Games like Trails in the Sky?

[Legendary]

I was wondering if you guys have any suggestions for games that I should try out on Steam that are similar to this series. I am just really bored now that I've finished the series and have nothing to play.

[Craig78]

there is not a game like trails on steam .... ( until cold steel will be release on steam )
what do you like the most with trails ?
if you like the battle system try Grandia 2
edit: grandia isn't on sale atm :(

[Legendary]

I really do like the battle system. I'll check that game out.

[WiFiDi]

there is also the "tales of" series is pretty good. not as good as trails but its not bad.

[Legendary]

I'll look into it. Thanks for that suggestion as well.

[Legendary]

I'm really looking forward to Trails of Cold Steel though.

[Talithmara]

Originally posted by WiFiDi:

there is also the "tales of" series is pretty good. not as good as trails but its not bad.

I'd argue that the "good" Tales games are as good as Trails, but the series has gone pretty downhill. Out of the ones on Steam, I'd really only recommend Symphonia. Zestiria is one of the lowest points in the series, and Berseria is a companion to Zestiria and as such I basically refuse to check it out because wow, how the heck did Zestiria get an anime and a companion game, it was baaaaaaad.

(To explain my complaints: Zestiria had a strong first few hours. But at maybe 10% of the way into the game, any and all effort was just abandoned and you can tell exactly when the devs went "screw it, let's rush it." I love the better games in the series for character development on a level comparable to - and at times surpassing - Trails, and Zestiria is a massive disappointment for opening with such promise and then going LOLNOPE.)

[RegalStar]

I happen to think that Zestiria is a decent game that is plagued with some issues, and Berseria is basically better than it in every way. Symphonia actually doesn't really age well and I'd recommend Berseria if you want to grab one and try.

[LrdDimwit]

Like Trails? Trails' main draw is that the characters have great personality and are well written. That's a tall order to fill; many RPGs struggle with this. Mass Effect 2, for instance, has a great cast, but most of them don't actually get all that much time in the limelight.

I'll recommend Persona 3/4 - not 5, because the cast has less chemistry and its translation is very very uneven, whereas 3 and 4's were basically perfect. (5's still good - really good - but it's not as much 'like Trails' as the others.) There's also a really old PS1 RPG called Koudelka that has some of the best character interaction I've ever seen. The first Disgaea might do it for you. (It's not the deepest story, but it's good, and it's funny.) Planescape: Torment has really great characters and a great story. Tides of Numenera, not as good, still pretty damn good.

Also, you might want to look into visual novels. Steins;Gate and the sequel S;G 0 are both great. Hotel Dusk is pretty good. 999 / VLR are both great.

[Nando]

Grandia II

[Sergei Lou]

The original Legend of Heroes trilogy, on PSP. Far from perfect, but it's a good look at what could be defined the "prototype" for the Kiseki we all know and love.

[Minneyar]

Originally posted by Ranylyn:

Berseria is a companion to Zestiria and as such I basically refuse to check it out because wow, how the heck did Zestiria get an anime and a companion game, it was baaaaaaad.

To be fair, most Tales fans consider Zestiria to be one of the worst Tales games and Berseria one of the best. It's easily the best Tales game since Vesperia, and IMO it's as good as Symphonia (which is my favorite that's been released in English). It's so good that it makes Zestiria better in retrospect. You're doing yourself a disservice if the only reason you're avoiding it is because it's related to Zestiria.

As for the subject at hand, I'll second Grandia II. The port's got some rough edges, but it's another turn-based JRPG with a great story and soundtrack.

[MPM2.0]

The Steam port of Grandia 2 is quite serviceable from what I've played, but I did wait for it to be patched a few times before I tried it given the game's unfortunate history.

The 2002 port that I finished years ago was hot garbage. I have so many horror stories about getting it to work and having to put up with the bugs and glitches that I did. For instance, the game claimed that it's designed for Windows 9x and did not mention XP support. I was able to get it working on XP but not 98 or ME. WTF?

Ubisoft should be fined for releasing such a garbage port and refusing to patch it.

Either way, the game could benefit from dungeon maps and save anywhere.

[Legendary]

Thanks for all the great suggestions guys. I'll take a look into them.

[Captain Deadpool]

Berseria is a really great game, and Persona 5 is amazing aswell

But if u want tactical turn combat u can also try Disgaea 5

[peggyandfred]

neither tales nor persona are really anything like trails, though the latter is certainly enjoyable. perhaps grandia has more surface similarities, but i found the first one to be nauseatingly childish, a complaint i have about many classic jrpgs - including tales of symphonia, i might add. haven't played grandia ii though.

i'm playing through suikoden ii, and it does have a more intricate political world that follows on from the first, but unfortunately the localisation is about as terrible as you'd expect from these old games, so i can't really comment on the quality of the writing.

the jrpgs i'm most interested in currently would be tactics ogre, lunar, koudelka/shadow hearts, baten kaitos and growlanser. anyone know if any of these are like trails?