The Legend of Heroes: Trails in the Sky

So far I've played the game approximately 8-10 hours. After a rather slow start, the game seem to gradually pick up pace and more side quests open up. The game's narrative is rather linear, but you're not restricted from exploring areas that are not related to the main story line. The games biggest strengths are it's strong characters and well-written dialogue. Music is generally well-composed. The game's graphics are nothing to write home about, but they don't get in the way of immersion either. The game's turn-based combat easy to get into, but it also introduces some depth in the form of quartz magic, which is somewhat reminiscent of Final Fantasy 7's materia magic system. Much like in FF7 the characters also have "limit breaks" that they can activate after battling enemies for some time. The first 8-10 hours you'll be mostly journeying with only two party members, but occasionally you have to escort helpless civilians to safety - they will also take part in the combat, although you can't control them and they mostly just run away from enemies. The biggest complaint I have about the game so far is it's lack of optional content. The world is rich in lore and very open for exploration - there's a lot of houses and isolated forest areas to go explore, but these optional areas don't have any chests to loot or any unique enemies to fight. Exploring towns is relatively meaningless, since the only thing you're going to find are NPCs that might have interesting stories to tell - they never offer quests or give you rewards. All the questing in the game are done through an adventurer's hall, where you can search for new missions and collect your reward afterwards. This has been clearly done to make keeping track of quests easier, but unfortunately it also makes exploration less enjoyable. To sum up, The Trails in The Sky is an enjoyable RPG with an interesting story and character, enjoyable combat and a truly open world to explore. I warmly recommend it to everyone.

pretty good

Otherwise fun

Nice game, charming characters. Looks a bit pixelly blown up to 1440p. Bare in mind its linneage from PSP to PS3 to PC. It has really good windowed support, being turn based it works well for nipping in and out. Supports Mouse, Keyboard and controller. Though your controller must be on before launching. I like it a lot.

So love this game. The humour is brilliant. The expressions are great. Its quick enough for me. I like the graphics. Its forgiving. Great game