i especially hate how the newspaper be like " ahh awesome, prince cedric with the main campus just blow up the society archaism factory in north ambria, oh and branch campus helped with lamare too" like wtf we go up against the lance maiden
@@deanalief3655 A part of me hopes that the Main Campus and the whole lot of Class 1 get slapped with extremely harsh repercussions...(they sorta kinda deserve it), while the branch campus gets even more respect from all the other nations.. I hope Crow replaces Randy in the Branch campus tho, since he's supposed to rejoin the SSS now)
@@deanalief3655 sucking up to the little bitch of a crown Prince, basic as that... All of his boss fights in CS4 were laughable..(his lackeys, bar Shirley were just pfft..)
You can see the symbolism in this scene. Valimar lost his wings to become a true ogre just like how Rean went from a shining hero in everyones eyes to a demon filled with pain and rage that damned the world
@@fierytigergaming8112 Still don't get why Crow of all people stop him, he want to kill Osborne too When Osborne said "Fool, this won't help Millium rest in peace" i swear i wanted to learn Japanese just to play CS4 and kill that son of a b****, he's the last person who have the right to speak about her, it's as if Cedric said: "hey Olivert wouldn't want that" after he agreed to kill him, yeah those two are the two higher on my death note ^^
@@guifire9747 probably because Crow didn't want Rean to lose himself fully, because despite losing control - there was still a part of Rean free, hence the conflicted feelings. Some may say that at that time, his ogre form was more of a trance - since he loses this sense of conflict in Trails IV (This would also give meaning to the battle theme "Doomsday Trance")
It truly shows the brutality and cruelty of this game. 90% of the people working with Osborne truly had no idea what they were getting themselves into. It was much too late for them at that point tho, regrets or not.
@@robertjohnson5521 Yeah I find the dub cast across the board of all three games were very well done. A little off topic I was also surprised to learn Chiplock also voiced Subaru in RE:Zero (dub)
Sean chiplock is an excellent voice actor he shoud do more of these he was perfect as subaru natsuki as it made you feel like you could relate to him in some way
To someone who is gonna play this game : "DON'T TOUCH THE FINAL CHAPTER" For adios, just finish chapter 4 and enjoy the festival. Don't touch the final chapter until CSIV release. If you play the final chapter just a little, you will wanna play it until the end of the game.It's the source of all suffering you gonna take at endgame.
Man.. You right.. Finished it last night... Should have stop it when Rean invited to ballroom party, and pretend that CS III was end at that point.. Now it's a total pain for me, especially when resisting to see some unintended random thumbnails of IV (JP) lets play on youtube.. .... And this lockdown situation btw .. Arggh Rean..
Hahaha, while I agree to an extent that the "need" to play the next game is massive, I'm glad I still did it. Soon enough, the next game will be out and all the suffering will be worth it. It truly is an incredible series.
About 90% of them didn’t know. And they end up regretting everything after that. This shows the cruelty and brutality of CS3. Its a truly heartbreaking ending.
This is possibly the most vicious cliffhanger in the history of JRPGs... holy shit, not even Lord Gaben would have approved that. Everything goes to shit, you fail your main quest so hard you do not pass go, major characters die, the MC gets literally lifted by their neck BOOM roll credits...
When I was playing through the last chapter I didn't know how serious stuff was getting until I saw lechter get worried like that dude never gets worried
it proved that despite him constantly brushing Millium off and refusing her friendly advances Jusis did truly care about her i think he saw her as an annoying little sister that he still loved
After getting to know Ragnard and Zeit in the rest of the series, seeing Rean violently hack and slash at a holy beast really felt like a punch to the gut, even more than any of the supposed deaths in the game.
Well, thanks to Argres, Rean was feeling the effects of the Great Twilight (The Aggression), so for this to mix with the Ogre power he had pretty much turned Rean into a mindless demon *The extra power was far beyond that of his Ogre power, hence why I call it that*
@@dogenasus1717 And then Argres, the true form of the Nameless One saved them AGAIN, by giving Rean the "Earthen Prison" to contain the piece of Ishmelga which would corrupt Valimar in the normal ending, thus expelling him and making it possible to attempt to banish him for good
I'm guessing most people here already saw the ending when the game hit Japan. I was expecting more outrage. People were FREAKING OUT when the ending was initially found out.
Hopefully we get an announcement for a western release after cs3 comes out for the switch, but knowing falcom and their localisation it probably won't be out until mid to late 2021
This is how you make a story. All the hints were there, and even if, like Osborne tells Rean at Valfame Palace, you managed to figure out a good deal of what was going on and what could happen; the knowledge does not make the impact less heart-rending. You have literaly reached the Bottom of the Abyss at this point... written painfully clear 'In Ink, BLACK AS DESPAIR'... What an ending! Both for the game, and for people like our Wandering Seeker of Love, our Noble Radiant Blademaster, our Famous Bracer... and our Shining White Rabbit. If the Ori Duology has wrenched my heart with its tragic sadness, the Trails Series has smashed it time and time again. But just the same, it has put it back together, with its beautiful tale, full of life. Long Live The Zemurian Saga! Long Live The Legend of Heroes!
Hmm, I will not get too upset. Five characters died, but we did not see four of them actually dead and one turned into a sword, so who knows? And dead characters just keep coming back in this story in any case. On the other hand I look forward to Duvalie switching sides so she can finally be more than a mid boss.
