The Legend of Heroes: Trails to Azure

This page is for the Kai version. For the original release, see The Legend of Heroes: Ao no Kiseki.

The Legend of Heroes: Trails to Azure

Developers
	Nihon Falcom
English Release	PH3 Games
Publishers
	NIS America
Asia	Clouded Leopard Entertainment
Release dates
Windows	January 12, 2022
Reception
Metacritic	86
OpenCritic	83
IGDB	83
Taxonomy
Monetization	One-time game purchase
Microtransactions	None
Modes	Singleplayer
Pacing	Turn-based
Perspectives	Isometric
Controls	Direct control, Menu-based
Genres	JRPG
Sports	Fishing
Art styles	Anime
Themes	Steampunk
Series	The Legend of Heroes

The Legend of Heroes: Trails to Azure is an isometric turn-based JRPG in the The Legend of Heroes series, developed by Nihon Falcom and published by NIS America.

The game is an enhanced version of The Legend of Heroes: Ao no Kiseki, based off the Kai remaster, originally released in Japan for PlayStation 4 in 2020. This game serves as the second and final entry in the Crossbell subseries.

The Western release of the PC port was handled by PH3 Games and features a number of enhancements carried over from their work on Trails from Zero, such as support for framerates higher than 60 FPS, native support for various aspect ratios and resolutions, including ultrawide and ultratall monitors, and enhanced graphical options such as dynamic shadows and an improved water shader. Several quality-of-life additions have also been added, such as autosaves, a high-speed mode, and the implementation of a message log.

The game was released on January 12, 2022, in Asian territories on Steam, and internationally on multiple storefronts on March 14, 2023.

General information

GOG.com Support Page

Steam Community Discussions (NIS America)

Steam Community Discussions (Clouded Leopard)

Availability

Source	DRM	Notes	Keys	OS
Epic Games Store
GOG.com
Green Man Gaming
Humble Store
Steam		DRM-free after installation.
Steam		Traditional Chinese and Korean only.

Essential improvements

Azure Vitality

Adds quests that were exclusive to the Vita release of Trails to Azure to this PC version.

Use the vitality-portraits version if using alongside the More Portraits in Azure mod.

More Portraits in Azure

Adds additional portraits for character dialog that were exclusive to the Vita release of Trails to Azure to this PC version.

Game data

Configuration file(s) location

System	Location
Windows	%LOCALAPPDATA%\Falcom\Ao\
Steam Play (Linux)	<Steam-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/1668520/pfx/

Save game data location

System	Location
Windows	%USERPROFILE%\Saved Games\FALCOM\Ao\
Steam Play (Linux)	<Steam-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/1668520/pfx/

Save game cloud syncing

System	Native	Notes
Epic Games Launcher
GOG Galaxy
Steam Cloud

Video

Graphics settings

Graphics feature	State	Notes
Widescreen resolution		Natively supports arbitrary aspect ratios, such as 4:3, 16:9, 16:10, and 21:9.
Multi-monitor
Ultra-widescreen		FMV cutscenes and menus are pillarboxed to a 16:9 aspect ratio.
4K Ultra HD
Field of view (FOV)
Windowed
Borderless fullscreen windowed
Anisotropic filtering (AF)		Two presets are available, "Medium" (4x), and "High" (16x). Can also be disabled.
Anti-aliasing (AA)		Options for FXAA as well as 2x, 4x, and 8x MSAA are available.
High-fidelity upscaling		See the glossary page for potential workarounds.
Vertical sync (Vsync)
60 FPS and 120+ FPS		Choice between 30, 60, 75, 100, 120, and 144 FPS. Refresh rate and framerate can be set independently from one another.
High dynamic range display (HDR)
Ray tracing (RT)

Input

Input settings

Gamepad settings and keyboard and mouse bindings (General)

Gamepad settings and keyboard and mouse bindings (Field)

Gamepad settings and keyboard and mouse bindings (Shortcuts)

