. I find it weird how so many Western fans (and was shocked when I learned this wasn't the case in the one JPN survey I saw) say how SC is a 'payoff' for dealing with FC. FC is significantly better than SC IMO. I feel like SC is actually kind of 'filler' because half the game is going to a town to solve a particularly odd situation only to find out it's coincidentally caused by some new person who hams up how EVILLL they are causing t he source of the commotion (one of the reasons why I like SC among the least in the series. I LIKE how all the cast have realistic personalities and motivations, and in SC they really ham up how EVILLL oroborus seems. Walter complains that the quakes don't KILL people for fun. Renne talks about killing people for fun, Blueblanc talks about death and despair being the ultimate beauty, and Luciolla. Well. She's kinda hard to pin down since there's little interaction with her. Then Weismann is actually evil for real, etc). But yeah you repeat the find out commotion, meet new oroborus member, repeat 4 times, and then you repeat the tower exploration 4 times, and the only new development that happens is meeting the oroborus members, who practically get ret-conneed after SC as NOT being a 1 dimensional 'death mwahaha, IM EVIL I KICK DOGS' character. Don't mention Lowe, I know he's not like that, he's one exception. People always say I misrepresent SC cuz him alone, but I'm not talking about him. But yeah, the scope is what makes the series one of a kind, and it's truly epic. So when people use the word 'epic' to praise a game, and they complain about trails' pacing, they are just objectively being derpy lol.

@neorock7491

23 күн бұрын

@@Ghalion666 It IS a flaw, especially when many of the games (namely Sky FC & SC, Cold Steel I & II, Cold Steel III & IV and finally Kuro I & II) are in fact one game split in two, where the second half has to be filled with padding in order to make a "complete" game with the same length as the first half. But why? Because Falcom insists on having a quota of yearly releases, leading them to churn out unfinished and/or inflated products. And let's not talk about releases such as Sky the 3rd and Reverie, which only exists to tie loose ends and tease the next arcs, just like a mediocre MCU movie. Even devout fans of the series admit that this series shouldn't be so padded and so drawn out. The Trails series should not be such a heavy commitment in time and money. It is not an epic saga, it is a fat, morbidly obese chump wearing a muscle suit to make himself look better.

@Dozaemone

17 күн бұрын

@@Ghalion666 I disagree that SC bad. FC and SC work toogether to be a complete piece, like Ys 1 and 2. You can't have only one, that would be total waste. But Ouroboros being just a generic evil dudes is a real killer. I am not done with SC yet, but I glad that in future games Ouroboros will be more dimensional vilans.

i don't consider estelle joshua a stepcest, Cassius just captured a husband for his daughter and raised him...

@Snzn18

9 күн бұрын

I am all for the ship but we should be aware it is still wierd. Making a lot more excuse about it makes it the more wierder

Glad you finally jump into the series

Choosing Secret Green Passage. A woman of impeccable taste i see.

Hey glad you enjoyed them, i have lots of good memories playing and replaying trails series, will forever have a place on my heart

The struggle to bring the Kiseki series to North America was real. A member of the localization team was nearly driven to end her own life due to the stress of working on Trails in the Sky SC. I'm currently up to Azure. Afterwards, I'll get into Reverie (which I'm really looking forward to). Eventually, I'll need to go back and play Trails in the Sky 3rd. It's a long read, but a chronicle of realizing this series outside of Japan is one of the most incredible stories in the gaming sphere. Enjoy your journey!

@Genethagenius

3 ай бұрын

I was just mentioning in my comment how at one point we didn’t even know if the series would continue! How did you like “Trails of Azure” btw? I still need to finish that one & “Trails 3rd Chapter” before I play “Reverie”.

@aldoushuxleysghost

3 ай бұрын

@@Genethagenius I still have about another quarter or so of Azure left. I'm enjoying it. I liked Trails from Zero better. You know how some Kiseki games are a little slow but you know it's building toward something big? Cold Steel II did this as well and we didn't get the payoff until Cold Steel III. Azure is kinda like that. It's all central to the plot, so it's still solid. I know Reverie, a lot of things are coming to a head and I'm expecting to be blown away. While I wait on Daybreak, I might as well try out Nayuta while I digest this saga.

