Another Star

I only got lost 2 times so far, good game

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What a fantastic game. I just beat it for the second time and this game never fails to be fun. This game is worth every penny you spend, and is honestly worth even more than it's listed for. Please support its creator!

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Está bien para pasar el rato, no soy de jugar este tipo de videojuegos pero me incentivó a jugarlo más, le voy a dar la posibilidad de jugarlo otro día.

A really solid JRPG, although I didn't finish (but that's how I am with JRPGs). Although the game looks old (retro), it is a modern game with options to greatly speed up the grinding. The battle system is different, you can only do 1 thing per turn no matter how many characters are in your party, so you have to think hard before 'wasting' it on magic that only one of your fighters will do. Once you get used to it the fights go really fast. Also, the music is just great. It's been a long time since I heard something so good in a retro game. Working fine on Linux with a controller.

This game is dirt-cheap, which is a fair price for it. It's not bad, but it's very quirky and kinda short. It's one of the most fairly priced RPGs on Steam. Mechanically, Another Star is a Dragon Quest style JRPG with some twists, mostly how you fight enemies. Magic could be handled better, but it's otherwise fine. You'll search for old men in caves around the world map who will teach one spell to one character. The spell levels up the more you use it. Elemental weaknesses are important in this game, and you'll often be trying to break enemies down by hitting their elemental weaknesses. Since it takes a while to learn enough spells, and get them powerful enough to use, elemental attack items are very important. In fact, all items in this game are extremely useful. Thankfully, each has a number of charges so you don't have to carry around 30 arrows. Story-wise the game is unique, but lacks depth. It's a science-fantasy story where various tribes rule the lands. A child from the heavens descends to the planet and every tribe tries to capture him. There are a lot of JRPG tropes here we've seen a hundred times before. The execution at least feels somewhat authentic, which is more than I can say for the other hobbyist RPG-maker chaffs cluttering up Steam. That said, this isn't an RPG-maker game, so it feels pretty fresh. The music, character design, and visuals are all passable. Nothing really standout aside from the main characters having some cool designs, but that's it. Again, a fairly priced, short, and unique JRPG. A buy for people who want a short and simple distraction and are fans of old-school NES JRPGs.

This game has an AFAIK unique approach to reducing grind; don't up the rewards, don't level-scale, just streamline the grind. The battle system encourages you to just keep on going, never stop moving. It's the DOOM of JRPGs. The basic look is kind of early Dragon Quest, but with a lot less screwing around with menus. Everything you want is right there at all times and nothing you don't. The aesthetic underlying the design and the story would make this game stand out. This isn't yet another FOR THE KING! fantasy RPG, we're dealing with a different paradigm to start with, and one which goes in a different direction than most from there. Look at the screenshots; if the visuals (charming but very, very simple) don't put you off, and you have any sort of fondness for NES JRPGs, you should definitely buy this game, no question. The only complaint I have is that it is not a mobile game. This is a story that goes well in small doses, and having it on the go would be great. Its controls are simple enough I would enjoy playing this on my phone.

Its got its problems but it's a solid game. Took me a while to beat it but that's mainly because I rarely use my computer. Would recommend it if you are looking for an 80's style role-playing game. There's some wonkiness with the AI when you play the game on the higher difficulty settings that I would just recommend skipping, as it can make some fights basically unwinnable, but playing on the lower difficulty settings makes this a non-issue and you can just enjoy the game for its content while still not just having it be a walk in the park. The combat overall is pretty well balanced, and in some of the more serious fights requires some pretty deliberate planning and prodding of what the AI will do to give you an ocassional challenge in what is otherwise just good, fun, mindnumbing button mashing. Technically, I can't think of any glitches that popped up in my time playing, no crashes or anything, so that's always a plus to say about a game that it runs like its supposed to. Sound is pretty simple, but it brings you back to your younger days in video games. The art style of the game is rudementary, also, but it is going for that and it pulled it off. The story made sense and was easy to follow without any obvious gaps. Examined as a functional product, top marks. My only gripe with the game is I've never liked the 16x16 pixel sprite style, but that is 100% a me thing and not an it thing. Good game. Would buy; would gift.

Absolutely doesn't recommend for newcomers. The combat is very cumbersome, and the writing is good, which makes it feel very weird :)