I had an extremely good time with the Trails in the Sky 1st Chapter last year. As a big fan of the Trails of Cold Steel PC ports, finally getting the opportunity to try the first installment in the beloved JRPG series, with all the modern accoutrements of a full 3D remake, was truly a pleasure.
Falcom really didn't skimp when it came to upgrading the experience to the standard of its newer Trails games. There's only one problem: I wanted more.
Despite 1st Chapter being a pretty well-rounded story—clocking in at a perfectly reasonable 40 hours for me—it ends on a criminal cliffhanger. It's easy to see why so many say that 2nd Chapter is really just the second part of the first game, something I probably should've clocked considering the naming convention.
But having played Trails in t...
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