Who Is Falcom and What Is the Trails Series?
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- Опубликовано: 25 ноя 2018
- An introduction to Nihon Falcom and its The Legend of Heroes: Trails/Kiseki series.
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The Legend of Heroes is a series of role-playing video games developed by Nihon Falcom Corporation. First starting as a part of the Dragon Slayer series in the late 1980s, the series evolved into its own decade-spanning, interconnected series spanning fourteen entries, encompassing multiple meta series within it as well. The most recent entry, The Legend of Heroes: Trails of Cold Steel IV, released in Japan on September 27, 2018
The first entry of the series was released in 1989 as Dragon Slayer: The Legend of Heroes, and was part of Nihon Falcom's Dragon Slayer line of games. It was released for various computer platforms, as well as consoles such as the Mega Drive, Super Famicom, and the PC Engine. The PC Engine version would be the only version to be released in English, and the only Legend of Heroes title released in North America until 2005. Meanwhile, in Japan, the series continued with Dragon Slayer: The Legend of Heroes II, released in 1992 for a similar selection of platforms.
Subsequent games in the series dropped "Dragon Slayer" from the title. The Legend of Heroes III, The Legend of Heroes IV, and The Legend of Heroes V comprised the "Gagharv trilogy", a set of connected games taking place in the same world.
After the conclusion of the Gagharv trilogy, a new story began with a new trilogy, the Trails in the Sky subseries. The three titles in it, First Chapter, Second Chapter and The 3rd collectively made up the sixth entry in the series.
Falcom switched to a duology for the seventh entry, consisting of The Legend of Heroes VII: Zero no Kiseki in 2010, and The Legend of Heroes VII: Ao no Kiseki in 2011. After that, the company moved on to the Trails of Cold Steel subseries, releasing the first title in 2013, the second in 2014, the third in 2017, and fourth and final title in 2018.
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This video is the reason I was first got into Trails as a series. The playthroughs of 1st and 2nd chapter really helped me appreciate the worlds and details within the games. The work the whole Geofront team did for Zero and Azure was so inspiring to witness. Thank you Scott. RIP.
Same
Falcom is love. Falcom is life.
agree, so is Compile Heart, Nippon Ich, and Idea Factory
I agree
Falcom brought back my hope in modern JRPGs
This series replaced the hole that Xenosaga left in me those years ago
@@EnforcerNr.XBleublanc unfortunately after trails into reverie even falcom starts going the action rpg route with the trails series. reverie is likely the last turn based trails game.
but yeah the cold steel games and reverie are like the modern upgrades of all of those classic ps1 and snes rpgs i love. persona 5 is another amazing modern rpg.
RIP legend, thank you for everything.
what do you mean rip? did the guy who made this video pass away or something?
@@Jack_80 yes he did.
Falcom is one of the best damn JRPG devs ever that’s what they are.
They certainly beat the shit out of many overrated studios. (Not going to name them to avoid stirring up fanboys, I will just say they're NOT Atlus, Bandai Namco nor Yoko Taro's work).
Ya as far as Developers go Falcom is the only company I'm confident to buy anything from. All of their games, and especially the Trails series, are well made worlds with great characters and stories (granted i think the Romance mechanic has hurt the Cold Steel games though and they should go back to canon romances since the romance with almost every female character limits romantic relationships for the other playable characters since all the females are basically being set up with Rean. At most if they continue with romance options i hope they limit it to 2 or 3 possible options instead and let relationships occur between other characters).
YS is also an awesome series with YS8 being my second favorite game of last year behind Tokyo Xanadu, another Falcom game that uses YS style combat and a story set up similarily to the Cold Steel arc.
I do hope that one day they'll localize the Crossbell arc, whether it's through creating a 3D remake or by localizing the psp/vita/pc version if they can settle the licensing issues. Hopefully by Xseed one day unless the Fan translators can get a game of similar quality (or at leas better than companies like Aksys who fucked Tokyo Xanadu's translation imo). Also hope Falcom keeps up their partnership with Xseed in the future and Xseed never lets their quality fall (since as far as translations go i feel Xseed's the best translators at the moment).
