Save the Light

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Save the Light is a Steven Universe video game for PlayStation 4 and Xbox One and the direct sequel to Attack the Light. It was released on October 31, 2017, on the PlayStation 4 and on November 3, 2017, on the Xbox One.

Synopsis

Coming to consoles this fall!

A mysterious warrior arrives in Beach City and steals a powerful weapon, and it’s up to the Crystal Gems to embark on a magical mission to end all magical missions. Steven and the Gems must travel far beyond Beach City, battle an army of creepy creatures, and stop a no-good Prism-snatcher in order to Save the Light!

Features

Updated battle system with a customizable character selection scheme. The player can choose who will lead the team. Only Steven cannot be removed from the group.^[2]
More emphasis on exploration and puzzle-solving in 3D environments.
An original story from Rebecca Sugar and her Steven Universe show team.^[3]
The game will feature a total of eight playable characters, not including fusions.^[4]
- One of the eight characters will be available as DLC after the game's launch.^[5]
More fusions will be available as character abilities.^[6]
- According to Grumpyface Studios, there are more fusions that haven’t been shown yet.^[7]
Side quests, a crafting system, character perks, and upgrades will be available.^[8]
- Helping in side quests will bring random rewards for the characters.
There will be situations throughout the game where the player must make gameplay-affecting decisions.
- This can vary from which Crystal Gem is introduced in the game first, to naming monsters.
Helping characters during a battle can increase their bond, adding new strategies to the battle system.
- This can vary from special team attacks to allowing certain characters to Fuse together for the duration of a battle.

Plot

The game starts when Steven is telling the story of the previous game. After the intro Steven and Connie are in the Beach House, playing with the White Light. Then suddenly the Prism starts to feel another presence and leaves Steven, which causes him to follow the Prism. Steven and Connie after following it, end up in It's a Wash, where they find a terrified Greg. It's shown that a giant spaceship is above the car wash and then crash it when it lands. After that, a Gem called Hessonite exit the spaceship and takes the Prism, only to discover much to her disappointment that the form it takes is a weak one. After leaving, Steven alongside Connie and his father, fight a group of Light soldiers who attack Beach City. While fighting several of the Light soldiers, Steven finds one of the Crystal Gems who tell him that Hessonite has traveled to the forest, and go to find her. During their travel through the forest, they discover Hessonite in a terminal trying to fix to Prism only to discover the Crystal Gems, after that she makes the Prism attack by creating a creature to destroy them. After defeating the creature, Garnet appears and tells Steven that they must go to The Forge, where they upgrade their weapons, after that, they leave to the Great North.

While traveling in the Great North, the Crystal Gems find another Peridot who Steven nicknames "Squaridot", who tries to defeat them by orders of Hessonite. They later take her to the Barn where Lapis and Peridot are staying, as Steven believes they can convince her to become friends with them. Only for Squaridot not only being angry at Peridot because of her rebellion but also attempts to attack Steven only to be poofed, but not before revealing by accident that Hessonite is in the Strawberry Battlefield. Later Peridot tells that she can repair the computer terminal and track down Hessonite by using tungsten who is around the Battlefield. During the journey, Peridot reveals that Hessonite's behavior is strange as she knows them for being important military commanders, then reveals that the Hessonite they are tracking down is an important war hero because of the Rebellion and that the Prism is her weapon who she has used against the Crystal Gems. After collecting all the tungsten, Peridot is able to repair the terminal and discovers that Hessonite is in the Sky Arena. In an instant, they fight a giant armored creature who they defeat. After defeating it, they travel to the Sky Arena, where they find Hessonite unsuccessfully trying to make the Prism take a more stronger form only to keep taking the form of Steven. After leaving they discover that Hessonite has traveled back to Gem Battlefield in the location of where the Pyramid Temple used to be, where they discover a secret entrance to another temple.

