This game is actually really great as long as you go into it knowing it's very different from the first two.
It's saved by the strong character writing and the stellar ost. The actual plot is a flimsy excuse to reuse as many assets as possible even though it all does kind of come together in the end. Making the game a dungeon crawler just feels bad because the dungeon crawling is by far the weakest aspect of this series and Falcom did nothing to actually try to improve it. Dungeons are all still just bland generic hallways but they dont have the excuse of feeling like a part of an actual world like in FC and SC instead just feel like fake shitty video game levels. I also think this game set many bad precedents that ruined a lot of games later down the line.
>>3941521I felt like the dungeon crawling was well paced. It never felt too long before you get some story and unlock a new character.
Great game. I wish the later Trails games had kept the quality of the first five.
>>3941512It's a very good entry but it filters people who don't like that it's a lot more gameplay focused than the first two. I actually really enjoyed the dungeon crawler aspect.
>>3941540People tend to forget those games released in 2000s so they were basically PS2-era titles. First Cold Steel came out in 2013 and was a modern JRPG with all the good and bad that entailed.
>>3941512It actually ended up being my favorite in the trilogy.
>>3941555>2013the 2010s weren't kind on jrpgs, most titles from that time were pretty bad, cold steel was one of the better ones even
