Legend of Heroes: Trails of Cold Steel 3 Review | 98 Hours Later | Backlog Battle
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- Опубликовано: 9 июл 2024
- After many years of waiting, the 3rd installment of the Cold Steel series is finally here! However, much like Rean’s new adventure, there’s a lot of uncertainty surrounding the game. Was NISA up to the task of localizing such a behemoth game? Did the absence of the Crossbell series in the West hurt the story? All this, and so much more, can be found in my review of Trails of Cold Steel 3, live right now!
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"98 Hours Later"
And this comes out before The Outer Worlds, which comes out before Luigi's Mansion 3, which comes out before Death Stranding. I foresee quite a few busy weeks in gaming as well as a rise in complaints about lack of time. I was going to pick up this one regardless of localization since I've been here since Trails in the Sky FC so I'm in for the long haul, but it's good to know this isn't Lacrimosa of Dana 2: Electric Boogaloo. And this was a great review as always! I eagerly await your Ryza one.
I’m really happy I was able to play it through... and those 98 hours ain’t even a full 100% playthrough! Hope you find the time to play all these games and yes - I’m looking forward to playing Ryza as well! Hope to review that for you! ❤️
Nihon Falcom is that huge of a niche that people don't realize the huge JRPG bomb that is Legend of Heroes and Ys. Most common audiences look at it and go 'Eh, it's anime so I'll pass'...
InstaBlaster...
@@dra6o0n legend of heroes is my favorite rpg series ever. never really got into ys, not yet anyhow. i've played through nayuta, which is extremely similar to ys, and i loved it, i've tried a couple of ys games briefly and they just didn't pull me in the way nayuta did.
if you haven't played nayuta you definitely should. i don't think there's an official english release yet, i played the fan translation on my phone with the psp emulator and a ps4 controller. maybe not the ideal way to play a game but it worked perfectly and the translation was very good.
I've never been invested in a game series so much as with the Trails series. Already played the previous seven titles and I can't wait to play this!
Here’s hoping we get news on Cold Steel 4 soon!
@@BacklogBattle I've been into one of NISA's livestreams (publisher of CS3) and sadly, they said that there's no plans for CS4 as of now so CS4 localization may take awhile.
Noooooooo!
Not Today uh...
Poke boi this didn’t age well didn’t it? 😁
I'm speechless with Cold Steel 3. I finished it last night and must say this is the best entertainment experience I've had in my entire life, from a narrative and its execution perspective. This game is a masterpiece and I'll definetlt buy the PS5 update when it's released because there's so much going on at the same time during the ending, that inevitably there are some small loading times with every scene jump, so it would be great to experience this ending without any loading time.
Once I ended Cold Steel 3 I felt the need to start Cold Steel 4 inmediately in order to see what came next, and I managed to play the entire prologue of it and what I saw is amazing... I mean, WOOOOW... the masterminds at Nihon Falcom are genious!
Every person that enjoys reading a great story, discover new complex fantasy worlds and get to know and care for great characters, must play this games... they're the best there is in the entire enrertainmet industry (books, movies, series, etc)... but in order to better understand and enjoy Cold Steel 3 and 4, it's necesary to play the prevous 2 archs of the franchise (Liberl and Crossbell)... but don't worry about it, because even if those games are RPG classics, they're still amazing masterpieces that will surprise you... for instance, up until last night, Trails In the Sky SC was my favorite game of all time, and that's the second game of the entire franchise, surpassing games such as The Witcher 3 GOTY edition (which I love), Persona 5 Royal, etc... I can't imagine what Trails in The Sky SC would be like with a Remake of the level of Cold Steel 3&4, while preserving its escense intact (I have to say this because of what SQUARE did with its bastard child named FFVII Remake, which is disgraceful).
Cold Steel 3 is a freaking masterpiece! And yiu shoukd play it with the voices in Japanese to experience the origibal concept of its ceeators because the english dubbing is missed completely the spirit of the characters and delivers something different from tve original idea.
Thabk you, Nihon Falcom.
Such a glowing review! I'm excited to play this masterpiece now.
i only have one little gripe with these games. with the huge battles taking place all over, nobody ever dies. i feel like having some deaths like you would expect from these massive battles would add some realism and make it more dramatic.
and when they try to fake you out with fake deaths, it becomes completely predictable because they do it so many times.
spoilers:
when they blow up prince olivert's ship, pretty much everyone who played knew those 3 weren't really dead. same with when they try to make you think george shot and killed angellica, nobody fell for any of it. i think it would have been far more dramatic and interesting if they actually had died in thoss instances.
it's just a little too "everyone lives happily ever after" for my liking. even crow, who we watched die. i kinda did fall for that one but after showing him alive again i never believed anyone else was dead after that, and i was right.
