The WhatsNext verdict
For Players who enjoy long-form JRPGs, tactical turn-based battles, and stories that build across a connected series.: Returning characters and an expanding cast of students carry a sprawling sequel, while turn-based combat rewards planning around party abilities and enemy weaknesses. Tradeoff: It continues a larger story, so newcomers may miss character history and payoffs from earlier Trails games.
What it does best
role-playing (rpg)
strategy
turn-based strategy (tbs)
fantasy
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What you are walking into
The Legend of Heroes: Trails of Cold Steel III is the eighth installment in the main Trails series, serving as a direct sequel to the events of The Legend of Heroes: Trails of Cold Steel II. The game follows Rean Schwarzer, now a military professor, as well as his students, and the rest of his military school friends from the prior two entries, notably exploring subjects such as the mysterious origin's of Rean's birth, and what others have been up to since the events of the prior games.
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