>>22755074>QRD on Trails, is it worth the time? Do you need to do cold steel to understand it?I'm a fan, so I'm biased. It is a nice rpg series that fills certain niches no other game really does (anymore), BUT at the same time I can admit it's not for everyone and only appeals to certain people.
For example, all games are somewhat interconnected, same world (different countries for different arcs tho), same overarching larger plot, frequent callbacks and crossovers to each others games. If you really like diving deep into rich worldbuilding and lore, getting to know characters intimately in slower slice of life segments, etc. then it's for you. If you dislike "wordy" games and prefer constant action, it's probably not for you.
Oh yeah and the battle system is standard turnbased stuff, but with some light tactical/positioning elements and turn-order manipulation stuff to spice things up. Really easy to break and cheese if you know what you're doing tho.
The optimal route would be to play all games in release order, so you get all of the context, but if embarking on a multiple-hundred-hours long jrpg binge isn't possible for you, you can check out the first Cold Steel game as another entry point. It was the first 3D game of the series and as the start of a new arc only has minor callbacks to older stuff (if you like it you may still go back to the earlier games), tho fans of the older stuff will also say Cold Steel kinda brought in more mainstream anime trends with it's high school ish settings and light harem elements, so depending on your tolerance for that kinda "anime" tropes it may be a bad thing or a good thing.
Oh and as for Kiara playing it, I'm under no illusion that she would. She would probably even like it, but it's just not a great streaming game with its length and stuff