Overall the Trails series is my 2nd favorite game system, 1 goes to Namco's Tales series but that's more due to the battle system (stories are decent but not as good as Falcom's)...Tokyo Xanadu could very well usurp #1 if they can get competent translators and still have the same high quality stories if it creates an ongoing franchise (since Trails is #1 with story so far but i prefer action combat systems, so Tokyo Xanadu can easily take over my favorite if they continue the series and make even stronger stories).
Falcom did say they'd like to make Tokyo Xanadu a franchise by the way...also glad to find a fellow TX fan : 3
I just wish they would put more money on their projects (aka making graphics better). I know graphics is not as important as everything else, but it also does not hurt to have good graphics that doesn't look like remastered PS2 games.
But I love PS2 graphics...
Though Trails of Cold Steel 3 and 4 are a major upgrades in the graphics department I have to say.
Trails in the Sky has one of the best music. Ahh the nostalgia
Every other game's music comes in second. And I'm so blown away how Falcom outdoes itself with each new game's music.
Also great history and characters, I just bought Trails of Cold steel, I expect even more of TS
Falcom is known for the great game OSTs. They have their own band unlike other companies. Ys soundtracks rock too.
You're indeed correct. Nostalgia feels...
4 words the whereabouts of light
Some says movie is good because its showcase the most important and exciting parts of the story. Most says book is better because your imagination is stimulated, you do the thinking along with the author, conjuring up images and all that in your mind. I says go play the trails series and you experienced both.
so pretty much games > movies and books in general kekekeke.
@@resilententity470 This is massively reductive to so much media that I can't agree with it, specially well developed book series. Most game worlds and dialogues aren't as well built as Trails in the Sky or most epic fantasy books.
@@JazzyBassy I'd agree with you on that sentiment. Most games aren't focused on the story as much as Trails in the Sky. There are plenty of games that focus more on gameplay than their story since they aren't story games.
_"Gaming's Greatest Odyssey."_
Yup, sounds pretty apt to describe the Trails series.
its like xeno series
Marvel: The Avengers is the most ambitious crossover of all time
Falcom: Hold my Mishy
I was just listening to Retronauts explain that no one in games is replicating the template of the Avengers franchise. This may be the closest any series has come.
I tell everyone that the trails series has some of the best Character, World and Lore building ever and is a must play, I love these games to death
Your friends better appreciate it lol.
yeah, trails is the best rpg series i've ever played. not only are the story, world, and characters amazing, it has one of the best combat systems too, as long as you play on hard mode and don't use delay exploits and op spells to take the fun and challenge out of it. i really wish they would have limited the exploits by later games, i've seen playthroughs where people exploit the game to the point where most bosses don't even get a turn, not sure how people can have any fun playing like that.
If only Falcom was big as Atlus or Square Enix..
We could get Falcom Games in English every year
😭
But... when a company become bigger they tend to forget the quality
Remember in the old time, Square Enix (used to be Squaresoft) focusing more on story line instead the Engine & Graphics
I just pray that Xseed will keep localizing every single of Falcom Jrpgs
@@hakoniwa9384 I think Falcom would not do that.. unless Kondo leave
"Being a falcom fan now is like being an Atlus fan 10 years ago"
-SuperButterBuns
@@VanceAsagi that's why I said "as big as (other Big Company example) read it again 😁
@@hakoniwa9384 atlus is still bringing in high quality though, square enix is hit or miss it seems
Can't wait for Cold Steel 3 & 4.
Its already out tho
Gotta be one of those pc players most properly.
Don't be a dick guys,you know it's out only on Japan and that he meant the localization.
Just learn japanese, it's a hard long progress but you won't have to wait for your favorite games to get localized anymore, it also can get you into potential translating jobs.
@@andr0zzsenpai Oh, come on. The vast majority of people are not going to take the time and effort to learn an entire language just to play certain games.
RIP to a great content creator, bringing joy and happiness to others 🙏.
Who is Falcom?
A: JRPG Gods
What is the Trails Series?
A: Some of the most engaging gaming experiences you'll ever have.
Do they make any other JRPGs like YS8 that have the same live action fighting?? Can't stand the boring take turns style fighting most JRPGs use, YS8 was so damn good with the live action fighting style!!! Never had heard of Falcom before and just happened to buy YS8 one day at GameStop for Nintendo switch just because it was a jrpg that used live action fighting and absolutely LOVED IT!!! Is this trails series live action or take turn style? Any other live action JRPGs???
