The more I think about this one, the worse it gets honestly.
I don't think something this calm should've been the start for such a long running series as Trails, specially when people will become interested via other later games.
Nice begginings can be good, but the problem with this one is how long it takes to have any ounce of interesting things happen.
Estelle and Joshua banter alone can't make the convos funny, and story is a snorefest for a while.
Olivier helps remediate it when he joins, but leaving as soon as the chapter is done is HORRIBLE, specially with Schera too, as the game shoots itself on the foot by removing the 2 characters that were fun to hear until story picked up more.
And the first half of CH2 is horribly painful in how boring it is.
Half of it is boring and barely feels engaging.
And its gaameplay isn't much better.
Level scaling at first is a MESS.
You don't have 4 party members much, which sucks for a game designed for 4 of these characters.
The ending IS very exciting and leaves a mark, and the second half is engaging, but getting there is such a struggle.
And people say this is actually amazing?
Yeah, I just don't see it.
Maybe if this was the start of another arc other than the very first, it would'be been better as a way to calm after lots of shit happened.
But a beggining so boring for a long series like this is prone to bite it in the ass more than help, specially when its not even engaging in any way for such a long time.
I don't think something this calm should've been the start for such a long running series as Trails, specially when people will become interested via other later games.
Nice begginings can be good, but the problem with this one is how long it takes to have any ounce of interesting things happen.
Estelle and Joshua banter alone can't make the convos funny, and story is a snorefest for a while.
Olivier helps remediate it when he joins, but leaving as soon as the chapter is done is HORRIBLE, specially with Schera too, as the game shoots itself on the foot by removing the 2 characters that were fun to hear until story picked up more.
And the first half of CH2 is horribly painful in how boring it is.
Half of it is boring and barely feels engaging.
And its gaameplay isn't much better.
Level scaling at first is a MESS.
You don't have 4 party members much, which sucks for a game designed for 4 of these characters.
The ending IS very exciting and leaves a mark, and the second half is engaging, but getting there is such a struggle.
And people say this is actually amazing?
Yeah, I just don't see it.
Maybe if this was the start of another arc other than the very first, it would'be been better as a way to calm after lots of shit happened.
But a beggining so boring for a long series like this is prone to bite it in the ass more than help, specially when its not even engaging in any way for such a long time.