@bokeronenjoyer

Ай бұрын

what about cold steel?

@feynevan

19 күн бұрын

I remember the localization struggle since FC was first released on PSP in EN in 2011, and the digital version of SC PSP hadn’t been available in JP yet. Year 2012 was when everything was starting to change, the Steam platform was perfect opportunity for XSEED to release Falcom games they published on PC, starting from Ys Origin and Oath of Felghana, and the rest is history. The good news is that Andrew Dice aka SpaceDrakeCF, the one who nearly drove to end his own life when working on SC back then, is back as one of the translators for Daybreak.

God these games are just so good. The characters are SO lovable and the music is so so good.

Great review, I'm really thankful because without this video I still wouldn't get how quarts works. Thank you. I'm enjoying this game so much more now

@PelvicGaming

Күн бұрын

AYYYYYYYYYY WE LOVE TO HEAR IT. For what it's worth the Quartz system confused me too, but I had a friend explain it to me and BOY did it open up a whole new world for me! Glad you're enjoying the game more now!!

Oh nice! I just finished FC last week and have become a fan. I didn't think it was the masterpiece everyone was going on about but I definitely want to see what comes next!

@gravicek

3 ай бұрын

Sky SC is definitely top tier, well Sky FC and SC were planned as a single game, but it was too big for the PSP back then, so it was divided in 2 parts, or so I read somewhere yars ago

One of us, one of us! So glad you loved your start into the series. I made my way through all the Kiseki games starting in 2021 and it has been a journey. Since you have already finished Sky the 3rd I will say that I look forward to your video on it. It is somewhat of a black sheep of the franchise but is one of my favorites.

Always a good day when one of my favorite reviewers finally jumps into a series I'm neck-deep in (I really should get back to completing Trails to Azure)

Frustrates the hell out of me that your channel hasn't blown up yet. You deliver such good content and reviews. Solid, informative, not too long, while still providing all the info for a great review!

@PelvicGaming

Ай бұрын

Thanks man. Honestly it kinda sucks that it hasn't picked up but alas...Still I appreciate you watching and thebkind words!! ^-^

The music is beyond great for this series Im happy I got the special editions with the soundtracks

@PelvicGaming

3 ай бұрын

Honestly the music -maybe the characters- is the best thing about this series hands down. The music blew me the fuck away!

@nightwolf235

3 ай бұрын

@@PelvicGaming I got most of the games as special edition when they came out here in the states so I was fortunate enough to be able to have the soundtracks :D

I legit just finished FC last night and oh boy I’m officially hooked! I had to look away from the screen a few times because I haven’t started SC yet but your reviews are awesome!

So excited to see you finally checking out this absolute masterclass series among JRPGs. Trails completely dethroned even Dragon Quest for me personally with its unrivaled world building and lore, story quality, combat, music, etc. There will be no game that ever gives you as much to enjoy as this series if you are someone that finds world building super important.

@PelvicGaming

3 ай бұрын

Wow that is quite some praise. Hopefully I can enjoy it as much as you can.

Wow I remember when your sub count was as small as 10k, glad to see you at 50k subs. Congrats!

Oh shit! I just finished both these games. What perfect timing since I LOVE your reviews.

Been looking forward to this. As someone who hasn’t played a trails game either but heard so many good things it’s on my list! I wanna start with the sky series prior to cold steel and so on! Great video!

You will love Kevin in Sky the 3rd.

Yay finally! I was so hoping you'd try this series.

I liked the chibi looks of Sky and crossbell. and was fine with the art style as well. Keep on pushing through! you got many more to get through

@PelvicGaming

3 ай бұрын

We will see. Baby steps. There is no promises that I will stick with this series.

Oh I’ve been waiting for this one

@PelvicGaming

3 ай бұрын

I hope I dont disappoint.

I've been MEANING to check this out on Steam Deck... I always saw it in my recommendations. Seeing this review definitely might be a tip for me to finally dip into it soon

Another great and honest review, as always. You never fail to make a great point and impression. I started Trails of Steel. Because I never played any of the other Trails game I was so confused when certain events or characters. I haven’t touched either Steel titles cuz I’m still trying to process what happened.

