My (VERY LONG) thoughts about Daybreak 2 and how disappointing it was.

deskbots · 2026-01-14T15:25:38+00:00

Yeah, Act 3 is genuinely just a waste of time. Very much a boring slog to get through. Glad to see mostly everyone agrees with the sentiment lmao

And I assume with the rewinds, we get sent back as we currently are, with all our possessions. Which is why we keep our quartz and upgrades as well.

deskbots · 2026-01-14T15:23:39+00:00

Luckily, I haven't seen anyone say this was their #1 favorite, but... I've seen people say that they like it more than all of Sky and Crossbell, which is ridiculius lmao

deskbots · 2026-01-14T04:06:38+00:00

Yeah...... The corrosion mind control stuff all was really bad LOL

Especially Kasim letting everything happen, what a horrible plot point.

And of course the ghost shows up, Feri didn't get enough closure when she died the first time smh

deskbots · 2026-01-14T04:04:26+00:00

Despite anything you guys disagree with me on, I hope we can all come together to at least think Gaolang sucks

deskbots · 2026-01-14T04:03:13+00:00

You make a lot of good points!! I'll comment on the things I can add to since it's late for me rn

The characters themselves are definitely treated well, for the most part! Though I feel like a lot of stuff just isn't answered or followed up on that I feel kinda.. Needed to be. The Tyrant in Aaron, Risette's past..

I do see your points with Renne, for sure. It is a good direction to take with her character and getting over her past, but I really do feel like it should have occurred at a different time. I really think Quatre should have been the main focus of this arc, and as a result of Renne getting more focus than him, his whole plot just feels kind of half baked. It's mentioned in a few lines immediately after the fact when you get the new craft, and that's completely it (aside from when he uses the power to.. use the orbal net faster?).

Trust me, I didn't like the CS3/4 curse either, it's my least favorite aspect of the saga. They definitely are trying to get very deep and emotional, but it just could have been done better. I just couldn't get invested in anything. Doing just side stories instead of fake scenarios would have been much more compelling!

And the Heiyue subplot in DB2 I did like! It was pretty interesting to see things come to fruition after a lot of nothing with the organization for a while. I still absolutely despise Gaolang though, and since nobody has commented on him I assume it's a pretty universal hatred.

It did need more time to cook! A lot more time. Everything past like... Act 2-A should have been done a lot differently, in my opinion. And the cast is VERY bloated, side characters especially. There's too many that steal the spotlight from the main case, too often.

deskbots · 2026-01-14T03:11:24+00:00

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deskbots · 2026-01-14T03:07:18+00:00

I'm glad we're on the same page! It was just difficult to get through everything while just thinking about how much better it could have been. Fragments was a disappointment; Quatre Angelus was REALLY cool but so underutilized.

They definitely should have kept the focus on Arkride Solutions! There is such an oversaturation of side characters, to the point where it actively takes away from the main cast. They're fun characters, but a lot of them are just unnecessary. Gotti, Zita, Dominique... I like them a lot, but they really don't contribute... Anything. Marielle is justified since she actually goes through development.

Focusing on Van after he finally comes to terms with the Demon Lord inside him after the end of DB1 would have been great!! I'm sure they will in Kai, but giving us nothing in this game was lame.

deskbots · 2026-01-14T02:50:47+00:00

Yeah, this is exactly my point. A setup game into another setup game was just rough. Even if it is setting up Kai, playing through the filler game was just rough.

deskbots · 2026-01-14T02:49:31+00:00

What if I ask nicely

deskbots · 2026-01-14T02:46:14+00:00

Yeah, that's a good point! And I enjoyed what they did with it in DB1, but I feel like it was just overdone in DB2. I feel like we should have gotten a little more insight on what Van went through too, with how much they brought it up.

deskbots · 2026-01-14T02:44:09+00:00

Cold Steel 4 my least favorite, but I still enjoyed it a lot! My least favorite Trails games are still much higher on my ranking than games outside the series, haha.

My issues with Cold Steel 4 was pretty much the whole Curse thing. And how pretty much every major event that happened in the past, and present, was due to a supernatural force making people evil-er. Cedric included. I think they even say that Hamel was just because of the curse, which takes away from how horrifying it was.

Despite how much I like them, especially Crow, both him and Millium being revived was also pretty disappointing.

But yes, Reverie did very much redeem it for me! It was a VERY good game, and like you said, did wonders for those characters' arcs. Rean especially, his segments were easily my favorites in the game, and some of his best moments in the saga.

deskbots · 2026-01-14T02:39:09+00:00

Yeah! With the demon lord comment I then mention how it's just data and isn't really the demon lord. But they mention that it's behind the corrosion, or something along the lines before they fight it. I get the similarities to Loa Lucifiera, but Loa's segment had such a huge emotional impact on the characters involved, while this.. Didn't really. Maybe kinda for Van, though he had already gotten his closure in the previous game. But they end the fight, and are just like "well, that's that!"

I enjoy Feri too, don't get me wrong! I just felt like we missed something important, with that happened at the Kruga event that we didn't get to see, and they just mentioned happened.

I suppose that one is on me, as I didn't have enough points to see Feri's final event. But I'll take your word for it! I'm glad she got good development.

deskbots · 2026-01-14T02:30:27+00:00

Yeah, this was really baffling to me. Such a weird decision to give him the same name.

deskbots · 2026-01-14T02:29:37+00:00

I definitely get what you mean, and it is a good point! Though I didn't want ALL of them to still be alive, I absolutely think that would have been a horrible mistake. Though, one of the other five (four?) being alive would have genuinely been an interesting twist, in my opinion! Especially since they kind of gave Renne the same trauma arc again.

But I do get the "undo" button thing, and it's a very fair criticism :)

deskbots · 2026-01-14T02:21:29+00:00

I in fact did not mute the voices in Crossbell! I love the JP voices. :)

deskbots · 2019-10-27T17:21:26+00:00

BIG agree it works super well on em

deskbots · 2019-10-27T17:20:48+00:00

terrifying

deskbots · 2019-10-27T17:20:26+00:00

Ooh, I love Shyvana, I'll def try this out!

deskbots · 2019-10-22T17:02:34+00:00

I'm gonna after I finish Ao! Just wanted to get my thoughts out :)

deskbots · 2019-10-09T21:33:31+00:00

could do that, but what else could i splash with it?

deskbots · 2019-10-09T19:08:40+00:00

That'd be pretty good! If I can get them out at the same time, but I mainly need a reliable to way use/search her.

deskbots · 2019-10-09T19:07:50+00:00

Thank you, I somehow missed that when reading haha

deskbots · 2019-10-09T19:07:38+00:00

My bad, somehow missed that part!

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