Match 2 of Round 4. This will be based on the contestant's strengths which are similar enough. The Categories are Plot and Characters.
Trails of Cold Steel
vs.
Xenogears
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Match 2 of Round 4. This will be based on the contestant's strengths which are similar enough. The Categories are Plot and Characters.
Trails of Cold Steel
vs.
Xenogears
Sorry, Trails of Cold Steel. It's good, but Xenogears is one of the all time greats. ToCS just doesn't stand a chance when playing to Xenogears' strengths.
Both games are great in this regard, but ToCS just a bit less so simply because it's mostly setting up Cold Steel 2, so you get very little in terms of complete character arcs and story resolutions. That's not something I hold against CS, but I have to judge it purely on its own merits, not on it and CS2's merits.
I did not expect Wooz to vote against Trails in both of its matchups :p
Well hey, I've never hidden the fact I think graphics/art is Trails' weakest aspect, and I actually happen to like the art of Ivalice. :p
This match-up was a tougher call, but Xenogears has great plot/characters too, and CS1+CS2 was intended to be one game/story, which means it's like judging only the first half of a book you love. You still love that first half of the book, but it's not the same without all the payoffs that come in the second half of the book.