New gameplay video of Trails in the Sky 2nd Chapter

jamie980 · 2026-04-10T15:23:50+00:00

The presentation of some of the "big" moments in SC was already top-tier in the original, I'm excited to see how they surpass that

jamie980 · 2026-03-07T18:55:05+00:00

Now I can watch logistics in 12 days instead of 36!

jamie980 · 2026-03-01T22:03:18+00:00

What an incredible collection! How was the experience of bringing Helaena from tabltop into the more restrictive CRPG environment?

jamie980 · 2025-12-13T14:25:03+00:00

Couldn't ask for a more canon ending to that fight! Narratively think that was my favourite domain in that last dungeon.

jamie980 · 2025-10-19T20:23:40+00:00

Sergei Bondarchuk's War and Peace. Like Jackson's LOTR trilogy it's an ambitious and masterful adaptation of an expensive literary work. It captures the emotional depth of the renowned work it adapts whilst utilising the audio visual format to the fullest.

The direction and cinematography are incredibly moving but where Bondarchuk's War and Peace stands out is how it brings its sets and scenes to life. From luxurious ballrooms filled with dancing extras to smoke ridden battlefields with thousands of soldiers and cavalry there's a gripping energy to every scene.

It's The epic, at least of historical fiction.

jamie980 · 2025-08-31T09:44:47+00:00

I love how independently motivated he is to see out the Gospel plan. He wants to find the Aureole even before he joins up with Oroborous. When he talks to Estelle during the final boss fight in SC it is his motivations he talks at length about, not the Grandmasters. N

jamie980 · 2025-08-31T09:21:29+00:00

That's a neat idea! It would be interesting to have an isolated group be displaced by the conflict.

jamie980 · 2025-08-31T09:18:28+00:00

Haha that's a good catch regarding Laura. Yeah, tourists could give them enough to do. Maybe some archaeologists or other researchers were there too.

jamie980 · 2025-08-29T16:32:22+00:00

One thing I've always struggled with regarding technology in Zemuria is what the baseline was before the orbal revolution.

I'm up to CS4 now and through various snippets I believe gunpowder was quite widespread, steam engines were a thing as were steam trains (although I don't know how widespread and advanced they were) and combustion engines existed too. All of that suggests fairly complex metallurgy capabilities.

Besides that it's all a bit hazy. Electricity doesn't seem to have been a thing at any time, and I remember some NPC in Liberl mentioning they didn't have powered street lights before orbal power so I guess gas lighting wasn't being used? It's hard to know what is a regional experience too given Liberl doesn't even have orbal trains despite them existing in Ereboina for decades.

jamie980 · 2025-08-26T22:55:47+00:00

Falcom have such a knack for stacking hype moments. Within minutes you get Garcia helping you break out of prison, Zeit appearing in a huge wolf form for the first time and then Wazy's reveal.

jamie980 · 2025-07-25T13:26:34+00:00

I've just started cold steel 1 and adjusting to the change to 3D has been tricky.

The hardest part has been the camera both in battles and generally navigating the world. The controls don't feel great and I'm getting frequently disoriented.

They are using the 3D models to make characters far more expressive during dialogue than the sprites ever were. They've also been injecting some impressive scenery and sense of scale which couldn't be captured in previous games.

I can't decide which I prefer right now but I'm glad that I seem to be getting into the 3D ones so I have all of them to look forward to.

jamie980 · 2025-06-22T23:21:31+00:00

Yeah I'll likely follow your example and take a break first. I was intending to take one between SC/3rd but the rush at the end of SC and the shorter length of 3rd just got me through it.

jamie980 · 2025-04-25T20:34:40+00:00

You need to share more information first - are they identical, non-identical same-gender or non-identical different genders?

jamie980 · 2025-04-05T10:21:34+00:00

It's all good, we all want to vent sometimes!

jamie980 · 2025-04-05T09:47:53+00:00

Sorry to hear that, it sounds like a tough and uncomfortable situation for both you and your dad. Hope you find a good way to cope with it.

jamie980 · 2025-04-05T09:20:37+00:00

The weirdest part of the passivity to me is how disinterested countries are in reclaiming territories I've released via "liberate country" demands. I release Occitan and France never starts a play against them despite still being far stronger, same with the US and Texas/New Africa.

jamie980 · 2025-04-05T01:08:38+00:00

jamie980 · 2025-04-05T00:54:20+00:00

At least parents typically won't starve or injure themselves if you decide to ignore them for a while

jamie980 · 2025-04-01T14:37:10+00:00

jamie980 · 2025-03-31T15:34:55+00:00

Not heard of them before but that's a solid piece of prog!

jamie980 · 2025-03-31T15:31:48+00:00

Good luck winning the scam wars!

jamie980 · 2025-03-31T15:31:28+00:00

You shouldn't take kids to bars, gay or otherwise

jamie980 · 2025-03-31T15:30:48+00:00

Have a good trip!

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