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[Thick Thighs Save Lives]

Between law and chaos lies the dawn of adventure in The Legend of Heroes: Trails through Daybreak! Follow the spriggan Van Arkride as he takes on a case that will change the fate of the Calvard Republic…as well as his own. Will forces from the shadowy organization known as Almata bring chaos to the nation, or do Van and his allies have what it takes to stop them?

Coming July 5, 2024 to Nintendo Switch, PS4, PS5, and PC!

 

[Thick Thighs Save Lives]

Limited Edition is up for pre-order on the NIS America Store.

Deluxe Edition pre-order is available via Amazon

 

[drganon]

Took em long enough. Falcom makes great stuff, but man do they take forever to get it localized.

 

[jshackles]

Let's say a guy is playing Cold Steel II, how many games ahead is this? Is it just II, III, IV, and Reverie, then this?

 

[adamsapple]

Day one-ish

 

[Thief1987]

Let's say a guy is playing Cold Steel II, how many games ahead is this? Is it just II, III, IV, and Reverie, then this?

Yeah

 

[Mister Wolf]

Day One.

 

[mayham2199]

This day one for me easily. I thought the last game was the best one in the series so far.

 

[Spirit Icana]

Nice. I dig the main character design. Looking foward to jumping back into this franchise with a fresh cast of characters.

 

[jshackles]

Yeah

Cool cool, now I just have to play through *checks notes* 213 more hours before I'm caught up.

Not looking good for me to have this done by July.

 

[Diseased Yak]

Cool cool, now I just have to play through *checks notes* 213 more hours before I'm caught up.

Not looking good for me to have this done by July.

Same for me, hah, except I'm only halfway through Azure. Someday I'll play this...

 

[Thick Thighs Save Lives]

This is going to be long lol. Here's Trails through Daybreak Vast Cast with Dedicated Profiles

 

[AmuroChan]

JRPG fans eating well in 2024. Day 1 for me.

 

[James Sawyer Ford]

Phil Spencer needs to port beg

“I don’t see how having this exclusive makes the industry better”

 

[Sleepwalker]

Haven't beaten the first one and there's already another one coming, god help me

 

[mayham2199]

Haven't beaten the first one and there's already another one coming, god help me

Wait isn't this the first one in this arc?

 

[Sleepwalker]

Wait isn't this the first one in this arc?

I havent beaten any arc.

 

[NotMyProblemAnymoreCunt]

Let's say a guy is playing Cold Steel II, how many games ahead is this? Is it just II, III, IV, and Reverie, then this?

Did you play The Trails In The Sky Trilogy and Crossbell Duology? Those take place before the Cold Steel games and are important to the overall story

 

[NotMyProblemAnymoreCunt]

This is going to be long lol. Here's Trails through Daybreak Vast Cast with Dedicated Profiles

Both games have some of the best WAIFUs in the Franchise

To the people who haven't played the Kuro No Kiseki games. You are in for a treat. These games are fantastic

 

[jshackles]

Did you play The Trails In The Sky Trilogy and Crossbell Duology? Those take place before the Cold Steel games and are important to the overall story

I played Trails in the Sky then half of the second game in that trilogy. Skipped Crossbell and went into Cold Steel (might go back eventually). Also played Nayuta.

 

[NotMyProblemAnymoreCunt]

I played Trails in the Sky then half of the second game in that trilogy. Skipped Crossbell and went into Cold Steel (might go back eventually). Also played Nayuta.

Yeah both Trails In The Sky Trilogy and Crossbell Duology are important. You're going to be very lost when it comes to Cold Steel III

I just reccomand to play the Trails In The Sky games and Crossbell games you skipped before

I do have to play Nayuta

 

[jshackles]

Yeah both Trails In The Sky Trilogy and Crossbell Duology are important. You're going to be very lost when it comes to Cold Steel III

I just reccomand to play the Trails In The Sky games and Crossbell games you skipped before

I do have to play Nayuta

Alright, I'll add another 160 hours onto my previous estimate

 

[NotMyProblemAnymoreCunt]

Alright, I'll add another 160 hours onto my previous estimate

I know

Just take your time lol

 

[DownLikeBCPowder]

Never been into this series, but that LE looks cool.

 

[graywolf323]

Let's say a guy is playing Cold Steel II, how many games ahead is this? Is it just II, III, IV, and Reverie, then this?

I feel you there, I’m just about to finish Azure and then I have the entire Cold Steel arc to get through + Reverie

 

[bender]

Let's say a guy is playing Cold Steel II, how many games ahead is this?

42

 

[Thick Thighs Save Lives]

 

[Paltheos]

I played Trails in the Sky then half of the second game in that trilogy. Skipped Crossbell and went into Cold Steel (might go back eventually). Also played Nayuta.

Seconding NotMyProblemAnymoreCunt 's rec. You should play those other games too because they're good. Sky 3rd and Azure sit in top 3 for the series for me (Zero... I don't like as much as the community does lol. I actually think much of it is kind of rubbish).

Cool cool, now I just have to play through *checks notes* 213 more hours before I'm caught up.

Not looking good for me to have this done by July.

