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Yes, I have played all of the games in the series. I really enjoyed the characters and remember the story was interesting.

The series is a grid based turn based RPG, except for the last game. One of the big concepts in the original trilogy was bringing characters from the previous game into the sequel. They also had a bounty hunter job system to earn extra cash which I thought was a cool system.

Arc the Lad is about 8-10 hours to get fully through it and ends on a cliffhanger.

Arc the Lad 2 is a continuation of the story from 1 with a new set of characters. It took me about 120 hours to finish, and had to spend a lot of time grinding to level the characters and still felt really under leveled going into the final boss. I remember just barely beating the final boss.

Arc the Lad 3 takes place many years after the second game with a new set of characters. I think it took me about 80 hours to completely finish it.

Arc the Lad: Twilight of the Spirits has all brand new characters and used an area movement system instead of a grid but is still turn based. I really liked the story and characters with the focus on two opposite factions and how their stories intertwine.

Arc the Lad: End of Darkness completely changes to a action RPG. Was a loose continuation of Twilight of the Spirits, but had the ability to summon characters from throughout the series. I cant remember much else about the game though.