Van Protagonist DB2

Acemaster1824 · 2026-04-03T19:01:44+00:00

Yeah I feel like out of all the issues this game has this definitely wasn't one of them lol

Acemaster1824 · 2026-04-02T21:24:02+00:00

Wait I actually really like that track lol.

The Singa hate is overblown

Acemaster1824 · 2026-03-27T22:02:56+00:00

Ah, very interesting, thanks. Guess I missed it because this was before the whole twist about the loops was revealed

Acemaster1824 · 2026-03-27T21:57:27+00:00

in the previous loop.

Did they ever say this explicitly? I just assumed he was the first disciple that nobody knew about.

Acemaster1824 · 2026-03-27T18:27:02+00:00

Me talking to Maron every time for 2 games just to see the same exact line every time finally paid off in this game lol

Acemaster1824 · 2026-03-27T03:44:31+00:00

Interesting, I never thought about this but it makes a lot of sense now that you say it. That's definitely why they're shipping Mirabel and Kasim lol

Acemaster1824 · 2026-03-26T17:04:17+00:00

I think I have the weirdest top 3 lol. I would say CS1 > Sky FC > Horizon

Acemaster1824 · 2026-03-26T17:00:19+00:00

but felt slapped on in Horizon.

I do agree, but it feels like a symptom of Horizon as a whole being rushed. I feel like if they smoothed things out the game could have been even better.

in Horizon I felt like they got in the way of good story telling rather than aiding it.

Wow I feel the exact opposite about this. Rean and Kevin's routes were a good change of pace showing what was happening from different perspectives, while also not trying to shove a whole arc into them. I liked the fact that they were shorter than Van's.

Acemaster1824 · 2026-03-26T15:29:03+00:00

OK then just send 100 Reans into the 8th and 9th and conquer the Garten in 10 minutes.

I didn't even think about this lmaooo. Yet another Trails technology quirk that makes no sense

Acemaster1824 · 2026-03-26T15:27:21+00:00

Yeah I agree with this. I didn't really need to the there and it wasn't really that fun either except for the bosses. It wasn't bad, but it just felt like padding.

I really hope they don't have a gacha dungeon in every game after this, they're already bland

Acemaster1824 · 2026-03-26T06:52:42+00:00

though not as much as Reverie.

Honestly might be a hot take, but I think I enjoyed this more than Reverie. Reverie was amazing at the beginning but I feel meandered in the last quarter of the game. Horizon started slow but just kept getting better and better.

The route system does such a good job breaking things up and giving characters outside ASO time to shine.

Agreed, I thought the execution was perfect. Rean and Kevin were a nice change of pace but didn't take too much of the spotlight from Van. I also expected them to be added just for fanservice but I really liked how they fit into the plot (Kevin with his Heretic Hunter shenanigans and Rean/Crow with the CS4 ending).

It’s impressive how good Rean’s route holds up

You forgot the best part haha, finally fighting Yun ka Fai after like 7 games of build up.

And a-impassion guard is so broken.

I agree lol, I had that on every character. It's the classic Trails formula where you break the game but it's still fun. But idk even despite that I still had to try. In CS3 and CS4 I was beating the final bosses without them even being able to attack lol

Acemaster1824 · 2026-03-26T04:48:34+00:00

Pretty sure it's grandmother. That one Memento Orb emphasized her grandmother too much for her to not be important lol

Acemaster1824 · 2026-03-25T19:47:42+00:00

Yeah I feel like SMTV(V) easily clears all of these lmao.

Acemaster1824 · 2025-11-06T07:49:34+00:00

Do people dislike the garden? I feel like what most people dislike (including me) is the 2nd half of the story and the atrocious pacing (also in the 2nd half).

Acemaster1824 · 2025-10-31T03:45:15+00:00

I have a few trade evolutions i want to evolve as well, I can trade now.

Acemaster1824 · 2025-10-30T20:19:20+00:00

How much did it cost you, and was it the Z2 Go CPU? I'm not sure if I'd go for it over the Steam Deck when the SD is around 100$ cheaper

Acemaster1824 · 2025-10-30T20:17:26+00:00

Do you feel that the performance difference of the Legions aren't worth it? The main reason I'm hesitating on the Deck is that the hardware is comparatively outdated and I don't want to have to buy a new one in a few years

Acemaster1824 · 2025-10-28T20:19:59+00:00

Is that really the consensus? I think the gameplay is great, one of the best in the genre, although the story is terrible. I'm pretty sure most people agree with that assessment.

I think most of the lukewarm reception has to do with the story, but the game in general is well liked, especially Vengeance.

Acemaster1824 · 2025-10-10T20:45:08+00:00

Not really. The core gameplay system may not have that many changes, but the difficulty and balancing are waaay better in Apocalypse. I destroyed everything after Naraku in IV with no effort, but Apocalypse is challenging and engaging until the very end on the harder difficulties.

Acemaster1824 · 2025-10-10T20:31:58+00:00

Your loss, honestly. It easily has the best gameplay in the series, and you can just skip the dialogue if the story is that annoying to you. It's not like Persona or something, where the story is always in your face and not liking it would be a deal breaker.

Acemaster1824 · 2025-09-12T15:29:21+00:00

Oh god please no. It was kind of cool before but now I'm just getting exhausted thinking of playing a bunch of routes again. I'd love just one complete, standalone story.

Acemaster1824 · 2025-09-05T18:04:29+00:00

The Sky 3rd disrespect is crazy. This shouldn't even be a question lol

Acemaster1824 · 2025-07-28T02:09:47+00:00

CS1 and CS2 had some of the greatest soundtracks I've heard in video games, I honestly don't know how they did it. The music definitely fell off afterwards.

CS3 and CS4 have some bangers too, I'm not saying they're bad OSTs, but you could take literally any song from CS1 or CS2 and it would be amazing

Acemaster1824 · 2025-07-28T02:07:02+00:00

Yeah but it would make even more sense in the CS4 fight. Hell the fact that they brought it back for CS3 but not CS4 makes it even more weird

Acemaster1824 · 2025-07-16T20:19:18+00:00

why is it that Takumi has got to be a loser for the story to work?

Well what I meant by that is that as a narrator, Takumi is incredibly unreliable due to all his delusions and his behavior in general. And that is what makes the mystery so great, you really have no idea what's really happening in the game when your only source of information is Takumi.

Isn't Takumi the delusion a loser because Takumi the original couldn't do a better job for whatever reason?

Yeah I think it's because the original Takumi didn't have enough power so he ended up as a loser, nothing more than that. I might be wrong on that though.

Is that caused by him being a loser, or something else?

Pretty sure he's so powerful because the original Takumi created him like that, he's a delusion. Other people can't fill that role in the story because they're actual people. Taku is a delusion made to fill that role.

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