This game is free on release on Gamepass and PlayStation Extras.

@Janitorjoe22

11 ай бұрын

Thanks for the heads up on that bit of info, I was about to buy it on the switch.

@tatu9805

11 ай бұрын

I have hemorrhoids

@mr.t107

11 ай бұрын

Will definitely be downloading this one

@justsomeannoyingredpanda

11 ай бұрын

Ooh, now I'll be sure to check it out!

@ironmaidenmetalgod

11 ай бұрын

Thank god. I can't spend any more money this month on video games

Someone has been networking on the rooftop lounges of gaming conventions. Welcome to the list raven!

@aeriagloris4211

11 ай бұрын

What does this mean..

@miguelcarvalho5062

11 ай бұрын

"That means ye gay!" - Ice T. It means in order to get review copies one must network at in person events e.g. gaming conventions. In Armored Core 6 after you complete the first mission you gain the name Raven and you get on a list of mercenaries allowed to operate on rubicon (the games planet) just like ratatoskr got on the reviewer list for this game and hopefuly many others.

@7:42 one of my favourite moments was when Yolande was talking with her crew and makes reference to this habit, she said something like "And then he said he never uses his spells on the regular enemies, and only uses the most expensive ones on the boss!" and someone else was like "Well that doesn't sound very fun" lmao

@Tam4ik

9 ай бұрын

And than you do exactly than in game because regular battles too short and yes that was not fun.

The art style makes me feel sad and warm. Very nostalgic, as though this is what our imagination saw these kinds of games as when they released. There's a lot of moving parts yet it still has a clean consice layout that's not confusing.

@na01jsn

11 ай бұрын

Why sad?

@Farkararka

11 ай бұрын

@@na01jsnnostalgia can cut both ways

@na01jsn

11 ай бұрын

@@Farkararka true

I feel so validated by your spoiler discussion about character motivations! I had the exact same experience. Great review as always

Have you tried Chained Echoes yet? It isn't quite as pretty or mechanically robust as this one, but it seems to address many of the issues you had. The story is consistently good, and the villains' motivations are well presented. It seems to be trying to be a mashup of Chrono Trigger, Final Fantasy Tactics, and Xenogears, and while it never hits the heights of any of those three, the fact that it was able to combine so many aspects of them into a harmonious whole is pretty impressive.

@highdefinition450

11 ай бұрын

​@@k.constantinewhat does that even mean lol

@shingetsu10

11 ай бұрын

Didn't enjoy that game. Never felt like I was making progress with a lack of a proper leveling system. Seems this game has similar issues.

@narkona1084

11 ай бұрын

I really enjoyed Chained Echoes, but I wouldn't really say it was harmonious. If anything, trying to be too much like CT, FFT, Xenogears, FF6 and Suikoden gave it a bit of an identity crisis and it struggled a bit. The third act sort of became a mess of tying up character threads and subplots that did not get enough room to breath.

@brianlinden3042

11 ай бұрын

@@narkona1084 Haha, see, I look at the third act being rushed as part of the Xenogears influence. :p

@narkona1084

11 ай бұрын

@@brianlinden3042 I actually thought that myself, but still :P

Pro tip from late game. Some locks you cant reduce the power of and have to break them. Make sure to spend hit turns regenerating mana and preparing for locks. Do your damage while breaking the lock so you maintain good mana economy.

I've watched ign, noisy pixel, and at least 4 other reviews of Sea of Stars and this one is easily the best. Thanks for the hard work and detailed explanations. ❤

This game looks amazing. It releasing at a pretty busy time so I won't have time to play it but will definetly play it in the future. I loved The Messenger and it seems like they managed to deliever again with this game

i love ur reviews. they are so relaxing and you never fail to point out everything i want to know about these games before purchasing

To the food, one interesting thing about that is if you try to always save your MP to heal in combat, or out of it trying to save food, you will run into a lot fights where you start and need to break a "lock" but don't have any MP to do so. Since food is so plentiful, it encourages you to use that instead of casting healing magic out of combat, only to collect mana in the next combat.

