Square Enix Star Ocean: The Last Hope International - Playstation 3

Update on bottom July 9th 2020Well bcoz of covid i ended up buying a ps3 so buying this game was only natural since i played the hell out of The Second Story on my ps1. The Last Hope so far is great. Some hints of Valkyrie Profile in it. Graphics r great. The story is very interesting. Battle system is A1. I havent done any item creation and what not as yet. The bosses r super hard and i havent beaten the game as yet.Cons of this game tho;The main character Edge really got on my nerve after he did smthn and threw a big hissy fit like a lil bitch. Man that will ruin the fun of this game for anyone when they reach that point.You cannot save anywhere you want on the world map like in the old ps1 game which is real annoying and stupid.The bunny isnt great.I dont mind not being able to save at anytime in dungeons. Bcoz its a dingeon. Survival of the fittest. Oh i also feel that at one point in the game we were robbed blind bcoz we had to catch The Black Eagle but instead of us doing the whole tournament it just skipped to the finals with Edge somehow getting all the way to the end which was extremely dissapointing. I havent taken part in the tournament since nor have i found the secret dungeon so def will be another 40hrs on top of the 40 im at now that i will b packing on. Great game great buy i still highly recommend. Worth every penny.Update July 9th 2020;Yea so here is my close to final verdict, i have 84hrs on Galaxy Difficulty before deciding to try Universe. After 50hrs on Universe i beat the game and unlocked Chaos Difficulty. Yea so i do not have a clue in hell as to why there are Earth, Galaxy and Universe difficulties (*・～・*).Chaos difficulty in my humble opinion is classic RPG standard. I am Playstation 1 generation. I have Grandia, SO The 2nd Story, Legen of Legaia, Suikoden, Valkyrie Profile under my belt just to name a few. Galaxy and Universe i beat without ever having to flee or run from an enemy for fear of losing my progress and dying. I never once bothered with Item Creation at all. Until i played Chaos difficulty. I am very dissapointed. Wasted what? 84 plus 50 so 134 hours before i finally got something worthy of the classification of RPG. Anyway as you see in my pictures i am currently level 145 and beefing up to try and beat Tamriel on the 6th floor in The Cave of the 7 Stars. I was level 115 i think and i couldnt beat him so. Anyway i really want to see Gabriel Celeste then unlock the Ultimate final dungeon. Wish me luck \(๑╹◡╹๑)ﾉ♬.

There are not a tremendous number of options when it comes to RPGs on modern consoles. In my opinion, Star Ocean is the best one available on PS3, and perhaps XBOX 360 as well. If you've played previous Star Ocean titles, then buy this one right now. If you've never played one more, just know that you will buying an action packed RPG that blends fantasy and sci-fi seamlessly and beautifully.The worlds and environments are incredibly designed. The landscapes are beautiful, each planet has its own unique style and atmosphere. The monster design is great, and bosses are menacing. Spell effects are varied and fun to watch, but since battles are real time they do not break the flow of the game.The voiceover work is done well, but not amazing, and often mouth animations are out of sync with the audio. But overall the game is aesthetically pleasing.But since this is an RPG, the most important elements are the story and characters. There is a good number of characters, each with their distinct personalities and conflicts. You interact with them between major game phases through "private actions", which are brief cutscenes that expound upon a character's story and relationship with the main character. By exploring all of these actions you will unlock bonus ending cutscenes.Overall the character design is great. There are plenty of struggles and conflicts that bring life to each of them. On top of that, they all individually add to the overall story and plot. No character is just thrown in out of nowhere. By including them all in the overall story it gives them more life.The story itself is well done. For the most part everything is explained and concluded. There are very few random "wtf" moments. Since it's sci-fi and takes place in space and on alien worlds, there is a refreshing sense that it is not just another recycled "save the princess story".On top of the main story, there are many sidequests and collection tasks given to you by shop keepers. These all award you money, experience, and party skill points that are used to boost your skill levels.The gameplay is very fun. There is a fairly extensive crafting system and a basic gathering system. You can take advantage of these to create truly powerful weapons, but you can also ignore it altogether.Battles happen in real time. You directly control one character at a time but can switch who you control with the press of a button. Some battles require you to skillfully take advantage of the blindside system, which allows you to dodge attacks and gain a tactical advantage over enemies. There is also a combo system that causes you to do more damage as you string attacks together.One criticism I have is with the sometimes unpredictable AI of characters you aren't directly controlling. For instance, your entire party may be on the verge of dying but your characters with healing spells will ignore the fact and keep attacking enemies. Often, you need to directly control healers to get through moments of high damage.For the most part though, fighting never seems to get old. Also, as you fight monsters you gain knowledge of them, which can later be used to convert monster stones into items you can equip. These collections of information will be fun for any perfectionists that must 100% complete any game.In the end, Star Ocean is a wonderfully made RPG that mixes traditional elements with modern technology, blends sci-fi and fantasy, to deliver a 70+ hour masterpiece.[...] this is a steal. Buy this game right now.

