is this game is like persona 5?

[MasterShawn04]

i heard its like persona games
i only want to know one thing about this that is there a slice of life gameplay too? like persona 5 where you hangout with and max out your other normal life stats like kindness, charm etc

[Hyuver]

There is social interaction and gameplay and you could spend some times with your classmate etc, but unlike in persona where you progress day by day, the game progress by month. 1 chapter usually happen within few days and then the next chapter take off months after that.

[MasterShawn04]

Originally posted by Hyuver:

There is social interaction and gameplay and you could spend some times with your classmate etc, but unlike in persona where you progress day by day, the game progress by month. 1 chapter usually happen within few days and then the next chapter take off months after that.

oh so can you tell if there a some good slice of life stuff in it?

[Shunsatsu]

The reason this game is compared to Persona games is due to the school setting and the bonding system. There is a special day each chapter called an off day, when there is no classes. You get to do some side quests and spending bonding points on bonding events where you get to hangout with certain classmates, which is kinda like the confidant system in P5.

However there isn't any "life stats" like kindness etc.

[MasterShawn04]

Originally posted by Shunsatsu:

The reason this game is compared to Persona games is due to the school setting and the bonding system. There is a special day each chapter called an off day, when there is no classes. You get to do some side quests and spending bonding points on bonding events where you get to hangout with certain classmates, which is kinda like the confidant system in P5.

However there isn't any "life stats" like kindness etc.

oh thanks btw there's demo for 3rd game so can you tell me how much game changes from 1 to 3 instalment of the game ?

[Stabbey]

Originally posted by MasterShawn04:

oh thanks btw there's demo for 3rd game so can you tell me how much game changes from 1 to 3 instalment of the game ?

The gameplay loop is probably very similar. However, this is a story-heavy series, and you'll probably get major spoilers for CS 1 and CS 2 if you play the demo for CS 3 without seeing the first two games.

[MasterShawn04]

Originally posted by Stabbey:

Originally posted by MasterShawn04:

oh thanks btw there's demo for 3rd game so can you tell me how much game changes from 1 to 3 instalment of the game ?

The gameplay loop is probably very similar. However, this is a story-heavy series, and you'll probably get major spoilers for CS 1 and CS 2 if you play the demo for CS 3 without seeing the first two games.

oh well thanks for the warning!

[Dragon]

Persona 5 has been heavily censored in order to appease SJWs. In contrast, this game is 100% uncensored. So no, they are not alike.

As for it being a "slice of life" game: yes, that is what all the Legend of Heroes games are. That's 90%+ of their content. It's their bread & butter and/or meat & potatoes.

Trails of Cold Steel 1 is not the first game in the series though, but rather the 5th.

The first game is this one, so if you want to play the games in order and not miss tons of things (including the beginning and/or middle of characters & plot lines that Cold Steel directly continues), then you have to start here:

https://store.steampowered.com/app/251150/The_Legend_of_Heroes_Trails_in_the_Sky/

Originally posted by Shunsatsu:

However there isn't any "life stats" like kindness etc.

I don't agree with that. Cold Steel games give you medals called things like "Medal of Kindness," "Medal of Valor," etc, which boost your stats it in good ways. But you only get them if you exhibit kindness. Plus, 100% of the sidequests involve doing kind things to help others, which need to be done in order to earn the stat-boosting medals which I've just described.

So yes, Cold Steel does have "kindness" stats for those reasons.

Originally posted by MasterShawn04:

oh thanks btw there's demo for 3rd game so can you tell me how much game changes from 1 to 3 instalment of the game ?

Cold Steel 3 is a culmination of all of the previous 7 games in the series: Trails in the Sky 1 - 3, plus Crossbell 1 - 2, plus Cold Steel 1 - 2.

Kind of like how Avengers: End Game is the culmination of all the previous Avengers and Guardian of the Galaxy movies.

Starting at Cold Steel 3 would be a very horrible idea and absolutely wreck your experience.

[Alamo Jack]

It's really nothing like persona.

