Cold steel 2 was a significant improvement from 1, all the problems I had with the first game were fixed as well as expanding upon the things I liked. However as an event that's been teased for like 4 games this feels extraordinarily lackluster. I understand this was a personal journey for Rean but you'd think a civil war that's been teased since like 4 games ago would be on a grander scale.

Obviously Rean isn't on the frontlines so he won't see the brunt of it but I didn't feel any significant change in most of the environments or any tension when visiting a town. I know one of the ways they tried to make us feel the effects of the war was by not allowing travel between towns but that feels meaningless when you couldn't even do it in the first game. I felt more immersed during sky fcs final chapters.

To summarises my point there was a drastic lack of change the war brought between Cold Steel 1 and 2. The things I could do in 1 I could still do in 2 despite fighting a losing war. This disconnect between the narrative and the gameplay felt jarring as hell.