The Legend of Heroes: Trails Through Daybreak is the eleventh installment in a series that tells a single overarching story within an in-universe span of a mere six years and counting. Characters established in one game will reappear in others, their narrative arcs continuing apace. This is an epic JRPG saga in the making.
In other words, if you haven’t played a Trails game, this latest entry to receive a Western release is not where you should begin. Go grab the first game, Trails in the Sky: First Chapter, instead. It plays great on Steam Deck. This review probably isn't for you.
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For those still here, Trails Through Daybreak takes place in the Calvard Republic, a powerful nation that’s played a pivotal political role in the events of previous games, but has never been seen until now. The Calvard Republic is a fair bit more technologically advanced than most of its continental peers; subway trains and state-of-the-art pseudo-cellphones are here. This is the country that can stand toe-to-toe with the Erebonian Empire, after all - it’s a stark contrast to Trails in the Sky’s Kingdom of Liberl and even the Crossbell duology's, well, Crossbell. (If this paragraph made no sense, I reiterate, don’t start with Trails Through Daybreak.)