I highly doubt those three died in that explosion. As for millium...I have a feeling she'll just turn back from the sword or shes just really dead. Angies most likely alive too. Have not played the 4th game yet, just speculation based on past trails games lol, they like to show you something thats not what it really is, be very mysterious and then bam!! Hit you with some crazy plot twist for maximum hype lol. Trails tends to be quite lighthearted with stuff like these in the end and keep most if not all alive. If those deaths were really true, then those were pretty lame deaths...
Even if Ollie and his crew made it out alive, the fact that the people see a symbol of hope crumble before their eyes would be enough to cause major panic. Even add fuel to the fires of conflict... which is what Osborne wants. Low blow, indeed.
@@mystery8820 Osborne practically wrote the book on low blows, the ways in which he does his stuff. Reincarnation at the end of CS2, Rufus as his protege, Snagging North Ambria, Crossbell in quick succession, Grabbing Ouroboros, of all people by the balls by stealing the Phantasmal Plan, and some of the reveals in CS4 (which I won't speak of , since spoilers). Big OOFs for weeks..
And to make matters worse, he did what the masterminds of the Hamel incident did: attack his own people as an excuse to start a war. And the people blame Calvard, even though it’s not their fault. He’s really exposing the curse that plagued the Empire for ages to the surface.
This ending had me, someone who is absurdly over analytical and easily distracted (ADHD), glued to the end of their seat in utter silence. Absolutely fantastic, I honestly wish I could play this blind again.
Rean is like the Tommy Oliver in this game. Because he was first a student there and now he pursue to be an instructor there. Tommy on the other hand was a ranger and now pass the torch to his students, even though he becomes black ranger in Dino thunder
@@chrisweech5857 that's how it was for me too. He surprised me; as did the guy that looked down and started pointing but I thought it was because of the Pleroma Grass that bloomed afterward
vDorgengoa lol exactly!! Idk why but that ending kind of made me mad even though I know there is a fourth game, I really wanted some closure on some more things after following the series so long but hopefully we get 4 sooner rather than later
@@chrisweech5857 I can't wait for CS4!! In the meantime I think I'll catch up on the Sky games and then platinum CS1 CS2 and CS3. I'm missing exactly one trophy from 1 and 2.
If this were in line with Rean’s instability he would have actually just made a straight dash for the chancellor and alberich and ended them. I don’t think anything but plot gave the other knights the time to stop him from almost turning that place into a burial ground for everyone.
Just finished the game 24 hrs ago. I still feel empty. No game has made me feel very empty. Then I started CS4 just now with the prologue. And when Juna, Altina, and Kurt called Rean from his room, just made me cry a lot.
As much as I hate how this ended in a cliffhanger(just like the first game), I will say that the gathering of the Divine Knights is still pretty epic!!!
if you think about it, EVERYTHING about Trails of Cold Steel III mirrors that of the first game - likely to lead up to the excitement of Trails of Cold Steel II/IV (Both games ended with a person going rogue and joining the enemy - only difference, it wasn't Rean who joined Osborne - it was his ogre form)
Hell that was intense. I knew the ending already, read it all up and watched parts of it in Japanese which doesn't help if you don't understand a single word. The localization seemed to give very clear hints towards Sen 4 tho, like even if I didn't know, I would know from the scenes who the 7th Awakener is, I would know whether Schera ends up returning or not... I wonder if they cleared it up more or not. Though definitely, this was super tense and super good. Damn thanks NISA for the localization.
SPOILERS FOR CSIV IN THIS THREAD . . . . . . I've felt the deepest pit in my stomach in three parts of my life: 1 - When I was a kid at my grandpa's funeral. I truly loved him and made me witness first-hand the effects of long-term cancer. 2 - Cedric giving the order to blow up the Corageous. They didn't die a heroic death, it was a tragic one. Olivier, Toval and Victor Arseid were true heroes in every sense of the word. May they rest in peace. 3 - Millium's sacrifice, and Jusis's heart-wrenching scream. May she find herself cradled in Aidios's heavenly arms and rest peacefully forevermore. Just goes to show the brilliance of Falcom's in creating characters that make me care as much as real human beings close to me. This truly was the most perfect and tragic ending in the series, everything our heroes have been fighting for was in vain, their worst fears have been realized. Now, the wait begins to the epic conclusion of this magnificent saga!
spoilers knowing fully well Falcom doesnt have the balls to actually kill Olivier, Toval, or Victor its not really tragic you'll see just like everyone else
@@Panchito2696 i havent played cs4 but it's pretty obvious after playing three installments no one is gonna die. Youve fought against badasses and superhumans countless times and yet no one gets even a scratch. Or if they do, they get revived.
@@mackeyboy5442 That should've been evident from Crow still being alive, despite appearing to be murdered by the Vermillion Apocalypse in Cold Steel II
@@fierytigergaming8112 yep. when he came back, i lost interest in the game. i just willed myself to finish it bc i spent a lot of money on it (regrettably)
Clever how they structured the final battle into 3 sections: Class VII vs Nameless One Panzer Soldats vs Nameless One Corrupted Valimar vs Nameless One
My friend just heard me suffering through all these events, since he beat the game before me, he wanted to hear my reactions to all these events and oh yeah I was losing my breath
@@Zydlik7 I dont think it will take 6 months since maybe next year we will get the crossbell arc and the year after that we will get 4. I think at least
Don’t do that. Just be patient. I regret playing the Japanese versions, because it kind of killed those crazy moments once I got to them in the English version.
