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The Legend of Heroes Thread - Trails of Cold Steel in the Sky

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The video has mixed content from the originals and the Evo versions, which have new portrait art etc.
 

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Well, you're probably going to love him someday.
 
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McBurn is definitely the best antagonist in Cold Steel IV, and one of the very few that got a satisfying conclusion to his arc. That he did so is actually even more impressive when you consider that he was a highlight in the previous two games as well.
 

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Dat feeling when you attack random monster and it has 3 shining poms and everyone's s-crafts are fully charged.
 

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Nice s-craft art of Amalthea from the (non-localized) kiseki browser game.

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She got a pretty nice upgrade it seems. Used to be quite a flat character so to speak.
 

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What an emotional rollercoaster the finale of TOCS 4 was! I also got the true ending and everything else after that. I really want to know when the next "trails" saga will start. I can´t wait!
 

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She got a pretty nice upgrade it seems. Used to be quite a flat character so to speak.

Not everyone can be as gifted as the golden rack-shasa.

What an emotional rollercoaster the finale of TOCS 4 was! I also got the true ending and everything else after that. I really want to know when the next "trails" saga will start. I can´t wait!

Still going through my NG+ of CS3 before i finally start 4(am about 20 percent in act 4 atm).
 

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I also got the true ending and everything else after that.
Are there any prerequisites or it's just some choice in the end like in Personas?
If that's possible to tell without spoilers...

Generally the prerequisites are complete all side quests including ones that are hidden (hidden quests should be harder to miss this time because in the quick travel map it tells you if flags if anything is new in an area) and also beat all of the cryptids that give lost arts; I don't believe the said quests need to have been done to get maximum AP. This then leads to a character announcing that they have found something that you should investigate. Complete this hidden quest which then opens up the possibility of the second ending, which has its own final boss but only after you have finished with the other ending (Both endings are technically canon important for the next game for context for the next game).

Finally after finishing the second ending there is an option to save; do so and reload to see one final but important scene.
 

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I found this spoiler-heavy interview about Cold Steel IV with Toshihiro Kondo a while back, and thought it was rather interesting:

https://gu4n.medium.com/trails-of-c...en-interview-with-kondo-toshihiro-3fed57af363

I like that the interview covers a few lore-related topics and elucidates on a few things that the games may not have made entirely clear.

It is curious that Kondo is still so involved in the creative process of the franchise despite being the president of Falcom. He's credited as the producer in all four Cold Steel games and a few other recent Falcom games. That may have something to do with the level of consistency in the quality of the company's output. In retrospect, it's quite remarkable that this was the same guy who directed classics like Ys Origin.

EDIT: Heh, just noticed via the search function that the interview had already been posted. Oh well, it's worth posting it again now that more people have finished/are finishing the game.
 
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The problem with interviews is they are usually filled with massive spoilers on the latest game to be released in Japan. So I never read them.
 

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Well, this one doesn't seem to have any significant bits about Hajimari or the Calvard arc. I mean, the interview is from late 2019 and Hajimari was released in late 2020.
 

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Just finished my CS3 NG+ run and am prepping to begin CS4 and work towards getting my fourth Sara bond chievo that will be proudly displayed on my Steam achievement showcase with all the others.
 

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work towards getting my fourth Sara bond chievo that will be proudly displayed on my Steam achievement showcase with all the others.

Just got mine today. Only romance worth pursuing! Love the name of the achievement too, hahahaha!
 

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Good thing monsters in altered towers don't respawn when you change flloors - at least i can see if i cleared it.
 

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Yeah. Hate to admit, but actually looked all book locations before even starting second game.
 

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