The Legend of Heroes: Trails of Cold Steel
The Legend of Heroes: Trails of Cold Steel

The Legend of Heroes: Trails of Cold Steel

September 26, 2013
Nihon Falcom
XSEED Games, NIS America, Nihon Falcom
PhyreEngine
82
User57 ratings
82
Critic9 ratings
82
Total66 ratings
Role-playing (RPG)StrategyTurn-based strategy (TBS)Adventure
PS3PS4PCVita
Single player
Third person
ActionFantasyScience fictionComedyParty

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.

Storyline

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.

Release Dates

PS4Mar 08, 2018
PS3Dec 22, 2015
VitaJan 29, 2016
PS4Mar 26, 2019
VitaDec 22, 2015
PS3Jan 29, 2016
VitaJun 24, 2014
PS3Jun 24, 2014
PS3Sep 26, 2013
VitaSep 26, 2013
PCAug 02, 2017

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