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* MasterOfAll: Alyssa. While her individual stats aren't the highest, she's still one of the best characters in each stat.

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* MasterOfAll: Alyssa. While her individual stats aren't the highest, she's still one of the best characters in each stat.stat and has an incredibly versatile moveset that lets her run any role.
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* CantDropTheHero: Nope, you can't get rid of Alyssa.


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* MasterOfAll: Alyssa. While her individual stats aren't the highest, she's still one of the best characters in each stat.
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* MechanicallyUnusualFighter: Clarke, whose moveset is centered around him dying and cheating death.
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* GameBreakingBug: If you use a skill that kills Clarke and he's your only living party member, there's a chance that he'll remain dead if you retry the battle.


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* GratuitousEnglish / GratuitousJapanese: Lauren's song is one of these. Averted, however, in her dialogue.
* HarderThanHard: The Super Spy difficulty violently hates your guts and will try to flatten you at any opportunity. It does, however, play completely fair while doing so.


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* LuckBasedMission: Until you get a full party, fights on Super Spy are purely dependent on the RNG not screwing you over.


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* PermanentlyMissableContent: A few things are only doable early on. These are proving the innocence of an NPC, giving 3000 credits to a homeless woman, and not paying to do the fight in the fair. Though you can give the credits shortly after the event in the fair without any issues, the other two become this then.
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* SequentialBoss: The final boss battle.



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[-One million little voices still make a sound.-]

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* FaceHeelTurn: [[spoiler:Arete, the leader of the resistance, betrays the heroes in the end.]]



* GiantSpaceFleaFromNowhere: As per Zeboyd Games' tradition, most bosses in the game are just "there" without any foreshadowing or sometimes even meaning. For example, the Nightmare, the Holographic Knight, the Shade, not to speak of the optional bosses like the giant mutant squirrel.

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* GiantSpaceFleaFromNowhere: As per Zeboyd Games' tradition, most bosses in the game are just "there" without any foreshadowing or sometimes even meaning.foreshadowing. For example, the Nightmare, the Holographic Knight, the Shade, not to speak of the optional bosses like the giant mutant squirrel. The weirdest example has got to be the Gunmancy ultimate test on Nuluup: to pass it you have to defeat three doglike creatures in samurai armor named "Rosie"... Sorry, what?



* SuddenlyVoiced: The game has no voice acting, however when the heroes first meet Lauren (the informant, secret agent and singer) at the Nightshade club we can hear one of her songs during the cutscene. It's written and performed by none other than Laura Shigihara, better known to gamers as the Sunflower from ''VideoGame/PlantsVsZombies''.

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* SuddenlyVoiced: The game has no voice acting, however when the heroes first meet Lauren (the informant, secret agent and singer) at the Nightshade club we can hear [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nrYMQvK1H-Q&feature=youtu.be one of her songs songs]] during the cutscene. It's written and performed by none other than Laura Shigihara, better known to gamers as the Sunflower from ''VideoGame/PlantsVsZombies''.
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* BizarreAlienBiology: The inhabitants of planet Nuluup start their lives as regular humanoids, then they die, at which point their spiritual essence gets brought together again and given new form by being put in a special suit that gives them a humanoid ghostly shape. Basically, like the ectoplasmatic guy from ''Hellboy II''. Their condition makes them attuned to both the physical and spiritual worlds, and this becomes a plot point.

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Alyssa L'Salle, the titular heroine, is one of the best agents of the Agency for Peace and Investigation (API) set on planet Araenu. After uncovering a conspiracy, she is outed as a spy by her own government and forced to flee, crossing paths with a terrorist organization and several new friends and foes, while the API's men are still on her toes. What's the mystery behind the kidnappings and strange experiments that unfold on three separate planets?

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Alyssa L'Salle, the titular heroine, is one of the best agents of the Agency for Peace and Investigation Intelligence (API) set on planet Araenu. After uncovering a conspiracy, she is outed as a spy by her own government and forced to flee, crossing paths with a terrorist organization and several new friends and foes, while the API's men are still on her toes. What's the mystery behind the kidnappings and strange experiments that unfold on three separate planets?