Damn that ending! I like it! I love how they execute that cliffhanger! Trails series never fail to amaze me! The only thing i hate is i have to wait for months for CS4
People assuming that Osbourne is evil need to take another look This series is full of misunderstood villains, Osbourne's no different His whole ambition is end the cycle of despair revolving around the Divine Knights
@Cool Dude it's not a spoiler for 4; any fan of the series would know this, considering this story stretches back to Zero/Ao and the Sky trilogy FYI if you don't want to be spoiled, then stay out of the comments asshole
@@deathbykonami5487 while i can agree it's not a spoiler , your comment about staying out of the comments is...*sigh*, it should be 100% perfectly acceptable to expect to not to be spoiled in the comments of the "PREVIOUS GAME ABOUT THE NEXT GAME" that wasn't even out at the time. also he's still evil, even if "blah blah blah ...*anti CS4 spoiler nonsense here* blah blah blah" the action's he takes regardless are still without a doubt evil.
Man am I glad I started this series when all of it was translated. My depression after this ending would have been so much longer and more painful otherwise 😂
Thanks to the Nameless One's attack, along with the anger and grief he felt with the death of Millium, since it's mentioned that the Great Twilight amplifies negative emotions
Putting some thought into it, maybe the curse was playing on the fact that due to Ash shooting the Emperor, allowing Altina to walk into the trap and Millium dying, along with his constant self-doubt, because you can tell from Bryonia Island the previous month that he still has doubts on whether he's a good instructor or not. Since it's established that the Great Twilight tends to prey on negative emotion
Nice reference to the fact that Rean was in a Doomsday Trance, in a sense... since he killed the holy beast, and this caused the Great Twilight to engulf Erebonia, drawing them closer to war
This scene has always made me question what caused the surge in power in the Nameless One, was it Ishmelga or just... the power of the Great Twilight in general? Given the fact that they needed the Nameless One slain, I wouldn't be surprised if it was the former... since Altina, and later Millium both went to protect Rean as he was being attacked by the corrupted holy beast, which led to Millium being slain, becoming the Sword of The End in the process as Rean slayed the Divine Beast, and setting the stage for the Rivalry of the Seven - a grab for power, which ultimately would've led to Ishmelga becoming the Great One (Or so he hoped)
Geez you know you got me fucked up in the feels if you can make a cliffhanger ending worse than it was in CS1. This ending was just too brutal, Osborne you son of a bitch
Hmmm. There's : 1) Ashen - Valimar. 2) Azure - Ordine. 3) Vermilion - Testa Rossa. 4) Palatinate - Zector. 5) Silver (Argent) - Argreion. 6) Black - Ishmelga. There are 6 divine knights. There is still one knight that hasn't appeared yet.
I just finished Cold Steel IV the other day. Dunno why it took me months to have the energy to finish it... But it's worth it. The entire Trails game is the only game that made me too attached to a game... It always brought me joy and tears... How I wish the translation for Kuro and Reverie be earlier than expected
Me thinking yeah this scene where the radiant blade master toval and olivert dieting is sad and not crying vs me ten minutes later when millium dies and bursting into tears
Something small I noticed, everyone pronounces the "Stein" part in Epstein like you'd pronounce "Einstein" but Alberich is the only one in this instance to pronounce it like Epstein that we know
Just beat the game. Damn .. the feels. Especially the final stretch. Great game. Wait... THATS THE ENDING???? And now a year or so, to play the conclusion.... it’s gonna be a loooooonnnnggg wait. I’m really curious about so many plot points.
SPOILERS FOR TOCS4 BELOW What gets me about the Courageous scene is that Olivert genuinely didn't see it coming and was caught completely off guard. The only thing that kept him alive was George's guilty conscience and Bleublanc's unwillingness to let his respected rival die in such a backhanded way (or at all, I think). Without those two elements, he'd be dead along with the Radiant Dadmaster and Victor S. Arseid is my BOY
He cut ties with Ouroboros after the Hamel incident. Ouroboros rejoined with Osborne after the end of their experiments in chapter 3 since Osborne has all the pieces remaining to complete the phantasmal blaze plan but they need to support him first and execute the twilight plan. So the attack in Crosbell by Mcburn and Campanella wasn't orchestrated.
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Me in Cold Steel 2: You're a coward, Cayenne!. Cold Steel 3: We should've let Cayenne kill Cedric!
yeah man fuck cedric
i especially hate how the newspaper be like " ahh awesome, prince cedric with the main campus just blow up the society archaism factory in north ambria, oh and branch campus helped with lamare too" like wtf we go up against the lance maiden
It shows in how easy Cedric is to beat in CS4. Literally has the easiest boss fights.
@@deanalief3655 A part of me hopes that the Main Campus and the whole lot of Class 1 get slapped with extremely harsh repercussions...(they sorta kinda deserve it), while the branch campus gets even more respect from all the other nations.. I hope Crow replaces Randy in the Branch campus tho, since he's supposed to rejoin the SSS now)
@@deanalief3655 sucking up to the little bitch of a crown Prince, basic as that...
All of his boss fights in CS4 were laughable..(his lackeys, bar Shirley were just pfft..)
I just finished this a few hours ago. Gotta love doing nothing and looking up at the sky wondering what to do in life...
Well at least we have a couple of new games coming over the next few months while we wait for CS4 like persona 5 royal, ff7 remake and last of us 2
@@babatundeismail6732 Dude, you forgot Ghost of Tsushima..
@@RedDrake110 yo, you forgot mario 3d all stars
You can see the symbolism in this scene. Valimar lost his wings to become a true ogre just like how Rean went from a shining hero in everyones eyes to a demon filled with pain and rage that damned the world
@dark zeratul Me: "Great Rean, now slash Osborne's throat!"
