I really want to like this game but after eight hours with it, I'm finding that Sea of Stars loses my interest more often than not. The structure, the charm, the art, the music, the world, and even the combat to an extent are there. Unfortunately between drawn-out enemy encounters that drag on and on, no auto battle functionality or even a fleeing option, incredibly slow mechanical progression and leveling, nonexistent characters, and some abysmal dialogue it just can't remain interesting.

This should have been great but it ends as quite a middling attempt in this new phase of retro-styled JRPGS.