SHOW ME YOUR RADIANCE! - The Legend of Heroes: Trails in the Sky SC - 25

[@NicoB]

Bleublanc: Before we fight...you must solve this riddle... *Estelle stabs him with her staff Estelle: NO. MORE. RIDDLES.

[@sabbathb6548]

Stabs him with a damn blunt staff. Estelle is that freaking pissed offed by the damned riddles.

[@MALEMization]

I think that's the reason you didn't play Layton vs Wright...

[@Official_RetroMania]

Estelle: NO. MORE. RIDDLES. Blueblanc: Did you say: more riddles? Estelle: NO, I SAID NO. Blueblanc: Yes? Great here we go! Estelle: 😑

[@blackdragoncyrus]

I can't believe Nico triggered the super secret route in which Olivier doesn't come with Estelle's crew if you don't use him enough.

[@Apolleh]

DAMMIT YOU STOLE MY JOKE (jk glad we had the same braincell, also i got comment of the day already so hope you get it)

[@RosyMiranto]

Wait, what? That's possible, there's a level requirement for this to be undone?! I thought it's just happen regardless O_o

[@Averi0]

@@RosyMiranto tis a joke

[@animewatcher102]

​@@RosyMiranto thats the joke. it happens regardless.

[@RosyMiranto]

@@animewatcher102 oh... Okay, okay. Phew

[@Zykestryke]

The dialogue with the party on the airship actually has a lot of variety. Try to talk to everyone twice, even the party members you want to bring with you. Sometimes, dialogue will also change depending on you current party makeup. For example, Julia’s dialogue can be different depending on Kloe’s presence in the party. Also, try to gauge your party for the dungeons based on story. While bringing Zin to Walter is forced, bring Kloe to Bleuboanc is not. Sometimes getting the character interactions is left to the player, even at times you wouldn’t expect so.

[@blackdragoncyrus]

**Cassius slaps Joshua** **All the quartz falls out of Joshua's orbment and shatters, and Joshua drops 10 levels** Estelle: "Oh, come ON!"

[@RosyMiranto]

Perhaps Nico should have stole all of Joshua's stuff last Episode after all... XD

[@kentstopme]

Cassius is just *THAT* guy he transcends even the game

[@zhaoluyue1995]

And let us be clear, that's the lightest slap cassius can do. He can delete you from the game world if he want to.

[@LuccaRPG]

Joshua: I am the only one who can handle the enforcers! I'm going...alone! Estelle: Did my anti-emo-boy speech and sexytime kiss mean NOTHING TO YOU?

[@dannyboi2217]

Fun fact! Bleublanc is voiced by Kirk Thornton, who is Saix from KH and Igor from P3Reload!

[@CrossTrash]

Also Shadow the Hedgehog lmao

[@sacrilegiousboi117]

And Morooka (the teacher with teeth) from Persona 4

[@Easelgames]

My favorite thing about Fateful Confrontation is how beautifully it goes straight after the Enforcers theme.

[@KaiserMazoku]

Just be glad this dude never hid 100 Riddler trophies around Liberl.

[@PJSam1998]

Cat Translation: Nya-go. It's been a while. How have you been? : Nyao? What's wrong? : Nya-o. So, we meet again...fleshy thing.

[@SpanishFly120]

The cat term for human being "fleshy thing" will always make me laugh. And really, Antoine is best kitty.

[@stratfor140]

Olivier: Okay, that's it, I have enough, you ignored me for too long, I'm leaving the party. Nico: But..... But you have your rivalry with Bleublanc coming up, wouldn't you want to be here for-- Olivier: NO ! I KNOW YOU'RE GONNA BENCH ME FOR THIS TOO, SO I'M LEAVING! GOOD LUCK WITH THOSE GUYS, I'M RETURNING HOME! Nico: NOOOOO!!!! COME BACK!!!! 😭😭😭

[@tuvillo]

It's pretty interesting that Cassius' new position as general heightens the competence of the army but takes away the strongest flexible force in the country. Like, if we could just send Cassius to clear the towers this would be over in an hour, right?

