I'm probably gonna be an outlier here, but I don't think this game is the GOAT or anything like that. Still enjoyed it, the story, music, characters (Kaine and Weiss especially), but I just really wish some stuff was changed.

I wish fast travel was available during Act 1, and was less restrictive when it becomes available in Act 2, thankfully the world isn't too big, but if you're questing a lot like me then you start to notice it being an issue. Speaking of, questing is so boring in this game. They all have the same objectives of "go collect these materials", or "go talk to this person in this town", or on the rare case it's "go kill this thing". At least the plotlines for some of them were enjoyable and in typical NieR fashion were bittersweet at best

I also didn't really enjoy getting the other endings. Them themselves were good, but having to replay through parts of the game again with nothing much changed except for the occasional 30 second cutscene just wasn't enough for me, and I don't understand why a lot of it wasn't just in the first playthrough or, if you had to do a second playthrough, then let me play as someone else, like B Route in Automata. I was also disappointed with E Route, since it was over so quick, and it made it feel like doing all that replaying wasn't worth it. I still liked it and thought it was good, but I was just expecting a little more, y'know?

Like I said though, still enjoyed the game, still recommend it, just maybe stick to one playthrough, and watch the other endings online or something

Waited for Geofront's translation to drop before playing this and wow was it worth every sceond.

Amazing game and an even better follow-up to Zero. Currently my favourite Trails game and one of my favourite games overall as I'm writing this.

Loved it from start to finish. Randy's my favourite character now, (or is at least tied with/just short of Olivier) and his arc was just as amazing as I'd heard, along with the plot and music and just about everything

Thank you Kondo. Very excited to continue the series

I wish Crow made me lunch.

Really fun game. Heard some had issues with pacing on the first act and some on the second but honestly I didn't feel any of it, was enjoying it the whole way, a lot more than CS1 since it didn't take years to get going (though I still respect and like it because without it then its predecessors wouldn't have nearly as much ground to be built on)

Still not my favourite Trails game, it loses to the Crossbell games and SC, but still like I said a fun and engaging journey. Only things that really hold it back for me are that I don't like C7 as much as the SSS and Sky cast. No one's really bad there's just a lot more "yeah you're alright" characters here, along with some I find annoying/need to never speak again

I think I still prefer Zero Mission over this but it was still a really fun time, despite some mid-lategame bosses really getting on my nerves

My biggest complaint is that enemies and bosses do wayyyy too much damage and its a hassle to recover it since enemy drops will fly away from you and even if you pick them up its barely even half of what you took, but at least missiles were never in short supply. And I actually got use out of the Charge Beam in this game as opposed to ignoring it

Soundtrack was really nice this time around too. No longer just mostly ambiance or tracks that only ever have the same feel when you're in the area they play. Some I can actually listen to outside the game. One might say that means they have less of a lasting impression and they'd be right, I just like the diversity.

It was nice to have a plot focus this time too, or at least more of one. Sometimes there was a bit too much text for my liking, especially at the beginning, but by the end I came to appreciate it, for reasons I won't disclose due to spoilers

Overall, fun game, just a bit flawed for my tastes

I still like CS2 more, but this game was still a blast to go through. It took CS1's formula of story-telling/pacing and only improved upon it, making it much more fun to go through, as well as introducing a new cast of main characters that were all fun and much easier to digest than Class VII, along with adding new mechanics like Brave Orders to spice battles up. And last but not least having an amazing soundtrack (not saying the others in this series don't, this one just stood out to me above the rest), which might be my favourite of the series, or at least tied with Sky 3rd

Great game. Need CS4.

(For the rereleased version in the collection)

Honestly enjoyed this game a lot more than I thought I was going to. Such a fun adventure with an even more fun cast of characters and intriguing and creative plotlines. I was entertained the whole way through, except for a brief moment during the second case, but it was just that - brief. Some faster text speed/skipping options would've been nice too, but that's just nitpicking.

Really great game, definitely recommend. Excited to play the sequel

Even though I already own and beat this for the Wii back around when it came out initially, I definitely didn't mind paying for the game again since I had been wanting to replay for a while, however I still don't agree with its pricing, which is a shame because apart from that this port really is spectacular

Everything they added from the original was just a sheer improvement, the most prominent one being the stick controls option instead of motion controls. I didn't mind them in the Wii version, but these just feel so much better than swinging your arms around - and are more accurate too. QoL features like only seeing item descriptions once, skipping test being much faster, Fi not bugging you as much, are also great and much needed additions

This is still my favourite Zelda after replaying, though it is flawed. The beginning is slow, the bosses aside from a couple aren't anything too special (Koloktos is still peak though), and the 3rd visit to the continents really could've been cut since it adds nothing. Everything else though? Brilliant. Love this game.