Thick Thighs Save Lives
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Sea of Stars: This means the world to us. - Sea of stars wins Best Indie Game at Golden Joystick Awards
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BennyBlanco
aka IMurRIVAL69
I was very hyped for this coming off The Messenger but sadly I didn’t find it nearly as good.
Fart Knight
Al Pachinko, Konami President
Its either Cocoon or Jusant.
vodka-bull
Member
Well deserved!
German Hops
GAF's Nicest Lunch Thief
Vindication.
Elder Legend
Banned
Well deserved. Hopefully this pisses off the purple crowd over at the other forum. Fuck them.
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ShadyAcshuns
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I do not like the format for these award shows when they only include top aaa games and small indie titles for consideration. They'll usually just phone in a generic "RPG" category that puts some amazing games at the kids table for the holidays, so stellar games like Octopath 2 and SO Second Story R get hosed off the stage for flash and popularity.
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Darkmakaimura
Member
I'm confused. Why would it? Didn't the company contribute and give money to Anita Sarkeesian in the past?
UltimaKilo
Gold Member
Really good game!
Kilau
Member
Dev read a book by Jordan Peterson so attempts to cancel were made.
The Messenger referenced Jordan Peterson. Of course following that through to the only logical conclusion, that game was made by nazi oppressors who hate minorities and probably even bowling.
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German Hops
GAF's Nicest Lunch Thief
Elder Legend
Banned
Good, let them so we can proceed to laugh.
adamsapple
Or is it just one of Phil's balls in my throat?
Well deserved, it is an excellent game.
Gaiff
SBI’s Resident Gaslighter
This was to be my next purchase but I'm not so sure after this. I'm a huge fan of old-school JRPGs. How does it compare to say Golden Sun or Chrono Trigger, assuming you have played those games?
I don't want a simple turn-based system where you just choose spells, items, attacks, or status effects/boost. There needs to be something unique and engaging about it.
NeoIkaruGAF
Gold Member
Sorry, there isn’t.
You’ll be using the same moves again and again and again for pretty much the whole game.
There’s no buffs or nerfs or status effects.
Comparing this to the likes of Chrono Trigger is the worst joke of the year.
The game has good graphics and a few good music tracks. Nothing else about it is remarkable after the first very promising 2-3 hours.
Hestar69
Member
crazy i'm playing it right now too (about half way 24hrs in) and it dragsssssssssssssssssss..story is meh,combat isn't too bad.everything else is great..Think I got 18 rainbow shells and you need 60 for teh true ending? oof this gonna be rough.
Hestar69
Member
It's a decent game but its no where near CT (haven't played golden shower games yet sadly)
Doomtrain
Member
I would probably be loathe to admit to that in public too.
UnravelKatharsis
Gold Member
Not sure why you've been given misleading answers to this. The combat system adds layers for the first ten or so hours of play depending on your pace. You do not just choose spells items or attacks.
You participate in both the offense and defense actively ala legend of dragoon/beyond the beyond. The battle system gives you lots of freedom to even use all of your characters at once via instant switching. You have attacks, magic, items, combo attacks with combinations of 2 and 3 characters with every party member and there's a super meter that builds for ultimate attacks on top of that. Enemies have charge attacks that you can disrupt via clever use of different attack types.
That's off the top of my head. I'm going to keep getting shit for this but if sea of stars and chrono trigger were released on the same day in history, CT would not be remembered as fondly as it is. (Obviously sea would have lower fidelity).
Everyone I've recommended the game to has loved it but that's no guarantee you will
Darkmakaimura
Member
I do not know much about Jordan Peterson but I'm glad I was at least supporting a developer who's not towing the normal line in that industry. I say that because I bought both the Messenger and Sea of Stars a while back.
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Doomtrain
Member
Don’t worry, I’m fairly sure they apologized.
James Sawyer Ford
Member
Why do they hate this game? Lol
Elder Legend
Banned
Someone in the development team either like tweets or people that they find "racist, hemophibia, etc..." the usual deference witchhunting.
