Official Star Ocean 4 Thread

[Shadowblind]

Soriku said:

Shadowblind said:

Holy fucking cows. This game is amazing.

12 hours in. I admit defeat.

This is better then Tales of Vesperia.

 

Not enthuiastic enough. I don't believe you, and I don't think you believe yourself :P

 

I feel like I'm betraying a friend when I say that, but damn, how about this:

HOLY F***ING SH** STAR OCEAN IS AMAZING!!! :D

15 hours in, just cured Reimi of the stone sickness and Sarah just got kidnapped. This game is epic in every sense of the word, and I really did not think tri-ace was capable of this. It is absolutely stunning, from the combat, to the graphics, to the characters. The story is paced wierd, and cutscenes and gameplay are highly spaced, but it blends quite well.

We'll see how it keeps going, and im not even to disc 2 yet. Do bear in mind that, as Vesperia may come out on top, but as of now and if the game keeps this, Star Ocean 4 is the greatest JRPG I have played this generation of consoles.

P.S. Oh and Sqeenix, you owe me. I got 3 messages from friends asking how the game is, and after having extensive conversations with them, 2 of them came onto XBL playing Star Ocean 4 a few hours later. So I just sold two copies of what I believe to be the best Star Ocean ever made.(Haven't played the first one, but this is like the Star Ocean game you always wanted but never got.)

How shall I put this? Star Ocean 4 feels like a mix between Mass Effect and Tales of Vesperia. You can tell these guys really did take a good number of hints from Mass Effect's universe when making the gam, and it has a certain charm that previously I've only ever seen in Tales games.

The Combat system is the best I've ever seen in a JRPG.I just wish you could assign 4 different Arts at a time, but damn, blindsiding is so addicting! Customizing my bonus guage and grinding is actually fun, 15 hours into the game I hardly ever try to avoid an enemy! Add to that, now that I have Meracle on my team, she is practically the only person I use anymore.

Oh, and yes, Edge does like to see Reimi naked :P once while shes in the shower, another time when....well, I'll let you figure that out. And heck, theres probably a few more times too, I just haven't gotten there yet. Meracle is also, ahem, "questionably" dressed(Not to our dislike, of course.) and you can rest assured Faize isn't a pedofile.