Similar to Final Fantasy Tactics?

[Aurumlamina]

I can't quite tell the genre of the game. Is it similar to FFT or is it more of a Chrono Trigger?

[ZanyZombie]

The battle system uses a turn based grid system much like FFT.

However I will say that the game's charm doesn't come from its battles, but from the excellent storytelling, world building, and character development throughout the game. You spend roughly 50/50 amount of time in dungeons/battles vs. story.

[Walke_893]

Here's a video with a bit of gameplay from near the beginning of the game. As you can see, the gameplay is pretty standard RPG flair. The battle system has a grid based movement system but isn't strict like FFT. The focus is more on positioning relative to Movement ranges and AOEs. It is also a standard turn based system with the twist being that the Turn Order is malleable.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kWQfycg4uZ8

As for genre, it is RPG or if you want to further classify it a JRPG in the same vein as those of the PSX era.

[myhr2]

It's a J-RPG, like Chrono Trigger.

[LrdDimwit]

It is not a T-RPG, and there's no class system. It has more in common with Lunar (which has a map you can move around on in battles) than Final Fantasy Tactics.

[ಠ_ಠ]

Yeah, definitely not a strategy RPG. It's just a normal turn based JRPG, with a grid based battlefield. I can see how you might think it's a strategy RPG from screenshots, but it doesn't play like one.

Thankfully. I can only take so much of games like FFT, or Disgaea.

[Dorok]

Originally posted by myhr2:

It's a J-RPG, like Chrono Trigger.

Nope they use very different combats system, they look similar but CT is real time not Trails which has true turns and only a single option of half real time interrupt but hardly one you rush use when available.

I never enjoyed much CT combats because of the real time, Trails is quite different.

[myhr2]

Well, we're talking about the game's genre. FF Tactics is a Tactical RPG. Chrono Trigger is a J-RPG. Trails in the Sky is also a J-RPG. As such, it's closer to Chrono Trigger than it is to FF Tactics.

Now, some people define J-RPGs by the fact that they have a clear separation between real time exploration and turn-based combat. I prefer to base my definition on how the combat is used, as a mean of narration (J-RPGs) or as a game-system of its own (T-RPGs and A-RPGs)

[Dorok]

Ha ok, but seriously it's bizarre how Japan sticked to very precise genres, JRPG and TRPG with both setup on very different blueprints.