The Legend of Heroes: Trails in the Sky SC is on the wrong side of the JRPG revival

The Legend of Heroes: Trails in the Sky Second Chapter has been a long time coming. Though released in Japan back in 2006, an English translation of the game has taken years to complete, due to various obstacles and restructuring the translation team faced (you can read more on that story here). And with the coming deluge of JRPGs, it seemed fitting we’d get a game to remind us why the genre’s so great.

Second Chapter, available now on PSP (reviewed), Vita (thanks to backward compatibility), and PC, features an enormous world filled with dozens of characters to talk to and all sorts of parts unknown to uncover. In my 78 hours with the game, I saw of lot of fun, intimate moments propped up by a great main cast and even better supporting one. These characters fleshed out their world and made it seem much larger than the areas I visited. This world reminded me why I loved inhabiting these fanciful realms.