@@fierytigergaming8112 Still don't get why Crow of all people stop him, he want to kill Osborne too
When Osborne said "Fool, this won't help Millium rest in peace" i swear i wanted to learn Japanese just to play CS4 and kill that son of a b****, he's the last person who have the right to speak about her, it's as if Cedric said: "hey Olivert wouldn't want that" after he agreed to kill him,
yeah those two are the two higher on my death note ^^
@@guifire9747 probably because Crow didn't want Rean to lose himself fully, because despite losing control - there was still a part of Rean free, hence the conflicted feelings. Some may say that at that time, his ogre form was more of a trance - since he loses this sense of conflict in Trails IV (This would also give meaning to the battle theme "Doomsday Trance")
@@fierytigergaming8112 Probably, Rean isn't a killer
@@guifire9747 And to prevent Rean from making the same mistakes he did by assassinating Osborne
When the couragous exploded even Ouroboros members were like "wtf dude?"
You know it's bad when even McBurn goes "Dude, what the fuck?"
Even Campanella lol, and he loves mayhem.
Yeah, really made that moment emotionally hit like a truck
It truly shows the brutality and cruelty of this game. 90% of the people working with Osborne truly had no idea what they were getting themselves into. It was much too late for them at that point tho, regrets or not.
Yea dude i freaking out when that happend totally didnt expect that
The most depressing, rage inducing and brilliant ending I've experienced in a game in a long time. Cannot wait for 4
It hurt me so bad, but at the same time so good.
Just watch the JP version! Rean is finally saved by class 7's collaboration
@@bobvance1456 The trails 2 ending had me in more feels idk why. But millium + olivier scene took me by surprise :(
If we ignore the whole curse thing being responsible for every war, completely robbing the story of moral complexity it's pretty good.
@@xenocross5129 good point, I kinda always figured it was some occult stuff because of the phantasmal blaze plan tho
How to describe Cold Steel 3:
Avengers: Infinity War: The Game.
Yep
Infinity War: Thanos Snap
Cold Steel 3: Great Twilight
Cool Dude hell yeah it is.
for me most attack of titan when rean turn into eren yeager and go to destroy the world
Wait until toc 4 came out.
More like the Snap, ending the game with a bad ending. Then 4 is Avengers: Endgame
I'm impressed with how Sean Chiplock managed Rean's changed voice. I was rather anxious if he could pull it off but he nailed it.
Sean Chiplock is incredible. He has consistently impressed me in each game. The voice acting in general for this series has been fantastic.
@@robertjohnson5521 Yeah I find the dub cast across the board of all three games were very well done. A little off topic I was also surprised to learn Chiplock also voiced Subaru in RE:Zero (dub)
Sean chiplock is an excellent voice actor he shoud do more of these he was perfect as subaru natsuki as it made you feel like you could relate to him in some way
DESPAIR!!!!!! DISAPPEAR!!!
To someone who is gonna play this game : "DON'T TOUCH THE FINAL CHAPTER"
For adios, just finish chapter 4 and enjoy the festival. Don't touch the final chapter until CSIV release.
If you play the final chapter just a little, you will wanna play it until the end of the game.It's the source of all suffering you gonna take at endgame.
Man.. You right..
Finished it last night... Should have stop it when Rean invited to ballroom party, and pretend that CS III was end at that point..
Now it's a total pain for me, especially when resisting to see some unintended random thumbnails of IV (JP) lets play on youtube..
.... And this lockdown situation btw .. Arggh Rean..
Hahaha, while I agree to an extent that the "need" to play the next game is massive, I'm glad I still did it. Soon enough, the next game will be out and all the suffering will be worth it. It truly is an incredible series.
ughghgh hard agree. Finished this a couple days ago and i don't know what i'm gonna do to hold for CS4 PC 2021 because I don't have PS4.
Imagine having to wait until 2021 for it
Yeah this is a good damn advice.
i'm gonna buy a ps4 just to play IV in Oktober... i'm serious
I feel like half of the people helping Osborne didn’t know exactly what he was really up to
I doubt 90% of them know, let’s be real here.
About 90% of them didn’t know. And they end up regretting everything after that. This shows the cruelty and brutality of CS3. Its a truly heartbreaking ending.
Aquila third game in a row Rean is in some sort of turmoil at the end, feel sorry the kid man
Chris Weech he’s never at peace
Aquila ikr, the more I play the more I respect Rean, he’s really seen some shit in his lifetime
This is possibly the most vicious cliffhanger in the history of JRPGs... holy shit, not even Lord Gaben would have approved that. Everything goes to shit, you fail your main quest so hard you do not pass go, major characters die, the MC gets literally lifted by their neck BOOM roll credits...
When I was playing through the last chapter I didn't know how serious stuff was getting until I saw lechter get worried like that dude never gets worried
True enough ^^
I will really lose my shit if i see Mcburn afraid one day tho, i will just flee like a coward ^^
@@guifire9747 lol even the villians thought the shit thay happened wasn't necessary
@@walkwitgreatness9163 True, most of them like a good fight, so bomb aren't really their thing (i'm most surprised about Campanella tho)
I cried my eyes out at this. I also started playing 4 5 minutes after. What an ending. I've done this 3 times now and I still burst into tears.
Ben Diskin really nailed that scream at 54:15
Whoever casted him as Jusis is a genius…
Rean immediately gives him a run for his money with his transformation scream I think.
And his guttural growling along with how he said the word: KILL!
it proved that despite him constantly brushing Millium off and refusing her friendly advances Jusis did truly care about her
i think he saw her as an annoying little sister that he still loved
After getting to know Ragnard and Zeit in the rest of the series, seeing Rean violently hack and slash at a holy beast really felt like a punch to the gut, even more than any of the supposed deaths in the game.