@@shadeshiest22 I'll answer one question and that is that Trails games are turn based. Haven't played enough action RPG titles, but as someone who has played nearly all trails game except coldsteel 3 and 4, I'm telling you they will not disappoint even if you don't like the battle style.
@@shadeshiest22 They made Tokyo Xandu ex+ which has the same format of story telling as trails but has real time fights. Although there may be sequels, this is a one game thing currently but I enjoyed it a lot.
@@shadeshiest22 YS8 was terrible just because of real time battle. Boring button mashing.
@@061Hitachi Some people like turn based, some people like real time combat. I like both.
Best Video explanation for this grand series ever. I'm so impressed you explained all the lore without spoiling the main story of the franchise. Bravo sir!
Thank you for making this video about the almighty Falcom 😊 !
I discovered this series with Trails in the Sky (thanks to XSEED) and I love this series since then ;-) !
It's very rare to find RPGs with a real emphasis on :
- The story and the world
- The characters and the NPCs (they evolve with the lore)
- The musics (they sound amazing)
- The gameplay : a lot of QoL stuffs, there is no random encounter, fast travel, strategic battle system with turn control, ALL characters can use magic, mecha battle, battle bonus, etc.
and those are gone in COLD STEEL lol
Which thing do you mean? Story is still good at worst, the characters are a bit more cliche, the music is always either good or amazing, and the gameplay has obviously gone through some changes and become a bit easier, but that's not always a bad thing (I like cheese).
Still no Cold steel III & IV english announcement :(
Not to mention Ao and Zero :(
@@Edagui97 I think the old orbment system was more fun to tinker around with, but lorewise it makes sense that orbments become more "user friendly" as technology develops, so I'll reluctantly bite my tongue on that matter :P
@@Edagui97 the story and CG proformance in CS just make me feels embarrassed. why the hell Falcom put more and more and MORE gal like game play in to Trails series... it understandable for a business perspective, but as a fan from the original FCSC series will hate it. and why we need robot/Gundam in the game...completely destoried the universe of the stroy. also in CS1 last chapter, there is a continuously 3 time embarrassing "we are here for help, FORWARD!" moment, and the last boss was awaken by a stupid guy for stupid reasons (they clearly run out of reasonable reason to give you a boss fight). in CS2, the country under war, his sister was in danger, but our lovely main character is just running around for fun.
I can go on and on and on, but I wont.
All the good things from trails of the sky was almost gone. I like the Falcom that take their time write a good story, provide a rich, interesting world, and carefuly placed sub quest and story. Not the one that just want throw random things that popular in game industory together, then kick the product out of the door. CS1 and CS2 was actually one game, but they decide cut in half make two game. the result is CS1 is reasonable ok with a crap end, then CS2 with almost 0 useful story and tons of grabage daily quest and meaning less dialog. What? you ask CS3? lol, I give it 5/10, by the way at the end someone dead(lie) then after you beat the final boss screen just goes black, guess what? wait one more year for CS4 lol.
By the way the CEO of Falcom said the future game will have normal ending and true ending, you have to do x, y, and z to know the whole story and real ending (He is really trying hard to make a gal, not a jrpg). From now on, it will be a different game.
I'm done here, no more Trails.
back in middle school my older brother literally sat me down and forced me to play trails in the sky FC, now I'm doing the exact same thing to my college roommate lol
Trails series is my best setting out of any japanese rpg. The worldbuilding is just astonishing.
RIP Scott; thank you for everything.
I'm a simple person, I see confused Tita - I like.
On a more serious note - great video about great series.
RIP Scott 🙏
Falcom is the best and the Trails series is one of the best RPG franchises in gaming. The combat, story, characters, music and world building is masterclass.
yeah, i only started playing trails a couple years ago and have been hooked ever since. i played sky 1 and 2 and both crossbell games on my phone with ppsspp with a ps4 controller and loved them. then i just recently bought all 4 cold steel games on sale on the ps4 store, i just started cold steel 4 a couple days ago. the only game i missed is sky the 3rd because it's the only one without an english translation for the psp version, and from everything i've seen and heard, if you had to miss one game in the series, that's the one to miss.
