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Nearing the end of Trails of Cold Steel IV after spending the past several months working my way from Cold Steel I. I’m planning to get Trails into Reverie at some point, but will probably play the fan-translated Kuro no Kiseki first.
Have you played liberl and crossbell? Over covid I played all of them up to cold steel 3. Waited until 4 released but I think by the time it did I realized I was pretty burned out on it. Also heard some negative things about kuro so wasn’t really too eager to try.
I played a good deal of Trails in the Sky way back when on the PSP, but never finished it. Haven’t played any of the others, I figured I’d just skip to the 3D ones. The games do a good job of making you feel nostalgic for characters from games you’ve never played, so I don’t feel like I missed out on too much. If you liked III and ever feel like jumping back in I’d recommend IV - it has its issues, but I think someone who’s been there from the beginning will get even more out of it than I did because there are a LOT of legacy characters featured.
I’m liking the small amount of Kuro I’ve played so far, but I definitely have my doubts I’ll ever like the characters as much as Class VII. We’ll see in many years once Kuro III is available in English (whether officially or not)!
Yeah so I was basically in the same boat as you when I first started. Played like half of trails in the sky 1 forever ago and then started with cold steel 1, then beat it and 2 and 3. Then looped back. I really do think there is something to gain by playing liberl and crossbell; liberl especially stuck out to me. I know crossbell is more acclaimed and it was definitely good but I think just how the game looks and the storyline is something else. Upon coming back to erebonia I realized how much I actually disliked those games compared to the others because of how ridiculous it was, what with all the girls falling over rean and some of the other plot points.
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___The mecha reveal fight was pretty badass though and kind of blew my mind though lol
Anyways if you like the series you should definitely play them even if you think you don’t need to. All the references and character reappearances are mind blowing. I do want to at least finish 4 at some point, to give some kind of closure.
Yes, the harem aspect of Cold Steel was definitely not something I liked, but as a fan of anime I’ve just accepted that sometimes I have to cringe through some of the tropes. “Angelica is a lesbian and sexually harasses every female she sees, isn’t it funny??”
You should play IV and Reverie if you want closure - I hear that the Crossbell Arc actually gets most of the screen time in Reverie.