A Guide to Getting into the Trails Series in 2021

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Yes, I know Kuro launched yesterday technically, but it's still September 30th where I live. The cult-classic Trails series has finally entered its second half, and while that might not get localized for a long time, there's still plenty of games for you to catch up on while you wait! Here is a not so brief overview of the series, its strengths and its weaknesses, as well as my recommendations on how to play it!
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Chapters:
00:00:00 - Introduction & Video Premise
00:01:37 - Easy Out for Xeno Fans
00:02:35 - Disclaimer on Video Length
00:03:08 - What is Falcom? + History of The Legend of Heroes
00:06:09 - Distressed Olivier Disclaimer 1: Trails Game Numbers in the Greater Legend of Heroes Series
00:06:46 - History of the Trails Series
00:10:27 - History of Trails Localizations
00:12:59 - Series World Overview
00:16:05 - Liberl Arc Overview
00:19:35 - Crossbell Arc Overview
00:23:48 - Erebonia Arc Overview
00:36:03 - Trails into Reverie Overview
00:37:28 - Kuro no Kiseki Overview
00:38:43 - Legend of Nayuta Overview
00:40:01 - Combat System Overview
00:48:51 - Best Platforms for Each Game
00:54:55 - Distressed Olivier Disclaimer 2: An Actual Potato can Play the Liberl Arc
00:55:17 - Continued Best Platform Discussion
00:56:53 - Best Platform tl;dr
00:57:14 - Voice Language in the Series
01:00:35 - My Play Order Recommendations
01:09:20 - Play Order tl;dr
01:10:00 - Miscellaneous Info you Might want to Know
01:26:03 - Outro

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18 июн 2024

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@ankokuryuumugen Год назад

Let's get Garnt and Joey addicted.

@theleathercandle Год назад

This aged well

@Aetoetta Год назад

@@theleathercandle Indeed it did

@Vorexxa Год назад

Lol 1 hour guide

@nawsih848 Год назад

What

@KatieT97 Год назад

@@nawsih848 Garnt and Joey (aka Gigguk and TheAnimeMan) talked about getting into Trails on the Trash Taste Podcast. Which is exciting because Trash Taste has a fairly mainstream anime JRPG audience and could bring more recognition to trails

@EnelXC 2 года назад

Trails is a really good series and I agree that everyone should get into it if they are able to.

@Luxin_Xeno 2 года назад

Generic response so I can sarcastically point to this next time someone complains I don't respond to comments.

@gatst7680 2 года назад

@@Luxin_Xeno Generic post complaining that you don't respond to comments enough despite having a life outside of RU-vid

@linuxwizzerd5908 2 года назад

skip Cold Steel half of it is literally filler

@Ghalion666 2 года назад

@@linuxwizzerd5908 wut? I would concede that Cold Steel 2 is half filler, but I have a feeling you are one of those weirdos who likes CS2 more than 1 and 3

@giliathandtio 2 года назад

Agreed. Crossbell best arc, Tio best girl.

@arcuslux516 Год назад

Me: failed history class Also me: fully memorized the fake video game history, culture, economy and politics

@sageralyamamah8656 11 месяцев назад

😂😂😂

@patsg1146 2 года назад

Me last year: "Man, the Trails series is so huge, I'll never be able to get through them all" *Goes on to play through the entirety of Final Fantasy XIV and all of its expansions* Me now: "Okay, on to Steam to start Trails in the Sky..."

@blackyraypatrick9041 2 года назад

How is it going?

@anasmadani5217 2 года назад

How is it going?

@plustico2846 2 года назад

I've just played around 10 hours of ff14 and I've already added trails to my wishlist on Steam haha. We're on the same path.

@blackyraypatrick9041 Год назад

@@aprile1710 I didnt like the japanese voiceacting. Besides that, im happy that I started with cold steel 1 and 2. Im 100% sure I wouldnt have played sky, if cold steel didnt hook me already so much. I absolutely understand why they ported cold steel before zero.

@blackyraypatrick9041 Год назад

@@aprile1710 qualitywise I cant speak against the dub, but I really cant handle the overexaggerating of japanese characters. its more of a cultural problem I would say, on the other side I know no japanese person (and I know some) which speaks like voice actors in real life. The anime naruto was a perfect example, 13 year old boys get a voice acting like 60 year old chainsmokers while girls are sounding like the inhaled all helium in the world.

@cameronwyatt9467 Год назад

Just started Sky FC. Hearing that the storyline is only halfway done 10 games in fills me with both joy and dread. This series is going to consume me

@m.di.c. Год назад

Will be well worth it. Game and story in Sky and Crossbell are amazing and fulfilling and story in Cold Steel (I really did not like a lot of the changes in Cold Steel, but certain characters and the story overall were excellent).