@@Jack_80 the sky 3 one is on PC
@@andrewramirez9727 yeah i know, i don't have a pc though. i got a ps5 and my phone. a played sky 1 & 2 and crossbell 1 & 2 on my phone and cold steel 1-4 and reverie on my ps5.
just finished reverie and it's an awesome game but i like cold steel better. cold steel has a lot more exploration, reverie is way more linear.
@@Jack_80 was it worth playing all the games?
@@andrewramirez9727 definitely. sky 1 and 2 were my favorites, and there are subplots from sky and crossbell that get resolved in the cold steel games. many characters from the previous games pop up in cold steel and reverie, and if you haven't played the previous games you won't fully understand what they're talking about.
You got me into the game thanks man I loved every minute. Rest easy my guy
I don't remember what drew my attention to the first Trails in the Sky game years ago, but I will forever be glad it caught my eye. This series has been one hell of a ride so far, and I can't wait to hopefully get my hands on more of it in the future.
pretty sure i found trails vin the sky on a best psp rpgs video, then i played sky 1 and 2 and crossbell 1 and 2 all pretty much back to back on my phone with psp emulator.
it was so awkward playing those games on my phone with a ps4 controller, but i played many hours a day in a very awkward way.
now i have this mount that clips my phone to a ps4 controller, i really wish i would have had it while playing through all those games, it would have been much more comfortable.
Never change Falcom. Your games as re fantastic to bits. I love YS and trails a lot. More than other jrpgs
did you ever play nayuta? it's made by falcom and very similar to ys, but better imo. i played it on my phone with an emulator and ps4 controller and it played perfectly and had a very good fan translation. i never played through a whole ys game yet, but i played a little bit of them here and there, and they never pulled me in the way nayuta did.
i did recently buy ys 8, 9, and origins on sale, and will get to them after i finish cold steel 4 and mass effect legendary edition. anyhow if you like ys you really need to try out nayuta if you haven't yet, it's amazing.
I’m so glad I randomly came across this game on Steam a little over the year ago. I whipped through trails in the Sky pretty quickly and I finally got the first game of cold steel recently. I love these games, they definitely don’t get enough recognition
I'm still playing through Trails in the Sky SC but man, the developers have built the world very well. I love the series a lot and I wish it received more attention in the west
The worst part when you finish Trails in the sky trilogy and Trails of cold steel I & II is you still need to wait for cold steel III and IV end of saga English announcement :(
Agree first impression is so good I play it non stop.
@@hakoniwa9384 An even worse part might be that, from what I hear, ToCS 3 and 4 are, if not incomprehensible, sorely lacking without familiarly with the Crossbell arc, and that's not easily playable in English. I've heard the fan translations are serviceable, but it's hard to feel too good about that given the quality of the formal releases in the Trails series. I'm honestly at a loss. I really want to finish Cold Steel (1 and 2 were fantastic), but is it worth doing so without Crossbell?
On the flip side, I've often heard the Trails games / arcs can be played in any order; the pattern of revelations just end up being different. Perhaps it's fine? I guess I won't know for anything decade, ha.
@@RyanBancroft well azure has a finished and polished up fan translation which is really good and its names are in line with the official english names of people and everything. 10/10 for that one.
zero on the other hand - rn there was a leaked, unpolished version of zero floating around. that version is playable but the quality is not good. however, the team of geofront esterior (which he mentioned) is very close to finishing their fan translation. they are on the final stuff and hope to be able to publish by summer. so for zero you have the option and swallow the pill of bad fan translation or wait for them to finish, while you can immidiately follow with azure.
@@nihildwo4874 Oh solid, that's good to hear! Do you know of a good tutorial on setting up playing those? I thought geofront was making progress on one of them, but the second in the duology wasn't complete / good. Maybe that's incorrect? I'm not super familiar with the correct naming of those.
good news dropped today regarding the crossbell duology
The ONLY other series I can think of with such a tightly woven narrative where each game is a MUST PLAY to fully understand the world and its characters is Kingdom Hearts, and dare I say, even its narrative isn’t so rich with secrets and events we know next to nothing about like Kiseki is.
