9:26 There is a way to grind the same enemies over & over nonstop tho (but gets boring quick) HOW? -you defeat some enemies, go back to the world map, set up camp, rest, and now u go back and all enemies wil be back. But as i said, it gets boring quick because u get little xp/gold
Honestly, I'm okay with there being no grind - the older I get the less inclined I am to grind. I do wish there was more involved side questing. Then again again, having just come off 90 hours of Reverie, the thought of a less involved game is actually really appealing.
10:40 I strongly disagree with this. I do not think games should promote grinding in any capacity because it messes with the balancing and takes away from the intended experience of the game, and it allows the player to forcefully remove the strategy aspect of turn based RPGs. Turn based is meant to be slow, but methodical, so if you remove the methodical, then it's just slow and insanely boring. I also just can't see what is so appealing about grinding, as it is nothing more than artificial satisfaction after mindlessly running around killing braindead enemies for a prolonged period of time until you get to that point where nothing the game throws at you can even touch you anymore. Using the tools at your disposal is infinitely better than facerolling enemies after "coming back later."
I am so excited for Sea of Stars! That game looks so good, it combines the love I have for retro JRPG's with a new fresh coat of paint and modern quality of life improvements.
yeah it's the dynamic shadows and lighting that make the pixel art pop out. the above-average level and map design compliment these systems to create a sense of scale and verticality that we just haven't seen in many 2D JRPGs.
I gave the same rating as well. Glad you enjoyed it. Not much of a big fan of the "on-rails" progression feature, but everything else screams a classic-style epic.
@theparadoxrejected Yeah, but it's more so than any because of how scripted the battles are. It's forced progression. You don't become stronger because you decided to go through a hidden area, or a side quest. Chrono Trigger, the main inspiration for this game, was pretty open ended, lots of side content which changes up the ending you get, heck you can challenge the final boss at any part of the adventure and when you do also changes the ending. Also playing different parts of the story with different party members changes dialogue considerably. It's a feeling of your choices matter than seems to be lacking in Sea of Stars. It's a one size fits all.
Superstar Saga is one of my favorite games of all time. I just started playing Sea of Stars today and I’m hooked!
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Hiding that xbox version in the thumbnail despite being in Gp day one, such a classic DCG move. Don't worry he'll be in a podcast later saying that he loves GP and everything.
I already have Sea of Stars installed on Game Pass and I look forward to playing it as I played it's demo during 2023 Summer Steam Next Fest and had fun with that demo. I'm happy I can play it for free on Game Pass since they're a lot of great games and upcoming games that I'm eyeing towards this year! Two other Game Pass Day One releases that I'm eyeing towards are Starfield and Payday 3.
It's fun. The grinding part I agree with. First 2 hours I played I said looks like you can't grind. A few in the area and that's. Not if they respawn when resting or rewinding time.
I couldn’t get into Chained echoes and I love jrpgs. It didn’t grab me the way this game did. Maybe I didn’t give it long enough before I stopped playing?
Early on before release devs stated it was not meant to be grindy. So love the video but don’t think that it should be stated as a gripe knowing it’s not going to have that element
Kind of derrivative here and there but you can see that they put a lot of heart into that game and for the most part, i had one hell of a good time!! And i'm sooo proud that it was created by a studio from my province!!!
@@brandon_leeroy135 Ik but I wanna play it this way I love collecting for my switch and I love playing RPGs portably (it’s like a tradition for me since I got my first gameboy color as a kid) 😅
I’ve been playing pretty much every second I can for the last two nights. It really is awesome. I’ll eventually put it down for a while after Starfield comes out in a couple nights. Lol
@@Upwardfanatic14 It’s nice to switch games up though. Not that I think I’ll get tired of playing Starfield. AC6 just came out and that’s ANOTHER one I may end up getting here soon. Too many games and never enough time to play!
I have wanted this game when i saw the first video saying it was being made(i believe last year 🤔)i of course want the physical copy so i am gonna wait to play it until then(just like i did with stray 😎👌 looking forward to this and by waiting it will give me time to attack some games in my backlog. Thanks for this max.
@@BriefKeef That's because it is, and people romanticize older JRPGs way too much. In Chrono Trigger I had 0 deaths and came nowhere close to dying throughout my entire playthrough. In Sea of Stars, I had 1 death, but I am a seasoned RPG vet at this point so the fact that it killed me at all goes to show how much more difficult this game is than the SNES JRPGs. People forget that Squaresoft intentionally dumbed down those games back then because they thought western players were too dumb to get it.
