The Legend of Heroes: Trails of Cold Steel II
Civil war has broken out across Erebonia. After his narrow escape from Trista, Rean will take up his sword again on a journey with his Divine Knight, Valimar, in search of his friends from Class VII and a way to end the conflict before its price becomes far too dear...
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The long awaited finale to the epic engulfing a continent comes to a head in the final chapter of the Trails of Cold Steel saga!
The Legend of Heroes: Trails of Cold Steel IV is a rpg, jrpg and anime game
developed by Nihon Falcom, Engine Software BV and PH3 GmbH
and published by NIS America and Inc..
Released on April 09th 2021 is available on Windows, Steam Deck and Steam Machine.
It has received 2,231 reviews of which 2,054 were positive and 177 were negative resulting in a rating of 8.8 out of 10. 😎
The game is currently priced at 59.99€ on Steam, but you can find it for 52.99€ on Eneba.
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- Requires a 64-bit processor and operating system
- OS *: Windows 10/8.1/7 64-bit
- Processor: Core i3-2100 3.10 GHz
- Memory: 8 GB RAM
- Graphics: Geforce GTX 650 Ti
- Storage: 25 GB available space
- Sound Card: Onboard
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Altina good, fragments good Supposedly final resolution of Rean's lover, good (even if it isn't) Tio once again proves she is ♥♥♥♥ at pom party, fire whoever made pom party quite balanced compared to cs1-3 even on nightmare new game, the early part isn't so bad you can't have fun, the midgame isn't so braindead you can't have fun and the new bosses cheating at every turn with enhanced mean you will actually have to press the "big funny shield button" in an encounter. mekk battle bad, skarm good but i did the fattest o7 of my life when "what happens, happens". omega orb umamusume material cost, BAD. requirement of new game+ for seeing everything, b a d, bad, bad, bad. male party members now get the entire shaft shoved in their throat and don't even get unique achievements anymore. Rean is constantly after Alisa in their bond events even if you do not transfer her over, she is not canon, she is not real and she is not best girl, with the changes to bond events, I finally told alisa to get ♥♥♥♥♥♥ and she is the only woman without her achievement currently on my steam, this artifact of cs1's original outline has finally been laid to rest. Join us on Reans final *checks notes*, not final journey (come on guys why is there a cold steel 5, 5 ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ GAMES FOR ONE ARC) in erebonia where he gets nerfed, gets his boyfriend back and finally tells a woman for realsies this time that he will accept them, this time for sure and definitely not another new game new girl. games fine, it's got better balancing for the most part ,there's a ♥♥♥♥ section on a skyboat where you have to outfit **everyone** that can ♥♥♥♥ off (no i didn't bring emma could you tell?) it is a great sendoff to what came before, we FINALLY get answers we've been after since cs2 but we do have a story for the mostpart without consequence, however considering how the series has hyped up what is used to create said no consequence, that's fine. it was a satisfying ending to cold steel, altina was still the highlight of the game she even accepted her BIG SIS in millium, it's no azure but it's still good. however they did kill tio in cold blood and i'm pretty sure that's heresy of the church.
Trails of Cold Steel 4 is one of the only games in this series that has left me this conflicted. The story isn't terrible but not amazing either, just decent. If you played every other Trails game up to this point you will be rewarded BIG TIME because you will see A LOT of familiar faces from both the Liberl and Crossbell arcs. Their interactions with the story, and each other, are easily some of the best moments of this entire game. On top of that both new and old Class VII have some great character growth/interactions as well with Atlina being a big standout for me. Additionally, the game will constantly make nods and references towards the previous games storylines, as well as finally concluding some of the bigger plot points that were built up over the series up until this point. Combat is just as fun as it was in Cold Steel III. Most notably, Falcom did a little rebalancing of the Brave Order mechanic to make it less game breaking by gating some of the stronger orders behind optional challenge chests. But other than that you have a enormous cast of characters to build a party with allowing you to make a party filled with your favorite characters, or fully optimized party designed to break the game. Now to my gripes with this game. For some reason it seems that Falcom was absolutely terrified of killing characters off or making ANYONE a villain in this game. Two characters towards the end of Cold Steel III are tragically "killed" leading to some very impactful moments in that game only for this game to say "erm achsually they missed their vitals and are being controlled" or "erm achsually we can revive X character now because of this" leading me to believe that there is no sense of danger in this game at all. Also, if you think ANYONE is a villain in this game, well think again. Every villain in this game is either manipulated by a curse or is just "misunderstood". This is so frustrating because Osborne is made out to be this ruthless and cunning villain that knows exactly what to say and what to do, only to do a complete 180 and be like "erm acshually it was the curse doing all that and I was actually rooting for the heros the whole time". Cold Steel IV also continues the horrid harem bit making almost every single female fawn at the sight or idea of Rean. It is honestly such as disservice to the female cast because Falcom could have easily used their bonding events to flesh out these characters more, but instead only use it as a way for you to romance a teacher, classmate, or, in some cases, a minor. Falcom should just give up on the harem or pickable romance bit, and instead just make a canon romance like how Metaphor did it. In that game there is an implied/canon romance, which seemingly forced/allowed ATLUS to flesh out the female cast of characters because now instead of doing the social link to romance a character, you're doing it so that you can learn more about their character. Overall Cold Steel IV is such a messy and conflicting game. This game is at its peak when it comes to certain overarching plot points and when you're in battle engaging with its great gameplay. But Falcom's cowardice towards killing off characters, making anyone a villain, and fleshing out certain characters kick you straight off that peak and into gross, messy crevice. Even though I'm heavily conflicted on how I feel about this game, it is a must play for anyone who has played through the whole series up until this point.