@xbon1 7 месяцев назад

U mean 12 games? A year ago there were 12 too, gonna be 13 soon

@jasonrodriguez2963 6 месяцев назад

@@xbon1They mean the first half of the story was concluded after 10 games.

@champosvezast.v.4355 3 месяца назад

You have to play Cold Steel 1,2,3 and 4... It took me 400 hours bit you will love the story the characters and the epic fights...

@pokemigas6049 Год назад

I was watching Trash Taste and Garnt mentioned a 1h20m video about Trails and I immediatly said to myself "It's Luxin's isn't it?" and of course it was lmao

@cassnewman8267 Год назад

Shout out Trash Taste for my next gaming obsession lmao

@thebuddhasmiles Год назад

Nice dp mate

@alank6692 Год назад

I envy you. Wish I could go through the series again with a clean slate.

@Kuntuber Год назад

Alright, Garnt. I'll bite.

@bakuhakudraws5603 2 года назад

bonus fun fact: The 'Chest Messages' in Sky 1-3 and the Geofront Crossbell games are actually due to a weird programming error. In the Japanese version, when you check an empty chest, you just get a dialogue that says 'this chest is empty', but the code for the PSP version had a table with a unique entry for each chest to refer to, so somewhere in the game's code is just "This Chest is Empty" repeated 350-some-odd times in a row. When XSeed saw this, they just contacted Falcom and were like 'do you guys need us to like... keep these here?' and Falcom said 'nah do whatever you want', so they started writing dumb jokes in all of the different entries so each chest has its own unique little jab to make at you if you try to loot it a second time. until one of the final dungeons of Sky the 3rd, where one of the characters is undergoing a major moment. Every single chest in that dungeon just says 'The chest is empty.' when you check it, and it unironically sent a chill down my spine when I saw that. They managed to enhance the impact of the emotional moments of the game by adding in dumb gags everywhere *except* for this place, and the dungeon was legitimately more daunting to me because of it.

@chocobomaster210 Год назад

I just finished Sky the 3rd, and I super agree on that impact of the chest messages towards the end. No idea that was localization exclusive, that's so cool.

@drakath5727 8 месяцев назад

Theres another moment like this in Azure in the final dungeon. Each boss has its own themed mini puzzle before you can fight them, and one in particular pulls this exact same stunt. Only difference is it had the complete opposite effect and just made the area funnier.

@EVERYWHERE_MAN 2 года назад

Trails in the sky is what got me into the franchise

@samrogers8926 2 года назад

Trails in the Sky is a masterpiece

@EVERYWHERE_MAN 2 года назад

Doesn’t matter which games their music is always epic my favorite music is the “enforcer theme” I always get goosebumps when I hear that song

@anastraykiwi 2 года назад

*When you are already a fan over halfway through the series but still watch through the whole video anyway just because you enjoy listening to people talk about Trails* P.S. as someone who has only played Zero and Ao with the old leaked PSP English translations I can 100% recommend that they are well worth playing before getting into Cold Steel (Sen) especially with the Geo translations that I have only heard great things about

@Cman04092 2 года назад

I feel the same way. I always try to support streamers who try out trails, and jump into any discussions I see, because I just love trails so damn much. Also, this is a great time to get into trails, with Zero and Azure getting their english releases this year and into next. I'm kinda jealous, because i had to buy from China, and do the whole Geofront patches thing to play them. Dont get me wrong, Geofront did an amazing job, but I'm hoping the offcial releases will just hit better, especially if they have english VAs, which I beleive they did but can't remember for sure.

@itsdantaylor Год назад

I played the first game with the English patch on a emu. I tried the 2nd but it was just a loose google translate translation so I lost interest. Still I liked the Crossbell series and am eager to finally play the 2nd game.

@Javifaa Год назад

Still amazed people think the Geofront did the translation. They didn't, what they did was to heavily edit an earlier translation. Go to their website if you don't believe me.

@LotusBlade27 Год назад

Who's here after Garnt mentioned the Trails series in Trash Taste??

@Dxwill10 2 года назад

Well I'm a hardcore fan so just swinging by to show some love. It's a commitment no doubt, folks, but it's absolutely worth it! The last time I was blown away by this level of world building/characters and true immersion/investment was the first time I read LoTR lol.

@austinblades8903 2 года назад

Just discovered this series seems criminally underrated

@Koyasama 2 года назад

One other reason to start with the Sky games is because so much of the cast and story is based around the Bracer Guild. The developers used comparisons to/contrasts with the Bracers as a sort of shorthand for explaining the functions of the main groups in Crossbell and Cold Steel, and if you don't have a firm foundation in what the Bracers do (and their limitations) you'll lose a lot of what they were trying to convey (to say nothing of the significance of what the Bracers themselves, both as individuals and as a group, get up to over the course of those games).

