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GENERAL INFORMATION
GENRE/STYLE
Role-playing/Third-Person 3D RPG
RELEASE DATE
24/FEB/09
ESRB RATING
,
DEVELOPER
PUBLISHER
Square Enix, Inc.
TRAITS (member-attributed "LIKES")
THE SETTING #USES
PLAYING AS #USES
PLAYING AGAINST #USES
HOW IT'S PLAYED #USES
GENERAL TONE #USES
DESCRIPTION
Sci-fi role-players return to the Star Ocean for the first time in The Last Hope, a prequel game set centuries before the original game's story began. Gameplay begins in the year S.D. 10, or about 2087 A.D. Humanity has waged World War III, and Earth is the greatest casualty. Lands have been upturned, civilizations have been razed, and survivors realize that they must find a new home, on a new planet. Players follow the adventures of young Edge Maverick and Reimi Saionji, two childhood friends who have grown up to lead humanity's first intergalactic mission, in a spaceship called Calnus.
At times, piloting the ship themselves — a first in the Star Ocean series — players have some choice as to which planets they visit and which adventures they encounter there. Exploration takes place from a standard third-person perspective. In combat, the view can change as players shift from character to character, and is accented with zooms and cutaways to display special attack graphics and other effects. Between battles, role-playing as the captain in conversations with other crew members allows players to build rapport between the characters, which lets them work better as a team and unlocks additional strengths and abilities in combat. Cut-scenes help to fill in the story between the action.
Battles play out in real-time. Players can control up to four party members, flipping between them with the trigger button. Each character has different strengths, weaknesses, and special abilities, which can be enhanced and customized with combat experience. The game's "BEAT" ("Battle Exalted Action Type") system lets players assign different general fighting styles to characters, pushing them to behave more aggressively, defensively, or to focus on special attacks, for example. Increasingly sophisticated BEAT scripts become available as characters level up. Star Ocean: The Last Hope also introduces "Rush" gauges, which build slowly in regular battle and allow characters to perform distinct, powerful special moves when full. ~ T.J. Deci, All Game Guide
Past 14 days
“Why did I got only one ending?”
created 19/NOV/2009
“I have beaten this game once.Any advice for a galaxy playthrough?”
created 04/NOV/2009
ellerkermike was the last to comment - 16 days ago...
paganjedi was the last to comment - 16 days ago... show previous hide previous
“OK, that's it for this game. I finished the Lemuris world quest... but this game is just not doing it for me, so I'm returning it. Maybe, sometime in the future I'll resume it... but right now, I'm...”
created 02/NOV/2009
“In search for the cause of the Bacculus :-P”
created 27/OCT/2009
“Defeated second boss, a Dragon in the first world I visited... looking for that symbol to cure the Bacculus :-P”
created 24/OCT/2009
“Fought my first boss... getting interesting as I play.”
created 21/OCT/2009
ellerkermike was the last to comment - 29 days ago...
apoloimagod was the last to comment - 29 days ago...
ellerkermike was the last to comment - 29 days ago...
apoloimagod was the last to comment - 28 days ago... show previous hide previous
“OK, this game is getting a little better... not totally convinced yet though...”
created 20/OCT/2009
“Trying this game... got it over Gamefly. Not very impressed so far.”
created 16/OCT/2009
“The first Star Ocean game I have played. I really enjoyed the story and combat system. I really enjoyed playing through it. The one bad thing is save points are spread far too thin. Sometimes they are hours of play time apart. So its...”
“The first Star Ocean game I have played. I really enjoyed the story and combat system. I really enjoyed playing through it. The one bad thing is save points are spread far too thin. Sometimes they are hours of play time apart. So its impossible to sit down and play unless you have an hour or more to spend, because you never know when you will be able to save again.”
created 08/OCT/2009
aislado was the last to comment - about 1 month ago...
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“This game is 3 disks long. There are TONS of cut scenes. It's honestly like an interactive movie. If you liked the previous Star Ocean games, or you like the Tales series - you'll probably enjoy this. I thought it looked beautiful, and I really...”
“This game is 3 disks long. There are TONS of cut scenes. It's honestly like an interactive movie. If you liked the previous Star Ocean games, or you like the Tales series - you'll probably enjoy this. I thought it looked beautiful, and I really enjoy the combat system. The one thing I didn't like was my friends not being able to pick up a controller and play next to me. ”
created 25/SEP/2009
ellerkermike was the last to comment - about 1 month ago...
“Pretty hardcore fantasy, a little conforming, but very beautiful graphics and a richly diverse sound scheme!”
“Pretty hardcore fantasy, a little conforming, but very beautiful graphics and a richly diverse sound scheme!”
created 19/SEP/2009
“Just a small example of Gods great power.”
created 19/SEP/2009
Kitatsujin was the last to comment - 2 months ago...
“Such an incredible game. I recommend this highly!”
“Such an incredible game. I recommend this highly!”
created 06/SEP/2009
“In general this is a good game. The graphics is beautiful and the game runs quite smoothly. The battle is system is a lot of fun and each character has pretty unique abilities. I find myself switching from character to character a lot of times...”
“In general this is a good game. The graphics is beautiful and the game runs quite smoothly. The battle is system is a lot of fun and each character has pretty unique abilities. I find myself switching from character to character a lot of times cause each character gives me something different. The story is good but I think the voice acting is quite bad. Not to mention the lines are downright cheesy. Still, this is one of the better JPRGs on Xbox, though I thought it could have been much better. Square Enix needs to buck up.”
created 04/SEP/2009
“The game wasn't horrible, but it was relatively disappointing overall, especially if you've played previous Star Ocean games. On a positive note, the one thing about this game that I am completely satisfied with is the battle system, They took the...”
“The game wasn't horrible, but it was relatively disappointing overall, especially if you've played previous Star Ocean games. On a positive note, the one thing about this game that I am completely satisfied with is the battle system, They took the general formula Star Ocean battle systems and polished it with flash and a little more insanity (in regards to special attacks/ spells) as well as include some technical tweaks to make it slightly more strategic. However the story is pretty dull/cliche/melodramatic & though the voice acting isn't the worst I've seen, it can pretty bad especially with Lymle, Faize and Edge. I don't think this game will appeal to those that aren't into JRPG's or die-hard Star Ocean fan, but I still think it's worth a try if you like JRPG's and want to play one with a SLIGHTLY (emphasis on "slightly") different twist.”
created 02/SEP/2009
149
The number of games with "Ninja" in the title.
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