Lens of Truth: Star Ocean - The Last Hope Video Comparison

Lens of Truth writes, "The wait is finally over. The Lens of Truth finally had enough time to finish out the Head2Head comparison for Star Ocean: The Last Hope. Although the Head2Head is sans the frame analyzer, the comparisons can still be seen with the naked eye. So sit back and watch the video for Star Ocean: The Last Hope and then read on for further analysis."

[evildeli]

I think I'm spoiled by Final Fantasy XIII. Pretty sure I'll pass on this game.

[Baron79]

Towns or no towns, FF pretty much sets the standard for RPG's whenever a new one gets released. I doubt any RPG will match it in overall size for quite some time.

[Kuzo]

...but I liked Resonance of Fate more than Star Ocean.

[evildeli]

I'll have to admit I actually liked the battle mechanics on Resonance of Fate. It kinda broke away from the traditional turn based, stand in a line game play. Although Star Ocean had a more free roaming feel, it just didn't do anything for me.

[Speed Racer]

the ps3 version has more color, a little more detail in the ground that i can see, and the models look a way better. i can imagine setting it up with advanced adaptive luma on medium and see how they look. either way ps3 version clearly wins.

[vhero]

Shame the game was terrible in fact I havn't found a great game by S-E for nex-gen consoles yet... (not including wii-ware)

[raztad]

Wow. The PS3 version is a blurry mess. Lower resolution I guess.

[iFLOWLIKEWATER]

*Facepalm*
Your Sony goggles are thick!

[2Spock]

Man when you make comments like that, you should let everyone know you are joking at the end. Cause some people might take your comment seriously and think you are not being sarcastic.

[Man In Black]

But it doesn't really matter to me. Game's still pretty damn fun, though not quite as good as Resonance of Fate, despite the crappy story in that game (I HATED THE GODDAMN ENDING). But I'd say the PS3 version makes up for it with the extra content and dual audio track. Makes the little girl a helluva lot less annoying :P

Still, I'm saving up my money to get an HDTV, because this game looks like sh!t on my SDTV. Text is barely visible, and this is exacerbated if you go for the classic visual style. Combat is fun, though, despite me being spoiled by the gun fun in ROF.

[iFLOWLIKEWATER]

The main picture right there shows the 360 looks better. You don't even have to click the link unless you can't read which is which from logos in the corner...

[IdleLeeSiuLung]

Is the PS3 version running at a lower resolution? In the pictures almost every single one of them the PS3 version is blurrier than the Xbox 360 version.

edit: "the Xbox 360 had a higher resolution.".

The win should have gone to the Xbox 360, because a whole second slower load time in a scene doesn't really count. That is within error range let alone significant.

With that said, I don't think anyone enjoying this game really cares or notices.

[wicko]

Honestly I can't stand FFXIII, enjoying Star Ocean and Resonance of Fate much more.

[kaveti6616]

Both versions look really bad. In one screen, the PS3 version shows more detail in the ground design but lacks shadows. In the 360 version, the ground design is more foggy but there are shadows. Overall, the game looks disappointing no matter the console. Here's to hoping that Square Enix uses the FFXIII engine for all their other RPGs this gen.

[SaiyanFury]

Wow, talk about an "article" that was unnecessary. OK, comparing games like Star Ocean 4 when they're already a few months post release is a rather pathetic way to garner hits to your website. First, with the graphical differences being so bloody minimal between the two consoles, does anyone really care? Second, comparing SO4 to FF13, a game which S-E poured pretty much all of their processing power into on both consoles seems kinda moot. Also, SO4 is a traditional JRPG, FF13 is not. FF13 had just about every standard JRPG criteria removed so S-E could reign in the non-RPGamers and make more money. I may receive some flak here for saying this, but I prefer SO4 to FF13 as an old school JRPGamer. It's more rewarding, personally and I thoroughly enjoy it. Resonance of Fate is also great, SEGA should be doing more to promote it. Oh yeah, both SO4 and RoF are done by the same company. Just to clue you guys in.

Final thought here, SO4 on PS3 has the choices of traditional anime-based art and the original Japanese language track. For those reasons alone, I bought it for my PS3. Lymle sounds far less annoying in Japanese, I assure you. :)

[tinybigman]

and i have the ps3 version because of the extras.