* BrainInAJar: An one-time enemy is a vehicle armed with missiles and operated by a brain in a dome. Its description states that the brain is robotic too.



* KnifeNut: Lauren is adept at using knives.



* OnlyOneName: Most of the characters, except for Alyssa L'Salle, Lauren Gambino and Orson Bolibar. Justified in the case of aliens and robots (though Orson ''is'' an alien), not so much for the humans.

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* OnlyOneName: Most of the characters, except for Alyssa L'Salle, Lauren Gambino and Orson Bolibar. Justified in the case of aliens and robots (though Orson ''is'' an alien), not so much for the humans.

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coolest moment in the game IMHO :)


* OnlyOneName: Most of the characters, except for Alyssa L'Salle and Orson Bolibar. Justified in the case of aliens and robots (though Orson ''is'' an alien), not so much for the humans.

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* OnlyOneName: Most of the characters, except for Alyssa L'Salle L'Salle, Lauren Gambino and Orson Bolibar. Justified in the case of aliens and robots (though Orson ''is'' an alien), not so much for the humans.


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* SuddenlyVoiced: The game has no voice acting, however when the heroes first meet Lauren (the informant, secret agent and singer) at the Nightshade club we can hear one of her songs during the cutscene. It's written and performed by none other than Laura Shigihara, better known to gamers as the Sunflower from ''VideoGame/PlantsVsZombies''.

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* MakeMyMonsterGrow: The Blobmith, a presumably artificial summoned creature that can grow in seconds to {{kaiju}} proportions. It is fought in a very unusual boss battle (see BigLippedAlligatorMoment in the YMMV page).



* OnlyOneName: Most of the characters, except for Alyssa L'Salle and Orson Bolibar. Justified in the case of aliens and robots, not so much for the humans.

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* OnlyOneName: Most of the characters, except for Alyssa L'Salle and Orson Bolibar. Justified in the case of aliens and robots, robots (though Orson ''is'' an alien), not so much for the humans.

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* FlatCharacter: To be honest, none of the characters are very deep, but Chahn takes the cake. She's there from the very beginning of the game, yet we only get to know that she's Alyssa's friend, practices Gunmancy and has the typical perky, optimistic personality. That's it.



** Borisusovksy is usually called Sue by the others and the interface, mostly because his name is too long.

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** Borisusovksy Borisusovsky is usually called Sue by the others and the interface, mostly because his name is too long.


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* SkewedPriorities: Just before the PointOfNoReturn VeryDefinitelyFinalDungeon, it is possible to talk with Dave and unlock his additional mission. While our heroes are trying to save the galaxy, Dave is worried about... someone one-upping all of his high scores at the local arcade.

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* MacGuffin: The Lumina device, a thing that can be used to control anyone's mind and of course fell into the wrong hands.



* WhereAreTheyNowEnding: The ending cutscene shows what the various party members are up to after having defeated the final enemy and saved the galaxy... They pretty much go on doing the same things they did before [[spoiler:except for Sue, who's now become the API's new director.]]

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* WhereAreTheyNowEnding: WhereAreTheyNowEpilogue: The ending cutscene shows what the various party members are up to after having defeated the final enemy and saved the galaxy... They pretty much go on doing the same things they did before [[spoiler:except for Sue, who's now become the API's new director.]]

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* OnlyKnownByTheirNickname: Arete, the leader of the terrorist group Astrea. Her real name is unknown. Although an ApocalypticLog found on the abandoned lab on Rhomu during an optional mission near the end of the game implies that her name is [[spoiler:Lisa Ananke.]]

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Arete, the leader of the terrorist group Astrea. Her real name is unknown. Although an ApocalypticLog found on the abandoned lab on Rhomu during an optional mission near the end of the game implies that her name is [[spoiler:Lisa Ananke.]]]]
** Borisusovksy is usually called Sue by the others and the interface, mostly because his name is too long.
* OnlyOneName: Most of the characters, except for Alyssa L'Salle and Orson Bolibar. Justified in the case of aliens and robots, not so much for the humans.



