The Legend of Heroes: Trails in the Sky 2004

Is it still worth playing?

Nihon Falcom's 2004 role playing game for Windows, the first game of the Trails series, in which Estelle Bright and her adopted brother Joshua travel through the country of Liberl. They train to become senior Bracers, members of an organization that protects civilians. Field maps have roaming enemies, and contact starts a battle, while towns have shops, inns for healing and guilds where quests are taken and reported. Each character's dialogue changes as the story progresses. Combat is turn based on a grid, with turn order set by the AT Bar. Actions include normal attacks, Arts that take an extra turn to cast, and Crafts and S-Crafts that use Craft Points. If you lose a battle the game ends, but you can retry with a lower difficulty each time. A new player today is not stranded for long, because dialogue that changes with the story makes each town worth revisiting.