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| NBIceman 07/04/21 3:43:42 AM #338: | The Legend of Heroes: Trails in the Sky the 3rd (PC) Extraordinarily satisfying. It always takes me a while to get through these games (if you look at my Steam achievement dates for this one in particular you'll see at least two long gaps in playtime) because the combat system isn't my favorite (I find that it's either weirdly unfair or mind-numbingly easy; I didn't take a single point of damage against the final boss with the setup I had) and, more importantly, because I always manage to somehow start them right before something crazy happens in my life that ends up eating all of my free time. But I really, really do adore the series. My two favorite aspects of fiction are characters and worldbuilding, and it's hard to find media that do those two things better than Trails. Like, on that note, I'm pretty sure this game confirmed that I'm the biggest dork in the history of the world, because when I stumbled upon a few books in the Hermit's Garden talking about Liberl's economy, of all things, not only was I legitimately stoked to read them, I was outright disappointed that they were as short as they were. Anyway, in what I imagine is a common story among franchise fans, Kevin Graham immediately went from a guy I had no real opinion of whatsoever to being far and away my favorite character in SC's ending, so I was stoked to find he was the main protagonist of this entry, and he didn't disappoint. Just got better and better as the game went on - he's very easily a top 10 video game character for me at this point. The whole cast is great, though - I will never cease to be astounded that this game's party is made up of 16 (!) members, and I actually like all of them to at least some degree. What an accomplishment. It could almost be mistaken for something of a fanservice game on its surface, what with its litany of reused areas, a chapter that lets you fight against a bunch of folks that there would otherwise never be a story reason to, and its letting you actually play as such names as But that wouldn't be a fair classification anyway. This story very clearly has an incredible amount of care and heart put into it, just like the other games did. The main narrative meanders a tiny bit at times but is always compelling and extremely well-written, the side stories range from great to tremendous (with one "appalling" thrown in there that I had to make a separate topic about and that will forever stay with me), and the ending is perfect in just about every way imaginable. I'm very much looking forward to the Crossbell duology, which I'll probably wait to play until the official translations come out now that they've been announced. I've still got a hell of a backlog to keep me busy until then. Character Ranking with not a ton of thought put into it: Also, People who claim video games aren't art can, as my buddy Steiner might say, get in the bin. I'm gonna miss this world and its characters like crazy. --- https://imgur.com/UYamul2 Spurs - Yankees - Eagles - Golden Knights - Longhorns ... Copied to Clipboard! |
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