The Legend of Heroes: Trails of Cold Steel III
Experience an epic story developed across three titles, and crafted for new and old fans alike. Also includes an interactive introduction to catch up new players to the ongoing story so anyone can dive right in to the world of Trails of Cold Steel.
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At Thors Military Academy, Erebonia’s best learn everything from the art of war to liberal arts. First year Rean Schwarzer learns he’s been selected to join the controversial Class VII, and they’ll need to deal with more than just class warfare--they’ll need to safeguard their country from chaos.
The Legend of Heroes: Trails of Cold Steel is a jrpg, anime and rpg game
developed by Nihon Falcom
and published by XSEED Games, Marvelous USA and Inc..
Released on August 02nd 2017 is available on Windows, Steam Deck and Steam Machine
in 2 languages: English and Japanese.
It has received 5,133 reviews of which 4,825 were positive and 308 were negative resulting in an impressive rating of 9.1 out of 10. 😍
The game is currently priced at 39.99€ on Steam.
The Steam community has classified The Legend of Heroes: Trails of Cold Steel into these genres:
JRPG
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Great Soundtrack
Turn-Based
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Turn-Based Combat
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Fantasy
Romance
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Dungeon Crawler
Dating Sim
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Action
Mechs
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Windows
- OS *: Windows 7 or later
- Processor: Intel Atom x7-Z8700 2.4 GHz
- Memory: 4 GB RAM
- Graphics: Shader Model 5 (GeForce 400 / Radeon HD 5000 / Intel post-2012 series)
- DirectX: Version 11
- Storage: 17 GB available space
- Additional Notes: 1280x720 / 30 FPS with portable settings
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To be frank, this game is not as good as Trails from Zero or Trails to Azure. That does not mean this is bad by any means. Zero, from the moment you press start, narratively has you by the throat for 40 hours straight. It's amazing. This game is a mega slow burn, with a lot of new characters and political set up happening over the course of many, many hours. It's still good, still fun. But it does feel like a step backward. Play Zero instead if you haven't already.
The 6th Trails game, and the first game that takes place in the empire of Erebonia. This is also the first completely "3D" trails game, originally made for the PS Vita. This game also introduces everyone's favorite Trails lead, Rean. FAQ: "Can I start with this one? Someone on reddit said I can start with this one." No. These games are one long story, go back to Sky FC/1st.
I finally reached the first Cold Steel game. Coming into it I wasn't expecting to like it as much as I did, because it seemed it was low ranked for many people who are into the Trails series. Having finished it now, I can safely say I do not agree with a lot of things those people say. What's more, I legit don't even understand how you can rank this game low, unless I'm missing something coming in the future. The amount of improvements in gameplay over the previous 5 games is insane, so much that I don't even know if I'll ever go back to the previous ones unless it's for the story (which is amazing in those games for sure!). I had a phenomenal time, an engaging experience pretty much all thoughout, and the story was great. Pretty much a perfect setup game. Here are some more thoughts I wrote down: - Transition into 3D. The graphics are pleasant and have a non generic art style. Rudimentary but nice to look at with good colors and lightning. The environment and world design is good and cozy. - The combat feels like a BIG upgrade! It's more engaging due to Link attacks and C Skills being more interesting. Status effects are not useless anymore (every boss in most of the previous games were immune to everyting, which made half your moves useless...) as now enemies/bosses have % based resistance to those effects instead of only 0 or 100% resistance. The movement Grid is removed allowing for full movement which honestly felt great. Combat was FUN! Loved it. - The Quartz system has been revamped with Master Quartz having a bigger role due to it also giving arts in itself. The Elemental Jewel Art System is removed. Characters don't all have the same arts anymore or useless arts either. - The new cast is great and fun to get to know. Like them more than the previous arcs cast already. - The fast travel system is improved, and together with the fast forward mode, it makes for a smooth gameplay experience. - The 3D movement looks and feels awkward, due to the move left and right buttons (A and D) forcing the camera to turn with the character, as well as clunky running. This is not a problem in battle, just when exploring. Honestly it was more annoying at the start, you kinda get used to it. - The Persona series has definitely influenced the game, as there's now bonding events, day/calendar cycle, and the main cast are highschoolers. I'm not even a Persona 5 fan (I liked 4 way more), but still will admit all these elements feel like a + to what Trails already had to offer, and improves variety. - Feels like there's way less voice acting overall, and it's mostly reserved for main story important cutscenes. That the player has to do a lot of reading without any voice over is a shame. - The music is some of the best music so far for a Trails game, a collection of everything from chill town tracks to epic battle tracks. - Overall a great first game to setup the story. The story is good, and the overarching plot thickens. - Important if you are playing with keyboard and mouse, turn off camera auto adjust in the Launch Settings for the game, as it even says there it's recommended. --- Here is my current game tier list: S- Sky SC A- Sky 3rd, Cold Steel 1, Azure B- Sky FC, Zero C- D- Honestly, this game is WAY over hated for some reason, maybe just because it was the most popular idk. People say "the game is a slow burn" but then they somehow rank other slow games at the top, games were doing sidequests is way slower, and also the speed up button does exist here, maybe they played without it i don't know. I guess this is the game that makes me realize everyone values different things in these games and that's why community rankings are all over the place, which is not a bad thing. For my own preference, playing Cold Steel 1 made me realize how little I missed the Zero-Azure cast, compared to how much I missed the Sky cast when starting Zero. The gameplay of Cold Steel 1 made the game way more fun than any other game in the list so far, and the story and characters were very good. It's the first game of several in the arc, but a great game on it's own! --- Next up is Cold Steel 2, more of the same I hope!