While exploring the temple, the Crystal Gems find Hessonite who defeats them easily in a battle, but before she strikes Steven the Prism blinds them. When Connie wakes up, she discovers that Garnet has been defused, Sapphire instructs Connie and Peridot to find two keys to open a door. While Pearl, Amethyst, and Greg are instructed by Ruby to fix a couple of mechanisms and a key to leave. Steven then wakes up in an astral plane where he learns that the Prism was a gift from Yellow Diamond to Hessonite, who use it to fight during the Rebellion, only to lose it during a fight with Rose and had to leave it when the Corrupting Light was used. He's then found by Connie, Peridot, and Sapphire and then he reunites with the rest. After reuniting to the place where they were defeated, they encounter the Light Warrior who attacks them. After defeating the construct, they learn that Steven's having visions and discovers that Hessonite is now at The Forge. After getting there they discover a secret part of The Forge made by Bismuth who Hessonite tries to use to upgrade the Prism with. After fighting their way through they discover too late that Hessonite has traveled back to her Warship. Steven and the Crystal Gems use Lion to travel there and fight Hessonite who uses an upgraded Light Warrior, only to be defeated. When Hessonite loses, she admits disappointment in herself for losing against the Crystal Gems and the Prism, who decides to stay on Earth, while Hessonite chooses to rebel and leaves to discover herself. After returning to the Barn, the Crystal Gems celebrate their victory with the Prism.

An alternate bad ending can be unlocked if the Prism chooses to stay with Hessonite, much to her surprise she welcomes back the Prism and announces that together they'll have a fresh start and together can conquer new worlds. After escaping, Connie fears what will happen, while Steven feels disappointed and fearful about the Prism now that it has chosen to remain with Hessonite and remain with their original programming.

Characters

Playable

Fusions

NPC

Bosses

Insecti-Saw/Furnace Face/Dave/The Bladeinator
Squaridot^[9]
Duke of Strawberries/Excalicrush/Mace McGillicuddy/Spikey McSpikeball
Light Warrior
The Prism: Spectral Conclusion
Hessonite

Locations

Beach City
Beach City Woods
The Great North
The Barn
Gem Battlefield
Ancient Sky Arena
Secret Temple of Secrets/Danger Dungeon/Pyramid O' Peril/The Spooky Basement
Light Prism's Astral Plane
The Forge
Hessonite's Warship

Items

Steven's Items

Fry Bits
Fire Salt Fry Bits
Ranch 'n Bacon Fry Bits
Together Breakfast
Star Fruit
Super Star Fruit
Cookie Cat
Green/Purple Key
Chroma
Green Dew
Rose's Tears
Level Up Charm
Beefy Sweatband
A Big Donut
Speedy Sneaks
Star Shake
Lucky Crown
Bicycle Helmet
Redo Charm
Ranch'n Bacon Fry Bits
Bottle of Rose's Tears
Thoughtful Gift
Together Forever Breakfast
Fire Salt
White Star Fruit
Feelgood Tea
Feelgreat Tea
Feelawesome Tea
Bagel Sandwich
Bear Claw

Key Items

Weapon Schematic
Mayor Dewey's Doodle
Light Dew
Big Ice Cube
Ice Cream Donut
Tungsten
An Ode To _______ (Vidalia’s Portrait)
Lion Lickers
Glow Stick
Boltron Token
Dull Pizza Cutter
Sharp Pizza Cutter
Forged Pizza Cutter
Really Cool Sword
Pizza Deliveries (Suitcase Sam, Onion, and Amethyst)
Secret Hoozywhatzit
Engraved Stone Piece
Perfect Pinchop

Badges

XP Badge
Harmony Badge
Attack Badge
Healthy Human Badge
Kudos Badge
Lucky Zap Badge
Sluggish Regen Badge
Leaf Shield Badge
Lucky Badge
Bundled Up Badge
Freebie Badge
Fireproof Badge
Heal Aura Badge
Star Cap Badge
Immunity Badge
Poison Badge
Shamrock Badge
The Perfect Cast Badge
Lucky Flame Badge
Parachute Badge
Recharge Badge
Lucky Star Badge
Iron Boots Badge
Hardhat Badge
KO Badge
Super XP Badge
Star Block Badge
Lucky Gaze Badge
Turtle Badge
Lucky Poison Badge
Lucky Restore Badge
Super Harmony Badge
Insult Badge
Economist Badge
Nicer Regen Badge
Lucky Beserker Badge
Lucky Zap Badge
Nicer Regen Badge
Fireproof Badge
Speedy Badge
Rose's Tear Badge
Star Cap Badge
CBF Badge
Grumpy Badge
Beserker Badge
Ember Badge
Friendship Badge
Heal Aura Badge
Star Starter Badge
Iron Boots Badge