[@SpanishFly120]

There's something amusingly "Monkey's Paw"-like with everyone mentioning how the "Death Scream" Art that Joshua had with his Orbments was really good and it'd help Nico a lot to use it...only for him to go and use it with Estelle instead of Joshua like everybody expected, lol.

[@4play2004]

Ah yes, Fateful Confrontation, one of my favorite Trails songs ever!

[@SuperSupersoda]

It is an awesome banger. I love that song.

[@zhaoluyue1995]

Yes, the first metal combat music by the legend Takahiro Unisuga. "The whereabout of bonds", and "the dream continues" in the last episode was also by him.

[@SeleniumToster]

@@zhaoluyue1995it’s metal huh? Didn’t know.

[@zhaoluyue1995]

@@SeleniumToster rock/metal, probably more rock than metal comparing to his later compositions... I'm not really into music, but...

[@jmporkbob]

Those computer logs will get decrypted in the super late game, so you don't have to waste your time reading over the words now.

[@Milokender]

It's fun trying to figure them out a bit tho!

[@yodastitch4227]

Well, he doesn't HAVE to, but Nicob ad libbing them is peak entertainment, I say let him do his thing 🙃.

[@nickknight8]

I LOVE THE BOSS THEME FOR THIS SECTION SO MUCH. Fateful confrontation makes you know this shit is for real

[@garupakyojin1361]

The best composer Falcom has ever had, Takahiro Unisuga. Can't believe he composed this in his first year under Falcom. Not to mention he didn't even have a music degree.

[@andrewgreenwood9068]

It feels dangerous which is something i can very rarely say about boss themes

[@SuperSupersoda]

Altered Space is still the tower. If you notice, the teleporters and the structure match the tower layout that has always been there (with the teleporters replacing the stairs). What's different is that the towers were dormant before, and they are active now.

[@Just_An_AverageJoe]

30:05 Olivier left because he was ignored too much. By estelle, by joshua, by schera, everyone....even nico.

[@wheelotime2581]

Nico don't forget to talk to the party members you wanna bring before adding them to your party, to read all the dialogues

[@BobbyTheGamerOfJUSTICE]

Yeah he missed Kloe and Agate’s dialogue because he had them in his party

[@josephnew5025]

*After the fight* Bleublanc: *beaten and battered* Riddle me this...What the heck just happened??? Estelle: You thought you were so smart, but your little "games" only served to make us stronger. Bleublanc: I...see... So you figured out how to outsmart even moi... Estelle: What? No! I'm saying our legs got buff as #$#@ from running eveywhere just to solve one step in any given quest! Bleublanc: *realization dawning* Oh, no... Estelle: CURB STOMP HIM, GUYS!!!

[@hakuamper365]

Kloe was actually a good choice, story wise, to bring in the Bleublanc fight. Remember, each of the enforcers have some kind of connection to 1 or 2 of the main party members in FC. So it’s good to bring them along when you know you’re gonna fight them, for extra dialogue.

[@Just_An_AverageJoe]

It's kinda crazy how much optional dialogue there is in that part with the arseille. for instance if you didnt have agate and kloe in your party you could talk to them. Also you get different dialogue depending on which party members you pick for those conversations. Not to mention the conversation with bleublanc. You can understand why there is a database for all this dialogue lol.

[@TortugaSousa]

So, maybe it's a little late now, but orbment tip, if you can afford it every party member should have an action 4 quartz, speed is king in this game

[@fen6300]

1:01:55 here's a small combat tip : At this time, Joshua is out of the Earth Wall range. However, Earth Wall is cast on Kloe, and you can still move her before the actual cast. If you move her right between Estelle and Josh, you can still get earth wall on the whole party

[@GD-Guren4946]

Joshua's really really OP this game. Just equip the gladiator belt and spam his S craft for instant victory.

