Perfect start to a new arc in the series. Takes all the setup to it given across the previous games and uses it perfectly while expanding on the world and lore in exactly the way it should have

The new cast is genuinely already amazing from just a single game with Van and Aaron already being some of the best in the series for me. And this is even excluding all the care and love that clearly went into the returning characters who all got something from this game.

The plot of the game is also fucking amazing with it having some of the best twists in the series so far combined with some of the most hype and emotional moments too

Overall amazing game that showed that Trails is absolutely going in the right direction and I can't wait to see what the rest of the Calvard Arc has to show