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The Legend of Heroes: Zero no Kiseki (2010)

Nihon Falcom

PC (Microsoft Windows) · PlayStation Portable

4.37 from 184 ratings

549 members have it in their collection · 23 playing now · 212 backlogged · 166 wish listed

How long? Main story 45h · with extras 64h · 100% 126h (from 21 logged playthroughs)

The Legend of Heroes: Zero no Kiseki is the fourth installment in the main Kiseki series, serving as a direct sequel to the events of the Liberl arc and the beginning to the Crossbell arc. The game follows Lloyd Bannings and his colleagues Elie MacDowell, Randy Orlando, and Tio Plato. The four form the Special Support Section, a newly formed … Read more
The Legend of Heroes: Zero no Kiseki is the fourth installment in the main Kiseki series, serving as a direct sequel to the events of the Liberl arc and the beginning to the Crossbell arc. The game follows Lloyd Bannings and his colleagues Elie MacDowell, Randy Orlando, and Tio Plato. The four form the Special Support Section, a newly formed department of the Crossbell police in a city-state located between two great powers fighting for control over it. Read less
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Developers
Nihon Falcom
Publishers
Nihon Falcom
Genres
Role-playing (RPG), Turn-based strategy (TBS)
Themes
Fantasy, Science fiction
Franchises
The Legend of Heroes
Series
The Legend of Heroes: Trails
Steam
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Release dates

  • Sep 30, 2010 (Full Release) (Japan) PlayStation Portable
  • Aug 27, 2011 (Full Release) (China) PC (Microsoft Windows)
  • Jun 14, 2013 (Full Release) (Japan) PC (Microsoft Windows)

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Erkin

Status Erkin Jan 17, 2025

A kind user recommended that I play the Trails series, so I started this today. It's probably too early but man, this is the best turn-based combat that I've played.

  1. It's strategic but also fast-paced.
  2. You feel in control and not at the mercy of some behind-the-scenes dice rolls.
  3. It's very cinematic.

I wish all turn-based JRPGs were like this. …

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A kind user recommended that I play the Trails series, so I started this today. It's probably too early but man, this is the best turn-based combat that I've played.

  1. It's strategic but also fast-paced.
  2. You feel in control and not at the mercy of some behind-the-scenes dice rolls.
  3. It's very cinematic.

I wish all turn-based JRPGs were like this. Again, probably too early, but this game is, in my opinion, the perfect mix of old-school aesthetics/vibes and modern gameplay.

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PyramidHeadcrab

Status PyramidHeadcrab Jul 2, 2024

This one started really slow, but it's beginning to grow on me. Weirdly, turning off the voiced dialogue makes the pacing better? I can't entirely explain why this is. It's certainly far less irritating when you can click through text boxes without constant,
"Boku no-"
"Ore da-"
"So desu-"

And when the game actually lets you play, it's actually quite …

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This one started really slow, but it's beginning to grow on me. Weirdly, turning off the voiced dialogue makes the pacing better? I can't entirely explain why this is. It's certainly far less irritating when you can click through text boxes without constant,
"Boku no-"
"Ore da-"
"So desu-"

And when the game actually lets you play, it's actually quite good, with a very strong battle system that isn't needlessly complex - who decided modern JRPG gameplay needed to be convoluted, anyway? - and some really great visuals that make you kinda wanna search around. I was scared the game was gonna take place primarily in the one city, and that doesn't seem to be the case - though a map and fast travel system for said city is introduced about 6 hours later than it should be.

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PyramidHeadcrab

Status PyramidHeadcrab Jun 30, 2024

I keep hearing that this is one of the greatest JRPGs ever made, but I'm still waiting to see it. Like, I love turn-based JRPGs, but holy shit is the Prologue ever slow. I'm around 6-8 hours deep and the plot hasn't really gone anywhere interesting yet. I'm guessing this is one of those "it gets good 20 hours in" …

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I keep hearing that this is one of the greatest JRPGs ever made, but I'm still waiting to see it. Like, I love turn-based JRPGs, but holy shit is the Prologue ever slow. I'm around 6-8 hours deep and the plot hasn't really gone anywhere interesting yet. I'm guessing this is one of those "it gets good 20 hours in" games, but oh man do people in this game ever TALK.

I think I've said it before, but someone really needs to sit Japanese writers down and tell them we do not require three consecutive, nearly identical scenes establishing the same God damn information.

I'm not even joking, I just sat through a section where the main party sits with a reporter and discusses the mafia being involved in a conflict, then the same conversation with their superior, then the exact same conversation with a lawyer. Like the shut fuck up and MOVE ON. XD

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Morcys

Status Morcys Sep 16, 2023

I like the new landscape and the city of Crossbell is just gorgeous but I will miss the little kingdom of Liberl enter image description here

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Yuna67876

Status Yuna67876 Nov 12, 2022

Finished up the game today, and want to do a review for it so I save my thoughts on it for that overall though 8/10

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Yuna67876

Status Yuna67876 Nov 5, 2022

Finishing up Chapter 3 today, I am definitely getting into this more and more with the time I invest in this game. Traqils always has a slow start but more time investing in these games it pays off

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Yuna67876

Status Yuna67876 Oct 27, 2022

Last night I experienced probably one of my favorite scenes in this franchise so far, and I was in ntears. Knowing a little bit about these main characters is an experience

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Yuna67876

Status Yuna67876 Oct 24, 2022

Finished up Chapter 2 tonight, the story has me intrigued now, and I am hooked, just been slowly progressing due to IRL duties.

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VivCousland

Status VivCousland Oct 16, 2022

I just want to say that I'm happy not to be anymore chained by the "fandom barrier" full of people who just hate Rean in favor of Lloyd or else I wouldn't have been able to play and enjoy so much Trails From Zero.
Zero has the best pacing of the Trails games I have played. Some terms are …

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I just want to say that I'm happy not to be anymore chained by the "fandom barrier" full of people who just hate Rean in favor of Lloyd or else I wouldn't have been able to play and enjoy so much Trails From Zero.
Zero has the best pacing of the Trails games I have played. Some terms are new even for someone who has played all the games localized until now! It's like a fresh start but with some things you already know thanks to CS3/CS4.
I hope more people will get to love Elie like I do! She's an action mom for the little Kea❤️
The SSS is a wholesome family for sure.

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Yuna67876

Status Yuna67876 Oct 11, 2022

So im in chapter 1 right now, and this game is giving me Sky FC vibes (in a good way). This series does well on its world-building I am used to this series needing to be slow at times to establish stuff but since I know the main cast (from later games in the series) I am invested in them …

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So im in chapter 1 right now, and this game is giving me Sky FC vibes (in a good way). This series does well on its world-building I am used to this series needing to be slow at times to establish stuff but since I know the main cast (from later games in the series) I am invested in them that I am ready to get in on the real stuff. I think that this is just me thing because if you are getting into these games now people will probably start from Sky, or go into Cold Steel and then go back. Luckily this game can be an entry point too now.

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