RELEASE DATE: 2/9/2010
DEVELOPED BY:
BROUGHT TO YOU BY:
Xxain Valaar
SPECAIL GUEST
OUTLAWAURON
"Hey Guy's im gonna be your special guest host for the STAR OCEAN: THE LAST HOPE INTERNATIONAL thread. Though Xxain is creating the thread, he wont be participating from the get go do to his Blu Ray drive crashing, so he will be avoidling the thread temporally..so shall we begin?"
- PROLOUGE -
The Last Hope takes place on Earth in the year S.D. 0010 where the world is on the brink of destruction. In A.D. 2064 World War III broke out after several clashes between the World Republic Federation, the ruling government body on Earth, and its enemies around the world. Weapons of Mass Destruction were utilized by both factions of the war without hesitation, razing the lands on Earth. The declining situation lead the people to believe that the end of the world was nearing, but the critical situation forced both factions to declare a ceasefire. In the aftermath of the war, most of the Earth's population has been killed and the natural environment was deteriorating at an alarming rate.
The surviving population of mankind were forced to live in the confinement of underground cities and the countries banded together to form an organization known as the Greater United Nations. The Universal Science and Technology Administration or USTA was established by the Greater United Nations, its mission was to locate a new home planet for mankind in the far reaches of outer space. A.D. 2087, Professor Trillas Bachtein succeeded in his warp drive experiments which was a breakthrough in space travel. In S.D. 0001, the first year of the newly established Spacedate calendar, the USTA secretly put in motion its Space Reconnaissance Force or SRF project which would then in S.D. 0010 send the first human expedition into outer space to locate a suitable planet for the relocation of mankind.
OUTLAW SAY'S:
"Though the title says The Last Hope..It's really not. Star Ocean 4 is a prequel to the series which tells the story of man's first adventure in the Ocean of Stars. If you have never played a Star Ocean( Shame on you) this is a good start, but dont worry long time Star Ocean fans there littlee treats in her for you as well that only a fan would notice."
- CHARCACTERS -
EDGE MAVEDRICK
RACE: EARTHLING
SEX: MALE
AGE: 20
Edge is the captain of the SRF-003 Calnus, a spaceship, who is an honest young man with a strong sense of responsibility and justice. He initially volunteered to take part in the maiden voyage of the SRF to save mankind from the brink of extinction and soon becomes captain of the Calnus after the events of the first mission. He is rather impulsive and jumps into things head first without considering the consequences; his age has also caused him to be underestimated even by some of his inferiors in the SRF.
REIMI SAIONJI
RACE: EARTHLING
SEX: FEMALE
AGE: 19
Reimi is the childhood friend of Edge as well as an inaugural member of the first SRF mission. She was chosen to join the SRF after she passed the USTA's examinations with flying colors. Her skills with a bow are like no other having mastered both Western and Eastern styles of archery. Although she always appears to be a cheerful person to her friends constantly carrying a smile, she treats herself very harshly though she never shows it. Her parents serve as boardmembers of the Space Development Division of the USTA
FAIZE SHEIFA BALETH
RACE: ELDARIAN
SEX: MALE
AGE 18
Faize is a young man from the planet Eldar and is part of its Planetary Exploration Team. He treats etiquette with the utmost importantce and often holds in high regard those who possess skills and abilities which he does not. He is the first extraterrestrial that Edge and Reimi meet and was deeply impressed by Edge's swordsmanship and strong leadership. He is often calm and collected and possesses vast talents such as calculated reasoning and engineering talents which enabled him to build his own spacecraft
LYMLE LEMURI PHI
RACE: LEMURISIAN
SEX: FEMALE
AGE: 15
Lymle is a young girl who lives in the village of Triom on the planet Lemuris, she lost her parents at a young age and has since been raised by her grandfather, the village chief. She was born talented gaining the ability to use Symbology, a form of magic, from birth. She is a spoiled child who is often mischievous, due to an incident when she was younger she had previously closed the world out and speaks and acts like someone younger than her age. She took an immediate dislike to Faize when they first met on Lemuris due to his first impression of her.
MERACLE CHAMLOTTE
RACE: LESSER FELLPOOL
SEX: FEMALE
AGE: 16
Meracle is a cat-like human female, she is always the most cheerful of the group. She was initially kept a prisoner on an alternate version of Earth as an experiment due to her alien origin. As she has a partially animal-like nature, she tends to have cat-like qualities such as higher hearing and smelling senses as well as a strong sense of curiosity. She has a big appetite and is constantly hungry, always shouting out "Yummy!" whenever she sees food or something similar to it.
