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Falcom's The Legend of Heroes Series Has Sold Over 7.5 Million Copies
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Gambit2483
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Never would have imagined getting into this series but they got me hooked. Just started Trails to Azure.
Too bad about Cold Steel 1/2 never getting a re-release though.
Too bad about Cold Steel 1/2 never getting a re-release though.
saintjules
Member
Great milestone for them. I guess I am a bit surprised that they haven't sold more? I think in the early days they were mostly Japan releases only? Maybe I'm wrong.
Never finished Trails of Cold Steel I and I feel like the way these games are so long I will most likely never catch up.
Never finished Trails of Cold Steel I and I feel like the way these games are so long I will most likely never catch up.
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Mister Wolf
Member
Will be interesting to see where they take the story after the big reveal in the next game.
Paltheos
Member
Not the greatest flex, but Falcom's hasn't been a big time developer in a very long time. Even assuming equal sales (which of course they wouldn't be, these titles are all direct sequels), that's 625k units per game (I'm also not diluting for silly side stuff and just counting mainline titles).
Osborne sucks dick. A victim of Falcom's ambition maybe but they were really only able to technically close that story and in a totally unsatisfactory way. Spoilers through Reverie: The curse being responsible for everything in Cold Steel is so fucking weak and at odds with the personal menace and ruthlessness on display from the man in prior titles. As a member of the audience, I felt hoodwinked, and not in the good way. "Oh, he wasn't really evil! His way of thinking was constrained by an ever-present devil on his shoulder." Oh, cool, great. Thanks, Falcom. That's not what it looked like before. I especially hate the Reverie daydream for his diary that frames him as totally able to be tender towards his new subordinates. No, Falcom, you can't have it both ways - He can't be so overwhelmed by an ancient evil that it warps his every action and simultaneously let him be moe for his worker bees, even in private.
Rufus is the only one of the Cold Steel villains worth a damn, the only one with any real ambition, whose cause was relayed to the player in an understandable way, and who you're ever made to really hate Of course he'd backstab Arianrhod, and, for me at least, that made not seeing it coming sting that much harder.
Weissman's still my favorite villain of this series. He's not overexplained, and his outlook is at direct odds with the hero's. Their dialogue actually feels like a clashing of ideas and experience instead of another round of beating up bad guys with the power of friendship (I mean, there's some of that too but it actually feels justified is what I'm saying). Weissman's character is also actually interesting - a chicken and egg question where you're left wondering whether his narcissism and sadism came first or his superman ideology did because they both feed into and enable the other, and you're given just enough info on his background to understand how they both could come about but not enough specifics to form a clear timeline.
As a general rule of thumb, this series' bad guys have gotten worse over time (although it hasn't always been a straight line down, just trending). For all the hype around Kuro/Daybreak, I hope we get some meat but I'm not entirely optimistic.
Osborne sucks dick. A victim of Falcom's ambition maybe but they were really only able to technically close that story and in a totally unsatisfactory way. Spoilers through Reverie: The curse being responsible for everything in Cold Steel is so fucking weak and at odds with the personal menace and ruthlessness on display from the man in prior titles. As a member of the audience, I felt hoodwinked, and not in the good way. "Oh, he wasn't really evil! His way of thinking was constrained by an ever-present devil on his shoulder." Oh, cool, great. Thanks, Falcom. That's not what it looked like before. I especially hate the Reverie daydream for his diary that frames him as totally able to be tender towards his new subordinates. No, Falcom, you can't have it both ways - He can't be so overwhelmed by an ancient evil that it warps his every action and simultaneously let him be moe for his worker bees, even in private.
Rufus is the only one of the Cold Steel villains worth a damn, the only one with any real ambition, whose cause was relayed to the player in an understandable way, and who you're ever made to really hate Of course he'd backstab Arianrhod, and, for me at least, that made not seeing it coming sting that much harder.
Weissman's still my favorite villain of this series. He's not overexplained, and his outlook is at direct odds with the hero's. Their dialogue actually feels like a clashing of ideas and experience instead of another round of beating up bad guys with the power of friendship (I mean, there's some of that too but it actually feels justified is what I'm saying). Weissman's character is also actually interesting - a chicken and egg question where you're left wondering whether his narcissism and sadism came first or his superman ideology did because they both feed into and enable the other, and you're given just enough info on his background to understand how they both could come about but not enough specifics to form a clear timeline.
As a general rule of thumb, this series' bad guys have gotten worse over time (although it hasn't always been a straight line down, just trending). For all the hype around Kuro/Daybreak, I hope we get some meat but I'm not entirely optimistic.
Thick Thighs Save Lives
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20 years.
Six are mine...the three original releases (limited editions) and then again those but digital and DRM-free.
StereoVsn
Member
Nice collection!Hey, I helped as well with those numbers mentioned in the OP!
I am too lazy to bring out my PS3, Vita and PSP copies to show, lol.
Skifi28
Member
Two years worth of my life in a single picture, nice.Hey, I helped as well with those numbers mentioned in the OP!
RoboFu
One of the green rats
nah, LOH started with dragon slayer that came out late 80s. so around 34 35 years ago!
They are talking about specifically Kiseki series here, so starting with Trails in the Sky.
It was 7 million at the end of September last year, so 500k in a roughly 4 months, not bad.
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elementalsora
Neo Member
Nice, I'm hoping to finally catch up in the series this year. On CS4 right now and hopefully will go straight into Reverie.
Yep, exactly. So 2004 aka 20 years.
graywolf323
Member
I own pretty much the whole series on both Steam and PlayStation
RoboFu
One of the green rats
OP should be more specific then.
Maxwell Jacob Friedman
leads to fear. Fear leads to xbox.
Im starting with trails of the sky soon, hope its good
adamsapple
Or is it just one of Phil's balls in my throat?
Considering the amount of titles and how long the franchise has been going, it should be more.
These are very niche games so I understand. Looking forward to the first game in the Calvard Arc getting its localized release this summer.
These are very niche games so I understand. Looking forward to the first game in the Calvard Arc getting its localized release this summer.
German Hops
GAF's Nicest Lunch Thief
Well deserved.
Darkmakaimura
Member
I own most of the games including some Japanese imports.
mayham2199
Member
Well earned but deserve to be much higher.
StereoVsn
Member
I believe it would be higher if they didn’t completely fumble translation of their earlier games and didn’t lag Japanese releases by years in the West.
March Climber
Member
Hey, I helped as well with those numbers mentioned in the OP!
Now I just need all of this in a big box, like this:
