I like the Western version better. The Japanese version is just like the CGI version of Tales of Hearts in Japan, it has contrasting art styles. In the Western version there is one consistent art style. The CGI portraits look like the in game models and FMV models. In the Japanese version you have an anime style that is in contrast to the in game models and FMV.
I think it's funny that the same people that disliked the CGI Tales of the Hearts, prefer the Japanese version of SO4. It's a very similar situation. Except, its the anime art that contrasts with the in game graphics in Star Ocean IV. Where as, the CGI graphics conflicted with the in game graphics of Tales of Hearts.








