The Legend of Heroes: Trails of Cold Steel

26 Sep 2013

PC (Microsoft Windows) PlayStation 3 PlayStation Vita PlayStation 4
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8.2 rating
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450 played
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15 reviews
Developer
Nihon Falcom
Publisher
XSEED Games
Nihon Falcom
NIS America

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Main story + extras

83h 55m
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110h
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Summary

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.

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I love the combat system, but this game can be brutally hard at times. The unskippable cutscenes and extreme length make this a hard one to recommend to people who aren't massive JRPG fans. The cliffhanger ending is also a bit of a dick move considering how long players can spend in this game.
07 Jul 2020
Great game and a fantastic introduction for new players (like me) into this great franchise
18 Feb 2024
Stand proud
24 Jan 2024
A strong start to the arc but also the arc with the most overused anime tropes of the genre.
07 Sep 2023
An intro to an amazing series
01 Jun 2023
My first trails game.....gotta say it was boring as hell on my first playthrough, but the last chapter was amazing, hooked me up real quick....the story was Soo slow because it was like an introduction to a big series for new comers BUT it was well written, the gameplay was good, soundtracks are amazing, nearly every character got his/her own story!

This series need more love!
19 Jun 2022
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