BACCHUS D-79
RACE: MORPHUS
SEX: MALE
AGE 32
Bacchus is a scientist from the planet En II, which possesses the latest cutting edge technology which is miles ahead of that of Earth. He is the oldest of the group and voluntarily transformed his body into that of a cyborg in order to handle more complex thoughts and calculations, however this has led him to lose the ability to easily express his emotions though he still has a strong sense of justice. His cyborg body has also allowed him to be the most resourceful of the group as he has the ability to camouflage himself
MYURIA TIONYISUS
RACE: MORPHUS
SEX: FEMALE
AGE 22
Myuria is a researcher and combat fighter born on the planet En II, the same planet as Bacchus though they have never met before. She has a very determined personality, never giving up on whatever she has set her heart on accomplishing, and is very agile and battle fit. She also puts on a calm personality to her friends but changes to a rather serious attitude when situations get grave. Her ship crashed when she was on honeymoon when it was caught in between an alien spaceship and Crowe's spaceship, the SRF-001 Aquila
ARUMAT P. THANATOS
RACE:ELDARIAN
SEX: MALE
AGE: 26
Arumat is a warrior from the planet Eldar, blessed with extraordinary fighting ability even by Eldarian standards. Unfortunately he is faced by the health problem of his muscle cells breaking down which has forced him to choose between giving up his current body or dying an early death. Not surprisingly, he chose to live out the rest of his life for redemption of the lives of the men he lost along the way. He was 17 years old when his entire troop was destroyed after a battle with the phantoms, leaving him as the only remaining survivor.
SERAH JERAND
RACE: FEATHERFOLK
SEX: FEMALE
AGRE: 19
Sarah is a Winged Featherfolk who grew up on the planet of Roak without ever living her village once, living in virtual isolation. Unfortunately unlike other Featherfolk she is unable to fly for short periods of time, due to unknown reasons. She was later assigned as an envoy to the kingdom of Astral, as the Featherfolk are revered as sacred people. Though she is very naive, she possesses a great sense of kindness, love and compassion, and often has a motherly attitude to those she comes across
CROWE F. ALMEDIO
RACE: EARTHLING
SEX: MALE
AGE: 21
Crowe is an unplayable character in The Last Hope, he is a childhood friend, rival and big brother to Edge beating him in almost every aspect most of the time. He is the captain of the SRF-001 Aquila, a spaceship, and was also part of the maiden voyage of the SRF, however he was separated from the rest of the fleet after a warp anomaly occurred as the fleet was traveling. Crowe attained the rank of Captain for SRF-001 Aquila at a young age of 21 years, due to his exceptional talent and leadership abilities. His quick thinking allows him to remain calm, analyzes and solves the many situations he's put in. Crowe's reason for joining the SRF is to help open a new chapter for Earth and mankind, in the aftermath of World War III.
WELCH VINEYARD
RACE: EARTHLING
AGE: 18 ( or appears to be)
SEX: FEMALE
Welch appears as the head of Item Creation, working as a support member for the Calnus crew at the SRF base back on Earth. She communicates with the crew via a holographic chamber in the Calnus, which she uses to great effect to mess with the others with things such as appearing to fly or utilizing the transparent nature of her projection. She's also has a touch of a romantic interest in her, convinced that Edge and Reimi are a couple and showing interest when Lymle and Faize accidently share a kiss in one P.A.
GIOTTO VANDIONE
RACE: MORPHUS
AGE:
SEX: MALE
Giotto Vandione is the overseer of En II and spokesman for "Ex," communicating its will to all Morphus. While young in years, he possesses vast amounts of knowledge and enjoys immersing himself in interstellar research. Perhaps due to his role as a messenger, he constantly strives to perfect his communication skills, occasionally making normal conversation unnecessarily difficult.
ELEYNA FARRENCE
RACE: FELLPOOL
SEX: FEMALE
AGE: UNKNOWN
She is a Fellpool tarot card reader from Roak.Eleyna is very egotistical and knows she is loved. She helps out the party though by giving them the secret to getting through the Purgatorium.
OULAW SAY'S:
" This is the full awesome cast of characters to apear in Star Ocean4. It would be good for me to let know that you can collect ALL the characters in one playthrough unlock past SO's where characters became unatainable after certain events"
- BATTLE MECHANICS -
Star Ocean 4 continue the action fast paced battle system from the previous 3 but builds upon SO3 layout with new abilities addd to the mix.
B.E.A.T.S - (or Battle
Enhancement Attribute Type) is a new system created for you to customize
characters to your style. By participating in battles with your BEAT type,
your rank in that BEAT will go up. This will allow you to get new actions and
increase your abilities.
