[b]Gameplay[/b]
Honestly great, I really liked the turn based combat, and the timed hits/blocks system makes it so battles have some agency beyond just picking the right moves at the right time, but that is the extent to where it goes, if you expect something like the Mario and Luigi series where you can actually dodge this isnt it, but it is solid enough for me to recommend it to you if you look for a experience close to it.
[b]Music[/b]
The music is good, with some standout pieces close to exceptional, there is no song in this game that I would describe as bad, and I thoroughly enjoyed listening to it alongside playing the game and the OST matched the Vibes closely
[b]Visuals[/b]
Really beautiful, thats literally how I feel, as someone born in the 2000's I wasn't around when Pixel Art was widespread, but I still have some fond Childhood memories of playing tloz: The Minish Cap on my gameboy and this game just kinda brings me back to those times, the visuals are incredible and the Devs use some post processing to enhance and make the art shine even more.
[h2]!WARNING!WARNING!WARNING!WARNING!WARNING!WARNING!WARNING!WARNING!WARNING![/h2]
[h2]!SOME SLIGHT SPOILERS AHEAD I GUESS![/h2]
[h2]!WARNING!WARNING!WARNING!WARNING!WARNING!WARNING!WARNING!WARNING!WARNING![/h2]
[b]Story[/b]
Oh dear god what did they do/j
[spoiler]But anything has something it doesnt do well, and with Sea of stars its unfortunately the story.
I don't wanna be all doom and gloom but I will still be honest, its... [i]servicable[/i] and that exactly is the problem. Its not bad but it also sadly isnt exactly good either. Characters, and even moreso the two Solstice Warriors, just feel incredibly one dimensional. Of course its not all bad, and there were moments that did get an emotional response out of me but oh my god were there also some frustrating moments.[/spoiler]
[spoiler]Yet despite everything, there are characters I thoroughly enjoyed, Garl is my boy for example. Hes just great and I love him. Moraine also was great because HE ACTUALLY ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ DEVELOPS AS A CHARACTER! Reshan is cool and then he just ♥♥♥♥♥ off and we never see him again which is sad.[/spoiler]
[h1]Disclaimer[/h1]
Dear reader, you have now entered the Brugaves and Erlina section. Anger doesnt begin to describe what I feel about these two... lets get into it.
[spoiler]Erlina: She just kinda never shows emotion, which we are led to believe was because her fellow Solstice Warriors got murdered, but then she just kinda goes full on megalomaniac, which is fair I suppose since now I think she got traumatized and is just insane. ♥♥♥♥ guys do I actually like her now... oh god.[/spoiler]
[spoiler]Brugaves: So anyway this character serves zero ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ purpose, he doesnt even do the survivors guilt part well because moraine is RIGHT THERE! To add onto what i was saying he just stops being a character mid game because he just ♥♥♥♥♥ off after being like "lol lmao bye i will forget all now" and if we were gonna do that anyway he could like idk, as hinted at sometimes (he goes back and forth between feeling bad about betraying us and being like "I must do this") actually betray erlina and die in the process or something, that would make me actually say "Yknow what, he kinda didnt do much but he had some aura when going out.[/spoiler]
[spoiler]♥♥♥♥ YOU BRUGAVESIMORE[/spoiler]
So anyway because of the sheer amount of content the game has I can recommend it, Just dont go in expecting a masterclass in storytelling, the rest is actually pretty great.