May you rest in peace brother. Thanks for everything.
thank you for getting me into this wonderful series and you will be missed
rest in peace
Seriously...seeing this video did the following things:
1) interrupt my backlog
2) table getting DQ XI and hold off getting FE TH as well
3) subbed to your channel.
This is a criminally underrated series. If I were a game developer and created a world and arc, I don't think I could do better than what Legend of Heroes has done to this point.
This series has meant so much to me and helped me through some really hard times. I wouldn't have given it a chance without your videos. It's changed my life for the better, and your work has changed my life for the better. Whatever happens after you're gone from this world, I hope it's good to you. At peace now.
Always happy to see videos like this. The LoH series is, by far, the deepest and most richly fulfilling JRPG saga ever conceived, and I haven't even gotten to play them all. I'm planning to make 2019 the LoH year and play through them all in order. I REALLY want to play the Crossbell duology, though. Wonder how long that project is going to take.
Bravo! I'm pretty caught up on the Trails series (as much as an English-speaking fan can be) but this was still very entertaining and informative, not to mention expertly put together. Your choice of visuals was spot-on in particular, since you were able to keep the video relevant to what you were saying without showing anything spoilery--and that's pretty darn difficult considering how twist-heavy this series is.
So sad you passed away, in my mind you will always live somewhere in Armorica Village, in your beloved Crossbell.
I finished Trails of Cold Steel 1 earlier this year and currently working on Cold Steel 2 as part of my expanding RPG backlog, and I am impressed with the presentation and gameplay from both these titles. After watching this video, I would like to explore Trails in the Sky and possibly others in the Trails series in the future.
Im in Cold Steel 1...kinda surprised by how solid the game world is
Trails in the Sky’s characters are the best. Zero and Ao are the best story and Cold Steel has the best gameplay. That’s how I see it. :)
The best way to support this series and bring it centerstage from how niche this title is is to post videos and share singing the praises of this game.
I remember when I came across this work of art in a blind way, from the moment I played Trails in the Sky FC, it became my favorite videogame saga. Excellent video!
Probably the only games that I follow and will remain on top spot on my book
Trails of Cold Steel, because they were my first Trails games and I love them to bits. Also, it has my favorite cast if characters in the series.
RIP Scott
Great video, I have played the first 3 games and this series needs to be more loved, thanks.
Hey man rip thank you for getting me into the series that has become one of my favorite jrpg’s of all time
Thanks so much for doing this, if I ever want to introduce anyone to this wonderful franchise in the future this video is the top of my list :D
Was looking for a video like this for ages, thanks for making this!
Great video, thanks for sharing the love of this AMAZING series and company. Truly the best the medium has to offer.
Dude I recently started playing the ys series and I am just speechless these people at falcom know how to make an amazing rpg they need more attention
Great video man, I played every localized game in the series and was entertained the whole way through. Keep spreading the love
This is such a great a well-done video, and the best that explained this series.
Great quality video! For a channel so small you made such a perfectly edited video and explained the series so well. Seriously good job. Please keep it up, I'd love to see this series expand and become even more popular, especially because of how perfect it is.
Thank you so much, I tried to convince some of my friends to start with the trails series for weeks now, and this video is really helpful in explaining "why" I want them to experience this series.
RIP Scott, thanks for introducing me to the series.
When you realize that the trails/kiseki series is pretty much the Japanese DCAU or MCU.
Pretty much!!
Yeah that's kinda how it feels like ngl lol
cold steel 4 and trails of origins are the Infinity War and Endgame of JRPGs
@@fjhatsu the general fandom consensus is that CS3 is Infinity War while CS4 is Endgame.
As for Origins, i don't know... Spiderman Far From Home?
@@pigifi ah yeah you're right. I think Hajimari is Spiderverse(?)
This is a super well-edited and scripted video, Scott! I'm glad that I now have a good primer to show people the series with.
Rest in Peace Scott. Just started Trails in the sky FC.
I'm currently playing and finishing Trails of Cold Steel as my first game in the series and I think it has the best story, lore and worldbuilding I have ever seen on a JRPG
Thanks for this, great and comprehensive overview! Next time I try to convince friends to play this, I'll link them this video instead of explaining myself. My explanations always immediately delve into obscure details no newcomer would be interested in.