@ghad311

10 ай бұрын

You can also use healing skills outside of battles

@williamraboine2462

10 ай бұрын

@@ghad311I’m almost done with the game and I didn’t know that lol

@Tam4ik

9 ай бұрын

I've almost never used food in this game and just run to the campfire to heal. So whole this food system with ingredients was useless and boring for me.

@Brando550

8 ай бұрын

@@Tam4ik i never used up all 10 of my food items in one battle. I didn't even use food items for most of the bosses. There was only 1 or 2 that made me use more than 1 piece of food, if any at all. I could heal my party members to full with a well timed heal press with Zale for most of the game, which only costed 4 mp. I never even used the 100% health/100% mana for entire party food item fighting the last boss.

@dificulttocure

Ай бұрын

@@Tam4ik The game is a total joke unless you play with the Tactician’s Mettle relic activated. It gives 60% damage reduction when locks are up, 35% More damage to the player, Food (snacks) can not be used in battle and Campfires recover 50% of HP and do not recover MP. It's really the only way to play if you want the game to be somewhat challenging.

This game caught my attention. As a fellow Chrono Trigger enjoyer I'm definitely playing this sometime. Sprites look fantastic, and animations are great, too. I especially liked a moment when character used a healing item. He looked into his backpack and showed a played that he has an apple! And then throws it. IDK why, but felt very stylistic.

Nice video. I had a great time with Sea of Stars, but didn't know about the shared universe stuffs. Gonna checkout the Messenger! 3:25 Obscure tip, the "turn order" is actually tied to the position slot. So with at least 1 combo points and some swap gymnastic, it's possible to have the same character act twice in a single round. It was fun making the bosses never got their turn by using a certain character skills lol.

@thatoneLerrydude

10 ай бұрын

proceed to kick evwrything into oblivion.

This looks very awesome. I will definitely be playing this. Great art, lots of charm, fun combat, and no random encounters.

I'm so happy that you got the chance to review this early and that it's even on your radar. I adore the Messenger so this game is next on my list right after I finish AC6. Hope you liked it, I'll be back to watch this after I've finished it.

This game has been on my radar for quite some time and I can't wait to play it tomorrow!

The grin on my face when I stepped foot onto Glacial peak and the music started playing was huge. The Messenger is a must play before this game.

Leaving a like even though I'm stopping at the first spoiler warning. I'll be back to watch the rest in a couple weeks ✌️

Planned on checking this game out already but thanks for the review anyway! If you liked this, take a look at Chained Echoes. Beautifully done Jrpg without the nonsense grinding etc.

@conaldeugenepeterson2147

11 ай бұрын

God I love Chained Echoes. More people should know about it’s awesomeness. It’s my favorite 2d jrpg to release in the last 2 decades (FF tactics and Chrono Trigger are 1 and 2)

@highdefinition450

11 ай бұрын

​@@conaldeugenepeterson2147chroni trigger was more than 20 years ago lol

@narkona1084

11 ай бұрын

@@conaldeugenepeterson2147 This is actually painful for me to say but, both FFT and Chrono Trigger released more than two decades ago.

I'm at the spoiler stop point and this is where I will end it. Thank you so much for this review. It was very well put together and it flowed well. I was able to listen to it, podcast style while cooking dinner for the family and I was able to keep up. #subscribe

I love your reviews. They always seem thoughtful and answer all the questions I have for a game to have me hyped to play it without spoiling anything

I backed this on Kickstarter so I’m glad to hear your thoughts!

Man that Soundtrack is fire🔥

Hype for how this one turns out

I’ve been waiting so long for this game, so excited for all the reviews

Ive been looking out for this game for a while, so excited

Cant wait for the physical! Great review

I was sold the second you said it was by the messanger devs. I love that game.

@Jonny312.