Playing through it now. Really like this game! It's just casual fun and the mix of a little strategy with action input gameplay makes it surprisingly fun. Graphics are awesome and the characters grow on you. Worth $30 for sure
an rpg without grinding is EXACTLY what I'm looking for!!! I HATE grinding! Don't got time for that. Get to the point! Game seems perfect for me...thanks for the review!!
You should play normal RPGs and not this weeaboo shit. play New Vegas, Mass Effect, Dragon Age Origins, Divinity OS, Star Wars KOTOR, Planescape Torment, Baldur's Gate 3, hell even Bethesda games All of these are better than JRPGs
@@packrunnerneshe should play what he wants to 😂 Dunno how old u are, but jrpgs like this was abundant in the old SNES days that this is reminiscent of. It's just ur opinion that those rpgs u named are better than jrpgs. Jrpgs are among the best rpgs
After 60 hrs and a 100% completion, I would say 8.25 - 8.5. Good game that feels like it's never moving quite at the pace I wanted. Traveling is fun at first, then a bit tedious until a late game skill is aquired. Similarly, combat is way more exciting at first but they didn't really do much with evolving it over the 30 hour story. I dont know if it was the translation or if the writing simply wasnt totally my thing but about half way though my first run I started getting annoyed with all the conversations as they felt like they dragged and offered little to the plot or character groth outside of cuteness of repeated characterisms. Definitely want to try messenger now, hopefully I get a bit more out of the gorgeous world and plot in the next game.
I mean personally I found the pacing was only off at the start, the combat was too simple and the dungeon design didn't get interesting for a while. While your individual characters don't evolve mechanically that much over time, you get new characters that have different abilities to help out with that, you also get new combos which can help out tremendously in boss fights which chains to ultimates. I didn't use any of the crutch systems they had so there were definitely fights I had to put quite a bit of thought into. Also the lock system was pretty much optional for me until the 3 bird fight where I had to meta my character swaps and abilities to get primarily stop the middle bird from doing the move that brings all of your party to 1 hp because quite often he would do that and the right bird would instantly throw bombs killing my entire party.
I've never played a game like this. I saw it on PS+ and I've always wanted to try a game of this style. So i came to TH-cam to see what its like, but I guess i won't know til I play. Lets give it a go. Chrono Trigger was the game that I wanted to be my first cuz of the vids I saw of it, but I only own a PS5, so no go.
This is such a fun game, for my taste much better than FF16. For me a well deserved second place behind Chained Echoes wich is still my favourite retro style RPG.
Why comparing to FF16? 😂😂😂 This Game needs comparing with CronoTrigger and 16 Bit RPGs or OctopathTravler. FF16 just killed Geralds lame Combat in a Action RPG ..and Diablos 4 too 😂You Comparing Bananas with Apels here.
Doing all of the side content let’s you get the best ending and all of the best weapons in the game. Item wise and story wise I thought the side content was perfect personally.
2 pet peeves that I have: 1 - Enemy scaling (there's no sense of achivement if enemies is always at your level). 2 - All weapons are cosmetically equall, only having colors changing. (that's just lazy). Did those criteria met in this game?
This one is a very good one. Not sure your beef with jrpgs exactly, but The combat is much more interactive then a traditional jrpg. If you have gamepass it wouldn’t hurt to check it out.
As someone who has been playing these retro pixel art stuff for 5 year now, it was only 'nostalgic' for the first 1 or 2 games. It's no longer novelty or nostalgic at this point, unless it's your own first time diving in. There are a ton of great games that have and keep coming out, it's so common that it's just regular gaming at this point.
@@norfsidejayy1223 I don't wanna double dip. I can wait, there's a ton of great games to keep me fed until then, I wanna play Baldurs Gate as well but I'll wait for a physical release for it as well.
I was gonna wait for this to come out tbh It reminds me a little of this other game I’ve been playing a bit lately Cosmic Star Heroine.. Thing is the backlog is just a bit too big at the moment and the wallet too low! I’m still quite busy with FF 16 & Trails into Reverie right now, as well.. But I’m hoping I can pick up a few more of these indie gems perhaps before the year is out
I keep hearing these reviewers talk about the "shallow" combat system being the games weak point. I couldn't disagree more. The combat is easily one of the best aspects of this game! It's fun and engaging. You have to actually think about what moves you are going to use before executing them and you can easily get a game over with one simple mistake in combat. I guess I'm just different when it comes to the enjoyment of every single battle I get into. I don't mind seeing a game over screen if I botched my strategy, which could and has ended my entire party. But anyway, it was a decent review in the long run. I'll give his review a 7 out of 10
its all the same… perhaps on switch you cant earn achievements/trophies dont know if this comment really helps as your comment is 10 months old lol i just started my journey.