Great video man! I missed nayuta no kiseki but you summarised the most important part to not be a 40m video. Good job and keep it up!
Awesome video, thanks for making this!
Really good job with this entire Video 💪💪
Well done. Just finished Sen IV, and find Lucy in your video. This amazed me.
This series is the prime example that graphics doesn't define your games, but amazing gameplay, storytelling and world building is as well as love and passion the devs put into their crafts and I am really glad they are getting more popular as the series goes. I am really looking forward for what Falcom has in store for us considering how many fuck ups recent AAA companies has done, Falcom is that glitter of hope in the gaming industry we needed today, especially JRPGS.
Great video, great editing, great sound and stock footage. Instant subscribe.
Thank you for showing me your love for this company I will be sure to keep playing for you
Last i checked, there were no plans for a NA release for ToCS III or IV, so thank you for reigniting my hope that it may yet still come to North America ♥
Some background: I picked up Trails of Cold Steel out of spite for a friend of mine, because he said the game wouldn't be that great. I disappeared for like 4 days and had completed it and told said friend how wrong he was. Then played ToCS II and realized there were other games. Have now completed the Trails in the Sky trilogy, and tried to watch a fan translation of Azure...but wasn't playing it, and couldn't sit for the 30 minute episodes and just wanted to play it. So thank you for providing the link that allows us to track the progress of said translations!!
Awesome video! I've been meaning to play ToCS I & II on the PS3 soon and this made me even more excited
when those brand maker like Square Enix,making JRPG's graphic better and better,
they seems forget about the most important of RPG is story.
yep, that's why I love trails series and Falcom.
by the way,I like zero and aoi kiseki the most ,music are too impresive.
I think falcom makes great games in general. I really liked Tokyo xanadu an can't wait to see what they do with that series.
Ahhh, zero no kiseki...
The game where the normal monster encounter music sound like a frickin boss battle...
Absolutely loved the Crossbell duology! They topped Sky Third for me
@@buckroger6456 I also intrigued with how they're going to continue Tokyo Xanadu. Some people dislike it because of how clichéd the character stereotype are, but I still really enjoy it. I also know about falcom and the trails series from this game too !
@@aquatech1753 Tokyo was a low budget game giving to a new team. The ending sets the game up perfectly for another one. The characters are a little weak but I ended up really liking it a lot. I normally don't like action rpgs but ended liking this game. The music beat for when your at school is super catchy.
Crossbel arc my favorite❤
10:58 I see what you did there. Makes me Proud.
But honestly, this is very well made. I have played through most of the titles but have yet to finish Ao and Sen III/IV. I can certainly say I enjoyed this video a lot and also liked the nice bit of history of Falcom. Thank you very much for this video!
Thanks for making this video dude 😁 been obssessed with the Trails series since I was 10 😂 I'm 18 now and still can't believe how the Trails series isn't known by more people
trails has become my favorite series and its thanks to your videos i found it 😀👍
Thank you for this great video
My first Falcom game, Ys: Memories of Celceta, was found at random.
I was at a local game store and asked a worker what games he would recommend to me. He said if you like Action/Adventure or Rpg that I would like it. I almost declined though but he said, "Trust me bro! You will like it."
When I got home and started playing, I was so intrigued that I started searching for more games in the series!!! And from there I went to check out some of Falcom's other titles like the The Legend of Heroes: Trails of Cold Steel and will be looking forward to playing trying out Tokyo Xanadu as I am now a Falcom fan!!
Damn, this is so goddamn informative. Really great video. The trails series is easily the best jrpg around. Also, the localization of the sky trilogy is amazing.
Falcom is Forever ❤️ from the legend of heroes to Ys .. ❤️ and the OST’s OMG all nostalgic.
And i can say Trails Series is one of the best jrpg ever
Trails in the Sky was how I came to know of Falcom and their beautiful masterpieces. It bewildered me how their titles aren't more well known. Thank you for making this video!
Nice! great video. Falcom one of my favorite developers.
Just started trails in the sky. Love it. Got a lot to go but looking forward to going through them all
Trails is objectively one of the best JRPGS out there.
