Should I play Trails in the Sky before Trails of Cold Steel?

[EdwardTheMartyr]

I'm interested in getting into Cold Steel, but would I be missing anything by not playing Trails in the Sky?

[HuntingFever]

Trails 3 includes a full recap of all the previous games, thus you will miss absolutely nothing by not playing them .

[Alternatewarning]

I just jumped into Trails of Cold Steel, not even knowing it was part of a larger series and I felt like it was fine.

[EdwardTheMartyr]

5 minutes ago, HuntingFever said:

Trails 3 includes a full recap of all the previous games, thus you will miss absolutely nothing by not playing them .

Like it's all recapped in an opening cutscene?

[eldrunk]

Yeah they are independent of each other.

4 minutes ago, EdwardTheMartyr said:

Like it's all recapped in an opening cutscene?

I think he is talking about trails of cold steel 3 having a recap for steel 1&2

[DesmaBR]

Trails of Cold Steel I is standalone, but you should definitely play the Sky and also Zero and Azure before playing II and especially III

 

14 minutes ago, EdwardTheMartyr said:

Like it's all recapped in an opening cutscene?

There's a section in the menu called "Substory" where you can read about the stuff that happened in previous games.

 

Would recommend playing the games, tho. The recap is just surface level.

Edited December 26, 2019 by DesmaBR

[EdwardTheMartyr]

11 minutes ago, DesmaBR said:

Trails of Cold Steel I is standalone, but you should definitely play the Sky and also Zero and Azure before playing II and especially III

 

There's a section in the menu called "Substory" where you can read about the stuff that happened in previous games.

 

Would recommend playing the games, tho. The recap is just surface level.

I don't like the chibi art style of the Sky games. Maybe I'll get over it.

17 minutes ago, DesmaBR said:

Trails of Cold Steel I is standalone, but you should definitely play the Sky and also Zero and Azure before playing II and especially III

 

There's a section in the menu called "Substory" where you can read about the stuff that happened in previous games.

 

Would recommend playing the games, tho. The recap is just surface level.

Wait a second, it looks like the Trails in the Sky games are only on PC in the West. They never got a Western release on consoles.

[AlchemistWer]

Actually if you want a better experience with CS lll, you should play Sky l and ll but most important Crossbel games as well. You can play only Sky l and ll if you want, the story is very nice and the evo version (japanese) is great with full voice. But with CS l and ll, you don't really need play Sky since both has different story and characters, but the worldbuilding of kiseki games is very complex and big. The Steam version is a good choice, I played Sky l and ll on PSP (Which is harder than Steam version and vita version). 

 

I will play first Zero and Ao before move to CS lll, but Zero and Ao are only available in japanese like Trails in the sky on vita, so you can choose either, steam version or if you have a PSP play both games on PSP.

[DesmaBR]

22 minutes ago, EdwardTheMartyr said:

I don't like the chibi art style of the Sky games. Maybe I'll get over it.

Wait a second, it looks like the Trails in the Sky games are only on PC in the West. They never got a Western release on consoles.

Yeah, and Zero/Azure aren't even officialy in English. Gotta get over that barrier.

 

Or just go straight to Cold Steel if you have no other means. 3 is pretty heavy with the reference to older games, tho.

4 minutes ago, AlchemistWer said:

Actually if you want a better experience with CS lll, you should play Sky l and ll but most important Crossbel games as well. You can play only Sky l and ll if you want, the story is very nice and the evo version (japanese) is great with full voice. But with CS l and ll, you don't really need play Sky since both has different story and characters, but the worldbuilding of kiseki games is very complex and big. The Steam version is a good choice, I played Sky l and ll on PSP (Which is harder than Steam version and vita version). 

 

I will play first Zero and Ao before move to CS lll, but Zero and Ao are only available in japanese like Trails in the sky on vita, so you can choose either, steam version or if you have a PSP play both games on PSP.

Don't ignore Sky the 3rd too

[EdwardTheMartyr]

1 minute ago, DesmaBR said:

Yeah, and Zero/Azure aren't even officialy in English. Gotta get over that barrier.

 

Or just go straight to Cold Steel if you have no other means. 3 is pretty heavy with the reference to older games, tho.

Maybe I'll get them on PSP.

[DesmaBR]

2 minutes ago, EdwardTheMartyr said:

Maybe I'll get them on PSP.

If you have a psp, that's great. You can (patch your officially brought copies of Zero and Azure) with a fan translation.

 

Not the best, but does the job.

Edited December 26, 2019 by DesmaBR

[EdwardTheMartyr]

2 minutes ago, DesmaBR said:

If you have a psp, that's great. You can (patch your officially brought copies of Zero and Azure) with a fan translation.

 

Not the best, but does the job.

PSP copies are ridiculously expensive I just checked. If I do, I'll get the PC version.

[AlchemistWer]

2 minutes ago, DesmaBR said:

Don't ignore Sky the 3rd too

Haha, of course no Kevin

3 minutes ago, EdwardTheMartyr said:

Maybe I'll get them on PSP.

Yeah it's a good choice personally I don't like play on PC ? also on gamefaq you can find great guides for both games. 

[EdwardTheMartyr]

1 minute ago, AlchemistWer said:

Haha, of course no Kevin

Yeah it's a good choice personally I don't like play on PC  also on gamefaq you can find great guides for both games. 

Have you found the PSP games for cheap? If so, where?

[AlchemistWer]

2 minutes ago, EdwardTheMartyr said:

PSP copies are ridiculously expensive I just checked. If I do, I'll get the PC version.

Actually no.

https://www.bookoffonline.co.jp/old/0010824359

[HuntingFever]

5 hours ago, eldrunk said:

Yeah they are independent of each other.

I think he is talking about trails of cold steel 3 having a recap for steel 1&2

This^
 

There's a sub-menu that gives you a brief rundown of all the essential points of the story from previous games.