Thanks for not overpraising this game dude. It's animated and looks amazing, the story is great, & the gameplay is solid. But the MCs are kinda flat and the rpg mechanics are pretty shallow. GameXplain gave this a "Mind Blown" rating.
8.5 out of 10? Did you read the same story as me? The three main characters are all basically the same person. There is almost no conflict throughout the first half of the game. New characters are introduced via exposition instead of organically with interesting situations.
Chained Echoes was my indie RPG of the year. Amazing game with a good difficulty curve, although the levelling system was pretty much on rails for the majority of the game - my only gripe, but would still give a 10/10.
This game isn’t perfect, But it’s near flawless. It’s Super chill, has a fantastic classic style theme, an amazing soundtrack, a fantastic story, and very fun mechanics in the RPG combat! And that’s just the tip of the iceberg! Highly recommend!
Thanks! Solid review - looking forward to picking it up tomorrow. I hear you on the difficulty stuff - too many new devs are afraid of "taking it there" and alienating the casual gamer; sad that "old gamers" like us have to deal with shallower mechanics and diluted narratives in the name of profit. Not a complaint, and I've been following Sabotage's work on this since day 1, but would be nice to see RPGs go back to challenging players, sometimes unfairly, to think outside the box, grind, etc, to make it through. Success tastes better when you strive for it.
I’m confused- so you do get more magic later into the game? You said you only get a couple of magic attacks per character, but then you also say there is some magic later on in the game after the 5hr mark. 5hrs into a game to unlock new magic doesn’t sound that bad to me, if that is indeed the case. Or are you saying you only get a few magic attacks for the entire game?
Just to correct one of your points here. Enemies do respawn you just have to leave the area and go back so if you wanted to grind there's nothing stopping you.
Im a proud backer of this bad boy. Have the physical coming when its ready but in mean time they sent me a code for switch soni can get the best of both worlds. Play day one and receive physical too 😁
yeah and it is awefull. FF16 is not an RPG, it is an action game. But Sea of stars is an RPG. having a level system that is capt by story progression is stupid. dont understand why devs are doinng this. i am really disappointed by that. enough that i wont buy the game.
The leveling system in FF16 was pointless and equipment could have easily replaced it, I regret buying FF16 and I've been playing them since 1. I'm skipping this game too, grinding is part of the fun of rpgs for me, I like playing a run where I'm overpowered, it's fun for me. I don't understand why they want to limit players enjoyment on a single-player game.@@sion7651
@@sion7651 probably because its easier to balance... If you're always at the level the devs intend, less people can complain about the game being to easy or to hard
@@tylerdurden7965 then they should not implement a level system. at this point Zelda is more an RPG than many offical RPGs. at least you can get OP if you want to.
Was interested in it until he talked about how the combat seemed minimal. Doing nothing but basic attacks , not a lot of skills, set levels?? I dont know now.....
i feel like grinding should always be optional in games... If someone wants to train on monsters and over level, let them. If someones struggling on a boss and needs to level up a little higher, let them. i hate when games having scaling difficulty and progression. Its such a lazy way to balance difficulty...
Played for 6 hours.... The first time I gained a new skill.... -_- come on. The combat system is amazing, I just wish i had more spell for more dynamics. you'll run into mobs and mobs and repeatable battles and puzzle. It feels like i made zero progress even after 6 hours... 5/10... most of the gameplay is trying to locate every chest in the city. Wont be wasting more of my time on this game. DON'T BUY unless you support the devs.
@@Xhanatos the scaling isn't that extreme and youre being a bit hyperbolic. The stat increases are substantial. Doesn't take away from the tactical elements though. All I'm saying is the ability to battle repeatedly, for me, would have hampered the experience, especially without the ability to master the extra hit timing. But my worries were unfounded.
@@diogenesdacynic8656 I don't think so. I was trying to grind against the 4 zombies. They gave 900 XP and I needed 9000 for one level. After that the zombies only gave me 600 XP and I needed 12000 for a level. I did that too, (my damage only increased by 4 points btw....) next time the zombies only gave 220 XP and I needed 15000 XP. I would have to do 70 battles for 1 level up which give me 2 more damage on the enemy and 4 more HP like wtf. There was zero point for me to level up 2 times, I gained nothing out of it. Zombies took the same amount of time to beat, very unrewarding
9:26 There is a way to grind the same enemies over & over nonstop tho (but gets boring quick)
HOW?
-you defeat some enemies, go back to the world map, set up camp, rest, and now u go back and all enemies wil be back.
