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Domicinator on 29 April 2009
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Cactus said:
LordMatrix said:
Cactus said:
Domicinator said:
Cactus said:
Yes. Besides a few problems with script/dialogue/characters/voice work it was a good game. The gameplay was solid and actually very fun.

 

Did you play SO4?  Was it as bad as the dialogue in that game?  There were some moments in SO4 where I got shivers up and down my spine from the bad dialogue/voice acting.

In my honest opinion, Star Ocean was worse in terms of dialogue, and with voice acting they were pretty even. I will say that IU didn't have a character that is even close to as annoying as Lymle though.

 

You don't even have full voice overs in IU so how can it be worse than Star Ocean? Lymle and Sarah are weak characters and their dialogue was bad I admit in SO4 but IU had too many characters that you hardly cared for more than maybe 4 of them. I enjoyed both games but I just don't see how the dialogue or even more so the VO is worse in SO4 than IU?

IU's voice acting was badly done with regards to a few characters, but I can't remember any character that really annoyed me. SO4 had multiple. I guess that I would rather have partial voice acting that is poorly done but still somewhat tolerable rather than full voice acting that almost makes you want to skip cutscenes.

As for dialogue, it's not even close. IU had a lot of light hearted moments where the dialogue didn't feel right, and I agree about there being too many characters, but with Star Ocean, the terrible dialogue was constantly slapping me in the face throughout the game. With SO4 putting so much emphasis on story and cutscene, the faults with each character were magnified, and their annoying sides were thrust upon the watcher for long periods of time.

I guess it all boils down to personal opinion though.

 

On a side note, did anyone else hate Meracle as a character? She failed at comedy releief, she failed at instilling compassion or remorse, and the fact that she had a childlike personality while wearing really revealing clothing freaked me out.

 

I definitely did NOT hate Meracle, especially in the final battle of the game.  Her attacks, especially when in "Legendary Weapon" phase were absolutely brutal.  I could not have made it through the end without her.

But Lymle--good god.  Not only was she annoying, but also high maintenance in battle, even though her attacks could be pretty vicious as well.  But I did get tired of babysitting her during big fights.