* SunglassesAtNight: Sue and the API's director Steele are never seen without their sunglasses. It could be that they hide some cybernetic modifications.

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* SunglassesAtNight: Sue and the API's director Steele are never seen without their sunglasses. It could be that they hide some cybernetic modifications. [[spoiler:Though in the ending sequence we get to see Sue's eyes.]]


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* WhereAreTheyNowEnding: The ending cutscene shows what the various party members are up to after having defeated the final enemy and saved the galaxy... They pretty much go on doing the same things they did before [[spoiler:except for Sue, who's now become the API's new director.]]
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* BonusBoss: Two of them, [[VideoGame/CthulhuSavesTheWorld Cthulhu]] and [[VideoGame/BreathofDeathVII Dem]], are from previous Zeboyd titles.

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* BonusBoss: Two of them, From previous Zeboyd titles: [[VideoGame/BreathofDeathVII Lita, Dem]] and [[VideoGame/CthulhuSavesTheWorld Cthulhu]] and [[VideoGame/BreathofDeathVII Dem]], are from previous Zeboyd titles.Cthulhu himself]]. The latter gives somewhat poor rewards, then again he's always been kind of a jerk.



* DugTooDeep: The Zanzaran Mines are abandoned because the miners have inadvertently unleashed all manners of ghosts and demons.

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* DugTooDeep: The Zanzaran Mines are abandoned because the miners have inadvertently unleashed all manners of ghosts and demons. One NPC even says the very trope name.

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* BetterToDieThanBeKilled: After being defeated, [[spoiler:Director Steele]] blows himself up rather than suffer the indignity of being arrested for what he'd done. He was pretty much gone crazy at that point.

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* BetterToDieThanBeKilled: After being defeated, [[spoiler:Director Steele]] blows himself up rather than suffer the indignity of being arrested for what he'd done.killed by the heroes. He was pretty much gone crazy at that point.


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* StandardStatusEffects: There are several.
** Stunned, Charmed, Poison: These are pretty self-explanatory. The latter only works on organic creatures.
** Rust: Only works on robots. Halves defenses and reduces turn frequency.
** Cursed: Only works on spectral creatures. 15% damage penalty and lowers ailment resistance.
** Vulnerable: Next hit causes double damage.
** Disarm: 35% damage penalty for one turn.
** Enrage: All hits target the attacker if possible, 25% damage penalty on attacks that hit multiple targets.
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* AntiFrustrationFeatures: A staple of Zeboyd Games. You can save whenever, change the difficulty on the fly, the enemy encounters are clearly visible on the map and, while the encounters are finite, if you need to grind you can select in the menu the option to fight "virtual" battles against enemies you've already defeated.

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''Cosmic Star Heroine'' is, like the previous Zeboyd productions, a throwback to classic 16-bit [=JRPGs=], but much longer and more epic in scope than those, and with an all-new and more complex battle system.

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''Cosmic Star Heroine'' is, like the previous Zeboyd productions, a throwback to classic 16-bit [=JRPGs=], but much longer and more epic in scope than those, and with an all-new a refined and more complex battle system.


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* BetterToDieThanBeKilled: After being defeated, [[spoiler:Director Steele]] blows himself up rather than suffer the indignity of being arrested for what he'd done. He was pretty much gone crazy at that point.


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* SpaceWestern: The cities under the surface of planet Rhomu are Wild West towns In Space, complete with sheriff, bandits, bounty hunters, saloons and so on.
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* IdiosyncraticDifficultyLevels: [[EasierThanEasy Tourist]], Agent, Heroine and [[HarderThanHard Super Spy]].


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* SunglassesAtNight: Sue and the API's director Steele are never seen without their sunglasses. It could be that they hide some cybernetic modifications.

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* NominalImportance: Several of the NPC that aren't named just "Man/Woman/Robot" etc. can be recruited to be part of the protagonists' crew on the spaceship they stole. They will give some additional effects during the battle, one at a time.

