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PS4 JRPGs Trails of Cold Steel 3 and 4 Are Getting PS5 Versions, It Seems | Push Square
06.09.2023 - 00:06 / pushsquare.com
according to newly registered ESRB ratings, it looks like Falcom's excellent JRPGs, Trails of Cold Steel 3 and Trails of Cold Steel 4, are coming to PS5. The two sequels, which released on western PS4s in 2019 and 2020 respectively, are published by NIS America outside of Japan — and we all know how much that company loves its PS5 ports.
NISA previously launched PS5 versions of Ys 8: Lacrimosa of Dana and Ys 9: Monstrum Nox, but neither title boasts an upgrade path from their PS4 editions. As such, we expect Cold Steel 3 and 4 to be full price re-releases. What's more, the turn-based adventures already run at 60 frames-per-second — much like the aforementioned Ys games — on Sony's last-gen console, and are obviously perfectly playable on PS5 via backwards compatibility, so we're left wondering what these ports will actually improve.
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Would you buy Cold Steel 3 and 4 again? Or maybe you'd be playing them for the first time on PS5? Prepare some link attacks in the comments section below.
Robert's been a dedicated PlayStation fan since the days of Tekken 2, and he still loves a good dust up. When he's not practising combos, he's usually getting lost in the latest 100-hour RPG, or, y'know, replaying The Witcher 3.
Isn’t directing you to buy the full price version of a PlayStation store an upgrade path? It just isn’t a discount.
If they both came one-disc physical version with all the DLC and a nice steel book I’d probably be in.
No upgrade path just like greedy Atlus means a hard pass
@Foxhound I wouldn't mind payin 10 bucks on top for the upgrade on the existing but full price is a definite no. Especially when like most JRPGS the graphical and performance improvements will be negligible.
«so we're left wondering what these ports will actually improve.»
I know this one! NISA financial situation, of course.
Trails or Cold Steel 1 and 2 still have western Publishing rights with Xseed/Marvelous. So those 2 probably wont get an PS5 Port. TocS 2 really needs it because this Game has an Game Breaking bug when played on PS5
I'll pass since I'm happy with the PS4 versions anyway. But hey if this exposes more people to the greatness that is Trails then go for it NISA.
NISA's PS5 ports feel pointless to me but in a way some are nice because it makes some of these games easier to get, Ys 9 for example I had difficulty finding last year on PS4 so it's nice in the physical side of things. But outside that seems a bit pointless since the games run well on PS4 already
@MagisterMagi That f***ing bug made me lose over 3 hours of progress. Had no idea about the softlock on PS5s until it happened to me.
NISA should fix Trails Into Reverie before churning out pointless
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