Cosmic Star Heroine Once again, I am taking a detour from old school gaming to more modern fare. Well, sort of. Cosmic Star Heroine may have come out relatively recently, but it has old school RPG written all over it. From the pixel art to the narrative to the style and atmosphere, this looks exactly like something that would have came out on the SNES in 1995. It plays like it too, which is a very, very good thing. Make no mistake about it, CSH is a very, very flawed game. Much of it is simply a function of it being a kickstarter funded indie game designed by a small team. Making a video game is hard work and you can’t expect the same level of perfection you can from a developer that has a 1,000+ man team. Some of the flaws were design based and there is room for improvement, but it doesn’t change the fact that I want to see more games like this. The story puts you in the shoes of Alyssa La’Salle, o...
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