Legend of Heroes: Trails in the Sky.

[Chad32]

I bought this game recently, and I really like it. It's a turn based JRPG that's pretty dialogue heavy, but has interesting characters, story, and all that. About the only complaint I has was the camera angle, but once you figure out how to move it around on your own, walking around towns and looking for stuff gets a lot easier.

A funny thing about it is the bad guys are not obviously evil. They usually come off as good people at the start, until you find out more about what they're up to. The two most abrasive people in the game are more or less good guys.

It kind of reminds me of Final Fantasy 7, with preemptive and surprise attacks, a bar that builds up during battle that allows you to use a special move, and magical orbs you equip that allows you to use spells. The surprise attacks can get frustrating, because it means just trying to go around an enemy for whatever reason can get you in worse trouble than if you just engaged every enemy you see.

There are some big sequel hooks for a game that I read is coming out this winter. Likely a Christmas release.

I originally thought that there would be a post game where you go around solving cases as a full fledged bracer, but instead you get a new game + where you keep old stuff and have an option to play a harder difficulty.

[Chad32]

No comments? I iz disappoint.

One thing I'd like to talk about is that I really started to dislike the main protagonist early. Estelle, during the flashback, repeatedly jumped on top of an injured boy because he was being rude and yelling. And her father did nothing to stop it. I think it must have been played for laughs, because he really under reacted to it, and Cassius was so nonchalant about it. Someone tried to kill him. He has bandages all over. Yet she's jumping on him because he's yelling.

Then she's a bit of a ditz, and when Oliver comes in and kind of hits on Joshua, she's much more bothered by the fact that he's hitting on a guy than the fact that he's hitting on an underage teenager. Not that she's the only one who thinks bisexuality is a bit weird.

A little into the game she does hurt a younger kid for mouthing off to him, but in time she gets better. When she pulls out her staff after another kid is unimpressed, she shows him a trick instead of hitting him with it. When another kid steals something from her, she tickles him instead of hurting him. I think she becomes less of a ditz over time too. Especially if you make correct dialogue choices.

She just makes a really horrible first impression. Joshua, the other protagonist, is much more sensible. I really like Oliver, in all his flair, because he's colorful and one of the best characters in battle. He's the best offensive spellcaster, I believe, due to his orbment having one long line instead of sections. Sections restrict spells. I really like Zane too. He is the tank to Oliver's nuke, to Joshua's dps, to Estelle's well roundedness.

There are other interesting characters. Kloe makes the best healer, since she has one long line like Oliver, but three of her six slots must be water. Which is big on healing. Tita is great for AoE attacks, but she's a little kid so she's frail. She's a glass cannon who uses a hand cannon. There's Agate, who is pretty tough like Zane, but focuses on offense rather than defense with his skills. Last is Sherezard, who is kind of a dominatrix with a whip, and is a good character but not really one of my favorites in a fight. Character wise she's pretty fun.