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Wolf Kanno
11-05-2020, 05:55 AM
Match 3 is up and the categories are: Plot, Replay Value, and Art Direction

Trails of Cold Steel
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Dragon Quest VIII
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Lord Golbez
11-05-2020, 02:31 PM
Wow tough. I definitely going to have to give it to ToCS on plot. The other categories are tougher. Replay value. I just don't know....although I did replay DQVIII so it has some decent replay for such a long game. Art direction? Well, ToCS is fairly generic kind of stuff, but I'm also not a huge Toriyama fan. Kind of generic anime vs generic Toriyama. Still DQVIII is a beautiful game. I think I'd give art direction to DQVIII, but only slightly so it doesn't tilt the scales too much. This is a tough one, but I think I'm going to give it to ToCS on the whole.
Del Murder
11-05-2020, 07:36 PM
If anything this whole event has made me want to look into these Cold Steel games.
WarZidane
11-05-2020, 11:16 PM
The master plan comes to fruition :mwahaha:

Anyway, plot's a no-brainer for me again here. As for the art style, I won't deny Cold Steel's art style is pretty generic, but I'm not a fan of Toriyama's art style at all, so I'd still vote CS there too.

Which leaves replay value, and..well, i don't remember at all how much replay value DQ8 has. Cold Steel has some though, with bonding events that you can't all see in one playthrough, as well as a few easily missable things. I also just love the gameplay, so that helps.
Spuuky
11-06-2020, 01:36 AM
If anything this whole event has made me want to look into these Cold Steel games.I think you're supposed to start with Trails in the Sky before you get to the Cold Steel ones.
Lord Golbez
11-06-2020, 04:39 AM
Honestly, probably, because as someone who hasn't played Sky, I can say there are number of characters who it seems like you're supposed to know who they are when they're introduced.
Del Murder
11-06-2020, 08:56 PM
Is it Legend of Heroes: Trails in the Sky? The PSP game? I'm pretty sure my PSP still works if I have the charging cable for it...
WarZidane
11-06-2020, 11:10 PM
That's the one, yup.
Spuuky
11-07-2020, 02:05 AM
Is it Legend of Heroes: Trails in the Sky? The PSP game? I'm pretty sure my PSP still works if I have the charging cable for it...Yeah but you could just play it on the PC like a normal person