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My stance on Cold Steel so far:

The first game was a total blast and made me incredibly enthusiastic to continue. Went in with the weird prerequisites of it being my first Trails game but AFTER playing Xanadu.

The second I really liked for the first half and thought the second half was pretty bad. Felt bloated and unfocused, not really possible to make me give a shit about character interactions when you can mix and match your party resulting in phoned in party writing. However what SHOULD have been the end of the game was great...then it goes on for a couple more hours with an incredibly boring sequence that completely deflated what was originally a hype as fuck cliffhanger.

Three felt like a fantastic refresh back to the magic I felt with the first one, and we were back to the focus I missed. It was a refinement in every way. It didn't hit me as much as the first, which is just the result of it being the first I'm sure, but I'd probably say 3 is the best regardless so far.

I haven't looked into 4 at all for fear of spoilers, but I'm worried about it falling into the same trap of 2 where the second half of the game goes way too unfocused and open and just feels like a dull slog. I have no BASIS for that other than a gut feeling, but it's a real fear.

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