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Official Website

The Legend of Heroes: Trails in the Sky introduces players to Liberl Kingdom, the world's foremost authority on newly-discovered "orbal" technology. The stage is set in the provincial city of Rolent, within the walls of its local Bracer Guild. A peacekeeping organization free of allegiance to any country or government, the bracers are an elite community of skilled combatants, responsible for restoring peace following war 10 years prior.

Players follow the young candidates Estelle and Joshua as they prepare to take their first steps toward joining these elite ranks. They embark on their training, and following quests that lead them to the farthest corners of the land and onward, bring to light a dark government agency with intent to sabotage the very peace the bracers have dedicated their lives to preserving.

As the ultimate adventure to arrive on the PSP® system, The Legend of Heroes: Trails in the Sky boasts an unparalleled RPG experience with over 50 hours of gameplay, an intricate customizable combat system, a meticulously detailed game world full of life, and a narrative that encompasses politics, economy, conspiracy and fantasy alike, with an in-game newspaper that releases new issues as the story progresses, an 11-part mystery novel, and much, much more to be collected. The main cast of well-developed characters in a richly-detailed 3D world wholly immerses players in an RPG of epic proportions.


Purchase/Pre-Order Details:

Standard Edition (MSRP: $30)
Amazon
Gamestop

Limited Edition (MSRP: $40)
Amazon
Gamestop

What's included?

• Soundtrack CD containing over 20 songs
• 13-inch by 19.5-inch poster
• 1.5-inch Bracer Guild replica metal badge

Other Bonuses:

Hey RPG lovers, The "We Hear Your Insatiable Cries For Swag" Promotion Returns! In celebration of our "The Legend of Heroes: Trails in the Sky LE" we're having another pre-order drive (back by popular demand -- does your hunger for art books and soundtracks never end?!)! Not only are we opening it up to Amazon pre-orders and to people that already booked their pre-order before this announcement, but we've added some additional swag from the dark depths of our storage closet to select from (sorry, but still only to residents of the United States): To qualify: - Pre-order the Limited Edition version of "The Legend of Heroes: Trails in the Sky" at Amazon.com, Gamestop.com or at your local GameStop store anytime before March 10, 2011 (Links on the left column). - Forward a copy of your pre-order confirmation/receipt to support@xseedgames.com along with your mailing address and choice of ONE of the following items: Ys SEVEN Soundtrack CD (as included in the LE version of Ys SEVEN) Ys: The Oath in Felghana Soundtrack CD (as included in the LE version of Ys Felghana) Ys Art Book (as included in the LE version of Ys SEVEN) Ys Cloth Map (as included in the LE version of Ys SEVEN) Ys 2011 Calendar (as included in the LE version of Ys Felghana) Lunar: Silver Star Harmony Soundtrack CD (as included in the LE version of Lunar: SSH) <--haha! Surprise!

Reviews

9.0 / 10 - Games Radar
8.8 / 10 - RPG Fan
8.3 / 10 - Game Informer
8.1 / 10 - GameFocus
8.0 / 10 - RPGamer
8.0 / 10 - GamePro
8.0 / 10 - IGN
8.0 / 10 - Playstation Lifestyle


Previews/Interviews:

Gamespot Preview
RPG Gamer Interview


Screenshots:








Trailer

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IWfSK9ZkDhY

Another PSP RPG!?! I love you XSEED!

What does it mean First Chapter? (I already got it pre-ordered but wondering if Il'l hae to hold off playing it)

Originally Posted by Hell Monkey What does it mean First Chapter? (I already got it pre-ordered but wondering if Il'l hae to hold off playing it)

I just put it in there as it's a trilogy and it's how the japanese naming scheme went. Still have no idea how they're doing the naming scheme here, so it's more temporary than anything. Basically the naming scheme went:

Eiyuu Densetsu: Sora no Kiseki FC
Eiyuu Densetsu: Sora no Kiseki SC
Eiyuu Densetsu: Sora no Kiseki the Third

FC is first chapter and SC is second chapter. It's clear they're not using that naming scheme. I'd guess they're going to do "Trails of the Sky" and then just add 2 and 3 to the next two games.

EDIT: Just to add a comment, each individual chapter are long games (like 50 hours a piece). So it's not like you're getting screwed buying it at release. However since the second chapter is still the largest PSP game in terms of size (2 UMD) and the game is pretty text heavy, we won't see the next game until 2012. I'd also recommend buying it early just to prove that it's not a waste to localize games that take a lot of time, effort and money. They've already got the english voice work done for all three games too.


EDIT 2: I forgot they used "the Third" for the third game, not TC.