Yep. Like damn. That thing is actually a good guy.
Well, thanks to Argres, Rean was feeling the effects of the Great Twilight (The Aggression), so for this to mix with the Ogre power he had pretty much turned Rean into a mindless demon *The extra power was far beyond that of his Ogre power, hence why I call it that*
Yeah, holy beasts are bros. The Nameless One was literally saving everyone by holding the curse.
@@dogenasus1717 And then Argres, the true form of the Nameless One saved them AGAIN, by giving Rean the "Earthen Prison" to contain the piece of Ishmelga which would corrupt Valimar in the normal ending, thus expelling him and making it possible to attempt to banish him for good
Zero feelings. Trash-tier scene that adds nothing. Absolutely terrible and pointless ending to the game.
Weird, in the Japanese version, Siegfried's name changes to Crow as soon as his name is revealed, but here it isn't until he's in Ordine.
The latest update fixed that.
@@mystery8820 Now it feels weird to hear Crow referred to as "Azure Siegfried", lol
The Azure part probably came from the fact that he was the "Azure Chevalier" though
Theres a lesson here folks. Don't follow along with someone's plan unless your know everything about what the plan is.
Just call your plan the Phantasmal Blaze and people will sign right up for it sight unseen.
Osborne is such a chad and is also smart af. He gets what he wants two games in a row.
Stay sharp, Millium!
I guess she will be
SInce she's a swor d now
@@d3ly746 for now anyway...
well for those who haven't...
but congrats none the less
why.
@@harusubliminals6894 deleted the spoiler
I'm guessing most people here already saw the ending when the game hit Japan. I was expecting more outrage. People were FREAKING OUT when the ending was initially found out.
Give it time lol. But yeah that ending hurt me when I first saw it 2 years ago. Waiting for a whole year for CS4 was painful
Hahaha ! Agreed !
Same! Lol
the ending is kinda cruel, prolly takes atleast 2 years till theyll release english version
@@Max-qu7pr you think so? I was thinking like next year
I was wondering how they were gonna translate "Watch the damn fairy tale until it has finished."
should've kept it that way tbh
im here just to see how they cleaned up the ending message. i like it.
@@aaronborgstrom2696 I don't
@@d3ly746 thats cool. out of curiosity, why not?
@@aaronborgstrom2696 because "watch the damn fairy tale" is better than the clean version.
It helps to pronounce the brutality of CS3's ending,
The fourth game is gonna be insane ! Cold steel 3 had its slow parts but by the end it became my new favorite in the series
Hopefully we get an announcement for a western release after cs3 comes out for the switch, but knowing falcom and their localisation it probably won't be out until mid to late 2021
@@babatundeismail6732 definitely agree I wish they announced t least something regarding cs4 the suspense is driving me nuts lol
@@MikeMethot256 good news man Cs4 was announced today!!!!!!!
This is how you make a story. All the hints were there, and even if, like Osborne tells Rean at Valfame Palace, you managed to figure out a good deal of what was going on and what could happen; the knowledge does not make the impact less heart-rending. You have literaly reached the Bottom of the Abyss at this point... written painfully clear 'In Ink, BLACK AS DESPAIR'...
What an ending! Both for the game, and for people like our Wandering Seeker of Love, our Noble Radiant Blademaster, our Famous Bracer... and our Shining White Rabbit.
If the Ori Duology has wrenched my heart with its tragic sadness, the Trails Series has smashed it time and time again. But just the same, it has put it back together, with its beautiful tale, full of life.
Long Live The Zemurian Saga! Long Live The Legend of Heroes!
Hmm, I will not get too upset. Five characters died, but we did not see four of them actually dead and one turned into a sword, so who knows? And dead characters just keep coming back in this story in any case.
On the other hand I look forward to Duvalie switching sides so she can finally be more than a mid boss.
It wouldn't surprise me if some came back, but we have seen them kill off characters before.
I highly doubt those three died in that explosion. As for millium...I have a feeling she'll just turn back from the sword or shes just really dead. Angies most likely alive too. Have not played the 4th game yet, just speculation based on past trails games lol, they like to show you something thats not what it really is, be very mysterious and then bam!! Hit you with some crazy plot twist for maximum hype lol. Trails tends to be quite lighthearted with stuff like these in the end and keep most if not all alive. If those deaths were really true, then those were pretty lame deaths...
Even if Ollie and his crew made it out alive, the fact that the people see a symbol of hope crumble before their eyes would be enough to cause major panic. Even add fuel to the fires of conflict... which is what Osborne wants.
Low blow, indeed.
@@mystery8820 Osborne practically wrote the book on low blows, the ways in which he does his stuff. Reincarnation at the end of CS2, Rufus as his protege, Snagging North Ambria, Crossbell in quick succession, Grabbing Ouroboros, of all people by the balls by stealing the Phantasmal Plan, and some of the reveals in CS4 (which I won't speak of , since spoilers).
Big OOFs for weeks..
And to make matters worse, he did what the masterminds of the Hamel incident did: attack his own people as an excuse to start a war. And the people blame Calvard, even though it’s not their fault.
He’s really exposing the curse that plagued the Empire for ages to the surface.
This ending had me, someone who is absurdly over analytical and easily distracted (ADHD), glued to the end of their seat in utter silence. Absolutely fantastic, I honestly wish I could play this blind again.
