Vodacixi said:
It's more of a new "arc" within the franchise. Each "Trails" series (Trails in the Sky, Trails of Cold Steel, Trails from Zero, now Trails through Daybreak...) is a different arc within The Legend of Heroes franchise, taking place in one of the countries within the franchise's world. While these arcs are "separated", they share the same time and universe and their stories are tied in many ways (this is specially true for the Trails of Cold Steel games). While you can totally start with Daybreak and have fun with it, the main selling point of the Legend of Heroes franchise is its worldbuilding. While it's true that asking someone to play several 60+ hour games is insane and I totally understand how absurd it sounds, that's where the main value of the series resides. With all of these games and arcs, Falcom has created universe with an incredibly deep lore, complex and interesting politics and international relations and tons of amazing characters. Each game on its own is great, but they are even greater when you have the bigger picture. Again, you CAN play Daybreak first, without any previous knowledge of the series. But if you do, keep in mind that there will be many things that you will just not get. It will be kind of like watching Avengers: Infinity War without having watched the previous MCU movies. You can do that. You'll have fun. But it's far from ideal. If I were you, I would play Unicorn first. It's a great game an it's self contained. |
Hmm. I played The Witcher 3 without prior knowledge (apart from a bit of TW2) and It has mountains of lore behind it.