But as i said, it gets boring quick because u get little xp/gold
Yeah the things they do with modern pixel art is phenomenal much love to the devs and graphics designers
I wish pokemon went with this style into the 3ds and switch era. The legends games could have been 3D
@@Rustyhound-Cartoons Yeah any game looks better with pixel art vs flat gradient vectors
I agree on the lack of new moves, i think maybe they did that so you could master them. Really good game regardless though. Absolutely love it.
Honestly, I'm okay with there being no grind - the older I get the less inclined I am to grind. I do wish there was more involved side questing. Then again again, having just come off 90 hours of Reverie, the thought of a less involved game is actually really appealing.
Probably gonna get this on Switch later. It's perfect for handheld mode but I'm still going through Octopath 2 at the moment. Looks good
10:40 I strongly disagree with this.
I do not think games should promote grinding in any capacity because it messes with the balancing and takes away from the intended experience of the game, and it allows the player to forcefully remove the strategy aspect of turn based RPGs. Turn based is meant to be slow, but methodical, so if you remove the methodical, then it's just slow and insanely boring. I also just can't see what is so appealing about grinding, as it is nothing more than artificial satisfaction after mindlessly running around killing braindead enemies for a prolonged period of time until you get to that point where nothing the game throws at you can even touch you anymore. Using the tools at your disposal is infinitely better than facerolling enemies after "coming back later."
I am so excited for Sea of Stars! That game looks so good, it combines the love I have for retro JRPG's with a new fresh coat of paint and modern quality of life improvements.
@@GeorgeZimmermenWhat?
@@GeorgeZimmermen?
Bro you can't even run from battles there are no quality of life adjustments.
yeah it's the dynamic shadows and lighting that make the pixel art pop out. the above-average level and map design compliment these systems to create a sense of scale and verticality that we just haven't seen in many 2D JRPGs.
I will buy it on Steam to support the devs.
I'm playing on GP 🤭
I gave the same rating as well. Glad you enjoyed it. Not much of a big fan of the "on-rails" progression feature, but everything else screams a classic-style epic.
Most JRPGs are technically on rails though?
@@DreamcastTrash
educate it. teach it lessons.
@theparadoxrejected Yeah, but it's more so than any because of how scripted the battles are. It's forced progression. You don't become stronger because you decided to go through a hidden area, or a side quest. Chrono Trigger, the main inspiration for this game, was pretty open ended, lots of side content which changes up the ending you get, heck you can challenge the final boss at any part of the adventure and when you do also changes the ending. Also playing different parts of the story with different party members changes dialogue considerably. It's a feeling of your choices matter than seems to be lacking in Sea of Stars. It's a one size fits all.
The battles aren't scripted. Leave the area and enemies respawn. You can absolutely grind for levels
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take him to school! Homeroom to 5th period!
The combat reminds me of superstar saga with the timed button attacks and even the team up attacks. I can’t wait for this game
Superstar Saga is one of my favorite games of all time. I just started playing Sea of Stars today and I’m hooked!
Hiding that xbox version in the thumbnail despite being in Gp day one, such a classic DCG move. Don't worry he'll be in a podcast later saying that he loves GP and everything.
🤣 🤣 🤣 🤣 🤣 🤣 🤣 🤣 🤣 🤣 🤣 🤣 🤣 🤣 🤣 good one!
I already have Sea of Stars installed on Game Pass and I look forward to playing it as I played it's demo during 2023 Summer Steam Next Fest and had fun with that demo. I'm happy I can play it for free on Game Pass since they're a lot of great games and upcoming games that I'm eyeing towards this year! Two other Game Pass Day One releases that I'm eyeing towards are Starfield and Payday 3.
Is this a gamepass ad? Hahahaha just joking and also playing sea of stars later today! I hope its a cool and chill game
Pixel art > 3D
Based. Agree. 3D is cool. Very cool. But Pixel is special and specific to video games imo. I love games that commit to the hi-bit art style.
I'm gonna wait for the physical version
Why ?
@@Kensterrrrr cause I like physical disc games. I'm old school
@@Kensterrrrrbecause you don't own digital.
No1cares
Honestly I was to but hearing it will be included on ps plus extra and xbox gamepass for no extra cost, I'm gonna get that free download lol
It's fun. The grinding part I agree with. First 2 hours I played I said looks like you can't grind. A few in the area and that's. Not if they respawn when resting or rewinding time.
