5 Reasons You Should Play the Trails Series

I’m honestly so happy I decided to pick up and play this series back in 2023. The storytelling in this series is nothing I’ve ever experienced before and everyone who is a jrpg fan should experience!

Another point I’d like to add is the level of detail in even the NPCs. They by and large have names and distinct ongoing plot lines as each game progresses. They feel like real people living in the world, occasionally intersecting with the main characters via a quest, or just having a life completely separate from the main plot. Not only does this help point 5 in making the world feel richer and more interconnected, especially as some NPCs do appear in multiple arcs, but also adds to point 2 with even more super small scale bits of story or worldbuilding. Not to mention all the other tidbits of information hidden throughout the games in books or news articles etc.

Im at the finale of trails to azure and im so glad i started playing this game series last year

1. Tita 2. Story 3. World building 4. Music 5. Fishing

I found this series during the pandemic lock-downs in 2020. Honestly, Trails was one of the big winners of the pandemic: suddenly a lot of JRPG fans had some money and a lot of times on our hands. The time commitment to playing Trails was suddenly no longer an issue, we had nothing better to do. By the way, I will be at anime expo in LA and I will attend your panel on Saturday. Looking forward to it!

I just started playing the series and I'm sold. Can't wait to go back and play from the beginning.

Planning to get trails in the sky in a couple days, can’t wait to get absorbed into the series!

i just finished up Trails in the sky FC and jumping into SC with full speed. Put 70ish hours eating every morsel of the game

It's taken me a very long time, but I'm currently at Trails of Cold Steel II. I hope you're video persuades others to take the plunge!

Great video! I am planning to go through ALL the Trails games this year. I devoured Sky FC/SC and am half way through the 3rd. I am having major surgery in September, and so I specifically picked few games to sink my teeth into, and I'm hoping by then I'll be working on the TOCS series as I'm planning on doing Zero/Azure over the summer.

Played all games until Trails into Reverie, which I'm finishing right now. Can't wait to start Trails through Daybreak

Nailed it!

"I hope you dont mind not having a BUTT, because they will rock it off!" This is why I watch this channel lol. And for the good jrpg videos of course! I do like melodic music over cinematic music!

Don’t know why I’ve been avoiding this series for so long as a JRPG fan and collector. Picked up a Steam Deck just to finish the Sky trilogy. Currently playing the 3rd.

Instant subscribe. Major Trails fan here. It's easily my favourite RPG series of all time. I've been playing through the series over the past few years. I'm on Trails of Cold Steel 1 now. I cannot wait to get to Daybreak. Also: Estelle is Bestelle.

Picked up FC off the back of a recommendation. Finished it. Loved it. And then went on holiday for 2 weeks. I legitimately couldn't stop thinking about Trails in the sky. Picked up SC today. I'm so excited to continue the story

I LOVE the Trails series and started it in 2017 with Cold Steel 1 and 2 and then went back to the Sky trilogy, Crossbell, and then wait for Cold Steel 3. I’ve played them all and can’t wait for July 5th to play Daybreak. Despite all that I watched the whole video as if I didn’t know anything because I NEED TRAILS anywhere I can get it until July 5th. As always love your video, brother, and I agree with everything you said.

This video was amazing, totally captured my feelings. I've played all but the Sky series (hope they get NA'd soon) and keep checking on the PS store for pre ordering the Daybreak game. I LOVE everything about this incredible series.

I am wanting to give another arc a try! Sky seems to be the one that looks most appealing to me.

I started with the Crossbell duology when it was ported to Switch. I'm now playing Cold Steel 1 and still enjoying every minute. This series is just excellent for anyone interested in games with strong lore, narrative and characters.