IGN writes: "Back in December, we put out the call for reader questions for Star Ocean: The Last Hope. Shortly thereafter, our email inbox was flooded. We received hundreds upon hundreds of questions and did our best to sort the pile into the most asked and most interesting queries. In other words, we're sorry if your question didn't make the cut. We're not sorry about the responses the Star Ocean: The Last Hope development team gave, though. This extensive question and answer session covers everything from hopes for a PlayStation 3 port to hopping into an established franchise without playing the past games. Enjoy.
[This question was asked over 100 times] In the past the Star Ocean series has been known to be a Sony systems (PlayStation(s)) game only. With the fairly recent announcement of Final Fantasy XIII coming to the Xbox 360, do we have any chance of seeing Star Ocean 4 made for the PlayStation 3?
Star Ocean Dev Team: There are currently no plans for a PlayStation 3 version."
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I actually wish FF16 had gone this route, instead of the DMC route. The FF7:R system gave enough action for those who wanted to play that way, while still appeasing us old school turn based jrpg fans.
Glad you're enjoying!
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Star Ocean is one of those series that did, and still does, things that others don’t. Think of it as a JRPG for fans of series like Star Trek. The casts regularly involve people from more advanced civilizations getting involved with those who are still growing, even though there are various measures in place to allegedly stop that sort of interference. As a result, people get energy weapons, cyborgs, magic and people who can turn into cats. It is a lot to take in.
Let's see here. There was another classic JRPG series that started this SCI Fi. It was Phantasy Star by Sega. Before Star Ocean, there was Phantasy Star 1-4 on Sega consoles
a beginners guide to star ocean....after playing the 3rd game
you've been told that the universe (SO lore) is just a ------------------- and close the book
Yeah, that plot twist didn't work for me. I wish SO3 isn't canon, but it is. Anyway, SE can just sweep SO3 under the rug perhaps by soft rebooting the franchise.
The first two were so great, among the top RPGs on 16 and 32-bit era. I wonder why it went downhill after that...
Play the PS1 game and then the PS2 game and then the rest probably aren't worth your time unless you're a superfan of the series. I think that's all you need to know.
ahahahhahahhahahhhahahah only on 360 baby
the graphics are amazing. so colorful and pretty.
Xbox360 is the only true next-gen console which can show the full potential of Star Ocean: The Last Hope which could not have been possible on ps3.
I hope the graphics has get some more polish compared to UI and some of the slow-downs during massive combats are eliminated. Nice to hear that you have only 7 characters instead of all the characters you had in IU. As far as I know the battle system should be better than in IU (that connect skill thing was really annoying). If they have learnt all their lessons from IU than SO4 will be an awesome JRPG. I hoping in same quality like Lost Odyssey was!