The Legend of Heroes: Trails in the Sky

Took me 12 years of real time from the date of purchase and first playing, and then about 30 or so hours of actual play on one save over the course of one week, to beat this game. A rock-solid game that, if you finish, will bait you unbelievably hard into getting the remaining two chapters. Buyer beware.

9.5/10 cinematic masterpiece. I started with the OG games. I had ZERO expectations. and I dislike turn based games because I'm too used to action games. but I made an exception to my rule when I was recommended this franchise and I'm glad I did. the characters, world, lore, everything is almost perfect. my only 2 dislikes of the game are the pacing of the final chapter and the pseudo i*c*st of the main characters (well it isn't i*c*st but they were raised as step siblings. I hate this trope but because its well written in this game I'm being light to it overall). For these two nitpicks I took 0.5 points off of my final rating. the gameplay isnt too complicated and the game does a good job teaching a complete novice like me how the game mechanics work. the music is absolutely STELLAR btw. Played entirely on the Steam Deck docked mode connected to a 4k TV lol

Completed it 3 times for all achievements. Cornelia chapters location and methods of obtaining is strange and not intuitive with same situation related to hidden quests (I look at you, Alba's quest in Bose).