@blackyraypatrick9041 2 года назад

That's true on one side. You really see that Sara is training class 7 like full fledged bracers. On the other side I wouldn't say its that much complicated that you wouldn't understand it directly out of the other arcs. I had quite a good picture of what a bracer is after cold steel 1 and 2 and it didn't much change after having played FC and half of sc right now.

@Koyasama 2 года назад

You'll see those distinctions pop up again in CS 3&4. But even in CS 1, remember the discussion Sara, Toval, and Micht were having during the school festival? That was a direct reference to something that happens in the Crossbell duology, with a particular Bracer. And without giving away too many spoilers, knowing the restrictions Bracers operate under--and what that Bracer did instead--is very important for understanding just why those three were so freaked out.

@AAhmou Год назад

@@Koyasama And Crossbell's major events are retold from the Empire's pov in the Imperial Chronicles.

@abc4781 Год назад

I just finished Cold Steel 1 on Saturday and started Cold steel 2 on the same day, I gotta say these are some of the best JRPG'S I've ever played.

@Cman04092 2 года назад

Its so cool that NISAmerica actually hired the Geofront (the people who made the best fan translation for the crossbell arc). They easily could have done a C&D order, but instead they decided to hire them. Its exciting because the geofront patches were already amazing, but now with them working with NISAmerica, the official releases should be even better. It kinda shows that NISAmerica actually cares about the series they are translating.

@kawashinimon Год назад

After their Ys screw up, they better

@andr0zzsenpai 2 года назад

Building a bridge between Xeno and Trails fan is the greatest thing I've seen lately. Such a chad fanbase.

@OwainVEVO 2 года назад

i've been waiting for this video. i've recently played all of the sky games and absolutely loved them so i'm always in for more people playing them

@ThatPickleJar 2 года назад

I really appreciate the dedication in this video. Me and a couple of my friends have really been wanting to get into this series for a bit and this has helped out an incredible amount, so thanks for making this

@teckleedeyi 2 года назад

so happy to have new fans join in the fandom! welcome :)

@Cman04092 2 года назад

I can only hope that you enjoy these games as much as I do. Hopefully, we can welcome you to the fandom.

@leorioparadiknight557 2 года назад

This video was awesome! I just finished Cold Steel and starting the 2nd one. This was very informative!

@scottsaloney Год назад

What an excellent series! I really appreciated that fans even made English versions of the Trails to Zero and Trails to Azure games a few years ago.

@maxechilsemptyspace7184 2 года назад

I already got into Trails due to you and Enel's recommendations in the past (played all of both sky and cold steel arcs but not crossbell unfortunately). Still watched the whole video and thanks to that I learned about that whole NG+ thing which I was a bit confused about with Cold Steel 3. So, thanks, fun video and learned something.

@fiozarchives3155 2 года назад

I should really respect your effort on this over one hour long detailed guide with decent explanation. Good job. I like this series too especially the enormous worldview.

@kurokun07 Год назад

im here because grant said there is a trails introduction video that is 1hour and 27 minutes long

@alexsanderivan6511 7 месяцев назад

Hey man ! I was curious to start these games for a while, and I saw this video in 2021. After watching it, I was sure I was going to play then. Fast-forward to now, I played the entire series (the localized ones at least), and it became my favorite franchise in gaming. So... thanks a bunch !

@noah_ignis 11 месяцев назад

It's 2023 now and I got to say this video has really helped me get through the Trails series in that order. Reverie is now released and so far I just finished Sky SC and soon will be playing Sky 3rd I can't wait to see more in this amazing series thank you Luxin this video has really helped a lot

@goku7090 Год назад

I've only played Cold Steel I, II & III. Starting IV soon. These are some of my favourite games ever. II might indeed be the game I've logged in the most time. There's just so much to do. Really cool video you have here. Got a feeling I'll be coming back to it quite a bit.

@krazyq00 Год назад

Just finished the Sky series and ready for Zero next, really glad it's available for Switch now. Steam Deck was a savior for the Sky series.

@Cman04092 2 года назад

As a huge trails fans who's played all 9 so far, you did a really great job on this video. I always love seeing this series get some love, and I hope this video brings this very awesome series to some new people. I still love many other franchises, such as Xeno, FF, KH, NieR, Persona, FE, GTA, RDR, and many others which happen to.be mostly JRPG, but Trails is my absolute favorite of them all. That neing said i don't expect it to be everyone elses favorite, or for people to even like it, I just suggest people give it a try.