Thank you for giving the franchise a shot! Great video(:

Some people will even say this series was even far above its contemporaries in terms of its represented medium. The only video game series I can see that has even come close to trails in terms of sheer volume and scale of a universe would be the xeno series back in the day and we all know how that 6-part saga turned out. It was just too big for square soft to achieve with the time constraints and limited resources they had. Think of the trails series as to what xeno could have been, had it reached its full potential, and this even goes beyond that with something like 13-14 games spread across like 5 different arcs of world building and characters and drama. Characters also are not constrained within their respective arcs, but they are overarching. An example is you first here about a character named Osborne in Trails in the sky FC, but his arc extends out to so many other games in the series. That is why some people call it the one piece of jrpgs and Kondo has been consistent with the story that he has crafted. With the “Finale” fast approaching, in fact the most recent game in the series is said to set up the “CLIMAX” of the entire trails saga. Now its rather or not you have the sheer commitment to jump headfirst into this rabbit hole of which there is no escape, but the rewarding experience you will find and payoff are tremendously satisfying if you manage to stick with it. Well all i have to say is let Aidios be with you!! 🙂

Found another gem of a channel. Nice to meet you.🤝

my favorite rpgs series from far!!! love them all!!! they are like a neverending story!!! Amazing!!

Oh sweet, looking forward to more of you reviewing this series! I’m also new to it. I’m past the Sky trilogy, and finished Zero. Amazing series. Estelle is the GOAT. Also I will always pronounce Renne as “René” idc lol

the music change around 8:38 sent me lmfao well done. holding my head in shame rn

Glad you enjoyed your time! I was obsessed with the series for a couple years, but those pacing issues you discussed never really go away. By Cold Steel 2 they were really trying my patience. The Trails writers will go to their graves before giving up the chapter-by-chapter formula lol

Oh I am so excited you covered these!! I have been wanting to start the Trails series for so long now but I keep putting it off...I think I may still put it off until I get SC on sale or something though, because I'd hate to get through FC and not want to get SC until the next time it went on sale! I like never buy games full price anymore. My friend who's really into visual novels and JRPGs gifted me FC a while ago, he said I'd love the build up, lore, world, characters...all the story based stuff haha. I am so sad to hear the cutscenes don't work on Deck! There's no way I'm getting through a bunch of JRPGs at my computer, my Steam Deck is my baby and has helped me play so many more PC games. Oh well, at least KZread exists and we can look them up to still see them. Still sucks though ;-;

I'm so happy that you began playing this series! ❤ Yes, it's a commitment... I played Trails in the Sky FC on psp years ago and finished it, but because it was so expansive and I'm kind of a completionist, I got a bit burned out. Especially story wise if the characters are written well and even the NPC's have interesting side stories that make me want to talk to everyone after an event, it takes a lot of time. But after seeing all the new entries come out over the years and having played Trails of Cold Steel on PS3, it was time to get back into the series, especially because of spoilers. And for me it was the perfect timing since the Crossbell Arc had just been translated and officially released on Switch. Now I could play everything in order with minor spoilers. Up until now I played the whole Sky Trilogy, the Crossbell Duology, the first 2 Cold Steel games and I'm currently playing Cold Steel 3. I even set foot in Nayuta and Tokyo Xanadu for a few hours. I was very happy that you mentioned the Sky games not working properly on the Steam Deck, since I was considering bying a Deck just to play Trails in the Sky SC and 3rd 🙏. So I'm happy I didn't spend my money on that! Enjoy the series and just take it at your own pace. If you get burned out, just play something else and come back later, that's my advice.

I was so excited to see this in my sub box! This is absolutely my favorite RPG series. It makes me so happy! Olivier and Schera are absolutely my favorites from the first two games, though Kevin surpassed them for me after I played 3rd. But I'm sorry to hear you got harassed into playing this game though!! The fan base can be a lot, but hopefully you are able to enjoy the video games for what you like about it and how you want to enjoy it, fan base be damned 😤

I got that renne and pater mater so wrong. I haven't chuckled this hard in a long time. I love this video 😅

@gen1exe

3 ай бұрын

back when i first played these games i was saying "Liberal Kingdom" the whole time.

