RPG Gamer SO4 Review -- 2.5/5 = 5/10 -- OUCH

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SHMUPGurus said:

Vetteman94 said:
This game seems to be getting hammered in the reviews, I see its still has a decent meta score though. Gameplay praises are a good thing cause that helps, but the bad music and voice acting can ruin a story, which is essential to a RPG.

I finished the game and I didn't hear one bad music. I don't know what kind of music they like in their JRPGs, but this is the Star Ocean style, and if they don't like it, well screw them! o_O

Also, you get used to the voice acting. All JRPGs with voice acting are annoying anyways, unless they include japanese voices and subtitles. What's more annoying though are the mouths not matching, but that was expected. Remember when Square Enix said they wanted to release their games in Japan and the US approximately at the same time? Well, that's the result. It's still a very good one to be honest!

Also, you won't get lost in the story unless you know nothing about space, spaceships, warp speed, black holes (to some extent), the universe and other stuff like that.

Oh, and unnecessarily enormous areas is a Star Ocean staple, and it's quite a tri-Ace staple as well (see Infinite Undiscovery). Note that SO: The Last Hope is nothing like IU though!

 

One last thing, if they complain about long cutscenes... I wouldn't want them to play Metal Gear Solid 4: Guns of the Patriots. I'm sure they would be crying! xD

Final Fantasy 12 and Kingdom Hearts 2 had great voice acting, in the english version. Maybe the great music and voiceacting makes these type of games superior RPG´s, considering someone here said RPGs usually have have bad or mediocre development in these two.