Sea of Stars

 Xbox Series X
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

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  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 just doing the same from the start to the end. I'd better replay chrono cross.
  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 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    After 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.    … Expand
  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?
  4. alejandromx91
    Sep 12, 2023
    0
    Odio los juegos de turnos, pero es un muy bajo precio a pagar para poder vivir una de las mejores historias del mundo de los videojuegos jamas creada, si este juego fuera AAA estaría peleando por el GOTY sin ninguna duda.

Awards & Rankings

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

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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. TheXboxHub
    Jan 16, 2024
    100
    Sea of Stars manages to modernise a dated formula by raising the bar for all future 2D RPGs. It’s a whopping slice of nostalgia pie with a beautiful art style and engaging gameplay.
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  2. Easy Allies
    Sep 24, 2023
    90
    Put it all together and Sea of Stars is a work of incredible craftsmanship that captures the essence of the classics that inspired it without feeling like a mere copycat. It’s easy to feel the love that went into every inch of making it, and it simply gets better as it goes. Not only that, but in a year with so many massive games with complex systems and inventories to manage, Sea of Stars feels genuinely refreshing, like a splash of cool water on your face.
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  3. Generación Xbox
    Sep 17, 2023
    96
    Sea of Stars is a masterpiece of a beloved genre, the JRPG. Honoring the most important old school games and offering us a new and enjoyable experience, whether or not you are a lover of this iconic style, it is one of the best games of 2023.
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