Chained echos set the bar for retro rpgs … it’s not fair for this game but it’s just the nature of
No, it didn't. Chained Echoes is HIGHLY overrated
game is great but yeah Chained Echoes is a masterpiece
I'm trying to decide right now between this game chained echoes and blasphemous 2
I couldn’t get into Chained echoes and I love jrpgs. It didn’t grab me the way this game did. Maybe I didn’t give it long enough before I stopped playing?
You say this as if this game stood no chance against Chained Echos, but imo it's better lmao
the story twists are amazing, characters are amazing.
Early on before release devs stated it was not meant to be grindy. So love the video but don’t think that it should be stated as a gripe knowing it’s not going to have that element
That makes sense.
Kind of derrivative here and there but you can see that they put a lot of heart into that game and for the most part, i had one hell of a good time!!
And i'm sooo proud that it was created by a studio from my province!!!
Just downloaded it on ps extra. Will give it a try. Happy it is included with the subscription.
I’m going to wait for the physical but I’m crazy hyped for this game
I think its on game pass and ps plus if you have either.
@@brandon_leeroy135 Ik but I wanna play it this way I love collecting for my switch and I love playing RPGs portably (it’s like a tradition for me since I got my first gameboy color as a kid) 😅
I am watching for the PS4 physical release as well.
I’m really grateful for this one being in gamepass. I’m excited to play it tonight!
I’ve been playing pretty much every second I can for the last two nights. It really is awesome. I’ll eventually put it down for a while after Starfield comes out in a couple nights. Lol
@@michaelfrazier3148yeah I’m kinda annoyed that it’s coming out so close to starfields release as I’ll have to stop playing to play starfield instead
@@Upwardfanatic14 It’s nice to switch games up though. Not that I think I’ll get tired of playing Starfield. AC6 just came out and that’s ANOTHER one I may end up getting here soon. Too many games and never enough time to play!
I have wanted this game when i saw the first video saying it was being made(i believe last year 🤔)i of course want the physical copy so i am gonna wait to play it until then(just like i did with stray 😎👌 looking forward to this and by waiting it will give me time to attack some games in my backlog. Thanks for this max.
wow man excellent review, hopefully they will update it with that levelling grind scheme you were talking about
This review was too HONEST for my taste, I prefer regular dishonest reviews
Aren't these the same developers who created the Ninja Gaiden - Metroidvania "The Messenger" game? That game was amazing, BTW 👏
This game is a prequel to that one I believe
Yeah it’s set in the same universe
Never wearing headphones again sounds like he’s been up all night snorting marching powder with Pablo Escobar!
You didn’t say “hope your having a great day” and now my day is ruined
This will definitely be added to my wishlist.
Good: graphics, music, level design, combat, design, programming, and responsiveness,
Bad: story, progression
Waiting for the physical but wow this looks incredible!
Looking forward to playing when I get home, chrono trigger was one of my fav childhood games.
Indie game of the year? I see thry took a risk and paid off in the way of adding new stuff to such an old genre. Bravo
Did we just go back in time? Or is this video game a valuable, priceless, relic from the past?
I definitely have to play this! Their previous game the messenger was amazing! Ive been looking for a new turn based rpg!
Hey I’m happy that it’s a good starter RPG. I’m not the biggest RPG person, now I’m very interested.
I'm surprised you find it this easy.
The demo seemed somewhat difficult than Mario RPG or Chrono Trigger.
Can't wait for mario RPG remake
@@BriefKeef That's because it is, and people romanticize older JRPGs way too much. In Chrono Trigger I had 0 deaths and came nowhere close to dying throughout my entire playthrough. In Sea of Stars, I had 1 death, but I am a seasoned RPG vet at this point so the fact that it killed me at all goes to show how much more difficult this game is than the SNES JRPGs. People forget that Squaresoft intentionally dumbed down those games back then because they thought western players were too dumb to get it.
Great retro style indie game, I'll have to Wishlist this one!
Playing through it now. Really like this game! It's just casual fun and the mix of a little strategy with action input gameplay makes it surprisingly fun. Graphics are awesome and the characters grow on you. Worth $30 for sure
an rpg without grinding is EXACTLY what I'm looking for!!! I HATE grinding! Don't got time for that. Get to the point! Game seems perfect for me...thanks for the review!!
You should play normal RPGs and not this weeaboo shit. play New Vegas, Mass Effect, Dragon Age Origins, Divinity OS, Star Wars KOTOR, Planescape Torment, Baldur's Gate 3, hell even Bethesda games
All of these are better than JRPGs
You grinding when you cant play normal. Its your problem.
@@packrunnerneshe should play what he wants to 😂
Dunno how old u are, but jrpgs like this was abundant in the old SNES days that this is reminiscent of.