OMG your editing and clip selection is amazing on this, I'm massively jealous. It fits with the music super well too, which all sounds super chill. Amazing work friendo!!!!!
I couldn't help but think that there were literally parts of both our videos that we both decided to focus on haha! Great minds think alike! And thank you so much, as always!
I bought this game a long time ago and have been sitting on it for awhile... you've inspired me to finally take the plunge!
I just finished off my pre order the other day. Can't wait. Thanks for the review.
No problem! Hope you enjoy the game!
i miss the original voice actor for millium. the voice actor in 3 isn't terrible, but her voice actor in the first 2 games was so perfect that no replacement was going to compare.
Agreed heavily dude!
@@Jman88933 at least the replacement wasn't nearly as bad as ada in re4 remake. that is some of the worst voice casting i've ever seen in a game. it really lowered my enjoyment of the game, and i was actually glad they cut most of her scenes from the "remake".
Rean Schwarzer the dude who gets all the girls.
There ya go
Lloyd:
And always happens to fall over
*cos nothing says first impressions then to have a hand full of T*t*
@@Yusei255 Why are you exposing Kurt like that man
We need Aurelia
@@SWDou shes beautiful dude
Really well done review. Found this review while searching for cold steel stuff and after watching this I'm happy to sub 👍
Thanks a lot! Glad you enjoyed it!
Question did they fix the crossbell side quest bug that bug is funny had to keep a save file with the JP version just for that.
Didn’t really see anything out of the ordinary there, so probably!
I literally just bought cold steel 4 and can’t wait to play it
Great review! You captured what made the Trails series enjoyable to fans but also addressed the entry level issues. I would disagree that Cold Steel 3 should be the starting point, especially since Cold Steel 1 is now on Steam with 2 on the way, but eh I can see the logic.
Thanks a lot! I do go over the entry level barriers in a bit more detail on my other video, so I’m hoping people take the time to watch that. However, given that Falcom is saying they’ve got another couple of decades of Trails being made allegedly, I felt I needed to address that problem in this video somehow. As more connected games come out, onboarding new fans would become more difficult due to the enormous amount of time they’d have to invest. Imagine that - I’ll be 60 by the time the series is over!
At any rate, thank you for your kind words! I was hoping to capture why people love the series to begin with and I’m glad you thought that I’d done that!
Nice review. I’ve just recently found out about the series and am thinking of giving it a try. Good to hear that this game isn’t a bad starting point for a newcomer.
Alex The Droog my guess is that if you really enjoy this game, you’ll start looking at the previous games in the whole series! Let me know if you do do that!
@@BacklogBattle I’m playing this still, but already looking at the other games. One and two are surprisingly hard to find in physical form.
Btw this game really gives me Suikoden meets something like Xenosaga vibes (along with Persona, of course).
Currently playing through part 1 is this a friendly start to the series that will show you what happens in 1 and 2?
It’s got recaps you can read, yes
Great review! I have the first two games still sealed for PS4 and have been meaning to get to them. It’s just been hard to sit and play in front of a tv for hours. The Switch has spoiled me when playing long RPGs lol
It’s a series well worth playing! The story is getting to such a crazy height that it kinda makes me sad a little that we gotta wait a while for the 4th game
Tuesday, I can't wait!
After enjoying the demo a few weeks ago, I am so looking forward to playing Cold Steel 3!
Hope you enjoy it! Loved every minute of it
@@BacklogBattle I will! 2019 is an amazing year for video games!
Kurt is our boi claude
THAT HE IS! Good ol’ Joe Zieja!
Waiting for YS IX and The Legend of Heroes Trails of Cold Steel IV
The wait is painful
Versumi which one do you think we’re getting first?
Versumi thank you! Here’s hoping NISA is already working on either game and they just hadn’t announced it 😁
YS 😍😍😍
Hi backlog. Question.. Does part three keep the best feature of part two... World exploration via airship or is it back to the linear part one stuck in school dungeon entire game formula?
It’s very similar to part 1.
Ah man.. Thanks for replying back though. I wonder why they would do that. Erobonia such a huge place. I'm sure developers had their reasons but taking away exploration freedom and giving players lotsssss of info on all the places via cutscenes definitely dampers experience. Well hope part four ends in high note with world map free exploration. :/
The focus on CS3 is to set up Crossbell, with the goal of wrapping up the Liberl, Crossbell, AND Erebonia arcs with CS4. I can’t really elaborate as to why, given that it’s a spoiler, but there’s a very good reason for the absence of free exploration.
