This review contains spoilers
Kevin Grahame and Ries Argent are PEAK. PEAK I SAY.
Trails in the Sky the 3rd is a great game, I don't know why people dislike it? Kevin is probably unironically my favourite protagonist and probably in my top 4 characters in the Liberl arc.
Let's start with world building. This is absolutely peak. It sets up so much things for future games. The Star, Moon, and Sun doors all help with this of course, and I thoroughly enjoyed them. Star Doors 13, 14, and 15 are probably the best of them all. 13 sets up lore for Cold Steel, 14 also sets up the lore for Ouroboros, and introduces us to the Phantasmal Blaze Plan. Star Door 15 got me all types of messed up. I don't even want to recall it because it messed me up that badly. I also enjoyed the minigames in the Sun Doors, the fishing minigame had peak music.
Battling! I enjoyed that Estelle and Joshua were no longer required party members, and instead Kevin and Ries were (but weren't for some chapters). Even though I say that, I still used Joshua on my team because why the heck not. I loved the additions of Richard and Renne to the playable cast, not much so for Josette because of how insanely bad her kit is. I've never seen such a horrible orbment and crafts. My main team was a mix of Kevin, Ries, Renne, Joshua, Kloe, and Olivier. I played the game on Nightmare, and I firmly believe that this trilogy was not made for the Nightmare difficulty because of how unforgiving the games are.
Story wise, I love how we got Kevin's backstory and we looked a little bit into the Gralsritter. I cried at the Aster House part and the reveal that Kevin killed Rufina. And to top it all off, Ries and Kevin got dragged into hell, which was really interesting, and to top it all off, we got to off Weissman once again. I don't think there was anything they could've done differently chapter wise, considering Phantasma was kind of restricting. I enjoyed the Grancel chapter, as well as the Golden and Silver Road chapters. But Chapter 7 was peak because you got to go to the Glorious, Jenis Academy, Leiston Fortress, and Ourboros' base. We finally got Cassius as a boss fight and that was seriously unforgiving. Also the triple enforcer fight was so annoying. Overall, I enjoyed the story, but it really got my heart strings at the end, when they were all leaving through the gate. Especially hurt when Renne didn't know what to do and ran off. Can't really make a child that's been traumatised make a decision like that yet.
Overall, great game and a great end to the trilogy. Excited for Crossbell and Erebonia!
Trails in the Sky the 3rd is a great game, I don't know why people dislike it? Kevin is probably unironically my favourite protagonist and probably in my top 4 characters in the Liberl arc.
Let's start with world building. This is absolutely peak. It sets up so much things for future games. The Star, Moon, and Sun doors all help with this of course, and I thoroughly enjoyed them. Star Doors 13, 14, and 15 are probably the best of them all. 13 sets up lore for Cold Steel, 14 also sets up the lore for Ouroboros, and introduces us to the Phantasmal Blaze Plan. Star Door 15 got me all types of messed up. I don't even want to recall it because it messed me up that badly. I also enjoyed the minigames in the Sun Doors, the fishing minigame had peak music.
Battling! I enjoyed that Estelle and Joshua were no longer required party members, and instead Kevin and Ries were (but weren't for some chapters). Even though I say that, I still used Joshua on my team because why the heck not. I loved the additions of Richard and Renne to the playable cast, not much so for Josette because of how insanely bad her kit is. I've never seen such a horrible orbment and crafts. My main team was a mix of Kevin, Ries, Renne, Joshua, Kloe, and Olivier. I played the game on Nightmare, and I firmly believe that this trilogy was not made for the Nightmare difficulty because of how unforgiving the games are.
Story wise, I love how we got Kevin's backstory and we looked a little bit into the Gralsritter. I cried at the Aster House part and the reveal that Kevin killed Rufina. And to top it all off, Ries and Kevin got dragged into hell, which was really interesting, and to top it all off, we got to off Weissman once again. I don't think there was anything they could've done differently chapter wise, considering Phantasma was kind of restricting. I enjoyed the Grancel chapter, as well as the Golden and Silver Road chapters. But Chapter 7 was peak because you got to go to the Glorious, Jenis Academy, Leiston Fortress, and Ourboros' base. We finally got Cassius as a boss fight and that was seriously unforgiving. Also the triple enforcer fight was so annoying. Overall, I enjoyed the story, but it really got my heart strings at the end, when they were all leaving through the gate. Especially hurt when Renne didn't know what to do and ran off. Can't really make a child that's been traumatised make a decision like that yet.
Overall, great game and a great end to the trilogy. Excited for Crossbell and Erebonia!