The Legend of Heroes: Kuro no Kiseki

The Legend of Heroes: Kuro no Kiseki is finally coming to Steam®! The sprawling Republic of Calvard is experiencing an unprecedented economic boom brought on by post-war reparations. Here is the beginning of a new "Trails (story)".

The Legend of Heroes: Kuro no Kiseki is a rpg, jrpg and interactive fiction game developed by Nihon Falcom and published by Clouded Leopard Entertainment.
Released on July 27th 2022 is available only on Windows in 2 languages: Traditional Chinese and Korean.

It has received 1,404 reviews of which 1,292 were positive and 112 were negative resulting in a rating of 8.7 out of 10. 😎

The game is currently priced at 24.99€ on Steam and has a 50% discount.


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Windows
  • Requires a 64-bit processor and operating system
  • OS: Windows® 10
  • Processor: Intel® Core™ i5-3470 or AMD Ryzen™ 3 1200
  • Memory: 8 GB RAM
  • Graphics: GeForce GTX 1050 3 GB or AMD Radeon™ RX 560 4 GB
  • DirectX: Version 11
  • Storage: 12 GB available space
  • Sound Card: Onboard

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Nov. 2024
Character dynamics, darker tone, improved visuals, and the new gameplay led to Kuro being my favourite since the crossbell games.
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Sept. 2024
tldr : game good. gets a big thumbs up from me for what that is worth. one of the greatest entries in this 12 game series (soon to be 13 and counting) and not the worst place to start. the only thing i worry is that it may set expectations for the tone of the rest of the series, if you haven't played the previous games, that aren't going to be met, since this game takes a much more 'mature' tone compared to the aforementioned older games. not to mention the quality of life features present in this game that you wont find in the other entries before it. i'm always going to recommend playing the series in the release order but do not let that stop you from going out of order and experiencing this incredible game sooner rather than later. i played this with the fan patch and aside from a few hiccups here and there it was an experience indistinguishable from the official english releases of any of the games that id played previously. all in all a game i wont be forgetting any time soon. it could be recency bias but i feel confident in saying this is one of the top 3 games in the series
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Aug. 2024
Kudos to CLE for releasing the game way before the localization abusers at NISA. I guess I will be sticking to CLE versions with fan translations from now on. Also the price of CLE version is lower even if it's the same game. ♥♥♥♥ NIS America
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July 2024
(Just as a pre-note, I'm currently about 25 hours into Kuro 2, and a couple of gameplay flaws I address here have been addressed there.) (second note: I played this via a English injection patch.) Overall, I would say Kuro no Kiseki (or Trails through Daybreak for those of y'all playing the official localization) is the best 'intro game' in the series so far, and a bit of a breath of fresh air for the series, after my worries that the series would get too over-convoluted after Cold Steel/Reverie. That said there are a few nagging things that keep this game from being truly amazing, but I also have a lot of great things to say about it! Characters: This party so far is very strong. Van Arkride is the man, 10/10, easily the best protagonist in the series, in just one game. Him being a more 'mature' MC fits this arc's setting and tone, making me appreciate the atmosphere of this game more. It was also a genius idea to have Van already be familiar with the goings on in Zemuria, so that it doesn't feel like I'm being subjected to exposition I've already heard for several games now. More shoutouts to Feri, Quatre and Risette. Agnes took a bit of time for me to impress me but she grew on me at some point. The villains this time around are not all that deep character wise unfortunately, but the good part is that this time they aren't playing around, being perfectly willing to murder innocent people. Again, it felt fresh after several games of villains that had to be 'redeemable'. Gameplay: The combat in Kuro feels like a back to basis sort of thing, with the addition of field combat and a simpler 'link' system in the form of SCLM. It is a fun system, but some systems such as the S-Boost system, the revamped S-Craft system and the changes to Earth Guard/Aegis Shield just makes this game WAY too easy, even on Hard difficulty. The game to me didn't really start to bite back until late into Chapter 5. Secondly, due to the way the field combat works, if you keep at it long enough, you can start nearly every encounter with an advantage which makes enemies sitting ducks. Obviously bosses are set to command. The orbment system was also fun to experiment with, they brought back the points system from Sky/Zero/Azure which was nice, though instead of arts which come pre-built through 'arts drivers' you get certain skills instead. Real nice on paper, but a certain few skills were incredibly broken I couldn't not put it on all of my party members. Hollow Cores are basically the type of buffs you get when you S-Boost, not much else there. Story: Like I mentioned above, this is probably my favorite 'intro game' and the story is mainly why. The darker tone fits this game perfectly, and it feels like there is genuine stakes and actual long lasting consequences this time around. That said, up until Chapter 5 the pacing is pretty formulaic to the point of predictability at times, but I enjoyed almost every setpiece so it's not too bad. My one complaint however is that the final chapter is kind of...fillery? As in 'we forgot we need a proper endgame so let's just shoehorn this in' which was pretty disappointing honestly. Now the million dollar question: can you start with Kuro? Well, yes...but I wouldn't recommend it, imo. While it is a fresh new start and definitely feels that way for the first half, from the second half up until the ending there are many callbacks to earlier games, particularly Trails into Reverie, so you may be scratching your head at some points, just know that going in. TLDR: Best intro game in the series, a step in the right direction in terms of characters and tone with a cool new orbment system, but has several kinks that need to be ironed out, mostly from a combat standpoint. Final score: 8/10 Final score: 8/10
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June 2024
its peak refreshing combat great characters nice visual style imo it's the perfection of the cold steel structure Take the Grendel!
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The Legend of Heroes: Kuro no Kiseki
8.7
1,292
112
Online players
13
Developer
Nihon Falcom
Publisher
Clouded Leopard Entertainment
Release 27 Jul 2022
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