Trails in the Sky 1st Chapter adds Switch 2 version; ‘Prologue’ demo now available for PS5, Switch, and PC

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• Katana314@lemmy.world ⁨7⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  I’m interested in this one, but honestly a bit worried about increased realism effects.

  The original was surprisingly VERY detailed about things like facial expressions in 2D character portraits - a good thing when the game has so many moments of growth and heartbreak. I’m a little worried about how well they’ll imitate a lot of that with increased graphics.

  But hey, maybe I should play the demo to find out.

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  • Ashtear@lemmy.zip ⁨7⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    Having played a chunk of the demo with Japanese audio, this hasn’t been a literal translation situation. It’s a standard JRPG localization, closer to NISA’s work with the series than XSEED’s that was on the loose side.

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• Magical_Spark@jlai.lu ⁨7⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  I started the Trails series because of the remake announcement a few months ago. Currently at Trails to Azure, I may revisit this remake once I reach the end of this long journey.

  Very excited to see how they animate the end of this game, and I really look forward to the 2nd chapter. I also really look forward to the soundtrack for one track in particular towards the end.

  I am also tempted to just revisit this remake at release, but hngh, will be better once the story is a bit less fresh in my mind.

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  • prole@lemmy.blahaj.zone ⁨7⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    Are you playing them in chronological order? Or did you start with the Crossbell duology?

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    • Magical_Spark@jlai.lu ⁨7⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      Playing in release order. Sky trilogy and then Crossbell duology currently, and then Cold Steel it shall be.

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  • Katana314@lemmy.world ⁨7⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    How well they reproduce some of those key drama stings is definitely key to the game’s rating imo.

    A lot of game directors don’t quite appreciate just how short scenes like FF7’s death of Aeris are; or what made them compelling even with poor visuals on a struggling console. I’m a little bit worried some of these scenes will get over-acted, and leave players kind of “done with the scene” before they’ve wrapped up. Trails has way too much dialogue overall, but it ends up working well when it gives you a series of huge “WHAM” moments, and the credits are rolling before you’ve fully parsed it.

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    But now that I think about it, they could likely wind down some of Weissman’s speech during his reveal.

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• caut_R@lemmy.world ⁨7⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  The original was one of my personal top 3 stories, really captivated me. Problem is that I still remember the twists and 95% of the game‘s charm is the plot to me so I won‘t get a remaster.

  I envy anyone who gets to experience this for the first time with uptodate graphics.

  I do hope they touch up those iceskate-y run animations though, they look super awkward compared to the rest shown lol

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  • Poopfeast420@discuss.tchncs.de ⁨7⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    As a Trails hater, I wholeheartedly disagree with you. I don’t think anyone should ever play these games, except Zero and Azure. Ignore everything else and pretend they don’t exist.

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    • slimerancher@lemmy.world ⁨7⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      Why do you hate them?

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