It's just ur opinion that those rpgs u named are better than jrpgs. Jrpgs are among the best rpgs
After 60 hrs and a 100% completion, I would say 8.25 - 8.5.
Good game that feels like it's never moving quite at the pace I wanted. Traveling is fun at first, then a bit tedious until a late game skill is aquired. Similarly, combat is way more exciting at first but they didn't really do much with evolving it over the 30 hour story. I dont know if it was the translation or if the writing simply wasnt totally my thing but about half way though my first run I started getting annoyed with all the conversations as they felt like they dragged and offered little to the plot or character groth outside of cuteness of repeated characterisms. Definitely want to try messenger now, hopefully I get a bit more out of the gorgeous world and plot in the next game.
I mean personally I found the pacing was only off at the start, the combat was too simple and the dungeon design didn't get interesting for a while. While your individual characters don't evolve mechanically that much over time, you get new characters that have different abilities to help out with that, you also get new combos which can help out tremendously in boss fights which chains to ultimates. I didn't use any of the crutch systems they had so there were definitely fights I had to put quite a bit of thought into. Also the lock system was pretty much optional for me until the 3 bird fight where I had to meta my character swaps and abilities to get primarily stop the middle bird from doing the move that brings all of your party to 1 hp because quite often he would do that and the right bird would instantly throw bombs killing my entire party.
I heard that they used LED technology for the vibrant colors of the game.
I've never played a game like this. I saw it on PS+ and I've always wanted to try a game of this style. So i came to TH-cam to see what its like, but I guess i won't know til I play. Lets give it a go. Chrono Trigger was the game that I wanted to be my first cuz of the vids I saw of it, but I only own a PS5, so no go.
This is such a fun game, for my taste much better than FF16. For me a well deserved second place behind Chained Echoes wich is still my favourite retro style RPG.
Why comparing to FF16? 😂😂😂 This Game needs comparing with CronoTrigger and 16 Bit RPGs or OctopathTravler. FF16 just killed Geralds lame Combat in a Action RPG ..and Diablos 4 too 😂You Comparing Bananas with Apels here.
I think he's comparing because final fantasy used to be like this.
Nice review dude. This review was really fun to watch.👍😎
Doing all of the side content let’s you get the best ending and all of the best weapons in the game. Item wise and story wise I thought the side content was perfect personally.
2 pet peeves that I have:
1 - Enemy scaling (there's no sense of achivement if enemies is always at your level).
2 - All weapons are cosmetically equall, only having colors changing. (that's just lazy).
Did those criteria met in this game?
Enemies don't scale but there is XP Scaling.
Weapons don't change.
It looks beautiful 🤩👍
just can't get into turn-based games
This one is a very good one. Not sure your beef with jrpgs exactly, but The combat is much more interactive then a traditional jrpg. If you have gamepass it wouldn’t hurt to check it out.
As someone who has been playing these retro pixel art stuff for 5 year now, it was only 'nostalgic' for the first 1 or 2 games. It's no longer novelty or nostalgic at this point, unless it's your own first time diving in. There are a ton of great games that have and keep coming out, it's so common that it's just regular gaming at this point.
These things aren't exclusive.
LIGHTEN UP
eh there is a huge difference in retro pixel art quality though. A lot of the indy stuff honestly looks like terrible 8 bit graphics
Plus & portal too. Can't wait .
CRESCENT LADIES HELL YEAH! Thanks for the relics hint too. &, ALL ON TOMORROW'S TOO. &, TROPHIES TOO?
Dreamcastguy, please for the love of God get some new animations for when you give scores with a .5 in it 😂
Definitely gonna get it when the physical copy releases, until then I'll just take yer word for it.
Why not play it for free and then still buy the physical copy when it releases next year?
@@norfsidejayy1223 I don't wanna double dip. I can wait, there's a ton of great games to keep me fed until then, I wanna play Baldurs Gate as well but I'll wait for a physical release for it as well.
I was gonna wait for this to come out tbh It reminds me a little of this other game I’ve been playing a bit lately Cosmic Star Heroine.. Thing is the backlog is just a bit too big at the moment and the wallet too low! I’m still quite busy with FF 16 & Trails into Reverie right now, as well.. But I’m hoping I can pick up a few more of these indie gems perhaps before the year is out
I didn’t pick up on what to do with the mana on the floor until halfway through my second play through of the demo
Gonna try this on HP. May buy it later to support the dev.
I keep hearing these reviewers talk about the "shallow" combat system being the games weak point. I couldn't disagree more. The combat is easily one of the best aspects of this game! It's fun and engaging.
