The Legend of Heroes: Trails of Cold Steel

36 of the 103 reviews raise this.

“Good storyline! I like the contrast to the other games with starting off as young students in a military academy instead of them starting off as bracers or police.”

“Good intro to the trails series, you can definitely play this game before the Crossbell arc (Zero and Azure) but I would absolutely recommend playing the Crossbell games as well as the Trails in the Sky trilogy right…”

“It took me a long time, with several prolonged breaks, to finish this game. I felt like the story and combat started off pretty darn slow and it took a long time before they started getting good. But thankfully it does…”

35 of the 103 reviews raise this.

“While not as good as the previous 5 entries, this is still a very good game and a wonderful introduction to Erebonia. Cold Steel 1 probably has the best soundtrack in the series from what I've played so far. The combat…”

“I finally reached the first Cold Steel game. Coming into it I wasn't expecting to like it as much as I did, because it seemed it was low ranked for many people who are into the Trails series. Having finished it now, I…”

“if you are this deep into the series you know you'll like the story but honestly the whole game is just a setup for the erebonia arc good game nonetheless”

10 of the 103 reviews raise this.

“While not as good as the previous 5 entries, this is still a very good game and a wonderful introduction to Erebonia. Cold Steel 1 probably has the best soundtrack in the series from what I've played so far. The combat…”

“the game that set many foundation going forward for better or worse, slower start up to 30-40 hours because of how big erebonia is, but the set up all payed off good as falcom usually do, OST still top notch especially…”

“I miss the chibi art style of the older games, but overall the transition to 3d isn't bad at all. I like the new art style and the 3rd dimension adds more detail to everything. The combat is great, was skeptical of the…”

7 of the 103 reviews raise this.

“Where do I even begin? I started my Trails journey with the Liberl Trilogy(FC/1st, SC/2nd, 3rd) and then Zero and Azure which is the Crossbell Duology. Now I'm entering this journey, which has been called the Cold Steel…”

“Falcom knocks it out of the park again with another engaging Trails game. I'll admit, it was hard for me to graduate from the "chibi" art style of the past 5 games, as that art style has a lot of charm to it. And if I'm…”

“I miss the chibi art style of the older games, but overall the transition to 3d isn't bad at all. I like the new art style and the 3rd dimension adds more detail to everything. The combat is great, was skeptical of the…”

4 of the 103 reviews raise this.

“This is my first game in the Legend of Hero's series. It has your typical JRPG elements. Long main story with some side quest that add some character development, and trust me there's a lot of interesting characters…”