Turn off/skip battle movie.

[Josh]

Apart from the turbo mode is there a way to turn off or slip the movies where they show their over the top cringy shouting moves when you're in battle? I know that stuff is a staples of jrpg but it's annoying and obnoxious.

[tizonsuzon]

Press Start on controller skips the S-Craft animation

[Josh]

Thanks, but you gatta do that every time. Is there a way to permanently turning that off.

[steven]

It's classic Jrpg stuff, nothing more.
You can shut their yap by skipping the animation pressing a button (X B Start, whatever). Maybe (?) you can mute the voices in the audio settings if you don't like it.
However, i don't see any "Skip battle animation" (voice + animation) toggle.

I don't know a single game (from my RPG list and what i know) where you can do it automatically without pressing anything, it's always a trigger to skip it.

Deal with it, or don't play JRpg.

[Josh]

I love playing jrpgs but it's the cringe I gatta put up with, with those cut scenes and the Japanese for dudes but sounds like girls? I guess, but at least it's not as bad as cold steel. Sky and Crossbell are amazing, Steel/revere I'll skip cause too much cringe but Day seems good.

[steven]

Originally posted by Josh:

I love playing jrpgs but it's the cringe I gatta put up with, with those cut scenes and the Japanese for dudes but sounds like girls? I guess, but at least it's not as bad as cold steel. Sky and Crossbell are amazing, Steel/revere I'll skip cause too much cringe but Day seems good.

In general you play this serie for the story, not really the gameplay.
If you skip Cold steel and Reverie, better stop playing here or go back to them later, coz you will be f. lost in Daybreak 1-3 (4) (returning characters, build on the pasts games, CS/Reverie actions impacting Daybreaks...)
If you play only for the gameplay, at this rate, go play a better combat oriented looking RPG, still with classic screaming abilities lol. The ratio combat-play / dialogs-cutscenes is abysmal here XD

If you are allergic to Japanese dub, play with english one ?
Don't say you play in Japanese, cringe of the voice, and still play in Japanese coz of Anime / Devs language / bullsh it shenanigans preventing you to play in English, right ???

And all JRPGs have cringe issues : anime tropes, classic fan service, hypersexualisation, screaming everywhere, absurd decisions, 2 IQ or "i wanna punch you so much" characters....
Say thx to Japanese. If you can't stand cringe inducing games, better put down JRPGs...

[Josh]

You're wrong with having to play Steel in order to play Day. Revere basically wrapped up that ark. Day is a fresh start. If anything I'll watch recap videos of Steel, playing Steel 3 demo was cringy af and not fun at all. So the plan is to play Trails then the 2 Cross Bell games then watch recap videos of Steel/Revere and then play Day. And obviously I turn off all the Japanese voice, I'd rather read than listen to the cringe.

[Ogami]

Again there is an English dub. Also from Daybreak 2 onward the characters of Cold Steel and Reverie will play major roles in the story again. Hell, Rean is a playable co protagonist in Daybreak 3.
Honestly from what you described so far i dont think the franchise is for you.
But you do you.
¯\_(ツ)_/¯

[Josh]

I played about 120 hours on and off of the first Sky game and that I loved. The fact its not 3d and has that old school 2D perspective and doesn't have the cringe stuff. Love the slow build up of the story and all the reading, reading is a hobby of mine. So I'll stick with my plan, play Sky then the 2 Cross Bell games then watch recap videos of Steel/Revere and then play Day. And with all of them turn off all the voice so I can read everything

[steven]

Originally posted by Josh:

You're wrong with having to play Steel in order to play Day. Revere basically wrapped up that ark. Day is a fresh start. If anything I'll watch recap videos of Steel, playing Steel 3 demo was cringy af and not fun at all. So the plan is to play Trails then the 2 Cross Bell games then watch recap videos of Steel/Revere and then play Day. And obviously I turn off all the Japanese voice, I'd rather read than listen to the cringe.

Uhmm ... wrong ? wow, ppl answering you have played all the CS and Reverie and someone that don't, tells us "wrong ? LOL.
Who the f are you ? Respect yourself dude, if we gives you some "tips" about playing them it's because you will seriously need them one time or another !
Watching recaps instead of playing is just looking at the tip of the iceberg. No recap is enough to translate what happenened in 600 hrs of gameplay.

Maybe these games event are mentionned lightly in Daybreak 1 and not really mandatory (i think you still need it, just marketing words to sell new games), but going onward, you will need the holy bible of the serie to understand wtf is hapenning and who the f is coming back. One day or another, you will need to go back to Cs and Reverie to fully understand.
Stop with your bulls hit "i love to read lol" then doing the opposite.

Wrapping an Arc doesn't mean the story and plot is not relevant for the next Arc. You act like what happened in CS and Reverie never happenned and don't even need to be mentionned since it's "closed".

"hey, you remember the great twilight ? It's the aftermath of it" "oh, it's the same anomaly as Elysium" "Rean ? Lapis ?"--> "No ? wtf are you talking about ? And who the f are you dude ?"
Basically you when you will be there. You do you.

If it was FF lore style with not connection between each game, we would have happily told you the previous games doesn't matter at all and goes next topic. It's not here, we gives you warnings, you put them in the trash, see you in 5 years when you will be at the last game with a big "uuuuuuuuhhhhhhhh wut ?" face

[Josh]

Originally posted by steven:

Originally posted by Josh:

You're wrong with having to play Steel in order to play Day. Revere basically wrapped up that ark. Day is a fresh start. If anything I'll watch recap videos of Steel, playing Steel 3 demo was cringy af and not fun at all. So the plan is to play Trails then the 2 Cross Bell games then watch recap videos of Steel/Revere and then play Day. And obviously I turn off all the Japanese voice, I'd rather read than listen to the cringe.

