"Disappointed..." by Trails in the Chest & other chest messages ^_^

[Princess Vera]

So I screenshotted and saved all of the chest messages that were part of a series, by number, so that I could read them in order! I read all the chest messages and got the achievement, so I don't think I missed any! So I have the full Hideko/Sato story and the "Trails in the Chest" story.

Well, the Hideko story says it has 12, but only has 10. TitC says it has 36, but I only found 28. :((((((((((( I was missing some backstory from TitC, though Hideko/Sato seemed complete in itself.

Hideko is missing 9 and 10.
TitC is missing 2, 5, 10, 20, 25, and 30, and it DOES seem like there are some story gaps.

Anyhow, I admire the creativity of someone who came up with entire goofy ministories just to put in chests, but the completionist in me is saying "WHY?! Why couldn't I read THE WHOLE SERIES?!" :'D

[Histidine]

From GameFAQs[www.gamefaqs.com]:

Trails in the Chest[pastebin.com]
Hideko[pastebin.com]

Me, I didn't think to take screenshots until several snippets in (I thought it was a joke at first).
By the time it occurred to me to do so, I was like "meh, if I still care at that time I'll look it up on the Internet after I finish the game"

[Saralene]

The achievement isn't a 100% achievement, so it's possible to miss the chests.
The part easiest to miss is that the chest messages change by time of day.
I promise that all parts of both stories are in the game.

[Princess Vera]

Originally posted by Sara:

The achievement isn't a 100% achievement, so it's possible to miss the chests.
The part easiest to miss is that the chest messages change by time of day.
I promise that all parts of both stories are in the game.

The chest messages change by ... time of day? Does this mean I have to go back to chests I already got before during a different part of the game? Or am I not understanding what that means?

I checked obsessively with a completionist guide (even the flashback chests, like Shera's door)... guess I'll have to go back and check again in my next playthrough and see what changes. Thanks to TitS I double-check chests in every game now...

[pibedetorres]

Originally posted by Princess Vera:

The chest messages change by ... time of day? Does this mean I have to go back to chests I already got before during a different part of the game? Or am I not understanding what that means?

I checked obsessively with a completionist guide (even the flashback chests, like Shera's door)... guess I'll have to go back and check again in my next playthrough and see what changes. Thanks to TitS I double-check chests in every game now...

Yeah, when you are in Grancel there will be new chest messages on the same chests you checked earlier, once the time of the day shifts from day to evening/night. I myself found it out only by accident. XD

[Princess Vera]

Originally posted by pibedetorres:

Yeah, when you are in Grancel there will be new chest messages on the same chests you checked earlier, once the time of the day shifts from day to evening/night. I myself found it out only by accident. XD

That's got to be the most obscure extra feature not in the original game, which I've ever heard of... but thanks, at least I remember that part and know where to look now. I thought it might have been something with all the "The chest is empty" phrases that show up in Gehenna but I didn't think I could go back there...

[butterbattle22]

Originally posted by pibedetorres:

Yeah, when you are in Grancel there will be new chest messages on the same chests you checked earlier, once the time of the day shifts from day to evening/night. I myself found it out only by accident. XD

Whaaaaatttt????? Man, you learn something new every day.