The Legend of Heroes: Trails into Reverie Reviews
Trails into Reverie is the all-star game of the series fans have been waiting for, but struggles to advance beyond that.
The tenth installment in a JRPG series that is increasingly taking off outside of Japan for good reason: Unforgettable characters, plot twists, an anime and fantasy world that feels close for political wheeling and dealing and war tension.... Trails into Reverie is the link between all the paths traveled by these heroes, and introduces a new group of anti-heroes to give even more perspectives on the continent of Zemuria.
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The Legend of Heroes: Trails of Reverie is not a good place to start the Trails series. This is not a short game, it starts very slowly, and it’s effectively a sequel to every previous game. If you’re a fan, however, you can’t miss this. Especially since it has enough replay value to keep you busy until the Calvard games are localized.
Capping off the Crossbell and Cold Steel arcs with a nice little bow, The Legend of Heroes: Trails into Reverie hits some high highs – such as with C and the True Reverie Corridor – and when it does, it's an RPG fan's paradise. But as an overall package, it feels like an easy excuse to get a huge number of characters together rather than do something meaningful with them. It's far from the series' best, but fans will find a lot to love here, even if we'd recommend seeking it out on another platform for the best experience, or waiting for a patch.
While Trails into Reverie does serve as a strong epilogue to multiple in-game story arcs, it also spends a significant amount of time spinning its wheels.
The Legend of Heroes: Trails Into Reverie works best as a thank-you gift for fans of the series. It contains (and often enhances) everything turn-based JRPG fans loved about the previous games, but it's unfortunately presented in a disjointed manner that may put off those who'd just like to continue with the story. And if you haven't played a previous entry, do not start here.
Trails of Reverie is legit a fun game that brought a solid conclusion to the Cold Steel and Crossbell arcs. But it did absolutely nothing to elevate it to higher grounds or to make it enjoyable for newcomers with it's convluted storytelling and many unpolished characters
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The Legend of Heroes: Trails Into Reverie is a fascinating culmination of most main characters' stories while paving the way for the future.
Positively overflowing with meaty, tactical combat and terrific character writing, Trails of Reverie is held back by its dated presentation and sky-high barrier to entry.
Reverie maintains enough Trails DNA to be a worth your time, but it's lacking the charm of earlier titles.
Trails Into Reverie should have been the best sendoff one could ask for in this great franchise. Unfortunately, it's the complete opposite. The duality of its story takes away from the narrative, and the introduction of every gotcha mechanic present in most mobile RPGs hurts more than it should. Though its combat and writing remain stellar, the rest of the game fails to capture the greatness of the titles that came before it.
Trails Into Reverie is a hard game to recommend at the best of times. Are you a long-time Trails fan who wants one last hurrah with some of your favorite characters? Do you find it exciting to see how that baker NPC turned out? Then it has a lot to offer you. As a stand-alone RPG, however, it's almost inaccessible, and you should play the other games first. The extremely poor QA work in this title means that even die-hard fans will likely have a hard time enjoying the game; the well-translated script is surrounded by a truly unacceptable amount of bugs. If you're still on the fence, I'd recommend waiting for a patch. Otherwise, it's a crappier experience, as without those problems, Trails into Reverie could've gotten a much higher score.
The Legend of Heroes – Trails into Reverie is a brilliant finale serving nearly two decades of storytelling and worldbuilding.
Trails into Reverie marks the end of one of gaming’s longest running, consecutive released series, with Trails of Cold Steel, and a fresh beginning for another if NIS America has anything to say about it.
I think that Trails into Reverie will delight long-time fans. Despite being the shortest title in the series so far, Reverie offers up a whole new world of possibilities for combat. Some of the set-dressing could definitely stand to be improved, however, not to mention the pacing, which does let the side down a little bit. The game is quite unavoidably bloated, and I think could have massively benefitted from shaving off a few surplus characters, but it nonetheless remains a solid addition to the Trails series. While I don’t think this title will see much success in onboarding many new players, I hope Trails into Reverie will keep its hardcore fans well fed for a long time.
Trails into Reverie is a refined tactical RPG that rewards complete control of combat. A game with a really varied gameplay, which allows it to be adapted to each type of player and their strategies. Its story turns what has already been seen upside down, allowing us to play two different routes as we wish, but maintaining both a serious and good argument and a large number. Graphically it's very good, but it doesn't innovate anything, while at the sound level it has really incredible compositions.
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