@darius Yeah that's fair enough! I liked its gameplay more than TX but it is definitely still an action game. If you're just in it for the Trails connection I think it's a safe skip—it uses some of the lingo (like rege/selge), and there are hidden Mishys to find, etc., but it doesn't seem like it meaningfully connects to anything plotwise. At best you'll be able to identify a couple more stuffed animals in the main games, haha

@darius Act 3 is pretty chewy, huh 😅 I just finished the dungeon where you fight Sharon and George at the end, but it took me like a whole week of real-world time to clear out all the NPC dialog, quests, etc before getting there