Amazing series!!!!😍 Also u can play all 3 Sky games with full voice acting.

Seeing this pop up in my subs made me unspeakably happy.

The game series is so good. Starts slow but when its good its good. I went through 8 games in 3 months lol

@R3GARnator

3 ай бұрын

First half of Trails in the Sky: Beat cop slice of life. Second half of Trails in the Sky: Political Thriller.

@danjarnutowski2331

3 ай бұрын

@@R3GARnator oh definitely. On CS4 right now and I think sky still has my favorite cast

Excellent review! I've been holding off on a steam deck. Cause I know the second I get my hands on these either a port or a switch 2 will be announced.

This has been in my Steam backlog for almost a year, I guess I should start it at some point 😅 great review! Sucks about the second chapter not working properly on Steam Deck, that's my main handheld at the moment smh

I bid you a grand welcome to the world of Trails 🎉 I hope you enjoy your stay 😊

Good luck braving this one Lady P. I've always wanted to get into this series but it seems like a huge commitment.

@nightwolf235

3 ай бұрын

it is but it is so worth it in my opinion. can try chipping at it little by little instead of all at once. you will get burnt out lol

@Fade2BlackSS

3 ай бұрын

@@nightwolf235 All of the games are connected right?

@R3GARnator

3 ай бұрын

Just try the first one. You will either love it or hate it, no in-between. Just know, 3rd ends in a cliffhanger and the remaster of the next game From Zero isn't discounted that much yet.

@nightwolf235

3 ай бұрын

@@Fade2BlackSS yes its in the same continent and the politics all come into play in the sequels. Characters come back and in each game the events of the past ones are briefly mentioned. So knowing what happens will give you an “ohhh they talking about this from that game “moment. There are alot of games and its the main reason ppl stay away. But I do higly recommend playing through them just know its alot of anime tropes of that time in each arc.

@nightwolf235

3 ай бұрын

@@R3GARnator lmao yesss and theres tons of hidden side quests and books and newspaper to read in the world that add more to the lore. I hate missing things in games so I played this series with a non spoiler guide because they are long as games and I dont have the time or will power anymore to go back and do another run.

I have trails in the sky and the second game I still haven’t played them. I just can’t, it’s a long commitment. Great video. 👍🏾

@albundy1485

3 ай бұрын

Why not? Just play 1 or 2 games per year.

I started playing this absolutely brilliant series back in 2018. I had just bought a gaming laptop and bought all the Trails games (Sky trilogy) on Steam. I've gone on to buy and play up to game 11. My new favorite JRPG series; Final Fantasy has been knocked down to second place.

THE ONE PIECE goddamnit thats so good. Welcome to the cult (he said during the intro without watching the rest, Ill come back and amend if required)

@garrettsweet9826

3 ай бұрын

I know you're dodging the comments, but I just wanna say hey, thanks for giving something I love the time of day! I think you'll have a great time as you get further in and hope you enjoy your travels in Zemuria ❤

I'm glad to know there are other people not into the sibling trope that sometimes ship the two. I blame Irregular at Magic High School for exposing my hypocrisy.

@PelvicGaming

3 ай бұрын

Yeah....I haven't seen that anime but I've heard *things*. That said, yeah not into the sibling thing but ...alas, Japan gonna Japan.

Huh, never knew about the movement Vs. attacking thing. Thanks for the advice!

Trails games are the MCU of JRPGS

I've only played through the Cross bell & Erbonia arcs but I adore the Trails series. I plan on going back and playing through the Sky games.

Amazing review

If anything the pacing is one of its strength. It helps the worldbuilding and storytelling develop in such a natural way that the payoff is much greater. For example, the NPCs themselves you can follow their story every major story progression.

In joshua and estelle's defense... as you stated early on, joshua got brought into the fold when they were already almost teenagers to begin with. Rather late, IMO. it's not like they grew up together or anything. .......Now a certain female character from cold steel on the other hand... >_>';;;

@user-ng1yu7io4r

3 ай бұрын

Lol 11 is enough time to grow up with someone. Children are easily attached to one another and the relationships form naturally and easier than as adults.