@EVERYWHERE_MAN 2 года назад

Remember when the series was about a girl looking for her father to looking for her adopted brother Now it’s about fighting the government and secret organization

@t-vann48 2 года назад

I mean Sky was technically about a girl finding her father and later her brother, but it was also at the same time about stopping a coup and fighting a secret organization responsible for the coup.

@tatotato85 2 года назад

Great video, i already played every single game, some multiple times but still its never enough trails content so i very much welcome this

@FiveTiger 2 года назад

Stumbled across Trails after playing a bunch of Ys (play Ys 8, do it) and the end of Sky 1 had my jaw on the floor

@Javifaa Год назад

Unpopular opinion, Ys is the better series. And Cold Steel as a whole is bloated, no matter how you look at it.

@fathanariel.p7643 Год назад

@@Javifaa Welp that’s one hell of an unpopular opinion Well an opinion is an opinion.

@DanielFanzwicky 11 месяцев назад

A fan of Ys 8 is a friend of mine.

@TheAxebitten 9 месяцев назад

Man this was a super thorough review video. Amazing work. I am about to start the saga from Sky C1 😊

@marianrhod909 6 месяцев назад

As someone who got into the series a year ago using this video and just finishing Reverie, thank you for this amazing introductory video for Trails, Luxin! Excited for the future of the series and to get into the Calvardian games!

@PieInTheSky9 3 месяца назад

Was it worth it?

@paulanthonyrosalita7861 7 месяцев назад

i love the dedication on making this video

@StarlightKidX 2 года назад

I didn't know that you were into Trails. Glad to see there are more fans of the series. I already downloaded Kuro on my Japanese PSN so I'm hyped for that.

@kewanmccully552 2 года назад

Just started my trails journey with trails in the sky last week truly enjoying the game! Love the characters and the story so far can’t wait to dive deeper into the plot great vid!!

@blackyraypatrick9041 2 года назад

How was it?

@kewanmccully552 Год назад

It was really good! I’m playing trails in the sky the 3rd rn I’m loving every minute

@thelightningking8772 2 года назад

I just love the Trails series so much. It’s one of the few video game series where I loved every game. Even my least favorite in the series (Sky the 3rd) is an 8/10 in my mind.

@dwarfplanets533 2 года назад

Sky 3 was actually my favorite trails game for some reason.

@Maverick55Moose 2 года назад

Just watched this video. Was very well done. My play order was CS1, CS2, CS3, Zero, CS4, Azure. I did watch playthrus of Sky1-3 and Crossbell before playing CS3. I have the Sky trilogy but havent motivated myself to play it. I'll see if this video changed that for me. Keep up the good work!

@RimuDB 2 года назад

My favorite game series of all time! Seriously I could gush about it for hours nothing even comes close to me. Sara Valestein is my favourite female game character of all time.

@Cman04092 2 года назад

I agree, trails is my absolute favorite game franchise. Not to say other series aren't amazing, because they're are some really great games in the world, but Trails is my number 1. I can't say Sara is my absolute favorite, because we have so many great charecters that it's hard to pick just 1, but either way she is one of my absolute favorites for sure.

@sira26 Год назад

@@Cman04092 dude says Sara but using Toval pic as profile 😂😭

@ilashian9415 Год назад

I'll have to claim Laura or Altina personally but Sara IS cool.

@TheMixEmperor 6 месяцев назад

It's 2023 and all these games are available in English, on steam. What a time to be alive. Getting started on Sky FC.

@uhlexix Год назад

This video single-handedly made me dive into the series 2 months ago. I’m here after beating Azure and sheesh this series changed my life. Peak fiction IMO. Looking forward to CS all the way to Kuro no Kiseki ❤️

@isabellataylor8810 Год назад

I'd been interested before but this video got me to buy the first game singlehandedly, looking forward to this :)

@Strawhatsnow 2 года назад

I’m so excited for Reverie !! I’ve played all 9 of these games in like 6 months

@Cman04092 2 года назад

Damn, GG, that's some dedication. I played them all over the course of 2-3 years, but I also had to wait inbetween releases for CS3 and CS4, and find patchs for crossbell arc. But still, each game took me like a month each, if not longer for the larger games! Also, I am also very excited for Reverie, and also excited to play non patched versions of the Crossbell arc.

@Bloodstained2077 2 года назад

I have all 4 of them on PS4 and the other 4 Reserved at at game stop in total that’s 8 we’re is the 9th is it legend of heroes kuro no kieseki For PS4 I see it’s the Japanese version but is it getting an American release?

