Mecha Mishy: Then I have no recourse but to give my very life in a final act of revenge
Mecha Mishy: This long fight has made me weary. My hands are stained. I no longer have the right to turn back.
OK lol I did not expect evil Mecha-Mishy to escape the Daydream into the real plot.
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The emperor, transformed into a purple beast with tentacles
Nadia and Swin strike the killing blow together
This guy comes back as Nemesis for like 15 minutes and then super dies.
I guess that's Nadia and Swin's arcs done, which is a bit underwhelming tbh.
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Nadia: Score one more for the Imperial Picnicking Front
I love the Imperial Picnicking Front. I guess Arios fits the vibe, being a former villain.
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Lechter meeting up with everyone from Thors plus some hangers on
Finally have the whole Thors crew together and heading to Crossbell.
I more and more feel like Reverie is secretly just a third Crossbell game.
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I didn't play much Reverie yesterday, but I did think about a perfectly objective Trails game rating system. Here is Reverie's current score:
0 characters died
0 characters brought back from the dead*
1 villains redeemed
*1 character brought back as a robot but then killed
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Reverie Act 3 thoughts
Pacing was much better than Act 2 and the various Act endings hyped me up for what's next.
Hard to believe I'm over halfway done already. I guess I'm used to the insane length of Cold Steel 3 and 4.
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Olivier to Schera: I'm not fully confident I can protect the two of you in this situation
Hey, we found him earlier than I expected.
Very silly that pregnant Schera is not allowed to fight in this sequence where they are breaking out of captivity
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Who wants to be a Mirannaire: Play at your own Beryl
Rean and Towa get an S rank on the Banana boat minigame at the beach
St Astraia's Violet in Bloom
Reverie Daydream thoughts Rd 2
Mirannaire: Fun, but please give me the harder versions
Beach Vacay: Disliked the minigames, lol'd at the made for VR romance scenes, sad that I have to do more for missions.
St Astraia's Violet: Wayne's sister falling for cross-dressing Kurt was fun
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Rufus's party with Nadia, Swin, Lapis and Renne
Jingo also on the team (flying the airship)
Lol at Rufus just fully committing to the child soldier team.
Also Hi Renne
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Reverie end of Act 2 thoughts:
I liked the twists here overall. Not sure about the whole Rufus situation, but it was a good surprise.
I dont hate the Reverie Corridor, but the way it was inserted into the flow of the plot just ruined the pacing of this Act. Should have been somewhere else
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Turns out C is Rufus
OK, C's identity was very surprising. I was coming up with some ideas but never thought of this.
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Magical Alisa title screen with various Trails magical girls and evil prince Rean
Title screen for 'Buried Trails, Beaten Trails, Blazed Trails'
Title screen for 'A Day in the Lives of the SSS'
Thoughts on the Reverie minigames so far:
Magical Alisa is silly, I wish the gameplay was a bit more fun (and maybe harder)
BT(x3) explains why the Three and Nine book exists, otherwise unremarkable.
Day in the Life: Mecha-Mishy fight was funny, but not worth the time probably
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The minigame stone, with Pom Pom Party and Magical Alisa S unlocked
Vantage Masters deckbuilding screen
The daydream menu, with one unlocked
Reverie's plot was moving pretty fast, and then the Reverie Corridor showed up.
Time for hours of grinding, daydreams and minigames. I'm hoping the side content is as good as in Sky the 3rd.
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Claire explains that the Sonorous Seashell disappeared with the Courageous, disabling long range Arcus communication
I forgot about this Artifact but it's interesting that the game had to explain why everyone's cell phones aren't available to make the three separate plots work.
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End of Act 1 thoughts: I like the idea of splitting the characters into three stories which intersect in interesting ways.
I'm also enjoying that it feels a lot tighter so far than the last few games, with only 1 to 2 walking around talking sections per character Act
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Claire explains that defeating her was meant to serve as a trial of sorts
The training fight against Claire is the first fight where I really regretted playing on Nightmare difficulty. It was possible but took a bunch of tries to work out.
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Noel saying that everyone in Zemuria knows Rean at this point
Whenever Rean isn't on screen, all the other characters should be asking "Where's Schwarzer?"
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Alisa, Sharon and Towa having read with Elie
Machias and Dudley are coffee-bros now
Estelle eating an icecream
We're in Act 1 (Lloyd's route?) and everyone is even more here.
Put Estelle on my team now, please
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Wazy, Wald and Scarlet, the "who let these people into the church" team
The SSS (and Juna) after making their entrance to Orchid Tower
OK, let's get into Reverie. Apologies that my screenshots all have the stupid pause message on them.
We're starting in Crossbell, and everyone is here. So nice to see Juna as part of the SSS.
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Finally planning to start my Trails into Reverie playthrough in the next couple days. (I'm playing Planet of Lana first but I don't have much to say about it).
I will use #VAReverie so definitely mute that tag if you are concerned about spoilers.
