Trails through Daybreak 2 Is at Least Trying to Get You Caught Up on the Story | Push Square

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Both its greatest strength and its most apparent weakness, the Trails series is built on a huge, overarching story spread across 11 games at this point (13 if you're going by Japanese releases). For new players, getting into the franchise can be truly daunting — but Falcom and western publisher NIS America are at least trying to make things more accessible.

For what it's worth, we think this year's Trails through Daybreak is a decent gateway to the wider series — assuming you don't have the time to kick things off with an earlier saga — and so it's nice to see the aforementioned companies serving up an official story recap ahead of the sequel's release.

The five-minute video covers all of Daybreak's key story events, and even manages to go into some of the finer details here and there. Naturally, we wouldn't recommend watching this if you haven't played Daybreak, but for those who require a refresh, it's a solid watch (if you can get over the bafflingly dull narration).

Taking a (Day)break

Bear the nightmare

The Van with a plan

Trails through Daybreak 2 is due out on the 14 February for PS5 and PS4 — but are you all-in on the adventures of Van and the gang? Grab your stun caliber and solve some problems in the comments section below.

Robert (or Rob if you're lazy) is an assistant editor of Push Square, and has been a fan of PlayStation since the 90s, when Tekken 2 introduced him to the incredible world of video games. He still takes his fighting games seriously, but RPGs are his true passion. The Witcher, Persona, Dragon Quest, Mass Effect, Final Fantasy, Trails, Tales — he's played 'em all. A little too much, some might say.

I finally went back to Cold Steel 4. 3 was really good despite the first two being fairly pants so hoping I can catch up soon.

@nessisonett Oof, that's not exactly an glowing endorsement. I've got a couple of the games already, just need the time off to dive into them. Are they so bad that I'm better off looking up some story/lore videos and