

The Legend of Heroes: Trails of Cold Steel III 2017
Developed by Nihon Falcom
- Role-playing (RPG), Strategy, Turn-based strategy (TBS), Adventure
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.
Role-playing (RPG)StrategyTurn-based strategy (TBS)AdventureActionFantasyScience fictionComedyDramaPartyanimejrpgvisible encountersroaming encountersturn-based combatstory richmale protagonistturn-based rpgGoogle Stadia, PlayStation 4, Android, PC (Microsoft Windows), PlayStation 5, Nintendo Switch
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Classical in form, earnest, epic and contemporary.
- classical in formformally daring
- earnestironic
- intimateepic
- contemporarynostalgic
- unpretentiousprestige
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About the game
- Platforms
- Google Stadia, PlayStation 4, Android, PC (Microsoft Windows), PlayStation 5, Nintendo Switch
- Developer
- Nihon Falcom
- Publisher
- Nihon Falcom, NIS America
- Released
- September 28, 2017
- Modes
- Single player
- Perspective
- Third person
- Engine
- PhyreEngine
- Time to beat
- 70 h main story · 120 h completionist
IGDB rating 8.5/10 from 31 ratings.
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