I believe a good JRPG can be one of the coziest experiences in gaming, and after playing the demo for Sea of Stars, I felt transported—Ratatouille style—back to my childhood playing on the Super Nintendo. I spoke to developer Sabotage about how it captured the spirit of the ’90s classics so well.
French indie outfit Sabotage doesn’t have a long, illustrious track record. Its first game, the The Messenger, was great, but still a far cry from a grand globe-trotting fantasy adventure like Sea of Stars. And yet, it’s swinging for the fences with its second title, invoking some heavyweight classics in the genre and aiming to exceed them. From the short slice of the game I’ve played so far (a demo still available on Steam), I think it might be able to pull it off.