[@jobro2143]

Since you are now in the last few chapters of the game, this is probably a good time to remind you about one of the best S-Crafts in the game: Kevin's Grail Sphere. As you may recall, this S-Craft allows you to put up a barrier that blocks one to two (at max CP) hits at any point without waiting for a spell to finish casting or even waiting for Kevin's turn. In fact, one other reason this is really good is that one great tactic with it is to immediately cast it as soon as possible (hopefully before any enemies even move). This can give you some breathing room to cast all of your buffs on everyone, especially applying Clock Up EX on everyone. This is honestly borderline essential on Nightmare difficulty when fighting certain bosses since the enemies' speed stat is especially inflated on that difficulty, so you will want to get your speed buffs on quickly and safely before you get speed blitzed. Also, it seems that you have unlocked Kloe's second S-Craft. Most of the characters will get an extra S-Craft when they level up enough so you will want to make sure that everyone is used enough to get some experience to at least unlock them all before the end of the game. Most of these S-Crafts are pretty awesome. Unfortunately for Kloe, while her S-Craft certainly looks awesome, it is not that powerful compared to other party members' S-Crafts because Trails in the Sky SC has not yet introduced S-Crafts and crafts that use a character's ATS stat to determine their strength. This is bad for Kloe since her attack is low since she has noodle arms, but thankfully future game will add S-Crafts and crafts that are magical in nature so the mages will not be left out.

[@Just_An_AverageJoe]

33:54 Estelle: "I dont like ducks, especially donald duck"

[@Mediocrearts92]

WAK

[@tylergaudry8050]

Donald duck: this looks like a good place to find some ingredients

[@4play2004]

I love how in every male LP I have watched who play this game knew that Cassius was going strike/slap Joshua. Heck, NONE of the male characters there were shocked that it happen while the female characters were stunned!

[@noa5334]

Nico, you're trails have only just begun. Brace for the rollercoaster of twists and turns that is the Kiseki series. I personally lost track of how many times I've went ...WHUT?! Glad to hear you've realized how awsome this series is and that you're no longer pulling leaves from flowers trying to figure out "I love the series" "I don't know yet if I love the series" Now you truly are...ONE OF US!!!!!!

[@PhantomVizor777]

The Enforcer battle theme (Fateful Confrontation) is one of my favorite tracks in the entire series. It's an epic banger.

[@jorntumrongwit9056]

Oh hey, it's the first appearance of Fateful Confrontation (the enforcer boss theme) Unisuga, the composer, is one of my fav composers from Falcom. His works are amazing, and it just keeps getting better as time goes on

[@junazuranoob6192]

Bleublanc: *Snap his finger* Joshua, Kloe and Agate turn into card Estelle: Guy!!! What did you do to them!!? Bleublanc: I rather we just skip the formalities. Tutorial *A Battle for Time* Win the *Battle for Time* Time Gauge Estelle vs Bleublanc •This is a time-based battle • Finish off the enemy when their time gauge runs out! • If Estelle runs out of HP or time, it’s game over. Nico: What the hell?! Bleublanc: The first to run out of time is the loser. *Estelle turn into a dice* Nico: NANI?!

[@evanbanks3768]

Bleublanc becoming a Yu-Gi-Oh villain.

[@JoaderR]

Damn it, Luxord

[@stilldamaged3945]

I don't really have much of note to say but would like to comment for algorithm purposes, so i'll just say, I oddly appreciate Bleublanc's S craft. it's fairly simple, but works well for his character. also it is worth noting that bleublanc is notably the least evil out of the enforcers at least as we have seen so far, many have been noted as being violent or willing to harm others but bleublanc notably often is quite harmless with his actions, even his first of simply making a hologram appear is much more dialed back than many other enforcers action in the game such as earthquakes, coma fog, and threats of national instability. such in my view showcases the freedom that the people in the society have, he openly is participating in this only because he is curious as to the result.

[@stratfor140]

The most evil one? Indeed no The most chaotic one ? Definitely yes.

