Using the action mode to get an advantage, not just through stunning the enemy but through grouping and customizing the sets you wanna fight, and positioning them and your team in the places you need to pull of your combo, then going into the tactical mode and unleashing hell, is honestly addicting. Of course, I can't judge things like balance, but the flow is something else. Probably not as fresh as some would want because this is still distinctly Trails and still kinda formulaic in structure but fresh enough for me. The game feels fresh and constantly challenging my expectations of what the series is capable of doing. They're really going for a darker Kiseki experience and it's paying off. Outside those two things, and what I'm hearing about no fishing, I like everything else better than Erebonia/CS so far here.Ĭhapter 1 was really good. After Hajimari not only had skips but speed up buttons, this is kind of hmmmph. Especially as the boost system favors using S-crafts often in battle. I also can't seem to see upcoming turn order effects outside the next turn for each character.Īlso not being able to skip S-crafts/spells may irritate me later on. Maybe it's ok, but I just am not able to read it correctly to see where my turns will land between enemy turns. I just do not understand visually how the turn queue is supposed to be working in this. In ch.1 and so far the game feels better than Erebonia/Cold Steel in almost every aspect.īUT I don't think I can forgive the weird, partial turn queue order in a game series where your spot and the enemies spot in the turn queue is so important due to turn queue effects and adjusting turn queue around for attacks/healing/stopping enemy skills. To be honest once I got into it the visual issues stopped bothering me and I don't really notice them.

Trails of azure ps4