Play Star Ocean
>>736750678I love robopussyNext game when btw?
>>736750678Lymle.
>>7367506782R>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>4
>>736750678I just realized I'm at the final dungeon of this game and it feels like nothing noteworthy has happened.
>>736750678Is Star Ocean Till the End of Time any good?
>>736751084Best one in the series.
>>736750678When's her game going to be released from the shackles of console only? Is the HD port of Last Hope any good?Was it actually any good?
>>736751312>Was it actually any good?I mean Integrity and Faithlessness, if my dumb fucking post wasn't clear
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z8AMytm_35oSO DANCEWHILE I PUT YOU IN A TRANCESENSATIONFEEL THE VIBRATION
>>736751475Oh shit that's pretty good
>>736751312No, SO5 is legitimately awful. Even as someone who both likes the series and has high tolerance for mediocre/jank JRPGs, it's still on my list of regret purchases.
>>736751475huh, they use the same samples. took me a second to figure where i heard it before. if it's famous sample then I'm just dumb https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zByoptQ2sS0>>736751561ah, rip. from what i saw way back when it released i thought it looked cool, but checking quickly now, yeah I can't see much positive talk about it
>>736751312in my eyes it was like a SNES RPG released for PS4, it wasn't terrible as an experience but it made some seriously questionable errors that you'd think the video game industry is well past
>>736751475The funniest part about this is this theme was the boss theme after a key story moment when an important character got fatally wounded. The ensuing boss fight is effectively the MC taking out their rage on the bad guy. So imagine a harrowing emotional moment during a cutscene and then you suddenly enter a boss fight and->SO DANCE WHILE I PUT YOU IN A TRANCE
til the end of time is one of my favorite ps2 games. everything from the setting to the music and sound effects are so nostalgic for me
>>736753720have a vietnam flashbackhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q-uKQo-drHY
>>736751084Yes. The first four games in the star ocean series are all really good and worth playing imo>>736750678Really dissapointed this never got a physical release for the switch. Especially since square Enix had such a huge amount of games released for the switch even niche stuff like Romancing saga. Also pretty surprised we haven't seen a star ocean 3 remaster both seem like slam dunks.Also pretty surprised tri ace fell off so hard after star ocean 5. They hit the ground running hard at the beginning of 7th gen and then just totally petered out. What are they even working on right now?
Ok, so where do I start, so I can dd to my backlog, gonig through Ars Tonelico series now
>>736754771SO first departure then 2 and release order
So what's the timeline on these games? Or are the stories secluded?
>>736750678I think I bricked myself early with decision paralysis lol. I couldn't decide what characters I wanted to recruit despite being nowhere near that point of the story. I can't even remember who you all choose between... You can pick two of the rival psycho guy, the cute thief girl, the cute Negro girl, or Tintin. I think I definitely wanted the negro but couldn't decide between the thief who was cute or the psycho for the story and gameplay.
>>736754657there's a huge dropoff from 3 to 4
Is the newest one good?The divine force or whatever its called.
>>736750678I should give it a try.I remember when I was a kid I didn't consider this because it was not localized in my language, but now I know english, and probably there could be a fan made translation anyway.
>>736755067Its slop but depending on you, it can be one of those 7/10 slop games you can enjoy
>>736755178Is that the ps4 game? Hope something?I keep getting lost in that game. Had a nice waifu tho
>>736750678I am! I beat 3 as a kid with ease and now I'm getting my ass handed to me. what went wrong?
>>736755258I like action jrpgs so I will try it.
>>736755010I've never understood this sentiment 4 is such a great rpg
>>736750678that's just ocean
>>736755440In the stars! ;)
>>736750678MY MooOOOOOOoNnEyyYyhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P5UthrJaQgM
Wasn't there a mobile star ocean game that was pretty good?
Star Ocean fucking sucks. I hate how every game just focuses on dumb generic low tech planets for most of the games.
Lot of Star Ocean threads lately. It would be cool if they ported 3 to more platforms though. Is Tri-Ace still even alive? I guess SE owns the IP I think.
>>736755010This. I can't believe people are romanticizing 4. Even 6 was better than 4. Also 4,5, and 6 were all dramatically worse than 2 and 3.
>>736755580Isn't that the dominating theme of all Star Ocean games?
>>736755664Yes he's being retarded
>>736755580Part of the point. The fantasy is innate to the series. It's about explorers from the stars figuring stuff out on mysterious and magical worlds.
>>736755627>Is Tri-Ace still even alive?Yes. Tri ace is kinda to square what monolithsoft is to Nintendo. Except that square isn't nearly as generous giving budgets to tri ace for original games as Nintendo is with monolith. Instead they basically just make tri ace work the mines of various square Enix projects doing all the work and getting none of the credit, kinda like monolith with breath of the wild. They're a more talented programing studio than any internal sqaure studio too, kinda like monolith is more talented than any internal Nintendo studio, so square won't let tri ace go under just make them code servants.