For example, one BEAT type is BEAT S, which specializes in the Blindside
system. It's a style that focuses on the enemy's blind spots with Blindside
and stats like Evasion and Attack. You also gain new actions like an upgrade
of Blindside from using it enough.
RUSH GUAGE - Rush is similiar to SO3 Fury gauge but with new elements envolved. When the Rush Gauge reaches its maximum your character will go into RUSH MODE which increase speed and defense, but most importantly removes stun from taking damage allowing you to go crazy on your enemies, but beware the enemies also have a RUSH MODE an benefit from the same upgrades!
BLINDSIDE - Blindsid is basically a dodge and counter attack ehich is done in a cool, flashy slo mo animation. it but you right behind the enemy where you wwill be able to unleash a flury of attacks as they left vulnrable but be careful if not timed right it will be you taking the attacks.
OTHER FEATURES RETURNING FROM SO3:
BONUS BOARD:
Another thing returning from SO3 somewhat is the ability to gain little things
to get certain bonuses after battle. This time it's a board, and can be fitted
with jewels acquired from doing certain things in battle. You can get more
than one of each, so you can stack the bonuses. Like in SO3, the board can
break and you can lose bonuses if certain things happen, like taking a
critical hit or running away from battle.
Blue: Experience +10%. Finish with a critical hit.
Yellow: Fol +10%. Defeat multiple enemies
Pink: HP/MP recovery after battles +1%. Defeat an enemy using only skills.
Green: +1 SP point to party. Gotten during Ambushes.
You have a maximum of 14 jewels on the board, with the ability to put as many
of a particular jewel you want. So you can have a maximum of +140% bonus exp,
+140% Fol, 14% HP/MP recovery, and +14 to Party SP.
COMBOLINK/INSTANT CAST -
After doing a basic attack you can link a skill to it by pressing one of the
triggers with the skill on it after the attack(s), adding more hits and more
damage. If you link combos together, you get an increase to the amount of
damage done by the attack. So if you do a basic attack, then link a skill to
it, you get a 150% bonus, which means the skill will do 1.5 times more damage.
The more linking you do the more the bonus goes up (to a certain limit). This
helps to encourage you to link skills so you can not only link more attacks,
but so you can do more damage. The increased number of skills you can set can
be used to your advantage to work in skills that link together best to get the
highest damage and/or combo possible, so I recommend trying to play around
with your skills.
Instant Cast is a new feature to SO4. Like in Star Ocean 3, Symbology can be
set to skill buttons, so you can link them together, for the same combo
bonuses that melee skills would give. Spells, like a couple of (J)RPG series
out there, have a short or somewhat long casting time before the spell goes
off. The difference here is that as you link skills, eventually you'll get
zero casting time between them, allowing you to cast any spell without having
to wait some time for the chant to finish. Like with skills, you can set up to
six spells, so of course a good way to take advantage of this would be to set
weaker Symbology with short chanting times first, and set the stronger ones
(that will probably have longer chanting time) last so you can use them
quickly and efficiently.
OUTLAW SAY'S:
" It may seem like alot to take in, but once you get the game and play around alittle it will all sink in pretty fast. Star Ocean has a great frantic fast paced battle and all these mechanics add up to make for some pretty dynamic battles"
ABOARD THE SPACESHIP CALNUS!
For the 1st time ever in Star Ocean you will be able to cruise the Galaxy in you spaceship. It will also be a HUB where you cna bulid character relations, create items through item creation, listen to the OST and various other activities!
PRIVATE ACTIONS:
Private Actions or commonly known as PA, is a feature that returns from previous games in the Star Ocean series, where the main protagonist, Edge, can interact with his teammates. PAs consist of actions such as conversing with them during rest after exploration or battle, the player can form a rapport with him/her, which increases the member's affection or respect for the main character.
Choosing the correct choices during actions would unlock special events or cutscenes between Edge and the team member. Placing characters in the same room also builds up rapport and unlocks even more PA events. If a member is severely injured in battle, a special "Rage" mode can be unlocked which allows close members to attack enemies with more power. PAs are also able to change the ending of the game with different cutscenes being shown, there are a total of about 100 PAs which can be unlocked in the game
OUTLAW SAY'S:
" Private actions are good for building relationships between characters..it gives Xxtra bonouses like that character being healed 1st or a character goin into rage upon death of a friend, not only that its fun to see chracters interact with each other keep those bonds strong!!!"
ITEM CREATION:
Item Creation, also known as IC by many Star Ocean or tri-Ace fans, is another
very significant series staple. Through IC you can make numerous items,
equipment, and other things. Some of the things you make can range from
downright game-breaking, to completely useless and a waste of space. Welch,
who first appeared in SO3, is back to help you through the process again, and
you do IC on your ship, the Calnus. There are no recruitment systems like SO3,
but there are some new things added, like recipes.
