![]() ![]() see anything like it succeed - that's what I meant. It's not perfect but I also don't know if or when I'll ever see anything like it again (. It's a unicorn: A high stakes, actually exciting, political drama JRPG in an iterative franchise. Trails to Azure is easily top 3 for me (of the 9 I've played in the series), maybe higher depending on the day you ask me. ![]() And I really came to love allot of the characters - Randy's probably my #2 in the whole series after this game, which again is such a shock since I didn't really care all that much for any of them in Zero because the whole game was setup and I just didn't believe Falcom would deliver to the insane hype surrounding this game. In general the game does a great job of raising tension and keeping it up even a slow game series like Trails. The best of the climaxes are some of the best moments in the series. Even as a guy who'd played Cold Steel 1 and 2 already, this game has twists. How am I supposed to take these Team Aqua/Magma rejects seriously, or these 1920s American mafiosos who don't seem like they know what they're doing? Why are the Trails in the Sky callbacks so hamfisted? Why should I care about what's going on right now when this game feels like a prologue? I think I really liked only the final chapter in that game.Īzure is such an improvement that I almost can't believe it followed up such a weak predecessor. The main cast were a likeable enough bunch but the story and plot fumbled so many times. Design throughout seemed more cynical and inorganic unlike Trails in the Sky, and the formula Falcom used in Trails of Cold Steel seemed more refined there (while, to be clear, being fundamentally the same as Zero's). I had been very underwhelmed by Trails from Zero. ![]() I've bought it again (through official NA channels) to support though. I've already played the Geofront release. ![]()
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