The Legend of Heroes: Trails Into Reverie Review - The Series' Crown Jewel?
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- Опубліковано 7 лют 2025
- Trails Into Reverie is the newest Trails game in the West, and in my opinion might just be the best the series has offered thus far. With 3 routes continuing the amazing story from 3 unique perspectives, the True Reverie Corridor, and more, today I'll discuss why I absolutely love the game, and why it is a must play for any fans of the Trails series.
Special thanks to NIS America for their continued work on the series, and for giving me a press copy and allowing me to play and review the game early.
Read Three and Nine on the official Trails Into Reverie website: thelegendofher...
Trust me its important ^^ Also Rixia the goat
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Not looking forward to juggling Quartz between this massive cast of characters
You don’t have to
Oh my god, I swear probably a quarter of my playtime is that. So much going back and forth between the orbment shop and the trade shop to figure out what I needed to upgrade into certain rare quartz too
The struggle is real
I just use auto equip to save time
@@HeavenlyM I actually enjoy th at kinda thing provided I get to keep the fruits of my labour. It really bummed me in CS3 where you do that for the dark dragon dungeon, and then you never get another dungeon like that again. blahh.
I do like the fact that everyone is here and you can put in your own little teams. Want Rean, Lloyd and Estelle in the Protagonist Team? You can! Wanna bring the St Astria girls (and Juna) together? You can! How about a Team Liberl reunion? Sure! Maybe you want a gathering of ex-Ouroborous? You got it! Or why not just go all out and bring Vita, Victor, Arios and McBurn? Alexa, play Unfathomed Force... But not for me!
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Hopefully
TRAILS INTO PEAKERIE!!!
FACTS
I did Yakuza whole franchise first year of the covid (i had to retype that i initially said depression lmfao which was also true) and trails the year after it; and these two have become among my favorite franchises easily hitting top 5, if not, top 3.
Getting 2 Yakuza games and a new trails game in one year, this is probably the best I'm eating in any year of gaming in my life; only thing that could top this is a Xenogears remake
YO that's crazy! Exact same thing happened to me lol, marathoned Yakuza and then Cold Steel during early Covid. That's crazy lol
come back, daddy 😢
I’m so excited for this game. This has been my most hyped game since it’s announcement with zero/ ao
Same! You’re in for a treat. I caught up with the series over a year and a half ago, so to finally be playing Trails again almost had me crying with joy lol
Nayuta that was announced the same day too: "I am a joke to you"? XD
More Lloyd and more Crosbell = works for me :)
Only ended up here because I randomly found your Persona 5 waifu. I’ve already played Reverie, but damn, what a fantastic review! Was really happy with this game, felt like the most ambitious one since Cold Steel 2 with the airship.
its weird how some of us back in the psp days tried to tell everyone screw the reviews and lack of love GET THIS GAME. its a hidden gem - GET IT!
now the serie has, what, 12 games and the 13 is in development and youtubers talk about it.which baffles me because some of the big "rpg fans" never mentioned it or never pushed the serie.
The game was released in 2020, but because Falcom doesn't give a shit about western fans it took 3 years for localization. Enough time for NISA to introduce game breaking bugs, wrong descriptions and Link Attacks are not working. This is a slap in the face of all western Trails fans...
Goodbye Estelle, goodbye Lloyd, goodbye Rean. See you all in trails of the end
Currently playing through Azure for the first time. On what I assume is the final chapter. Seems like it will be a long one given what I know of what happens from playing the Cold Steel games.
Hopefully I will be able to get through it in a week >.
This game is great with great characters also I like wearing fancy flashy jackets like Lloyd Bannings in the games.
omg omg listen guys its a new video from the persona guy that made one trails iceberg video with the dp of the debaucherous prince!
what you think of daybreak 1?
Can you tell me what games to plan in what order playing on ps5
I don't think the Crossbell games are on PS5, but they're on the Switch. Anyways, the order goes:
Trails to Zero
Trails from Azure
Cold Steel 1
Cold Steel 2
Cold Steel 3
Cold Steel 4
Trails to Reverie
Man, can we get some more Kevin pls!
All I know is that I'm not watching a 100+ hour review.
So it's like how Mary Skelter Finale handled routes. I think I might like this Trails one more than CS3, 4, Zero and Azure.