@VyraLove

3 ай бұрын

I never said it wasn't. I just said 'it's not like they grew up together or anything'. Which they didn't. It's only been a few years. Though she brought up an interesting perspective in that Estelle hadn't really thought about it until she started getting teased about it. Did she get gaslit? Who knows :O

@R3GARnator

3 ай бұрын

Knowing each-other a few years really isn't the same as growing up together.

@VyraLove

3 ай бұрын

Yep, which is my whole point. Which is why, IMO, joshua and estelle get a pass. XD They didn't grow up as siblings from toddler age.

@drone124

3 ай бұрын

yeah their relationship is great but the romantic infatuation seems to sort of come out of nowhere to set up the second game

Hope you'll get to enjoy all those games!

Great detailed review! Love how you go deep on the details. I absolutely loved trails in the sky fc and sc. The music, characters, story, world, combat and graphical style with 2D sprites and lovely illustrations. That said I personally think the series went way downhill by the time cold steel came around. I used to consider myself a trails fan but as the series has gone on it has become more and more clear im really just a sky trilogy fan.

Its really funny that you ended with "anything with trails and even Falcom itself is a potential spoiler" because the recommended video after this ended was about localized Falcom games. Lol I'm glad you like this series and actually started from the beginning. Thats the problem for me though. Everyone tells me to play these games. Shoot I listen to RPG music on spotify and trails OST comes up numerous times. But there's so many games and the plot is on going. Yeah its like the one piece of video games because its so loooonnng. I can't complain because if the first game got you hooked, its no wonder this series is so popular. Thank you. c:

Great vid! I just played FC for the first time and just began SC (I'm taking that one slower, I think) and this really captures a lot of my thoughts. Just want to say, on the naming situation, I blame any weirdness there on the localization team, and unless somebody has asked Falcom, and they specifically said the names were meant to be corruptions of popular non-Japanese names in those cases, I consider it a quirk of their translation, where they might have been trying to convey how the names are pronounced in Japanese, but with Roman characters in the way they thought that English speakers are most likely to interpret them. For example, シェラザード (Sche-rah-ZAH-do) is just how the name Scheherazad is written in katakana normally. My best guess there is that in order to prevent the final ‘a’ from being pronounced ‘ea’ (like in 'jam') but more like ‘ah’, Geofront decided to spell it with an ‘r’, since that usually ‘makes’ the preceding ‘a’ sound more like ‘ah’ (like in 'art') especially in English dialects with non-rhotic R, where the R gets ‘eaten’ if placed after a vowel, but before a consonant. Same with keeping it ‘sche’ instead of using ‘schehe’. クローゼ (ku-RO-Ze) becoming Anglicized to Kloe is another example of this, but y'know, there are probably also other reasons for that one (...) Anyway, this is something I was only able to notice because I played the Evolution port on Vita that you mentioned via an English patch, whose best feature hands down is the full voice acting for the main cast (as well as some of the NPCs), which is just *chef's kiss*

This video had a great script pelvic! Loves it❤

I played the very first legend of heroes back in the early 90s several times. There wasn't much to do back then without the internet. I had no idea they made tons more until years later. I didn't play Trails in the Sky until maybe 2020ish, didn't know it was a legend of heroes game til I bought it. I played quite a few falcom games back then, and you will find the music was insane for all falcom games since the beginning. And yeah, because it's taking forever to get through these games, i've been spoiled like a hundred times over. Nothing too terrible though.

Yey! I love Trails and love your no-bs reviews. Everyone talks about how the series is a time commitment and intimidatingly long, but I say "don't psych yourself out." If you like JRPGs just play one game and probably you'll like it, then you can tackle them one at a time. NEVER ask trails fans which game to start with, the answer is Trails in the Sky FC or, if you must, Cold Steel 1.

