The Legend of Heroes: Trails Into Reverie PC Review

The Legend of Heroes: Trails into Reverie is the newest installment within the long-running Trails collection developed by Nihon Falcom. As a mainline entry into the Trails collection, the sport continues the epic narrative and complicated world-building that the collection is thought for, delivering a charming and immersive RPG expertise within the course of, however not an expertise that’s new to followers nor one that may simply be really helpful to new gamers.

The One That Ends it All

The Legend of Heroes: Trails into Reverie is the ultimate recreation that wraps up the Trails collection within the bigger The Legend of Hero collection. As such, the sport means so much to followers of the collection because it not solely wraps issues up but in addition options nearly each main character throughout the collection, together with Rean and Llyod, which is so much. So many actually, that it’s laborious to maintain monitor of all of them, and apart from the primary leads, all characters have their very own function to play. The sport even provides new mysterious characters, new plotlines, and a major risk that’ll have all their tales interconnected for a ultimate act. The ultimate entry additionally introduces the brand new Crossroads System, which permits gamers to modify between the three principal characters and their tales at any time, providing gamers an opportunity to delve deeper into the overarching narrative and discover the wealthy lore of the Zemurian continent. The writing is top-notch, with well-developed characters and thought-provoking dialogue that delves into advanced themes of politics, energy, and private progress. The conclusion can also be one of the vital satisfying I’ve seen in a JRPG in a very long time, particularly because it rewards devoted followers of the franchise and individuals who’ve grown hooked up to its characters. As such, it’s additionally the first purpose the sport can’t be simply really helpful to new gamers as a consequence of how complicated it can rapidly get for them.

Outdoors its story, The Legend of Heroes: Trails into Reverie has loads of different issues to supply gamers, however not all are new. Gamers can customise their occasion with a wide selection of playable characters, every with their very own distinctive skills and fight types. Whereas fight continues to be of the identical high quality seen in earlier titles and doesn’t have many new noteworthy components, particularly as fight mechanics have solely been dumbed down over time, this entry options the brand new “United Entrance” mechanic, which is principally an final all-out assault that may both deal devastating injury to enemies or heal your occasion. Whereas helpful, they aren’t any totally different from comparable sorts of fight seen in different JRPGS.

If It Aint Broke

Apart from fight, the sport incorporates a wealth of aspect quests, mini-games, and non-obligatory content material that provides important replay worth. Gamers can have interaction in character-bonding occasions and take part in difficult fight encounters by way of a number of randomly generated dungeons.

By way of visuals, Trails into Reverie appears to be like considerably totally different from the primary two video games that depict the Crossbell Saga, which has a retro pixelated look. This time, the sport incorporates the visible look and aesthetic of the Trails of Chilly Metal video games, as characters now have full 3D fashions, and environments are rather more detailed. From bustling cities to lush landscapes and complicated dungeons, every location is meticulously designed, immersing gamers in a vibrant and various setting.

The sport additionally has a stellar soundtrack. The music superbly enhances the sport’s emotional moments, intense battles, and serene exploration, enhancing the general immersion and leaving an enduring impression on gamers. Trails into Reverie additionally runs extremely nicely on PC at 60 frames per second with a number of helpful PC settings and changes. The sport additionally has each English and Japanese voice over, and each casts did glorious jobs portraying the characters. 

Last Ideas

Total, whereas Trails into Reverie might not be the perfect start line for newcomers to the collection as a consequence of its heavy reliance on earlier recreation information, it serves as a satisfying continuation and end result of the Trails saga, rewarding longtime followers with an abundance of callbacks and closure to ongoing storylines. Couple this with its well-developed characters, immersive visuals, strategic gameplay, and memorable soundtrack, and gamers may have an unimaginable expertise, particularly for followers who’ll be left happy by the tip.

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