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[Thief1987]

I had a similar experience in the demo and played a couple hours. I don't think it's a full-on anime thing though because there are still plenty of anime-style games that I enjoy (such as Dragon Quest and Ace Attorney).

I think it's just the writing in this particular game, to be honest. Little unnatural things like Estelle not noticing the giant body her dad is carrying when he arrives, or drop-kicking (!) an injured stranger's head for some innocuous comment. Or when Joshua outright states Estelle's character traits as if he's reading off her biography, instead of showing us them. The writing just isn't very good like in some RPGs; there are too many things that break my immersion and keep me from getting lost in the story and characters. And yeah, one of the big downsides of VA is the long pauses which makes the circular conversations harder to sit through.

Not trying to dunk on the game as your mileage may vary with stuff like this. To be fair I like the character designs, the music, and the colorful visuals. But I'm just not into this style of storytelling.

You should have just said that you have no taste. Much shorter and less time consuming for everyone.

 

[rkofan87]

does she go into how things were even changed in the original Japanese? it's not like this is just localizers, or is she just doing clickbait to get views?

https://news.sankakucomplex.com/2025/08/28/trails-in-the-sky-remake-even-censors-the-japanese-version/

she says at the source so yes she does.

 

[cireza]

Played the demo a little bit on Switch 2. Pretty decent looking game for Falcom !

I thought the road leading to the tower would never end though. It is way too long and filled with the same 3 enemies. This is certainly how they are going to double the length of the game lol...

 

[Hohenheim]

I played the original last year, and i'm slowly working my way through the whole series. Otherwise I would definitely started off with this new version.

 

[cireza]

I played the original last year, and i'm slowly working my way through the whole series. Otherwise I would definitely started off with this new version.

Honestly I think the original visuals have much more charm than this pretty generic anime remake. Navigating inside the houses with how close the camera is is not a great experience.

 

[Thief1987]

"Since Trails in the Sky 1st Chapter is a remake of the first Trails in the Sky," Kondo says, "If we didn't follow up with a remake of Trails in the Sky SC, people would go, 'You've got to be kidding me.' So, we do want to do a remake along the lines of Trails in the Sky 2nd Chapter. Back in 2004, we ended up keeping players waiting quite a while for SC after the release of Trails in the Sky's PC version. This time, we want to avoid such a long gap. As for remakes beyond that, I'd say it depends on fan demand."

 

[mèx]

"Since Trails in the Sky 1st Chapter is a remake of the first Trails in the Sky," Kondo says, "If we didn't follow up with a remake of Trails in the Sky SC, people would go, 'You've got to be kidding me.' So, we do want to do a remake along the lines of Trails in the Sky 2nd Chapter. Back in 2004, we ended up keeping players waiting quite a while for SC after the release of Trails in the Sky's PC version. This time, we want to avoid such a long gap. As for remakes beyond that, I'd say it depends on fan demand."

It was a given tbh but it's nice to have confirmation. Trails 3rd should also be fairly straightforward depending on how much effort they want to put into animating the Memory Door's cutscenes.

EDIT: I personally would like them to stop at SC and focusing on new games in the series.

 

[GateofD]

Seeing this being released soon.
But also saw Trails thru Daybreak on for $41 on Amazon. So I added that to my backlog. As a refresher and questions for those that played the original. What country does Skies cover?

I know daybreak is Calvard but I feel like I barely know what that means. Don't remember which important characters we already seen that's from there. All I know is they seem like the jobbers.

 

[Thief1987]

Seeing this being released soon.
But also saw Trails thru Daybreak on for $41 on Amazon. So I added that to my backlog. As a refresher and questions for those that played the original. What country does Skies cover?

I know daybreak is Calvard but I feel like I barely know what that means. Don't remember which important characters we already seen that's from there. All I know is they seem like the jobbers.

Skies are in Liberl. You mean from the main Daybreak cast? No one I think. From the secondary characters Zin, Kilika, Renne all of them are in the Sky trilogy as well.

 

[Mister Wolf]

Zin is from Calvard. Erebonia and Calvard are the two largest countries on the continent. Crossbell sits in the middle of them and is often caught up in the tensions and sometimes war between the two countries.

 

[cireza]

Really enjoying the demo a lot. I think that what they have achieved in terms of battle system is great, the transition between action and turn based is seamless and makes the experience really fun without feeling you are interrupted at all.

I feel like this is a step above of everything else they have released so far, so I hope they get to attract a wider audience because they deserve it.

 

[GateofD]

welp, i thought i ordered trails thru daybreak I, but it was II lol...
so i guess that be sitting on my shelf for sure now..
wonder its so much cheaper on amazon than the first one