55:10 I can't believe Rean going epic gamer mode literally caused WW3 and Armageddon simultaneously
Toval, Prince Olivert, Victor Arseid, Millium, & Angelica dies in this game? I don’t think my heart can take it 😭
Damn he's one of favorite characters a complex guy prince Olivert is and they kill him off.
You can watch it on youtube if you are feeling troubled, but since it's a traditional tales game, nobody fucking dies ever.
ShaeleTV tell that to the market manager 😢
Yeah. Wasn’t prepared for that.
Me too my heart breaks.....until CS 4 release lmao
Rean is like the Tommy Oliver in this game. Because he was first a student there and now he pursue to be an instructor there. Tommy on the other hand was a ranger and now pass the torch to his students, even though he becomes black ranger in Dino thunder
rip airgetlam, saddest death
Citizen: “It was like some black wave washed over us”
Me: That’s literally what happened my guy
Same. Was he looking or was he just paying attention
vDorgengoa when I played it I thought it was only something the player could see (for dramatic effect) but he kinda broke the fourth wall in my eyes
@@chrisweech5857 that's how it was for me too. He surprised me; as did the guy that looked down and started pointing but I thought it was because of the Pleroma Grass that bloomed afterward
vDorgengoa lol exactly!! Idk why but that ending kind of made me mad even though I know there is a fourth game, I really wanted some closure on some more things after following the series so long but hopefully we get 4 sooner rather than later
@@chrisweech5857 I can't wait for CS4!! In the meantime I think I'll catch up on the Sky games and then platinum CS1 CS2 and CS3.
I'm missing exactly one trophy from 1 and 2.
Just finished this game a few mins ago. Thankfully, I have CS4 here with me. Imagine having to wait a full year to resume the story.
You know you're doing something truly fucked up when even Campanella is disgusted with it.
millium showed us. facing death we need to T-pose to over come it and become a sword.
well, that makes sense - since a sword has a holster
@@fierytigergaming8112 its called a scabbard, not a holster
@@otakamerd1220 Oh yeah, lol
If this were in line with Rean’s instability he would have actually just made a straight dash for the chancellor and alberich and ended them.
I don’t think anything but plot gave the other knights the time to stop him from almost turning that place into a burial ground for everyone.
Just finished the game 24 hrs ago. I still feel empty. No game has made me feel very empty. Then I started CS4 just now with the prologue. And when Juna, Altina, and Kurt called Rean from his room, just made me cry a lot.
Thank you. I just needed to rewatch a recap of the end. Anyone else preorder CS4 digitally and physically
Just the frontline edition for me, but yeah, my copy came in yesterday, I need to feel these emotions again before I start the game lol.
Campanella : "Say What!?"
Duvalie : "That's cheating!!"
Don't complaint, please. You Ouroboros also had a lot of members on the cheating level.
So true and when you go through all your best moves/strategies to win they the other side always comes out as the victors
As much as I hate how this ended in a cliffhanger(just like the first game), I will say that the gathering of the Divine Knights is still pretty epic!!!
if you think about it, EVERYTHING about Trails of Cold Steel III mirrors that of the first game - likely to lead up to the excitement of Trails of Cold Steel II/IV (Both games ended with a person going rogue and joining the enemy - only difference, it wasn't Rean who joined Osborne - it was his ogre form)
Whoa, you've already gotten this far even with a early copy?
Nice. Time to see the ending in English.
I like how the ending shocked some of the enemies as well
Hell that was intense. I knew the ending already, read it all up and watched parts of it in Japanese which doesn't help if you don't understand a single word. The localization seemed to give very clear hints towards Sen 4 tho, like even if I didn't know, I would know from the scenes who the 7th Awakener is, I would know whether Schera ends up returning or not... I wonder if they cleared it up more or not. Though definitely, this was super tense and super good. Damn thanks NISA for the localization.
the 7th awakener is kind of confirmed in the dialoge you speak of and in one of the trailers for like 1 sec.
The best rpg i ever play from no 1 till 3. Can't wait for no 4 this October, if got collector edition, im sure going for it,
SPOILERS FOR CSIV IN THIS THREAD
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I've felt the deepest pit in my stomach in three parts of my life:
1 - When I was a kid at my grandpa's funeral. I truly loved him and made me witness first-hand the effects of long-term cancer.
2 - Cedric giving the order to blow up the Corageous. They didn't die a heroic death, it was a tragic one. Olivier, Toval and Victor Arseid were true heroes in every sense of the word. May they rest in peace.
3 - Millium's sacrifice, and Jusis's heart-wrenching scream. May she find herself cradled in Aidios's heavenly arms and rest peacefully forevermore.
Just goes to show the brilliance of Falcom's in creating characters that make me care as much as real human beings close to me. This truly was the most perfect and tragic ending in the series, everything our heroes have been fighting for was in vain, their worst fears have been realized. Now, the wait begins to the epic conclusion of this magnificent saga!
spoilers knowing fully well Falcom doesnt have the balls to actually kill Olivier, Toval, or Victor its not really tragic you'll see just like everyone else
@@GalvatronScurge well thank you very much for the spoilers dipshit
@@Panchito2696 i havent played cs4 but it's pretty obvious after playing three installments no one is gonna die. Youve fought against badasses and superhumans countless times and yet no one gets even a scratch. Or if they do, they get revived.
@@mackeyboy5442 That should've been evident from Crow still being alive, despite appearing to be murdered by the Vermillion Apocalypse in Cold Steel II
@@fierytigergaming8112 yep. when he came back, i lost interest in the game. i just willed myself to finish it bc i spent a lot of money on it (regrettably)
That ending credits song is so fucking based. Normally I skip them, but this went extra honey baked ham.
