Trails in the Sky 1st Chapter

Peak game

Required playing for any JRPG fan.

Я не так давно познакомился с оригиналом и мне понравилась игра и вот я решил купить ремейк и уже на прологе довольновосхищен проделаной работой. Особено с игровой механикой бои стали динамичнее из за возможности быстрого боя, да и сами пошаговые бои выглядят и чувствуются куда эфектнее чем было в оригинале. Буду играть дальше и наслаждатся этим ремейком в ожидании второй части. upd: так же мне нравится возможность наконецто быстро перемещаться, а то в оригинале это где то в середине начало душить. А вот насчет маркеров задания у меня неодназначное мнение с одной стороны для новичков серии это может и хорошо, но теряет такую вещь как самому искать заказчика, место и т.д. читая только записи в дневнике. (я не смотрел настройки и если там есть возможность убрать это то хорошо)

My real play time is more than 15 hours because I completed the demo before buying the full game. The game is excellent, one of my favourite combat systems in a JRPG. I hadn't played a Trails game before this one and this seems like the best entry point, visually it's so pretty and colorful. I really like it.

Great game all around

TLDR: I had a very good time with Trails 1st. Absolutely recommended if it's a genre that appeals to you. This is a fun game. I enjoyed it pretty much all the way through. his was my first Trails experience and I am now interested in playing more. 46hrs including all the side quests (minus the couple I missed near the start because me dummy). My steam hours are less because I moved a save file I had started prior onto this Steam account. If I had to give a rating it'd be in the 8.something range, which is high praise from me. Simple and entertaining story that is lighthearted, yet reveals some extra depth near the end. I enjoyed most of the characters, especially Olivier. Bro was hilarious. Some may complain that there are too many anime tropes at play and like maybe? idk I thought it was all fine. Estelle was a bit of a doofus but I found her more cute and charming than annoying. Kind of like Chen Qianyu in Arknights: Endfield. I played with English voices and thought it all sounded good except for Tita, who did get a bit annoying. I didn't hate her or anything, just didn't like her as much as the rest of the cast. From what I've heard this first game is basically one big prologue for the series and I gotta say it was a great first impression. Very interested in seeing how the the develops when the 2nd remake releases. I kind of want to go off any play more of the games, but I feel like it'd make the most sense if I wait and play all the remakes first. I appreciated that quick-battles were an option for variety. I rarely fully fought things in quick-battles all the way through, but the option to choose how much health to whittle down before going into command-battle added a lot. The "skill-shot" style of abilities was very engaging. It did feel a little dumbed down though that weaknesses, resistances, and stats on enemies are outright told to you rather than requiring experimentation or at least in-game research to learn. Also liked that I could darksouls run past mobs if I wanted. Oh and the lack of grinding was nice. Build variety seemed quite good at the start and while there are plenty of options, it feels like the game pushes you to overlap a lot. Ex: everybody needed HP to be slotted in or at the very least an HP boosting item or else you risk an enemy rage loop taking characters out in one sequence. You are basically allowed to go any direction with most characters though aside from filling out the basic neceseties. I think Estelle was meant to be a frontline brawler but I ended up having her as like a support mage pseudo-tank for most of the game. I don't know how to put it into words but there was a certain charm I felt while playing this game. It was nice. I was happy. Performance was solid. Visuals were about what I'd expect for this kind of game, nothing crazy but no complaints either. Much better in these regards than on Switch, I don't think the Switch version does the game justice. Built in speed-up mode was nice too. I toggled it on and off quite a bit. Minor Gripes: There are quite a few parts, especially in the latter half, where character voicing comes and goes within the same dialog sequence. I get that there were budget constraints, but it felt jarring nonetheless. Didn't get enough time with some chars both in terms of writing nor getting to know their kits. That's a good problem though, it means there was enough there that was good to the point that I cared in the first place to want more. Music decent but can be repetitive at times. Some tracks go a bit elevator music mode.