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How Star Ocean: The Divine Force Can Reinstate the Franchise's Reputation

Star Ocean has been in a slump for a long time, and the newly revealed entry The Divine Force could finally put the series back on top.

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Servbot41928d ago

The character designs are already a joke. How can they think these even look acceptable, SO3 character designs are better than these and that was a PS2 game from over a decade ago.

justadelusion928d ago

surely it has got to be better than the last game, but its not looking like it..

NeoGamer232927d ago (Edited 927d ago )

Agreed. Star Ocean is fading. It was once a great franchise but it continues to move south.

And the trailer for the new game did it no favors.

JSusie5928d ago

Making it more of an action game is a terrible idea. The genre is already bloated with games who can do it far better than SO will.

This game looks so awful. I hope I'm wrong.

pietro1212925d ago

SO has always been an action oriented series and SO4 had the best gameplay especially when it comes to the perry system. The battle system isn't the problem, it's everything else.

addictedtochaos928d ago

Only way to even begin to repair the franchise’s reputation is to retcon SO3.

DarkZane927d ago

Why? That plot twist didn't even matter in the end since everything worked out perfectly. They could even make a game that happen after 3 and it wouldn't matter since they didn't disapear in the end.

pietro1212925d ago

The SO games always have decent to great gameplay, but man when it comes to story and characters they really drop the ball.

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PlayStation Plus Game Catalog for September: NieR Replicant, 13 Sentinels, Civilization VI

Also included are Star Ocean The Divine Force, Sniper Ghost Warrior Contracts 2, Odin Sphere Leifthrasir, Unpacking.

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Snookies12244d ago

Hot damn those are some high quality games right there. I've been meaning to give 13 Sentinels a go, just haven't had the time to get around to it.

RpgSama244d ago

I had it on my wishlist waiting for a Discount, when I knew I would be close to playing it, so much in my backlog already, might as well try it now.

Also looks at ALL those Star Ocean titles!!!

Einhander1972244d ago

The story is so great especially if you don't know what's going on, When i played it I kept thinking I bet this is "it" no I bet that's "it" no it's got to be this, but "it" wasn't those things in the end.

It's Japanese story telling style at it's finest, lead you along and let you wonder what is actually going on really keeping you engaged to figure out the mystery.

The RTS gameplay I really enjoyed too, my only regret was that there wasn't even more of it!

RpgSama244d ago

LOL,

Who is salty enough to give you 4 dislikes for praising this game?

fr0sty243d ago

Probably why they hiked the price, so there could be better quality games and less shovelware.

notachance243d ago

It's one of the best story ever made in recent years, there's a reason it was nominated the best narrative in 2020's TGA.

Tapani243d ago

I heard 13 Sentinels has a superb story, gotto try it at one point.

I can vouch for Nier Replicant, it has one of the coolest endings I have experience in a game. Took me a while to complete the game fully, but man, it was more than worth it in the end.

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SegaSaturn669244d ago

nier and star ocean. 14 sentinels, jrpg dream. Even I can't hate on that.

CrimsonWing69244d ago

13 Sentinels is a must play if you haven't. Like, I can't praise enough what an awesome story and set of characters that game has.

monkey602244d ago

Why did they rename Backbone? Strange.

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Tri-Ace still uses their old game engine from 2008

The gaming community lately makes jokes about companies making games that look like "PS3" or "PS2" games. While this is such a nasty dig, there may be some truth to this in the case of tri-Ace.

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GoodGuy09350d ago

Sad really. I used to love these guys but man...they just aren't what they used to be.

phallusitator348d ago

According to the this they are exactly what they used to be…

Noskypeno349d ago

The Cod games have been using an engine built in the mid 90s. Nothing wrong with using an old engine if they update it. Bioshock used UE2 and looked better than most UE3 games. Arkham knight used UE3 and looked better than most UE4 games.

Chriswynnetbh349d ago

I would give my left nut for an infinite undiscovery pc port

shinoff2183349d ago

Sh it does suck but I enjoyed star ocean 6 the most out of any game last year. I thought it was solid af start to finish. My favorite game that year.

I'd love for Sony to get ahold of them.

shinoff2183349d ago

To late to edit but I just wanted to add not every game that comes out needs to push a consoles boundaries. Star ocean 6 looked fairly good to me.

shammgod349d ago

Yeah. They definitely squeezed every drop out of that engine for SO6. It was a fun game

nitus10348d ago (Edited 348d ago )

I assume you are talking about "Star Ocean: Integrity and Faithlessness" which I do have and am still playing. IMHO it is a good game but for some reason I still prefer "Star Ocean: The Last Hope" that I played on my PS3.

As a side note I have "Star Ocean: Till the End of Time" (PS2 version) which I played on my first gen PS3 but unfortunatly the Australian version of the PS3 did not have full backwards capability like the US version did. I got so far in the game and hit a bug (advancement to a new area between two mountains) that prevented further play.

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Star Ocean: The Divine Force No Longer Has Denuvo DRM On Steam

Star Ocean: The Divine Force no longer appears to have the anti-tampering Denuvo DRM technology in the Steam version.

gurp388d ago

I already beat the game, but thank you

Tzuno387d ago (Edited 387d ago )

It doesn't need denuvo
Looks mediocre at best
Maybe it's a phenomenon in Asia