The Legend of Heroes: Trails of Cold Steel

The Legend of Heroes: Trails of Cold Steel

Released: September 26, 2013
Type: Main Game

Platforms:

PlayStation 3 PlayStation 4 PC (Microsoft Windows) PlayStation Vita

Genres:

Role-playing (RPG) Strategy Turn-based strategy (TBS) Adventure

Game Modes:

Single player

Themes:

Action Fantasy Science fiction Comedy Party

Player Perspectives:

Third person

Ratings

User Rating

81.9
Based on 49 ratings

Critics Rating

81.6
Based on 9 ratings

Total Rating

81.8
Based on 58 ratings

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.

Involved Companies

XSEED Games

Role:
Publisher

NIS America

Role:
Publisher

Nihon Falcom

Role:
Developer Publisher

Game Engines

PhyreEngine

Keywords

anime turn-based jrpg heavy metal roaming encounters turn-based combat digital distribution polygonal 3d rock music cross-save playstation tv support tokyo game show 2013 retroactive achievements male protagonist cloud saves

Alternative Names

The Legend of Heroes: Trails in the Flash The Legend of Heroes: Trails in the Flash The Legend of Heroes: Sen no Kiseki Eiyū Densetsu: Sen no Kiseki Eiyuu Densetsu: Sen no Kiseki

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