Trails in the Sky 1st Chapter

Good stuff. Underrated JRPG. Never played the original but this was a great entry to the series. Can't wait for the second one and hope they remake the third one too.

What this game is - extremely linear game where nothing depends on your actions. No progression (except levels), no abilities, no open world, nothing. At least they've put some effort into characters and visuals. Thats the only pros. The leveling system seems to be there just for grinding. The way to make battles difficult - just increase the health points on oponents to like 30 times more than the player, but only when the player battles those opponents. That can clearly be visible in last chapter during tournament. When game just shows other battles it can clearly be seen that after getting 3000-4000 damage health of certain characters falls more than by half. Seconds later the player meets SAME characters in a battle. Oh what a surprise, now they have like 90000 health each (and I did not make a mistake with extra zeroes). Due to that fact many battles even against monsters are very long and very boring. They can be ended quickly, but then most powerful "magic" needs to be used which costs too much EPs. So all the game is basically saving EPs and then unleashing them on bosses. Same thing again and again and again. And near the end - even more long battles for which you basically no longer gain any meaningful amount of XPs because... why not? That said this game should have cost 40€ max. Way overpriced!

How should I even start this review ... I just finished it. It's my first game in the series ever, so WHAT WAS ALL OF THAT??? IT'S TOO BEAUTIFUL, I WANNA CRY, OH MY please I need 2nd chapter right now!!!!! Ehm, so, a review, eh? Well, Let's see me try ... Story: beautiful, absolute masterpiece. I like how lovable (and hateable some of) the casts are, all around the performance was great. I'm rooting for the blonde handsome, yo, he's my man. Anyway, the pacing feels great. It's a subjectively generic trope wrapped in a beautiful story, and I'm sold. Oh, and the environments, too. Man, everything was set up so nicely. The world is lively. The small open world is justified. Most - if not all - of the quests were meaningful. It feels a bit like I can't stop praising the story. (Edit: I just remembered: why does everyone sound the same? I mean, some characters do resemble others, but this is more of a voice problem. It came to the point where you may differentiate the voices into just some major groups, for example: girls, boys, men, women, old man, old women, and kids; some not fitting with their looks.) Talk about combat, since this is a JRPG at the end of the day: I was surprised by the quick battle mechanic, but I eventually got used to it. Both quick and command battle complimented each other. Ah, but of course, command battle is the main course here. It got more intuitive, and every upgrades felt like hard work paid off. I'm not the best minmaxxer, so normal difficulty was about the right amount of challenge for me. Common enemies did became somewhat a chore, but it set up the surprise for an annoying final boss [spoiler] and the optional, very difficult boss [/spoiler] . Other things: the graphics and QoL features are definitely playing their parts in selling the story (I don't think I'll enjoy the original after playing this masterpiece of a remake). The game ran great, though I wonder if it had always been running like this. Oh, y'know the game is great when someone played with no music and still enjoyed the game so much (even about half of my first playthrough here was played with no sound at all). The map and minimap are actually clever, I love them. The cooking, the book collecting ... I think I'm running out of things to point out - not because everything else was bad, it's just that I'm getting pretty forgetful nowadays. Overall, it feels like I have just tasted a bit of the pinnacle of JRPG. I still have so much to discover. I hope my next journey won't disappoint me. 10/10, would try to beg my friends to play this game. [spoiler] I'll check on the new game+ once I have caught up with all the real life thing I've been abandoning. [/spoiler]

thank god the 2nd game is in a month

Super RPG!

Awesome Story not many games do i beat twice

Que jogo maravilhoso de bom, honraram demais o original! O jogo não só é muito bonito como bem leve de inicio ao fim, fiquei surpreso com toda a otimização que fizeram. Mal posso esperar pelo 2nd! RECOMENDO!