Hooo boy, I can't wait for Trails of Cold Steel III and IV review after hearing some... thoughts, about certain characters from Sky 1 and 2. :D

I’m just starting myself. Half way through SC. Really loving it!! I do have to break it up a bit with other games, it’s just a lot to digest sometimes and I don’t want to feel rushed and sometimes I just want to play something higher paced. But my goodness. I just spent the last hour reading two riveting in game short stories. I don’t think I’ve ever done that before…

I am so happy you are doing this series! Also I know you won't be reading the comments but if you do, let me encourage you to not worry too much about spoilers. I believe that the Trails series lives and dies by its character writing and there's very few times where a 'spoiler' can ruin enjoyment of the game. It's all about building their world and how well they tells their story.

Great video

Thank you Pelvic Gaming

I wish i had this video before because i didn't understand the quartz system til the end of 3rd chapter

nice video, congrats.

To borrow a line from Little Kuriboh, "Marik, please don't flaunt your yaoi in public!" Great review. Hope you're having fun in Japan! 🗾

I enjoyed the searching for synonyms for “generic” joke a lot

Subscribed because of this one 😅 I've been playing the Trails games for years now, and the blend of world-building, politics, anime bs and character development really do something for me that a lot of other games just kinda miss. Unfortunately, as far as your complaints, some get better but others...not so much. The questionable romantic relationships and pacing (not a problem for me personally, but for many others) will continue throughout the series. On the bright side, other stuff that you mentioned like the orbments and money system get streamlined. I also personally like the portraits better in the newer games, but that depends on personal taste. Hope to see you continue and hear your thoughts and criticisms about my favorite series evolve!!

@user-od5th6zd2f

3 ай бұрын

"On the bright side." I see you what you did there... because Estelle's last name is Bright.

a popular joke on my buddies twitch is "what are you doing step-twin?" we thought that up as he was playing resident evil code veronica on dreamcast

I don't know how many of these were translated directly from the Japanese, but I've noticed that names in JRPGs are VERY often taken from various places of fiction/mythology and actual history or pop culture (even FF7 has Biggs/Vicks and Wedge from Star Wars). Oftentimes there's only a very superficial commonality, if even that, but sometimes there's a deeper meaning. I've only played about 12 hours of this game before it glitched on me, and my next closest save was too far for me to feel like going back at the time and figure out what I was doing. So, I'm not familiar with most of these characters, but I'll take a guess at where some of the names derive. Scherazard is likely taken from the Persian queen Scheherazade from One Thousand and One Nights (the book that the tale of Aladdin is well-known from - "Well, Ali Baba had them forty thieves; Scheherazade had a thousand tales..."). Don't be surprised if you see similar names to this in other games, sometimes as a storyteller, because I feel like this one has come up a lot. Even Shasarazade from Suikoden was very likely named after the same character. I'm assuming Olivier was inspired by Laurence Olivier, an English actor/director, since: he also fancy~ He's basically the archetype for what we think of as a Shakespearean actor. I don't know if VValter is of the game's version of Germany or Austria if there is one (many games will use names from their real-world counterpart regions), but it wouldn't surprise me if he was, as German (and similar languages) pronounce Ws as Vs, and Walter is a German name. Also, for reasons I don't understand, there seem to be a notable amount of red-ish/pink-ish haired German characters in Japanese media, but maybe that's purely coincidental. I'm guessing Pater-Mater is some sort of summon type of thing in the game? I'm unsure of the context, but pater and mater are father and mother in Latin. There's no "real" way to pronounce Latin words (because we don't actually know for sure), but the 'soft' A (ah) is typically how it's pronounced. I don't feel like Estelle is that unusual, but it does mean "star" and I've been playing Tales of Vesperia lately, and I'm reminded of it when I play because of the Estelle in that game. Because again, many names have repeated use in various JRPGs. I hope someone (anyone) found this at least passingly interesting. I've just been interested in the derivations of a lot of names used in JRPGs for so long, because early on in my gaming history I started noticing a lot of unfamiliar names being reused and I got curious as to why and what they meant when I used to just think it was something they made up for that particular game. Sometimes it has no deeper meaning at all, and sometimes it's meant to give great depth into that character and their personality or even foreshadowing events to come. Sometimes it can also just be a mangled translation, or any number of things. There's a lot of things to be found out in just the monsters or summon names used in the Final Fantasy games alone. For the longest time I just thought the "kyzoku" were what those pirates in the original Final Fantasy game for the NES were called, as if it was a type of pirate or they were monsters that looked like pirates or it was their pirate troupe name, like The Strawhat Pirates (The Kyzoku Pirates). Turns out that "kaizoku" just MEANS pirate in Japanese. Anyway, thanks for reading! 😄

@johnathanrhoades7751

3 ай бұрын

If it helps, this game autosaves religiously. So if it glitched there may just be an auto save very near to where you were. I had this happen a few times getting stuck. But it saves every time you enter a new area.

