Star Ocean: The Last Hope Xbox 360 Screenshots

Quicksave writes:

"The rumored PS3 exclusive turned out to be multiplatform. In fact, it may even be a timed exclusive for the Xbox 360 since there were no confirmations for the PS3. Anyways, here are 5 screenshots for you to look at while you ponder:"

[Fishy Fingers]

Bah... no in game shoots :(

Perhaps "last Hope" really is MS last hope in Japan.

[fenderputty]

to MS for trying to secure games that appeal to the Japanese market. As far as RPG's go, they have the upper hand right now.

This might all change once FFXIII and White Knight Chronicles gets released, but for now the 360 is the RPG machine.

Even funnier is that it's not really helping them. If MGS4 takes off well in Japan, that could be the start of the PS3 really taking off. Once the other big hits land, it could only grow worse for MS.

Still ... as I said ... you have to give MS props for trying to break the barriers of entry into that market.

[Twilightx7]

There are some in game shots there - specifically, look at the shot that appears to be a gas station. Both the tree and the sign are much too low poly to be prerendered objects, so I expect you're seeing in game assets in at least that shot, and possibly the archer shot. Use your eyes, people!

[bakasora]

I hope Star Ocean 4 isn't only to 8.5GB. multi-disc!

[jadenkorri]

I'm beginning to f'in hate MS with these damn timed exclusives, im not buying a broken machine because my favorite game comes out on it first, i love the star ocean series, and would buy that game first day, so it better come out ps3 first day, if not, ill be another f'in company i will start to hate

[gamesR4fun]

dont think they could afford to do it as a 360 exclusive not if they want to sell well anyways...

Really dont expect this game to need much more than a dvd tho and gotta applaud ms fro being so aggressive on this title as it will b a hit in Japan especially. Just wish Sony would grow some financial balls and stop these hits form being stolen...

[bakasora]

Thats it, Im getting the cheapest X360 just to only play Star Ocean 4.(and perhaps NG2)
But I won't bother with the XBL.
It just irritates me that every X360 is bound to fail.
I just pray that when I get my X360, it doesn't fail so early.

[deeznuts]

As of now it may not even happen (SO4 on the PS3)

http://arstechnica.com/jour...

[jadenkorri]

should go multiplatform

[Darkiewonder]

The Last Hope for 360 for Japan can't come soon enough.

[damrightfresh]

You know they are trying to win over Japan by getting a lot of their type of games out there..I just don't see them winning..I bet you over there in Japan there no such things as a xbox360..lol..

It will be time exclusive like Eternal Sonata..I am not a big fan of Star Ocean series ,but my friend loves it.. i hope they bring it to the ps3 for are their fans to enjoy it..

The two BIGGEST game that I am waiting for is Final Fantasy VIII and Versus these game is big time system seller..

[fredy]

western gamer that only plays 1 jrpg franchise. this game is actually really good, i bet if it was ps3 only you'd be saying something different.

[Darkiewonder]

I don't really care if Japan doesn't want the 360 or the game will flop. The fact that microsoft is putting more effort NOW than Sony this gen just is funny and great at the same time. Sony is pathetic and still pushing that whole shooter genre and their Big AAA 2008 titles. Anyways,Thanks Microsoft for getting some JRPs out this year! At least I'll be having something to play this year rather than wait for eternity!

So much for Sony is listening! LMFAO!

[joemayo76]

Ur right man, Props to MS for really pushing to gain ground in JPN, Star Ocean is a good series but right now i'm really looking forward to Disgaea 3 that's comin out in a couple of months here.

[mistertwoturbo]

two middle pictures 100% CGI

[Imallvol7]

Lol, Happy 360 RPG day? Almost the whole front page is RPG news.

[Bonsai1214]

i noticed. i woke up and checked the page, and its all rpg on 360 news. the graphics look cg to me, but it is squenix we're talking about, and they have the best graphic artists working for them

[dan-boy]

is that with all these rpg threads going on. and everyone loving rpgs, the only microsoft thread to make the top of the page is the thread that obviously bashes the console.

positive 360 news and n4g dont really go together....i'll be more than surprised if any one of the posistive 360 articles circulating today make the top of the page.

unless it can be bashed by the n4g dwellers, they disappear quicker than haze threads.

[Leaderof Espada]

no one has pockets deep enough to persuade a company that has rode with sony since the start into making exclusives for a rival machine, man microsoft, pat yourselves on the back.

[rhood022]

the funny thing is that Sony gets a share of that money, what with them owning at least 13% of SqEnix.

[Superfragilistic]

Your argument is correct but your claim that Sony own "at least 13% of Square Enix" is not.

