The voice acting is great for almost every character, and there’s unique battle dialogue as well.
I love the commitment to the franchise, and we see the best of that here. XSEED needs to be commended for their localisation. There are quests, general student life, battles, fishing, and so much more in this dense world. The prologue has you right into the action, but if you are short on patience, maybe this one isn’t for you. Incredibly, there’s very little filler, and the only real problem you might have is how slow it is to get going. I decided to talk to someone staring into the water and he gave me a fishing rod which unlocked fishing for me – the amount of content and things to do is staggering.Ī single play-through will take you upwards of 50 hours, but expect to spend more than 70 hours if you don’t rush. You could just blast through the main story quests, but the real meat comes from characters and the world. Every NPC has their own story that progresses as you continue playing, which encourages talking to nearly everyone you run into, and exploration on the whole. All nine members have their own style and abilities, and while the visuals do detract from an otherwise incredible experience, the battle animations are superb, with the special attack animations in particular a sight to behold. Each party member has their own combat style: Rean uses a Katana Laura has a large sword Machias uses a gun, and Emma uses an Orbal staff. This tactical link system is new to the series, and link bonuses range from healing partners to follow up attacks and more.Ĭombat also gives you restricted movement, which is useful against area of effect attacks where you need to decide whether tactical links are worth the AoE risk. This lets you learn more about people and gives you bonuses during combat. Spending time with classmates and consuming bond points strengthens your links with them and grants you link experience. There’s a mashup of things I like from Grandia, Final Fantasy VII (Materia system), and Persona in combat. While this will not come as a surprise to fans of the franchise, newcomers will love it and fans of turn based combat will have their thirst satiated in a time where some JRPGs are moving to hack and slash or button mashing action combat. Training will take you all over the Empire, and there’s also an old school house with a changing inner structure that reminds me of Tartarus from Persona 3. The social and economic class status starts to matter less as you discover the bigger picture: war is nearly upon us. As it progresses, you learn more about the characters and their relationships, their pasts, and more. It is very story driven so you will have hours spent interacting with your classmates and NPCs before getting into combat – be ready for a slow burn in from the start. Trails of Cold Steel is also the beginning of another story in the same world so it can be played without having experienced the previous games.Īnd if you’re familiar with classic JRPGs, you’ll be right at home here. Every student in this class is unique (with abilities, and in personality) and these characters grow on you right from the start. There’s a new class in the academy called Class VII which does not distinguish between anyone based on their social or economic status. In the midst of all of this is Rean Schwarzer, the protagonist who enters Thor’s Military Academy. The social class system is still in place and there’s tension between nobles and common citizens. Our adventure takes place in the Erebonian Empire in a region known for military prowess. Having completed it, I’m certainly glad it was released for the West, because now Persona 4 Golden and Final Fantasy X HD on the Vita finally have some competition in the JRPG space. In addition to being synthesized at orbal factories, status quartz can be received in exchange for accessories and U-Material at curio shops, where they can also be upgraded.It feels surreal to write a review of Trails of Cold Steel given how uncertain the game’s possible English release had been until 2015. These quartz allow the user's attacks and crafts to inflict status abnormalities with 10% probability of success. In addition to being synthesized at orbal factories, most higher tier stat quartz can be received in exchange for multiple lower tier stat quartz and U-Material at curio shops.
These quartz provide passive stat boosts to the user. Each arts quartz can be upgraded at curio shops using U-Material.įor details on the effects of each art, see List of orbal arts (Cold Steel II). These quartz enable the user to cast the corresponding art.
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