#LEGEND OF HEROES TRAILS TO AZURE SERIES#

Noel Seeker, a member of the Crossbell Guardian Force, and Wazy Hemisphere, leader of a gang in the Downtown district, are a fantastic pair of additions joining Lloyd, Elie, Tio, and Randy, and fit in perfectly. Something we can talk about, however, is the new additions to the SSS. We still think that Zero and Azure can be played without having experienced the rest of the series, but with organizations from the Sky trilogy entering the action this time around, and even more characters from previous games making an appearance, you will get so much out of this if you’ve played at least the Sky games – if only they were on Switch! It doesn’t require the narrative familiarity that Cold Steel III and IV do, but the treats become all the sweeter if you come in with the prior knowledge. More than Zero, this is a game that rewards long-time fans of the series. Where Zero got us familiar and attached to Crossbell and the SSS, Azure tests our love and loyalty to both the state and the characters in the best possible way, and the emotional payoffs, as a result, are astounding.

#LEGEND OF HEROES TRAILS TO AZURE SERIES#

Each chapter is filled with dramatic moments, and even though the final chapter makes up perhaps 40% of the game, it never outstayed its welcome and really emphasises everything that the series is outstanding at. The pacing in general is among the series’ best, as Azure is just firing on all cylinders for a lot of the playtime. However, if there’s one aspect the story falters, it’s with the endgame villains and their associated reveals – some hit better than others, but one reveal in particular left us wanting a bit more.įortunately, everything else about the narrative is riveting. We really can’t talk about the plot any more than this, but we can say that it’s excellent, and quite possibly the series’ best. Crossbell becomes a hotbed of drama for the whole 60-hour runtime. The game comes out of the gate swinging from minute one, and right up until the final hour. That little summary doesn’t begin to even scratch the surface of what Trails to Azure has to offer. One, the truth behind the murder of Lloyd’s older brother Guy, and two, the importance of a little girl the SSS saved in Zero, KeA. But as political turmoil looms around the corner, and multiple nefarious organisations begin to worm their way into the state, the SSS – led by Lloyd Bannings – also has personal stakes wrapped within the tangled web of Crossbell’s fate. Set a few months after the end of Trails from Zero, Trails to Azure once again follows the Special Support Section (SSS) as they help the citizens of Crossbell, which is enjoying a temporary period of peace. We’ve already said that Zero makes a case for being one of the series’ best entries, and Azure takes that statement and runs with it.

And finally, the missing gap in the series has been filled, and the conclusion of the Crossbell arc has reached us. And with The Legend of Heroes: Trails from Zero’s cracking debut last September, the wait for Trails to Azure has had us salivating.

The release of the Crossbell Saga in English has been a long time coming for fans of the Trails series.

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