>>736755627They are still technically alive, but they're back to releasing chintzy mobage-esque slophttps://store.steampowered.com/app/2660510/OCTOPinbs/
>>736750678I did, Divine Force fucking sucked, but Second Story Remake was amazing
>>736755292>Is that the ps4 game?I dohn't know>Hope something?Always heard about it, and also just now I discovered it's from Square Enix (actually first from Enix).So I am assuming it's good but I really have no idea about the game. I truly know 0 about it, beside the JRPG part.
>>7367556314 lives up to the Sci fi setting unlike the other games in the series. And the combat is ridiculously fun. Most arpgs have a couple fun characters and then the boring ones, but it's one of the few I've played where every character is ridiculously fun to use in combat. It's hard to pick who you want to use. I could gush on and on but basically the games only real weakness' is a weak story. I like the cast as the goofy goobers they are but the overarching story just kinda sucks.Mass effect was a good influence on star ocean tri ace was clearly influenced by that series for 4. It's much more Sci fi than the other entries as a result. The calnus even looks alot like the Normandy.
>>736754972They are all related as far as I know but sometimes generations pass between games
>>736755067I liked it. It has a hot robogirl if you like them
>>736756383Nice.I will love her.
>>736755067It's no SO2, but it's better than most if not all of the rest of the series.
>>736753720>>736754093https://youtu.be/PCgrK1Fl5dA?si=uhSUhCSiI9L5ZOP0https://youtu.be/OeaW_EftQZM?si=LCLGLTRHyLlDclHDthe ost was indeed fantastic
>>7367555803 did something with the sci-fi setting and retards still bitch about it to this day
>>7367556273 is playable on PS4/5 at least, as part of their PS2 on PS4 program Sony did for a bitDark Cloud 2 and Rogue Galaxy too
>>736750678I only played so2 and it's latest remake, I just can't get into the non pixel style of the successors
>>736757627honestly understandable
>>736751312It uses a shoestring budget to try out some new ideas while retreading a lot of SO1 and SO3's groundwork. If you like the characters (Emmerson's great, Anne and Fiore are pretty good) or battle system (I don't) it's tolerable, otherwise it's an underwhelming experience with the good ideas already brought to newer SE games.
>>736751312It gets a lot of undeserved hate, it's just a game made with a really small budget, but they put some good ideas into it like the role system and 7 members party.
>>736759243For me the game just ended too damn early
>>736751084Piggy backing off this anon but do the games follow a single continuity or go the FF route where you can play whatever whenever? I bought this on ps4/5 now ages ago and made a little progress and this thread is giving me the itch to try again.
>>736760127They do follow a single continuity, but they aren't released in chronological order, shouldn't be played in chronological order, and for the most part are self-contained stories beyond references to previous entries.
>>736750678I am playing Star Ocean. 2 and 4 are my favorite and I found a copy of 3 recently and playing now and really enjoying it. Blows FFX out of the water imo
>>736750678Tri Ace were so based what happened
>>736760279Remaster than fixes the saving and time passing never ever
>>736751312The game is unfinished and I hate those escort fights with a burning passion.I also did not like the walk and talk segments but if I had the choice to replay that or TLH again I would probably go with SO5
>>736755427When in doubt blame it on PC players
>>736760279SE probably think original works are too risky so either they just keep making/remaking Star Ocean or do shit like >>736755969
>>736755427I won't say it's great, it had rough spots but it's definitely not as bad as people say>inb4 lymledude just switch to JP voice
PEAR INTO PIECES
>>736750678I played R and it sucked. What's the good one in the series?
I feel like the Square Enix kind of fucked them.
>>736750678The only one I've played was on the Xbox 360. It was... a game.
>>736760574it's definitely a b-team doing this, the main team's doing something else since SO6
>plays all of them >one question still not solved Who or what the fuck is Welch Vineyard?
>>736763979The most likely theory is a 4D being who decides to screw with the protags of each game.Anamnesis made a curious distinction with 5 Welch (base, red, Valentine's) and Anamnesis Welch being separate characters, and 6 Welch is supposedly descended from A Welch (x Yrian?), so you can draw your own conclusion between recurring NPC, alt accounts, or the same person larping across time and space.
The onyl Star Ocean game Ive played was on the PS1. It looked a lot like Xenogears, where the characters were 2D sprites and the environment was 3D. Main character was a white blonde dude but if I remember correctly the game let you pick between him and a blue/green haired girl.
>>7367513125 was god awful. 4 was only awful if your a achievement whore.
>>736751925>but it made some seriously questionable errors that you'd think the video game industry is well pastsuch as?