It's kind of cold steel formula. The odd number installment will have school dungeon gameplay. While the even number installment will focus on story that are no longer limited to school life due to things which enable free exploration. Yes the 4th installment getting back its free exploration
Finished it on Monday with 105 Hours and oh boy the Ending what a Cliffhanger hope it comes this Summer or Fall Trials of Cold Steel 4.So painful the waiting🤣.
That Cold Steel 4 announcement can’t arrive soon enough!
There's a sense in this review (great work actually) that NISA is putting out all the stops to retain consistency in comparison to all the other Trails games by XSEED. Honestly, the last mission for them is calling up Durante's new PC porting team. Really hope that after a few patches the company releases this title the same way all the others have always come through (Sony platforms, PC Steam and *PC GOG*)
I’m hoping that they’ll be announcing a PC port soon myself. More people should be able to play this game. Thanks for watching!
Great job man! Very succinct! No clue how anybody gets their reviews down to such a short amount of time haha. I kind of just gush. I gotta disagree on the OST though, I loved it of course, but thought it was the weakest of the 3 so far haha. That said, it's still like an 8/10 soundtrack.
Tell me about it! I'm STILL trying to get through your video! I love it though all the same! I can feel your energy and enthusiasm across the screen. It's quite a bit infectious! And yea, I feel like I'm in the minority when it comes to the game's music, but to each their own!
Hey tarks!
Question; are the first two games on PC? If so, I might consider playing this series.
They both are! That said, NISA hasn’t announced a PC port of this game... yet.
@@BacklogBattle Ok cool! Hopefully those two can hold me over while they work on a PC port of this one!
What previous games should i play before i get this
This is a more complicated answer than one comment will cover, but I did make a video on this: ruclips.net/video/UT_tVazGbsI/видео.html
I hope this helps!
I'm working thro trails 2 now and loving it after playing the demo for 3
It’ll be worth the wait!
@@BacklogBattle the backstory on 3 doesn't do it justice of playing thro the other 2 games also team fie all the way^^
shadow13azul I don’t think it does either. However, there is such a thing as an unwieldy story, and with the devs saying that the Trails series will continue for another decade or two, I really can’t imagine recommending people to start with Sky and play through decades’ worth of games in the series! At that point, it’s better to encourage people to take a dip on one game, which will let them decide whether they should go back and play older games or the newer ones. If I can encourage players to jump in with either CS1 or CS3, I’ll be a happy camper!
That ending really hurt my soul it was even worse than CS1 ending, we need CS4 over in the west asap unfortunately it'll take time tho. 167 hrs well spent
Agreed. Part 4’s gonna be a while. I’m guessing we’ll see Ys 9 first?
@@BacklogBattle Most likely yeah CS4 gonna take a while to translate I doubt were gonna see it till maybe early next year but I hope i'm wrong
These game reviews are really good :)))
Thank you so much! 💕
In regards to voice acting. Does this game have many of those unvoiced moments like the last 2 did? (At least on the ps3) or awkward moments where everyone but Rean had spoken dialogue?
Yep. That's all still here I'm afraid.
Damn that stinks. Still cant wait to play this (working my way thru 2 at the moment)
@@klissattack it'll be worth the wait. ;)
My first Legend of Heroes game, and yeah it's really that good. Finished the game at around 100 hours, I can say that it's one of my favorite games in the last 6-7 years, and I play a lot of games from many different genres. The date for the release of the 4th game can't come fast enough (I hope I can marry Altina in the end).
How was your experience playing this one? Will you go back and play the other 2 games that came before this one?
@@BacklogBattle I will definitely get the first two games of Cold Steel saga before the 4th comes out. But I think I'll wait a few years to see if they make remasters of the other games.
As for Cold Steel 3, I loved the gameplay, the combat has great depth which is what I'm looking for in most games, I loved the characters, the story, and the world building it has. I think the last game will be epic.
The gameplay of the previous two games are just as good, so I definitely encourage it! They also serve as a great prequel of sorts to this game, hence why I made a video recommending people that they can start with this one! I plan on reviewing 4 this fall, so I hope you’ll be around when that comes!
