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Sea of Stars has been played by over 4 million people across all platforms
BbMajor7th
Gold Member
It really wasn't for me, but I'm really happy for these guys. You can tell they poured a tonne of love into it and delivered something a lot of people really vibed with.
Skifi28
Member
Thick Thighs Save Lives
Gold Member
Congrats to the devs! Waiting for the Switch physical early next year so I can add to that number.
Skifi28
Member
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BennyBlanco
aka IMurRIVAL69
this was the biggest disappointment of 2023 for me. The Messenger is so much better.
Gamer_By_Proxy
Member
Downloaded it but haven't launched it yet
ByWatterson
Member
Obviously this is a kickstarted game with a smaller budget, so between Gamepass, PS+, and purchases, they did really well.
But I'm still curious to know how much it sold. I myself played the demo for about (literally) 60 seconds, fell in love and immediately purchased. A top five game for the year for sure, maybe top two.
But I'm still curious to know how much it sold. I myself played the demo for about (literally) 60 seconds, fell in love and immediately purchased. A top five game for the year for sure, maybe top two.
Like many of my most anticipated games this year, it was disappointing. Didn't even finish it. I really thought the game would be an interesting revival just like The Messenger and play with the tropes of the genre but basically nothing happened for 15-20 hours so i stopped playing.
Scotty W
Member
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Doom_master1122
Member
Looking through the thread, this makes me feel like the odd one out. LOL.
I absolutely enjoyed the game. I fully completed the it and got the true ending. Was a wonderful experience. Can I place it on top with the great class RPG's that the game clearly takes inspiration from? No, but I also wasn't expecting it to be that way. The story while simple, had quite a few cool moments I enjoyed, with a pretty solid cast of characters. The combat felt great. While I would have loved more skills over all per character, towards the later half of the game it had me swapping between party members on the fly to be able to counter bosses, the skill selection became a nonissue.
The only real big complaint I had was that the world map felt like an afterthought until near the end of the game. You went from island to island on 1 path that maybe split up to 2-3 spots that you'll visit VERY soon after you arrive there. It wasn't until the final parts of the game where suddenly I felt like I could fully explore the world.
I absolutely enjoyed the game. I fully completed the it and got the true ending. Was a wonderful experience. Can I place it on top with the great class RPG's that the game clearly takes inspiration from? No, but I also wasn't expecting it to be that way. The story while simple, had quite a few cool moments I enjoyed, with a pretty solid cast of characters. The combat felt great. While I would have loved more skills over all per character, towards the later half of the game it had me swapping between party members on the fly to be able to counter bosses, the skill selection became a nonissue.
The only real big complaint I had was that the world map felt like an afterthought until near the end of the game. You went from island to island on 1 path that maybe split up to 2-3 spots that you'll visit VERY soon after you arrive there. It wasn't until the final parts of the game where suddenly I felt like I could fully explore the world.
iHaunter
Member
He's a POS who used his dead mom's sickness to take money for charity that he used to pay his own bills.
I hope he goes bankrupt.
Rentahamster
Rodent Whores
What kind of game is this? It wasn't really on my radar.
touchfuzzy
Member
You can really tell the people who stop playing before the game
kills off a main character and pivots into a science-fiction RPG
MagiusNecros
Gilgamesh Fan Annoyance
Poor Man's Chrono Trigger.
Gameplay is fun but storywriting and characters leave much to be desired.
Though I suppose pulling the CT card is a bit unfair since CT really can't be duplicated in this day and age.
Gameplay is fun but storywriting and characters leave much to be desired.
Though I suppose pulling the CT card is a bit unfair since CT really can't be duplicated in this day and age.
played that part and it's nothing new in JRPG, it's not used in a clever way here from what i recall
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NeoIkaruGAF
Gold Member
Disappointment of the year for me, very easily.
Perfect example that if there’s one thing worse than games getting raving reviews from paid shills, it’s games getting raving reviews from shills who paid to support the project.
Thank God Game Pass exists and allows people to try such stuff without paying directly for it.
I mean, it’s not bad, but the hype around it was so ridiculous that it just made more painfully obvious how mediocre the game really is.
Perfect example that if there’s one thing worse than games getting raving reviews from paid shills, it’s games getting raving reviews from shills who paid to support the project.
Thank God Game Pass exists and allows people to try such stuff without paying directly for it.
I mean, it’s not bad, but the hype around it was so ridiculous that it just made more painfully obvious how mediocre the game really is.
Fbh
Member
Congrats to them I guess.
While I did find the game a bit disappointing, particularly in regards to the story and characters, I still had fun with it and found it an overall enjoyable experience (solid 7/10 IMO).
However I do hate how they locked the true ending behind finding some fucking collectibles.
While I did find the game a bit disappointing, particularly in regards to the story and characters, I still had fun with it and found it an overall enjoyable experience (solid 7/10 IMO).
However I do hate how they locked the true ending behind finding some fucking collectibles.
Madjaba
Member
Next time they should give a better pace to the game before throwing an absolute predictable twist that nobody cares about.
You should not have to play more than 15 hours of repetitive gameplay to at last be entertained a little... with one of the most predictable twist used in JRPG since the SNES era.
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The Cockatrice
Member
I would avoid looking at the overall steam rating of any game because even average games get a thumbs up, because there really is no other path than thumbs up or thumbs down so naturally a lot average towards decent games can easily climb 90% rating. What I do instead, is look at negative reviews and positives ones from people who have at least 50 reviews attached to their profiles. Anyone with 0/1 reviews is most likely paid/bot. I havent played the game yet tho.
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Scotty W
Member
He took that horrible pain, the suffering, the… anguish of using a loved one, and he used it to create something beautiful. He bought a ton of games and he shared them with people like me. I am ocd obese with high social anxiety, BARELY making enough money to cover basic living rxpenses, and making friends and going out and buying games is super triggering for me because of all the fascists in my town and all I wanna do is curl up and cry. And you know what, the Competionist is right there with me under the covers, holding me, soothing me, helping keep my trauma ducts clear. I get him, he gets me! We both have trauma! The world gave him trauma and he returned the favour with beauty. A bit of reclaimations-reparations is a small price to pay for that, if you ask me, bigto!