TOKYO, Japan--Square Enix is going to be busy over the coming months--it has six new titles coming, including Chocobo's Dungeon: Toki Wasure No Meikyuu for the Wii, along with The Last Remnant for the PlayStation 3 and the Xbox 360, and two Star Oceans for the PlayStation Portable. The company announced the new games at a press conference at its corporate headquarters in Tokyo's Shinjuku district today. The event, attended by over 100 members of the worldwide press, was timed to precede the Square Enix Festival to be held at the Makuhari Messe this weekend. There, the Japanese publisher will be inviting the public to check out its current titles and get sneak peeks at upcoming games.
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.
The Enix era began on the NES and ended as we know it in 2003 on the PS2, but in 18 years' time, this publiser released some of the best games ever.
Alex S. from Link-Cable writes: "Video game remakes are a special thing, as typically no one sets out to remake a game that was poorly received when it was originally launched but instead it’s usually only the best of the best that get the remake treatment. Games that reviewed well, were a hit with fans and (maybe most importantly) sold well are often chosen for remakes (why do you think there are so many Final Fantasy and Zelda remakes?) so it stands to reason that most remakes – are typically quite good (check out our list of the best remakes ever)… typically. So today we’re dragging these games out of the gutter to remember why they earned the title of worst remakes of all time, whether it’s because they turned a perfectly good experience sour or are just bad games in their own right."
square-enix is going crazy this year, they made alot for ps2, but now they are kickin it into high gear for the new generation. heres a list of games that they are working on.
1.final fantasy 13 (ps3)
2.final fantasy Versus 13 (ps3)
3.final fantasy 13 agito (mobile)
4.final fantasy 1 remake (psp)
5.final fantasy 2 remake (psp)
6.final fantasy VII crisis core (psp)
7.final fantasy Dissidia(psp)
8.final fantasy 4 remake (DS)
9.kingdom hearts game (psp/DS)
10.star ocean one remake (PSP)
11.star ocean 2 remake (PSP)
12.star ocean 4 (Ps3 and possible 360)
13.infinite undiscovery (360)
14.Last Remnant (ps3/360)
15.Chocobo's Dungeon: Toki Wasure No Meikyuu (Wii)
16.Dragonquest IX (ds)
17.Dragonquest Sword (Wii)
18.and Haeraes which is unknown of to public
is it me or like i said square-enix is goin crazy this year? lol alot of final fantasy's, but also alot of other games too, and some new franchises, im sure we are all happy as square is being generous to all consoles even cellphones :P
P.S. The star ocean remakes will all be done in full 3d, and have reworked cinematics. this is also the first time the U.S gets Star ocean 1
What genre is infinite undiscovery (360)?
Strange... square is no longer ignoring the 360... weird... I wonder what change their mind.
not to much is known about infinite undiscovery except that it is one odd name for sure. It's kind of hard for any dev to ignore 360 seeing that it has 10 million users out there (still growing) and all seem to like to buy games. What's the attachment up to now 5.6 or something?
love to buy games and lots of them. Why? I have no idea but that console has one huge attache rate. I'm guessing there is 2 reasons why the PS3 has such an abysmal one.
1- not a lot of games to actually get
2- blu-ray player
I guess that a lot PS3 owners are using their PS3 as a rocking movie player which is cool, but I think people are buying more movies then games. Which is why blu-ray sales are growing like nuts and game sales not soo much. Hopefully with some more exclusives and some good PS3 games it can fix that.
Infinite Undiscovery looks interesting from what I saw and have read. I just really hope that Star Ocean goes multi-platform. That game would be rocking online. A dream would be PS3 and Xbox 360 players online together...but that's never gonna happen. Shame too.