Zora
perpetually tired
I'm currently playing Code Realize. Finished Impey's route which was eh, currently on Van Helsing's route, which has been pretty solid so far.
I'd strongly recommend going through Sky and Crossbell before continuing onto Cold Steel 3; Cold Steel 2 is mostly fine on its own (just don't read the crossbell newspaper). The analogy that CS3/4 are to Trails what Infinity War/Endgame are to MCU is 100% accurate. It's not just an issue of spoilers--there will be that--but a lot of *context* will be lost and many scenes will hit differently depending on background knowledge. The least spoiler-y example I can think of (albeit not the best) is late in CS2, a pair of jaegers will "stop holding back" (you'll know the scene when you see it), which will look incredibly silly without understanding what War Cry is from Crossbell. That scene is minor so I wouldn't play Crossbell just for that; rather take away that CS3/4 will have a lot of "should I know what/who this is?" moments. Unfortunately, Crossbell is the more important of the two, and in a weird limbo until late 2022/early 2023.
Mostly geared towards @The Mega Champion .Actually, even though I say this, I still haven't played the Sky or Crossbell games (personally, I feel that the need to play them before moving on to Cold Steel 3 is exaggerated, but maybe I just don't know any better). Maybe I'll make Sky the next game I play... I had been planning on doing them and Crossbell back-to-back before Reverie releases, but all of those are still years out and have a lot of time between them (thanks, NISA!), so there's no real merit in waiting like that.
I'd strongly recommend going through Sky and Crossbell before continuing onto Cold Steel 3; Cold Steel 2 is mostly fine on its own (just don't read the crossbell newspaper). The analogy that CS3/4 are to Trails what Infinity War/Endgame are to MCU is 100% accurate. It's not just an issue of spoilers--there will be that--but a lot of *context* will be lost and many scenes will hit differently depending on background knowledge. The least spoiler-y example I can think of (albeit not the best) is late in CS2, a pair of jaegers will "stop holding back" (you'll know the scene when you see it), which will look incredibly silly without understanding what War Cry is from Crossbell. That scene is minor so I wouldn't play Crossbell just for that; rather take away that CS3/4 will have a lot of "should I know what/who this is?" moments. Unfortunately, Crossbell is the more important of the two, and in a weird limbo until late 2022/early 2023.
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