A good starting point on the Erebonian arc in The Legend of Heroes. I will recommend this to people who love long stories and JRPGs. The characters are likeable and close to Persona 4's vibe, the character interactions have the tendency to break the fourth wall when the moment calls for it. The story can be a slow burn but it will be worth your time. The long narrative in the cutscenes is like reading a book, slowly immersing you to the world. As a long time JRPG player, I believe that if you have played the likes of Persona then you will feel at home in this game due to its familiar mechanics such as bonding scenes, the equivalent of confidants and social links. In terms of handling bonding cutscenes, this mechanic is bite-sized compared to Persona since Persona requires you to maximise the character's bond levels (social links/confidant levels) to unlock the rest of the game's feature and Trails of Cold Steel only requires you to get to know the character itself. It doesn't even provide the choices unlike in Persona as this will be out of character for Rean when there is choice to play around with the characters you choose to bond with. Replayability can be double-edged. If you play the game blindly, chances are, you won't be able to encounter the hidden quests unless you talked to most, if not all of the NPCs within the vicinity. Back then, missables were a thing but can be a con for most people since most of the people won't have the time to revisit this game after finishing it. Thankfully, Turbo Mode saves the day whenever you feel like breezing through the cutscenes. They emphasised on the replayability part because you won't be able to encounter all of the bonding scenes and hidden quests in one playthrough. Not to mention, I had to replay the game because I missed some character notes in my playthrough, requiring me to talk to the rest of the people and pick the characters I have not bonded with on my first playthrough to fill the character notes. The battle system is similar to Wild Arms 4 since you have to move in various locations to further strategise your usage of crafts and arts. Orbment system is an inspration to Final Fantasy VII's Materia building, but without the need to grind. You just have to craft the orbs yourself and you're good to go. Removing rare orbs on a per chapter basis is a nifty feature that should help characters on a per-chapter basis especially if players are on a tight spot on their first playthrough for convenience. Mastering the orbment system is like building your permanent character's roles on this game. It's rewarding once you know what to build for your characters.
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Frequently Asked Questions
The Legend of Heroes: Trails of Cold Steel is currently priced at 39.99€ on Steam.
No, The Legend of Heroes: Trails of Cold Steel is currently not on sale. You can purchase it for 39.99€ on Steam.
Yes, The Legend of Heroes: Trails of Cold Steel received 4,825 positive votes out of a total of 5,133 achieving an impressive rating of 9.06.
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The Legend of Heroes: Trails of Cold Steel was developed by Nihon Falcom and published by XSEED Games, Marvelous USA and Inc..
Yes, The Legend of Heroes: Trails of Cold Steel is playable and fully supported on Windows.
No, The Legend of Heroes: Trails of Cold Steel is not playable on MacOS.
No, The Legend of Heroes: Trails of Cold Steel is not playable on Linux.
Yes, The Legend of Heroes: Trails of Cold Steel is playable and fully supported on Steam Deck.
Yes, The Legend of Heroes: Trails of Cold Steel is playable and fully supported on Steam Machine.
No, The Legend of Heroes: Trails of Cold Steel does not support VR.
The Legend of Heroes: Trails of Cold Steel is a single-player game.
Yes, there are 24 DLCs available for The Legend of Heroes: Trails of Cold Steel. Explore additional content available for The Legend of Heroes: Trails of Cold Steel on Steam.
No, The Legend of Heroes: Trails of Cold Steel does not support mods via Steam Workshop.
No, The Legend of Heroes: Trails of Cold Steel does not support Steam Remote Play.
Yes, The Legend of Heroes: Trails of Cold Steel is enabled for Steam Family Sharing. This means you can share the game with authorized users from your Steam Library, allowing them to play it on their own accounts. For more details on how the feature works, you can read the original Steam Family Sharing announcement or visit the Steam Family Sharing user guide and FAQ page.
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77
Developer
Nihon Falcom
Publisher
XSEED Games,
Marvelous USA, Inc.
Release
02 Aug 2017
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