Platforms
- PCMar 14, 20238.6playscore8.49 Critics10403 Players
- PlayStation 5No release date yet
- Nintendo Switch 2No release date yet
- PlayStation 4Mar 14, 20238.5playscore8.414 Critics9.6126 Players
- Nintendo SwitchMar 14, 2023NAplayscore8.510 CriticsNA0 Players
- PS VitaNo release date yet
33 critic reviews · 6 community reviews across all platforms
Critic Reviews
- The game is an essential purchase if you answered yes to both questions, as the two together are essentially a single game cut in half. Trails to Azure provides a handful of improvements, most noticeable when it comes to combat, but it’s essentially more of the same.
SebastiaanRaats · Apr 12, 2023 Reviewed on SwitchRead full review - The Legend of Heroes: Trails to Azure is a great turn-based JRPG that holds up exceptionally well against its modern competitors. The story and combat system are equally deep, allowing the game’s bigger moments to carry players through a fair amount of combat repetition and prolonged narrative dumps.
Kirk Hiner · Mar 23, 2023 Reviewed on SwitchRead full review - 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.
Kurt Perry · Mar 17, 2023 Reviewed on PCRead full review - 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.
Jae Lee · Mar 16, 2023 Reviewed on PCRead full review - Trails to Azure is just a simple continuation of that excellent RPG. And that’s all it needs to be. I know many in the games journalism sphere tout the importance of innovation and divergence when it comes to sequels and franchises, but developers don’t always need to try and reinvent the wheel with each game they release.
CJ Andriessen · Mar 14, 2023 Reviewed on PS4Read full review - The Legend of Heroes: Trails to Azure has a lot going for it, but even more holding it back. The story and characters are mostly fantastic, but the game does so much to get in the way of enjoying it both through dialogue and gameplay it becomes hard to recommend to those not already invested in the world.
David Flynn · Mar 09, 2023 Reviewed on SwitchRead full review - A fitting, perhaps convenient, time then to finally have the last piece of the Trails series slot neatly into play and release in the West. The release of Reverie fast approaching; itself an epilogue of sorts to both Crossbell and Erebonia arcs alike. In the meantime, while it would be easy to dismiss this as more of the same — virtually untouched the core combat and world design generally is — that doesn’t take away from what remains another entertaining and intriguing tale of eventual tribulation for the troubled city-state of Crossbell.
Jordan Helm · Mar 08, 2023 Reviewed on PS4Read full review - The Legend of Heroes: Trails to Azure takes everything that’s excellent about Zero and runs a marathon with it. It’s one of the best-paced games in the series, with some of the best characters, best music, and easily the best setting.
Alana Hagues · Mar 07, 2023 Reviewed on SwitchRead full review - The Legend of Heroes: Trails to Azure’s port is an excellent new addition to the franchise. Wonderfully closing off the Crossbell story arc, Trails to Azure only really suffers from being a sequel to Trails from Zero, since you need to know quite a bit about that game before truly understanding the characters and their motivations.
Shunal Doke · Mar 07, 2023 Reviewed on PCRead full review - The Legend of Heroes: Trails to Azure still plays incredibly well in 2023. The story and gameplay still hold up over a decade later even if its presentation doesn’t look the best at first glance. The political nuances and events in the game allow you to immerse yourself in the world—it makes you feel like you’re a part of something bigger. Any JRPG fan would be remiss not to pick up Azure.
George Yang · Mar 07, 2023 Reviewed on PS4Read full review
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About the game
Trailers & Screenshots:
The story of aspiring hero Lloyd Bannings continues in Trails to Azure! Set just a few months after the events of Trails from Zero, a temporary peace has settled over Crossbell and the Special Support Section find themselves with newfound fame and status, thanks to their heroic actions. However, the peace is soon broken with the rise of multiple organizations with ulterior motives. Framing these growing tensions is the increasing pressure from the Erebonian Empire and the Republic of Calvard, with Crossbell caught between them. With the safety of their home and the foundations of their team now on the line, Lloyd and his allies must gear themselves for the threats that loom ahead. Little do they know that Crossbell will soon become the stage for a climactic conflict that will determine its future...
Developer: Nihon Falcom Corporation