9 ай бұрын

Have you played it yet? I love the messenger but just haven’t gotten around to getting SoS

I had played the demo a month ago and loved it. Glad to see this review

I’m really glad to hear your perspective on the story as a whole, because that’s what matters to me most as well. I’m very interested to hear about what you thought of the writing of the dialogue as a whole too though. That’s what really threw me when I started it today. It all feels very generic and devoid of much feeling or style

@DJSnafu

11 ай бұрын

thats my fear been 20 years since a JRPG had good dialogue or tone for me

@FSVR54

11 ай бұрын

@@DJSnafu adults who grew up in the 20th century knew about life and how to write with culture. It's never going to be the same again

@EtienneTC

10 ай бұрын

I think it strongly resembles the type of writing you saw in the games that influenced it. It feels a lot like chrono trigger. The characters are all kind of simple and one-note, which can be charming, but it also doesn’t get very grandiose in any way. And unfortunately some things are elaborated on via stories that you read while you rest at camp. my theory is that perhaps they did this because they knew that if some of the events/stories described were to actually take place in the game, they would have to give the characters a lot more dialogue and personality, which would’ve maybe changed the stakes and made the game more dramatic than they really wanted it to be. It seems like they wanted the game to move at a specific pace, and to retain a mostly lighthearted/nostalgic feel. Just my stupid theory though

@silentlore2458

10 ай бұрын

@@DJSnafu then you have never played xenoblade

@llllKyonllll

8 ай бұрын

Yeah it's really weird how the level writing differs across different levels. The world building was really interesting to me, the overall story was very good (although the ending felt a bit incomplete), but any dialogue that doesn't contribute to these other two was really.... generic and bad. Dit you end up continuing the game? I felt that the writing got a little bit better later on because there was more context and story to it.

So you did get it early! I thought so. Right on, good job. Great video.

I see there are some environmental puzzles around. If you played it, would you say they are in the scale and type of golden sun on the GBA? one of my fondest memories was solving those puzzles, so having a game with that level of puzzling plus no random encounters would be very enticing for me, even if the story is weaker

@bureji

10 ай бұрын

Just throwing my two cents in, as a fellow Golden Sun fanboy, this game hit all the right notes for me, including the puzzles. They're always just complex enough, and just short enough, to give a good "A-ha!" before moving on to the next combat or puzzle.

i wonder if future games from the studio will benefit from such an overarching world building architecture, or if say a single game, like sea of stars, suffer when compared with the larger visions of the development studio. does making everything connect damage their current individual projects or support everything as a whole?

This looks sick cant wait

Thanks for the review!

I loved the writing of The Massenger & I'm glad it's connected to Sea of Stars, I was laughing most of the time reading the dialogue between characters 😂

You explained the difficulty so well... I only ever died if I was doing something stupid

Mr de la Toska making me consider getting a JRPG for the first time since the SNES.

@morriganrenfield8240

11 ай бұрын

You’ve been missing out. Whether it’s jrpgs that lovers of jrpgs like, or must play titles like nier automata, there’s something there.

@rvg3250

11 ай бұрын

@@morriganrenfield8240 I just mostly don't like the story and gameplay of JRPGs in general. I like RPGs, I like turn based RPGs like CRPGs. JRPGs I just don't like so much. Sidenote: I played Nier Automata, I just don't really consider it a JRPG. Its closer to a hack and slash or spectacle fighter than a JRPG. Even if it has the story of one, which I didn't like all that much.

@trollconfiavel

11 ай бұрын

​@@rvg3250 what exactly are you calling a JRPG? A JRPG is just an RPG with anime style.

@rvg3250

11 ай бұрын

@@trollconfiavel if Fallout 1 had an anime style, say like Fist of the North Star, would it now be a JRPG? The themes, the enemies, the mechanics, combat, story, everything else remains the same. The only difference is the artstyle which is now "anime", would it now be a JRPG? I would say no, it's not a JRPG. For me, a JRPG is a game with a set protagonist rather than an avatar, a set story with little to no choices, many times it's also a party/companion filled story focused on character growth and development, fighing against ever increasing power (which many times ends in a diety). They tend to have a party turn-based combat, or cooldown based like FF6 which feels very turn-based, with a heavy enphasis on increasing numbers. There is a difference between phisical damage and "special" damage, almost everyone (party members) is able to wield magic. Chinese food dosen't need to come from china, nor does it require to arrive in a small cardboard box. Videogame genres are more than just a style, that can be very superfluous.

