Genre: RPG
Developer/publisher: Falcom
Platform: PS4/PS5.
Official Site: https://www.falcom.co.jp/kuro2/
Developer/publisher: Falcom
Platform: PS4/PS5.
Official Site: https://www.falcom.co.jp/kuro2/
Release date: 2022-09-29.
Okay its that time of the year! unfortunately while I greatly looked forward to this game
I did not enjoy it as much as I had hoped! first of all this is a direct-sequel to kuro no kiseki
so I don't recommend starting with this game. Sadly when this game launched
there was a bunch of drama Llama due to chinese streamer that rushed the game
and finished it in a day or so and a lot of fans were disappointed.
After playing it myself I can sort of understand why!
I will say this here, I tried to be positive but this game is far from perfect
this is not one of those cases where sugar coating it is gonna make it better.
Anyway if you don't like what you're reading close the tab and
go play it for yourself and form your own opinion.
There won't really be many plot spoilers in this post, though some notes
about random scenes but nothing with full context.
Pro's
- Story has an interesting enough premise and it is good as a direct-sequel.
- Rion and Celis are goat, Nadia and Swin are cute little angels.
- BGM was good, tho mostly boss fights.
- Fishing minigame is back and better than ever.*
Con's
- This game does very little for the trails series as a whole.
- Dumb bad ends with time travel gimmick yet no consequences for it.
- We hardly visit any new areas.
- Characters get too careless and OOC in a way that does not fit.
- Minigames for the sake of having them.
I'm going to start with the things that I liked!
I loved spending more time with Rion and Celis and learning more of them
they're also Bergard's disciples/students and they go way back. Sadly Bergard couldn't
be around much in this game but these guys have our backs most of the time, especially Rion!
I liked the scene where Celis kicked a door and Rion went like oh my that's quite sturdy isn't it?😅
or the one where Rion covered Celis's mouth as she was about to spout obscenities.😂
I Need more cheeky guys like Rion in my life... |
and well he ended up being like a true bro too so... hmm!
Cuz Bergard isn't present at all in this game and I wish Rion/Celis replaced him in full
but they ended up being more or less guests that join at fixed times.ðŸ˜ðŸ˜ðŸ˜
A timeless classic... |
also plenty of fun moments with the cast in the game, it wasn't all bad.
Okay you may be like what does this have to do with any of the plot? well it doesn't
the plot is mostly about the eight genesis, Quatre also gets more development
as his backstory was actually pretty big and could definitely not be told before.
Unfortunately this game may have been about the eight genesis but it did a terrible job
at even explaining wtf they even are... instead we get an entire chapter full of bullshittery
but hey just in case anyone misinterprets this sentence i'll add that atleast it wraps it all up
pretty well and there was a reason why garden master wanted the dang things... and why red grendel exists. So even if this game does nothing for the series as a whole it is good as a sequel.
Elaine has a nice ass. |
Sadly I thought Elaine would have more presence but more often than not it felt like Swin
was the second protagonist and she was even sidelined for a whole chapter.
Haha atleast Elaine's final connect event was kind of nice, super fanservicey but uhm
while that is nice its also nothing definite regarding her relationship with Van.
Van is a good MC, kuro 1 has showed that but in this game he and the crew have
gotten careless, add into the fact the dead ends are just shock value
its like they tried to turn this into a visual novel! Maybe trails becoming a VN
wouldn't be so bad, perhaps this way they could actually finish the story as a whole. /s
As for Shizuna... she was cool as always but yet again this wasn't her game!
also I didn't really like her costume this time cuz it looked like she robbed a store
and was caught in the act when going for the pants.😂
Anyway if you expect Kuro no Kiseki 2 Crimson Sin to make big progress for the series in general
then drop those expectations cuz you ain't gonna get it! but as a sequel or fandisk to Kuro 1?
yea it is good in that sense but it also doesn't do too much for any of the cast.
In short, Kuro no Kiseki 2 can be a disappointment *if you expect to much in the grand scheme of things.
More rambles after the jump, edit: I won't force anyone to read any further as I can sound
kind of harsh, cuz despite loving parts of it I did not enjoy the game as much and actually
expected more of it. Please note that I do not think this game is that bad...
if you really don't like what you're reading then I urge you to play it for yourself
maybe you will like it more than I did! thus my score of enjoyment overall
is a 6/10 this is my personal rating for the game.
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