I'm quite happy with my Framework 13 Intel 12th Gen, but yeah probably overkill for TUI only.

My employer is the same and it drives me crazy. wInDoWs iS mOrE sEcUrE! Yet literally all of our software runs in Linux environments. We even tell people to build in Windows but target Linux. I had a M2 Max at one point because I finally convinced them to at least let me have that and was forced back to Windows because our stupid MDM software only really works properly on Windows. :(

So I realize this post is over a year old but this is the only(!) Trails/Falcom community I could find on Lemmy. Maybe we can revive it lol!

Maybe you've already found your answer and moved on. Maybe you finished and loved it. Maybe someone else will stumble across this. I see this kind of question come up a lot.

Sky the 3rd is a very different game. It's much more linear, it's smaller in scope, it's a focus on different group. It was a big shift to go from Estelle, Joshua and co. to Kevin and Ries.

There's also no exploring the world and everything comes back to the hub world. I also found it to be very unbalanced. Most of the game is incredibly easy until the final dungeon. I breezed through until I got there and then was forced to grind because some of my party members were under leveled.

I also didn't like it at first but as willing to give it a chance. And I'm glad I did. Kevin's character arc and story paid off. This is very much a story about Kevin, the Church, and the Gralsritter. Some other characters do have their moments but this game by and large is about Kevin.

That's mostly what the Memory Doors are about. Giving the rest of the cast their moment in the spotlight.

There's also a certain boss fight in chapter 6 that was just so amazing. The way the boss just approaches, the music comes in and then the fight starts. I won't spoil it but that was probably one of the best fights in the entire trilogy.

Speaking of music it's also top quality here.

With all that said though surely that must mean I rank it highly? Well no.

My rankings would be this so far:

1. Sky 2nd
2. Zero
3. Sky
4. Sky 3rd

That's not to say I didn't like it, I did, but it's definitely the weakest game so far but is by no means bad. But I can totally understand why someone would drop it and not come back.

Yeah the "main" times always seem way off. Must be people skipping stuff. I usually find somewhere around main+side or in between that and completionist is where my time usually is.

P5R and The Legend of Dragoon. I put off P5R for so long but I'm glad I finally got around to playing it. It's so good!

I haven't played much of The Legend of Dragoon yet but I just had an urge to play it again. I loved that game when I was a kid. Playing on Steam Deck is great!