The Legend of Heroes is a series that I have wanted to try for a long time, I have always heard about the incredible world building and dialogue in this series, but I never could manage to get into it because I was deterred by the fact that the series is composed by lots of games with lengthy duration. Also, even though I started this game 4 years ago, I couldn't advance more after 20 hours since the game didn't hold much my interest that much.

4 years later, due to global circumstances, I have a lot of spare time, so I said to myself why not finish this game once and for all and decide if I want to play the rest of the series. I big addition that I really missed in my previous playthrough was the addition of japanese voices, which I modded in the game. This addition made the game much better since is a game who relies more on its storytelling than in its gameplay, it is something that definitely improves the experience a lot, so I recommend you to mod those voice lines into the game, you wouldn't regret it.

Speaking of gameplay, overall I feel that is by far the weakest part of the game, is a decent RPG but there is nothing really ground breaking on it, that being said, halfway through the game you will start finding some special battles that would require a lot of strategy, and here I saw that overall there is a good RPG in this game, but it definitely needed more polish, I have faith that in the sequels it would be improved, since the basis is there for an excellent RPG.

With that being said, where this game truly shines is on its world building. The game does a great job introducing slowly the concepts from this big world that includes a big continent, different countries, cutlure and others, also even though in this particular game the storytelling is really slow, there is a point in the game where the game goes non stop, and here is when the investment pays off, it takes some time but is worthy. Also the dialogue in this game is charming, the characters are really likeable, and is great to see an jrpg where not everyone in the world falls with the main character.

Regarding the music, is Falcom, their job most of the time is good and here isn't the exception.

The graphics are not that good, but this is forgiven since is a PC/PSP game from almost 16 years ago, and the art direction makes it timeless.

About the port, is a good one, the addition of turbo mode makes this game enjoyable, since at times it can get tedious due to the slow storytelling

8/10, gonna try the sequel now

The Legend of Heroes is a series that I have wanted to try for a long time, I have always heard about the incredible world building and dialogue in this series, but I never could manage to get into it because I was deterred by the fact that the series is composed by lots of games with lengthy duration. Also, even though I started this game 4 years ago, I couldn't advance more after 20 hours since the game didn't hold much my interest that much. 4 years later, due to global circumstances, I have a lot of spare time, so I said to myself why not finish this game once and for all and decide if I want to play the rest of the series. I big addition that I really missed in my previous playthrough was the addition of japanese voices, which I modded in the game. This addition made the game much better since is a game who relies more on its storytelling than in its gameplay, it is something that definitely improves the experience a lot, so I recommend you to mod those voice lines into the game, you wouldn't regret it. Speaking of gameplay, overall I feel that is by far the weakest part of the game, is a decent RPG but there is nothing really ground breaking on it, that being said, halfway through the game you will start finding some special battles that would require a lot of strategy, and here I saw that overall there is a good RPG in this game, but it definitely needed more polish, I have faith that in the sequels it would be improved, since the basis is there for an excellent RPG. With that being said, where this game truly shines is on its world building. The game does a great job introducing slowly the concepts from this big world that includes a big continent, different countries, cutlure and others, also even though in this particular game the storytelling is really slow, there is a point in the game where the game goes non stop, and here is when the investment pays off, it takes some time but is worthy. Also the dialogue in this game is charming, the characters are really likeable, and is great to see an jrpg where not everyone in the world falls with the main character. Regarding the music, is Falcom, their job most of the time is good and here isn't the exception. The graphics are not that good, but this is forgiven since is a PC/PSP game from almost 16 years ago, and the art direction makes it timeless. About the port, is a good one, the addition of turbo mode makes this game enjoyable, since at times it can get tedious due to the slow storytelling 8/10, gonna try the sequel now