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Several of the NPC that aren't named just "Man/Woman/Robot" etc. can be recruited to be part of the protagonists' crew on the spaceship they stole. They will give some additional effects during the battle, one at a time.time.
** Subverted in the case of Jaxx Blasterfist, an assassin sent by the API to get rid of Alyssa in the early part of the game. He's an optional encounter, also meeting and defeating him doesn't trigger any dialogue, much less a cutscene, and is immediately forgotten.

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* OnlyKnownByTheirNickname: Arete, the leader of the terrorist group Astrea. Her real name is unknown.

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* NominalImportance: Several of the NPC that aren't named just "Man/Woman/Robot" etc. can be recruited to be part of the protagonists' crew on the spaceship they stole. They will give some additional effects during the battle, one at a time.
* OnlyKnownByTheirNickname: Arete, the leader of the terrorist group Astrea. Her real name is unknown. Although an ApocalypticLog found on the abandoned lab on Rhomu during an optional mission near the end of the game implies that her name is [[spoiler:Lisa Ananke.]]

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* DugTooDeep: The Zanzaran Mines are abandoned because the miners have inadvertently unleashed all manners of ghosts and demons

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* DugTooDeep: The Zanzaran Mines are abandoned because the miners have inadvertently unleashed all manners of ghosts and demonsdemons.


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** [[https://www.gamasutra.com/view/news/297484/7_classic_RPGs_that_inspired_Cosmic_Star_Heroine.php This article]] details other sources of inspiration.
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* BadassInANiceSuit: Borisusovsky AKA "Sue", the HuskyRusskie API agent in a snazzy black suit and sunglasses, who joins Alyssa's group after she uncovers the cospiracy. He only needs his punches to defeat enemies.
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'''Cosmic Star Heroine''' is Zeboyd Games' first full-fledged EasternRPG after the two short comedic titles ''VideoGame/BreathOfDeathVII'' and ''VideoGame/CthulhuSavesTheWorld'', and chapters 3 and 4 of ''Penny Arcade Adventures''. After a successful Kickstarter campaign that ended in October 2013 with more than $130,000 raised, the game was finally released on April 11, 2017 on UsefulNotes/{{Steam}} and UsefulNotes/PlayStation4.

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'''Cosmic Star Heroine''' is Zeboyd Games' first full-fledged EasternRPG after the two short comedic titles ''VideoGame/BreathOfDeathVII'' and ''VideoGame/CthulhuSavesTheWorld'', and chapters 3 and 4 of ''Penny Arcade Adventures''. ''VideoGame/PennyArcadeAdventures''. After a successful Kickstarter Website/{{Kickstarter}} campaign that ended in October 2013 with more than $130,000 raised, the game was finally released on April 11, 2017 on UsefulNotes/{{Steam}} and UsefulNotes/PlayStation4.

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* GiantSpaceFleaFromNowhere: As per Zeboyd Games' tradition, most bosses in the game are just "there" without any foreshadowing or sometimes even logic. For example, the Nightmare, the Holographic Knight, the Shade, not to speak of the optional bonus bosses like the giant mutant squirrel.

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* BonusBoss: Two of them, [[VideoGame/CthulhuSavesTheWorld Cthulhu]] and [[VideoGame/BreathofDeathVII Dem]], are from previous Zeboyd titles.
* DanceBattler: Clarke the robot, another member of the party, is more or less this.
* DugTooDeep: The Zanzaran Mines are abandoned because the miners have inadvertently unleashed all manners of ghosts and demons
* GiantSpaceFleaFromNowhere: As per Zeboyd Games' tradition, most bosses in the game are just "there" without any foreshadowing or sometimes even logic. meaning. For example, the Nightmare, the Holographic Knight, the Shade, not to speak of the optional bonus bosses like the giant mutant squirrel.

