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Play Overview
Sea of Stars (2023) is an adventure role-play game about two children of the solstice. It combines turn-based combat, storytelling, exploration and interactions with the environment all in a pixel art style. Unusually for a role-play game, Sea of Stars also offers platform-style traversal. You swim, climb, vault, jump off or hoist up ledges to get around. This offers a nod to the developer's previous game, The Messenger, to which Sea of Stars is a prequel.
You choose between six unique playable combat characters, each with their own backstory, personal objectives, play style, special skills, and synergies with the rest of your party of characters. In turned-based battles, you still need to pull off timed button presses to gain offensive and defensive advantages. Along with timed hits, combat features multi-character combo attacks and boosting from the different characters in your party. Again, unusual for these types of games, the battles that happen in the main game world aren't random encounters. You can always see them coming and decide whether to engage or not.
As you progress you meet dozens of characters and slowly discover an interwoven story. It's a combination of tongue-in-cheek silly while retaining a sense of epic saga. There's also time in the game given over to slower-paced play: sailing, cooking, fishing, and stopping by a tavern to listen to a song. The result is an adventure about friendship and unexpected twists.
Our examiner, Andy Robertson, first checked Sea of Stars 2 years ago. It was re-examined by Ellen Robertson and updated 6 weeks ago.
You choose between six unique playable combat characters, each with their own backstory, personal objectives, play style, special skills, and synergies with the rest of your party of characters. In turned-based battles, you still need to pull off timed button presses to gain offensive and defensive advantages. Along with timed hits, combat features multi-character combo attacks and boosting from the different characters in your party. Again, unusual for these types of games, the battles that happen in the main game world aren't random encounters. You can always see them coming and decide whether to engage or not.
As you progress you meet dozens of characters and slowly discover an interwoven story. It's a combination of tongue-in-cheek silly while retaining a sense of epic saga. There's also time in the game given over to slower-paced play: sailing, cooking, fishing, and stopping by a tavern to listen to a song. The result is an adventure about friendship and unexpected twists.
Our examiner, Andy Robertson, first checked Sea of Stars 2 years ago. It was re-examined by Ellen Robertson and updated 6 weeks ago.
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Play Style
This is a Fighting and Role-Play game with Action, Adventure, Collecting, Narrative and Shooting elements. You can play with 1 to 2 players in the same room, but you can’t play it online. You can play 2-player co-operative. One player always controls the camera, while a second player can join them to explore the world. There are some specific co-op puzzles and dungeons to solve when you have a second player.
You can play this game in the following styles:
Benefits
Age Ratings
Skill Level
10+ year-olds usually have the required skill to enjoy this game. You need to be able to plan combat and also have good timing to enhance your performance. It's a game that requires exploration and getting around the world as well as understanding and memory for a wide range of characters.
Costs
Sea of Stars usually costs £29.50.
There are no additional in-game purchases, loot boxes, adverts or subscription costs.
Sea of Stars
PC | £29.50 | – | – | |
Xbox One | Free | – | Free Xbox Game Pass | |
Xbox X|S | Free | – | Free Xbox Game Pass | |
PC | Free | – | Free Xbox Game Pass | |
Switch | - | |||
PS5 | - | |||
PS4 | - |
Game Details
Release Date: 29/08/2023
Out Now: PC, PS4, PS5, Switch, Xbox One and Xbox X|S
Skill Rating: 10+ year-olds
Players: 1-2
Genres: Fighting, Role-Play (Action, Adventure, Collecting, Narrative and Shooting)
Accessibility: 4 features
Components: 2D Overhead, Open World and Pixels
Developer: Sabotage Qc (@SabotageQc)
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