90
The Legend of Heroes: Trails through Daybreak II is a near-perfect sequel that follows up the previous game with an intriguing story and premise. While shaking up the story formula, the game retains many of the redeeming qualities of its predecessor and makes improvements in the right areas, including the seamless action-to-turn-based combat system. This is a cant-miss RPG that brings everything Trails fans enjoy about the series.
80
The Legend Of Heroes: Trails Through Daybreak 2 is at its best when it focuses on its wonderful cast of characters. This JRPG shines when you diverge from the disappointing and far too long main plot and instead focus on the brilliant and emotional side quests. Whilst there are too few improvements and additions to combat, it is still an addictive turn-based experience. Coupled with great visuals and a memorable soundtrack, you have the recipe for a enjoyable JRPG. It takes some missteps but mainly sticks the landing!
70
The Legend of Heroes: Trails through Daybreak II correctly develops this new chapter of the series, introducing new concepts and further exploring the characters that will accompany us until the end of the adventure.
3
By far the worst trails game. Story starts of well, but falls completely flat in act 3. 90% is just filler without any relevant story progression. The time rewind mechanic was very poorly integrated and the mind control was once again a poorly written Trope. The final boss was the weakest antagonist in the entire series. The Märchen Garten was was repetitive and boring.
7
After playing the remake of the first Trails, the overall decline in the series' recent games is even more noticeable. It's worse in absolutely every way.
3
Disapointment. Totally filler game that didn't need to exist. I don't really like Reverie since its basicaly a dlc stretched out to the length of full game.
This is the same, but worse, much worse. It's the worst kind of sequel that places charater back to square one, just changes the journey. Also the journey itself is terrible, the writing is awfull. On top of that translation is so bad it made me actually want to drop tha game and never play it ****'s an overblown pointless dlc. That's it.
Thanks God 1st chapter was spared of this fate, actually more hyped for remake of SC rather than Horizon. First Daybreak gave me hope for this series, this game destroyed it.
The Legend of Heroes: Trails through Daybreak II
Released On:
Feb 14, 2025
Metascore
Generally Favorable
76
User score
Mixed or Average
6.1
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Aug 9, 2025
90
The Legend of Heroes: Trails through Daybreak II is a near-perfect sequel that follows up the previous game with an intriguing story and premise. While shaking up the story formula, the game retains many of the redeeming qualities of its predecessor and makes improvements in the right areas, including the seamless action-to-turn-based combat system. This is a cant-miss RPG that brings everything Trails fans enjoy about the series.
Feb 7, 2025
85
While Trails Through Daybreak II’s story doesn’t reach the heights of the previous entries, the expanded combat, re-introduction of side activities and a fun playground to test the might of the best teams I could muster made for a very enjoyable time all the same.
User score
Mixed or Average
54% Positive
38 Ratings
38 Ratings
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25 Ratings
25 Ratings
Sep 28, 2025
10
This game is actually so peak. If you like trails into reverie and sky the third you will like this game.
The soundtrack is better, the combat is much more fluid, final boss is peak, npcs, side quests, animations, its amazing!!! act 3 has some pacing issues but aside from that its just such a fun ride.
Feb 22, 2025
10
The best gameplay in the series to this day. Wonderful writing and characters. I just love get to know more about Calvard. For me is the most interesting and rich country explored so far.
Feb 7, 2025
80
Trails Through Daybreak II delivers another dramatic episode in the long-running and consistent series. It breaks hardly any new ground beyond a few additions to combat and some new places to explore, but the story is a wild and mature sequel sure to delight fans.
Feb 7, 2025
80
Trails Through Daybreak II is a fantastic slice of JRPG action that sings when focusing on its combat, progression, and exploration that rewards due to the richness Calvard presents in its world-building.
Mar 22, 2025
70
Trails Through Daybreak 2 had all the right ingredients—engaging combat, deep customization, and a gorgeous presentation—but somewhere along the way, it forgot to justify its own existence. What should have been a meaningful continuation of the story instead felt like a low-stakes detour, lacking the weight and player agency needed to make its twists truly land. I wanted to believe in it, to see past the early criticisms, but in the end, it only proved them right.
Feb 10, 2025
70
Trails Through Daybreak II is a good game. It is a good game in the way that we actually don’t get a lot of, a solid installment in what seems from the outside to be a very solid series. Oh, sure, having nothing spectacular in it is kind of a flaw, but I think it is a good game all the way through. If you’re a fan of the series, you’ll have a blast with it, and if you’re not a fan but want to get into it, maybe you really do want a JRPG that’s more fun for the combat than the story. Heck, maybe the story will do it for you! So cheers to you, Trails Through Daybreak II. I don’t know if I want to stay at your house, but you welcomed me in and I enjoyed the experience.
Mar 14, 2025
50
As interesting as the character development may be, as exhilarating as the combat gameplay may feel, and as endearing as Van may be, Trails Through Daybreak II struggles to hide its lack of major narrative stakes. Storytelling shortcuts and the overall lack of impact of the plot have tested our patience for a title that deserved much more—especially as a reward for the dedication of longtime fans of the series, who are already particularly patient. For a Trails game, this is very weak, and our eyes are already turning toward Kai No Kiseki, hoping that this time, Nihon Falcom will have more to tell us.
Feb 16, 2025
10
(NS version), The in-house Nihon Falcom ports on Nintendo switch run very well on Nintendo's aging hardware, the strengths on this game is the characters designed by Katsumi Enami, in addition, this game has addictive side content called Märchen Garten, which has fun fantasy levels. However the problems this game has the pacing is slow and the voice work isn't always very consistent, sometimes the voices get really loud out of nowhere and then they get really quiet which can be irritating, apart from these flaws this game is fun and has a good ost.
Mar 2, 2026
7
After playing the remake of the first Trails, the overall decline in the series' recent games is even more noticeable. It's worse in absolutely every way.
Feb 15, 2025
6
While the game improves on the combat and the overall gameplay, the biggest problem is the protagonist is very unlikable. Van never got better. He is still the same very rude, selfish meanie who is never kind to others, is in it for himself, and a compete jerk with no heart. There are other flaws as well, but the protagonist is the biggest issue which can be a bit hard to recommend the game, but overall, it's not a bad game in the end.
Feb 16, 2025
4
Well, this game is on a sad state right now, and despite the good things that they made on the first one and even carried out on this sequel, like the combat gameplay, the graphics are still underwhelming and the localization unexpectedly became low quality, it's hard to play a game where you listen to someone say X on japanese, and the subtitles say Y. Those two problems alone make me reevaluate buying future NIS America games.
Mar 11, 2026
3
By far the worst trails game. Story starts of well, but falls completely flat in act 3. 90% is just filler without any relevant story progression. The time rewind mechanic was very poorly integrated and the mind control was once again a poorly written Trope. The final boss was the weakest antagonist in the entire series. The Märchen Garten was was repetitive and boring.
SummaryThe year 1209. The Republic of Calvard regained its former peace after the threat of the mafia organization "Armata" was gone. Then one day, in a corner of the capital of Edith City, a bizarre incident occurs in which a CID (Central Intelligence Division) special forces is murdered. The Calvard Police and Bracer Guild started to invest... Read More
Rated Tfor Teen
Platforms:
- PlayStation 5
- PlayStation 4
- PC
- Nintendo Switch
Initial Release Date:Feb 14, 2025
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