@zachfriedman92 Год назад

Six months? Sir you are the most powerful devotee of Falcom, my hat is off to you

@d33pakkkk 11 месяцев назад

Six months? I crave to have a life like yours? The older one grows the harder it gets to play games. Which is not true if you're retired cause that's the best thing for a gamer.

@shadowbreadd9505 Год назад

thanks for this video man i started playing sky a few weeks ago and im on second chapter right now i didnt know there were this many games.

@vidarCRC 2 года назад

I started playing Cold Steel when it released on Vita. But I recently got the game for PS4 and was really surprised my save was there for me to import. So I got CS2. After watching this amazing video I bought Sky and SC so I can dive into the series. Great work on the explanation and helping us new to the series to find a proper way to enjoy them. Thank you.

@Hecate6969 2 года назад

I just had to say, the part where you showed off Estelle in CS4 made me laugh SO much! I loved that giant comment so much I just needed to post this.🤣

@myuase 2 года назад

I finished trails in the sky first chapter a couple of months ago, and when I heard that people call it a prologue to SC, I was really excited, because I already really liked FC. I do own SC, but I’m currently busy, so I’ll be delaying playing it until I sort myself out. I will be playing through the whole series and FC’s ending got me really hyped for what’s to come

@mordacain3293 2 года назад

Thank you for the video; it really provides some excellent advice! I recently started playing Cold Steel on a lark during a camping trip and got sucked in. However, once I looked up the series I was a little worried I had ruined the experience. For now, I think I'll continue to play CS I & II and then double back to start the Sky arc. Here's to hoping there is a Falcom bundle during the next Steam sale!

@Javifaa Год назад

I think you already know that, but there is a section at the end of CS II that pretty much assumes you already have played Azure.

@brandonmariomanfanxd 2 года назад

My first was Cold Steel 1, I definitely get confused but I don’t care cuz Rean Schwarzers “Ogre Power” was a big reason I loved it.

@sendxnoodles Год назад

Grant brought me here

@michaeljordan7412 2 года назад

I kept on saying maybe later, because of how long it is. But, after finally getting around to it 1 month ago, I’ve finished up sora no kiseki 1&2. Honestly, being fluent in Japanese I can’t believe this game flew under my radar for so long. I’m so stoked because I should be able to catch up to Kuro no Kiseki 2 by the time it releases in Japan. Also, if anyone is getting into this series, I highly, highly suggest EVO version. VA made my experience so far 1000x better. This series is so awesome!

@LBCAndrew 2 года назад

Thank you for reminding me of this series. Years ago while waiting for Xseed to finish the translation of Trails SC, i had some life changing events happen and completely forgot about the game. i've been needing something to play between releases of Genshin Impact and to hold me over until Xenoblade 3, so this fits the bill.

@paullmall96 2 года назад

I just finished up all achievements on Cold Steel 2 like an hour before this was uploaded. Between every game in the series I probably have over 1000 hours, it's the only jrpg series that I enjoy more than Xenoblade.

@veghesther3204 2 года назад

I beat nearly every game from CS1 to Kuro in less then 1000 HOURS COMBINED EACH game barely took me even 30 HOURS each.

@skyknight0408 2 года назад

@@veghesther3204 Well sure, if you want to rush through it and barely scratch the surface that's possible. I have almost 200h in each of CS1&2 and only played through both games once.

@Coudrender Год назад

So this is the 1 hour version that Garnt mentioned hahaha alright let me in this rabbit hole!

@krazyq00 11 месяцев назад

Great guide, I remember how it was all confusing before . I was lucky enough to take the one true order route , just got done with Azure and about to begin CS next.

@Mr69hammertime 2 года назад

This man knows what he's talking about. The kiseki series reminds me of so many different things but most of all I keep telling my co workers it's the rebirth of Xenogears to me personally

@Mr69hammertime 2 года назад

@@jinuzuki6472 a mix of gorilla glue and girl scout cookie 🤣 but yes! ***Spoilers*** A main character orphan martial artist with a lineage/destiny involving giant robots fighting gods. Main religion that has a tragic orphan as a gun toting assassin secretly taking on missions. Geopolitical conflict where the strings is really pulled by power clandestine forces. A floating mythical futursitc city that can appear when the dimensionsal barrier is broken. Even the erebos meeting scenes look exactly like the Ethos's meeting scenes in Xenogears. Many more other things as well but those are glaring similarities

@Mr69hammertime 2 года назад

@@jinuzuki6472 ahh stopped at the first 2. Makes sense. It would be hard for you to see the major similarities. As far as trails being shallow....lol that is a pretty hot take. Literally never heard anybody even try to say that but different strokes.

