Hitting those enemies with those spells breaks their cast (and in some cases will kill them immediately).

Enemies will start casting spells, and three вЂњlocksвЂќ will pop up over their heads corresponding to different ability types. For instance, each character can only have four skills, so making sure every ability type available is key. Because combat is focused to be a lighter focus and about synergizing rather than pummeling enemies, combat is like a puzzle. roles for everyone, each brings their own utility, and that is the key focus of combat.

Instead of also focusing on a вЂњbruiserвЂќ, вЂњwarriorвЂќ, вЂњmageвЂќ, etc. Also, party members can be changed out AT ANY TIME in and out of combat! Instead of character levels, thereвЂ™s a party level! Plus, leveling lets you choose what stats each character gets, making the party your own. Sabotage Studios fixed all of these issues with ease. I also hate when I get tied to party choice and cannot change up the lineup easily. I get turned away so quickly when RPGs have more party members than active members just because itвЂ™s almost inevitable some will get out leveled and obsolete. Which I love as an approach.ДЄs for the combat, I was worried when Boulanger told us that there would be six party members but only 3 could be on the field at a time. Specifically, the world is so detailed because itвЂ™s вЂњabout letting players touch the world and learnвЂќ. There is so much detail in just about every corner that we were shown, and all of it promotes exploration and discovery. The same goes for the open-world elements. Not only can you climb up certain rock faces, but any wall that looks high enough to climb can be climbed. In that 30 minutes, Boulanger tackled the puzzles of the cave, fought several enemies, and showed us some shocking exploration elements too.ДЇirst, Boulanger expressed that any feature the team thought would make the game better will be in this game. In the context of the preview, we saw Boulanger take on a quest that required the two solstice warriors to help pirates get a prize from a mysterious cave. With the budget big enough for them to make it happen, the teamВ wanted to be sure they present a modernized definitive take on the genre they are very close to, just like they did with The Messenger. Even though they were worried about the genre change, their successful 2020 Kickstarter showed the team that their fans were just as excited for this game, too. This project started in 2018, and as Boulanger told us, was Sabotage StudiosвЂ™ dream project. Sea of Stars takes place many years before The Messenger, on an archipelago where two solstice warriors must fight the Fleshmancer. I was given the opportunity to watch about 30 minutes of Sea of Stars hands-off gameplay played by Sabotage Studios President & Creative Director, Thierry Boulanger, and let me say, there is no need to worry. You may know Sabotage Studios from their work on the critically acclaimed action-adventure game, The Messenger.В You may also have been just as confused as I was when Sabotage Studios announced that their next game wouldnвЂ™t be a sequel to The Messenger,but a turn-based RPG instead.

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