WARNING: SPOILERS! (in case it wasn't clear enough already...)
If you are not yet familiar to this series, watch this video first instead: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XkYI5AyoPtU
Here we count down my top 10 favorite moments across all current Legend of Heroes: Trails games by Falcom. We'll be covering the highest highs and the darkest lows of every game from Trails in the Sky through Trails of Cold Steel IV. For each entry, I give ample warning of upcoming spoilers for whatever game(s) I'm about to talk about, so I strongly encourage you not to watch any parts that would potentially ruin your experience. All music used will be listed at the end of the video (not here in the description in case the titles spoil the video). If you liked the video, or have anything to say about it, let me know in the comments. If you know any fans of the series, please send this video their way, I will greatly appreciate it!
I loved making this video. The Trails series has accomplished much of what other JRPGs could only dream of in my opinion. Though it isn't without its flaws, I am always eagerly waiting the next game to arrive. Going through all the best, most emotional, most heartbreaking moments was an absolute trip down a rabbit hole I've gone down so many times now, I've lost count. Have a tissue ready, just sayin'.... N- Not that I needed one or two or anything!
Timestamps:
2:25 #10 - Trails of Cold Feels ⛰️
4:49 #9 - Ow the edge ⚔️
6:55 #8 - e m o t i o n a l d a m a g e ?
11:14 #7 - PSA: Hug your tater tots ?
14:53 #6 - Sinners need love too, or something ⛪
19:38 #5 - Serving the fans, one "Press A to talk" at a time ?
21:35 #4 - [insert terrible 9/11 joke here] ?
24:17 #3 - Nip- I mean, Ripple effects ?
28:20 #2 - TFW it gazes back [mature content warning] ?
34:48 Spoilerific Honorable Mentos ?
36:30 #1 - Whereabouts of sheeeeeeeeeit ?
44:30 Even the Conclusion has a little spoilers, just sayin' ?
Why are we still here? Just to suffer?
Falcom's music is truly one of their strongest aspects. Every time I think back to the times I played this series, it's always accompanied by memories of certain songs. So I feel like this is the best way to show my appreciation to the series, a massive countdown of all my 100 favorite songs in the entire series, up to Kuro no Kiseki 2.
Yeah, this series lives rent free in my head.
~Timestamps~
100: 0:02:15
90: 0:29:37
80: 1:01:05
70: 1:26:45
60: 2:02:46
50: 2:33:18
40: 3:03:06
30: 3:41:11
20: 4:11:22
10: 4:39:09
All my Trails/Kiseki videos: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLV23iYNeJ8IO8sdWYcoPQmimktxx3lCcV
Random News of Gaming (RNG): https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLV23iYNeJ8IM9WDdRNIfrZ6kkAzzkyi1-
Countdowns!: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLV23iYNeJ8IPxWdhD-fT4zLJxbx8o-tDS
Other commentary!: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLV23iYNeJ8IP61vUtn8fRfbS_ltcgcUDF
Smash Ultimate clips (shorts): https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLV23iYNeJ8IOH1I_x__lSVa1liyareRzG
Smash Ultimate supercuts: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLV23iYNeJ8IOyiihFl6J8fzyUOjFfoILS
Twatter: https://twitter.com/Chao_NiGHTS
Discord: https://discord.gg/JqGpfn6rMN
Just give me some good games. Screw all this corpo activist nonsense.
