The Legend of Heroes: Trails in the Sky

Con un gameplay lo suficientemente profundo, una historia interesante y personajes super entrañables.

Great story and music, it's an emotion rollercoaster. Very interesting and original combat system, at first not easy to understand, but once it is clear how it works it's really fun to try out combinations. I had this game on PSP and bought the whole serie on GOG too, played it again and it's like I remembered it. It has a lot of mini games too that are usefull for the main game, like the cooking system!

I used to play this game not long after it's release. Even after all those years - I really enjoy playing it - I believe it aged so well. Cute graphic, not that annoying background music, fun quests and nice storyline. still 5* from me :)

The Legend of Heroes: Trails in the Sky (hereinafter referred to as simply "Trails") is part of a long established trilogy of titles that saw release from 2004 in Japan, a PSP release worldwide as of 2010 and now this lovely PC edition from Nihon Falcom (localized for English speakers by XSeed). Trails is a game absolutely dripping with meticulously crafted lore and detail. Every NPC has their own name, their own lines of dialogue and their place in the game world including a very distinct personality (I kid you not). In terms of overall story and without spoiling too much, let me leave you with the fact that this tale concerns a journey of self-discovery inflected with loss, betrayal, conflict, political intrigue and expertly placed twists. The game events do take place in one kingdom, but it readily becomes apparent that the stakes in Trails are too high for this virtual real estate. As per the game's description on its store page, you are in for a strategy JRPG with turn-based elements that take part on grids during combat and isometric traversal during routine travels on the map. The combat system here is very nuanced and EVERY MOVE COUNTS. Even simply selecting move to a tile without an accompanying combat action can spell the difference between stealing an enemy turn and making more moves than normally allowed or simply dying. Aurally, Trails has absolutely superb music all around that fits into every village, town and city you visit. However, the combat tracks are the real draw here. Then again, what else can anyone expect from Nihon Falcom? (for reference do take some time to listen to tracks of their previous work in the Ys series of games). When you get to the end of this very worthy game, you'll realize that this tale is far from over... And the resolution for this chapter is simply stellar. Localization for the last two should be ongoing, but for now, do NOT miss this chance to grab Trails right here on GOG. This is an essential JRPG purchase.

The game itself is pretty good. The characters were funny and interesting, the battle system (a mix between old final fantasy and final fantasy tactics games) was interesting and fun and the music was nice. But here comes my big warning to all who are still unsure if they want to buy the game or not: The game has an open end! In the end you see a trailer for the second game which, according to wikipedia, will come out later this year. If you don't mind this and some pretty long dialog sequences then you will have fun with this game. Myself i can't wait for the sequel and i hope it will also be avaible on GOG