i finished this game a few days ago and now that I've truly let it marinate, i can say for sure this is my favorite game in the series thus far, tied with it's predecessor but honestly if you made me choose I'd pick kuro 2.

it really wasn't what i was expecting at all. even after reading many negative backloggd and reddit reviews, i still found the complaints most people made to be big non-issues.

10 games of the same formula, finally broken by the calvard arc, isn't that great! i think its a great change of pace and considering how much i love the ASO, this was the best game to bring about this new meta of focusing way more on characters rather than the story in the sequel of a game.

i'm not the best at writing reviews so i won't get too deep but i just know this game was very fun, interesting and took just the right amount of ambition to not completely rewrite being a trails game. Act 3 is peak btw don't listen to the haters

P.S, SHIZUNA I LOVE YOU SOO MUCH UWAHAHHHHHAHHAAA SAVE ME IN KAI NO KISEKI