Sony currently hold, as of the end of last financial year, 8.6% of Square Enix stock, compared to Enix founder and honorary chairman Yasuhiro Fukushima 21.3%, and his private company's additional 8.8%, giving him over 30% of the company. Square founder Masafumi Miyamoto owns approximately 7.1%, whilst the remaining 54%+ majority is controlled largely by American and Japanese financial institutions.

Just thought I'd clear that up. Cheers mate. :)

EDIT: For the fool who disagreed here's Square's own publicly listed shareholder information as of last financial year:

http://www.square-enix.com/...

Perhaps you should do your research before giving an uninformed phantom disagree! ;)

[jackdoe]

So Sony owns more of Squeenix than the founder of Square does? Wow.

[Leaderof Espada]

but who needs star ocean when you have ff13 and versus? and i know that deserves agrees

[ceedubya9]

how long will we be waiting for those Final Fantasies? It could be December 09 for all we know, as there has been no release date yet for either title.

I'm not going to sit around and wait for FF on my PS3, when I've got potentially good games to play on my 360 coming within the next 6 months or so. I'll tackle FF when we finally get some concrete new/release dates. These other games will be just fine to play while I wait.

[DJ]

With some cgi pics as well. I like the Star Ocean series, so hopefully it makes its way to the PS3 as well.

[ceedubya9]

There will be a market for this game on the PS3, especially in Japan. I'm sure it will come, even if it is a timed release. I'll just play it wherever I can get it first.

[AllseeingEye]

Of course they wont tell you if its comming to PS3 especially if its gonna show up earlier on PS3. Stay tuned folks.

[Real gamer 4 life]

just look at the evidence.

[Nameless]

Why are all of the Sonians blaming Microsoft for Sony refusing to pay for exclusivity ? Microsoft is just doing what any sane company would & the one to blame here is Square for not being able to turn down Microsoft money offers. Microsoft is doing what Sony should be doing. The ones to blame here are Sony & Square & not Microsoft

[Imallvol7]

There just stating that MS is shelling out cash for all this. It's just what they have always done. They never beat or do better than anyone or anything, they just buy them out and usually make it worse. That is why its good that even though they bought it, someone else is still making it, lol. Thats MS for ya.

I would like to know where all these Star Ocean fans came from all of a sudden though. The series does not sell that well for so many people to making such a big deal about it.

And Sony seems to know what they are doing. Everyone couldn't believe the didn't jump on the GTA exclusive DLC but now it turns out they made a great decision in NOT getting it. Star Ocean is not a big seller, even though some may like it.

[fredy]

what happened when sony left nintendo and all the big franchises we have come to known left nintendo.

if the same thing didnt happen you would of never seen ff and mgs on ps and other franchises.

you young fools dont know much. since everything ms pays for or is conspiracy. yeah in the world of business it all comes down to the same. make money

[Imallvol7]

Think what you want Fredy, we will see who the fool is.

And LOL at the PS3 fans always waiting arguements. MGS4 comes out in two days. Since when did Xbox fans like JRPG's anyway? Everytime I have been online all the complaints about PS was that it only had "girly JRPG's". Now all of a sudden the Xbox masses LOVE THEM.

[snakeater3]

with last remnant and star ocean going 360 exclusive, i guess i might have to swallow my pride and shell out for an elite next christmas.....the problem is.....where to put the elite? i have no space left. damn...

[Leaderof Espada]

what article did you read from?

[jackdoe]

TIMED Exclusives (at least for Last Remnant; SO4 is still up in the air and the PS3 may yet see a simultaneous release since 2009 is far away and JP fancry may convince Squeenix to do something). Anyways, why do you have to swallow pride to purchase a machine? If it has stuff you want on it, go for it if you have the cash. $400 is not a tough pill to swallow.

[damrightfresh]

Last Remant already been announced for the PS3..We even thought it was coming with a final fantasy VIII demo..lol

[ceedubya9]

The fact that there is going to be a FF demo with the PS3 version of LR makes me worry even more about the actual release date of FF13.

If the PS3 version of the game is coming out later than the 360 version, then you can bet that FF13 won't be too close behind the PS3 LR. Maybe I'm wrong and FF13 will release 2-3 months after PS3 LR, but I'm thinking we may see a time frame around something similar to the FF12 demo.

[Mr Marbles]

It seems they will do whatever it takes to keep bringing their customers a wide range of titles, that is what I want from the company that makes my console.

[Mr Playboy]

good point

bubbles

[LaChance]

Still cant believe its coming to 360.
Moreover loks like a timed exclusive.

GREAT !!!

[MazzingerZ]

Good stuff for already X360 onwers, I hope this comes to the PS3 sooner or later

[jackdoe]

Probably sooner/simultaneous rather than later. Let's just see if those 2chaners stir up some commotion which would force Squeenix to announce a PS3 simultaneous release (there's got to be some that are pissed off in Japan). Anyways, 2009 is a long time away (wonder if they'll release it early 2009 to competition to RE5 or late 2009 in competition with FFXIII?

