I only discovered this series because of the psp demo...*shrugs* Maybe it was too niche but I distinctly remember not being able to find this in stores, and had to resort to ordering it from amazon. But then again I seem to be one of the few people who enjoy Trails for the gameplay over story/characters.
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The Legend of Heroes: Trails in the Sky PC |OT|
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Barrylocke
Member
Since we've been talking about gameplay in this game, I have a question. Just how much harder is Hard Mode for this game? The impressions I've gotten is that FC isn't super challenging (and that SC kicks it up a couple notches) so people who might be more interested in the combat side might benefit from knowing if they should go hunt down a Japanese clear so they can experience Hard Mode from the get-go.
Also, even Charles Barkely's excited for Trails in the Sky.
Also, even Charles Barkely's excited for Trails in the Sky.
chaosblade
Unconfirmed Member
He must have been more excited for Ys Seven, because Basket Interference is still the best one of these I've seen.
Morrigan Stark
Arrogant Smirk
Well perhaps I wasn't clear. I wasn't worried about the story because just about everyone says it's good and the world and lore is great and all that. Haven't heard any negative feedback about this, so I am not too worried that it'll end up being bad.
But, I can't play a game just for the story. If combat is tedious and painful, it will be a slog, and I don't want that. So that's why I asked about the combat. Thanks for the detailed write-up, nothing jumps at me as being an immediate turn off so far.
No. The only voice acting is the battle cries, etc.
Out_Of_Ammo
Member
Sorry if I missed it, but is there an option for japanese voices during combat? I already played the english PSP version so it would be a nice change to play with japanese voices this time.
Mauricio_Magus
Banned
only english, you can get them in japanese but you'd need some files from the japanese version of the game.
no, there is not.
Out_Of_Ammo
Member
I figured as much, oh well. I'm guessing there's no legal way to obtain those japanese audio files so I'll just play in english again.
Dragon1893
Member
Well perhaps I wasn't clear. I wasn't worried about the story because just about everyone says it's good and the world and lore is great and all that. Haven't heard any negative feedback about this, so I am not too worried that it'll end up being bad.
But, I can't play a game just for the story. If combat is tedious and painful, it will be a slog, and I don't want that. So that's why I asked about the combat. Thanks for the detailed write-up, nothing jumps at me as being an immediate turn off so far.
Don't worry, the combat is pretty good.
You can buy the Japanese version of the game.
Mauricio_Magus
Banned
Well perhaps I wasn't clear. I wasn't worried about the story because just about everyone says it's good and the world and lore is great and all that. Haven't heard any negative feedback about this, so I am not too worried that it'll end up being bad.
But, I can't play a game just for the story. If combat is tedious and painful, it will be a slog, and I don't want that. So that's why I asked about the combat. Thanks for the detailed write-up, nothing jumps at me as being an immediate turn off so far.
The combat is okay, it's just not the reason people play these games.
Out_Of_Ammo
Member
Yes, but I'm not going to buy yet another copy of the game just for Japanese battle voices
. English will be fine.I'd say the combat is good rather just OK. It's turned based but you can move around the field, that already makes it great.
All aspects of the game are good, not just the story. It just happens that the story is the best aspect of the game.
Horatorobor
Member
I started playing this on the PSP, but then I heard this was coming out and with a better translation, I think I'm going to need to restart the game :\
Basileus777
Member
They did make changes to the translation.
What kind of changes?
I saw the thing about the German skill names but that doesn't seem like anything important.
Horatorobor
Member
If I understood currently the person who translated the PSP version, didn't do a good job and even misunderstood some of the text.
chaosblade
Unconfirmed Member
Correcting some references to future games, I think.
I don't think it's so much that the translation of the PSP version was bad, it's just some of the nitty-gritty details didn't get picked up, apparently due to unfamiliarity with the series on behalf of those involved with the game.
RyougaSaotome
Member
There were instances where entire meanings were fudged, references lost, stuff like that.
