Trails Remake
I've read all kinds of amazing things about the Trails series, and one of the main highlights people say is great about the series is the worldbuilding...specifically how NPCs kind of evolve throughout the games. Like you'll find a guy in game 1 that says, "Man I wish I could be a blacksmith!!" and then in game 5 he's like, "Hey I'm finally a blacksmith, and also here's my family" or something like that.
My question is, is the Trails series worth it if you just don't care about that kind of stuff, at all?
I have very little game time, and the thought of running around every town talking to every NPC is very daunting and just not for me.
In your opinion is the gameplay/main story good enough to just completely ignore this aspect of the Trails series, or is this aspect one of THE main reasons to play it?
For reference, my favorite recent RPGs are the Persona-likes (inc. Metaphor), E33, FF7R, Octopath 2, etc. I strongly dislike the Dragon Quest series. I also like any well-written game such as BG3, RDR2, Disco Elysium, etc.