@skyknight0408

3 ай бұрын

I think the Erebonian Empire is the Trails version of Germany. There are at least enough similarities to say it was somewhat inspired by my home country. The "Blood and Iron Chancellor" Giliath Osborne is a direct reference to Otto von Bismarck, the first German Chancellor who was widely known as the "Iron Chancellor" and pushing new military technology. The Empire itself was shaped by the wars it had gone through in the past, it's pretty much a reflection of the time when Germany still had an Emperor, but Bismarck held most of the political power.

You did good by starting with Trails in the Sky, i started From Zero (bad dum tss) and it would be much better if i knew what i was in for.

Trails is one of my favorite jrpg game series, but my god the fandom is something else. 😅

@PelvicGaming

3 ай бұрын

I get that. I will say the fandom has been kind to me...so far. I am prepared for them to flip on me the moment I dont like a game.

@diegoarmando5489

3 ай бұрын

I stay away from fandom drama unless I'm bitching about bad corporate behaviour, like the fucked up PS4 digital preorders.

Welcome to the rabbit hole, excited to hear your thoughts on Sky the 3rd (not because its my favorite entry or anything, nothing silly like that haha...)! Even though its a bit late to ask I am curious, did you play the sky trilogy with the mod that backports the voice over from the evolution release? If you ever feel like replaying them down the line i feel that it's a must-have!

@BeeFizzle

3 ай бұрын

Oh man a 3rd enjyoyer, nice! I am just about done CS1 and 3rd is definitely top 3 with SC and Azure, i cant seem to rank them.

Dedicated is an understatement, Trails fans take "cult following" to its literal definition. I know because I am one of them

Are the cutscenes the only thing that doesn't work on Steam Deck? I've been hesitant to recommend it to my brother because of the lack of Steam Deck compatibility, but if that's the only issue I think he could deal with it. Glad you enjoyed these! I adore this series more than most

@PelvicGaming

3 ай бұрын

That is the only issue I've found! Everything else worked smoothy!!

These games, my god. I have been dying to start them, I DID start FC and loved what I played so much that I had to stop because I knew I didn't have the time to commit to ALL of those games, which I would absolutely have to because I don't do half measures when it comes to games I love. I need to shake off that fear, I keep telling myself "Once I've got this game out of the way I'm going to fully start" and then something else gets in the way. They look so good, like so good that I feel like I am intimidated!

with the Bestelle and Joshua relationship, it was made clear that they never really saw each other as siblings and they met at the age of 11 meaning they where already their own people. no later of in the series there is a character that i hate with a burning passion because of a similar situation except they where way younger and fully grew up together.

I love these games so much! I hope the steamdeck version had turbo mode because playing without it is brutal.

Been waiting for Lady Pelvic to review the game, did you know that when you attempt to interact with openned treasure chest, the treasure chest talks back to you in Sky? you have 7 games unbeaten yet

@PelvicGaming

3 ай бұрын

Yes I love it

It is my simple opinion (not a suggestion or request) that a Pelvic Muscle (lol) Collaboration would be just wonderful. Two of my favorite people!

Nothing would prepare me for the clip of that anime you played 🤣

@PelvicGaming

3 ай бұрын

Listen, that moment awakened something in me as a child. It could have very much be the reason why I like some things today.

Great review!! You have a really good journey ahead, enjoy. Btw outside of those CGI's problems in Steam Deck how was the experience? I'm probably buying a Steam Deck soon and I would love to play Sky and Erebonia arcs but I'm a bit scared about the performance.

One of us! One of us!