@@OnigoroshiZero You should play the previous games in the series. Trails in the sky and Crossbell duology are genereally considered superior to CS in terms of characters and storytelling. They are older but they are also set up completely differently and hold up very well. Remasters have already happened in versions of Kai (improved) games of all the games in the series up to Ao no Kiseki and recently zero and Ao got a rerelease on PS 4 but graphics are the same.
What I mean, if you enjoy good stories, forget about graphics and go try these games out, they are incredible.
@@KaiSaeren I just found out that they are available on steam. I'll get them some time in the future.
sen no kiseki 3 was so damn good but that ending once sen no kiseki 4 comes out for the west oof fans are gonna to love it
And that's not even thinking about the ... things ... Cold Steel 4 left on the table ;)
Yeah you're right buddy :)
I saw it coming, but I was still at a loss for words
All i can say is i need 4. It's not a want. It's a need. a need. Reaching the end made that certain.
Feel my pain. 😭 It felt so lonely beating the game before it even came out, like I obviously couldn’t shout about the ending because most people haven’t played it. But that ending, RIGHT?!
About 2 years til 4, based on previous track record
@@BacklogBattle I really cant imagine how any company could release a game with an ending like that and not give us the next one xD. And I disagree with the 2 year outlook. It was two years from the 2017 release so it isnt IMPOSSIBLE to get 4 in 2020 given it came out in 2018 in japan. Early 2021 perhaps
Just starting to play it. I got really bogged down near the end of ToCS2 but I'm really liking the third so far!
Glad to hear! Kinda feels like CS1 in some ways, doesn’t it?
ToCS2 should of ended at the end of the castle the final dungeon kinda burned me out of the aeries for several months since when I get to the final dungeon I tend to grind it out for the final stretch to beat it then get "haha you get one more dungeon for reasons" kinda irked me still a good game tho
@@siffumetsu271 yeah I felt the same way. I was so stoked I finished it and then nope another dungeon.
Will play on vita like cs 1 and 2 this time via remote play its perfect for jrpgs
Not a bad idea!
Omg I am so excited for this game! 😂
I'll be picking up The Outer Worlds the same week and Death Stranding isn't close behind them, plus my Kickstarter of Shenmue 3... but I'll have the rest of the year and up until February with The Last of Us 2 to finish all of those.
What a strong lineup of games! Sounds like your holiday season is gonna be filled with tons of exploration and adventuring! I’m picking up Death Stranding myself!
@@BacklogBattle I have the Death Stranding CE and PS4 Pro LE ordered.. lol plan on selling my current Pro to a coworker that has wanted a PS4, selling the extra copy of DS to him too.
I was also thinking of picking up Saga Scarlet Grace in December if I've finished several of those. I heard The Outer Worlds is supposedly only 40ish hours, so shouldn't take too long. Don't think there's anything that has caught my eye enough to buy day one in January so that's a free month. Doom Eternal got delayed so that's even more time for other games.. lol
Might also play a little more of the CS3 demo to get a head start.
The Japanese seems to love the 7th team of organizations.
Or numbers for organizations in general?
Can`t wait for another game in my favorite series!
I hope you enjoy it! Loved every moment of it!
@@BacklogBattle do you have any idea if the last in the series will be localized?
Eli Kri no news yet!
@@BacklogBattle i really really hope it is.. i just finished my first playthrough of the third, and i have over 400+hours on the other two games. I want the ending in a language i understand 😂
It's killing me I keep seeing these videos on how good cold steel 3 is and I'm trying to hurry to finish off part 1 to get to part 2.
If you already started 1, you definitely have to see it through sadly. That said, enjoy the ride! At least CS3 is already out by the time you’ve beaten both games!
@@BacklogBattle I'm on ch.6 and I had pre-ordered part 3 months ago, so seeing it when I boot up my PS4 is killing me, but I haven't played a series so compelling since back in the day playing the suikoden series. So happy they're still making quality jrpgs in this day and age.
We’re certainly in a renaissance of JRPGs lately! Keep an eye out on Monday for another one I’ll be posting about 😉
Great review for a great game awesome job!!
Thanks! Hope you liked the music too!
Great review, and finally someone said it. Music is objective but damn CS3 OSt is easily the best from the first 3 games(and in my opinion better than the sky trilogy, but people will eat me if I say it out loud).
Thank you for watching! I realize I’m quite an outlier in all these reviews, especially with recommending the game for beginners, but I felt that the video needed to be made in that way. I’m glad you liked the soundtrack too, and hope you enjoyed the selection I chose for the video!
