A really solid RPG that I got to support my local gamedev scene (Chile) so I'm glad that it was as enjoyable as it was. Solid story and solid game balance. The latter's exception may just be the final boss, but, also, I think that may be alright(?) when I consider the plot at that point (and the extremely overpowered sniper you can get for Rourke lmao). The rest of the bosses sometimes felt like a struggle for my life despite not losing once against them, a feeling I think is great when it is about a boss in this type of story in particular. So, just an overall very consistent and very fun game with fun chracters whom I all felt close to my heart by the end.

I also appreciate the distinct lack of any direct/mentioned romantic tension between any of the characters, just all friends part of the same rebellious group. As an aroace person it was fun seeing a story kinda discard those notions altogether.

Maybe my two other gripes, one silly and one kinda serious, is that you can't pet the animals, while the other is that I hoped that you didn't get to choose who to hang out the few times it prompted you to, it kinda made me not care as much about certain characters compared to the ones I got to spend time with, but, also, that's just kinda how life is while being chased by the embodiment of the worldwide military industrial complex controlled by empires as it creates excuses to start wars sometimes! So maybe this complaint is also a little silly.

edit: i can't believe i originally wrote jrpg instead of rpg lmao brain is completely consumed by The Rot

13 years ago, in a family reunion, i got through the entire game in a rush, only being stopped by the final boss' mashing button attack sequence. in the following days, i asked for help from many people, and nobody could get through it. i ended up losing the flashcard where the game and its save was. starfy was left as a loose end in my life. each year i considered going back into the game, but it proved difficult as i had other things to do and other games to play.

today, july 30th 2023, i beat the final boss in a single try. and also 100% the game. it was fun!! i liked it and it was cute:)
note: i didn't do the 10th world, i'll do it some other time i think

this was a video game

one of them

of all time

during the final level of mission 11 i genuinely felt like i had gone into a trance-like state, able to see both what the game was about to do and what i had to do to get to it, my hands and brain felt like it had become one with my cutely decorated nintendo switch and, as i got that first try ace medal, i felt like as if i had just experienced a lucid dream where everything had been under my control despite everything else trying to take that away from me

no one, not even the middle-of-the-road story, can take that experience away from me