Sea of Stars

 Xbox Series X
Metascore
89

Generally favorable reviews - based on 11 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 10 out of 11
  2. Mixed: 1 out of 11
  3. Negative: 0 out of 11
  1. Xboxygen
    Sep 18, 2023
    Sea of Stars is one of the finest tributes to the great J-RPG era we've seen in recent years. Sabotage Studio has captured the quintessence of the genre and adapted it perfectly to today's standards, without betraying it or falling into the trap of simply copying it for a limited audience of die-hard nostalgics. Following the adventures of Zale, Valere, Garl and their companions is a constant source of delight, with every plot twist, every new setting and every hard-fought battle keeping us eager for more. With all these qualities, there's no reason to resist the appeal.

Awards & Rankings

9
#9 Best Xbox Series X Game of 2023
21
#21 Most Discussed Xbox Series X Game of 2023

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User Score
7.6

Generally favorable reviews- based on 103 Ratings

User score distribution:
  1. Positive: 77 out of 103
  2. Mixed: 7 out of 103
  3. Negative: 19 out of 103
  1. Krober
    Sep 5, 2023
    1
    Boring as hell. After 12 hours of playing can't stand it anymore. Dull characters, long fights and gameplay without progression. You are justBoring as hell. After 12 hours of playing can't stand it anymore. Dull characters, long fights and gameplay without progression. You are just doing the same from the start to the end. I'd better replay chrono cross.… Full Review »
  2. Odradek
    Sep 4, 2023
    0
    After 15 hours played something "funny" happened. I got killed by some random birds and chose the option "continue" to keep playing. So theAfter 15 hours played something "funny" happened. I got killed by some random birds and chose the option "continue" to keep playing. So the game loaded a file -who knows how -of a past saved game where I had been playing for just 4 hours-ish... Needless to say this means goodbye for me playing this game. Might check the ending on youtube. Thanks for making me waste that time...
    I wanted to end it in order to have a complete opinion. But here goes nothing.
    (Clears throat)
    Nostalgia is a dangerous thing. Specially because it is all about what you understood of an entertainment product when your brain was not fully developed. And there comes the problem of this game. You just need a few hours to noticed how half-baked it is. Sea of Stars shows a colorful and attractive visual style... and that's it. It's OST is extremely overrated,it's combat system is too simple and repetitive and it's dialogues are far from funny or interesting. There's no dramatic weight whatsoever during the story, some characters make decisions completely out of the blue and only to make the story move on artificially. Let alone it has the most obnoxious, irritating, shallow character ever written in all fiction story. I'm serious, the main engine that kept me playing the game was the hope to see this character die alone in pain. Every like spoken by this character was worse than the previous. Just terrible.
    After wasting all these hours my only hope is that somebody reads this and decides not to play this game. Or at least waste their money on it. Thank the gods I played it on Game Pass.
    If you are thinking about checking it out, don't. Go play (or re-play) Chrono Trigger. Revive your own nostalgia. Don't let others try to convince you of their vision of what was cool, or funny, or moving, or epic, or just fun... this game is not.    … Full Review »
  3. Vomitpoop
    Sep 7, 2023
    0
    The Xbox version isn’t good and the game is included for free with PS Plus. Why play this on Xbox?
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