I'm thinking of getting this.
I have never even touched the series. I just know it has a lot of games.
1. Can anyone briefly educate me?
2. How many games are there?
3. Is the series done?
4. Will they remake all of the games?
5. Are they self contained stories?
6. Is it worth getting into?
1. Copied from my last OT: the Trails series is a long-running franchise of role-playing video games developed by Nihon Falcom. These games are known for their deep storytelling, world-building, complex characters, and strategic turn-based combat systems. The Trails series is divided into arcs, each focusing on different regions, characters, and storylines, but they are all set in the same shared world.
2. There are 12 games released in the West currently. The next one, Trails Beyond the Horizon is going to come out early next year.
3. No, but Kondo, the president of Falcom and series director, said we are in the final part of the series. But don't believe his lies.
4. We don't know, but it's highly likely that they are going to remake the sequel of Sky FC at least (Trails in the Sky SC).
5. Each arc is self-contained, while the overall story is interconnected. Events from past games are always referenced, and characters from past games can have massive impact on the story. There are a few good starting points, but the optimal starting point is Trails in the Sky FC.
6. Hell yeah, Trails is a unicum when it comes to videogames. No other series has come close to this level of interconnectedness, and that is actually the main appeal of the series.