Uhmm ... wrong ? wow, ppl answering you have played all the CS and Reverie and someone that don't, tells us "wrong ? LOL.
Who the f are you ? Respect yourself dude, if we gives you some "tips" about playing them it's because you will seriously need them one time or another !
Watching recaps instead of playing is just looking at the tip of the iceberg. No recap is enough to translate what happenened in 600 hrs of gameplay.

Maybe these games event are mentionned lightly in Daybreak 1 and not really mandatory (i think you still need it, just marketing words to sell new games), but going onward, you will need the holy bible of the serie to understand wtf is hapenning and who the f is coming back. One day or another, you will need to go back to Cs and Reverie to fully understand.
Stop with your bulls hit "i love to read lol" then doing the opposite.

Wrapping an Arc doesn't mean the story and plot is not relevant for the next Arc. You act like what happened in CS and Reverie never happenned and don't even need to be mentionned since it's "closed".

"hey, you remember the great twilight ? It's the aftermath of it" "oh, it's the same anomaly as Elysium" "Rean ? Lapis ?"--> "No ? wtf are you talking about ? And who the f are you dude ?"
Basically you when you will be there. You do you.

If it was FF lore style with not connection between each game, we would have happily told you the previous games doesn't matter at all and goes next topic. It's not here, we gives you warnings, you put them in the trash, see you in 5 years when you will be at the last game with a big "uuuuuuuuhhhhhhhh wut ?" face

Einstein, i didn't pull the "you're wrong" out of a hat. It's from a Youtuber than makes a living off of this, playing jrpgs. Basically saying playing Day is a good starting point for new players, playing the previous games isn't necessarily needed. I'd rather trust someone like that than some random person acting high and mighty because someone else has their own way or process in enjoying and consuming their games. Get off your high horse there bud, you can stomach the cringe and all the anime stuff and I bet you play with the Japanese voice and reactions on but you can't speak or read Japanese. Let me guess you sleep with a My little Pony doll and go to cosplay conventions and dress up like Estelle or Chun Lee at them? Orgami basically gave the same warnings, but at least they said go ahead and do my own "$♤£t" maybe you can be the same next time instead of acting all Miss Priss.

[Ogami]

Originally posted by Josh:

Einstein, i didn't pull the "you're wrong" out of a hat. It's from a Youtuber than makes a living off of this, playing jrpgs. Basically saying playing Day is a good starting point for new players, playing the previous games isn't necessarily needed.

While its definitely correct that Daybreak 1 is a good starting point for new players the same cant be said for Daybreak 2 and especially not for Daybreak 3 both of which bring back storylines and major characters from Cold Steel and Reverie.
So from Daybreak 2 onward you will feel a bit lost without knowing many of the returning characters.
Also to be honest, just because its coming from a Youtuber does not make their opinion anymore valuable. In the end they are also just a player who played through the games of the franchise, just as nearly everyone on this forum.

[Josh]

Originally posted by Ogami:

Originally posted by Josh:

Einstein, i didn't pull the "you're wrong" out of a hat. It's from a Youtuber than makes a living off of this, playing jrpgs. Basically saying playing Day is a good starting point for new players, playing the previous games isn't necessarily needed.

While its definitely correct that Daybreak 1 is a good starting point for new players the same cant be said for Daybreak 2 and especially not for Daybreak 3 both of which bring back storylines and major characters from Cold Steel and Reverie.
So from Daybreak 2 onward you will feel a bit lost without knowing many of the returning characters.
Also to be honest, just because its coming from a Youtuber does not make their opinion anymore valuable. In the end they are also just a player who played through the games of the franchise, just as nearly everyone on this forum.

Fair, but I can't stomach the cringe of Steel and the art style and the Japanese voices and whining, I don't know how you guys do it. Watching starting walk-through of Day it looks good and the new battle system and less of that mech crap. So either I play through Sky and Crossbell, get story recap of Steel and then play Day or don't play anything at all? I think I'll do the former rather the latter. If I play through Steel I'd prolly turn into Steven and start cosplaying and wearing those hats with the cat ears on it, nooooo thank you.

[Ogami]

If you think Daybreak has less of that anime stuff you are apparently disliking like mecha and such you are mistaken.
One of the main gimmicks is literally the main character transforming into a Kamen Rider like power armor to fight the major bossfights including a typical anime transformation sequence.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=795nXftzhdw

Also the battle system of Daybreak is actually a big downgrade from Cold Steel/Reverie and severely dumbed down and simplified. Its still ok but Cold Steel and especially Reverie had much much better combat.

[Josh]

Thanks, guess I'll have to put up being a power ranger for a boss fight, I'll keep my trash can near by if I start to throw up lol. But with Day you can sorta basically choose Turn based or more Action based for battle encounters right? Isn't that option a good thing? I can maybe stomach Steel if I can turn off all the battle movies, like when you do an art and stuff but apparently the only thing you can do is press Start everytime.

[Ogami]

Originally posted by Josh:

Thanks, guess I'll have to put up being a power ranger for a boss fight, I'll keep my trash can near by if I start to throw up lol. But with Day you can sorta basically choose Turn based or more Action based for battle encounters right?

You can fight all small mobs on the world map in "action" mode, basically just simple real time combat, yes. But you can switch to turn based mode with a button press at any time and all story and boss battles are turn based only.