Okay so I have only played trails in the sky 1, 2, and am half way through 3. Can someone please tell me where to go next? Which arch? A list of best order would be so much appreciated!
Zero to Azure to CS1-4 to Reverie
@@HeavenlyM Thanks!!!
Great review~...do you get bonuses for having cleared saved files from the previous Trails games?
You do but the items are kind of useless even the ACCESSORIES you get that will be quickly replace but the time you can even access the TRC's first floor.
As in the enemies from chapter 1 onwards cause loads of Status ailments and NONE of the accessories you get via save transfer will null ANY of them making them kind of worthless.
Yes, the PS5 version actually gives you all of the “do you own Zero/Azure/etc” ones regardless of if you own the games or not.
And yeah as the other guy said most of them are pretty alright, useful early on but not long term. Though some of them I think for having max AP in CS4 give CP every turn and were actually pretty good for a long time
Even that's useless even on VERY easy mode even the NORMAL craft moves cost MORE then the CP regen ones give out and at FIRST ONLY Rean's Default master quartz has the KILL enemies for restoring CP effect.
The Emblem Master quartz for HP EP CP regen may restore barely 2% every second but out of the FIRST Gacha based TRC party members having Angelica join FIRST just to GIVE it to Rean is still WORTH it.
Heavenly M where are you P3R is here
great video! keep it up :)
Thank you! :)
I wonder what he thinks about daybreak
I saw the thumbnail and thought for a moment that the review was 100 hours long lol
I mean… that could be arranged 😉 jk
Thanks for the heads up about the curse stuff. That plot point annoyed me to no end so its good knowing beforehand that its still here and i can adjust my expectations. I'm still excited to see the end of an era.
what about Kuro no Kiseki which isn't localize (still can play it on steam though only in Japanese subtitles and languae)
2:52 Falcolm: who💀
why did kuro remove the change enemy level feature :'( ng+ is super easy there or is there something that automatically scales the levels?
kuro doesn't really have a post-game like reverie does, admittedly kuro 2 doesn't have that excuse (even giving you two playable characters for it) but neither game has a post-game as expansive as reverie's
My only complaint with the story of the entire trails series, its not dark enough there isnt enough consequences for any actions of any characters usually, even rufus had his redemption and back. Yes he lost his name, his house and everything but i dont think they did matter to him anyway so i dont think it was enough for him, even duvalie becomes sympathetic towards him. I would preferred rufus sacrificing himself, in order to get rid of the tower of whatever its name ending, but i knew it they were gonna pull it off just like they did in CS4,.
So yeah, i hope in future they have balls to do some dark stuff. Otherwise story wont be impactful as it could be FOR ME at least, of course some people are happy with whats going on which is fine everybody has their own preferences.
And boy im glad finally erebonia and crossbell arc is over, they sure took their sweet time to end it. Not that im complaining but of course its with flaws especially the story presentation of cold steel 3-4 is pretty identical to 1-2.
Dont get me wrong i love the series and i just want it to get better instead of being your typical JRPG.
I just don't see duvalie being sympathetic towards rufus at all, yes she worked with him but it's because her pride after losing the duel. And i kind of agree that after azure trails barely had any character dies. The direst consequences so far is victor(hands, even tho he didn't lose anything in that airplane crash), and rean(alt timeline)
i’ve been trying to get into the series again but fc is ruining my love
please come back and save me
Oh, the English version is out now? Nice!
7th July
Ugh I still gotta finish ffxvi and zelda 😢. Too many good games this year
Ayo Heavenlym aka my dad uploaded? Lets gooooooooooooo
Wait, there were people who liked the curse in CS4?? Cant wait to jump in Reverie!
this is the game im waiting for ...not ff16
I was waiting fot both, FFXVI has already delivered a masterpiece of a game.
Same. FF16 wasn't gonna be as good as Stranger of Paradise so I'm not in a rush to play it
I'm wondering how the switch performance will be. I remember almost shaking my switch a few times due to the long load times for Cold Steel 3 and 4.
From what I’ve heard, not great
I only get games on switch that are switch exclusive
I cant wait man!!!!!!
Lloyd best Trails protagonist and Crossbell best arc so 10/10 for me.
If Kevin Graham is in the game ez 11/10.
Oh yeah he’s definitely in the game… for 3 seconds in that same wedding art we saw at the end of CS4
are you still doing the iceberg?
Yes!
