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The Legend of Heroes: Trails in the Sky (PC Digital Download)

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  • 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.

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Steam has The Legend of Heroes: Trails in the Sky (PC Digital Download) on sale for $9.99.
  • Note: A Steam account is required to activate/purchase and play (free to join).
Thanks to Deal Hunter Bojjihuntindeals for sharing this deal.

About this 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.

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Written by RevOne | Staff
  • About this Store:
    • Steam is the world's largest digital distribution platform for computer games and is owned/operated by Valve Corporation (the developers behind several classic video games including Half-Life, Portal, Team Fortress, Counter-Strike, Left 4 Dead, Dota 2 & more).
  • Additional Information:
    • Rated 93% 'Very Positive' at Steam based on over 7.9k customer reviews.
    • Please see the original post for additional details and/or view the Wiki and forum comments for further helpful discussion if available.

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aerogems
This is an excellent game, HOWEVER, if you've ever played any Legend of Heroes games, you'll notice that a lot of the quests are the same in every single game, so I wouldn't recommend trying to play this if you've recently played any other Legend of Heroes game. Also, as mentioned, this is just the first of three games. It ends on something of a cliffhanger which is where the second game picks up.
doghairdontcare
The statement that each has its own self-constained story like Final Fantasy is not really true. Final Fantasy games are usually separate worlds. These games are same world, progressing chronologically throughout the continent. Very hard disagree on the statemet that play order doesn't impact ability to enjoy the other games -- Getting a heartfelt closure for a character from the Sky trilogy within the Crossbell arc greatly impacts player experience if you actually knew the character.

Personally, I think starting from the beginning is the best experience possible IF this is the type of game for you (into heavy reading, don't like to miss a beat, enjoy world building but won't mind a slow start). Your statement of needing old-school RPG goodness tends to suggest to start with Sky tbh. I get that some people find recommending starting with Sky trilogy a bitter pill given its dated graphics. They are remaking the first game this year, but even then, you'd be left at the cliffhanger leaving you wanting more anyway so you'd have no choice but to jump into the dated SC. If you insist on starting with something more modern, then the suggestion is to start at the beginning of an arc. For instance, if you want to play the crossbell games, don't start with Azure.

The chronologic order grouped by arcs:

Sky trilogy:
Trails in the Sky FC
Trails in the Sky SC
Trails in the Sky 3rd

Crossbell arc:
Trails to Zero
Trails to Azure (chronologically overlaps a bit with Erebonia arc but no reason not to play this before cold steel).

Erebonia arc:
Trails of Cold Steel 1 thru 4

Reverie
Calvard arc:
Daybreak
Daybreak 2
StrongDesk6816
Just to add on to this in regards to Legend of Heroes games - these games can have almost have too much dialogue and world building to the point it breaks the flow of actually playing the game. I just recently played through Trails from Zero after not playing any of the franchise since the cold steel series and at one point there was a little over an hour spent just reading dialogue. If you want more action than reading in your rpgs this series might not be a good fit for you.

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This is an excellent game, HOWEVER, if you've ever played any Legend of Heroes games, you'll notice that a lot of the quests are the same in every single game, so I wouldn't recommend trying to play this if you've recently played any other Legend of Heroes game. Also, as mentioned, this is just the first of three games. It ends on something of a cliffhanger which is where the second game picks up.
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Quote from aerogems :
This is an excellent game, HOWEVER, if you've ever played any Legend of Heroes games, you'll notice that a lot of the quests are the same in every single game, so I wouldn't recommend trying to play this if you've recently played any other Legend of Heroes game. Also, as mentioned, this is just the first of three games. It ends on something of a cliffhanger which is where the second game picks up.
Just to add on to this in regards to Legend of Heroes games - these games can have almost have too much dialogue and world building to the point it breaks the flow of actually playing the game. I just recently played through Trails from Zero after not playing any of the franchise since the cold steel series and at one point there was a little over an hour spent just reading dialogue. If you want more action than reading in your rpgs this series might not be a good fit for you.
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PanicAtTheCostco
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It's too bad the 2nd and third parts of the trilogy literally never go on sale.
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Quote from PanicAtTheCostco :
It's too bad the 2nd and third parts of the trilogy literally never go on sale.
The 2nd and 3rd are on sale right now by the way
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Quote from StrongDesk6816 :
Just to add on to this in regards to Legend of Heroes games - these games can have almost have too much dialogue and world building to the point it breaks the flow of actually playing the game. I just recently played through Trails from Zero after not playing any of the franchise since the cold steel series and at one point there was a little over an hour spent just reading dialogue. If you want more action than reading in your rpgs this series might not be a good fit for you.
Is there a play order guide available? I would love to start on these at some point.
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I consider this to be the greatest RPG series of all time.
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The 2nd and 3rd are on sale right now by the way
Never at this price point though. 2nd is $19.49 and 3rd is $22.49.

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How does this play on the steam deck? Some of the Trails series say deck unsupported.
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Quote from FairSquirrel657 :
Is there a play order guide available? I would love to start on these at some point.
It really doesn't matter. It's sort of like Final Fantasy or Tales games, where each one is its own self-contained story. There's some overlap with wider game world events, and occasionally characters from one game show up in another, but you can pick up any of the Legend of Heroes games, play them, and it won't really impact your ability to enjoy the others.
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Quote from PeterL7956 :
How does this play on the steam deck? Some of the Trails series say deck unsupported.
Don't have a steam deck, but these games are both pretty old and weren't all that graphically demanding even when they were new. The only potential issue would be if it uses some API call that Proton doesn't emulate.
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This is getting a complete remake, btw.

The Legend of Heroes series is one of my all-time favorites. I haven't played the Trails in the Sky games, but I've played Trails to Zero, Trails to Azure, Trails of Cold Steel 1-4, Trails Through Reverie and am currently playing Trails Through Daybreak 1. These games won't be for everyone, since there's a ton of dialogue, but I've enjoyed all the stories.
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Quote from aerogems :
It really doesn't matter. It's sort of like Final Fantasy or Tales games, where each one is its own self-contained story. There's some overlap with wider game world events, and occasionally characters from one game show up in another, but you can pick up any of the Legend of Heroes games, play them, and it won't really impact your ability to enjoy the others.
Thank you so much! I have been needing some more old-school RPG goodness, and I have been eyeing the series for a while.
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Quote from PeterL7956 :
How does this play on the steam deck? Some of the Trails series say deck unsupported.
Yeah. I got it start at least on Deck but it was a graphical mess. Unless some new proton build has improved it, a year or two ago it definitely would not be considered playable.
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The 2nd and 3rd are on sale right now by the way
If it's not minimum 75% off, it's not a sale.
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Never at this price point though. 2nd is $19.49 and 3rd is $22.49.
Worth every penny

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