Posted on: August 19, 2018
Crisco1492
Verified ownerGames: 1140 Reviews: 39
One Last Time in the Sun
Having never played the [i]Trails[/i] series before, I decided to take a risk and drop $10 on the first in the series. Here I am, six months later, having just finished the third game. In all, I have a good 120 hours play time just on this series. It is fun, with a story that -- like most JRPGs -- keeps growing over time, hinting at an epic scope but never quite revealing its entirety. Now, more specifically about the third game: [i]The 3rd[/i] is a delightful romp through purgatory and Hell. Your main character is, unlike in the first two games, Father Kevin Graham, a member of the priesthood with a secret only hinted at in the second chapter. Uniting friends and foes alike, you tear your way through demons to uncover the secret of this world in which you find yourself trapped. If you've played the first two games, you will know what to expect in play style: turn-based strategy with a mixture of physical attacks, arts (magic), and crafts, as well as items. Everyone's S-crafts are expanded upon, and new orbments are included to expand the characters' range of abilities. In the exploration, there are also a number of entirely skippable doors that allow you to play minigames or get insight into lives of the characters. As mentioned in another review, this is not quite a sequel, but rather a lengthy epilogue to the [i]Trails in the Sky[/i] series and a farewell to the Liberl crew. It gives them a sense of closure, and sets up a number of plot points that are expanded upon in the [i]Cold Steel[/i] series and in some yet-to-be-translated games that I really hope end up on GOG in the near future. In short -- if you loved the first two games, buy this. If you haven't played them: play them first, then buy this.
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