As is custom within indie games in the post-Stardew-Valley era, there seemingly has to be a fishing mini-game incorporated into every game in some shape or form. Honestly, it’s so common you would think it was law. However, while this may sound like criticism, it’s far from it, as I, generally speaking, love fishing mini-games, …
It’s very easy to get caught up in the cool battle animations and the grandiose stories told in JRPGs. However, a truly masterful RPG can make you stop and take note of the smaller details in the world, and one way that many games have done this is through the medium of food. Final Fantasy …
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I love a game that creates in-world minigames that are just as strong and addictive as the gameplay loop of the main adventure. It’s not something that is easy to do, as they can often serve as unwelcome distractions, or be just plain bad. However, a number of games have done this successfully. The Witcher …
Sea of Stars has a myriad of collectibles to promote its excellent adventuring and exploration. Rainbow Conches, Musical Sheets, fishes, combo scrolls, recipes, and many other items are all available for the taking. However, one whose meaning always confounded me was the Question Packs. I’ve had about eight Question Packs at once and didn’t know …
If you’ve ever played a JRPG from the 1990’s or one that takes inspiration from games of this era, then I would wager that you remember that game for one of two things. The incredible ultimate attacks that you can perform, or the gargantuan bosses that you’ll be using them on. For me, boss battles …
If you want to quickly identify an old-school RPG with a current-gen one, examine the UI. RPGs from the past leave players to their devices, only giving slim hints about treasures, while newer RPGs fill your screen with pointers and markers toward your next catch. Sea of Stars, being a classic-inspired RPG, is the former, …
When you embark on an epic adventure such as a nineties-inspired JRPG like Sea of Stars, the thrill of exploring a vast landscape with plenty of diverse locales, settlements, and biomes is a real joy to behold. However, there is something quite comforting about the inclusion of a hub world within a game such as …
One of the things that certainly put Sea of Stars in the spotlight was when Sabotage Studios announced they had Yasunori Mitsuda onboard. To those unfamiliar, Mitsuda is the composer of several stellar RPGs, such as Chrono Trigger & Cross, Xeno-series, and many others. To this day, Chrono Cross’ theme song is one of my …
Getting combat right in a turn-based RPG is essential. There’s nothing that will turn people off a game in this sub-genre quicker than flat, lifeless battles which lack strategy, or synergies between characters. You want to have access to devastating moves akin to Cloud’s Omnislash in Final Fantasy VII, but you also want to have …
I adore Lesmes’s fight. Between enduring the three nail-baiting stages culminating in a final, Ornstein and Smough-esk battle against the religious cyborg zombie and his tinny doppelganger, Lesmes was one of my favorite starts to Blasphemous 2. Even so, while I enjoyed learning his attack patterns and developing my own strategy for dealing with the …
