If you haven't played the first Cold Steel yet you should probably stop reading this review and go do that now.
All Trails games are amazing and Cold Steel II is no different. The gameplay was improved with some fun new battle mechanics, the story was an emotional juggernaut and witnessing the culmination of all the world building the first game set up was just so incredibly beautiful. Plus there were plenty of great twists to keep me interested in what will come among the future installments as well.
Spending over 140 hours between the first 2 Cold Steel games over the course of 2 weeks in May of 2020 are still some of my fondest memories from that year and really got me so attached to the entire cast of characters, maybe because I played both games directly back to back I felt an even stronger connection to it, but seeing this chapter come to a close in the story was just so emotional for me. Before that I hadn't really cried at a game in awhile...Cold Steel II made that happen on 3 separate occasions.
And on that note, much like the first game I really can't recommend this one enough as well. Together the two form an absolutely incredible story arc rife with exciting twists and turns at every new event and a cast of truly unforgettable characters.
All Trails games are amazing and Cold Steel II is no different. The gameplay was improved with some fun new battle mechanics, the story was an emotional juggernaut and witnessing the culmination of all the world building the first game set up was just so incredibly beautiful. Plus there were plenty of great twists to keep me interested in what will come among the future installments as well.
Spending over 140 hours between the first 2 Cold Steel games over the course of 2 weeks in May of 2020 are still some of my fondest memories from that year and really got me so attached to the entire cast of characters, maybe because I played both games directly back to back I felt an even stronger connection to it, but seeing this chapter come to a close in the story was just so emotional for me. Before that I hadn't really cried at a game in awhile...Cold Steel II made that happen on 3 separate occasions.
And on that note, much like the first game I really can't recommend this one enough as well. Together the two form an absolutely incredible story arc rife with exciting twists and turns at every new event and a cast of truly unforgettable characters.