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The Legend of Heroes: Trails of Cold Steel

2013 82 / 100 Adventure Role-playing (RPG) Strategy
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 Show full 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.

World design Nicht eindeutig GameplayCombat-focused GameplayRole-playing

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Among the nations on the Zemurian continent, the mighty Erebonian Empire has been quick to outwardly stake its claim militarily; yet politically, ugly bouts of internal conflict between the upper class and commoners attempting to rise to power have been steadily intensifying day by day. The Noble and Reformist Factions have been none too kind to one another over the years, and tensions between the two only stand to worsen if compromises aren’t made in the very near future. Rean Schwarzer, like any other citizen of the Imperial Nation, is no stranger to these rising conflicts: the class system has been deeply embedded into the hearts of every Erebonian since the days of old. As a seventeen-year-old student preparing for his new life at Thors Military Academy, however, he notices that his crimson uniform differs from the standard ones issued to his peers—typically green for commoners, and Show full description

Among the nations on the Zemurian continent, the mighty Erebonian Empire has been quick to outwardly stake its claim militarily; yet politically, ugly bouts of internal conflict between the upper class and commoners attempting to rise to power have been steadily intensifying day by day. The Noble and Reformist Factions have been none too kind to one another over the years, and tensions between the two only stand to worsen if compromises aren’t made in the very near future. Rean Schwarzer, like any other citizen of the Imperial Nation, is no stranger to these rising conflicts: the class system has been deeply embedded into the hearts of every Erebonian since the days of old. As a seventeen-year-old student preparing for his new life at Thors Military Academy, however, he notices that his crimson uniform differs from the standard ones issued to his peers—typically green for commoners, and white for nobles. Enter, Class VII of Thors Military Academy. For the first time in the prestigious academy’s history, rank means nothing and skill means everything. With nine hand-picked students of various backgrounds and abilities, Rean included, Class VII readies itself to dive deep into the political quagmire that threatens not only them, but the Empire as a whole.

GameplayCombat-focused GameplayRole-playing GenreAdventure GenreRole-playing (RPG) GenreStrategy GenreTurn-based strategy (TBS) ThemeAction ThemeComedy ThemeFantasy ThemeParty ThemeScience fiction Traitanime Traitcloud saves Traitcross-save Traitdigital distribution Traitheavy metal Traitjrpg Traitmale protagonist Traitplaystation tv support Traitpolygonal 3d Traitretroactive achievements Traitroaming encounters Traitrock music Traittokyo game show 2013 Traitturn-based Traitturn-based combat

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Developer
Nihon Falcom
Publisher
XSEED Games, NIS America, Nihon Falcom
Franchise
The Legend of Heroes
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Modi
Single player
Perspective
Third person
Themes
Action, Comedy, Fantasy, Party, Science fiction
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Platform releases

  • PlayStation 4 Mar 08, 2018
  • PlayStation 3 Dec 22, 2015
  • PlayStation Vita Jan 29, 2016
  • PC (Microsoft Windows) Q3 2017
  • PlayStation 4 Mar 26, 2019
  • PlayStation Vita Dec 22, 2015
  • PlayStation 3 Jan 29, 2016
  • PlayStation Vita Jun 24, 2014
  • PlayStation 3 Jun 24, 2014
  • PlayStation 3 Sep 26, 2013
  • PlayStation Vita Sep 26, 2013

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