@Mr69hammertime 2 года назад

@@jinuzuki6472 I'll continue to enjoy both amongst many other games like any normal person 😉 enjoy life under your rock 💪🏿

@carlstevenson709 Год назад

Near the end of Sky FC, taking my sweet sweet sweet time. So excited that I found this series and surprised I never heard of it until recently. So damn good, going to be real sad when I'm caught up.

@2bussy 2 года назад

Fanfuckingtastic video! I have been doing A TON of sale-hunting; essentially watching isthereanydeal and cheapdigitaldownload like a hawk. Finally, I have now acquired ALL of the games in the trails in the sky arc and ALL of the games in the trails of cold steel arc. For all seven games, it cost me around $80 USD, and from what I've seen in this incredible video... godDAMN I got a hell of a good deal for such a large chunk of this series! I absolutely cannot wait to begin my journey! Thank you for taking so much time out of your life just to create this godlike video! I'm sure you've already been instrumental in bringing this series to light for all the people that may not have even known about it! Subbed!

@agentoosnake5490 2 года назад

This video is awesome! I recently just got into trails and I'm on sky the 3rd and this shit is HYPEE can't wait to play crossbell arc and cold steel arc bring on the hype train CHOO CHOO!!

@danielscott70x7 2 года назад

Great video! Informative and enjoyable to listen through. I’m completely content waiting for official localizations/releases to play through this series. I want Falcom to get all of my money and to see as much support for future western releases as possible. This will help us hopefully reach a point in the future where maybe they do progress to worldwide release dates. My only hope for everyone who isn’t willing to wait and instead buys the Japanese versions and uses unofficial translations is that they actually still support the official western releases and buy them full price. I do wonder how much that might negatively affect sales over here - not saying it will, but I believe it’s a valid concern. At some point there’s a difference between a company being unwilling to release/localize a game and a company who is and will, but just not on peoples own time preferences. Just my thoughts.

@withoutthejuice7193 Год назад

I played the first Trails of Cold Steel as my first legend of heroes game and, wow. What an amazing experience. I never expected to be so intrigued by the story, and the position based combat was so addictive that I found myself grinding just for fun. I think I was just under 100 hours when I wrapped up the story. Still haven’t played any others in the series but I definitely will be!

@shishirraut3262 Год назад

Trash Taste brought me here

@thund3rstrik329 2 года назад

I started this series on a whim after a friend of mine sent me all of the Sky arc on Steam, and had literally no expectations going in. I actually had to restart FC 3 times before I made any significant progress since I kept getting distracted from the game. Once I finished it though... Hoo boy. If you know, you know. Needless to say, I was hooked. I had fallen in love with this world and these characters and I genuinely didn't know how it could get better. I binged through SC from beginning to end over the course of my Christmas break and it became my new favorite game of all time, dethroning Final Fantasy VII in the process. All this to say, game's good. Also, play with the Evo voice mods for the Sky trilogy, trust me, it makes it even better.

@chrisratliff1688 2 года назад

Love that you did a video on this Luxin. Being a huge Trails fan, it's honestly been making me so happy that you've been getting into this game series and it's neat to hear your opinions on the series in this video. Though I am very confused by Angelica being blurred out lol. I take it you REALLY didn't like her.

@Amaror2 2 года назад

She does get pretty obnoxious is cs 3 and 4, though I attribute it more to the writing than the character itself.

@guruthosamarthruin4459 2 года назад

I'd love it if she was censored in the actual games. I typically read everything in JRPGs, and even go back and talk to everyone every single time they say something new. With Angelica, I skip tons of her dialogue completely.

@ArrowSlayer 2 года назад

Heard good things about the Trails games. Definitely going to give it a chance

@ultramm9503 2 года назад

LETS GO TRAILS HAS BEEN EVERYWHERE!! IM SO HAPPY XENO FANS R PLAYIN THIS. I recently coming been playin the series too, on the third game rn of cold steel. So good.

@Flyfunner 2 года назад

Funny how I literally started the series a while ago and just finished Sky SC today, and now suddenly everyone is recommending to start this series ^^

@Jack91790 2 года назад

I started Trails in the Sky earlier in the year and was enjoying it, but stopped and its a daunting thing to go back to. Still look forward to eventually getting back to it.

@rayfirewood 2 года назад

If I remember correctly, The Legend of Nayuta is actually a spin-off and isn't a part of the main series despite sharing the same universe. Also, Nayuta has a fan-translation, which is available on CDRomance.

@sergiodevivo16 2 года назад

this video is a labor of love. Great job on it. Are you going to be doing more Trails content? This is the first video I've watched in this channel.