The first thing is the recipe system. Before you can make an item, you need to
have the correct recipe to make it first. This is where this part of IC comes
in. Using this, you can make several groups based on your party members, who,
as always, have their own share of proficiencies in certain skills like
cooking. There are four groups, with a maximum of three party members per
group. After you've made your group, you can start creating recipes, which
will consume you Party SP (it's separate from each character's individual SP,
so don't worry too much) as you do it.
After you've made the recipe, which can be all kinds of stuff, both useful and
complete junk, you need to collect the materials through various methods
(fighting, treasure chests, etc.) so you can make the item, provided you have
the right recipe for it. You can't have one or the other of course.
There are several different types of IC skills: Smithery, Cooking, Alchemy,
Artistry, Engineering, Crafting, Compounding, and Sense. As I said, each
character is better in some of them than others, and each skill is used to
make certain items.
OUTLAW SAY'S:
" Item Creation is VERY VERY important in Star Ocean, The best weapons, armor and accessories can only be made never bought and if its anything like SO3 you can expect shops to stop selling good stuff leaving you only to fend for yourself..dont ignore item creation!."
OST:
The music for Star Ocean: The Last Hope was composed by Motoi Sakuraba, who has worked on the soundtrack for the previous Star Ocean games and many other games developed by tri-Ace. The soundtrack will be released in two parts:
- Star Ocean: The Last Hope Original Soundtrack - A 3-CD set containing all the music tracks in the game, with a total of 71 tracks. It also contains a DVD extra of an interview with Sakuraba himself, plus video footage of his workshop and some original music performed by him.[
- Star Ocean: The Last Hope Arrange Soundtrack - A selection of tracks from the original soundtrack performed in different remixes
OUTLAW SAY'S:
" Motoi " Boytoi" Sakaruba is a genious musician responsible for all of tri-Aces games all tons other like the Tales of series or Baiton Kaitos.. I highly suggest listening to his work work!!"
AVATARS:
Created by Fayt.
REVIEWS:
*coming soon*
PLAYER REVIEWS
*coming soon*
TROPHY HUNTERS
OUTLAW SAY'S:
"Welcome to Trophie Hunters league for people lovr whoring as many trophies as possible. Its simple when you get a trophie just let Xxain know and he'll add your name underneath the corresponding trophie..get collecting"
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| Rookie Battler | Bronze Trophy | |
| Obtain 15% of all battle trophies. | ||
| Practiced Battler | Bronze Trophy | |
| Obtain 30% of all battle trophies. | ||
| Skilled Battler | Bronze Trophy | |
| Obtain 45% of all battle trophies. | ||
| Seasoned Battler | Bronze Trophy | |
| Obtain 60% of all battle trophies. | ||
| Advanced Battler | Bronze Trophy | |
| Obtain 75% of all battle trophies. | ||
| Ship Savant | Bronze Trophy | |
| Collect 100% of all spaceship data. | ||
| Arms Addict | Bronze Trophy | |
| Collect 100% of all weapon data. | ||
| Creature Collector | Bronze Trophy | |
| Collect 50% of all monster data. | ||
| Dilettante Designer | Bronze Trophy | |
| Create 20% of all possible items. | ||
| Aspiring Architect | Bronze Trophy | |
| Create 40% of all possible items. | ||
| Creative Craftsman | Bronze Trophy | |
| Create 60% of all possible items. | ||
| Inspired Inventor | Bronze Trophy | |
| Create 80% of all possible items. | ||
| Treasure Hunter | Bronze Trophy | |
| Open 50% of all treasure chests. | ||
| Errand Boy | Bronze Trophy | |
| Complete 50% of all quests. | ||
| Master Battler | Silver Trophy | |
| Obtain 90% of all battle trophies. | ||
| Ultimate Battler | Silver Trophy | |
| Obtain 100% of all battle trophies. | ||
| Monster Master | Silver Trophy | |
| Collect 100% of all monster data. | ||
| World's Biggest Welch Fan | Silver Trophy | |
| Create 100% of all possible items. | ||
| Treasure Hoarder | Silver Trophy | |
| Open 100% of all treasure chests. | ||
| Dutiful Deliverer | Silver Trophy | |
| Compelte 100% of all quests. | ||
| STAR OCEAN® THE LAST HOPE® -INTERNATIONAL- Platinum Trophy | Platinum Trophy | |
| Congratulations! You've collected every last STAR OCEAN® THE LAST HOPE® -INTERNATIONAL- trophy! |
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