You have to actually think about what moves you are going to use before executing them and you can easily get a game over with one simple mistake in combat.
I guess I'm just different when it comes to the enjoyment of every single battle I get into. I don't mind seeing a game over screen if I botched my strategy, which could and has ended my entire party.
But anyway, it was a decent review in the long run. I'll give his review a 7 out of 10
The combat is crap.
@@elnogal9298 you're entitled to your opinion, but personally I love it and it's one of the best aspects of the game. But thanks for letting me know 👍
I really want to play this but am going to wait on the physical. I have a big enough backlog that i can holdout
So many great games out the past couple years honestly. People are spoiled and don't even realize it
I know it is pixel art, but I wonder if there’s a difference between the switch version and the other consoles o pc
its all the same… perhaps on switch you cant earn achievements/trophies
dont know if this comment really helps as your comment is 10 months old lol
i just started my journey.
Thanks for not overpraising this game dude. It's animated and looks amazing, the story is great, & the gameplay is solid. But the MCs are kinda flat and the rpg mechanics are pretty shallow. GameXplain gave this a "Mind Blown" rating.
8.5 out of 10? Did you read the same story as me? The three main characters are all basically the same person. There is almost no conflict throughout the first half of the game. New characters are introduced via exposition instead of organically with interesting situations.
I can’t wait for your starfield review. I’m totally gauging your legitimacy on whether you can fairly review an Xbox game 😂😂😂
@Dreamcastguy you should try Chained Echoes if you haven't had the chance. Very similar vibes but I would say less of a starter RPG.
Chained Echoes was my indie RPG of the year. Amazing game with a good difficulty curve, although the levelling system was pretty much on rails for the majority of the game - my only gripe, but would still give a 10/10.
Day's 1 baby's waiting 4 the portal released too.. PORTALS & ps5 as usual.
Hopefully trophies confirmed too or please..
This game isn’t perfect, But it’s near flawless. It’s Super chill, has a fantastic classic style theme, an amazing soundtrack, a fantastic story, and very fun mechanics in the RPG combat! And that’s just the tip of the iceberg! Highly recommend!
super chill, i played it after being angry playing SF6, almost finishing it, the story is awesome.
Thanks! Solid review - looking forward to picking it up tomorrow. I hear you on the difficulty stuff - too many new devs are afraid of "taking it there" and alienating the casual gamer; sad that "old gamers" like us have to deal with shallower mechanics and diluted narratives in the name of profit. Not a complaint, and I've been following Sabotage's work on this since day 1, but would be nice to see RPGs go back to challenging players, sometimes unfairly, to think outside the box, grind, etc, to make it through. Success tastes better when you strive for it.
lol dude played with the easymode relic
gg Dreamcast
The combat is like Mario super star saga 👍
I love the score animation where can I get something similar @Dreamcastguy ?????
It definitely gives me SNES RPG vibes and I’m really enjoying it
I just finished this game it took 29 hours to beat this game, i just found out there is more thing i have complete to get true ending.
I’m confused- so you do get more magic later into the game? You said you only get a couple of magic attacks per character, but then you also say there is some magic later on in the game after the 5hr mark. 5hrs into a game to unlock new magic doesn’t sound that bad to me, if that is indeed the case. Or are you saying you only get a few magic attacks for the entire game?
I think u only get 4 magic attacks per character. I think I remember reading that
Still no voice acting in 2023, even blasphemous has . And 4 skills per character in a jrpg? disapointed
got it pre installed. look forward to this
Just to correct one of your points here. Enemies do respawn you just have to leave the area and go back so if you wanted to grind there's nothing stopping you.
He wouldn’t know though cause he’s an idiot
Or reload a save
You can't grind because there is XP Scaling in the game.
@@XhanatosBut is that a bad thing, though?
@@williamraboine2462 For me yes, I love to level in RPGs it's my favorite thing next to a good story.
A classic rpg Im in cause lately im playing retro rpg like Golden sun Lunar and Tales of Destiny so im going to play Sea of star later.
Are there trophies?
It’s just an “Honest Review”, this week, not a “Brutally Honest” review. These TH-cam 🤡’s crack me up.
Yeah i won't be able to handle the leveling system. Looks pretty though
An 8.5 should be presented as a 9 due to the rules of rounding.
Incredibly rare yet there is a whole school full of them 😂
More abilities in the dlc?
yea! Finally a review and not consol bashing!!!
Can't wait to play this for free on PS Extra
Not free
Will deffo give this a go on Gamepass
Im a proud backer of this bad boy. Have the physical coming when its ready but in mean time they sent me a code for switch soni can get the best of both worlds. Play day one and receive physical too 😁
Sea of stars: portal handhelds begins.
