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[Mako Yagami]

Final Fantasy 10 HD Remaster - 8.5/10

Very good game, excellent remaster.

[Mako Yagami]

amazingly detailed review *claps*

 

Oh, I only read the "rate" part in the title lol. I'll review FFX-2 when I beat it.

[Mako Yagami]

 

The Legend of Heroes: Trails In The Sky SC

(or just Trails SC for short)

System: PC (Steam)

 

 

 

 

Pros:

 

There is a lot of character and world building in these games. The cast is made up of fun and likable characters that are all developed and get their time to shine (with maybe the exception of one or two). It does get emotional at times because you end up caring so much about them. The setting isn’t anything new or special, but it’s told with so much detail as you learn about the nation, its history, and its relationship with the neighboring nations. It feels like a real place that is alive with multiple moving parts, you are just one of them.

 

I like the battle system. It’s kind of a combination of Lunar, Grandia, and Final Fantasy 7. It has the range and speed mechanic of Lunar. It has the turn management of Grandia. And it has a more complex materia-like system. I’d also count the craft system as being like limit breaks. You can Attack, use magic Arts,  Craft skills, and you can also make food for healing, buffs, or attacking, which is kinda like the Tales series I guess.

 

The attention to detail and the little things helps this game a lot. NPCs all have names and their own character portraits. Their dialogue changes after story events. You can talk to everyone again to get a little bit different dialogue. Some people might find this pointless but some NPCs have their own stories and problems that develop over the course of the game.

 

Cons:

 

The biggest con is probably the pacing. The structure of the game can wear on you after a while. You do some quests, go through the story, finish up some more side quests, go to the next town, and then repeat. In each town you meet a new bad guy and a little bit of story, but it’s a slow build and most of the story is given to you in the last third of the game.

 

There are things in the game that are intentional to make it feel like a real world. It’s to make the game feel believable and realistic but at the cost of convenience. There is no fast travel, not even at the end of the game, so you have to walk everywhere. You have to go to the guild house to change your party. You also have to manually unequip them. There are some generic fetch quests and “go kill this monster” quests too. It makes sense because you’re part of the Bracer guild but meh. I think there’s one or two escort quests too. I don’t mind them that much but they should be better if they are the main way to get money in the game (you don’t get money after fights).

 

Overall:

 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CBmtF4TCeic

 

Trails FC and SC combine to basically make one huge game. I love both games and they do a really good job at actually making you care about the characters. Estelle has become probably one of the best female protagonists in a jrpg. My favorite has always been Celes from FF6 but Estelle is now up there too. This game (FC & SC combined) is also now up there with FF6 as my favorite jrpg. Definitely check it out if you like traditional, old school type jrpgs.

 

Read this article to learn how difficult it was to get these games localized and how much time and work went into it: http://kotaku.com/the-curse-of-kiseki-how-one-of-japans-biggest-rpgs-bar-1740055631

 

PS. Olivier is the best. That is all.

 

9.5/10

 

 

I'll play this soon... soon.