@trollconfiavel

11 ай бұрын

@@rvg3250 so FFXIV is not JRPG?

Have you tried Chained Echoes any any chance?

The music alone is amazing.

i played the demo on PC when it came out and you can really tell that they took alot of influence from chrono trigger and evolved it im def adding to my collection

Rata have you ever played Crosscode? Its a german indie jrpg and i just have to mention it because its really really good and nobody is talking about it.

@UsernameyMcUsernameFace

11 ай бұрын

People talked about it a heck of a lot when it first came out, just not quite as much as your Hollow Knights and whatnot.

I wonder if any devs have thought about how to balance greater dmg recoveries (eg. limit breaks, AOE, multi-targets) not just by attacking/waiting to charge/absorbing points/mad jukes but perhaps party combo attacks/assists? Basically, the easier your party members can be taken out, the harder attrition combat becomes. So good party dynamics and affinities will matter a lot.

Thanks for the review. What do you think about Chrono Cross? I recently played for the first time Chrono Trigger and have just started CC and the first impression is that it looks incredible

@highdefinition450

11 ай бұрын

he says he likes it when talking about the composer

I really appreciated this. I’m at Fated Hour and I think I’ll take a break to play The Messenger first, then come back. I’m having such a good time with this game, and I’m aiming for The Best Ending. But it sounds like I’m missing some context that will improve the overall experience, which so far has been quite positive.

Your videos are really well written, a lot of cool insight, would be amazing if you could improve your audio/mic quality

Completely completely agree on everything. The story is the one thing that sea of stars doesn’t really nail, and it’s unfortunate because the rest of it is so nice. And the most damning part about it is that it actually has a lot of intriguing elements to its concepts, but they’re only really slightly elaborated on in side content. Hopefully a DLC expands upon some of the more “questionable” decisions. Because it certainly could fix some of the issues Part of me feels that it was intentional in a way….that they wanted to prevent the story from getting too extreme, and to keep it aligned with its influences (chrono trigger especially)

I had forgotten that this game was coming to exist. Thanks for reminding me.

I’m not sold on this one. I played the demo and it wasn’t too impressive. Character dialogue is pretty repetitive and doesn’t change much. The world map was more like the world map in Mario 3. Captain Klee Shae? That’s the kind of thing that pulls me right out of the game. That’s feeling I got from the demo, sort of paint by numbers. Like it’s doing an impression of classic rpg’s but lacks an identity of its own. It felt like it didn’t want me to take it seriously, real goofy and light hearted. I want to take my rpg’s seriously. Otherwise it’s difficult to become invested. Sure classics like chrono trigger had silly moments but it took its story seriously and the world and characters felt very real and grounded. The demo looks great but I would expect that given the technology today vs. the 90’s. The music was good but also felt generic, nothing felt unique or stood out to me. The climbing and ledges feel a little undercooked and don’t seem to serve much purpose, didn’t feel very organic. The character portraits were also a little goofy. Nothing wrong with a light hearted, jokey rpg, just not really my preference.

@krammy9goggler

11 ай бұрын

i felt the same way about the messenger tbh. mostly lacking its own identity, aping better games that came out decades prior. generic music, and the writing never took itself seriously at all, but at the same time was never funny either? definitely competent but constantly a little bit on the nose

@lobstrosity7163

11 ай бұрын

I backed this game back in the day and I must agree the demo was pretty mediocre. I'll give the full game a chance of course.

@UsernameyMcUsernameFace

11 ай бұрын

I appreciate this comment. You saved me £25.

@7milesdavis

11 ай бұрын

@@UsernameyMcUsernameFace I definitely think it’s being over hyped. It might be a decent rpg and I’m sure people will like it. I just don’t think it’s “the return of the golden age of rpg’s” or “deserves a place among games like Chrono Trigger and FF VI.”