Clever how they structured the final battle into 3 sections:
Class VII vs Nameless One
Panzer Soldats vs Nameless One
Corrupted Valimar vs Nameless One
He coulda just walked up to Chancellor Osborne and sliced him into a million pieces along with alberich but then I remembered there's a 4th game
Man I just got done watching your walkthrough and I wanted to thank you for doing this because I can't play this game because I don't have a PS4
My friend just heard me suffering through all these events, since he beat the game before me, he wanted to hear my reactions to all these events and oh yeah I was losing my breath
The more I think about this game 3 was a lot like the Infinity War of this series and 4 the Endgame.
Geez, they're right about the cliffhanger that's worst than CS1(not to mention Sky FC that needs 2years to release the Second Chapter)
so... so much worse >.< xD.
i had no words to describe that ending , that was a really bad cliff hanger
Yea, I heard a lot about CS3's cliffhanger being bad but I wasn't expecting it to be this bad.
lol as if it's Falcom's first time leaving such a colossal cliffhanger capable of hanging giants...
This is not only a nasty cliffhanger, but also a bad ending.
Seeing Jusis especially get torn apart by Millium’s death broke me
Damn cant believe they ended this on such a big cliffhanger, now I gotta wait years for CS4
If it isn't announced within the next 6ish months I'll probably end up watching a lets play of CS4.
@@Zydlik7 I dont think it will take 6 months since maybe next year we will get the crossbell arc and the year after that we will get 4. I think at least
Don’t do that. Just be patient. I regret playing the Japanese versions, because it kind of killed those crazy moments once I got to them in the English version.
I noticed most of the Cold Steel games come out 2 years after the release in Japan. Hopefully it will be the same
@@chaotix67 This. I think we'll get CS4 either this autumn or at the very latest summer 2021; But definitely not later
I knew Juna's voice sounded similiar to Ann's when I played Persona 5 Royal
And Haru's Altina
@@davidtimmer596 Wow nice catch I never realized that until you pointed it out
Fie and Alfin - Morgana
@@TheChief506 Lechter and McBurn - Ryuji. (Not Cold Steel 4, sadly)
It's funny how Testa-Rossa looks the least intimidating
Matches Cedric perfectly then...
Damn that ending! I like it! I love how they execute that cliffhanger! Trails series never fail to amaze me! The only thing i hate is i have to wait for months for CS4
1 day left bro!
Another worthless trash-tier ending with absolutely terrible writing.
@@marcuskane1040 stay mad
@@marcuskane1040 You don't know what you're talking about
@@marcuskane1040explain, why?
¡Gracias!
People assuming that Osbourne is evil need to take another look
This series is full of misunderstood villains, Osbourne's no different
His whole ambition is end the cycle of despair revolving around the Divine Knights
@Cool Dude it's not a spoiler for 4; any fan of the series would know this, considering this story stretches back to Zero/Ao and the Sky trilogy
FYI if you don't want to be spoiled, then stay out of the comments asshole
@@deathbykonami5487 while i can agree it's not a spoiler , your comment about staying out of the comments is...*sigh*, it should be 100% perfectly acceptable to expect to not to be spoiled in the comments of the "PREVIOUS GAME ABOUT THE NEXT GAME" that wasn't even out at the time. also he's still evil, even if "blah blah blah ...*anti CS4 spoiler nonsense here* blah blah blah" the action's he takes regardless are still without a doubt evil.
Man am I glad I started this series when all of it was translated. My depression after this ending would have been so much longer and more painful otherwise 😂
OK mate. time bring the divine knight of yours to the party.
ill just finish it a while ago. so awesome.
Rean is totally in an uncontrollable and unconscious state. Damn it
Thanks to the Nameless One's attack, along with the anger and grief he felt with the death of Millium, since it's mentioned that the Great Twilight amplifies negative emotions
Hope Cold Steel 4 comes early next year.
Probably not in 2-3 years later , Hope I'm wrong.
@@PhantomBlackStar I don't see why it can't be fall 2020
They usually take a long time to release em.
@@PhantomBlackStar CS2 came out 10 months after first one
i think next year we'll get an announcement from nisa bout 4 being localized
Putting some thought into it, maybe the curse was playing on the fact that due to Ash shooting the Emperor, allowing Altina to walk into the trap and Millium dying, along with his constant self-doubt, because you can tell from Bryonia Island the previous month that he still has doubts on whether he's a good instructor or not. Since it's established that the Great Twilight tends to prey on negative emotion
OST: DOOMSDAY TRANCE
When the Awakeners gather together to stop Rean.
Nice reference to the fact that Rean was in a Doomsday Trance, in a sense... since he killed the holy beast, and this caused the Great Twilight to engulf Erebonia, drawing them closer to war
Worst fucking cliffhanger ever lmao imagine playing this when 4 wasn't released
Yeah happened when i played in JP. Had to wait for a year 🤣
@@CGInfernoAnd then CS4 happened and fucked up everything storywise lmao
This scene has always made me question what caused the surge in power in the Nameless One, was it Ishmelga or just... the power of the Great Twilight in general? Given the fact that they needed the Nameless One slain, I wouldn't be surprised if it was the former... since Altina, and later Millium both went to protect Rean as he was being attacked by the corrupted holy beast, which led to Millium being slain, becoming the Sword of The End in the process as Rean slayed the Divine Beast, and setting the stage for the Rivalry of the Seven - a grab for power, which ultimately would've led to Ishmelga becoming the Great One (Or so he hoped)
Didn't know that Rie Tanaka(Mariabell) was participated as one of the voice works til she voiced in CS4
Ah yes, the part where everything goes to shit and makes you feel completely hopeless and crushed :) Gotta love it when Falcom does that
This game so dark you're sure this game not from dc universe
I hope an English version of Trails of Cold Steel 4 gets released in the UK & the US
Mar 2021
AHAHAHAHAAA cliffhanger UG . i accidentally hit the skip scene. had to watch this to see the end
Oh god this damn cliffhanger
Geez you know you got me fucked up in the feels if you can make a cliffhanger ending worse than it was in CS1. This ending was just too brutal, Osborne you son of a bitch
Hmmm. There's :
1) Ashen - Valimar.
