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It is Yakuza. It is very good. #restorerikiya

Very NES colors

I went into this sequel to an almost perfect Trails game with fairly low expectations, for I had already read some mildly negative takes beforehand (yes, I do read other people's reviews sometimes). So far, however, I've been positively surprised. Granted, this game does feel, for better or worse, like an extended DLC to the first entry, padded with a dozen minigames. That said, the same could be said about every other Trails title really.

I think for most players the problem here is that the story feels somewhat a filler and they are just eager to move straight on to Horizon (I know I am!). Still, I wouldn’t recommend skipping this entry. Trails games are the kind of experiences you only get to play once (the second time won't be the same), and this one is very much part of that journey.

My New Year’s resolution was to focus on single-player games.

Naturally, a friend gifted me a multiplayer game.

Guess I’m a dwarf now.

Rock and stone!

Very neat!

Where One Trail Ends, Another Begins…

So, so — we’ve finally made it all the way to Republic of Calvard. You probably know that feeling when you’ve heard something talked about for ages, and you start processing it through thalamus in such a way that a very specific mental image begins to form in your visual cortex. And then, at last, you get to witness it for yourself…
And then…
Then it turns out to be completely different from what you had imagined!

By now, I’ve gone through nearly twelve Trails games? (counting the Sky 1st Chapter remake) And what a journey it has been! Calvard has been talked about extensively throughout the previous arcs, and here we finally are — the entry where the majority of players would probably want to begin their journey into the world of Trails. To that, I can only say… Welcome!
That said, I’m personally grateful that I started from the very beginning with The Legend of Heroes: Trails in the Sky – First Chapter, because now that we’re finally here, everything makes so much sense right from the start, and the impact of the world-building feels downright level heroic.

Speaking of heroic — enter Van Arkride! The Trails world’s very own Han Solo and Ash Williams. (What? Ash is a stretch? Both kill the possessed undead , love their car above all else, and wear blue — checkmate :P)

Ridiculous comparisons aside, it’s a refreshing change to have a protagonist whose methods can be morally questionable — and whose choices you, as the player, can actively influence. Granted, previous entries also had choices, but here they feel far more meaningful, thanks to the Law, Gray, and Chaos morality/alignment system. At the time of writing, it’s still unclear to me just how deeply this will affect the main story’s trajectory, as so far the consequences have been mostly combat-related.

And speaking of the main story, it is noticeably darker than its predecessors and clearly aimed at a more mature audience. It breaks away from the Trails arc’s usual lighthearted-to-deepening structure, which is also a welcome change of pace.

In summary, Trails Through Daybreak is like the Persona 5 of the Trails series. It's a bit jazzy, smooth, stylish and its Soundtrack is second to none.

Calvard was not what I expected - it was even better.

It was early 2025. I had just finished Pirate Yakuza and knew I’d be waiting a good while for the next Yakuza game. So I started looking for something to kill time with. While watching YouTube, a certain unnamed YouTuber known for Yakuza content (you can probably guess who) passionately praised the Trails series in one of his videos.

At first glance, it looked like a fairly standard JRPG. I thought to myself that I probably wouldn’t like it as much as Persona (4 is the best btw), which I consider the greatest JRPG series of all time. Fast forward ten months from the first Trails game I played, and I’ve now completed ten games from the series.

So it only feels right to end the year with Trails in the Sky: 1st Chapter review. And here it comes: this is my Game of the Year. I’ve only played through the prologue so far, but I can already say that this is the most successful and visually impressive remake I have ever seen.

I moved straight from the demo to the full version, so at the time of writing I don’t yet have a huge number of hours played. Including the demo, I’m already well over ten hours in—and there’s plenty more to come. I often find myself smiling unintentionally while playing this. It’s strange that I would feel nostalgia while playing a remake of a game I finished just ten months ago, but there’s really no better way to describe that feeling. This is peak!

Just like a movie! (But maybe too expensive one for what it is)

Yakuza 0 — the greatest game ever made (well, unless you count Bloodborne) — has now received the Nintendo Switch 2 Director’s Cut version on PC as well, following its summer release. What a glorious day.

So here’s the brutal truth: this is essentially the same game, just sprinkled with a few new cutscenes. Unfortunately, most of these new scenes end up worsening an already excellent story rather than improving it.

So, does this Director’s Cut add anything worthwhile? Somewhat yes. You can now save anywhere (farewell, phone-booth saving), and for the very first time in the entire history of the series (if you don’t count the PSP’s Kurohyō), you can fight alongside your kyodais in an online multiplayer mode. Co-op mode has been a long-requested feature in Yakuza games, and Red Light Raid — though short — fills that role quite nicely.

Personally, I think the €14,99 upgrade price was totally reasonable. For a new player, of course, the situation might be different. If all you care about is the single-player experience, then perhaps you’re better off with the original game — that is, if you can still find it anywhere now that SEGA has decided to pull it from Steam.

In the end, Yakuza 0 will always remain my number one game (cough Bloodborne cough). It’s the ’80s. It’s Japan. It’s all about carving your own path instead of blindly following those who try to make you walk theirs by stepping over others. But you’re not like them… You are Kiryu… and Kiryu is Like a Dragon — Wasshoi!

Oh and you are Majima as well. Majima becomes Mad Dog!
BLOODBORNE FOR PC!

Very impressive!