Secret of the Stars

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Secret of the Stars (named Aqutallion in Japan) was a 2D role-playing game (RPG) released in 1995 and developed and published by Tecmo for the Super NES.

1 Gameplay
2 Plot
3 Developmental history
4 Reception
5 References
6 External links

[edit] Gameplay

The battle system follows the traditional RPG battle system where the party trades blows with opponents in simple turn-based fashion, the player selecting all commands for the following round of combat and then watching the results. Play switches between two parties throughout the game. Certain areas are inaccessible without the right party.

[edit] Plot

The main character Ray and his party of Aqutallion warriors quest to find and destroy Homncruse, the evil power threatening their world. Villains encountered along the way are Cat Boo, Gas Slug, and the boss Badbad with his lackeys the Badmen, who transformed people into dogs.

[edit] Developmental history

In Cowering's GoodSNES Set, there is a prototype of the USA version of Secret Of The Stars, which has a slightly different Title screen and has frequent gameplay glitches to the point of being unplayable.

[edit] Reception

The game was panned by many critics and gamers. One major complaint was about the separation of Aqutallion and Kustera parties; others complained that the Kusteras were never fully used in the course of the game. In addition, being required to level up two parties exacerbated what they believed to be a system that required excessive leveling to advance the plot, and the relatively high amount of enemies that are needed for the player's party to gain levels. Even the story, graphics and gameplay were attacked by many, calling them poorly written, NES-like, and simplistic. Since then, Tecmo has not made any similar Role-playing games.