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7 JRPGs With a School Setting If You're Feeling Fire Emblem: Three Houses

Twinfinite Writes: With Fire Emblem Three Houses the series takes its first leap into a school life game, but there are other great JRPGs out there with a school setting.

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bluefox7551733d ago

Currently playing through Trails in the Sky SC, after spending 60 hours finishing the first. I want to jump into Trails of Cold Steel, but was told by several people that it's better to play the previous games first.

Positivelypositive 1733d ago

Trails of cold steel is great to jump right into. You won't feel like you missed anything. I am sure there is more to get out of the 3rd and 4th TOTS games but I don't see any reason to wait to play Steel.

DarkZane1733d ago

There are some mentions of events in Trails in the Sky in the first 2 trails of cold steel, but not much. You should definitely play Trails in the Sky completely before Trails of Cold Steel 3 and 4 (which are yet to be released), because there are characters from that series in those games.

You might also want to play Trails of Zero and Azure, which are the 2 unlocalized games. There are translation patches for them out there that are 100% done.

bluefox7551733d ago (Edited 1733d ago )

Interesting, thanks for the tip. I heard TITS 2 was the best one in that series, so I think I'll still finish it. Depending on the ending though, I may jump into TOCS after, mainly because the gameplay looks way better, and obviously the visuals as well. The TITS combat is a little shallow IMO.

Outlawzz1733d ago

Cold steel 1 was my first trails game. There were certain parts where I could tell they were referencing previous games but other than that it was a complete and separate story. It was great and I never felt like I missed out on anything just small mentions of other events.

Teflon021732d ago

doesn't matter which you play first as the games directly involving the story of Sky aren't even all released here to even worry about order. You'll miss alot of references no matter which way you look at it. Just play which ever ones you want in any order as long as 1s before 2. They're self contained stories by name for the most part.

AnnaDea1732d ago

Finished Cold Steel II today.

I have some time now to finish the Crossbell games before Cold Steel III arrives in late October. I can't sing enough praise for the Legend of Heroes series. I have only beaten Sky FC a little earlier and gonna play SC soon too. I feel sorry for the fans of jrpgs that misses this hidden gem of a series.

I have been a great fan of Nihon Falcom since the elary 90's. One of the strongest japanese developers out there. But and support their games Kreygasm.

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

"USERJOY announces the upcoming release of "The Legend of Heroes: Trails of Cold Steel - Northern War'" Global Version, scheduled for launch on May 29th. Today, the Pre-registration is live on both the App Store and Google Play, offering exciting rewards along with introduction and promotional video. Embark on this epic adventure by joining the pre-registration today!" - USERJOY .

Vits3d 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_overlord2d 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).

jznrpg2d ago

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

Kinza550122d ago (Edited 2d ago )

Mobile?! No thanks.

SegaSaturn6691d 17h 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 Bubbles584d ago (Edited 584d 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.

shinoff2183584d 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.

shinoff2183584d 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 Bubbles584d ago (Edited 584d 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.

shinoff2183584d 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

tagzskie584d 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

jznrpg2d ago

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