In Stars And Time

AMAZING game. As a time travel enthusiast, this has got to be the best depiction of time loops that I have ever seen. The story is incredible and the dialogue is realistic in an engaging way. The main cast feels like just your average friend group, it's amazing. 10/10, absolutely recommend.

THIS GAME I SO CRABING GOOOOOOOOD

Wasted potential, unfortunately. There is too much dialog, but not the good kind: things are repeated countless times. Don't get me wrong, there is also great dialog. But a lot of it consists of things that are repeated on and on and on and ON. The tutorial is easily the most infuriating part. You have to fight all of the monsters, and every single time there are tens of lines of dialog explaining the concepts. Instead of letting you figure it out and get satisfaction, you are just told exactly what to do. Because of this, I just wanted to skip the fights, and then figure it out on my own later. But you can't do that. You have to sit and go through the tutorial even if you already have a slight understanding of how things work. I get that it's the way the cast members interact with each other. It does have a certain charm to it. But it gets boring really fast. The character that was running around doing laps explained that you can use X to run, and repeated itself like 3 times. It was one of my first interactions, and honestly I found it funny. But later interactions with other characters became predictable, boring, and I just wanted to skip them. The party members tell you their backstories in the beginning. It's too much information! Not only can I not remember everything I was just told due to the sheer amount of dialog, but it makes you lose any sort of interest for the characters. Instead of figuring out why each of the party members fight (their motivations, aspirations, and what they want to do after defeating the king) as the story plays out, you are instantly given this information. Because of this, I don't feel the urge to analyze how the characters speak or how they interact with each other in order to figure out who they are. I'm already spoon-fed this at the start of the game! Maybe this is because you're supposed to be close friends with everyone and already know them very well, and the devs wanted to focus the story on the frustration and hopeless feeling of looping after each death. That's not inherently a bad idea, but I feel it was executed very poorly. It feels like there is no trust in the player to figure out anything for themselves. Maybe a fear that they won't be able to understand or experience the whole story as the creators wanted. I get that. But please, let the player experiment and explore the story at their own pace. If they want to skip the tutorial, let them. To force these things is to assume you understand what the player wants more than the player does. I wanted to continue playing past the first loop, and was positive that things would get better. But, from what other people have said in their reviews, it seems that you don't get much agency as the game progresses. For example: [spoiler]interacting with some items does nothing, until much later when the main character mentions that they could be potentially useful, and only then can you interact with them in any significant way.[/spoiler] I love the art and the potential of the chemistry between the party members. But unfortunately I couldn't continue playing.

One of the best RPGs I've ever played, behind only Deltarune for me. If you like games where you'll have to replay, over and over and over and over and over and over again AND STILL FIND NEW STUFF, this is your RPG. (My first playthrough from start to end took me 3 days!) This is not a game you sit down and finish in one sitting unless you know what you are doing. In case you are the kind to buy the game and the soundtrack (Like me) The soundtrack is pretty good! It comes both in WAV and MP3, but no metadata sadly. But nothing audioranger can't fix. DON'T OPEN THE SOUNTRACK BEFORE YOU FINISH. THE TITLES HAVE SPOILERS. The Artbook comes in a PDF and has a lot of fun details and lore pieces too! But don't go reading it until you finish the game aswell (I got spoilered on accident about a important part of the game, I never threw my phone away so quick in my life lmao) Again 9/10 - Only reason it is not a 10/10 is because due to how lost you can be without guides and outside sources. But I suppose that matches how Siffrin must be feeling during the game itself lmao

what a game. (now what)

Siffrin :3

I wish I could experience again isat I LOVED IT SO MUCH RRRAAH. I mean, like sif but instead of looping everything but myself, looping just myself so I forget yk yk