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sega4life on 07 March 2009

I never remember SO being all amazing to begin with... any of them...

 

Here's some more SO from Metacritic.com

 

1. Sony PSP: Star Ocean: Second Evolution (2009) 77
Square Enix

2. Xbox 360: Star Ocean: The Last Hope (2009) 79
Square Enix

3. Playstation 2: Star Ocean: Till the End of Time (2004) 80
Square Enix

4. Sony PSP: Star Ocean: First Departure (2008) 74
Square Enix

5. Playstation: Star Ocean: The Second Story (1998) 80
Enix Corporation



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dolemit3 on 07 March 2009
numonex said:
That 5/10 is a terrible score and I believe SO4 must be a mediocre game in order to get those low scores of the game reviewer simply does not like JRPGs.

JRPGs just not my thing. Western reviewers have been hammering JRPGs lately. The highest rating JRPGs on X360 have not even broken the 80% average review on Metacritic .
I believe the PS3 has a few JRPGs that averaged 80% review scores and above.

Eternal Sonata is the only JRPG on the PS3 that meets that criteria at exactly 80%. Valkyria Chronicles is at 87% but it's JRPG status is questionable.

 



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zexen_lowe on 07 March 2009
SmokedHostage said:
zexen_lowe said:

I can't say much about SO4 'cause I haven't played it, but I'd never trust a review of RPGamer, no matter the score, they suck at reviewing games for me, I can't remember a single game I have agreed with their score

 

Suikoden II? 

Let's see...

-Suikoden II is 4.0/5 and 3.5/5...totally wrong
-Dragon Quest 8 is 5.0/5 and 4.5/5 (how did they give it a 5/5 for STORY is beyond me)
-3.5/5 to Xenosaga
-They called Persona 4 "another Persona 3 expansion pack"
-3.0/5 to Star Ocean 3

 

And if you wanna hate it (this score is out of 10, not out of 5):

http://www.rpgamer.com/games/pokemon/poke2/reviews/poke2strev1.html




zexen_lowe on 07 March 2009
dolemit3 said:
numonex said:
That 5/10 is a terrible score and I believe SO4 must be a mediocre game in order to get those low scores of the game reviewer simply does not like JRPGs.

JRPGs just not my thing. Western reviewers have been hammering JRPGs lately. The highest rating JRPGs on X360 have not even broken the 80% average review on Metacritic .
I believe the PS3 has a few JRPGs that averaged 80% review scores and above.

Eternal Sonata is the only JRPG on the PS3 that meets that criteria at exactly 80%. Valkyria Chronicles is at 87% but it's JRPG status is questionable.

 

http://www.metacritic.com/games/platforms/ps3/valkyriachronicles?q=valkyria%20chronicles

 




Shadowblind on 07 March 2009

Didn't they give Eternal Sonata a score higher then Vesperia, Lost Odyssey and White Knights Chronicles?

They can suck it. Star Ocean 4 was great,



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Cactus on 07 March 2009

I have similar gipes with the game, though I will say that that score is overly harsh. There is a reason why I keep playing through all the crap that is thrown in my face by the designers of this game.



Sharky54 on 07 March 2009

LOLOLOL A Sega RPG has out performed every single square RPG yet this gen. Wow just wow. Oh also whoever gave pokemon silver/gold a 5/10 should be shot. Those games were the last great pokemon games!



SHMUPGurus on 07 March 2009

I guess they hate sci-fi. Medieval > Sci-fi? :(

And visuals 2/5? Are those guys serious? I have to admit there's a bit too much "bloom" in the game, but the textures and other lighting effects are amazing. Definitely one of the best looking games this generation. COLORS people, COLORS!

No wait... Another thing that's been bugging me: Music 2/5? What the hell? There are remixes of two of the most memorable themes from SO in there. I was surprised they were even implemented in the game. Some other background musics like the  last area's is very good. It's stuck in my head for two days already! @_@



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eNamrah on 07 March 2009

The battle system and item creation are definitely the best parts of the game. Some of the cutscenes are indeed long, but you can skip them and it will tell you want happened. The world landscapes are large (Roak in particular), sometimes you'll need to backtrack quite a ways and find yourself hammering the dash button. The dialog and voice acting is hit-and-miss. Even though the majority of what RPG Gamer said is true, the game is still very much enjoyable so I feel it's closer to 8/10 than 5/10.



superbeast1370 on 07 March 2009
RolStoppable said:
PS3 owners should be happy that this crappy game wasn't released on their console. Square-Enix continues to make an ass out of itself.

 

 wow, For ONCE, I agree with you.