The Legend of Heroes: Trails of Cold Steel III

Excellent.

gameplay 10/10 graphic 7.5/10 music 8/10 plot 100/10 . ending so impressiveeee BEST JRPG

比起闪二的画质提升太大了吧，相反好像黎轨的画面没什么进步啊

fun game.

Haven't finished it yet, but already MASSIVE improves versus the first set of Cold Steel games, same caveats as always play all the prior games, but for sure a good pick up.

the series is finally back(somewhat) to the peak it used to be. Cold steel 3 is by far the best cold steel game i have played so far. So many improvements. The story is more engaging and chock full with great callbacks and references to previous games. The characters are far more interesting than the old class VII. they actually have more personality than a single tropey archetype and they also have more in depth interpersonal relationships with each other which helps the writing feel a lot more believable and immersive than the first 2 cold steel games. This game is not free from it's share of writing issues though. Some parts near the end felt kind of nonsensical and they made a retcon of a major lore event from a previous game which made it feel a lot less believable. This game also has an issue of quite predictable writing at times QUEUE "aw sheeeeet we're in a tricky situation" "okay i'll call my massive robot and unleash my true power so i can protect my students" "heed my call valimar the ashen kni-----" *random party member from the previous game walks in* "that won't be neccessary" *sword of biting gale soundtrack starts playing* i'm not joking this exact sequence happens like at least 5 times throughout the game and i've never seen an anime protag get blueballed this hard in my entire life and i've watched an episode of rent a girlfriend. so yeah it's certainly not perfect. outside of writing the gameplay is pretty fun in this one and the new break and brave order systems are really enjoyable and add a lot of strategic depth to the gameplay the music flip flops between being generic as ♥♥♥♥ and very mid to "WAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAOOOOOH" insane metal guitar and some of the coolest jrpg battle themes i have heard in a while. My favorite tracks are probably "proud grudge" and "beyond the journey(instrumental)" It's worth your time despite it's flaws and it's definitely worth playing if you are a fan of the cold steel games. I just hope the series continues on this upward trajectory so one day we will once again reach the super banger status of the Crossbell games. 8/10

分割商法是真出生啊，严重影响故事节奏，玩的时候有很多想吐槽的东西，但是在结局那声臭名昭著的“咚”以后那些都不重要了。黎恩真是最惨主角，足足压抑了整整三部，黑化后不给乱杀，反而被一台敌机普通状态下就给控制住了，那终章全程压抑的情绪怎么释放呢，编剧的做法是直接断章，已经不知道怎么评价了，只能说一句气笑了