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Originally Posted by CorsiHockeyLeague
EDIT: On a sort of related note (story driven JRPGs), is Trails in the Sky a rabbit hole worth going down at this point? It's on sale on Steam.
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The Trails series is incredible. I've played the first five (of nine) and the attention to detail and worldbuilding are in a class of their own. But they're games that really beg to be played in order, because of how much they reference previous entries in subtle but legitimate ways. Basically the world they've built is ever-changing technologically, politically, and socially.
It is absolutely a rabbit hole worth going down, but don't skip any entries. That means you'll have to figure out a way to patch the original Japanese versions of Zero and Azure with their fan translations. Azure is one of the best RPGs (W or J) I've played so I wouldn't skip it either way - - and Zero essentially its prologue.
The lengths of the games vary. The prologue games (Sky, Sky III, Zero) are around 40ish hours, the finale games (Sky II, Azure) are closer to that 70+ hour range.
And yes, Sky III is a prologue to a prologue (Zero). It bridges the end of Sky II to the beginning of Zero. The in medias res prologue of Cold Steel actually takes place in the middle of Azure, so I'm assuming Cold Steel is essentially parallel to the events of Azure, though I haven't finished it yet. They're long games so I am sitting on the four Cold Steel games for a while just to avoid fatigue.
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Originally Posted by Resolute 14
For Trails in the Sky, I guess that depends on whether you want to play the fan translation of the third game. Oddly, that one never came west. I haven't played any of the Sky games, but the Trails of Cold Steel games are great - and long. If you want to start getting into the Legend of Heroes series, prepare to spend a few hundred hours on them.
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Sky 3 is officially translated and available on Steam. It's Zero and Azure that are fan translated. The translation for Zero is as good as the official translation. The translation for Azure is a bit rougher but still very good.