WatAs for other questions that didn't make the cut but were answered with the same amount of sincerity:
- Is Georg Weissmann a pleasant person? The simple answer is: yes he totally is.
- How does Estelle Bright feel about sneakers? The simple answer is: she friggin' hates them and everything they stand for with the fury of a thousand shining suns.
- What's Dorothee's singlemost defining trait? The simple answer is: her homophobia.
Ah, gotcha. I mixed her up with Dorothy.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 at least assume that most folks getting this will either have already played most other Trails games or those who haven't will at least look up some reviews online, about 99% of them probably mentioning you don't jump into this one blind, no matter what NISA's PR-guys claim.
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 :<
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
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 :<
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 think that ship sailed a while ago, would be happy to be proven wrong thoI 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.
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
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 betterOf 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!
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.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
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.Given that NISA's now telling us that CS3 is a fine jump-in point, I'm not keeping my hopes up on that one.
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.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.
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 lostI'm not sure even Xseed would actually take on Crossbell at this point, it's gone
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.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.
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.
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 mean if you REALLY wanna dipPreordered the early enrollment edition of CSIII on Amazon. I'm dipping so hard for this serie. I almost feel bad for having slept on it all these years. ._.
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. :PI mean if you REALLY wanna dip
https://store.nisamerica.com/preord...s-of-cold-steel-iii-thors-academy-edition-ps4
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!
no way im trusting nisa enough to toss a hundred at themI mean if you REALLY wanna dip
https://store.nisamerica.com/preord...s-of-cold-steel-iii-thors-academy-edition-ps4