@elmeric7086 Год назад

Awesome video. Now on Sky 3rd and waiting for Zero and Azure which is now announce on steam :)

@rexmon2592 2 года назад

Best JRPG series ever made! Great video

@GaBl2y 6 месяцев назад

Entering now in the series, with all you say in the video i think now is perfect to start because almost games are out in the west, i'm playing Trails in the Sky i reeeaally like it!

@RyeAkai Год назад

As a long Kiseki/Trails fan, I can suscribe to pretty much every word said on this video. Playing order, opinion on the different games, Olivier actually being the main character, Xenosaga III being amazing, etc. I happened to play this franchise in the recommended order, with the one big difference being that I played almost every game back when it was recently released in english. Started with Sky FC on PSP, waited I-don't-know-how-many-years for SC (worst wait ever), then 3rd when it was released on Steam, then played Cold Steel 1 and 2 on PS3 as they came out, and then we had this coincidence of Zero Geofront patch and Cold Steel 3 releasing pretty much at the same time. Just from playing Cold Steel 2 I kinda knew the other 2 were important going forward, so I went for Zero from Geofront, then played Azure with the english patch that was available at the time (which was honestly quite decent) and then went with Cold Steel 3 immediately after Azure, and finally Cold Steel 4 when it released. And yeah, the order is pretty damn good. But admittedly Cold Steel 1 and 2 and the Crossbell saga is pretty interchangeable. You'd almost want to play those pairs at the same time. I can't recommend this franchise enough to JRPG fans. It's a tough thing to recommend since it's so big, but because it's that big, it's really a unique experience you won't find anywhere else (the only thing I can think of that can match it in scale is FFXIV with all its expansions).

@JustJulyo 2 года назад

Seeing how so many people recommending it for Xeno fans got me tempting to get into it

@Cman04092 2 года назад

Seems Luxin is ahead of the curve. Trails seems to be getting a lot of love in 2022! Although, I don't care when someone got into the series, welcome to the fandom new and old, one and all! I wasn't super early to the series myself, but I picked up coldsteel 1 on PS4 shortly after release in 2019. I got super lucky, someone canceled their collectors edition at gamestop, and I almost didn't buy it because I generally don't do collectors editions, but i said screw it, why not. Now trails is my new exception when it comes to collectors editions and merch. I loved it so much, I pre ordered CS2 collectors editions, and then went on to play the sky trilogy, while waiting for CS3. I then played crossbell thanks to the geofront, and finally played CS4 on release.

@rachaelrandomassname1848 Год назад

One of the best JRPG youtubers out there.

@caleboden5087 2 года назад

I definitely agree with your recommended play list. I originally played CS 1+2, realizing late that I should've started with Sky. I don't like playing games on PC because I'm illiterate for modding and setting up beyond a mouse. I finished Sky FC earlier this year and will be beating SC by the end of this year. I'll play Sky 3rd the first half of next year, then Zero when it comes out later in 2022. Then Azure early 2023 hopefully. I already have CS 3 + 4 which I can then attempt to beat before Reverie, but the games are so massive I am content with 2/year. I don't recommend trying to rush them all. The games will be there and we are going to be behind the Japanese release for a while. Plus if you're playing other games in between, you'll have time for that and hopefully avoid burnout.

@LilT2o00 Год назад

Played in order; glad I did. Binged it during the pandemic after i binged the yakuza franchise. Also helps that the same ppl who did the fan translation for zero/azure were hired on for the official, so I don't feel like I'm missing out there

@febriz6057 5 месяцев назад

You put a lot of effort making sure the gameplay you are showing corresponds to what you are saying rather than just making sure it was the same game. Props for that.

@sinom 2 года назад

Also. When playing the trails in the sky games, turn off interpolation (choose the "point" option in the settings) It makes the game look really good, even nowadays. With a few added shaders the game could literally have been released this year and not look out of place. (it's pretty sad that the ui isn't static so you can't really use reshade for anything except screenshots)

@blackyraypatrick9041 2 года назад

In comparison I have to say. Point is the worst texture filtering. Bilinear has about the same sharpness but not the texture noise while moving. The third Option makes the edges really soft which might not fit someones Taste but definitely both are better than point texture filtering....

@adhesivepoipole Год назад

i started playing at the beginning of this year and finished zero a week before azure came out. i'm now halfway done with azure. besides sky 3rd, this series has been great so far.

@blackyraypatrick9041 2 года назад

I'm so happy that I was able to play trails of cold steel III on Google Stadia. After 30 hours I knew I needed to start with trails I. Right now I'm still finishing Part III but also looking forward to zero and maybe I gonna play sky before playing trails IV I never would have thought I could fell in love with a JRPG series that hard.

