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new trails player: "WHO THE HELL IS THAT, SHE IS SO COOL, I BETTER BUY THE OLDER GAMES TO FIND OUT"
It was sarcasm. Dorothee's the Thors student who writes yaoi fanfics about Jusis and Machias.
After reading a lot of posts from here about the series I'm myself going through the Sky games currently, for the first time. I intend to play those and, if I can, the crossbell titles before even playing CSIII.
I'll say I'm glad the Ghargav games seem to be non-required. I do wonder if they're good though.
Hello!
So I started trails of cold steel without playing trails in the sky because I don't have enough time to play all the games for now and it interested me more than the Sky trilogy. I'm digging it so far (only 5 hours in) and i've been told trails of cold steel is a good entry point in the series.
However, I heard that playing the Sky series is critical before playing trails of cold steel 3 which comes out later this year, is that true? If that's the case then I'd probably stop playing cold steel, wait until I have more free time, and play the Sky trilogy first, since i'm pretty early in cold steel anyway.
Also, there are 2 other games, Zero and Ao, are these games available on PC, translated? Are these also critical to the story? Where can I find them? Can't seem to find them on steam... I really wanna get into the series but there are just so many games and i'm feeling lost and overwhelmed :<
So I started trails of cold steel without playing trails in the sky because I don't have enough time to play all the games for now and it interested me more than the Sky trilogy. I'm digging it so far (only 5 hours in) and i've been told trails of cold steel is a good entry point in the series.
However, I heard that playing the Sky series is critical before playing trails of cold steel 3 which comes out later this year, is that true? If that's the case then I'd probably stop playing cold steel, wait until I have more free time, and play the Sky trilogy first, since i'm pretty early in cold steel anyway.
Also, there are 2 other games, Zero and Ao, are these games available on PC, translated? Are these also critical to the story? Where can I find them? Can't seem to find them on steam... I really wanna get into the series but there are just so many games and i'm feeling lost and overwhelmed :<
First, welcome to the thread, and to the dangerously addicting connected universe of Trails. So to answer your questions.
You can play CS1 and CS2 first, this is perfectly fine. Don't feel too much pressure. After beating CS2, I recommend going back to Sky and finishing that whole trilogy in one fell swoop.
You can also stop playing CS1 and go to Sky right away and finish that trilogy first, that's also fine. After beating Sky, you can play CS1 and CS2 without worrying that much.
By the time you finish either of these options, Geofront should be ready with their re-edit of Zero, which will be available for you to play. Unless you play games quickly. Once you do that, it'll be up to you if you wanna play a very poorly edited Ao, or wait for the Geofront Ao edit.
As long as you're comfortable with playing on PC, you should be OK to go with either option of playing Sky first or playing CS1 and CS2 first.
Thank you for your answer
I'm probably going to stop playing cold steel then, and play the Sky trilogy first since I read that CS1/CS2 spoil some of the events of the Sky trilogy, and that there are characters from the Sky trilogy appearing in CS. If I need to play all the games anyway, might aswell start from the very beginning.
Also, i'm guessing Zero and Ao are also a must-play before CS3 then? :P
I didn't know about those Geofront edits, i'm going to follow their progression, seems like they're almost done with Zero.
And yes, PC is the support I use the most, and I already bought all of the Sky / CS games on steam :D
In my opinion, you could get away with playing CS3 without playing Crossbell first, but it would be a big damper on your enjoyment. I feel like if you're having fun playing Trails games, it's best not to rush or compromise, and take your time to play Crossbell games before playing CS3. By the time you play all these games leisurely at your own pace, we'll probably have a CS3 PC announcement, which will make your life even easier.
Almost anyone who has played every game will tell you to start with Sky first and playing them first definitely enhances Cold Steel and makes that whole series better (especially the 3rd Sky game). So I think you're making the right choice.
If you're just getting in it, then you shouldn't rush to Cold Steel 3. Just chug at it on your own pace.
I recommend continuing your cold steel playtrough and if you like it you probably want to play Cold Steel 2 next.
There's room for playing the Sky games between CS2 and CS3 as well.
Thanks guys, my decision is taken, I'm going to start with the Sky trilogy and drop my cold steel playthrough and restart it once i'm done with the Sky games. :D
I really hope they give us an official means to play the Crossbell series. Because I don't want to go through the headache of using a translation patch.
