The Legend of Heroes VI: Sora no Kiseki

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The Legend of Heroes VI - Sora no Kiseki (英雄伝説 空の軌跡 Eiyū Densetsu Sora no Kiseki?) is a game of a series that's been developed by Nihon Falcom Corporation with a history dating back with the Ys series. To many Japanese gamers, Legend of Heroes VI is a highly rated RPG game which involves strategical setups of characters and movements. Its uniqueness in combat and sidequest system was extremely popular that some[who?] rated it as good as the Final Fantasy series.

This series of game is published in two titles, namely the first chapter, second chapter. The third title (the 3rd - third chapter) was released on June 28, 2007, and features additional main characters apart from the returning ones.

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[edit] Gameplay

A field map
A field map

This game's constructed by a series of maps that make up the world. Generally maps are made up mainly of two types: field maps and town maps. Most maps are 3D rotatable. Field maps consists of mainly monster roaming around, which on touch will engage into combat screen. The background field for the battles will be determined by where the battle was engaged. These field maps often contain treasure chests that may just lie around or hidden, requiring the player to rotate their screen or see a "!" mark which indicates an object. Town maps are more loaded with NPCs and shops. Shops generally have their own buildings and logo on the minimap which can be toggled within the town.

Players start off in the district of Rolent and travel around the world as the game progresses. The game has a main storyline and heaps of sidequests that can be started at the Bracer's guild or just by talking to NPCs. Sidequests are well-rewarded and will assist in the main story severely.

[edit] Combat

A combat screen
A combat screen

Combat is held in a separate screen with square tiles (default camera position at 45degrees to the squares). Each character and enemy takes their turn when their AT bar is full (on the left of combat screen). Options for characters are: Move, Attack, Arts, Craft, Item and Retreat. You are allowed to move before you do any other action except retreat, but all other actions will terminate the turn immediately after.

  • Move: allows the character to go onto a different tile then the one he/she is current on.
  • Attack: uses equipped weapon to deal damage to the enemy. Different weapons have different ranges and area of effect.
  • Arts: different spells that become available basing on the combination of quartz you have equipped on that character's orbment. Casting requires EP and takes time to cast; its also possible to have the cast cancelled by special attacks.
  • Craft: these are the character's individual special skills. They are unique to each character and require CP to use. However they are instant and take place immediately.
  • S-Craft: A special type of craft that's categorised within it. When the character's CP reaches at least 100, the character's set "special" can be triggered on the press of a button that depends on the character's slot. After the current turn has finished, the character that was triggered will perform their special straight away, thus burning up his AT bar again. However it should be noted that the character can take their turn, then activate their S-craft straight after. Thus proving a useful tool for urgent needs.

Combat terminates when all enemies are destroyed and having your whole party wiped out will normally result in gameover, with a few exceptions in events.

[edit] Plot

The game takes place in Liberl Kingdom, 10 years after the great invasion of Erebonian Empire from the north. Currently it is being governed by the old queen Alicia II and restored back to its peaceful state before the war. Currently the kingdom thrives of materials and high technology which is eyed closely by the Erebonian Empire.

The main character is Estelle Bright, daughter of Cassius Bright who is a legend within the kingdom. During the great war, Erebonian managed to break their way through to the capital city. Here, under the direction and counter-attack planned by Cassius, Liberl launched a retaliation that forced the opponent to retreat back to the borders within a few weeks. After the war, Cassius gave up his sword and left the army, joining the Bracer's guild and enhancing it to its glory state and was given the S ranking.

Estelle is completely ignorant of her father's past and history but settles comfortably in the house at Rolant. When she was at a young age, her father was assaulted by a young child of amazing combat abilities but loses his memory in the fight and becomes adopted by Cassius. This child was named Joshua Bright and is the main male character of the story. From there Estelle was taught the usage of staff and starts off the story on the day when she is going to join the Bracer's guild with Joshua.

The story progresses as normal Bracer's guild quests unveiling the dark side of the government, a faction of the army that decides to overthrow the old queen. This eventually lead to the exploration of the ancient facilities in the Liberl Kingdom... and it turns out that the manager of the army was just being used by a mastermind who's an adept at controlling people's minds. This also leads on to the second story, with Joshua's past unveiling in the ending.

[edit] Characters

  • Estelle Bright
  • Joshua Bright
  • Agate Crosner
  • Tita Russell
  • Scherazard Harvey
  • Olivier Lenheim
  • Kloze Rinz
  • Zin Vathek

[edit] Series

  • The Legend of Heroes: Sora no Kiseki First Chapter (For Windows and PSP)
  • The Legend of Heroes: Sora no Kiseki Second Chapter (For Windows and PSP)
  • The Legend of Heroes: Sora no Kiseki the 3rd (For Windows and PSP)

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