[MasterChief2829]

I think it's actually 360 exclusive now since a while back they said Star Ocean 4 was going to be only on one platform, but they wouldn't say which. Everyone assumed it was the PS3, but after this announcement, could that mean it's 360 exclusive? Or did they just change their mind?

[damrightfresh]

it be on the ps3...Last Remant only say xbox360 but its been announced for PS3 already..Microsoft is not going to say star ocean is coming to the PS3 at there conference..lol..

[DJ]

Was shown at Playstation Day. The devs had to quickly explain that the game Wasn't a PS3 exclusive. The 360 and PS3 need a lot more RPGs, so it's nice to see Tri-Ace and Square-Enix sharing the love.

[Shinro]

I bought my ps3 for the RPGs... but there's none.

seriously, wth.

Maybe the reason this is coming to the 360 is because the 360 was out first. I mean SO games have always been super long (SO3 was like 80 hours). and i also think SO4 will be long. and for a game to be long, they must have a long development time. so when they started making SO4(which was probably long ago), the only console they could aim for was the 360. and maybe this is also why most games will come out later on the PS3.

but im still gonna get a 360. the hardware failure that i always hear makes me kinda nervous about getting one, but i dunno... there's Infinite Undisovery, Tales of Vesperia and now Star Ocean. So yeah.

[Imallvol7]

I wouldn't worry about that failure of 360's anymore. It was kinda all in the 360's sold in the first year. I got one when Halo 3 came out and it has worked flawlessly. Loud as hell, but flawless.

[Superfragilistic]

I agree lmallvol7. The old 360s were unreliable and damn loud.

Go out and grab a brand new elite and they're noticeably quieter.

@Shinro

Make sure you pick up Lost Odyssey, it was a seriously good JRPG. Plus then you can also play Fable 2, Too Human, Sacred 2, Cry On and Mass Effect. It's all good cause you'll still get to play MGS4, White Knight, etc.. :) Best of both worlds!

[Baka-akaB]

It's far from working flawlessly , i still see far more 360 returning from every generations , than any other consoles so far , in my shop . Wich is far too many consoles .

Truth be told i never wanted a 360 and anything to do with MS , dont like MS nor ever cared their exclusives and first party titles (and no its not because of MS , truthfully i just didnt care about most , save bioshock available on pc) .
However i got a 360 for a reason , the jrpg exclusives .

Wich kinda pissed me off since big jrpg titles werent delivering much good imo . Blue dragon was ok , and Lost odyssey was imo a pile of generic crap with generic and bland gameplay ...

However things are looking up , and i started again to believe i didnt get the console for nothing (all i cared for outside of jrpgs were ninja gaiden games) when infinite undiscovery was announced . I'm rarely dissapointed by Tri Ace , unlike the sakaguchi hype machine , and even when i am , their gameplay and realisation are stellar .

Now that So4 is confirmed on 360 and its fate on ps3 is up in the air, with Vesperia closing in , and yet again Infinite discovery , i got a pretty great line up of jrpg coming to 360 , while still hoping ps3 get those games as well someday , but most of all other titles and finally releases its big rpg titles...

[Master of Unlocking]

Nope, the Playstation 2 is still THE RPG machine. ;)

[Baka-akaB]

Along with psx yes . So far the next gen havent produced anything worthwhile as jrpg ...
It might change in the very soon future with vesperia , symphonia 2 and IU , valkyria chronicles , however right now most of what we got are generic pile of turd with pretty graphics and empty shells , when it comes to the big names .

[DJ]

My buddy refuses to upgrade to a PS3 because of all the PS2 RPGs he's still trying to finish.

[tudors]

then that is just incredible.

[DJ]

The rest is CGI.

[DethWish]

Does the name of the game indicate that SE thinks Star Ocean 4 is the 360's last hope in japan?

EDIT: Ahumm.. Just noticed loads of people said it before me ..

[centrum2k]

i m pc gamer this gen, but i m planning to get a ps3 w/so4 and others rpg like ffx13. i just hope so4 will be also a ps3 title. i dont really mind if 360 get so4 too. what kept me from getting ps3 now is the lack of rpg games. if sony lets this to be 360 exclusive then i will never look at sony the same. ps2 was a great system to own for rpg fans and i think ps3 is heading the wrong direction a.t.m.

[Fade_Walker]

Star Ocean for 360?!

Didn't see that coming.

[kewlkat007]

Love it..

[J@D]

Not bad... but it will come to PS3 eventually that 4 sure with more goodies ^__^

[Montrealien]

*crickets*

Ah so peacefull.

[etownone]

360 freakin rules man!!

hahaha...

(it's the open zone, gotta wake these quiet sonydroids up)