Trails of Cold Steel:NW

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Trails of Cold Steel:NW is a single player role playing game. It received neutral reviews from players.

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51%Audience ScoreBased on 700 reviews

story15 positive mentions

gameplay20 negative mentions

Faithful character designs with appealing visuals and music that retain the Trails series charm
Enjoyable and accessible gameplay for casual and longtime fans despite being an auto battler
Frequent events and regular addition of characters provide ongoing content variety

Extremely poor English translation and localization with many errors, mistranslations, and missing subtitles in cutscenes
Heavy monetization with expensive microtransactions, paywalls, and VIP systems that hinder free-to-play progression
Buggy and unstable experience including frequent crashes, connection issues, and progression-blocking bugs

gameplay
71 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
21% positive mentions, 51% neutral mentions, 28% negative mentions
The gameplay is widely criticized for being a generic, auto-battler gacha experience with minimal interactivity, repetitive mechanics, and outdated design. While some players find it decent or mildly enjoyable, many highlight predatory monetization, poor translation, and a lack of strategic depth that fail to capture the essence of the original series. Overall, the gameplay feels uninspired, copy-pasted, and primarily a cash grab, detracting significantly from the game's appeal.
- “The gameplay is fun and the cast of characters is pretty wide and I imagine that will only grow in time.”
- “The gameplay itself is pleasant enough.”
- “Great gameplay, odd writing for 'awakening' in town but otherwise great.”
- “Not only is it just a standard copy/pasted whalable gacha game (I thought it'd be better), the translation feels like it was done by an AI most of the time, gameplay is boring, and everything's expensive.”
- “Unironically one of the worst gachas, even being a massive fan of the series I couldn't stomach it, the translation is terrible, names are wrong, the gameplay is so uninteractive it's funny, the prices are high to the point I'd just recommend buying the games and/or buying them to a friend instead, don't play this, check out the actual games by Falcom tho start from Sky :3.”
- “The gameplay itself is pretty boring.”
story
68 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
22% positive mentions, 72% neutral mentions, 6% negative mentions
The story is largely a direct adaptation of the anime, with many users recommending watching the anime instead due to poor translation, lack of subtitles, and frequent bugs that hinder progression. While some find the storyline interesting and consistent with the source material, many criticize the lifeless presentation, paywalls, and a lack of meaningful gameplay integration, resulting in a generally underwhelming narrative experience.
- “So far, the story has been interesting and is incorporated into the main plot well.”
- “Story is great so far, just wish the cutscenes had English subtitles.”
- “Interesting story, super graphics and crazy gameplay.”
- “The tutorial for this game feels overexplained, and I am extremely upset at the massive amount of grammar and translation issues that make the game feel cheap and difficult to understand.”
- “Translation is awful, not a great look for a series known mainly for its storytelling. Some of the character names are straight up wrong.”
- “Today I came across a bug that locked me out of the main story after beating chapter 27-8. The rest are not showing, so sadly I can't go any further in the story.”
monetization
55 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
5% positive mentions, 24% neutral mentions, 71% negative mentions
The monetization in this game is widely criticized as extremely predatory and aggressively cash grab-oriented, featuring overpriced bundles, gacha mechanics, multiple premium currencies, and confusing or unfair offers. Many players feel it exploits fans of the series, with poor translation and low effort content compounding the negative experience. Overall, the game's heavy monetization undermines enjoyment and leaves a strong impression of greed rather than value.
- “The game advertises 100 free rolls despite having very heavy monetization.”
- “Extremely greedy monetization with multiple premium currencies, bundles, phantom discounts, gachas, and skins.”
- “The monetization is extremely predatory, including numerous microtransactions and pay-to-win elements.”
- “So many little things show how little care was put into this game, and all this for a ridiculously, disgustingly greedy pricing model ($75 USD is an 84% off deal, what a steal!) This might be the most offensively cash grab tie-in gacha I've seen, and it's an embarrassment that this is tied to the Trails series.”
- “This is a shameless and spineless cash grab designed to prey on gambling addiction.”
- “Predatory monetization between bundles, phantom discounts, gachas, multiple premium currencies, skins, and more.”
graphics
32 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
50% positive mentions, 34% neutral mentions, 16% negative mentions
The graphics receive mixed feedback, with many praising the art style, animations, and overall visuals as good or even great. However, several users note outdated, choppy performance and lack of optimization that detracts from the experience, alongside criticism of reused or inconsistent artwork. Overall, while the visuals are a highlight for some, technical issues and dated graphics prevent it from fully impressing.
- “The graphics and animations during battle are fantastic.”
- “I like it so far, the graphics are great and the artwork too.”
- “System is smooth, graphics are nice, classic Trails of Cold Steel feel.”
- “The graphic is very outdated.”
