The Legend of Heroes: Trails from Zero free download

The lore and worldbuilding in the Trails series is so expansive it makes Tolkien’s work look modest in scope, and with so much background detail, exploring the world is a very different experience compared to most JRPGs. The plot itself is perfectly comprehensible as a self-contained thing, but it is worth noting as you play that the series is intricately linked and if you do go on to play the others (and you should), you’ll find many of them referenced here, and the events and characters of this game referenced in them. You don’t need to have played any of the other dozen or thereabouts Trails titles to enjoy Zero. But now we can play it, and it is excellent. It was a PSP title that just wasn’t localised. Trails From Zero isn’t a new game, technically.

It’s one of the few JRPG properties that genuinely justifies being as big as it is.

As a series, it is a smart, sprawling, wonderfully epic series that deserves real thought and discussion. It’s a pity because The Legend of Heroes deserves a smarter fan base (my comments will burn because of this…). And if you like the wrong ones whoo boy are you the worst person on the planet. They’ll insist that you absolutely cannot play any game in this series without having magically played all the other games first. The Legend of Heroes series is famous for being impenetrable for newcomers and also having a fanbase that likes it that way.

The Legend of Heroes: Trails from Zero free download