Trails games is one of the best hidden gems (not hidden anymore though)
Falcom & Xseed FTW
-Trails in the Sky
-Trails in the Sky SC
-Trails in the Sky 3rd
-Ao
-Zero
-Trails of cold Steel
-Trails of cold Steel II
-Trails of cold Steel III
-Trails of cold Steel IV
Thank you very much for the video. I just got introduced to JRPG with Tokyo Xanadu Ex+ (PS4). I am almost finishing the game, so I was looking for next chapter in my jrpg journey. Your insightful video has intrigued me toward Legend of Heroes series. Falcom is really great team.
I have yet to play any of the Trails series, or really any of Falcoms BIG games outside of Ys 8, which i just recently got for Switch.
Looked at more of what they produced, looked a bit into the Ys franchise and their other franchises now and man did i miss some amazing stuff from the looks of it.
Cant wait to take a look to the past and try to catch up with what so many people already consider to be one of the best gamedevelopers of all time!
I get shivers every time atrocious raid kicks in, I love it
Such an informative video, great job. Hoping for video like this on other series like ys, sciadv
This video was amazing... it made me proud to be a fan of this series. I cant wait for NEWS about Sen 3 and 4 coming overseas!
Thanks for spreading the love.
"It has never been a better time to board..." Oh trust me, 900 hour + gaming time is not a joke (if you count second/third time clearing, s/l and 100% the game, it would take even more). The content of these games are just ginormous for anyone without too much free time to get a hold on and keep going. It is good that some of the games are on a handheld console, making use of spare time. But still, if you have a full time job, or could only spare 1~2 hours in these games, it might take you the next arc to come out before you finish all 9 games.
But as a person who played through the whole series the fourth time through the last three month... I guess I should get a life first.
Really well done man, i've known the dev and the series for a looong time, but haven't gotten around to really get into the Trails series because i know they deserve and demand my whole attention. I currently have Trails of Cold Steel on the way and have bought Trails in the Sky on GoG, so i think it's the time.
I like this format. Idk what other topics you'd cover, but it'd be cool if you made more
I'm playing Trails in the Sky Second Chapter right now, planning to play it all the way to Cold Steel 2 on PC :)
After completing cold steel 4, trails in the sky is still my favourite!! Incredible to see the evolution with full voice!
This game series is so good. I really really want to play zero and azure, especially after that segment in cold steel 2.
Guess what? Scott and his team of fan translators have just released an English translation for Trails from Zero! You can now play it with high-quality English translations!
@@Kaebuki and the trails to azure translation seems to be happening soon as well.
So for the benefit of any new fans who come across this video, here’s a few updates since the video came out.
Trails of Cold Steel 3 has since been localized and is available on PC and PS4 with a Switch port sometime in summer.
Localization on Trails of Cold Steel 4 has yet been announced, but you can find fan translations if you really want to.
The next game in the series, Hajimari no Kiseki, is set to release in Japan later in 2020. The game is split into three perspectives, one in Erebonia, one in Crossbell, and one following a certain group(the name’s kinda a spoiler). So no Calvard yet, but this is really exciting. Hope this helps out anyone.
An update to this post. So Trails of Cold Steel 4’s western release was announced on April 1st and is set to release this fall for PS4 and 2021 for PC and Switch.
I have played Y’s memories of Celceta and just finished the first trails of cold steel game. I wasn’t aware of the expansive universe when I started that game. So I think I will take you up on watching your play through.
I'm currently playing the Trails in the Sky: SC. Looking forward to the next ones! Though I wanted to keep playing Estelle and Joshua and the rest of the team ^^; Anyway, thanks for this info~ didn't realize the history behind the legend of heroes and the future ones. I have to keep up!
Amazing video. You won a subscriber.
Just got into the seires (near the end of Sky SC) and its crazy to see what the state of localization used to be just 4 years ago. Currently we have 3 complete stroy arcs instead of the 1.5 arcs localized when this vid released. Glad to see that publishers are giving this series a chance, it's a real gem
So hyped for CS3 localization coming this fall! Excellent primer and summary video of the whole series on your part.
I've been in Kiseki gehenna for the past couple months, and just finished Sky the 3rd. Moving on to Crossbell and CS1 and 2 in preparation for CS3 later this year!
Funny, we are about on the same rate. I've finished Sky and CS1 and 2, and I'll be playing Crossbell soon.