Sea of Stars starts out a little sluggish, and after the first 5-10 hours I was almost ready to drop it. But it gets better and better the longer it goes. Its essentially a clone of Chrono Trigger with Super Mario RPG hit timing but has influences from many other 16 bit RPGs too.

The overall presentation is sublime. Graphics are beyond anything a 16 bit machine could have cranked out, and the music.....man, the MUSIC. Every single piece of music is incredible, and will definitely stand along side anything Uematsu created for Squaresoft during its golden age. Just sublime. No surprise, as its the same composer that created the unforgettable soundtrack for Chrono Trigger.

Story is a little generic and formulaic, but its still pretty effective, with some great emotional moments too. I will say the two protagonists are fairly bland, and the dialogue isn't going to win any awards, but it gets the job done. I don't know if it was really worth grinding for hours to get those stupid conches just to see the "true" ending, but hey I did it anyway, and no regrets.

Overall, its just a really solid love letter to classic 16 bit RPGs, which i enjoyed for most of the 40 or so hours I put into it. Honestly, I would play like another 10 of these games.