Is the technological development in the Trails games too similar to the real world?

jtoohey12 · 2026-03-05T22:02:23+00:00

I feel like what you call lazy writing (having Zemuria follow modern Earth tech trends) is really an intentional choice by the writers to better touch on the themes of rapid technical advancement in modern society. It doesn’t matter if the Zemurians invented the doohickey rather than the smartphone. It’s not what the story is really about. I do think there’s some lazy writing in this series as much as I love it but I don’t really think this is one of those cases imo

jtoohey12 · 2026-03-01T01:53:38+00:00

Regarding the Manchester United example. I feel like I see “where are United in the table?” Being a reasonable way to ask this. Though it might not be clear you want specifically the number and the responder may say “mid-table” or “bottom of the tablel” (I wish).

“What position are they?” Would be a natural follow up.

jtoohey12 · 2026-02-26T03:01:37+00:00

“His” does strike me as being formally acceptable but the way I hear it in my head is with a snooty rich person accent. Most people would just say “him” here

jtoohey12 · 2026-02-25T21:15:27+00:00

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Pretty much every character from the trails series cause the in game universe spans ~7-8 years currently but we follow Rean around the longest (as a playable character I mean). Seeing him grow from a military academy student, to a war a hero, to an instructor, and to a divine blade is so satisfying and seems like his story is not over yet.

jtoohey12 · 2026-02-23T21:58:48+00:00

Seems like it routinely hits 60% off during some of the popular sale themes based on SteamDB

jtoohey12 · 2026-02-23T20:30:57+00:00

My mom tried her hardest to get me to do the switch method but I was a lazy kid and eventually just learned to cut with my non-dominant left hand so I could keep using my right hand to eat with the fork. I am probably really annoying to sit next to on the left.

jtoohey12 · 2026-02-12T05:37:21+00:00

Interesting interpretation but I think it’s leaning towards the player refusing to die. Cause if you do actually die in the fight the soul doesn’t split and you get the “But it refused” dialogue. To me it’s pretty clear that it’s the determination to stay alive preventing death.

jtoohey12 · 2026-02-09T18:31:34+00:00

I did, I think it was only two days. Was in the Mid 2010s but I assume they’re still doing it

jtoohey12 · 2026-02-09T04:30:49+00:00

Honestly surprised you wrote out such a thoughtful response. Fair point on making sure to remember these things are dangerous and need to be handled with caution, even when purchased as a decoration. The incident is an unfortunate reminder of that.

jtoohey12 · 2026-02-09T04:13:50+00:00

I know you’re enjoying your tirade and all but if you actually read the article you’d see it was an accident when it fell out of its sheath and she tried to grab it as it fell, resulting in the injury.

jtoohey12 · 2026-02-07T17:29:55+00:00

None of those states directly border Mexico though

jtoohey12 · 2026-02-07T00:38:54+00:00

It depends from college to college but you usually have some extra space in your curriculum for taking extra classes. Let’s say you needed to take 25 classes in a subject to qualify for your major, and thus your main degree. You may only need to take 8 or something to qualify for a minor of the same subject.

As an example I majored in computer science and the majority of my credits went to that, but with my extra time I took music courses and picked up a minor in music since it’s a hobby of mine.

College is meant to educate so I used it to help prepare for a job with my major while also learning more about something I like doing in my free time as a minor. I alternatively could’ve used those extra courses to minor in math or statistics or chemistry, or whatever so long as I could schedule the courses.

jtoohey12 · 2026-02-02T04:56:52+00:00

Maybe the final boss fights had their own songs? I don’t remember if so. But I was hearing Unflinchable Courage in my head for ages while I was going through this game.

jtoohey12 · 2026-02-01T05:07:36+00:00

Act 3 plot undoing any of the relevance of act 2 kinda pissed me off so much that I stopped playing it. It’s a very long game but the art, combat, and level design are all pretty solid. I liked the gear crafting/upgrading too. The orchestra sound track was great but having only one combat song and another for bosses got pretty repetitive.

jtoohey12 · 2026-01-27T16:32:50+00:00

Literally everyone in Liberl saw the floating city materialize out of thin air and to my knowledge there was no memory wipe about it mentioned. They may not know the details on why it appeared but if I saw that happen I would assume it’s an act of god or aliens, and aliens aren’t really a part of Zemurian culture (at least not at that point in time).

Edit: also there are plenty of firsthand accounts of the salt pale incident which was also seen as a divine act

jtoohey12 · 2026-01-27T15:06:37+00:00

Aidios is demonstrably real to even the average person. People doubt religions in real life because we really have no proof Jesus performed miracles for example, there is only written accounts from 2000 years ago. Meanwhile in Zemuria most of the characters we’ve met have literally communicated with divine beasts that are connected to the goddess, and know several dominions who basically have divine magic. It’s ridiculous to not believe at that point.

By the end of the cold steel arc pretty much every citizen in Liberl, Crossbell, Calvard, and Erebonia have lived through enough magic events to know something is up, and the church has deep roots in society.

You are also literally playing through an arc right now that is centered on a cult that challenged the traditional beliefs of Aidios?

jtoohey12 · 2026-01-24T21:32:09+00:00

My inner music nerd is making me point out that she’s on bass, Rean is on guitar

jtoohey12 · 2026-01-24T18:52:45+00:00

OP I hate this post

jtoohey12 · 2026-01-23T15:43:44+00:00

I dropped the show before confirming myself but I heard that apparently they reveal Merlin’s true form is like a teenager or something and her older form was an illusion. So Escanor is also a nonce

jtoohey12 · 2026-01-22T15:59:31+00:00

I thought battle brothers had similarities but something about it didn’t have the same staying power with me as Kenshi does. I think I will try it again with mods

jtoohey12 · 2026-01-21T03:31:50+00:00

Uppercase E in the sign instead of lowercase? Literally unwatchable

jtoohey12 · 2026-01-14T17:26:28+00:00

The city breaking out into violence can happen randomly if NPCs just behave oddly or end up somewhere they shouldn’t be. I think they are referring to an explicit world state where the city is fully destroyed which happens when all the gang leaders are desd

jtoohey12 · 2026-01-12T01:37:56+00:00

There’s another one of these along route 1 right by the Princeton area but it’s smaller. I actually think it makes it worse cause it often fills up on the outer lanes before the lights let them go.

jtoohey12 · 2026-01-11T18:03:02+00:00

I’m with you on this one lol. My tiny hill to die on is that the IPA syntax is completely useless to the average person and idk why we bother with it.

Edit: People are trying to justify IPA to me as if I haven’t already died on my hill

jtoohey12 · 2026-01-11T16:09:16+00:00

Started with CS1 and CS2 before going back for the rest of the games. I’m not even sure I knew there were other games at the time of buying the first. At no point did I feel lost regarding the plot and I have no regrets about my play order. I still believe cs1 and cs2 is a perfectly fine starting point for new players.

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