@@BacklogBattle While the other reviews are good, I think yours is my favorite. You basically said everything that I thought about the game, including the recommendation for new players. I can get what others say about "you can't play this game as an entry point" but not everyone has a time to playthrough 7 long game. But CS3 is a pretty good game itself, even without playing the other games in the series. I think many new player will go back to play the prequels after finishing CS 3.
Agreed. I always believe in making that first step to play one of the games first. Then, if that person likes it, then look into the other games.
I like to point out that the rereleased of the previous 2 titles also have dual audio.
Thank you for this! I suppose I never looked for that option when I replayed Cold Steel 1 and 2 earlier this year, so I'd assumed they weren't present in the PS4 ports!
@@BacklogBattlethe ps4/pc port added turbo mode, preexisting dlcs and additional voiced track, however, silent rean is still a thing unfortunately... its not a surprise that some players aren't aware of the option, the dub is excellent for the most part.
@@letterm6656 i've definitely noticed the addition of the Turbo mode and the other things you mentioned! Can you imagine going through Gaius' areas on horseback with no turbo? I can! I remember playing that section on PS3 and almost giving up! That Turbo mode makes such a huge difference!
@@BacklogBattle Running through Nord highlands without turbo mode is harder and took longer than beating the final boss lol
@@letterm6656 Ain't that the truth! LOL
I got my collector edition a week early
Nice! Explains why some people are already posting let’s plays online too!
Ah man i finished CS3 just 2 days ago and boy oh boy that ending holy shit
Makes you want CS4 now, right? 😉
@@BacklogBattle true but I did wait after binge playing cs1 and cs2 back when they came out. Gotta say tho CS3 system changes felt a bit weird at the start, but it's a good way to modernize the game. Anyways Kudos to CS4 eng
@@MrJoy-nx6qf Aside from once again breaking combat balance or what little there was of that.
@@luminous3558 true, rean is just op now. Spirit unification then do Gale , bam 1 shot 1 kill. Plus with that master quartz which u get near end game he gets cp regen. Lol broken
All 3 of these games are in my backlog.
Great games to play. When you’re in a drought of games, I highly recommend them!
Backlog Battle And soon part 4 will join the backlog as well. 😅
98 hours?? Holy crap! O_O; Have we invented how to live without sleep yet?
Our technology is totally insufficient for such endeavors.
187 hrs on my first playthrough xD
Switch port tocs are meant to be played in handheld mode
>plataforms
>ps4
>my heart still hursts
PC VERSIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIONNNNNNNNNNNNNN!
BTW GREAT REVIEW
Thank you! I hope they port it to PC soon! More people should be able to play this game!
Woo now I can finally tell what I’m actually doing in the combat XD
Out of curiosity, were you playing the Japanese version? 😁
Backlog Battle yeah it’s an experience randomly guess all the new command skills
Really good to hear.
Don't mean to sound like an ass, but I'm glad I was right in saying that you can start with this game.
Really looking forward to this. Collector's Edition should be in the mail soon for me.
Was quite difficult to keep quiet when I released the other video, given there was an embargo. Am finally glad I was able to articulate my points about being able to start with this one a lot better
@@BacklogBattle glad that the game is good and the translation is well done, but I assumed it would be well done when NISA poached all of XSEED's best employees specifically for this project.
To be fair, those XSEED employees worked at NIS as freelancers, so I can’t imagine that they were totally hands on with the project the whole time.
@@BacklogBattle Wasn't it one of the girls that came over Xseed took her name off the credits of one of her later projects with Xseed?
I forget the name.
I don't think she took her name off. Rather, XSEED took it off. Their rationale was that she wasn't working with the company anymore, therefore, was removed from the credits. Don't know if this will post, but here's a link to the story: medium.com/swlh/xseed-games-removes-producer-from-game-credits-after-company-departure-124ea70e0f61
I played all 3 games on Hard and I will say that the third game was unexpectedly too easy versus the previous 2 games.
Could be the games way of showing how much you've all "grown" and how "powerful" they are. The new class 7 is just as strong as the old class 7 was when they first started, if not MORE. But that's just my interpretation of why it's easier. That and you can be so OP late game even on a first playthrough. Some bosses don't feel so "HP Spongey" as previous Cold Steel games, but that could just be me. Break system, Orders, really good equipment from maxing out certain relationships. Ultimately I thought it was easier than the previous two Cold Steel games. But more fun this time around. I had fun making Rean a CP machine, usually only ever attacking at 200 CP. Does less difficult mean less fun? Sometimes. However this game is made to make the player OP lol. They encourage it. This is all my opinion though.