>>736750678>You can literally see where their budget ran out because the ocean just fucking endsKek, how embarrassing.
>>736750678I played 6 and it was good but actually moving around was a massive slog.
>>736750678I did. I like that my decisions change who I can and can't recruit.
>>736766890>the ocean just fucking endsJust like real life.
>>736754657>remaster>slam dunkLMAOLOL
>>736766890It's called the horizon anon.
I liked the brown skinned girl from Star Ocean: Till the End of Time. Should replay it so I can actually see more of her in game.
>>736755067It's great. The main lead, Ray, is the best lead in the whole series. Even if his face looks fuckin' weird.
>>736767370yeah not sure how they fucked up his face. The art looks fine
>>736750678Can't be 4 since this stopped me from continuing. Genuinely TERRIBLE exploration.
>>736768068Give Divine Force a shot gro
when are they remaking 3 or at least releasing it remastered on steam
Is exploring in the other games less tedious than 6? It's the only game in the series I've played but the environments are so huge that the game just feels like a slog to play.
>>736750678I see ocean but where's the star
>>736768450it's (you)
>>736760279I played Radiata Stories for the first time and completed it a few months ago. Charming is the best way to describe it. The 150+ characters, the humor, the art style, the music, I loved all of it and it shocks me that a sequel was never made.
>>736764678Preferred the Welch from 4 who was based off of Kei Ono from hentai artist Takemura Sesshus Take On Me. That and the recent remakes version had a cute crotch
>>736765523Xenogears a shit
>>736766985Yes anon, but the one above or below?
>>736770297>who was based off of Kei Ono from hentai artist Takemura Sesshus Take On MeWhere'd you get that info from?
>>736750678>Play Star Ocean
>>736763618modern SE has reverse midas touch, everything they touch turn to shit
>>736770493Visual comparison lol
>>736750678That looks more like a terrestrial lake.
>>736771217That's more than just a stretch. Even if you don't take the colors into account they still look nothing alike.
>>736760198But where/how does 3 stand in the greater picture? Yes I'm talking about the whole universe is a video game thing This gives me a feeling that either the whole timeline doesn't matter much or 3 is on the dead end of the timeline.Fwiw I only played 2 on PSP.
>>7367714423 is the last game in the timeline.
>odd numbered entries are all console exclusive while only the even numbered games are on PCWhy did Tri-Ace do this?
I've only played 3 and 4 but have massive nostalgia for 3 and playing it on launch.
>>736771403I might be confused. Which Welch had the glasses and was a porn addict?
>>736771814You're thinking of the right Welch, I'm just not seeing any visual similarities.
>>736756843Yep, love this stuff. It's really a special, comforting soundtrack in the towns and such. Loved just hanging out in those towns and enjoying the ambience.
>>736772119Sorry, I may recall other art of her. Anyway, the most recent Welch is really the cutest
>>736750678I have 4 on the PS3 but it didn't really pull me in
>>736751312I dont think I can state how erect this character design makes me. Its like all the blood in my body is rushing towards my dick!
>>736750678Got the PS3 platinum. I can't tell you how many times I ran this beach searching for clay.
I migjt finally play it. I was listening to this one after I searched for music similar to mitsuda and uematsus. emotional tracksis the rest of the game and feel similar?https://youtu.be/j1kUJR4y4RE
>>736750678yeah nah, not grinding those retarded ass BTs
>>736773675Cutscene stuff? Probably not? The soundtrack is all over the place. But I think this game was his best work.When I think of SO3 I think of the amazing battle themes. Cutting Edge of Notion or Divine Spirit of Language.
>>736751475same composer btwhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hOxLVIPkHTs
>>736773974>But I think this game was his best work.I'd probably have to give Tales of Vesperia that honor, but SO3 is really great. Both really varied to highlight lots of different thematic moments and relaxing town things and dramatic battle stuff.Really kind of similar now that I've said that.
COME ERE, BARNEY
>>736774113Hell, this is from the same game.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y6tuYzqJIPEThat's just how Sakuraba is, he just decides to sneak in a deranged track sometimes, it's great.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0oGZn-K-gBoThe only good SO3 track.
>>736776756I objecthttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JcgAvSxnFPw
Petty autistic gripe:The title of Star Ocean 3 is 'Till the End of Time'. But it should certainly be 'Until the End of Time'.
>>736778221Till is a valid synonym for until.
>>736779334You're gay tho
>>736779784I can't be gay, I love Maria.
>>736750678Why is 4 the only game where you get to actually travel through the Star Ocean™ instead of being stuck on one planet the whole time The other ones are kinda false advertising
>>7367801613 has multiple planets what are you talking about. You also travel to most of them via ship.
>>736750678I played the first one.