@7milesdavis

11 ай бұрын

@@krammy9goggler I never got around to that one, that’s good to know I’ll probably skip it then. I can appreciate what the studio is trying to do, doing modern takes on classic games. I’m just not a fan of that style of writing.

I stopped at the last spoiler because I'm playing through it right now. thx though. great video. 👍🏽

I'm hearing a lot of design-philosophy similarities to Chained Echoes, which I really enjoyed. I'm pretty excited for this game, I'm just trying to decide how highly I should prioritize it!

Might pick this up while I wait for Born of Bread

Great review - 2 questions 1.What's the tone like? Light and tropey like say DQ11 or dark and serious like FF Tactics? 2.Any decisions/role playing/story branching? Very rare in JRPGs but always worth asking

@ghostlightinthegreenroom

11 ай бұрын

Verrry light tone (although I'm picking up on serious undertones) and the characters actually made me laugh a couple times. I havent reached any branching story points yet after 8 hours

@tbnwontpop8857

10 ай бұрын

If you played Chrono Trigger, it's similar to that tone. There's an ever-present, looming, seemingly unstoppable threat that causes people to experience loss and despair, but the focal point of the game is its characters and how they grow, in addition to building the universe that Sabotage Studios is making. I personally think that makes for a great story (I don't really get Ratatoskr's negative views on it, but to each their own) and is reminiscent of the games from the 90's: simple, but effective storytelling.

@whatthe573

10 ай бұрын

​@@tbnwontpop8857Because some people want more than simple storytelling, especially after years of playing games

Mitsuda also did music for Inazuma Eleven 😁⚽ My favourite composer for sure!

Hey ratatoskr, have you seen Under The Mayo's AC6 review? I think he made some reaaaalllly bad takes in that video and I would love to hear you talk about your opinions on AC6 and maybe make a response to him, like you did in the past with people having bad takes on elden ring

I just finished the game today. I played The Messenger earlier this year. I do agree that the world building between them is impressive, but I don't really know what to make of the story in Sea of Stars. As a string of events moving you from one area to the next, it did it's job. But the villain's side is very muddy. I really want to play it again with what I know and see if it comes together any better, or if the holes are even wider.

I enjoyed the artful relic in the demo. Took me 15 attempts before i finally beat the demo boss with that turned on

Rata’s got the ability to make me interested in a game bad or not

I'm curious if you played Chained Echoes? IMO It has the best story in this genre.

@wuwei473

11 ай бұрын

That's a big claim 😮

@BirdieImagineeBCH

10 ай бұрын

Okay y’all gotta relax 😂😂

exciting!

Did you do the true ending? Or just the first one?

@ratatoskr6324

3 ай бұрын

The first one.

I wonder what this stuido will create next. I like that they are making games they loved as kids. I would love a definitive edition of the FFT genre.

The massager was a great game ! I’ll be buying sea of stars once I get some money to buy it 😊

Excellent review, I agree wholeheartedly. The gameplay systems here were all so well done, but the story does leave much to be desired.

Would’ve been nice if you broke a sun/moon lock for every living mana you use (up to 3) on a normal attack, rather than just 1 regardless of how many you use.

@LevantineR1

10 ай бұрын

Every single time I'd see two suns, I'd think to myself "if only".

@williamraboine2462

10 ай бұрын

@@LevantineR1 Same lol. There were a lot of times where an enemy had a lock for 2+ suns… there were only like 2 combos where you could accomplish that I believe. I think it would’ve added more depth to the combat if each mana broke an extra sun/moon lock.

@LevantineR1

10 ай бұрын

@@williamraboine2462 I'm fine with how things are; the doubled icons give more value to Re'shan's Ebb attack and Seraï's Disorient. Zale in general just felt a bit lacking in having a niche.

I love how noticeably smooth and slow the review narration is. Plus, your voice is so soothing that it makes me sleepy. I would listen to a storytime with your nice voice narration. Anyways, awesome video!

this feels like more explaining the game’s systems than a review

I played the demo and loved it. Nothing absolutely revolutionnary but excellent fundamentals.