I love it when an RPG gives you so much depth with how you mechanically develop your characters. Such a sucker for player expression with lots of characters. On another note Pelvic, do you always recommend asking creators if you can use them as a source? Not to sound like I wouldn't SITE my sources, but when you use them and site them, you ask if you can mention them beforehand? Hope that question makes sense.

I just started this game. I missed it on PSP, and always meant to buy it. Seemed like a perfect fit for the steam deck. Guess I'll have to play it on my PC. Sadge.

I originally played and beat “Trails: FC” way back when we were all still waiting for “Trails: SC” to be translated & released. There was some issues with that, and for a while, no one was sure if we’d get “Trails: SC” or any other “Trails” game ever again! Thankfully we did, and the series is extremely popular with la LOT of titles, but for a while it was very unsure if we’d ever see the continuation of Estelle & Joshua’s story! Olivier & Sherezard were two of my favorite characters. Especially whenever they interact or go drinking! 😂 (And I’m guessing “Renne” & “Pater-Mater” are using more of a French pronunciation. I know in Latin & some of the Romance languages “Pater” & “Mater” are like “Father” & “Mother”. Like in the word “Paterfamilias”)

I gotta play this

@R3GARnator

3 ай бұрын

If you don't mind half the game being 'beat cop slice of life', and enjoy talking to everyone twice after each mission, then you will love it.

@user-od5th6zd2f

3 ай бұрын

You are right. You have to play FC.

So happy your giving this a try even tho you have to do the extra work to watch the cutscenes haha good thing trails isnt known for heavy important one like other games. And prep yourself if you dive into cold steel cause that one had the worst pacing of them all lol but the end result is worth it

@R3GARnator

3 ай бұрын

From Zero felt like a step up, and that's before Cold Steel.

Yeah music for sky and crossbell really has an identity. Cold steel... It has great musics but it's all over the place for me.

I find taking breaks can really help enjoy the series. It got burnt out by Second Chapter, which made coming back to 3rd a year later nostalgic. Fortunately, Crossbell is in another country with a mostly different cast.

@PelvicGaming

3 ай бұрын

I honestly think that is the wave for tackling this series. I'm going to give myself some time. ^-^

@Theatricbandit

3 ай бұрын

​@@PelvicGaming This is the best way to play and experience the games imo, I love the series to death, I absorb the writing and emotions and speak to everything and everyone constantly, like fully immersing yourself in the games for me has massive payoffs; taking breaks is just as important for really being able to enjoy the series. Do not rush for anything or anyone, I think that makes the difference between it being an enjoyable journey and a miserable slog. ... I'll watch the video when I get time later, I got excited seeing your comment haha

I absolutely adore the games of this series (even the weaker ones) in part because it's really long and really slow and I'm a binge eater but considering your review of Ys VIII, I don't know if you will like them all that much.

I've been meandering through the first one, enjoying it but I need to find the time to really get through it. I'm sure I'll get sucked in eventually though I ended up playing ys 8-10 back to back because they were such a blast

I played this when it was localized and released on steam... then had to wait years for second chapter to come out. And waiting almost 10 years for the crossbell games.

Knowing how to farm sepith is the best way of getting money. Estelle and tita are the best sepith farmers in the game. Estelle moreso. On sepith up turns youll want to use estelles hurricane (or her pummel s craft for bosses) on as many enemies as possible (or Titas minigun S craft) If you can mainpulate the turn order well, the spell Aerial is also great for sepith farming. The thing about the sepith up bonus is that enemies drop sepith for every hit the receive during that turn. Hits in trails, up until Kuro, are any attack that makes an enemy flinch during its animation. So attacks that cause the mobs to flinch multiple times during its execution are best used on Sepith up turns.

@PelvicGaming

3 ай бұрын

Estelle sure, Tita... I'm sorry I used her the least. I just don't care for her gameplay. xD Even if you craft her well, the best she ever gets is 'good'. Dare I say, she can take more than one hit.

@RaifSeverence

3 ай бұрын

​​@@PelvicGaming tita works best as crowd control. Load her up with status ailiment inducing quartz and use smoke grenade (or whatever the craft that causes blindness is) and watch how she debilitates all but the most ailment resistant mobs. Also and this is a spoiler When she returns to the series she has the most health out of anyone.