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Darkmakaimura
Member
TheDarkPhantom
Member
I still haven't finished it... it's good but somewhat overrated, I say that as an old-school gamer, lover of JRPG's and *huge* fan of The Messenger. Blasphemous 2 is my indie of the year 
Bernardougf
Gold Member
Really liked the game, the game play is excellent, the turn based system is classic and fresh at the same time, this simple game is miles better than dogshit FFXV and Devil May FFVI slapped together, the story is kinda of meh specially because of the ending
Overall 9/10 gameplay
6/10 story
Overall 9/10 gameplay
6/10 story
SantaC
Member
Yeah the game isnt that great
SantaC
Member
Both Golden Sun and Chrono Trigger are better games.
Battle system in sea of stars is the most barebones i ever played in a rpg.
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POKEYCLYDE
Member
Has an amazing mini game in it too. The Champion's game is fun, I wish there were more places to play it in game.
probably the best thing in the game though...
If BG3 doesn't count i would have give it to Cocoon
Hestar69
Member
I enjoy it in short bursts.it's getting a little better...I'm about done with The Autumn Hills So I think im half way?
SantaC
Member
45% maybe. Game is too long really, all you do is go through fetch dungeons with tedious puzzles.
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Hestar69
Member
damn,so I'm not even half way.. I wanted to start mario rpg but want to beat this first.
Fbh
Member
Can't say I played a lot of other indie games this year, but I did really enjoy this one so well deserved.
My only big issue with it is that locking the true ending behind finding 60 collectibles is such a shit idea.
It's not great but not terrible.
The biggest issue is a lack of variety, like for example the 2 main characters start out with 2 regular skills and by the end of the game they only gain 2 new ones. There's also no buff/debuffs and most skills are basically just a variation of dealing damage or healing, so it can all feel a bit straightforward and like you are just doing the same every turn
That said there's an active element to all parts of combat, you can time button presses to increase the duration or effect of all skills as well as to block and reduce damage, so you feel like you have a more active role during combat.
One of the core mechanics of combat is that enemies will begin to charge up more powerful attacks (which takes several turns) and you can interrupt those if you manage to hit them with a specific combination of elements before they cast the ability, so a big part of the strategy (specially during boss battles) is figuring out which skill combination will allow you to interrupt their attacks in the specified number of turns.
There's also combination attacks like in Chrono Trigger, but I didn't like the implementation. You basically have to charge them up (and it resets after every battle) so during most regular battles you don't really get to use them a lot (you'll either win before they are charged up or you'll get to use them once you've basically already won)
My only big issue with it is that locking the true ending behind finding 60 collectibles is such a shit idea.
It's not great but not terrible.
The biggest issue is a lack of variety, like for example the 2 main characters start out with 2 regular skills and by the end of the game they only gain 2 new ones. There's also no buff/debuffs and most skills are basically just a variation of dealing damage or healing, so it can all feel a bit straightforward and like you are just doing the same every turn
That said there's an active element to all parts of combat, you can time button presses to increase the duration or effect of all skills as well as to block and reduce damage, so you feel like you have a more active role during combat.
One of the core mechanics of combat is that enemies will begin to charge up more powerful attacks (which takes several turns) and you can interrupt those if you manage to hit them with a specific combination of elements before they cast the ability, so a big part of the strategy (specially during boss battles) is figuring out which skill combination will allow you to interrupt their attacks in the specified number of turns.
There's also combination attacks like in Chrono Trigger, but I didn't like the implementation. You basically have to charge them up (and it resets after every battle) so during most regular battles you don't really get to use them a lot (you'll either win before they are charged up or you'll get to use them once you've basically already won)
LavitzSlambert
Member
Love to see the praise for Sea of Stars, it actually delivered. It's bizarre to see the hate-boner for this, especially on Reddit.
Spukc
always chasing the next thrill
Lol what how?