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* Homage:HiveMind: The Scimerex, a race of insectoid aliens, are organized in one of these, but they still have their individual identities. One of them, Psybe, becomes a party member. Unlike most examples in media, they are peaceful and have a mostly spiritual connection to one another.
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* Homage:
** The whole game is a homage to ''VideoGame/ChronoTrigger'' and ''VideoGame/PhantasyStar''. For a more specific example, the Freedom Festival is basically CT's Millennium Fair under another name.
** One optional sub-quest set in a police station full of zombies is ''VideoGame/ResidentEvil2'' in all but name.
* OnlyKnownByTheirNickname: Arete, the leader of the terrorist group Astrea. Her real name is unknown.



* WhateverMancy: Gunmancy, or the art of summoning guns, that originated on planet Nuluup. Alyssa's friend Chahn is a practitioner.

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* WhateverMancy: Gunmancy, or the art of summoning guns, that originated on planet Nuluup. Alyssa's friend Chahn is a practitioner.practitioner.
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* SciFiKitchenSink: With some FantasyKitchenSink as well. Alyssa knows or will meet in her travels robots, cyborgs, mutants, aliens, ghosts, [[BreadEggsBreadedEggs alien ghosts]], demons, zombies, mecha, kaiju, [[SerialEscalation Cthulhu]]...

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* GiantSpaceFleaFromNowhere: As per Zeboyd Games' tradition, most bosses in the game are just "there" without any foreshadowing or sometimes even logic. For example, the Nightmare, the Holographic Knight, the Shade, not to speak of the optional bonus bosses like the giant mutant squirrel.
* SciFiKitchenSink: With some FantasyKitchenSink as well. Alyssa knows or will meet in her travels robots, cyborgs, mutants, aliens, ghosts, [[BreadEggsBreadedEggs alien ghosts]], demons, zombies, mecha, kaiju, [[SerialEscalation Cthulhu]]...Cthulhu]]...
* WhateverMancy: Gunmancy, or the art of summoning guns, that originated on planet Nuluup. Alyssa's friend Chahn is a practitioner.

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''Cosmic Star Heroine'' is, like the previous Zeboyd productions, a throwback to classic 16-bit [=JRPGS=], but much longer and more epic in scope than those, and with an all-new and more complex battle system.
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''Cosmic Star Heroine'' is, like the previous Zeboyd productions, a throwback to classic 16-bit [=JRPGS=], [=JRPGs=], but much longer and more epic in scope than those, and with an all-new and more complex battle system.
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* {{Animesque}}: The main characters' portraits are drawn in a Japanese-inspired style, as a homage to the origin of those games CSH takes inspiration from.
* BadassCape: Alien bounty hunter Z'xorv is quite fond of these.
* SciFiKitchenSink: With some FantasyKitchenSink as well. Alyssa knows or will meet in her travels robots, cyborgs, mutants, aliens, ghosts, [[BreadEggsBreadedEggs alien ghosts]], demons, zombies, mecha, kaiju, [[SerialEscalation Cthulhu]]...
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'''Cosmic Star Heroine''' is Zeboyd Games' first full-fledged EasternRPG after the two short comedic titles ''VideoGame/BreathOfDeathVII'' and ''VideoGame/CthulhuSavesTheWorld'', and chapters 3 and 4 of ''Penny Arcade Adventures''. After a successful Kickstarter campaign that ended in October 2013 with more than $130,000 raised, the game was finally released on April 11, 2017 on UsefulNotes/{{Steam}} and UsefulNotes/PlayStation4.

Alyssa L'Salle, the titular heroine, is one of the best agents of the Agency for Peace and Investigation (API) set on planet Araenu. After uncovering a conspiracy, she is outed as a spy by her own government and forced to flee, crossing paths with a terrorist organization and several new friends and foes, while the API's men are still on her toes. What's the mystery behind the kidnappings and strange experiments that unfold on three separate planets?

''Cosmic Star Heroine'' is, like the previous Zeboyd productions, a throwback to classic 16-bit [=JRPGS=], but much longer and more epic in scope than those, and with an all-new and more complex battle system.
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