Achievements

Donut Hole in One: Jump through a big donut
Attack the Light: Defeat 100 Light Constructs
Perfect Ten: Perform 10 Perfect blocks in a row
Somebody's Perfect: Perform 10 Perfect attacks in a row
Delivery Boy: Complete all the Fish Stew Pizza deliveries
Work of Art: Help Vidalia finish her masterpiece
Future Boy Boltron: Receive every fortune from BOLTRON: SON OF ZOLTRON
Boss Beater-Uppers: Defeat any boss without letting any party members be defeated
Trifecta: Defeat three enemies with a single attack
POW!!!: Deliver over 100 damage with one ability
Team Building Exercise: Perform every fusion and team attack
Lil' Dudes: Recover every Lil' Light Steven
Crying Breakfast Friend: Defeat any boss while wearing the CBF Badge
Adventure is Out There: Travel to every zone
Perfect Porkchop: Complete the game to 100%
Believe in Steven: Collect all other achievements
Is This Canon?: Experience an alternate sequence of events...
We Always Save the Day: Save Light Steven and the Prism
Best Case Scenario: Win the fight and then go out for pizzas!
Back in Bismuth: Fully upgrade all weapons at The Forge

Trivia

The game was originally planned for a Summer 2017 launch but was pushed back to Fall 2017.^[1]
On June 1, 2017, Cartoon Network released "The Light Series"-themed stickers for iMessage.
On August 31, 2017, a game demo was released for the first time from 5 p.m. to 9 p.m. during the annual ID@Xbox Pre-PAX Open House.^[10]
Similar to its predecessor Attack the Light, the designs for the game are based on the distant character design for rendering purposes.
Grumpyface Studios have stated that there are still plans for porting the game to the PC and Nintendo Switch.^[11]
An interview of the game development and design process was shown in the CN GAMES Panel in September 1, 2017, revealing some concept art of the Fusion Gems, Peridot and Squaridot.^[12]
Grumpyface Studios has stated that they plan to release some DLC for the game.^[13]
When the Gems fuse, they use choreography borrowed from their Fusion dances on the show.^[14]
- Steven and Connie dance the exact same dance they used to form Stevonnie in Mindful Education, but finish with a jump towards each other rather than standing back to back.
- Amethyst uses dance moves from the first formations of Opal and Sugilite.
- Pearl uses the same pirouette from the start of Sardonyx's fusion dance.
- Garnet uses her dance moves from the first shown use of Alexandrite's fusion dance.

Cultural References

The poses that Steven and the White Light do are the "Fusion Dance" from Dragon Ball Z and the "Bond pose" from the eponymous character.

Continuity

Greg mentions that he's still rich from the check he got in "Drop Beat Dad".
Steven and Connie's fusion dance is similar to the one from "Mindful Education".
Lars still has olive skin and orange-brown hair, indicating this takes place before Wanted, and by extension, StevenBomb 6.
The White Light still has its Steven form from the ending of the first game.
In Beach City Funland there is a new machine called "Boltron", stated to be the son of Zoltron.
Bismuth's Forge turns out that is still able to enter despite Bismuth's bubbling and that it has a secret room with a statue of Rose Quartz.
Hessonite recalls the events of the Rebellion from "Monster Reunion", as she comments that her troops had to flee Earth "very quickly" and that she lost some of them.
There are Citrine guards watching the entrance of Hessonite's Warship, as they are stated to be a Quartz type made to serve Elite Gems.
Peridot mentions The New Crystal Gems to Connie.
Steven reminds Greg of the events of "Ocean Gem" and StevenBomb 5 as the two crazy weekends he went through, also reveals that the other one was about accepting a two hundred taco challenge.

Errors

Content

Smoky Quartz is accidentally referred to as "she/her" instead of "they/them". This is intended to be rectified in an upcoming bug patch.
Peridot says the quote "Well, I certainley wouldn't know" instead of "certainly". This will be fixed in an upcoming bug patch.
Amethyst's gemstone is missing on Opal.

Technical

The game is prone to freeze during battle or when interacting with items.
- Saving and quitting is still possible.
- Grumpyface Studios will be pushing an update to fix this.^[15]
- This bug patch was released on November 10, 2017.^[16]
- Another bug patch was released on December 11, 2017.^[17]
- Another bugfix and stability patch is underway, but they don't have an ETA to provide at this time.^[18]
Character models will sometimes phase through key gates depending on the gate's placement angle.
Sometimes audio tracks will play on repeat, but this seems to go away after a few minutes.