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Why The Legend of Heroes: Trails of Cold Steel is becoming one of my favorite JRPGs

GameCrate: "Yes, it takes more than 10 hours to really get things going, but that's okay."

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Kal-V33045d ago (Edited 3045d ago )

"Trails of Cold Steel seems more like a visual novel than a JRPG"

This statement is so inaccurate i can't even believe the person who wrote this article even played the game. Those "visual novel" sections happen so infrequently that i struggled to remember a part in the game where that even happened and i'm 15 hours in.
Walking around talking to people in the game and making dialogue choices isn't exclusive to Visual Novels. Basically every RPG has that and it doesn't mean it is more visual novel because of it.
I'm not even sure the writer has even played any visual novels.

TheSanchezDavid3045d ago

The funny thing is that I didn't mean that in a negative way. And while you may disagree (you're entitled to your opinion), to me, the game resembles a visual novel a lot of the time (I'm entitled to my opinion). I say that because I have played a lot of visuals novels and enjoy the genre.

Also, after the initial battle sequence, the game is mostly comprised of these character interaction and dialogue parts, with just some exploration and battling in between, so I find it hard to believe that you've put in 15 hours.

Kal-V33044d ago

I've noticed that most of the interactions between characters in the game were with in game character models moving and emoting and only seem have the side by side portrait art during the "social link" sequences that have so far for me been 4-6 short forced sequences, maybe when you meet a new character, i dont know. But calling it MORE visual novel than JRPG is a quite a ways off.

I am over 15 hours in. I'm at the part where you leave the army base and strange flying object goes by and the tanks are going after it. I've taken my time and have done every side mission even grinded a little bit but that where i am.

PS I really like how you didn't try to rip my head off in your reply for having a different opinion than you. Kudos. :)

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"The Legend of Heroes: Trails of Cold Steel" is coming to mobile devices worldwide on May 29th, 2024

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Vits41d ago

Yeah, I give it 8 months before they close the servers. I love Trails; in all honesty, I think it's one of the best RPG franchises and also the best when it comes to world-building. But it's not popular enough to sustain a gacha mobile game for more than a few months.

TGG_overlord40d ago

Damn son, axing right away straight out of the gates lol. Nevertheless, you have a point...So let's see what happens (or for HOW long the severs will be up.."ArchAge" is already history, but most of us saw that one coming from miles away).

jznrpg40d ago

Love the series but I don’t touch mobile especially with gacha which most mobile games have

Kinza5501240d ago (Edited 40d ago )

Mobile?! No thanks.

SegaSaturn66940d ago

Ewww i thought it was a port of the game, but its a gatcha. Seriously though, those trails of cold steel games are REALLY good.

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Ordine the Azure Knight Model Kit From Trails of Cold Steel Available for Preorders

If you're familiar with the Legend of Heroes: Trails of Cold Steel series, it has some really beautiful mecha, and a new model kit is now up for preorders.

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The Legend of Heroes: Trails series sales top seven million

Total sales for the Trails series of The Legend of Heroes games have surpassed seven million units worldwide, developer Falcom announced.

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Lightning Mr Bubbles623d ago (Edited 623d ago )

If Final Fantasy is my favorite JRPG franchise then Legend of Heroes: Trails is my 2nd favorite. Severely underrated series... It has it's fans but it should be a bigger deal if you ask me.

7 million ain't bad but it should be even more.

shinoff2183623d ago

It really should be. I wish more would play but to many gamers out there need instant gratification and just dont have the attention span. Shame really jrpgs used to be hot back in the 90s. Most people i knew and myself played them from ff to breath of fire and phatasy star.

shinoff2183623d ago

Disagree all you want by they way better back then cant deny it. Only thing better these days is graphics. Graphics dont make a game great.

Lightning Mr Bubbles623d ago (Edited 623d ago )

@Shinofff2183

Yeah, I agree. I'm not sure why anyone would disagree with you. But that's just how N4G is.

At first I would get a little bit impatient with Trails of Cold Steel myself, having to go on all those field studies and reading all the talking they did, it was almost too detailed. But eventually I got used to it and it was worth it because by the end I was that much more involved in the story. These days I'm totally into JRPG's and even some visual novels.

shinoff2183623d ago

Well i hope thats good enough for them to understand that we in the west enjoy these games to and bring what hasnt been out over maybe some older ones get re released on playstation and switch and hire more to help translate faster. Good for loh

tagzskie623d ago

Right now my top 3 jrpg's are
1. Persona
a tie between Legend of Heroes(series) and Final Fantasy(series)
This game is underrated and the sale should be more

jznrpg40d ago

That’s way too small of a number! One of my favorite series.