5:42 Main takeaway/TL;DR point here
Savvy's video: https://twitter.com/MadamSavvy/status/1769407570756714560
Sidalpha's video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lT2zracZtLg
KIM BELAIR: Keynote at WOMENIZE! Games & Film 2019:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WECCC6Rywts
Now You See Me: Representation as Innovation (Kim Belair at GDC):
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GfMsxjWgUbI
Music from: Momodora: Moonlit Farewell, Iconoclasts
Random News of Gaming (RNG): https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLV23iYNeJ8IM9WDdRNIfrZ6kkAzzkyi1-
Countdowns!: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLV23iYNeJ8IPxWdhD-fT4zLJxbx8o-tDS
Other commentary!: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLV23iYNeJ8IP61vUtn8fRfbS_ltcgcUDF
Smash Ultimate clips (shorts): https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLV23iYNeJ8IOH1I_x__lSVa1liyareRzG
Smash Ultimate supercuts: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLV23iYNeJ8IOyiihFl6J8fzyUOjFfoILS
Twatter: https://twitter.com/Chao_NiGHTS
Discord: https://discord.gg/JqGpfn6rMN
If I keep making videos like this, maybe I'll never make that metroidvania video lmao
Music from: Black & White, Sonic Adventure, LAIKA: Aged Through Blood, Yoku's Island Express
Twitter bots source:
https://twitter.com/MasteroftheTDS/status/1783365975628542374
Random News of Gaming (RNG): https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLV23iYNeJ8IM9WDdRNIfrZ6kkAzzkyi1-
Countdowns!: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLV23iYNeJ8IPxWdhD-fT4zLJxbx8o-tDS
Other commentary!: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLV23iYNeJ8IP61vUtn8fRfbS_ltcgcUDF
Smash Ultimate clips (shorts): https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLV23iYNeJ8IOH1I_x__lSVa1liyareRzG
Smash Ultimate supercuts: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLV23iYNeJ8IOyiihFl6J8fzyUOjFfoILS
Twatter: https://twitter.com/Chao_NiGHTS
Discord: https://discord.gg/JqGpfn6rMN
If I could make a Hyrule Warriors 2... #HyruleWarriors #Zelda
hoyaaaaaa
0:00: Intro
1:01: Story
3:09: Technical stuff
4:12: Stages
6:37: Modes
9:13: New Elements
10:16: New Characters
15:01: New Weapons
18:48: New Items
19:39: New Bosses
23:39: New Enemies
24:43: Outro
Random News of Gaming (RNG): https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLV23iYNeJ8IM9WDdRNIfrZ6kkAzzkyi1-
Countdowns!: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLV23iYNeJ8IPxWdhD-fT4zLJxbx8o-tDS
Other commentary!: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLV23iYNeJ8IP61vUtn8fRfbS_ltcgcUDF
Smash Ultimate clips (shorts): https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLV23iYNeJ8IOH1I_x__lSVa1liyareRzG
Smash Ultimate supercuts: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLV23iYNeJ8IOyiihFl6J8fzyUOjFfoILS
Twatter: https://twitter.com/Chao_NiGHTS Discord: https://discord.gg/JqGpfn6rMN
ow the edge
This is a follow-up video to my Top 10 Favorite and Least Favorite JRPG Protagonists: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=plwPAHopr7w
Not sure what the common consensus is on all of the characters on my list as of making this, but it'll be interesting to see where they land on other people's videos. Leave a comment on what you think are the best or worst antagonists you've seen in JRPGs!
~Timestamps~
Intro: 0:00:00
#10: 0:02:32
#10: 0:04:12
#09: 0:06:20
#09: 0:08:26
#08: 0:10:49
#08: 0:12:55
#07: 0:15:10
#07: 0:18:21
#06: 0:20:33
#06: 0:22:20
#05: 0:26:02
#05: 0:28:11
#04: 0:31:06
#04: 0:33:44
#03: 0:36:36
#03: 0:38:52
#02: 0:43:22
#02: 0:46:44
DhM: 0:52:30
#01: 0:54:19
HM: 0:58:20
#01: 1:00:18
Outro: 01:07:51
More countdowns!: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLV23iYNeJ8IPxWdhD-fT4zLJxbx8o-tDS
Other commentary!: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLV23iYNeJ8IP61vUtn8fRfbS_ltcgcUDF
Random News of Gaming (RNG): https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLV23iYNeJ8IM9WDdRNIfrZ6kkAzzkyi1-
Smash Ultimate clips (shorts): https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLV23iYNeJ8IOH1I_x__lSVa1liyareRzG
Smash Ultimate supercuts: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLV23iYNeJ8IOyiihFl6J8fzyUOjFfoILS
Twatter: https://twitter.com/Chao_NiGHTS
Discord: https://discord.gg/JqGpfn6rMN
#RPG #Top10 #Villains
Kuro no Kiseki II: Crimson Sin, the twelfth game in the Kiseki series. Does it live up to the series' best? Or is it really just as the fanbase tend to say it is? I used an English fan patch called Trails Before Dawn II, so the content in this video is based entirely on my experience with that. There will be spoilers, so go play the game yourself first before watching.
