Star Ocean: The Last Hope International
- Combines sci-fi and fantasy elements, across multiple planets and the immensity of space itself to recount the origins of the STAR OCEAN universe
- Item creation and Confidential Actions, two hallmarks of the STAR OCEAN franchise, also make their return, allowing for players to delight in upgraded versions of both systems
- Exhilarating combat expands upon the franchise’s dynamic real-time battle system, now featuring incredible graphics owing to Blu-ray Disc
- Up to four characters can take part in battles simultaneously and party members can be switched mid-battle
- New Blindside battle system fuses evasion and offense, enabling players to confuse and ambush enemies by quickly moving out of their line of sight when targeted
Product Description
The year is A.D. 2087. In the aftermath of World War III, Earth has been ravaged and the population decimated by a fading environment. The countries that survived have joined together to form the Greater Unified Nations and turned their eyes skyward…to space. Edge Maverick and his childhood friend Reimi Saionji are chosen as pioneer members of the Space Reconnaissance Force, which was made to seek out new worlds beyond the stars. Their ship, the Calnus, takes its place on the lunar launch pad by the side of with four other starships of the first reconnaissance fleet. These ships – humanity’s last hope – blast off one-by-one and sail into the awaiting wormhole that leads to the vast star ocean. And so, Edge and his crew start their voyage in search of a new haven for humanity…and a second chance.
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the additions to the game are not worth the $60 price tag, they could of at least knocked $10 off. everything that people despised when it was on the 360 version, most of which still exist on the ps3 version. some issues were fixed but not anything a patch for the 360 version couldn’t have had fixed. everything they did, they could of done for the 360 version by releasing a patch.
this is just square-enix trying to milk people for every dollar they can by releasing another failure of a game.
Rating: 2 / 5
Except, its not as fun.
Given, I have about 9 hours logged, I have to force myself to play.
I have an SD TV, so I wont hold responsible the game on this, but I cannot read any of the text, it may as well be in Japanese. I have no freaking thought what any of the menus say, and I marvel if other people can read it because it is so small… but the english dub will make you want to stab your own eye. It was the same in SO3, but luckily this time we can change to japanese with subs, but if you are like me and have a crummy TV, then this will not be much help.
The thoughts, tale line, and flow are much the same now. our ship was attacked by some weird thing, now we are on a planet that looks like the middle ages, yadda yadda… The characters lack depth and do not make me like them. There is the always optimistic and unconflicted male lead, the shy sex object female lead who always screams and makes evocative noises, and then the snobby polite fellow, and the token small kid character. This has always been a conundrum I had with SO… the characters do not let you into their world as they do in Final Fantasy, or other RPGs. (I’m a FF fan ^^) The graphics are nice, but a lot does look like SO3. Including the beginning of fight sequences.
I feel that the boss fights are unproportionatelly hard to the standard mob fights, forcing one to grind considerably (because the mobs are much lower in level then you and it takes a long time to level up) before each boss fight. This is rather irritating.
There is much that could have been incorporated to make this better… in game Battle Trophies could have been linked to your PSN, but they are not. The only trophy I won so far was one for defeating a boss… even though I’ve won a large amount of battle trophies. The item creation could have been linked online, though this is also separate from what I gather… things are much more convoluted then SO3… and I have heard that it lacks the end game awesomeness and extra dungeons that where in SO3. It seems ultimately like a step down.
That being said… its not AWFUL… I am playing it until FFXIII gets out. If my view changes of it before then, I will revise my edit, but for now, this is my experience with the game. It had so much potential, I’m let down for sure.
Rating: 3 / 5
As much as i tried to stay away from this game, due to square selling out to M$, i just couldn’t resist. If you’re in the same boat as me with only a ps3 and are tired of the bull**** sports meeting that are being released then this is your savior. Finally a right rpg to the ps3!!! I have had this game for two days now and have already place about 30 hours into it. I just can’t place the controller down. Maybe im overrating this game and under normal times this would only be a four star game but becuase it feels like such a breath of fresh air after i have been smothered with shooters and all those so called “western” rpg’s that are just plain horrible, it definetly seems like a five star game. Uhh i guess i can in fact review the game now that i’m done venting.
Tale- This is what an rpg is all about. The tale with SO4 is decent, not anything extraordinary, It’s what you would expect with any square enix game. It’s well paced with lots of twists in the plot. But sometimes you have to go back to the formula that works. This is exactly what this nextgen needed. I’m not a person that is into all the sci-fi space travel stuff but SO4 really keeps you interested in the plot. I like it. Also I have heard alot of complaints about the english voice acting…it deosn’t bother me at all. I can see how it could be irritating to some people, but i find humor in all the voices. Also, this version comes with option to play with japanese language with english subtitles so if the voice acting really annoys you than you can just switch.
Battle System – Just about the same as the previos sports meeting. The AI isn’t too retarded, although i still reflect they should try to come up with something similar to the gambit system from ffXII.
Music- Very excellent! Fits nicely with battles and always has the right theme to go by the side of with the plot.
Graphics- Brilliant!
This is an brilliant game so if you are a fan of rpg’s do not miss this one. Tons of replay regard to go by the side of with a excellent tale. I just wish it would have came out further away from FFXIII. Once i get my hands on that i don’t reflect i will be playing anything else for awhile.
Rating: 5 / 5
This game was sick. I never played any other the pther sports meeting but im a huge fan of squareenix and i like the final fantasy series so i didnt expect anything less. If you want a game thats deep, long and splendid battle system this is the game to get until FFXIII.
Rating: 4 / 5
Star Ocean 4 is splendid for rpg fans of this genre. The battle system is excellent, the graphics are excellent but not outstanding. I find myself enjoying very much. This is a splendid rpg that shouldn’t go unobserved. the battles are not to hard or too simple giving the gamer a challenge. My only advice is to get the approach guide cause its real simple to get lost.
Rating: 5 / 5