[@Apolleh]

I'm still proud I managed to work in that 'Bright' pun at the end, no regrets :) As for how to pronounce my username, honestly don't matter much to me but for clarity sake there is a slight emphasis on the 'eh' at the end. It was originally just a spoof of 'Apollo' (yes, specifically apollo justice) as a result of an old tumblr prompt and the name stuck. Tho online friends typically just refer to me as Ap

[@SuperSupersoda]

Your comment was fantasy, I really like how you explained it.

[@IsaacgotWestcooked]

@@Apolleh It is really great how you pulled it off the depth analysis of the characters. Pun aside it totally makes sense to put the Bright word in the end.

[@RosyMiranto]

I mean... I mean, make Bleublanc Green, rename him to Verteblanc, gice him a Bowl Hat and since he already had a staff (instead of a cane). He already looks the part to be Riddler from Batman... Right?

[@fen6300]

Estelle : DAAAAAAAAD ! I want Elite 4 ! Cassius : We already have Elite 4 at home. Elite 4 at home : _Enforcers theme starts playing_

[@stratfor140]

Shout out to Fateful Confrontation, the battle theme of the enforcers that we can hear here with Bleublanc, which is a banger and uses the Enforcer leitmotif, just like the Glorious.

[@J.P1981]

I got "Lead me into everlasting darkness" vibes from that.

[@NinjaPopeXue]

Kloe's new S-Craft, Sanctus Nova, is pretty crap in SC because for some reason the damage scales off of her STR and not her ATS, making the damage paltry. This is fixed in the next game, but I would argue the emergency heal of Lichtkreis is better anyway.

[@JyuRaposa]

Not counting the prologue, there are nine chapters. Just the ninth chapter is called Final Chapter

[@skrooz7864]

Fateful confrontation, the GOAT

[@ScorbunGame]

This game is proof that great, human characters can carry most if not all of the weight when your actual plot is the most generic, paint by numbers thing you could do with the genre your writing.

[@chrisdiokno5600]

Hell, look at Skies of Arcadia, on the surface its your standard "plucky group must stop evil Empire (albeit one that takes influence from Spain rather than the usual Roman or German), while also gathering magical crystals"

[@RoanoraZoro123]

Idk why people consider kiseki plot generic. There is literally nothing like it.

[@chrisdiokno5600]

@@RoanoraZoro123 I think it's cause it's "ragtag bunch of usually at most early 20 somethings fighting against evil big bad with MacGuffins" even though if yah wanna get technical,, a lotta stories follow similar beats

[@RoanoraZoro123]

@@chrisdiokno5600 Tropes =/ plot. Tropes are just one aspect of the plot .

[@chrisdiokno5600]

@RoanoraZoro123 that is true

[@GD-Guren4946]

Nico thought the party members were permanent once they join. Hah! They have their own lives too, you know! Can't stay around forever.

[@IsaacgotWestcooked]

Ahh here we go, time to fight Ouroboros head-on!

[@SuperSupersoda]

NicoB on Olivier ditching the party: "He's going to show up again later to save our asses right?" Remember, Trails is obsessed with duality. Olivier Lenheim might be out of the picture for now, but Nico's assumption is far too mild. Olivier is the only member of the party who knows exactly how things work in the Empire, he knows if a crisis in Liberl is about to emerge, there is a certain someone from his homeland who will move quickly to take advantage of it.

[@Zodia195]

*Sees that last exchange with Olivier* Yeaaaahhhhh, I think I might be piecing things together here. Joshua and Olivier are from Erebonia. I bet Joshua knows who he is. *Sees the foes comment* OMG I think I got it!!! If I am right, well played, Skies, well played. Also, I don't think we're going in exact order, I think Renne will be last. Why, because of the order those towers 'lit up'. She was last. That's my theory at least. Could be wrong of course.

[@KingCyrus20]

Fateful Confrontation is such a good boss theme.

