Nix

i know that's not the case but pls

The whole part where you go back in time to save Veronica.

I'd be cool with it, except it reverts all of your party members back to their Act 1 states.  All of that character development that happens in Act 2 is thrown in the trash. You have the option to redo some of their personal stories again, but this time there's no tension or stakes involved and they just rush through it all to get a happier ending.  None of it  feels earned anymore.

It doesn't even feel like I'm traveling with the same characters anymore.  Serena is never given the chance to grow out of her sisters shadow, and that's incredibly rotten.  Learning more about Erdwin's Lantern and the adventure of the previous Luminary is cool, but those story tidbits aren't worth essentially killing off the entire cast for.

Yeah, the second it came up when you investigated the Watcher ruins I immediately winced. I actually got emotional during the goodbyes, but when the Timekeeper explained what it would entail, knowing I'd be giving up all the growth and development really rubbed me the wrong way (in particular Serena's, but everyone else's personal quests and development being null and void sucked). Getting the reduced skill trees and my party being thirty levels below where they were at the end of the game stung too.

It's a shame because I like the little "epilogue" bits that come up where you see Cobblestone being rebuilt and how there are plans for Heliodor, as well as Erik promising to take Mia on an adventure and all that. Resetting everything, even if I like Veronica, really stung in that regard.