Clocked 200 hours in my first playthrough on nightmare difficulty. It was so fucking hard but I wanted that trophy. lol. Great game but that ending... wtf...
This is why we need an announcement for Cold Steel 4 already!!!
Backlog Battle Hope for Summer this Year
@@AviatorFan15 We can only hope!
A quand sur Steam >_
7:55 damn right I just want to spend time with my Laura
Laura and Fie are so OP
Backlog Battle absolutely once Laura finally rejoined the party in cold steel 2 ( that was a tough first few hours for me just waiting to see her again) she NEVER left my pain party again. Plus the ice crown accessory and domination quartz just made her even more op
You can bet that after the game gave me a taste of how Laura is in this game, and when the story made it abundantly clear that she was leaving, I was like, "NO! DON'T GO! DON'T LEAVE MEEEEEeeee!"
Backlog Battle how was the game starting here?
@@jasondp3546 I actually have a video specifically talking about that ;) It's called, "Which Game In The Trails Of Cold Steel Series Should I Start With?"
I just finished TOCS 3 and I need something similar to get me going. Someone pleaseeee suggest me some similar games like TOCS. I just can't get enough of its gameplay.
Sure! Cold Steel 4 😉
@@BacklogBattle Damn hahaha, its not out on switch yet :(
prisca lim it’s not exactly the same, but you might wanna check out my Sakuna review?
@@BacklogBattle alrightt, I'll check it out 😉😉
Apart from TOCS 4, there's a game in the similar fashion called Tokyo Xanadua EX.
Im really hoping for a PC release, im really worried
I hope it’ll come to PC too!
Steam release was already announced in case you still didn't know.
Solid review bruh thanks definitely hyped,I gotta say I got an unpopular opinion but Rean is a main character im still not feeling the biggest problem with Rean is hes aimless dude he lacks an overall goal or sense of purpose all he does is react to stuff that happens in the plot,does he wanna save the world get vengance create a new era,create world peace most jrpg main characters have a resolve and Rean is just..there I don't get him lol
I won’t spoil much, but let’s just say this indecision that you’re describing really gets him into some deep trouble in this game 😊. You might be on to something! Thanks for watching!
I think that's exactly why i love him. He isn't just your standard save the world guy. He's gotta grow in to the role. It's the thing with every trails protagonist imho. they all have their faults that they have to grow out of or make work.
You know what? I'm gonna say it.
Juna Best Girl
Free Crossbell!
With two different combat modes, what’s not to like? 💕
I have to say: I know the game will have some little issues here and there. It's over a million of dialogs for them to convert, Nisa's pretty new at this, but I love their initiative to bring the original dub for us as well. I love to play/watch stuff on their original language because sometimes it feels more organic to me. More natural. I'm not saying the English dub in Cold Steel is bad, but if we compare it with triple-A games, it's lacking.
And I'm a pretty annoying player, I LOVE to have more options: For example - Zelda: Breath of the Wild has a marvelous dub in English. SO GOOD that I thought it was only released in English even in Japan. Then I discovered that the game HAS a Japanese dub, since it's a Japanese game, and it made me really sad that I don't have a way to play the original dub of the game.
So, if I get annoyed to not be able to play something on the original audio in a ridiculous well-done game, with amazingly well cast voice actors, why I would be happy when XSEED says they have "copyright issues" with the original voice on the games and only bring them when Nisa's announces the game would have the option to switch the voice acting? Actually, it works so damn well, that you can change that on the fly. I wish that my PC, a machine far more sophisticated than my PS4 could do that with Cold Steel I and II without making me reboot the game all the time.
Then again, I'm not saying that the English dub here is bad, hell, I don't like the English dub on Persona 5 either, and a lot of people like it. It's just the amount of money that was given and the direction the people who give their voices here have to take when they need to dub those characters. Oh how much I hate Alissa's voice on the two first games of Cold Steel.
So I'm really happy to be able to switch the voice acting at any time without needing to wait for a PC port to mess with the files and change the voices or, wait for a half baked "official" solution of the two first games on Steam. XD
I know I will love this game so much, and even the little problems here and there I know Nisa will fix because they don't want to fuck it up. Not with this series.
It took me a while to read what you posted and wanted to both take the time to intake what you said and, at the same time, thank you for taking the time to post this!
I personally believe in accessibility in all shapes and sizes. That means being able to play the game in a variety of ways, whether it’s as close to the original source, or providing the ability to play for the disabled. It’s also why my videos have closed captioning.