SatelliteOfLove
Member
I'm in full-blown shill mode, and not a represenative from Falcom, XSEED, nor Carpe Fulgur so I don't have to show any subtlety. It is ON.
It's simple, quick and honestly relatively easy. It's a breath of fresh air after alot of easy-but-fiddly systems that have you tending Goldbergian meters that mean little to strategy.
its all good as long as you buy it day one.
Elor_Nocudee
Member
I had no idea that this was coming out on GOG, i was about to get it on PSN but I'll buy this release instead.
I'd love to see more jrpg's on PC as well, keep up the good work Xseed!
I'd love to see more jrpg's on PC as well, keep up the good work Xseed!
Dragon1893
Member
Still no price for EU.
Horatorobor
Member
It will most likely be equal to the US price, and so if you buy on steam you'll probably pay more than if you buy on GoG.
If taking XSEED's previous Steam releases into account, this is incorrect, if you are referring to a 1:1 conversion.
Dragon1893
Member
It's almost guaranteed that wont be the case.
Dragoon En Regalia
Member
Well, that's one benefit of being a dungeon-crawler, not a straight-ahead, story-driven JRPG.
Xenosaga comparisons are...interesting. My sister loved the series, but every time I've tried to complete Episode 1 ended before getting to the Kukai Foundation (and I only got to the Cathedral Ship once anyway). The setting in those games is far more appealing to me on principle, but the writing left something to be desired. How does this bode for me liking TitS?
Trails has a great coherent fantasy story, with great characters and great writing.
Nightengale
Member
I'd say the writing of TitS is far, far superior to Xenosaga. It won't win any Oscars, but TitS has a... straightforward, simple and delightful writing imo, that captures the essence of its main story, which is a coming-of-age roadtrip/adventure of two siblings in a muted, fantasy world.
Its writing, imo, is very character-driven first-and-foremost, and you learn about the world through the myriad amount of interaction you derive from the constantly changing NPC dialogue that each tell their own personal story within that setting. It's a rich world that slowly unravels itself through your effort to learn more about it.
I would say Xenosaga's problem in its writing is that it tends to be overly convoluted, and occasionally doesn't know where to put its characterisation in alignment with the storytelling. It tries to be character-focused, but it allows the mumbo-jumbo of the lore to creep into every aspect of the character to the point that it felt unreal, especially since Xenosaga tends to go the very deep end of scifi fantasy.
Dragoon En Regalia
Member
If it helps, the main reason I couldn't finish Ep 1 was the massive amount of cutscenes stacked on the Woglinde chapter. I'm presuming the same with this game, which means I could really benefit from playing on the highest difficulty from the get-go.
Trails is the reverse. The dialog writing has charm to it, but the scenario is pretty cliched.
Who doesn't love saving in between cutscenes? I could eat an entire meal during certain scenes!
Dragon1893
Member
It would be a shame not to have it posted in the OT so here goes:
From the steamgaf thread, courtesy of CheesecakeRecipe, the Tits hype train:
From the steamgaf thread, courtesy of CheesecakeRecipe, the Tits hype train:
No "might be" about it -- it's coming! It's just taking a while.
-Tom
Awww yeah I forgot about Carpe Fulgur.
Well if profits are high enough maybe you guys can contract a few more people to have the future games released in the not too distant future.
It would be a shame not to have it posted in the OT so here goes:
From the steamgaf thread, courtesy of CheesecakeRecipe, the Tits hype train:
CHOO CHOO HYPE TRAIN coming through!
Well said, well said. The very first thing I loved about Trails in the Sky when I played the PSP release was the meticulous attention to details. It took me a while before I figured out what it was exactly that struck me as detailed, but after a while I realised it was the credibility of the world. The NPC's, even the many without portraits, are portrayed as persons rather than characters and many undergo a more profound development than the main characters of a handful of other RPGs. Another detail that comes to mind is the 'completeness' of the world, like empty rooms that serve no other purpose than 'completing' the world. To stay with the persons/character analogy, Falcom filled the world of Zemuria with homes rather than just houses.
creid
Member
HYPE TRAINS IN THE SKY