Wyvborn
As someone who had not played the previous Trails games, I was pleasantly surprised by how much I was able to grasp when it came to the worldbuilding and history of Erobonia. The cast of characters is a mixed bag with some being great, and others having very little meaningful things to say. *The soundtrack has nothing but bangers and rivals some of my favorite gaming soundtracks such as FF7 and Mass Effect.
TL;DR, Wind!
TL;DR, Wind!
2023
This review contains spoilers
In terms of story development the game was all killer no filler... until you get to act 2 which felt like a grind to get through at times. That said, the finale and epilogue more than made up for any pacing woes I felt. The music is still awesome and the gameplay is as engaging as ever.
Overall: After putting some time into my final thoughts, I believe that Cold Steel 2 does have some better story beats than the first game, but 1's pacing felt more gradual whereas 2 can be a bit all over the place thanks to that second act (which still does have great emotional story beats I'll admit).
Overall: After putting some time into my final thoughts, I believe that Cold Steel 2 does have some better story beats than the first game, but 1's pacing felt more gradual whereas 2 can be a bit all over the place thanks to that second act (which still does have great emotional story beats I'll admit).
2012