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The Legend of Heroes: Trails in the Sky PC |OT|
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Nightengale
Member
Oh yeah, I can't fucking wait
Rats Off To Ya
Banned
Two hours away!
I've been waiting for this ever since I aborted my PSP playthrough in hopes that this day would come. So close!
I've been waiting for this ever since I aborted my PSP playthrough in hopes that this day would come. So close!
Scrooge McDuck
Member
Isn't it still three hours away? That's what the Steam page says, in any case.
About the whole missable quests... after a very brief glance at the faq Aeana mentioned, wouldn't it be possible to simply do each optional quest asap and follow the faq for hidden quests ? I mean there doesn't seem to be a lot of hidden ones.
Well it could still ruin a little of the pleasure for some, and there surely will be missed optionals nonetheless, I'm good for that, but it seems manageable to just stick the faq reading to hidden.
No ?
Rats Off To Ya
Banned
Basileus777
Member
It depends on how much you want to avoid missing. You'll need to do more than that to get collectables and maximize BP points.
I can live with a more character-driven story and gobs of text, but one thing that will make or break whether or not I bite on this game is how well realized the world is and the variety of towns and locations to explore. Those are two of the most important elements for me.
For example, I enjoy the DQ series because of its charming world and NPC's with their own little lives carrying on.
Does this game deliver in those areas?
For example, I enjoy the DQ series because of its charming world and NPC's with their own little lives carrying on.
Does this game deliver in those areas?
Nightengale
Member
Yes.
Dragon1893
Member
Oh it sure does, one of its biggest strenghts actually, NPC's dialogue changes as you advance in the game.
RyougaSaotome
Member
NPC dialogue changes after nearly every major (and often minor) event in-game. You'll find tons of characters who have their own personal little drama unfold through the course of the entire game.
That's there for you if you so choose to run around and chat with NPCs. Making up a situation here, but something like having an instance where you talk to a family struggling to make ends meet throughout the game, keep talking to them, and by the end finding out the dad/mom got a new well-paying job is pretty common.
It's the sort of series where you eventually have a list of favorite NPCs because of their little stories.
max_505
Member
Nailed it. I'll be the teary-eyed kid. Tears of joy (and frustration of waiting)!
Thanks, everyone. Sounds like it might be up my alley. Are there a number of towns with their own distinct flavor/culture, or is this game mostly centered around one major town?
The Last Wizard
Member
So is this a traditional turn based battle system? I just stopped played ni no kuni and need wash that horrible battle system.
As you progress through the game you visit different regions within the area so one town is more idustrially advanced/focused, the beginning town is a small peaceful place, the capital is a giant place filled with appropriately grand buildings, the coastal town is appropriately themed and so on.
Looking forward to this a lot.
Nightengale
Member
Buying this as soon as it goes live on steam!
Quick question from a first time player: Does the game have a reference list with regards to the main story? As in, if I put the game down for a few weeks, is there an in-menu synopsis of major events and what's currently active?
I definitely want to help with sales, but I'll be playing sporadically due to school responsibilities.
Quick question from a first time player: Does the game have a reference list with regards to the main story? As in, if I put the game down for a few weeks, is there an in-menu synopsis of major events and what's currently active?
I definitely want to help with sales, but I'll be playing sporadically due to school responsibilities.
Will it run in a Wine wrapper? You could buy it off GOG then and see if it runs that way.
Yeah, you can check what you need to do on the Bracer Notebook
Loved this in the Lunar games.
Thanks for the reply, this is perfect!
ghostlight_ross
Ghostlight
I'm so looking forward to this.
My only completed save is from the US PSP version so I need something to carry over for SC (that's my excuse and I'm sticking to it
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My only completed save is from the US PSP version so I need something to carry over for SC (that's my excuse and I'm sticking to it
)I haven't played this, but I've watched a bunch of videos of battles to try to get a sense of how it works, and it look's like a step between Shadow Hearts Covenant and a full on strategy RPG. It's turn-based and you can see the coming turn order for everyone in the battle. Distance and positioning matter because there are area-of-effect abilities and characters have movement ranges, but unlike a typical strategy RPG, it doesn't seem like you can move freely before or after performing actions. There's a Move command to move freely, but it uses up the turn, otherwise it looks like characters only move in a straight line towards the spot they attack from. It looks like there are character specific special attacks (Craft) that execute instantly as well as magic (Arts) that has a casting time and seems to work off a materia-like system. There's also a super move (S-Craft) that characters can use outside of their turn. Along the turn order display there are symbols next to certain turns that seem to give powerups for the characters who take that turn, like free healing or a guaranteed critical, so if you can do something that will change your turn order, like a delay from an Arts or an interrupt form an S-Craft, you can steal that turn from the enemy and claim its bonus.
Anyone who's actually played this before, please feel free to correct me if I've gotten something wrong.
SatelliteOfLove
Member
Always Check The Bracer Handbook.
Quickly rivaling with Ys: The Oath in Felghana for the game I've purchased the most times. Well played, XSEED. Well played.
Seriously. This is literally not even a double dip for me... it's a triple dip (Physical PSP, PSN download on Vita, and now Steam)
If only GOG redeemed on Steam
If only GOG redeemed on Steam
Yeah, I do have a problem of forgetting what games I've brough there.
I like to buy my games on steam because of that.
Now eat an ice-cream cone and have it disappear creepily into the inky blackness that is your head.
(It's a Galaxy Express 999 thing.)
You... might have some issues with Trails, then? It's definitely guilty of this to an extent, though it comes across less as over-explaining and more as just... realistic explaining, I guess? Like, if you were to go get a job hunting monsters in real life (were such a thing to exist, of course), there'd be training involved, right? And so there is here.
It doesn't feel extraneous, exactly, but it can be mildly tedious at times (especially if something really cool is coming up and you just want to see it transpire!). It's absolutely worth sticking through, however, as there is most definitely a payoff waiting for you at the end -- a payoff that wouldn't be nearly as impactful without all the buildup.
-Tom
It's up on Steam! Go go go go!
Danny Dudekisser
I paid good money for this Dynex!
Probably the easiest purchase decision I've made on GOG.
Nothing to see here - move along, move along (getting my third copy curtesy of GOG in 2 minutes :-D)
rockmanjoe
Member
I love the gog "box art".