[@FieryAnubis]

The enforcer boss theme is really so good.

[@katzewerfer63]

it might have elements of xenosaga but thankfully it can never be as confusing as it

[@ddddirge]

"When we next meet, we shall be foes" Is Erebonia gonna start another war with Liberl??? With anomalies within the four towers as reason??? I mean Hundred Days War are resulted from false flag operation, they already mobilized around same time Hamel got massacred... Damn, Erebonia never give Liberl a break... Also Kilika totally gonna appear on the next part, interesting to become middle woman from Zin and Walter conflict... Also I hope for Renne part you can bring Tita, as she was playing with her in Grancel before Renne was revealed to be an Ouroboros Enforcer

[@jeanschyso]

Imagine your small, rich in natural resources country has all this shit happening there, keeping your military's attention inward. It's almost an invitation for expansionist imperials. Erebonia would probably want all that sweet sweet septium.

[@krsynx]

Watch as Nico realizes that by not including Olivier in the party enough, he not only leaves the party entirely, but also robs him of the last bit of BP points to reach the highest rank. Olivier: (laughs bisexually in the distance)

[@Shinyman5000]

Nico: Blah, blah, blah! Anger or hate! Xemnas: You called? Nico: Xemnas?! What are you doing here?! Xennas: You said my battle quote: "Anger and Hate" Nico: Yes, I did, byt it really wasn't to call you! Go back to the darkness whence you came! Xemnas: Oh fine. *Enters the corridor of darkness* Nico: All right then... Now let's get back to-- *realizes Joshua is lower level than what he was during last chapter* OH COME ON!!

[@RaifSeverence]

So, thing about this series, agility has no besring on character speed. The SPD stat is the main thing that influences turn order in combat. Agility only affects your evasion against physical based attacks and crafts. So that regina guarder you though wasnt worth it for estelle was totally worth it since it increased all jer combat stats, it just lowered her ability to move long distances and nerfed and dreams she may have had at being an evasion tank.

[@jonathancapps1103]

So now that you've been sold on the series, Nico, start pressuring Crystaahhl to play it :D

[@Jason-wt2rx]

Joshua+Gladiator Belt = Broken

[@4rthChairmode]

There is vical version of fateful confrontayion called Maybe it was fated but it not in game it was perfor med on one of falcom concerts

[@RaifSeverence]

Its not in this game anyway.

[@seanlocke2228]

56:18 Did you just say "Our files and walls and hentai"? What?!!!

[@Doctorrr_]

Olivier lore incoming 🔥🔥🔥

[@SuperSupersoda]

100%. He left for a very good reason. Olivier's backstory is so easy to figure out in highlight, once you know, but I'll be honest, I was completely in the dark when I was playing Sky SC.

[@4rthChairmode]

In wiki there is article about Blublank his desiner find him annoing but Lowwe cool or something

[@seanlocke2228]

Maybe you should have used Olivier a bit more, Nico lol

[@ZeroNightBlaze0]

Since replying the series for fun lately & watching your Playthrough got me curious, did they automatically give Joshua the same rank as Estelle or does he catch up with hard work between this game and Sky the 3rd?

[@siragon756]

"We don't know who their grand headmaster is" Oh boy, do I have news for you

[@Christian_Kim]

Congratulations on pulling Lighter and his W-Engine! Personally, I would love to see you stream ZZZ or Star Rail someday! On the topics of gachas, Trails actually does have one interestingly enough, though from what I heard, probably not worth looking into lol.

[@cyrushalberd624]

Yeah, the Trails gacha is not great. Also it’s set way later in the series compared to this, so even more reason for people to stay away!

[@BobbyTheGamerOfJUSTICE]

And now to my least favorite part of the game. Back to back dungeon crawling for an entire chapter 😭😭😭

[@Easelgames]

These aren’t to bad.. it’s what comes after them… oof

[@JoaderR]

But all the treasure chest messages! D: And ngl trying to read what the terminals said beforehand was fun