That said, I was very happy to hear that they finally had dual audio for the game. Now, I did hear a rumor that XSEED didn’t have the budget to pay for the JP voice actor royalties, hence why the first two didn’t have it, but better late than ever is what I’d say!
Again, thank you for your comment and I hope you enjoy the game when it comes out next week!
Alisa's voice is not bad at all.
Also the English dub of Cold Steel 3 is great with a few rough patches.
Honestly, the introduction of the new class VII and shafting of the old was more due to the writers having issues taking them anywhere else without a time jump or some sort of crutch, what with the bonding events and all, writing for so many characters is hard. As much as I like the new class VII CS didnt need that many new characters, it really hurts the experience in CS IV when everyone gets together. Not only that there is simply too many characters, but plot wise and logically the new class VII are still fish out of water, they cant and shouldnt compare to the rest of the heroes we got to know from previous arcs. Dont delete this btw, these are not spoilers cmon :D
That being said I do like the review and agree with majority of it, aside for Rean being endearing :D But he is certainly better then in CS I. Its a pretty great game, all in all.
Those definitely aren't spoilers, so don't worry about that! LOL
I really can't wait until Hajimari gets here. I feel like the series needs a new start and, more importantly, a new jumping point for new people to be able to join the series. I thought I read somewhere that we have 10 or 20 more years of Trails?! Egad. It makes recommending the series even more difficult, especially when we try to push people towards playing through the entire series.
@@BacklogBattle Oh yea, haha, its gonna be hell for new people to get into :D
On the other hand imagine that this is exactly your cup for tea and you find out that there exist 15+- games that you are bound to love, more or less :D Thats great news.
But yea, Erebonia having 5 games is certainly too much, Hajimeri at least adding Crossbell and the new storyline does help but its been too long with the same faces and Calvard is an insanely interesting proposition so I cant wait :)
The feeling of just 4 or so companions starting out the adventure, going on the journey as we slowly get to know them and the world around them is what I love about Kiseki the most.
Hopefully a CS4 happens and we get a ENG version
CS4 came out in Japan last year! I’m fairly certain we’ll get it! The question is WHEN!
At least I hope we get it to the end of 2020
@@kanetidus That will not happen. CS2 was released 2016 in the west, so 3 years to get CS3 out. Don't expect CS4 for another 2-3 years.
@@RobinFagerstrom I disagree. It took two years for CS3 to come out from its Japanese release. It's not a guarantee of anything but saying three years isn't entirely indicative of the process.
Robin Fagerström Cs1 came out in 2015 in the us and Cs2 came out the next year, I don’t see the problem.
People please start with cold steel 1,I dont agree that three is a good starting point if u dont want to go straight back to sky which you should,start the cold steel arch from the begining its only fair to the game believe me you wont regret it.
can't wait for the pc release
I am so hoping for a PC release myself! It’s begging for one!
@@BacklogBattle beginning?
Ack BEGGING! Damn phone autocorrect 😂
@@BacklogBattle same here
I just feel that this is a copy and paste of the first one with more depth and dialogue
I think these are valid concerns! It does have similarities with the first game
@@BacklogBattle also i feel like the story would of been 100% better if rean became a member of the bracers than a teacher
Even if it feels like a retread, the decision to make Rean into a teacher makes a whole lot of sense, given the story in the game and it’s conclusion
@@BacklogBattle I mean he likes helping people and all that so being a bracer makes far more sense and even with the story he could of built up the branches in arabonia and traveled not only across eribonia but we could see other places as well plus made those kids like workers or something cause who was going to say no to the man who saved the kingdom
I just can't be agree. Crosbell games are an absolute necessity for CS3. All the emotional value of the chapter exist because of this games.
Crossbell is for the player like is own city because we played two games entierely in it you know every little npc in Crossbell better than those in the other game and you understand better why characters act like that.
I think that I prefered played CS3 with only the crossbell arc than only CS1&2 but both are important.
The only series that you can skip is Trails in the Sky even if it's still a necessity for better enjoyment. And it's even worse in CS4.
I know why you explain it like that but it's not a gift for new player to do so..
Haar I would have to disagree. I actually played through this series with my wife, who has never played through any of Crossbell nor Sky and the events that affected Crossbell were not lost on her by not playing the previous games.
I get that playing Crossbell and Sky gives a lot more emotional engagement with the events mentioned. However, it does not detract from the experience. If anything, it is additive to the experience.
@@BacklogBattle You have no problem without computer when you never have one, but then it's impossible to not use it.
For me it's meaningless.
