The Legend of Heroes: Trails of Cold Steel is the sixth installment in the main Trails series, serving as the beginning to the Erebonia arc. The game follows Rean Schwarzer and his fellow students of "Class VII" at Thors Military Academy, a newly formed class at the academy which is the only one not segregated by social class, composing of both Erebonian nobility and commoners. The basic gameplay is nearly identical to the previous entries with a few changes. The biggest change to the battle system and also counting as a brand new feature is the "Tactical Link System". The "Tactical Link" allow players follow up with three different kinds of link attacks, dealing additional damage and providing various other benefits. "Tactical Link" becomes a more useful asset to the player as the story progress and characters level up their "Link Levels" with other characters. As the link levels increase, you will obtain new link abilities such as healing the link partner or increase the CP gain of the partner.
Among the nations on the Zemurian continent, the mighty Erebonian Empire has been quick to outwardly stake its claim militarily; yet politically, ugly bouts of internal conflict between the upper class and commoners attempting to rise to power have been steadily intensifying day by day. The Noble and Reformist Factions have been none too kind to one another over the years, and tensions between the two only stand to worsen if compromises aren’t made in the very near future. Rean Schwarzer, like any other citizen of the Imperial Nation, is no stranger to these rising conflicts: the class system has been deeply embedded into the hearts of every Erebonian since the days of old. As a seventeen-year-old student preparing for his new life at Thors Military Academy, however, he notices that his crimson uniform differs from the standard ones issued to his peers—typically green for commoners, and white for nobles. Enter, Class VII of Thors Military Academy. For the first time in the prestigious academy’s history, rank means nothing and skill means everything. With nine hand-picked students of various backgrounds and abilities, Rean included, Class VII readies itself to dive deep into the political quagmire that threatens not only them, but the Empire as a whole.
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This is an amazing game from an amazing series. However, newcomers should note that this is not the first game in the Trails series. I would urge folks to play earlier games before starting with this one. The release order and best play order is: Trails in the Sky Trails in the Sky SC Trails in the Sky the 3rd Trails from Zero Trails to Azure Trails of Cold Steel Trails of Cold Steel II Trails of Cold Steel III Trails of Cold Steel IV Why is it worth starting from the beginning? Trails is not like other JRPG series you've played, like Final Fantasy or Tales or Dragon Quest, where the games have some thematic connections but generally stand alone. Rather, Trails tells a single, incredibly intricate and interconnected story, of grand scope and continental scale. The nine games listed above all take place within a five-year period of in-game time, and share the same lore and many of
Trails of Cold Steel I Story ★★★★★ Diversity of Characters ♥ Seem one dimensional at first glance, but really develop into their own characters as you progress the game Traveling Landscapes ♥ You actually get to travel to the lands that many of the characters come from, which adds a lot more background to the characters themselves and makes the game overall feel like one giant setup for the next one. ♡ There is no way to travel back to the lands without going into new game + Lore ♥ Tons of books and characters help you unlock more lore about the world and the important figures in it Background Characters ♥ Tons of side missions that add to the backstories to alot of the citizens in the game, even if you don't directly get quests from them, they still have events in their lives they talk about and evolve on throughout the game as you progress. Concept ★★★★☆ Cooking ♥ L
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As a long time fan of JRPGs, ranging from the Final Fantasy series to the Hyperdimension and Tales series, this is seriously one of the hands-down best JRPG's I've ever played that I had never known about until it came up on my recommended list. Every character is compelling, the dialogue isn't cringy (literally, some of the conversations actually seem, for lack of better terms, realistic, logical, and cohesive to the narrative), the story is phenomenal, albeit slow at first, and the gameplay from the Shin Megami-light leasure time to the deep and gripping combat system. Seriously, if you are a JRPG fan, do NOT let this series pass you by. Buy it now.
Surely this game won't lead into an addiction that lasts over 1000 hours and 9 games
While many people began the Legend of Heroes series with Trails in the sky, I did the opposite. You don't need to play all the other Legend of Heroes to play Cold Steel. Of course, it shares a universe, but you are not clueless if you begin with cold steel. Personnaly, I grew more attached to the characters in Cold Steel. This game made me want to play Trails in the sky, not the opposite. Even after completing the first chapter of the Trails in the Sky saga, I still miss the feeling of Trail of Cold Steel, and I'm just waiting for a sales to buy Cold Steel 2. So please, don't let other reviewers discourage you of playing this beautiful game because "it would be better to spend 300 hours on the Trail of Sky serie before". This game is incredible, I used the Turbo mode less than 10 times in the entire game, and usually only to climb long ladders. I spent a lot of time to talk to everyone
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