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.

[BizarreJelly]

I often think about this and search old threads, there really isn't anything quite like Trails' combination of characterization, worldbuilding, and charm. When I first played FC it reminded me of a bunch of different SNES and PS1 classics, it ends up being hard to recommend anything without some caveat.

Adding to the pile, the closest thing in my mind in terms of overall feel is probably Radiant Historia. Decent story with some light politics, likable party members, steampunk elements, great soundtrack. Not a phenomenal game and actually a bit overrated, but it surprised me the same way FC did and I think other Trails fans would enjoy it as well.

As for me, I'm coping by trying out games in other genres while I wait to replay CS2. I actually bought Zestiria/Berseria on a whim just because they were on Steam. While I didn't hate either, finishing them made me realize I just don't have the patience for JRPG's like I used to, and Falcom games are among the few exceptions.

[Hat8]

Legendary eredeti hozzászólása:

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.

Emulate Wild Arms, Arc the Lad and Skies of Arcadia.

[ande6842]

Neko Koneco eredeti hozzászólása:

Legendary eredeti hozzászólása:

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.

Emulate Wild Arms, Arc the Lad and Skies of Arcadia.

Arc the Lad's boss, espically for the time it was made. Just make sure you play the second one too, because that's where it really takes off.

[MPM2.0]

There is nothing as good as Trails in the Sky but...

Any classic Game Arts JRPGs (i.e. Grandia Trilogy and Lunar duology) have nice world building and character interaction that seems to have inspired this trilogy. If you like the music in Game Arts game (shame on anyone who doesn't love Iwadare), try playing Ace Attorney and Langrisser, as they have the same composer and kick ass.

The battle system feels like a cross between PS1 Lunar remakes and Final Fantasy X. The Arts/Crafts delineation reminds me a lot of Phantasy Star 4's Techniques/Skills, though Crafts are handled very differently from Skills.

Phantasy Star 4's cast feel like they would be right at home in Zemuria and the game itself feels like Sega incorporated the best of FF4 and Lunar: TSS into the Phantasy Star series, giving it a much needed modernization.

I'm not huge on Enix, but fans of this game would probably also enjoy Dragon Quest 5's story and world. It's easily my favourite of their non-Quintet games.

Likewise, Lufia 2 has an interesting world, decent aesthetics, wonderful music, and a great love story.

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Square's games are very differnt from anything made by Falcom or Game Arts (I find Kiseki 6 to be very inspired by Lunar and Grandia, albeit with better world building), but anything that Square made between 1991 and 2002 that you haven't already played is likely worth playing, as is 2007's The World Ends With You and its FF4 DS remake as well as the Bravely Default games.

Haven't played much of Kingdom Hearts or the new FF games, but they seem more hit or miss to people.

I didn't mind FF13 but I traded it for Lost Odyssey when I was done (something I never would have done with a game from Square's golden era) because I knew that I'd never played it again and its trade-in value at the time was equal to what my GameStop was selling its used copy of Lost Odyssey for.

[Hat8]

Paper Mario has pretty good world building.

[Sauriel]

you can try the gagharv trilogy, an earlier trails in the sky games in the series. The US messed up the names when they got ported to english so the first game in that one is called legend of heroes 2 prophecy of the moonlight witch, followed by legend of heroes a tear of vermillion, and the last one is called legend of heroes 3 song of the ocean. No clue if theyre good games though. Theyre all on psp so you may need a emulator to play them or if your lucky you might find them somewhere. Theres also one game on psp that some speculates are like the prologue to the trails series called Nayuta: Endless trails. That one was only released in japan, but there are a full translation version available for it on emulator PSP emulator. The gameplay in that is different though as its more like YS hack and slash action rpg combat.

[Gambio]

I'm going to destroy my Reputation by mentoning a little known Series called Rance

Rance is a sprawling Epic that started all the way back in 1989 and had its final Game, Rance X released just last Year. It features a ongoing Story that rivals Trails in its scope and worldbuilding, has an amazing Soundtrack and one of the greatest Protagonists ever created by Mankind.

Don't believe me? Just watch this

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lqyEY8H76TY


There is however probably a small, tiny thing that i should mention

Its a Porn Game



If you are ok with that you are in for one of the most amazing Series ever created


Rance I trough IV are freeware, so you can just download them if you ok with old school Games.

Fun Fact: The Translator of the Rance Series over at Mangagamer actually did a few Translations for Trails back when it was uncertain we would ever get the next Game


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aV2siwUmlR8

[Hat8]

Gambio eredeti hozzászólása:

I'm going to destroy my Reputation by mentoning a little known Series called Rance

Rance is a sprawling Epic that started all the way back in 1989 and had its final Game, Rance X released just last Year. It features a ongoing Story that rivals Trails in its scope and worldbuilding, has an amazing Soundtrack and one of the greatest Protagonists ever created by Mankind.

Don't believe me? Just watch this

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lqyEY8H76TY


There is however probably a small, tiny thing that i should mention

Its a Porn Game



If you are ok with that you are in for one of the most amazing Series ever created


Rance I trough IV are freeware, so you can just download them if you ok with old school Games.

Fun Fact: The Translator of the Rance Series over at Mangagamer actually did a few Translations for Trails back when it was uncertain we would ever get the next Game


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aV2siwUmlR8

You can get Evenicle on Steam. It's one of their later games.

Resetera has been complaining about it so you might want to get it quickly before it's removed.

[Dragon]

The most Trails in the Sky-like games are the other Falcom games like Trails of Cold Steel, Zwei: Ilvard Insurrection, Gurumin (these latter two are similar to the Sky games to a much lesser extent than Cold Steel, but even so, they still do resemble the Sky games in some ways), etc.

[Missilepom]

Gambio eredeti hozzászólása:

I'm going to destroy my Reputation by mentoning a little known Series called Rance

I heard that the main character in this series is basically the evil r*pist doppleganger of Adol from the Ys games
(seriously Steam what's the point of censoring the word "rapist")

[Missilepom]

This comparison/recommendation is for fans of the 3rd specifically and is purely from a narrative and thematic standpoint, but if you are not averse to visual novels, I made a thread here about a VN called the House in Fata Morgana

[TheMagicHobo76]

Missile eredeti hozzászólása:

I heard that the main character in this series is basically the evil r*pist doppleganger of Adol from the Ys games
(seriously Steam what's the point of censoring the word "rapist")

This is a bit off topic, but Isn't Adol a bit of a creepy rapist to begin with? At least in Ys 1, you get an achievement for "measuring Feena in the creepiest way possible."

Obviously I'm joking a bit here, but that was one odd achievement.

[Gambio]

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Gambio eredeti hozzászólása:

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I heard that the main character in this series is basically the evil r*pist doppleganger of Adol from the Ys games :lunar2019laughingpig:
(seriously Steam what's the point of censoring the word "rapist")

thats an apt description.