I hope English dub it's now available
is Estelle Bright playable a well
Of course, still kinda weak though like in CS4, which is a huge shame. Wish she had some much better crafts
Yes her and Joshua both are but they BOTH suck and the 2 normal crafts + 1 s craft they have are the ONLY ones they get even at lv 250 they don't learn ANYTHING ELSE.
I dont hate Kea or renne new VA but i definitly like the old one better especially in Kea as for C route im so far not a fan swin and nadia
Too lazy to play old games first, everyone seems to say don’t start with this as the 1st game, but am I the only one jumping into this as 1st game? So far main annoyance is that you pretty much start with characters at level 99/100 which seems like an unnecessary stat inflation issue.
I mean you can, but Trails really isn’t renowned for its gameplay. The staying power of the series is in the interconnected story. It’s like starting Game of Thrones at the last season. You’d be missing the entire point of it
If you don't play the other games, at least watch playthroughs or detailed summaries. That way, you can enjoy characters and their arcs.
Simple question: is Trails Into Reverie at least 5x better than TOCS4 or 2x better than Kuro? otherwise, The Legend of Heroes is already dead to me
I really, REALLY don't want to spoil the moment here, but for me it was a huge disappointment of a game :(
You say that it is a love letter, but for me it is more kinda crisis of ideas. This game is literally just a bunch of pieces from previous nine games. Yeah, it still generates a lot of kiseki series-exclusive moments, but I just can't ignore that characters are facing the same problems and dilemmas that they were already dealt with in previous games and that kinda... not good at all. And the icing on a cake reserved for moments like... (very minor spoilers warning)
..like when you encounter a buch of people with freackin' gospel!!! Yeah, like in the Sky 2nd, though after completing Sky 2nd you should know that there are no way that thing gonna work. And okay, that could be Chekhov's gun and I would have no problem with it, bit it isn't. It's just you encounter a bunch of people, game says like "AHA, do you remember Sky2nd? Yeah, baby, enjoy yourself" and after that fight there are no development for this.
And yeah, I personally don't like the ending of the game. No spoilers, but for me it is one of the worst in all kiseki. Too childish, naive and so on.
So yeah... After playing 10 games totally i think this is the first that i actually don't like. I touched kuro a bit and oh, for god's sake, it's beautiful, i really want to complete it asap, but reverie.... sorry, but no.
"Just making sure I don't fit in..."
I think once the game is out, more divisive voices will come out as well. Reverie has a really non sensical deus ex machina plot. They repeat so much nonsense like people controlled by masks, the curse, fake death scenes, flanderization of characters because the cast is too big, etc. And I say this as someone who adores CS4 to bits.
However, I think the gameplay is the best in the series and really fun. The episodes are pretty good overall and is what saves the writing, since they have a smaller cast than the main game.
After Reverie though, I really question if I will continue with the series as someone who was there from Sky (started 6 years ago). I’m not convinced Falcom knows how to make a compelling world or plot anymore, the world building implications from Reverie has really ruined Zemuria for me. I just don’t like the direction the world building as gone.
@@TSignature Good riddance, I say.
@@TSignature Yeah, just words outta my mouth)
Though as i said, the next game, Kuro no kiseki, is better, at least so far. There are still some thongs that seems to be repetative but overall this is much more what i love about kiseki. For now i would place kuro just under my favourite, Crossbell arc.
So yeah, as a man who likes Sky, loves Crossbell and pretty much enjoyed Steel, only to get a knife in a back by reverie, i would say: give Kuro a chance, really. There are a huge probability you will adore it
@TSignature "as someone who has been here since sky"
"Started 6 years ago"
Soooo basically you've been with it since after CS2 released, certainly not from sky 😂
Millium is back? Ugh... going to give this a pass.
Damn lol that's harsh for one character?
Millium hatred? Despicable, absolutely despicable.
can't wait to pirate it same with kuro in 10 years
in 10 years? lol are you new to the pirate game pokemon's pirated version came out before the official release date
@@LilT2o00 they mean kuro will come out in 10 years
Must suck to be poor
@@regulator18E hey now don't lump me in with him i am actually poor and i saved money to buy trails games specifically and yakuza (i pirate other shit tho)
@@LilT2o00Trails games having regional pricing is so good. Square should learn from Falcom. Hell, Square makes them pricier here than in 1st world countries lmao