Star Ocean The Last Hope

[Riachu]

ZenfoldorVGI said:

Riachu said:

ZenfoldorVGI said:

Riachu said:
The game looks visually appealing especially if you are willing to live with some of the doll-like character models. Knocking ToV and LO from the 360 JRPG throne won't be very hard for SO4.

I disagree. Vesperia was vastly superior to the good, but not great, Star Ocean: Till the end of Time on the PS2.

Before you ask, yes I have a copy, yes I beat it, and yes it's a very weak game compared to any Final Fantasy.

Star Ocean 2 on the PS1, however, was magnificant.

I am not sure if you know this but tri-Ace are fixing many flaws that were in SO3. SO4 dethroning ToV won't be as hard as you think if you take that into consideration.

 

 

I probably value Vesperia more than you. I think it's the best Tales game. Any JRPG will have a tough time beating it in my eyes. I loved it. Put well over 100 hours in. I think it was an amazing game, and one of the best series that has actually been better this gen than last.

I actually like TTEoT a lot, but I'm not sure if Tri-Ace knows the games biggest flaw. Lack of character development. That's a flaw in more than a few of their games, actually, and nearly a staple of the Star Ocean series. I can't even remember the names of the darn characters from a star ocean game, except for maybe "ashton(?)" from the epic SO2.

Anyway, yes, I really hope Star Ocean can top Vesperia for me. Vesperia focused around character development the entire game....but I just don't play a lot of jrpgs that I like anymore. Vesperia hit my niche perfectly. This coming from me, who disliked Lost Odyssey, and despised Eternal Sonata.

If this game, with its graphics, is to knock off Vesperia for me as best next gen jrpg game, then it'll probably be AAA on the rankings sites, because it's gonna have to put the same greatness that was in Vesperia with its current epic Final Fantasy type presentation. Most reviewers base about half their score on presentation, so yep...

The problem seems to be caused by the fact that some of the characters in the SO games are optional.  I wouldn't call lack of character development the biggest flaw in SO3.  IMO, that title belongs to the large amount of backtracking and the sometimes unclear goals in the game.