I start the serie with the first Cold Steel and don't like it because I have this feeling that I've missed a lot of things (+ too much infodump) and then dropped it.
Few years later I do all the serie in the release order.
And in CS3 the world the is references everywhere but not only references. The whole affect of the player too.
You speak about your wife, she was touched by the Crossbell events.
But Crossbell wasn't her country and the SSS building wasn't her house.
Every single Juna reaction from a comment by a random npc is incredible and Juna is the player. She is proud of her city, frustrated when Altina said than Heimdall was bigger after she said that there is 500000 habitants in Crossbell. etc..
And you are proud with her because this is by far the most developped city from the serie.
You just can't compare the chapter 2 experience with someone who havent played Zero&Ao.
I understand saying that it's possible to play CS3 even tho, but saying that's it's almost normal is a problem for me.
It's advise against, it's at your own risk and it's a choice you need to do, but not the good option if you can do otherwise.
If I've done what you said, I will have blame myself and not just a little because It's an big problem for me.
I know it's probably not a problem for everybody but in my eyes it's more important to save people from the dissapointment than help people.
Sorry I'm pretty bad in english (as a french guy) so I don't really know how to explain it.
But for me
Avoid frustration of ten people > Being helpful for twenty people.
Then it's only my viewpoint, but I know the chapter 2 is my favorite of the game because of my love for the city and the SSS even if it's still good without it. Juna's monologue is the voice of all crossbelians and that's why I'm happy to discorvered this video after I've played those games.
Still a good video tho, but I'm really not agree with your points.
Haar and I absolutely respect your opinions! This is always a debatable topic in the community. However, I think depending on how you approach the series, the opinions will differ. I’m of the mind that there’s no real true answer. But that doesn’t mean that we can’t talk about it!
@@BacklogBattle I dunno the Trails community because almost anybody know those games in France haha.
But I understand why, I stand to prefere the "optimal" experience.
Tho I understand people who say that you can start with Cold Steel and not Trails in the Sky (even if I dropped when I did it) but there is so much old content/fan service in CS3&4 and elements based on previous game. I'm still a little bit disturb by the war against north ambria between CS2&3 so if we add Liberl war + Liberl Characters (including Loewe, the third anguis etc..) + The Crossbell Tree + Crossbell Characters + cs1&2 events&characters, all the explanations for the others country. It's a bit much. You miss a big part, even more in CS4 with returning characters like KeA, Renne (what a past), Cecile etc.. and it's still good to see some old minor characters like Lucie (from 3rd, the girl with Lechter at school).
I respect you opinion too, and I know you respect mine, but I still don't understand even if I respect it haha.
98 hours in just a few days? Damm didn't you sleep? Xdd
I got the review code in September, so yes! Thanks for your concern! 😁
I want to see the public reaction to this game's ending.
Oh man. That ending.
May I know how you get 98hrs of gameplay in so little days after the release of the review embargo. Thank you. 😂
I received the review code on September 20. The review embargo determines when we can TALK about the game, not when we receive the game. Does that answer your question?
@@BacklogBattle yes. Thanks.
Cant get into these games for the life of me. Tried zero, tried CS1, far too slow to hold my attention
They’re certainly very slow burns!
They're very story and world building focused. If you're not a fan of reading and trying to take in a lot of information, then you probably won't enjoy the series. But if you take the time and stick with it, you'll find the experience very rewarding.
The superior SRPG set at a school.
I enjoyed at first but the repetitive structure of the game (copy-paste from the first game) was too much for me and it became very boring, so i switched the third part of the game to easy, and rushed to see the end of the story. I just can´t understand why falcom keeps exactly the same structure in games that take hundreds of hours to comlete. Really disappointing.
Thanks for sharing your experience with the game! I'm pretty sure there's plenty of people who will appreciate an alternative take of it and appreciate the time you spent to post this! I think it's important to talk about companies who get complacent with their development as well, and I do think that there's certain parts of Falcom that fall in that category.
Great game, but AGAIN : why so damn unbalance and partially broken cs.
You can literally attack infinite turns with some evident tactics.
Endgame bosses couldn't even touch me once on hard difficulty.
I appreciate you posting this comment, particularly because you took the time to articulate the points of the game that you found problematic! If only more people do this!
@@BacklogBattle i won't spoil how it exactly works , hoping some players don't run into this issue. But it's related with some OP group orders concerning attack /turn speed. Same goes for some special attacks of selected party members. Still can't wait for the localized Trails of Cold Steel 4 :)
I know exactly what you’re talking about 😉