2) Azure - Ordine.
3) Vermilion - Testa Rossa.
4) Palatinate - Zector.
5) Silver (Argent) - Argreion.
6) Black - Ishmelga.
There are 6 divine knights. There is still one knight that hasn't appeared yet.
@@greg.p4760 guys, avoid spoiling the fans who haven't played 4 yet. That was revealed in 4 which is not out overseas yet
last is gold I think
@@enigmia_me 7 in all
@@dariuswinters2940 Yeah, Thomas Lysander and Roselia have said that story ^^~.
The last one is El Prado (Awakener, Rufus Albarea) your welcome ;)
NEED 4 NOW!
blaa6 no yet
@@reanschwarzer2967 But I wanna see Rean hug you in English.
blaa6 *hug back* I understand you feel it’s ok Millium💔
I just finished Cold Steel IV the other day. Dunno why it took me months to have the energy to finish it... But it's worth it. The entire Trails game is the only game that made me too attached to a game... It always brought me joy and tears... How I wish the translation for Kuro and Reverie be earlier than expected
Kuro is even better the story in that game is insane. Trails games just get better and better.
Kuro is even way better than CS
@@Maderr4good to know because I’ve been pretty disappointed with cold steel. It wasn’t as good of an arc as sky or crossbell IMO.
Man, this ending here really shocked me! Oh Milium :( Oh wow, things are set for the finale of CS4 and im currently playing it now. Finally!!
i truly love this serious and i just wish they would port english over faster man its so good.
Me thinking yeah this scene where the radiant blade master toval and olivert dieting is sad and not crying vs me ten minutes later when millium dies and bursting into tears
I’m here not knowing what anything is.
I’m in for a *_ride._*
I wish they made it seem more like a struggle to get rean under control
I just finished it on pc and god dammit you're telling me i'm going to have to wait a year to continue the story? It's gonna kill me
Trails 4 says it's coming out "fall 2020".
@@102Starkiller PC version comes early 2021
i feel you dude i just finished the game too on pc lol
pc master race my ass ))) As PS4 pro owner , you can suKmaBallZ
Rean just got quazimodoed.
Looking for cold steel 4 dub soon
Yeah. Can't wait to hear Juna's leader speech dubbed
Something small I noticed, everyone pronounces the "Stein" part in Epstein like you'd pronounce "Einstein" but Alberich is the only one in this instance to pronounce it like Epstein that we know
Next time, The Last Saga!
See you next 2020!
Spoilers
Man the JP version at the final mecha fight you had rean speaking like a badass darth vader when he uses skills and follow up.
My god i decide to put some music with this moment i put hakaishin from blazblue It combos so well with It for some reason.
Just beat the game. Damn .. the feels. Especially the final stretch. Great game. Wait... THATS THE ENDING???? And now a year or so, to play the conclusion.... it’s gonna be a loooooonnnnggg wait. I’m really curious about so many plot points.
Every part of me was screaming "Why couldn't they have just given me 4 now
@@narius_jaden215 I was at a loss for words all the way through the epilogue, lol
Poor Rean.
SPOILERS FOR TOCS4 BELOW
What gets me about the Courageous scene is that Olivert genuinely didn't see it coming and was caught completely off guard.
The only thing that kept him alive was George's guilty conscience and Bleublanc's unwillingness to let his respected rival die in such a backhanded way (or at all, I think). Without those two elements, he'd be dead along with the Radiant Dadmaster and Victor S. Arseid is my BOY
Millium: 54:06 "Ima do the sickest twirl."
T POSE
Cold steel in a nutshell.
CS 1-3 : **Rean saves everyone**
CS 4 : **Everyone, even protagonists in other games gather to save Rean's ass**
🤣🤣🤣
this shit stole my soul
Not sure if i should ask this... but are the English cast in the credits now? If not, I don't even know why not...
Need sen no kisseki 4 :(
go buy it for $30 on amazon
@@teamhebi13 I Have 100% all saga -.-
@Rean Schwarzer hmm okay :D then -___-
@@teamhebi13 :DDDDDDDDDDDDDDD
@@teamhebi13 I need rean in english voice.
since when osborne work together with ouroboros ? Does that mean McBurn&Fool attack on crossbell also orchestrated with Rufus?
He cut ties with Ouroboros after the Hamel incident. Ouroboros rejoined with Osborne after the end of their experiments in chapter 3 since Osborne has all the pieces remaining to complete the phantasmal blaze plan but they need to support him first and execute the twilight plan. So the attack in Crosbell by Mcburn and Campanella wasn't orchestrated.
This is where crap really starts to hit the fan.
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I am SO glad I didnt play this game before CS4 released holy shit, this is one of the worst cliffhangers ever
Wtf i just finished and was very surprised it ended on a cliff hanger just like the 1st smh why
오도레 쿠르테~ 4를 기대하십시오 ㅋㅋ