The Legend of Heroes: Trails to Azure

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  • Summary: Sandwiched between two great powers, the city of Crossbel is the place where the Uroboros group carry out their biggest and darkest schemes. A mysterious drug is spreading its poison across the city, the mafia and the mercenary groups seem to have a role in the crimes. Add a break down toSandwiched between two great powers, the city of Crossbel is the place where the Uroboros group carry out their biggest and darkest schemes. A mysterious drug is spreading its poison across the city, the mafia and the mercenary groups seem to have a role in the crimes. Add a break down to the political order to the mix, and you have complete chaos in your hands. The world becomes more real and the battles become more dangerous in Ao no Kiseki. Feel the rain patter on your skin and enemies creep up to you in the dark.… Expand

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Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 9 out of 11
  2. Mixed: 2 out of 11
  3. Negative: 0 out of 11
  1. The Mako Reactor
    Mar 7, 2023
    95
    The Legend of Heroes: Trails from Zero to Azure is one of the best duologies I've experienced in any medium. If you enjoy JRPGs with amazing stories, fantastic music, and brilliant characters, you'd be doing yourself a disservice by not playing both Trails from Zero and Trails to Azure.
  2. RPG Fan
    Mar 7, 2023
    95
    It’s been a long time coming, but with the release of Trails to Azure, we’re no longer missing out on a vital part of the Trails universe. I know some fans are frustrated that the localization of the Crossbell games delayed Western releases of Trails into Reverie and Kuro no Kiseki, but to paraphrase Lloyd Bannings, this is a barrier that we simply had to overcome. Not only are these games relevant to what happens in the Trails of Cold Steel arc and beyond, but they’re also just good RPGs. Trails to Azure in particular is one of the best games in the series, and it’s probably my personal favorite. Fans should absolutely consider adding it to their library, particularly if they plan to play Trails into Reverie this summer.
  3. ZTGD
    Mar 16, 2023
    95
    With an unforgettable cast of characters, enthralling story and a deep, enjoyable combat system, Trails to Azure is truly the full package. It’s not just one of my favorite games in the long running Legend of Heroes series, but one of the finest that the JRPG genre has to offer.
  4. RPG Site
    Mar 7, 2023
    90
    The Legend of Heroes: Trails to Azure is an incredible example of the RPG genre; with its rich world and lore paired with a loveable cast of characters, this duology of games deserves to be recognized in the same breath as the other titans of the genre. Titans that I think the Crossbell games surpass even. I adore the Trails games and Azure has further cemented this series as one of my favorite RPG franchises of all time. I can’t wait to join back up with the Special Support Section later this year with Trails Into Reverie. Trails fans, we’re eating good this year, and Trails to Azure is one hell of a starting course.
  5. PC Invasion
    Mar 17, 2023
    85
    A high-quality translation and port that builds on the wonderful work done by a passionate community. Trails to Azure's story is impactful, but issues with its pacing can make it feel longer than it needs to be. Even so, this is still a great JRPG that fans of the genre would be silly to pass on.
  6. God is a Geek
    Mar 7, 2023
    85
    The Legend of Heroes: Trails to Azure is a fantastic conclusion to the Crossbell duology, with a wonderful story and engaging combat.
  7. COGconnected
    Mar 7, 2023
    70
    If you love fantasy worldbuilding, sidequests, and worlds you can get lost in, you will love this game. If not, you probably won’t get the appeal. Either way, play Trails from Zero first and then come back. Trails to Azure will be waiting.

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  1. GameforGamers
    Apr 17, 2023
    10
    THE LEGEND OF HEROES: TRAILS TO AZURE is one of the most enjoyable RPGs of the year. It has a great story, with a captivating cast ofTHE LEGEND OF HEROES: TRAILS TO AZURE is one of the most enjoyable RPGs of the year. It has a great story, with a captivating cast of characters and a unique setting. The battles are intense and the strategy involved in battles is rewarding. The artwork is gorgeous and the soundtrack is beautiful. The various side quests add to the overall experience and the game is full of secrets to uncover. In addition, the game is incredibly replayable, with new game plus content unlocking after completion. Overall, THE LEGEND OF HEROES: TRAILS TO AZURE is a must-play for any RPG fan and is one of the best RPGs of the year.… Expand
  2. Sholva
    Mar 23, 2023
    10
    One of Nihon Falcom’s finest, and a crucial game for this series.

    As the last game in the series that uses the more classic style for the    One of Nihon Falcom’s finest, and a crucial game for this series.

    As the last game in the series that uses the more classic style for the character models, Azure is such a polished RPG, a culmination of all the lessons the developers learnt along the way in previous games, with the Sky trilogy, and a step up in every single aspect over Trails From Zero, also an excellent game, of course.

    Durante and his team at PH3 come back again to deliver us, PC users, one of the best PC ports for a JRPG that we can enjoy in this platform, the attention to detail in the various extra game settings included is a treat, I feel so happy whenever a new game in this series is ported to new, modern platforms, and here we are again.

    Much like their previous port for Trails From Zero, Azure runs exceptionally well on many different PC setups, I had no issues running the game at 1620p DLDSR and locked at 120 FPS on my R5 3600 and RTX 3060 Ti, overkill for this game, but the positive here is that the PC is barely using any resources, very low power and the GPU fans are not even on, haha, all very silent, so we can listen to the incredible Soundtrack in this game.

    And what a Soundtrack: this game has some of my favorite tracks from any Nihon Falcom game, and I like a lot of them from many, many games but…this game has some truly epic ones.

    If you’re discovering Trails for the first time and this will be your first time with this game and saga, enjoy: what comes next exists thanks to this, because the Crossbell Duology connects many dots from the Sky saga with the Erebonian (Cold Steel) saga so, if you haven’t played any of the Cold Steel games yet…I also envy you, because I have, and you’re all set to go for it, right after Azure.

    With Trails into Reverie coming July 2023, it is now a very good moment to play this series, either by revisiting it, or playing for the first time.

    The characters that the Crossbell saga introduces in the series…are some of the best, and you can be sure they’ll have a lot more stories to tell us in the future.

    If you love the Lore of the Trails series…this game is incredible in that aspect but it’s up to you to discover all of it, and enjoy it.

    Thanks to Nihon Falcom, NIS America, Geofront and PH3 for making this series more accessible than ever, so that more people can discover it, because it truly is a series of games that once you get hooked on…there’s nothing like it.    … Expand
  4. cid33
    Apr 15, 2023
    8
    another falcom masterpice, finally comes in english for us to enjoy

    Story 10/10 breathtaking had tears in eye at times. Music    another falcom masterpice, finally comes in english for us to enjoy

    Story 10/10 breathtaking had tears in eye at times.
    Music 10/10 stopped playing or paused dialog at times just to enjoy it
    Combat 8/10 easy, and easy to abuse. You can die before you can act if rng gets bad and enemy instant cast spell that hits all with instant death or instant cast on the roulette, this only happened once though.
    Visuals 6/10 dated they could have done more, some simple post processing ao shadows and updated textures is not that much of a hassle, as even modders do that. its saved by amazing art and insane attention to detail, world is very cohesive and seams real, with stores and dungeons full of small details that immerse you, a masterpiece of an rpg and a must for any fan.    … Expand

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