They shot for Chrono Trigger and hit it, but also got -Super Mario 64- Super Mario RPG in there. Looks wonderful, a simple and satisfying experience.

@steel5897

11 ай бұрын

You mean Super Mario RPG?

@u-mos8820

11 ай бұрын

@@steel5897 lol yes, mb. was pretty tired when I wrote that.

There is a Relic that straight up just makes the game harder with some tweaks, it removes 95% the character's HP, but timing blocks downs the damage to 1, and timing attacks doubles damage, so it's still making it harder but gives some advantages

I was never really a JRPG fan, but I bought into the Completionists hype. (Yt channel) now 50 hours later I’ve done all but the 10 bosses on hard mode achievement. It was a fun enough time. I’m giving the messenger a try now.

Reminds me of Golden Sun especially with elemental powers

This seems _very_ Chained Echoes esque. Definitely playing this cuz CE is amazing.

As a 90s kid I never got into the turn-based games. I never got into Rpgs until fable two came out on Xbox 360. After that I fell into the world of Elder scrolls Oblivion, and to this day I love Rpgs. So of course I got BG3 which is my first real turn based RPG game. Loved it, then decided to give this a shot because of the tern based RPG style. The nostalgic vibes also I appreciate. Surprisingly very well done game. Some of the areas reminded me of the legend of Zelda a link to the past from my super Nintendo days.

I only use the relic that helps get two moves in at once lol

I still need to finish Chained Echoes. I still need to finish Xenoblade Chronicles 3. I still need to finish Alllllll of the Crossbell arc of Trails. I still need to finish TOTK. If they could just stop pumping out games for a minute then maybe I could catch up. I want Sea of Stars and I’ll get it but it’s gonna sit for a minute

@tbnwontpop8857

11 ай бұрын

I think this is the last big game of the summer, thankfully. I can't recall anything else of note that comes out, not until this fall.

@makasete30

11 ай бұрын

@@tbnwontpop8857there’s a little known game called Starfield releasing soon.

@black1blade74

11 ай бұрын

Bro finish xc3 and the dlc - peak fiction. But yes also relatable - I'm like halfway into totk, got halfway into xenografts a couple years ago so rip, got a good 5 hours into replicant, read first route of the tsukihime VN, read 2 routes of full metal daemon muramasa yet I'm playing BG3 rn 🤣

@Zerorenren4761

10 ай бұрын

Finish Xenoblade 3 first.

I just finished the game, I loved all of it EXCEPT the ending. I was very confused by how it all wrapped up.

The messenger is so fun

shocked this isnt an ac6 video. more shocked this is a game im going to have to play(love how the turnbased combat looks). also completely annoyed there is another game i really want to play. best i can do right now is wishlist. too many games lol

@CombativeRoboGuy

11 ай бұрын

I know, I bought AC6 then I was going to wishlist this but it’s on PS+ and Gamepass so since I have PS+, I now have to play it since it was one of my highly anticipated games for this year. Too many games and too little time to play them.

@AlkisGD

11 ай бұрын

What a time to be alive! I'm kinda bummed a friend got me to play Diablo 4 with him, because it's nowhere near as good as what's available these days. I find myself seeking excuses to not play D4 🤦🏻‍♂

No random encounters is how *all* turn based jrpg’s should be done.

@Moody.Smiruai

11 ай бұрын

These days most are done that way.

@makasete30

11 ай бұрын

I used to think that then I played Octopath Traveler 2 and it reminded me how good it could be like in my all favourites ff4,5 and 6. There’s still a place for both styles.

@conaldeugenepeterson2147

11 ай бұрын

@@makasete30 that was one of the few things I disliked about Octopath 1 and 2. Imo it adds nothing to the game, and makes backtracking through and revisiting areas way worse than if there were no random encounters.

