Playing the Trails in the Sky 1st demo now I'm impressed by how much freedom the game gives you. The moment that the game prompts you to go to the farm, you can backtrack across the entire Rolent region which I don't think was possible in the original.
>You can explore the whole Mistwald forest and get all of the treasure chests early
>You can explore all of Jade tower and fight the monster chests, of course the unique dialogue for reaching the top of the tower is there
>You can go to both army gates and do the NPC banter
It's cool because these areas are intended to be seen when you have Schera along but going there early gives you a tougher challenge and makes you approach fights differently.