I heard a great deal about this game since I played the Skies series when it first launched on PSP over a decade ago, but never had the chance to play it - mainly because it was never localised for the west, and later, it was because I didn't own a gaming PC, and thus, was unable to get the English patch.

When it was announced it's coming on Switch, I was thrilled, as it's the only Trails game (not counting Kuro and Hajimari) that I had yet to play.

Gameplay and storywise, I do admit it hooked me in a lot faster than when I first played Cold Steel. It has a throwback to the PSP and PS2 days when pixel graphics were a thing, and reminds me of when I first started playing Skies.

Lloyd as a character however reminds me a great deal of Rean from Cold Steel (CS1), and I am curious to see his growth and progression as a character.

Reviewed on Oct 06, 2022


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