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Scott, your dream is real now. We did it mate. We finally got over those barriers. You can rest in peace.

If you finished Trails from Zero and wondered “why this game has such a weird title?” – you will find all the answers here, in Trails to Azure. And I am jealous of players who will experience and discover it for the first time.
Most of the Trails fans will agree that Trails to Azure is the best entry in the series. And while I disagree (Zero is my fav.), I do understand where this is coming from. Slower pace of Zero, SSS team individual characters growth, all this paved the way for Azure’s glory. There is a lot of “the best” bullet points that can be applied here. Where do I even begin???
Best soundtrack in the whole series. Best end boss theme. Best narrative. Best plot twist. Best (kind of) optional boss fight with best boss fight theme music (Unfathomed Force). Best part ways scenes and best characters. And now – best version of the game ever made. The Legend of Durante: Trails to Azure PC is here in full glory.
4k, FULL ultra wide support, 144FPS mode, well received water shader to make water in game look gorgeous. Optional music titles on screen (personally I LOVE this option), and tons of customisation. Support for ALL major gamepads and proper kb+mouse controls. Steam Deck support on D1 with dedicated settings for it. When we’re talking about Deck – I just tested it and the story is similar to Zero (which shouldn’t be a surprise – those games technically are the same), and it runs flawlessly with smooth performance. In 60FPS mode, battery indicator shows over 6 hours of gameplay on one charge. Impressive. There’s plethora of options to use on Deck, heck, you can use trackpads to navigate if you want. UI scales perfectly here and it’s a joy to watch the game. So far I tested
PC-wise I didn’t have a time to test it properly, before this review is out, but I can bet on Durante and his team. They are the best after all. If I’m wrong, and pc version is bad - I swear, I will come back to change the verdict and also, I will drive my car naked to the nearest supermarket, where I will take a pic and upload it on twitter. That’s how much I trust those guys.
Story? Do you even need to be convinced? If you’re coming from Trails from Zero, you know fully well what to expect. For first timers – keep in mind what I said at the beginning. About true meaning of first Crossbell game, Trails from Zero. You will fully get the meaning of it in Azure. It is peak of Falcom storytelling, period and I truly envy you, as I will be playing it probably for 10th time now, so nothing can surprise me, sadly.
Just buy the game and support developer (we are so lucky, as Trails fans to have such a dedicated group of developers now). This is a masterpiece title and it’s easily 10/10 score. Not just in my opinion, but many, many Trails fans…Thank you all guys. Guren, Geofront team – if not your efforts, we wouldn’t be here today…from a fan translation to official Western release. Our passions…are not so conflicting 😉

Edit to my script: Testing also on desktop pc, and seems like I won’t need to run naked to the supermarket. Thank you, Durante, for saving my face.

All of the options you have seen in Zero, you’re getting here. Frame limit at 144, anisotropic filtering, water shader, even options to change displayed details on Steam for your friends (in case of spoilers in chapter names). Heck, even support for Stadia controllers (rest in peace and never come back), individual button mapping, all the jazzy stuff is here.
PC version is as usual with Durante – the best and ultimate version of the game, thank you very much. Now go and protect KeA’a smile.