The Legend of Heroes: Trails in the Sky the 3rd

Kevin's whacky ride was great, this might even be the best of the trilogy. One part wrap up and send off for the cast, one part tasteful fan service, one part tactical combat, and one part character drama. Far and away the best combat and gameplay of the trilogy. Some sections may have been a little long winded perhaps but the design of the fights was superior and the cast of characters and balance was refined. Getting to play as Richard and Renne was awesome. The mini-games were honestly charming, I can't bring myself to be overly cynical about them. They took maybe an hour to two collectively to finish on all difficulties for me. I really liked the plot and framing of this game. Phantasma is cool idea (Persona 5 ripped this off btw) and it works perfectly as a vehicle for what the developers wanted to accomplish with this game. Kevin and Ries have a lot of heavy lifting to do standing in for Estelle and Joshua, who of course also return with the rest of the cast, as our new protagonists. I liked Kevin in SC and it was satisfying to figure out what his deal actually was. They manage to develop his character in this game in about 30 hours almost as much as any character developed over the 100 hours of FC and SC. To avoid spoilers I won't go into detail but our new leading characters are excellent, a believable relationship that manages to distinguish itself from the story told in the first two games. A fair amount of set up for later titles goes on in this game, and that's almost worth the price of admission alone. There's some decent "world building" (a dirty word, I know) at play as well hidden amidst the optional content in the star doors. Now I only fear that the writers will forget everything that percolated in this trilogy in later games! I won't prattle on too long, if you liked SC and FC you *will* like this game too. Absolutely recommended do not let people dissuade you. "Every day you spend with someone could turn out to be the last, and that's a reality all of us have to face up to and fight every day.... and that's why we have to smile!" - Estelle Bright

one of the best conclusions to a JRPG series. Highly recommended. The tonal shift, takes a major shift compared to the other games, but if you played the first 2 games, you HAVE TO PLAY THIS GAME TOO. a lot of characters get fleshed out in this game, and so does the world, its crazy how expansive this world is, and if you already know, this franchise is like 20 games deep, and this is only the 3rd game. one of the things i didnt like about this game is the fact that it is all just dungeon crawling, in the other 2 games, you had an actual world to traverse and some occasional dungeons and strongholds, in this game its just dungeon after dungeon, with only mobs in between, which most definitely makes the game faster to play through, as they have finally decided to add a fast travel system in this game.