Travis Bruno of Capsule Computers writes:
“Sometimes there are barriers to entry with a franchise that can seem rather daunting. Trying to jump into the third game in a trilogy for example might make players feel a bit lost or miss out on plenty of references or sometimes developers try to ease things as much as possible for newcomers by not connecting their franchise titles at all. Then there’s The Legend of Heroes franchise that took an entire story arc and spanned it across eleven games from 2004 to 2020 and while sure, these arcs were broken into their own little separate stories, each contributing to the grander tale overall with character crossovers, plotline developments, and more.
So now that the massive arc that combined Crossbell and Cold Steel into one has mostly wrapped up, NIS America has brought the latest Nihon Falcom RPG to the West in the form of The Legend of Heroes: Trails through Daybreak. Set after the events of the previous story arc and telling a nearly completely original storyline, albeit one still set in the grander world of Crossbell and Cold Steel, is this perhaps the best entry point for RPG fans?”
