Star Ocean 4's lack of a soundtrack.

[ClaudeLv250]

Star Ocean 4 has my least favorite soundtrack of all the Star Oceans. Even the remixes from the older games are a little weak...which is amazing because I like Sakuraba's rearrangements on their official Arrange Albums compared to the actual remixes presented in SO4.

But Vesperia is not a good example to use for contrast because it's battle theme is weak and mediocre for a Tales game.

Sakuraba is a JRPG music god but I think they're starting to wear into him. He needs to go back to his SO1/2 style for SO5.

 

EDIT: Actually, I take back what I said about Sakuraba being worn out because I think the Valkyrie Profile DS battle theme (slightly arranged) shits all over SO4's and Vesperia's.