I played the import a few years ago and it was an amazing game

From what I played of my import copy, I have to agree. Though it was one of the more difficult import games for me to play. Never did finish it (no english guides existed at the time I imported). Though from what I hear it should be one of the best RPGs this generation.

I just hope people don't downplay this game because of the Garghov Trilogy we got last time. Those were pretty piss poor ports from the PC version. Those three games could have been so much better.

I am so confused. Is this a turn-based RPG or is it something like Ys? I was under the impression it's the latter but reading more about it makes me think it's actually the former...

EDIT: Found Youtube videos that indicate it's turn-based. Can anyone elaborate on the specifics on combat?

It is turn based, but you do move around doing battle like Lunar

You could always go download the japanese demo for the game.

Thanks folks. I was also wondering WHY you think it's an awesome game. I'm trying to figure out if it's something I'd like. I've been burnt on too many games lately....

My reason for wanting to play it is going to be a bit different than someone else. I made it through about 20 hours of the first game before I became frustrated due to my low reading level with Japanese text, which probably wasn't even halfway through the first game. I've had the game sitting on my shelf staring at me for years and I enjoyed what I played. A while back (2008?) I had heard that Falcom was in talks for localization of their games over here and I just simply waited it out. I thought about picking it up in the following years but more information kept popping up about Falcom and localizations, including that XSeed interview where they said they won't be doing this game because the amount of lines in each game is roughly 3 to 4 times more than say Final Fantasy 7. Your best bet is to probably ignore me because I've simply waited a really ing long time to finish the game. However it won't stop me from recommending it to people.

Due to the large amount of lines in each game, the focus is mainly on delivering a fleshed out story. Since the second game is a continuation off of the first, I'm pretty sure the ending is a cliffhanger too. Gameplay is also improved over the series too, but it doesn't particularly make it bad in the first one either. 62t could probably explain it a bit better than I could as I think he's finished all three. Try reading the RPG Gamer interview and Gamespot Preview I linked above too. Should also help give you a better idea of what to expect.

Call me crazy, but I loved the first trilogy of games we got. Especially a Tear of Vermilion, which is one of my favorite JRPGs ever.

Yes, the translation was pretty awful, but c'mon, up to and including the PS1 era, we got terrible translations. But they're just so charming.

And in Bandai's defense, for when they came out, the US versions were unique is basically having no loading times despite pretty nice graphics (3d background and 2d sprites for the characters). The Japanese versions (at least the first) apparently had bad loading, but they fixed it for a US release. And they went and released all three games, even though the second one didn't sell well, and they all had color manuals.

Still, presumably this should be a lot better, as the game itself is more modern, Falcom themselves ported it to the PSP (not Bandai), and it's being translated by Xseed, who now apparently also includes a guy that used to post all the time in the original trilogy forums on Gamefaqs. So I know that clearly the end result will be a labor of love (indeed, probably the only reason Xseed is bringing it over).

I think they're ok as filler games, but they're very very average and not particularly interesting on the PSP. If you've played the PC version (import + english patch), you'll see that in comparison to the PSP version, it's leaps and bounds better without question. It's like apples and oranges with how the PSP and PC versions are.

And yeah, Wydwrd or whatever his/her name was is a very large Falcom fanboy. It's likely Wyrd we have to thank for getting the game localized here as he's now an XSeed translator.

I thought the original trilogy was decent. Not great, but not too bad.

And why can't we call it LoH: TitS?

Because I don't do short hand in topic names. ;(

It has it in the tags though... kinda.

EDIT: There. I oh so creatively indulged your desire. :P

Official website is now up: http://www.trailsinthesky.com/

Releases in 2 weeks.

I cant wait to play with tits

Well it releases next week. I figured I'd throw out one of the more popular music tracks in the game:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ODjj64QFV2g

That track received an updated version for the sequel:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ggUmboz_kiE

And here is the Super Arrange version with dub (Japanese):

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wSHVVj0aWJs

And then the pure instrumental version of that:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VEdcvvRX7iY

Though I'm guessing I'm one of only a handful of people on this site that's pretty damn excited about playing this game in english. Either that or I scare people away when I post.

Just ordered this. If this sucks I blame CAG posters like you.

I think you'll be pleasantly surprised with this game. This should fall under the radar as one of the better RPGs this generation for pretty much everybody that enjoys JRPGs.

EDIT: Apparently I missed them releasing an english trailer last week:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IWfSK9ZkDhY

Still no reviews yet. Though not too surprising since it just went gold last week and the translation was finished a few weeks before that. Plus this game is a lot longer than most games these days, including other RPGs. Also NeoGAF has a rather impressive thread on it that I don't feel like cloning to that extent.