So I have played both the previous games and loved them a lot, however I really hated how the second game forced me to play as what I assume is the protagonist of the other games in the series, if I wanted to see the ending. I have played no other games outside Cold Steel and don't really want to just to understand whats happening in this series. If I play 3 will I be forced to play other groups that I have no interest or clue about? No spoilers please....

Hey all, we've seen a lot of interest on this discussion board since the announcement of the game at PAX South and are extremely excited about everyone's interest in the title. Since then we've seen a number of posts crop up regarding the localization eff...

There appears to be an issue in my NG++ playthrough, specifically in Chapter 1, where if I enter combat and start using crafts etc, the framerate drops and stays low until I restart the game. The more combats I enter, the lower the framerate goes until it's unplayable. Same thing happens to my NG+ save files, it just happens slower (I have to enter more combats for the framerate to drop noticeably), which is weird cause I never noticed it when I played NG+ back in 2021. Has anyone had this and, if so, kn...

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Now that I baited you into opening the thread, Kondo gave interview on the future of series and the most important thing in it was big revamp of combat system. In short (here's hoping I didn't mistranslate it), action time battle will be used in Hajimari for the last time, and next game will be real-time oriented and have action elements. What exactly that means remains to be seen Before circus begins, I want to point out that: 1) statements are very vague; 2) combat revamp isn't surprising, since we've be...