Recent reviews by Chieftain Spye Brightscale

My conclusion after 180h playtime:

If you liked the prequal you´ll get basically a polished version of that with even a much larger playtime. In this sequal alot of background story about your companions will be told in a very long-winded game. Also, typical for a trilogy, this is the main part which will answer most of you question in a big climax. Sadly though, you´d have to play for a very long time to get to this point. This game´s athmosphere is exactly the same as in it´s prequal, due to same graphics, same (sometimes realy overdone) dramatic situation and same polished combat system. Also, you´ll walk on the exact same map as in the prequal and will have to read tons of dozens of text. At this point I can tell, without spoiling, that the story feels finished after you completed the game although there´s a third part.

To sum in up in a pro/con comparision:

PRO:

- 150h of pure playtime with main- and sitequests
- fans get exactly what they wanted
- overall a polished "Trails in the sky first chapter"
- great soundtrack with old and new tracks
- a credibly told story with authentic characters

Bonus: The story´s main plot is surprisingly close to our modern worlds problem
with digitalization and KI invading our life.

CON:

- you´ll face a wall of text, young padawan
- some characters act realy flat, like your main character (Estelle)
- a dramatically told story about "staying together and we can reach everything" which is not for everyone
- very long-winded story, which need some serious time to evolve
- combat system that needs some time to understand (putting quarz in the right orders)

NOTE: If you havent played "Trails in the sky first chapter" you are missing some serious
background knowledge to understand what´s even going on. So I highly recommend
playing the first game!

Worth of giving it a try!
It offers a variety of roles and opens itself to a wide range of different playertypes.
The characters adjustments is slightly limited though.

It is still in Beta, so there may or may not be some more modes, characters etc.
For me, this game replaces cancer LoL completely and is not yet intoxinated.

Unique game, unique gameplay, unique feeling.
Short but spicy!

Alles in allem ein sehr spaßiges Spiel, welches viele Erinnerungen an alte Werke, wie beispielsweise Jack & Daxter, weckt. Vorallem zu Beginn erscheint einem das Spiel als ziemlich simpel und träge (was auch an den teilweise holzigen Animationen liegt), entwickelt seine Stärken aber vorallem im späteren Verlauf, wo die Rätsel- und Kampfkomplexität zunimmt. Auch Profirätsler werden später an der einen oder anderen Stelle, zumindest kurz, stecken bleiben und gefordert werden. Die Geschichte ist einfach gehalten, hat aber trotzdem viel Tiefgang. Vorallem wenn man sich die heutige Gesellschaft anschaut, findet man viele Parallelen.

Mein erstes Review. Wollte einfach mal drauflos schreiben und plappern! :>