@ED-gw9rg

10 ай бұрын

​@makasete30 Octopath 2's gameplay is almost ALL battles, and while there's an argument for saying, "Well, if the bosses were so carefully crafted, just do that for evey battle in the whole game!" it's already difficult for them to make the combat work for 8 different characters going down the same paths across the map, or maybe teleporting halfway to their next chapter, or maybe the player wanted to do a different chapter in the same region, but ran into somebody's chapter battles because they happened to be on the team... It'd probably be a mess. Plus, random encounters in Octopath 2 are at least consistently engaging. Break the enemies? Brute force them right outta the gate? Buff yourself to brute-force their HP bars better? Maybe Analyze so you know their HP for next time? Or if you want more out of a fight, Steal or Collect from them for your troubles?

@Dracobyte

10 ай бұрын

Why all?

Sooo armored core review when?

AC6 REVIEW WHEN

I seriously appreciate the breadth of games rataoskr covers. Definitely not afraid to cover what he enjoys vs what might get views

I hope you can play Chained Echoes.

Ratatoskr you gotta play Chained Echoes.

Can we get a "why you're playing AC6 wrong" video? I think you'd have a field day if you checked out a couple big streamers, people are having a hard time with this one I know it's not related to sea of stars but I don't care about this gene and I'm commenting to bring wealth to the Rat King, leave me alone

😊 I just quit playing it once I got to the end game and I don't know why but I'm thinking it's because the story kind of bored me. Other than that I really liked it. Need to go back and finish it

Very interesting and disappointing to hear that it is highly recommended that people play the messenger first. I want to check this game out and get the most out of it, but I haven’t played the messenger, and I have no interest in playing it.

@demontferrat

11 ай бұрын

I don’t think you have to play that one, this one is a prequel, there are things on the messenger that you may get some explanations here and some mysteries there, but it’s not required.

@lobstrosity7163

11 ай бұрын

This KZread dude is the only one who claims this.

@UsernameyMcUsernameFace

11 ай бұрын

I think the spirit in which it was meant is, if you plan to play both then play the messenger first. Otherwise, it doesn't matter.

@Farkararka

11 ай бұрын

😂

@Dracobyte

10 ай бұрын

You do not need to play The Messenger first.

Golden Sun vibes....

Meh. I found The Messenger to be overrated. It didnt feel like Ninja Gaiden to me other than some of the gameplay elements. The music is great at times but nothing near as good as Ninja Gaiden. Also I dont like how they tried to deliver a big story through slow old school textboxes. Ninja Gaiden was revolutionary for its time for delivering its story through cutscenes. Thus looks decent though and Ill try it out later today.

Did you play the true ending? God I couldn't disagree more with your take on the story

The complaints about the ending in particular, about the ending being abrupt, largely are resolved by the true ending. Thats not to say that the main plot is now made breathtaking with it, but its above average. As for Aephorul’s motivations, I think it’s fairly obvious what they are especially if you listen to Teaks story on him. A scientist at heart that along the way goes off into depravity and cruelty, who is content on playing a grand zero sum game with Re’shan for the sake of that experimentation. Erlina & Brugraves on the other hand are characters with weak motivations. That just is what it is. Moraine also I think falls victim to that for what occurs with him around the game’s mid point.

I'm going to watch a little bit but I am only an hour in the game so few far

GAME OF THE YEAR!

@steel5897

11 ай бұрын

Not this year buddy hahaha

One way to improve healing items system in RPGs would be to adopt what other genre does: in RPGs food spoil if you don't eat it. Imagine if an RPG used this system? They would make their games better! 1. You are encouraged to use your items. 2. You are discouraged to amass items because they go to waste after a few hours. They could do that for any healing item. A) Food spoils. Spolit food can cause poisoning or just be unedible. B) Potions could lose (part of) their effects, or even become cursed (weird, negative effects and debuffs) Yeah, RPGs can learn a lot from RPGs.

man wish you'd check out Chained Echoes if you want a game to recapture the spirit of chrono trigger

I have a couple days off work should I buy this or blasphemous 2 or chained echoes or that Ara game, Ara fell i think?

Im back after finishing the game. And yes, those two motivation was terrible. But I was fine for the self contained stakes, since the emotion was there, so I dont really care about the cosmic wars in the background.

This game will be a GOTY contender.

Make a Chrono Trigger video ❤