- “Even on the lowest graphic setting, the game is very slow and choppy.”
- “Graphics is sooo dated.... disappointed”
music
13 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
54% positive mentions, 23% neutral mentions, 23% negative mentions
The music is consistently praised, often described as a standout feature with many noting it is carried over from the original games and considered top-notch or iconic. However, some reviewers feel it is re-used rather than fresh and occasionally mismatched with the rest of the game’s presentation. Overall, the soundtrack is viewed as a major positive amidst criticisms of other game aspects.
- “The presentation is great (story, VA, music), but only a moment after the tutorial I'm shown paywalls that exist later in the game.”
- “Voices are not in English, forced to read lots of dialog, rich in content. Some of the game's mechanics feel dated or reminiscent of games in this genre, characters have nice animations, the music is top notch.”
- “Other than that, it's a gacha. Falcom has a goated OST, in my opinion, and for a mobile game, looks better than original CS1 and 2 from 2012.”
- “Only real plus is the series' music and costume art, despite abhorrent translation with misspellings, wrong names, wrong titles, and inconsistent terminology.”
- “Music is decent, that is all.”
- “Re-used artwork, poorly re-used music that doesn't fit, bad monetization, and an awful translation to boot.”
optimization
7 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
43% positive mentions, 14% neutral mentions, 43% negative mentions
The game suffers from poor optimization, with frequent bugs and performance issues even on high-end devices, and struggles noticeably on low-end and folding phones. While the graphics are outdated but generally run smoothly, connectivity problems and crashes detract from the experience. Overall, optimization shortcomings significantly impact gameplay enjoyment.
- “The game is good, especially for fans of The Legend of Heroes, but I hope the developer improves performance optimization for low-end devices.”
- “Seems like old graphics but runs smoothly.”
- “Would rate higher, but despite my phone having excellent performance, it sometimes shows 'could not connect' errors during story mode before crashing.”
- “Tons of bugs - the game wasn't optimized at all.”
- “Because I got really bad performance when playing this game, even when I lower the graphics it still doesn't run well.”
- “Not optimized well for folding phones (graphical issues).”
character development
6 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
50% positive mentions, 0% neutral mentions, 50% negative mentions
Character development is supported by interesting and well-designed characters, with full voice acting enhancing early cutscenes. However, some players find the designs rely on generic, overly sexualized female characters common in gacha games. Overall, the visual novel elements and character skills add a solid foundation for narrative growth.
- “Character designs seem interesting, with full voices in cutscenes at least early on.”
- “If you're familiar with the Trails/Kiseki series, you might expect a slow burn or lots of dialog that establishes a foundation upon which narrative and character development is built.”
- “Character designs are great with the visual novel part of the game being pretty okay!”
- “If you're familiar with the Trails/Kiseki series, you might expect a slow burn, or lots of dialog, or something that establishes a foundation upon which narrative and character development is built.”
- “Character designs feature plenty of unrealistically endowed women.”
- “So tired of generic large breasted gacha game female character designs.”
stability
6 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
0% positive mentions, 0% neutral mentions, 100% negative mentions
The game suffers from frequent bugs and stability issues, including freezing, crashing when changing profile settings, and frequent disconnections. These problems hinder the overall experience despite the enjoyable story and gameplay.
- “I am having a problem though, when I click on my picture on the upper left-hand side to change my name and picture, it freezes and closes out.”
- “Sometimes the game freezes a bit and lags, so if you please fix it if you can, but overall it is great.”
- “Game is so buggy with frequent lost connections every time after the login screen.”
humor
3 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
100% positive mentions, 0% neutral mentions, 0% negative mentions
Users find the humor in the game familiar but uninspired, with some noting it feels repetitive and unengaging. The tone occasionally shifts to sarcastic or critical, especially highlighting issues like poor translation and overpriced content. Overall, the humor does not significantly enhance the experience and may come across as forced or frustrating.
grinding
3 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
0% positive mentions, 0% neutral mentions, 100% negative mentions
The game’s grinding aspect is criticized for being repetitive and tedious, requiring extensive time to progress, which detracts from enjoyment and makes it feel like a monotonous chore.
- “Just hope that the game won't be one where you'll have to suffer weeks upon weeks of grinding to progress a little while paying lets you fly through the game.”
- “Very boring, same as all the other stage grinding, a repeater :(”
- “Snooze fest... with grinding tendencies”
emotional
1 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
100% positive mentions, 0% neutral mentions, 0% negative mentions
The emotional experience is hindered by a repetitive and uninspiring structure, with the game relying heavily on dated visual novel-style cutscenes and simplistic battles, limiting player engagement and emotional connection.

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2h Median play time

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