The supposed secret best Japanese RPG gets a full remake in September
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Summary
Legend of Heroes is a 17-part RPG series that is akin to Final Fantasy and Dragon Quest
Nihon Falcom’s Legend of Heroes games are enormous, meandering, and overstuffed
This combines with a lack of consensus on which game should be played first to prevent the writer from getting into the franchise.
They had decided on The Legend Of Heroes: Trails In The Sky as a good starting point, but now a remake is announcing, adding more decisions to be made.
The writer is not interested in the new visuals, voiceovers, or combat options, preferring the original game.
What the writer values in the Trails games is the excellent writing of NPCs and worldbuilding, which is generous and exhaustive.
The writer asks if FOMO can become a midlife crisis.