That was the longest Legend of Heroes games I’ve ever played. But it wasn’t the best. That still goes to Sky SC and Azure. As much as I liked it, I was sad that it went too anime TBH. Trails has always been real fantastic with its political intrigue and its mysteries. This one tried to do that for sure, but the Class VII team is by far the weakest of the teams, with the game always going on about their resolve and “proving” their conviction. No one could take some agency for their own and do something because it's what they Wanted to do. And I really felt like they bungled Osborne for the same reason. He was such a good manifestation of an antagonist for the political intrigue side of this story in the Crossbell arc, and then they go and turn him into such a wet blanket who was playing the role of a villain. I hope the Daybreak games are better.
Good game, good journey, but the ending & lack of consequences may sour the experience after coming from Cold Steel III. Though the game is not full on terrible after terrible stuff. There are a lot to enjoy which I can list below. Really like that I can fish with Fie other than Rean & his students. Love how the whole of class vii is available for most of the game & not having segmented availability. Divine Knight encounters are more challenging now which I appreciate. Most importantly, this game has "Atrocious Raid" BGM once more & allows you to pilot Ordine. The downside is the ending like I said since the build up from Cold Steel III is grim & chaotic I was expecting actual stakes & consequences but Falcom decided to let it end on a predictable route instead. Due to this precedent I won't be surprised if all the next games endings are all just bait and switch. Still would recommend this one to finish your CS1-3 journey, more than that? IDK man
The 9th game in the Trails series, and the final game in the Erebonia arc. The graphics engine used in CS3 has been refined and tweaked to run smoother, and the lack of events in CS3 is not a problem here. This is one of the longest Trails games, and it brings a conclusion to some of the longest running storylines in the series. Do not start with this game if you are new. Start at the beginning with Sky FC/1st.
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The Legend of Heroes: Trails of Cold Steel IV is currently priced at 59.99€ on Steam.
No, The Legend of Heroes: Trails of Cold Steel IV is currently not on sale. You can purchase it for 59.99€ on Steam.
Yes, The Legend of Heroes: Trails of Cold Steel IV received 2,054 positive votes out of a total of 2,231 achieving a rating of 8.79.
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The Legend of Heroes: Trails of Cold Steel IV was developed by Nihon Falcom, Engine Software BV and PH3 GmbH and published by NIS America and Inc..
Yes, The Legend of Heroes: Trails of Cold Steel IV is playable and fully supported on Windows.
No, The Legend of Heroes: Trails of Cold Steel IV is not playable on MacOS.
No, The Legend of Heroes: Trails of Cold Steel IV is not playable on Linux.
Yes, The Legend of Heroes: Trails of Cold Steel IV is playable on Steam Deck, though it might require a few minor tweaks. Make sure to check the Steam store page and community feedback on ProtonDB for exact compatibility details.
Yes, The Legend of Heroes: Trails of Cold Steel IV is playable on Steam Machine, though it might require a few minor tweaks. Make sure to check the Steam store page and community feedback on ProtonDB for exact compatibility details.
No, The Legend of Heroes: Trails of Cold Steel IV does not support VR.
The Legend of Heroes: Trails of Cold Steel IV is a single-player game.
Yes, there are 14 DLCs available for The Legend of Heroes: Trails of Cold Steel IV. Explore additional content available for The Legend of Heroes: Trails of Cold Steel IV on Steam.
No, The Legend of Heroes: Trails of Cold Steel IV does not support mods via Steam Workshop.
No, The Legend of Heroes: Trails of Cold Steel IV does not support Steam Remote Play.
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Developer
Nihon Falcom,
Engine Software BV,
PH3 GmbH
Publisher
NIS America, Inc.
Release
09 Apr 2021
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