Ps5 AAA EXCLUSIVE AS USUAL..
FEB 1ST: GB FANTASY RELINK BEGINS! PS5 BABY'S.
Downloaded for PS5 but will be buying physical edition to support devs the quality of the art is too notch
When will physical be available?
It only got an 8.5.
The physicals been canceled.
@@InnerRiseare you stupid or something? The physical release has already been confirmed for sometime in 2024, handled by iam8bit.
11:24 I agree, but also think Final Fantasy 16 does the same thing.
yeah and it is awefull. FF16 is not an RPG, it is an action game. But Sea of stars is an RPG. having a level system that is capt by story progression is stupid. dont understand why devs are doinng this. i am really disappointed by that. enough that i wont buy the game.
The leveling system in FF16 was pointless and equipment could have easily replaced it, I regret buying FF16 and I've been playing them since 1. I'm skipping this game too, grinding is part of the fun of rpgs for me, I like playing a run where I'm overpowered, it's fun for me. I don't understand why they want to limit players enjoyment on a single-player game.@@sion7651
@@sion7651 probably because its easier to balance... If you're always at the level the devs intend, less people can complain about the game being to easy or to hard
@@tylerdurden7965 then they should not implement a level system.
at this point Zelda is more an RPG than many offical RPGs. at least you can get OP if you want to.
@@sion7651 oh i agree, im not supporting it. I think its rather lazy actually
PlaystationGuy loves this game because he can advise people to play this game instead of Starfield when its releases.
Was interested in it until he talked about how the combat seemed minimal. Doing nothing but basic attacks , not a lot of skills, set levels?? I dont know now.....
He has no clue it’s great
So glad i decided to be a backer so i can get that delicious limited print physical copy. Yes, retailers will get a basic physical copy too.
i feel like grinding should always be optional in games... If someone wants to train on monsters and over level, let them. If someones struggling on a boss and needs to level up a little higher, let them. i hate when games having scaling difficulty and progression. Its such a lazy way to balance difficulty...
It is available he’s just a clown
@@Dale-jr7oj he's not the only reviewer who brings this up... care to explain how its in the game?
@@tylerdurden7965 you leave the area and go back and the enemies are there again
@@Dale-jr7oj did you not watch the video? He never said monsters died forever... 🤦♂️
@Wonkasimpson699 if you're going to troll my comments Wonka, at least try making a point 🤦♂️
It looks better than Octopath Traveler 2. I am probably the only person that didn't like that game.
Played for 6 hours.... The first time I gained a new skill.... -_- come on. The combat system is amazing, I just wish i had more spell for more dynamics. you'll run into mobs and mobs and repeatable battles and puzzle. It feels like i made zero progress even after 6 hours... 5/10... most of the gameplay is trying to locate every chest in the city. Wont be wasting more of my time on this game. DON'T BUY unless you support the devs.
Wow! What a beautiful pixel art game. Too bad, it's turn-based. Wish it would be zelda-like.
It's a heavily JRPG inspired game. And by nature, JRPGs are all turn based.
Its a great game, dont care what PSGuy thinks
Why isn’t the Xbox version displayed in your thumbnail? WEEB MUCH?!
hey bro you forgot to put the xbox edition on your thumbnail whats up with that
One nitpick. You can absolutely grind and overlevel in this game. Enemies do respawn.
You have to leave island then enemies start show up, some attack are not powerful if you use skills
@@mahendrap1960 You don't have to leave the island, only exit onto the world map and re-enter the area.
There is XP Scaling in the game, the higher your level the less XP enemies give.
Also leveling up in this game is pointless, you barely get stronger.
@@Xhanatos the scaling isn't that extreme and youre being a bit hyperbolic. The stat increases are substantial. Doesn't take away from the tactical elements though. All I'm saying is the ability to battle repeatedly, for me, would have hampered the experience, especially without the ability to master the extra hit timing. But my worries were unfounded.
@@diogenesdacynic8656 I don't think so. I was trying to grind against the 4 zombies. They gave 900 XP and I needed 9000 for one level.
After that the zombies only gave me 600 XP and I needed 12000 for a level.
I did that too, (my damage only increased by 4 points btw....) next time the zombies only gave 220 XP and I needed 15000 XP.
I would have to do 70 battles for 1 level up which give me 2 more damage on the enemy and 4 more HP like wtf. There was zero point for me to level up 2 times, I gained nothing out of it. Zombies took the same amount of time to beat, very unrewarding
Gave it an 8.5…but the TV screen said 8.