I finished it. I'll start with the good.

Visually it's gorgeous. Super polished. Combat is good. Nothing ground breaking. A lot of love went into this game. Controls are tight.. Music is great the first 15 hours. Memorable tunes. And there are versions of them. Like a day version, night version.

The bad The story is absolutely pointless. The first 5 hours serve no purpose to the game. It really gets going around hour 20, but by then they're wrapping it up. The last 2 hours are essentially a boss rush. Just one boss after the other. Getting the true ending is a grind and not worth it at all. Combat is OK. Nothing ground breaking. The best skills show up around hour 20. Forgettable dialogs and zero character development.

I backed this on Kickstarter. Never again. I'd give it a 7. Only because it really is visually amazing and polished. They get a 10 there. Its the only thing that balances the average.

Yeah I absolutely loved sea of stars. I thought it was great the whole way through. Fun characters, and solid combat.

It has a great flow and story but ends up getting unfinished and thin towards the end. Also locking the real and only somewhat better ending behind a bunch of fetch quests and all 60 conchs sucks.

I enjoyed it up until the ending. Good experience overall though.

Loved it. 10/10

I feel like the true ending cheapened a specific plot point but I was happy it happened anyway.

Yes! Loved it. Made me go back and replay The Messenger. They have a few little crossovers that were fun to discover.

The messenger is actually a prequel to takes place before Sea of Stars. Sea of Stars is a really great RPG but it bugged me that some of the answers to the questions I had could be found in the prequel

I might be a bit unusual, but I feel like the main thing I'm looking for in a JRPG isn't just good characters, but good storyline that gives each of those characters real moments to shine. Something in the vein of Cloud Strife

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revealing he built up a fake persona based on his idol

, or FFXIV

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having your team resolve a generations-long war against dragons

. I have heard that Sea of Stars has one really impactful/good character in your party, but not heard much in the way of super-heavy story beats; and it's seemed the same way for a lot of JRPGs that have come from the indie sphere.

I saw it the other day and it looked pretty interesting. RPG, turn based combat, multiple characters ticks a bunch of boxes for what me and my gf usually play but then I saw it doesn’t have coop/multiplayer. But it might come out soon so I will definitely get it when that happens. The game seems pretty cool and highly rated.