#23
The Legend of Heroes: Trails of Cold Steel
YoY: -2
The third Trails game on my list so far, and it's definitely not the last. In fact, it's the only series besides Dark Souls from which every single game I've played is in my top 50. That means that at the moment there are six Trails titles on my list, with one more probably making its way there next year since I only recently finished that one and didn't want to start redoing my list and thinking of its placement at that point anymore.
This year I actually played through all seven Trails games almost in a row, which is the reason a lot of them have shifted around on my list this year, this one having the smallest change of the lot. Regardless of the change, I find these games to be excellent across the board, with great stories, interesting characters, excellent music and a genuinely well-designed battle systems.