Keyboard and mouse	State	Notes
Remapping		Most actions can be bound to a primary and a secondary key.
Mouse acceleration
Mouse sensitivity		A slider is available for "Mouse Movement Sensitivity". Can be set in intervals of 1, from 1-11.
Mouse input in menus		Referred to as "Mouse Menu Navigation". Toggleable on or off.
Mouse Y-axis inversion
Touchscreen optimised		Characters can be controlled by dragging in a direction, and menus can be navigated, but most menus must be accessed by using keys or buttons.
Controller
Controller support
Full controller support
Controller remapping		Each action can be mapped to a primary and a secondary button.
Controller sensitivity
Controller Y-axis inversion

Controller types

XInput-compatible controllers
Xbox button prompts		Set Button Prompts to "Xbox" in Options > Input. Enabled by default.
Impulse Trigger vibration

PlayStation controllers
PlayStation button prompts		Set Button Prompts to "DualShock" in Options > Input.
Light bar support
Adaptive trigger support
DualSense haptic feedback support
Connection modes	, Wireless (Bluetooth)

Generic/other controllers
Button prompts		Supports Steam Deck, Stadia Controller and Switch Pro Controller. Set Button Prompts to "Steam Deck", "Stadia", or "Nintendo Switch" in Options > Input for their respective prompts.

Additional information
Controller hotplugging
Haptic feedback
Digital movement supported
Simultaneous controller+KB/M		Keyboard and button prompts switch from one another if using different inputs while "Auto Prompts" is enabled.

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  Gamepad settings (General, DualShock 4 layout)

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  Gamepad settings (Field, DualShock 4 layout)

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  Gamepad settings (Shortcuts, DualShock 4 layout)

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  Gamepad settings (General, Steam Deck layout)

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  Gamepad settings (Field, Steam Deck layout)

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  Gamepad settings (Shortcuts, Steam Deck layout)

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  Gamepad settings (General, Stadia layout)

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  Gamepad settings (Field, Stadia layout)

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  Gamepad settings (Shortcuts, Stadia layout)

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  Gamepad settings (General, Switch layout)

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  Gamepad settings (Field, Switch layout)

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  Gamepad settings (Shortcuts, Switch layout)

Audio

Sound settings

General settings

Audio feature	State	Notes
Separate volume controls		Sliders for BGM, SE, and Voice. Can be set in intervals of 1, from 0-11.
Surround sound		Stereo only.
Subtitles		Text boxes, accompanied with voice acting during key scenes, are utilized. Options to enlarge the UI scale for increased readability, as well as auto advance text boxes for voiced or all dialogue is also available.
Closed captions
Mute on focus lost		Referred to as "Mute While Inactive". Can be toggled on or off.
Royalty free audio

Localizations

Language	UI	Audio	Sub	Notes
Traditional Chinese				Only available in the Asian release.
English
Japanese
Korean				Only available in the Asian release.

Other information

API

Executable	32-bit	64-bit	Notes
Windows

Middleware

	Middleware	Notes
Audio	Opus
Cutscenes	WebM

Miscellaneous

Save games migration from Joyoland version

Save games, including clear data from the Joyoland version can be migrated to this version Copy save folders inside the savedata folder in Joyoland version to %USERPROFILE%\Saved Games\FALCOM\Ao Rename the SAV0001 folder to data0001 and so on Rename the SAV1001 folder to data0201 Rename the SYSTEM folder to data0255 New Game+ points are not automatically migrated. To migrate manually, load a save file before the final boss, go back to the title screen, then load the NG+ data.

Fast text speed
Experimental fast text speed can be set in %LOCALAPPDATA%\Falcom\Ao\settings.toml by setting fastTextSpeed = true in the [Game] category

System requirements

Windows
	Minimum	Recommended
Operating system (OS)	8.1	10, 11
Processor (CPU)	Intel Core i3	Intel Core i5 (4-core 3.30Ghz)
System memory (RAM)	4 GB	8 GB
Hard disk drive (HDD)	6 GB
Video card (GPU)	AMD Radeon HD 6570 DirectX 11 compatible	AMD Radeon R7 200 Series

A 64-bit operating system is required.