ShippingThe game came in a thin opaque plastic. I was amazed that the game case did not have a single crack on in. I was expecting it to arrive early, but it did not, fairly because I just paid for the basic delivery.GameThe game was very fun. For me it was like an MMO but minus the online and multiplayer aspect. The story was very good and the ending was very satisfying. There were times that I felt like watching a Japanese cartoon/anime from playing.The characters were very lovable and have broad personalities.The gameplay was quite challenging and fun. There were times that it felt very repetitive but the variety of opponents and their difficulty made it very enjoyable. The Maps of each location is fairly large, and some puzzles, dungeons or locations are quite hard to finish, especially when you don't have that much knowledge about RPGs. Some locations require the character to move quite a long distance to advance the story, and travelling in the game is the only thing I thought was the most challenging part of it.The graphics is what you expect from a 2008-2010 game on the PS3. The only character that made me question if I liked the graphics of the game was Welch. Welch was the only one that looked special, very special. All other characters and locations looked good and did not look like Welch.If you are looking for an MMO without the Multiplayer and Online aspects, then this is the game for you. The story was worth enough playing for. And if you are wondering if this is the typical fan service game for horny teenagers then you are wrong.

I bought this item thru Amazon for 24.20 dollars, and the first time I wasnt sure about it, but I saw it was developed by Tri-Ace, and after my good experience with Resonance of fate I gave it an opportunity and I dont regret it!Graphics - The graphics are very well done, the environment graphics from the planets you visit are so nice and sometimes you will see gorgeous landscapes. but if you get the camera to zoom in so much, you can see the textures look so ugly, this happens very often when private actions are active or when you open the door to go inside a store or an INN etc etc.Sound - The music by Motoi Sakuraba is very good, I really like his songs.Battle system - this is an AJRPG (Action Japanese Role Playing) that means it is not turn based, you will need Skill Points to advance the level of your skills and apply them as Battle Skills, Field Skills, Chain Combos and Symbols, so I really recommend to do the side quests to gather SP if you wanna be strong. over all the battle system is so addictive and fun but in the beginning it will be a little frustating cuz you have to do it according with somekind of rythm and on the right timing.Story - the story is not amazing but is not bad, its just "OK" you will have 9 characters, 4 men and 5 women (female power huh?) CHOOSE THE JAPANESE VOICE ACTING NO MATTER WHAT! cuz english voice actors just dont cut it, the characters are so anime-like so the appropiated voices are the japanese ones, if i had an xbox I wouldnt have bought the non-international version, cuz really it will be a pain for your ears if you dont put the right voice acting. even with the japanese voice active, some characters could be annoying so you are warned!! but in general they are good character casting. the bad point is that the cutscenes are so incredible slow! and can be get very boring, so I recommend to skip it and read the short summary it follows.Private Actions - You are WARNED of this as well, it has some ridiculous PA that even with the japanese voices we western people just dont cut it! but there many nice PA that according how you activate them it will trigger the 9 final endings it has.Content and Trophies - anyways the trophies from this game are so brutal (in the PS3 trophy website are Brutal category many of them) so if you are going for the trophies you will spend around 400 + hours YES! 400 + hours, it is bcuz it has much content, many items to create, many treasures to explore, two final bonus dungeons so i recommend to play it on terra difficulty which is the easier one, so that you can get the trophies for Ethereal Queen and Gabriel Celeste easier. also in the two bonus dungeons there are more treasures and you need them for the treasure trophy.PS3 CONTENT!- JAPANESE VOICES & ENGLISH VOICES- MULTILINGUAL TEXT INCLUDING, Japanese, Spanish, German, English and other three I dont remember- Its only 1 Disc and you dont need to swap for the side quests like in the XBOX360- Option to switch between Classic Menu/Avatars or Modern Menu/Avatars, the classic menu features the Anime avatars and the modern the CGI avatars. i prefer the modern style.

Personnaly i give a five 'cause the game play is awesome, the boss fight is epic.I'm a big fan of boss battle and in many game the boss battle are easy, not in Star Ocean 4The only thing i don't like is that you don't get many SP during battle.But the Story is good and everything is good, so .. ya :)Hope they'll do a Star Ocean 5 soon, i just LOVE this game so much !