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coolranchzaku
@coolranchzaku
J-bob
@J-bob asked:

Who is Estelle Bright and why should I respect her?

The Legend of Heroes: Trails in the Sky is a PC RPG from 2004 made by Nihon Falcom. it is the first game in the Trails series, which is part of the Legend of Heroes series, which is itself part of the Dragon Slayer series. Trails starts with Eiyuden 6, and Eiyuden starts with the fifth Dragon Slayer game. don't worry about that part right now. start with Trails. start with The Legend of Heroes: Trails in the Sky FC. I guess I'd waffle on whether I think FC (first chapter) or SC (second chapter) is my favorite turn-based RPG, SC really hits a beautiful stride with the character writing but its final dungeon is a bit of slog whereas FC is paced absolutely perfectly imo. breezy 30~40 hours with nothing wasted

picture of Estelle Bright, protagonist of The Legend of Heroes: Trails in the Sky Estelle Bright is the main protagonist of the Sky trilogy of games and you should respect her because she's helpful and kind and a warm brilliant light in the life of everyone around her and most importantly she has a big heavy stick and will beat the shit out of you


greatgrebe
@greatgrebe

One of the video game heroes of all time. She's goofy, she's aggro, she never misses an opportunity to threaten a dude with her big stick, she's basically perfect.


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in reply to @coolranchzaku's post:

Aren't these games famously difficult to get into because several have never been localised?

I've been interested in them ever since lt squigs talked about them on a giant bomb stream years ago but like.. how do I even acquire and start getting into this series?

the short answer is that that was then and this is now. the full original Sky trilogy has been localized since 2017, the most recent Trails of Cold Steel subseries was iirc localized more or less as it came out with a couple years delay, and the last main-series holdouts were the two Crossbell games and Nayuta, which came out between Sky and Steel. among other sources including console/handheld releases, all of these games are available on Steam

the first Crossbell game got an official english release last year, the second this year, and Nayuta is slated for release in September. the first game in the new Kuro subseries came out a couple years ago and has no localization yet but it's "planned" (I haven't kept track but I'm guessing if work hasn't started in earnest yet, it probably will next year). I think the localization woes are mostly behind us now that the Cold Steel got the series some real global popularity and all the games with unique dialogue for reopening every single looted treasure chest are finished