The Legend of Heroes: Trails in the Sky

94% positive of 8,825 Steam reviews

Main story: Unknown
Everything: Unknown
Released: 2014
Steam Deck: Playable
Known on: Steam, GOG

Made by Nihon Falcom. Published by XSEED Games, Marvelous USA, Inc..

About the game

Hailed as one of the largest, longest and most meticulously detailed turn-based JRPG series of all time, this first chapter in the ongoing Trails saga sets the stage for what's quickly become Ys developer Nihon Falcom's most popular and best-selling franchise in their entire 30+ year history.

What sets it apart

JRPG
Turn-Based
Anime
Story Rich
RPG
Female Protagonist
Tactical RPG
Turn-Based Strategy
Fantasy
Turn-Based Combat
Adventure
Strategy

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The Legend of Heroes: Trails in the Sky

94% positive of 8,825 Steam reviews

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Main story: Unknown
Everything: Unknown
Released: 2014
Steam Deck: Playable
Known on: Steam, GOG

Made by Nihon Falcom. Published by XSEED Games, Marvelous USA, Inc..

About the game

What sets it apart

JRPG
Turn-Based
Anime
Story Rich
RPG
Female Protagonist
Tactical RPG
Turn-Based Strategy
Fantasy
Turn-Based Combat
Adventure
Strategy

What players say

Recommended
utterly sucked into this thanks to the recommendation of a friend. the story and the world really grew on me and certain game mechanics heavily activated a certain autism in me(i love the orbment stuff so much). at one point i stayed up playing this game for 8 hours straight which I've not done with a jrpg in a long time. i'm tremendously thankful for games like these that can do that to me. fucking seared to pieces…
217 h played when written. 4 found it helpful.
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Recommended
~ Long time JRPG player ~ Have played every psx and ps2 and snes jrpg I have waited YEARS to play this game. My expectations were high and I knew coming in it was a slow burn but I wanted that old psx feel where we develop characters and world building, and THIS game certainly has both of those or sure. - THE GOOD/GREAT - I did like the world building and character development. I always consider plot to be important…
41 h played when written. 4 found it helpful.
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Not recommended
Trails in the Sky is just another JRPG. It is as generic as it can get. And that's either too good for gamers of this style or a detriment. For starters, the characters, setting, and story are simply not my thing. I understand what the developers were going for with Estelle and Joshua's coming-of-age story, but the story is too generic, too formulaic to honestly care about. It's just another JRPG story, as I said,…
16 h played when written. 1 found it helpful.
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