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[-] Aielman15@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago

Sea of Stars.

Story is a bit too cliché at the moment, but graphics, soundtrack, gameplay and exploration are top notch. It really captures the feeling of being a kid, coming back home from school and playing those old school JRPG, but the QoL features make it much more enjoyable, and it doesn't waste your time like those games.

I'm really satisfied for now. I also like the cast, it's a nice change of pace from the edgy/moody characters that lots of JRPG seem to have. Sitting down at the firepit and listening to the two protagonists joking and having fun among themselves really makes me like them.

My only gripe is the story. As I said, it's a bit too much on the "generic" side. Like, it's not bad, I'm having fun, but it feels like, you know, been there, done that. Hopefully it gets better later on.

[-] xantoxis@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago

I just finished it, then went back for the bonus side quests so I could get the true ending.

I wished the writing was less childish, but like you, I really enjoyed the texture of the characters. They really do Garl right. The original final bossfight is laughably easy if you've learned how to use Serai, but the "true ending" final boss is more fun. Overall I'm 4/5 on it.

[-] Aielman15@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

I totally agree, Garl is awesome.

At first I thought he was the comic relief guy, and I'd spend the following 20-40 hours listening to cringe-inducing Marvel-like humor. Instead they crafted a character that was funny but never over-the-top, and actually proved useful a few times (especially on a chapter that I won't discuss because I'm not sure how spoilers work on Lemmy and its various applications yet).

I have not finished the game yet, and although the story is a bit cliché, it also has a few good moments, and I'm loving the cast so far.

[-] flamingarms@feddit.uk 2 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

I just started this too! Agreed on all fronts. It's gorgeous, the combat is refined and a combination of a lot of great old-school JRPG mechanics, I like all the winks and tongue-in-cheek mentions of classic tropes. I was just really hoping the story wasn't going where I thought it was going. But now that I have gotten a certain bit in, it feels like it's going exactly where I think it's going. But it's such a self-aware game that I hope I'm wrong. Because you're right, the characters are actually likeable and do at times subvert tropes, blatantly even, like they know we expected them to behave a certain way. Fingers crossed.

[-] Katana314@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago

The one thing that pulls me away from JRPGs is when their story is too generic. All the best ones I’ve enjoyed had some truly unpredictable, or even just highly dramatic, elements to their story.

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