I thoroughly enjoyed a majority of CS3's runtime. The new Class VII cast is solid (and the decision to only have a few of them was wise) and the character moments were pretty strong. Combat is still fun as well. Unfortunately Cold Steel 3 still suffers from all the same pitfalls as the previous games. In the final chapter, the game's story and character motivations once again derail into total schlocky nonsense, and the main premise of "the curse" is something that i can't help but find silly. I eventually found myself repeatedly rolling my eyes in the final hours of this game, but for a majority of the ride things were enjoyable and i was happy with the new Class VII cast, so I look at this game mostly favorably.