Bold of you to assume these games don't get longer with each entry. CS4 is a gargantuan monster.

 

[jshackles]

Actually thanks to NotMyProblemAnymoreCunt 's recommendation, I've started in on the Trails SC again before I get too far into Cold Steel II.

 

[NotMyProblemAnymoreCunt]

jshackles

In this order

Trails In The Sky First Chapter
Trails In The Sky Second Chapter
Trials In The Sky Third Chapter

Trails From Zero
Trails Into Azure

Trails of Cold Steel
Trails of Cold Steel II
Trails of Cold Steel III
Trails of Cold Steel IV

Trails Into Reverie

Spinoff

Legend of Nayuta Boundless Trails

 

[jshackles]

Trails In The Sky First Chapter - Played
Trails In The Sky Second Chapter - Playing now 20 hours in, enjoying it
Trials In The Sky Third Chapter - Plan to play next

Trails From Zero
Trails Into Azure

Trails of Cold Steel - Played
Trails of Cold Steel II - 10 hours in, stopped to finish Sky trilogy
Trails of Cold Steel III
Trails of Cold Steel IV

Trails Into Reverie

Spinoff

Legend of Nayuta Boundless Trails - Played, love it

These games are indeed massive, and such a slow burn. Sky trilogy on PC is excellent though, especially with the Vita voice mod.

Feels like I have a really long way to go still to be caught up. I'm sure I'll get the eventually, just probably not by July.

 

[NotMyProblemAnymoreCunt]

These games are indeed massive, and such a slow burn. Sky trilogy on PC is excellent though, especially with the Vita voice mod.

Feels like I have a really long way to go still to be caught up. I'm sure I'll get the eventually, just probably not by July.

Yeah take your time with the games. I'm guessing you will get to Daybreak by the end of 2024

 

[ShadyAcshuns]

I can't keep up with all these Trails games! But I am buying them/playing them when I get the chance. Awesome games, the lot of them.

 

[NotMyProblemAnymoreCunt]

I can't keep up with all these Trails games! But I am buying them/playing them when I get the chance. Awesome games, the lot of them.

I'm jealous of people who experienced Trails for the first time

 

[Paltheos]

These games are indeed massive, and such a slow burn. Sky trilogy on PC is excellent though, especially with the Vita voice mod.

Feels like I have a really long way to go still to be caught up. I'm sure I'll get the eventually, just probably not by July.

Good man. Akemi Kanda is so good as Estelle. The cliffhanger ending of Sky 1 is so much more impactful voiced.

 

[jshackles]

Good man. Akemi Kanda is so good as Estelle. The cliffhanger ending of Sky 1 is so much more impactful voiced.

It also helps that my Japanese is good enough now that I can usually tell when the English dialog has been changed. Could probably play these completely in Japanese at this point, but worried I'll miss some context somewhere and get lost lol

 

[ShadyAcshuns]

I'm jealous of people who experienced Trails for the first time

My first experience with the series was ToCS on PS3, and I knew the games would be special when the class trips opened up more. I've tried to get a few others in to the series, but sadly they lack the patience it takes to get hooked.

 

[ShadyAcshuns]

It also helps that my Japanese is good enough now that I can usually tell when the English dialog has been changed. Could probably play these completely in Japanese at this point, but worried I'll miss some context somewhere and get lost lol

This is the second time today I've read a sumbish here can read Japanese, and I'm soo jealous. We need a jealous faced icon here, methinks.

 

[graywolf323]

I finally beat Azure so now I have the Cold Steel games to go through

 

[jshackles]

This is the second time today I've read a sumbish here can read Japanese, and I'm soo jealous. We need a jealous faced icon here, methinks.

I literally started learning a few years ago simply because games like Dragon Quest X Offline weren't getting English releases, English translations of Japanese games have been a joke for a while now (with added political agendas etc.), and also to play Falcom games faster. I was never a huge comics guy, but I've read a few manga now and really enjoyed them. Their TV shows also seem far more interesting than what's being pumped out of Hollywood these days, and it turns out I really enjoy their music.

Guess I've transitioned to full on weeb in my old age.

 

[Psychotic_Mantis]

Think the Sky trilogy will ever come to PS4/5? anyone play them on steam deck?

 

[Mister Wolf]

 

[Thick Thighs Save Lives]

NotMyProblemAnymoreCunt In case you need a new desk mat.

 

[Mister Wolf]

 

[Paltheos]

Think the Sky trilogy will ever come to PS4/5? anyone play them on steam deck?

Not likely. XSeed owns the rights to the scripts, and they're not working with Falcom anymore.

Haven't played on Steam Deck but 'generally stable with some op/ed movie issues' is my read from a minute googling.

 

[Thick Thighs Save Lives]

 

[NotMyProblemAnymoreCunt]

WAIFU especially in her Bikini Costume

 

[Thick Thighs Save Lives]

WAIFU especially in her Bikini Costume

 

[Dr. Kitty Muffins]

The Trails series is my favorite series right now. Nothing compares.

 

[Darkmakaimura]

The Trails series is my favorite series right now. Nothing compares.

There's nothing else like it in Japanese role-playing games.