I think that ship sailed a while ago, would be happy to be proven wrong tho
Of course they're saying CS3 is a fine jump-in point, the people being interviewed were NISA's senior associate producer and senior business development director.
Anyway, I gave in and started playing Zero. The translation's a hot mess but I'm loving the game!
Anyway, I gave in and started playing Zero. The translation's a hot mess but I'm loving the game!
Honestly as someone who suffered through that translation, I'd have recommended waiting for the new fan translation to be done. The Ao translation out now is thankfully much better
I also wouldn't recommend the current Zero translation, but desperate times call for desperate measures... I'll definitely replay the game when Geofront's work is finished.
To be honest, I used to believe this until way too many people started promoting the leaked Zero translation as "just fine".
In fairness is this not how exactly Falcom wants people to experience the games? As in to play the latest one available and then go back to all the rest. Not that I'd agree personally.
It's PR speaking, not Falcom, to sell more of the most recent games. Of course they won't push for their older titles if it makes them less revenue than their newer ones.
xseed mightve had reason to if they still had the newer games in the series, since they have always shown interest in localizing past releases even for low gain. Now that theyve lost the series future? Games are lost
Sorry but I mean this was what literally happened with the psp games if I remember correctly and would be how Falcom would like it to be in general.
CS1 was advertised as a jump-in point to the series and it went out of its way to obfuscate the details about what exactly happened in Crossbell and Liberl for the benefit of newer players. CS3, from what I've heard, certainly doesn't do that and casually gives several bigger plot points from previous arcs (and this one, naturally) away.
<3 Laura! Can't wait to be completely busted with how ridiculously strong she is.
Took a few days break (cause of another game) but now i'm diving right back in Trail in the Sky!
Last time I played Olivier had just joined me. I went to Nebel Valley to clear up the monster quest and find the bear claw. Now I'll continue the story.
Replayed Cold Steel 1 this month, finished Trails in the Sky SC this morning. Loved the story. On to 3rd now. Trying to burn through as much as possible before the release of Cold Steel 3 so I can be prepared!
I'm not the biggest fan of the Sky games' combat, perhaps because I started with Cold Steel 1 and 2 - but the story and characters are still top quality. I might have to jump into Zero and Ao after 3rd even though the translations aren't very good.
I'm not the biggest fan of the Sky games' combat, perhaps because I started with Cold Steel 1 and 2 - but the story and characters are still top quality. I might have to jump into Zero and Ao after 3rd even though the translations aren't very good.
Part of me is hoping some of these lines aren't in the actual game, I remember Cold Steel being cheesy at times, but I don't remember it being "protector of justice" kinda cheesy lol
Wonder if this is gonna be the last of any Kiseki ports XSEED handles. Outside of maybe Trails in the Sky trilogy coming to PS4 I don't see them handling anything with the series going forward.
Hello, y'all!
I used to read (mostly) and post in this thread a couple of years ago, but as conversations started drifting more towards the Cold Steel games and I had not played any of those I stopped following the thread because I didn't have much to say.
But today I finished CS1 and I think I can go back to checking this place out 🤗 I already bought CS2, but I'm giving myself some time to digest the first game.
I used to read (mostly) and post in this thread a couple of years ago, but as conversations started drifting more towards the Cold Steel games and I had not played any of those I stopped following the thread because I didn't have much to say.
But today I finished CS1 and I think I can go back to checking this place out 🤗 I already bought CS2, but I'm giving myself some time to digest the first game.
Hey Pedro! You may want to check out the recent Cold Steel 1 thread as well:
https://www.resetera.com/threads/th...ll-under-the-scope-of-our-field-study.108020/
I mean if you REALLY wanna dip
https://store.nisamerica.com/preord...s-of-cold-steel-iii-thors-academy-edition-ps4
Ah yeah, that edition but I think i'll pass, it's probably like 130$CAD and I have two shipping options, one that cost 67$ and the other 94$. I think i'll stick to what I picked haha. :P
I didn't expect to be at the final chapter already! I have to head to Grancel now and boy did a lot happen in C.3. I only recently realized who Olivier was then I got a "duh" moment even more when his bodyguard showed up! I'll probably try to finish it tomorrow then I'll most likely purchase Trails in the Sky SC!