The Legend of Heroes: Trails of Cold Steel II
Civil war has broken out across Erebonia. After his narrow escape from Trista, Rean will take up his sword again on a journey with his Divine Knight, Valimar, in search of his friends from Class VII and a way to end the conflict before its price becomes far too dear...
The Legend of Heroes: Trails of Cold Steel II is a jrpg, rpg and anime game
developed by Nihon Falcom
and published by XSEED Games, Marvelous USA and Inc..
Released on February 14th 2018 is available only on Windows
in 2 languages: English and Japanese.
It has received 2,749 reviews of which 2,575 were positive and 174 were negative resulting in a rating of 9.0 out of 10. š
The game is currently priced at 39.99ā¬ on Steam.
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Windows
- OS *: Windows 7 or later; 64 bit OS required
- Processor: Intel Atom x7-Z8700 2.4 GHz
- Memory: 4 GB RAM
- Graphics: Shader Model 5 (GeForce 400 / Radeon HD 5000 / Intel post-2012 series)
- DirectX: Version 11
- Storage: 19 GB available space
- Additional Notes: 1280x720 / 30 FPS with portable settings
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bit of a strech, a lot of dialogue, still a great story and continuation of the first cold steel game.
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If you have enjoyed the rest of the games in the series you will enjoy this one. A turn based RPG with great world building and story. If you have not played Cold Steel 1 I would not play with this game. If you play Trails in the sky trilogy, Zero, and Azure this game is even better.
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Trails of Cold Steel II is another great game, though it's admittedly one of the weaker Trails games. There were really enjoyable parts of this game, but overall there were a decent amount of areas that made me long for the Sky trilogy. Rean has room for growth as a character, and some of his classmates feel a little one-note. But god, the Divine Knight battles are epic, and the ARCUS is still fun and engaging for me! The post-game content alternated between extremely hype, mildly tedious, and wholly unexpected. It was still a great game, and I can't stress enough that it is NECESSARY to get the most of the rest of the Trails games. There are some characters that are introduced in this game that become some of my favorites down the line, and Elise being absent from the story for most of the game is a HUGE win! Play this game after CS1 and Crossbell, and play the Sky games too but they aren't required to understand everything here.
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8/10 + Provides closure to the story of original Class VII after the cliffhanger ending of CS1 + This game likely has the most consistently good OST in the entire series thus far (thank you Takahiro Unisuga) + Combat system and character builds feel more in-depth and fun to play around compared to CS1 - Certain parts of this game feel like filler, especially on a replay knowing what happens in CS3 and CS4 - Ending felt drawn out compared to other games due to the epilogue chapter
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After that cliffhanger of an ending from Cold Steel I, I finally have the closure I wanted after finishing this game...and all for 50 mira plus interest. Apart from that, it has been getting hard to review the Trails games. Each game has been BANGER after BANGER, especially the āsecondā part of an arc. Trails of Cold Steel II is no exception. If anyone enjoyed the first part of the Erebonia arc, I think anyone would be immediately hopping onto this game after that. There are a lot of nitpicks I have seen with this game, and I do have my own nitpicks, but each Trails game so far has had so many positive experiences for me so far. Trails of Cold Steel II continues to follow Class VII and their HUGE roster of characters to play from, as well as guest characters. Despite the huge roster, there is still great character development for everyone, though not in the way I particularly like sometimes (gating certain developments behind bonding events or NG+ is an absolute sin in my opinion), but at least it is still there to be experienced. Not only that, while not as extensive as the main roster, they still manage to show development to even the most minor characters, and were talking ALL of Thors Military Academy. You see how they handle their own problems, and move forward during the game, and it is truly a treat to see that Nihon Falcom puts so much effort to almost every character in the game, despite their roles. I still think the transition to 3D models really limited how epic certain scenes were, especially fight scenes. While still epic in its own right, I donāt think anything from Cold Steel so far beats scenes from the older sprite based games such as the run ins with Ouroboros members from the past arcs (IYKYK). The animations also still feel really clunky; it feels like something from a past generation and hasnāt aged very well. Despite that, I am aware of how much the 3D models and scenes improve in the future games, so it wasnāt something that soured my experience, but rather I look forward to experiencing it. There are also notable battle system changes since the past games; in fact a certain character mentions exactly how I felt about the ENIGMA to ARCUS systems, which is quite funny. Again, with the in game world ever changing, I expect to see this continue to evolve, for better or worse. While I won't force any player to play a certain way, I now firmly believe that you ABSOLUTELY lose out on the satisfaction and excitement of certain scenes/events in the game if you didnāt play the series in JP release order/chronological order. Trails of Cold Steel I and II take place roughly around the same timeframe as Trails from Zero and Trails to Azure; with a different POV and with both locations taking place so close to each other, I think knowing what happened in the past games and especially knowing the characters has without a doubt, increased the enjoyment ALOT for someone who enjoys playing specifically for the story and world-building. In 2024, with the localization of the Trails series mostly complete, Trails through Daybreak upcoming in July and the future Kuro no Kiseki II: Crimson Sin and Kai no Kiseki games, it is definitely the best time to pick the series up if you havenāt yet. Trails of Cold Steel II was an incredible finish to how the first game ended, and still continues to pique my interest in the developments happening on the continent of Zemuria. Being the 7th game I have completed in this series, the Kiseki series has absolutely become my favourite JRPG series in terms of world-building and excitement, and I am blessed and excited to continue this journey in Cold Steel III and beyond (on the PS5 lol, so this will probably be my last review for Trails on Steam unless I decide to double dip in the future).
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Online players
63
Developer
Nihon Falcom
Publisher
XSEED Games,
Marvelous USA, Inc.
Release
14 Feb 2018
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