Intro: 0:00
Overview/Prologue (SPOILERS): 00:59
Story Thoughts Interlude/Act 1/2 (MEGA-SPOILERS): 7:02
Story Thoughts Fragments/Act 3/Finale (SUPER-MEGA-SPOILERS): 11:27
General Thoughts/Concerns: 25:31
Gameplay: 30:29
Music: 33:35
Other Thoughts: 35:06
Character Tier List: 39:51
Outro: 42:05
Music:
At the Bottom of the Dark Sludge
Hard-Boiled Short Cake
Cut Off the Retreat
Spiral of Time
Enter the World of Fantasy
Style, When You Stick to It
Heiyue Rebellion
High in the Sky and Ride the Wind
Worst Speculation
Stairway to Gehenna (Sky the 3rd)
Way Back to the Hades
Irreverent Laughter
Monochrome Days
Buster the Ghost of Garden
Have a Good Time
Chaotic Loop
After the Spring Rain
Skip to the Edith
Playing Dirty?
Extreme Visitor
Solid-State Shard Blow
Work Out a Solution! ~Command Battle~
Rebellion Against Tomorrow ~With All Our Powers~
Hide and Seek
Darkness Illuminated by Shadows
News of Thaw
Pushed Over
Crumbling Daily Life
Into the Chill
The New Season Together ~Prelude~
Countdowns!: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLV23iYNeJ8IPxWdhD-fT4zLJxbx8o-tDS
Random News of Gaming (RNG): https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLV23iYNeJ8IM9WDdRNIfrZ6kkAzzkyi1-
Other commentary!: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLV23iYNeJ8IP61vUtn8fRfbS_ltcgcUDF
Smash Ultimate clips (shorts): https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLV23iYNeJ8IOH1I_x__lSVa1liyareRzG
Smash Ultimate supercuts: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLV23iYNeJ8IOyiihFl6J8fzyUOjFfoILS
Twatter: https://twitter.com/Chao_NiGHTS
Discord: https://discord.gg/JqGpfn6rMN
Note: This is an old video that may contain outdated opinions/information.
My mic is booty.
Topic: http://operationrainfall.com/2020/01/17/nisa-responds-to-trails-of-cold-steel-3-concerns-of-censorship/
https://nichegamer.com/2020/01/18/nisa-responds-to-claims-of-changing-sexist-japanese-jokes-to-be-culturally-appropriate/
Translation by kitsune547: https://www.reddit.com/r/Falcom/comments/99pnwl/trails_of_cold_steel_iii_sen_no_kiseki_iii/
Other opinions on the matter:
https://old.reddit.com/r/Falcom/comments/dp9fbs/one_week_later_a_spoilerfree_analysis_on_csiiis/
https://www.reddit.com/r/Falcom/comments/er6pz1/mod_post_so_about_that_censorship_topic/
Examples of some mistranslations in CS3:
https://imgur.com/a/5JBeMiS#z5LZsIZ
Sony:
https://nichegamer.com/2018/10/27/new-sony-censorship-policy-is-forcing-even-japanese-developers-to-censor-themselves-in-japan/
Originally uploaded to YouTube on Feb 6, 2020.