But unless you can understand Japanese and have a habit of playing Japan-only mobile games, you probably aren’t familiar with this cast. ![]() It’s basically a companion game to a free-to-play mobile game that never released in the West, and as such it leans heavily into providing fun story content for those who are already familiar with the cast. What an odd thing the existence of this is. SwitchArcade Score: 4.5/5 Alice Gear Aegis CS Concerto of Simulatrix ($29.99) Taken together with Trails from Zero, this is one of the strongest RPG experiences you can get on the Nintendo Switch and is arguably still the high point of the Trails series today. This twelve-year old game has been given a little extra spit polish in the transition to Switch, helping a great game shine its brightest. The Legend of Heroes: Trails to Azure finishes filling in a critical gap in the series, and it does so with style. Very classic-style stuff with a few extra elements to spice things up. If you’re new to the series, there isn’t really anything out of the ordinary here in terms of this style of RPG. It’s mostly there to make the exciting stuff more exciting, as it’s only available to you at specific points. There’s also the new Burst system that allows you temporarily buff your team in battle after you’ve smacked enemies around enough. The master quartz makes its debut here, though if you’ve played Cold Steel you’ll more or less know how it works. As befits the conclusion to a tale things get a lot bigger and more dangerous this time, and the narrative is nice and twisty in the usual Trails way.įor the most part, the gameplay mechanics carry over from the previous game. With less work needed in establishing the setting, business picks up a lot more quickly in Azure. ![]() The original cast returns with two more faces added to the roster, and if you’ve played the Cold Steel games you’ll be extremely familiar with one of them. The SSS are famous now thanks to everything that happened in Trails from Zero, but that fame brings its own issues. We’re back in Crossbell, the vibrant setting from the first game. This game picks up a few months after the events of the first game. ![]() It’s a really good RPG, and I highly recommend it. It raises the stakes accordingly and brings things to a climactic close that helps set up a lot of things in the Trails of Cold Steel games. If you already played Zero and enjoyed it, this is a no-brainer to pick up. ![]() If you’re coming in fresh, you absolutely should not start here. In terms of gameplay mechanics, there’s nothing new here of any major significance. The Legend of Heroes: Trails to Azure is the second and final part of the story arc started in The Legend of Heroes: Trails from Zero, and this Switch version is every bit the great port that the previous game’s was. I’m not going to spend too many words on this one because I really don’t need to, I think. Let’s get to it! Reviews & Mini-Views The Legend of Heroes: Trails to Azure ($39.99) After that we have a few interesting new releases to look at, and then the usual lists of new and expiring sales. The Legend of Heroes: Trails to Azure, Void Terrarium 2, and Alice Gear Aegis CS all get their time in the chair of judgement, and none can say who will survive. In today’s article, I start catching up with three reviews for you to enjoy. Hello gentle readers, and welcome to the SwitchArcade Round-Up for March 21st, 2023.
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