You can bond with other characters on certain days to increase your link with them, but it's not like in persona where you have character traits and a confidant system to build up. The choices are pretty limited, and there's not really any meaningful risk/reward. You just bond with whatever character you like best. But for lack of game play mechanics, it makes up for in presentation IMO.

The combat is sorta similar though. They are both turn based. Persona uses pokemon and trails uses materia, and both are done pretty well.

Other than that they share a school setting, but that's about it. It's like comparing call of duty to battlefield. Both war games where you shoot stuff, but they play out quite a bit differently with one having certain nuances that the other does not and vice versa.

[[Z.E.] Gri-49]

Originally posted by Dragon:

Persona 5 has been heavily censored in order to appease SJWs. In contrast, this game is 100% uncensored. So no, they are not alike.

"heavily censored" means 2 joke cutscenes with minor NPC characters (it was "censored" because they were depicting stereotyped gay characters. Instead, they turned them into drag-queens (what's the bloody difference?) ). Not saying censorship is right, but "heavily censored" is a lie.

[Dragon]

Originally posted by Z.E. Gri-49:

"heavily censored" means 2 joke cutscenes with minor NPC characters (it was "censored" because they were depicting stereotyped gay characters. Instead, they turned them into drag-queens (what's the bloody difference?) ). Not saying censorship is right, but "heavily censored" is a lie.

Yup it sure was heavily censored indeed, and that's no lie.

And there was zero good reason for any of that to be censored at all.

Actually, Tom, formerly of XSEED, did a pretty good analysis of noting many things which they heavily censored by directly comparing the censored versions to the original (and much superior) uncensored versions. Shame he felt the need to attach a pro-SJW preamble before his analysis though. It would have been a lot better without that.

Too bad XSEED didn't publish Persona 5 in English whilst Tom was still working for them. I'm sure he wouldn't have butchered the game via censorship, like the publisher who actually published it did.

Originally posted by Alamo Jack:

there's not really any meaningful risk/reward.

Sure there is meaningful risk/reward. I.e:

a) you can only choose a limited number of people to bond with, which means you have to exclude some people in favor of others, and you have to miss out on seeing some content, in favor of other content that you want to see more.

b) the choices that you do and don't make in point a) determine who you are & are not allow to romance in the culminating romantic scene near the end of the game.

[[Z.E.] Gri-49]

Still don't agree with the fact that it's a complete butchered censorship (from my understanding, it's only 2 really minor scenes that were altered), but I am interested in that analysis you mention. You got the link?

[Stabbey]

Originally posted by Z.E. Gri-49:

Still don't agree with the fact that it's a complete butchered censorship (from my understanding, it's only 2 really minor scenes that were altered), but I am interested in that analysis you mention. You got the link?

Dragon considers "3 frames are missing from a scene of a character slapping another" to be "butchered". He's certainly... special.

[Viper]

Fact is there is absolutley zero content in the game that would require censoring. This game is very tame. I Would say Persona 5 as it stands is a lot more adult in its content . There is actually adult language in Persona 5.

[𝙹𝚎𝚜𝚝𝚎𝚛]

Originally posted by Dragon:

Yup it sure was heavily censored indeed, and that's no lie.

And there was zero good reason for any of that to be censored at all.

Actually, Tom, formerly of XSEED, did a pretty good analysis of noting many things which they heavily censored by directly comparing the censored versions to the original (and much superior) uncensored versions. Shame he felt the need to attach a pro-SJW preamble before his analysis though. It would have been a lot better without that.

Too bad XSEED didn't publish Persona 5 in English whilst Tom was still working for them. I'm sure he wouldn't have butchered the game via censorship, like the publisher who actually published it did.

Sounds to me like you're a masochist and you derive some pleasure of sorts by obsessively complaining.

[Kaldaien]

Originally posted by Dragon:

Too bad XSEED didn't publish Persona 5 in English whilst Tom was still working for them. I'm sure he wouldn't have butchered the game via censorship, like the publisher who actually published it did.

Why on Earth would XSEED have anything to do with Persona 5? ATLUS is owned by SEGA, they do not need a niche publisher.