@BlackHazama Год назад

Dude... I'm right there with you! I'm not even a JRPG guy! Just finished Cold Steel 1 and I WANT MORE LOL

@blackyraypatrick9041 Год назад

@@BlackHazama exactly. I already played the sky series since I posted my last comment. It's soooooo great!

@coochieslayer93 2 года назад

I really wanna get into it Trails in The Sky is so slow, now I gotta wait 2 years to get the complete story just gives me more time I am very excited and hope to get heavily invested in the series.

@ClapClap4Sim Год назад

Bro hearing the Whereabouts of light still makes me cry to this day.

@beef-o-juice Год назад

>me already catch’d on the series >makes pop corn to enjoy this 1h trip

@NosferatuMonty776 2 года назад

I stumbled on cold steel 1 a couple years back and was incredibly in love with it. I haven't finished it yet cause my pc died on me halfway through. I had no idea it was a bigger series, absolutely gonna play more of this especially since I'm getting a new PC soon

@boltinabottle6307 2 года назад

The Sky games will play on a 10 year old laptop. Unless you have a Chromebook, you can play those now. It really is the best place to start. Cold Steel stands up well enough on it's own, but the end of the Cold Steel arc (3+4) is like Infinity War and Endgame, respectively.

@skyknight0408 2 года назад

And if you still want to finish CS1 first because you already started it, buy CS2 before you've actually finished it, because the first ends on a cliffhanger and you might want to jump into the second one right away to finish the complete story arc.

@NosferatuMonty776 2 года назад

@@skyknight0408 impeccable timing! PC ended up taking longer than expected but I'm actually on chapter 3 of CS1 currently so I'm def gonna pick up CS2 now

@skyknight0408 2 года назад

@@NosferatuMonty776 You're welcome. I ran into this issue last year. Started CS1 in August and finished it roughly 3 months later. I thought it would take longer so I didn't pick up CS2 in the sale a few weeks earlier and had to wait for another week after I finished for the next months money to come in. That's when I learned CS1&2 were originally planned as one game but got cut in half because it was too long. But no need to hurry. You still have 3 more chapters and the epilogue to go and each one is gonna be longer than the previous.

@KUROI6969 Год назад

Bro play the sky first then zero i promise you the pay off will be so worth

@SirJacobFlames 11 месяцев назад

I watched this video when it came out which peaked my interest and today I now have a PC and bought the Sky games on sale.

@Cman04092 2 года назад

I agree with your orders. I would also recommend starting with the liberl arc, then crossbell arc, then eribonia arc. But I will say another possibility is cold steel 1 and 2, then liberl arc, then crossbell arc, then the rest of eribonia arc. That is definitely another possible way to start the series, and how I myself did it, because i didnt know about the older games when i stumbled upon an abandoned collectors edition at gamestop while looking for something to scratch my JRPG itch back in 2019. I definitely agree that the crossbell arc is a bad place to start.

@paytwoyaj8332 2 года назад

Oh wow so many games to play through. Imma start this series after I complete persona 5. Looks like a daunting task lol.

@LBCAndrew 2 года назад

I love how you're playing music from Ys: 8 Lacrimosa of Dana in the background while talking about Trails. lol.

@turian1moose Год назад

I don't know why I'm watching this I'm already a huge fan of this series. I guess I just love it so much I just like to hear about it.

@Dndditches 2 года назад

Thank you for the sensible play order. I’m starting sky tonight.

@tatotato85 2 года назад

Im a bit jealous of you just starting, just let me tell you that if you reach the end first chapter you will be hooked w/o fail. Have a good journey :>

@guruthosamarthruin4459 2 года назад

@3:48 I've been using that as a rebuttal for many, MANY years. The first action RPG actually came out in the 1970's, before any Turn-Based games.

@Bulkynemesis4534 2 года назад

I have completed all games up until Hajimari but still i will watch this video because more trails content to feed this Kiseki brainrot Difficulty is honestly only in name in cold steel games in my opinion. You can play like a normal human being and apply normal strategies to clear fights or you can be a crazed maniac and go all out and phase skip and one shot the final boss ofthe game provided you know what you are doing Also one more thing for GOD AND HEAVENS SAKE DONT LOOK ANYTHING UP PLEASE JUST TRY TO GET INFO FROM THE GAME AS MUCH AS POSSIBLE OR ASK SOME ONE WHO HAS ALREADY PLAYED THE GAME TO CLEAR ANY CONFUSIONS

@dragonmaster1500 2 года назад

Just started playing the Trails series alongside a chronological playthrough of the Ys series, and I keep finding lore connections between the two, like the song that Joshua plays on his harmonica being both the main theme of Ys 1&2, but a song canonically created by the goddesses of Y's. This is your fault Luxin, you're the reason I got into this series Ahhh!