Im not really a big fan of the Calvard Arc so far, i already had problems with Kuro 1 and when i got into Chrimson Sin i was at first fairly intrigued with the story and the new time travel mechanic, sadly it didnt took long to notice how poorly this is implemented. My biggest Problem with it is that it happens way to often and you have barely any option to prevent that, i think the only time you can is 2 times in Act 2, if it would work like there i wouldn't mind it at all but the way it is it takes any meaning from the horrible things that the game shows me especially in Act 3. Oh boy Act 3 while i really enyoed Act 1-2 and the finale, Act 3 really takes this game down for me. Its like the same as CS4 but worse and it drags way to long, i dont get why it has to 6 times the same thing rinse and repeat, at this point van and crew must be the most incompetent chars in trails on how often they would have died this is just frustrating.

The rant aside Kuro 2 does a great thing in giving characters more time to develop not only the Calvard cast but also the returning chars have very good character arcs, Story wise Act 1 and 2 were very good and if Act 3 wasnt that bad that would be a 4 or 4.5 Stars for me, fishing is back which is always a plus, great gameplay as always and very hardwarming finale which might be my fav moment in the arc so far.