Sea of Stars | A retro-inspired turn-based RPG
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Sea of Stars is an upcoming turn-based RPG for PC and console. A prequel story set in The Messenger’s universe, it tells the story of two Children of the Solstice who will combine the powers of the sun and moon to perform Eclipse Magic, the only force capable of fending off the monstrous creations of the evil alchemist known as The Fleshmancer.

I read about this game months ago, when it was released I was very glad to see that it was on PS Plus from Day 1. Since I am already subscribed to PS Plus, I have downloaded it and playing it right now. I really like the game up until now.

I will probably try the studio’s other games like The Messenger when I’m done!

  • MisterHavoc@lemmy.worldEnglish
    211·
    7 months ago

    I finished it. I’ll start with the good.

    Visually it’s gorgeous. Super polished. Combat is good. Nothing ground breaking. A lot of love went into this game. Controls are tight… Music is great the first 15 hours. Memorable tunes. And there are versions of them. Like a day version, night version.

    The bad The story is absolutely pointless. The first 5 hours serve no purpose to the game. It really gets going around hour 20, but by then they’re wrapping it up. The last 2 hours are essentially a boss rush. Just one boss after the other. Getting the true ending is a grind and not worth it at all. Combat is OK. Nothing ground breaking. The best skills show up around hour 20. Forgettable dialogs and zero character development.

    I backed this on Kickstarter. Never again. I’d give it a 7. Only because it really is visually amazing and polished. They get a 10 there. Its the only thing that balances the average.

    • Katana314@lemmy.worldEnglish
      51·
      7 months ago

      Yeahh, that’s what I was worried about.

      It annoys me because I’m writing my own story, agonizing over excess word count and trimming every scene I can, but I still feel like they’re all additive and value - even if not to the core plot, to some very valuable theme.

      Then I play a JRPG and there’s just a random scene where two characters go play hide and go seek for pure padding.

      • MisterHavoc@lemmy.worldEnglish
        4·
        7 months ago

        The medium matters. And context does too. This is a videogame. I have to play through your content. You are writing what I assume is a book or comic.

        I’m Sos case, those first 5 hours are useless. Does it help to know where the main protagonists came from? Sure. It adds to the story. But if I have to play through that and none of that ends up being relevant to the story, then it was filler content.

        I saw a comment where they compared this game to chrono trigger, saying how in 5 hours toy had traveled back and forth through time twice, rescued a princess, got in a trial for kidnapping and added 5 characters to your party.

    • lorty@lemmy.mlEnglish
      2·
      7 months ago

      Yeah, agreed 100%. I just find odd that this game was praised this much considering the obvious issues. Guess even when indie games are concerned, presentation is king.