[saraphina017]

Agreed. I like my JRPGs by Square, TYVM.

[cayal]

"Towns or no towns, FF pretty much sets the standard for RPG's whenever a new one gets released. I doubt any RPG will match it in overall size for quite some time."

I hope not, I want a traditional RPG.

[kancerkid]

@SaiyanFury

How is the site garnering hits if they are doing the comparison so fat after release? According to your logic, they should be getting very few hits since the game has only been on the shelf for a while.

Are you just criticizing them because your favorite system didn't win?

It doesn't matter when the site does the comparison if you ask me. Not everyone buys a game on release date like whiny fanboys and game players who have their parents buy games for them.

Some of have jobs (gasps) go to college (gasp) or don't need to play "the next big thing" immediately becuase guess what, the game is still going to be there a few months from now, or even a decade from now.

[CARRIERHASARRIVED]

Lens of Truth is a part of the problem.

[Joe Bomb]

Your an idiot.

[weazel]

No Joe. I think you'll find that YOU'RE the idiot. Comparison websites have been stoking the fires between console owners, and ones that deliberately gimp images should be hounded off the net for false advertising.

[saraphina017]

What on Earth are you talking about? Weazel- I agree that websites that alter images are terrible, but LoT does not. They have nothing to gain by doing so. When they were doing a live show, it was VERY clear that these are guys who care about the games and do it because they love it. They are not fanboys of either console.

[IdleLeeSiuLung]

Care to show proof that Lens of Truth is "deliberately gimping images" or do "false advertising"?

[CARRIERHASARRIVED]

The problem I was referring to was the comparisons and their inflammatory nature. Another facet of the sensationalistic garbage that pollutes these webpages. Yeah, THAT problem.

[weazel]

Drawing comparisons between the platforms can only be a valid exercise if one of the ports is seriously flawed in relation to the other. (Bayonetta is a case in point.) If there's sufficient difference to suggest a legitimate drop in score between platforms, then yeah, I'll concede that it is valuable..BUT.. picking over individual pixels, etc on titles that suffer no real quality drop seems like a call to arms for the militant fanboys, and serve no real purpose.
False advertising is presenting deliberately misrepresentational data as fact. I wasn't targeting lens of truth(I would have stated this specifically if I was), but using the thread to highlight the lack of consistency amongst a lot of the "comparison websites", and their role in stoking / legitimizing negative attitudes.

[Dance]

Tie! Star Ocean: The Last Hope just didn’t perform perfect on either system. Each console had their own issues with consistency. Having motion blur is good, but made the scenes messy and neither system wanted to show shadows the entire time.

[Kuzo]

I don't understand why it took them a year to release it on the PS3 with a lower resolution.

[vhero]

PS3 version was obviously rushed that's why the resolutions were bad. Don't matter though it looks pretty bad on both consoles compared to FFXIII.

[Projekt7tuning]

@ vhero
I don't know man. I had hopes for it, but I don't think you can call a port rushed when they had a year. The hard part was done. All they had to do is make sure the port worked then tweak it, and they had a year to do it. I would call it laziness more likely. Its not that bad of a game. Rent it if your board. Its not FF13, so don't go into it expecting it to be, and you might just like it.

[iFLOWLIKEWATER]

WoW!! The 360 blew the PS3 version out of the water!!! See what I did there?

[raztad]

nope, sorry :) but it's true the xbox version is much sharper than the PS3 one. A higher res had some impact it seems.

[iFLOWLIKEWATER]

You fell it for bro...you fell for it, lol!

[ClownBelt]

You actually believe that though right? lol

[iFLOWLIKEWATER]

Nah, the 360 version looks slightly better, but it is a noticeable difference. It doesn't blow it out of the water, which is the statement I've been making all day. One console isn't going to blow the other out of the water with anything, but I'm sure I'll get a sh*tload of disagrees...w/e though.

[ArthurLee]

I've been waiting for this H2H which is awesome as usual. I think I'll pick this one up after a price drop.

[Shogun Master]

PS3 for me, I like all my JRPGS in one place.

[-MD-]

You don't play JRPGs on any other console then? That must limit your options quite a bit.

[wicko]

It really doesn't, I'd say there is 1 good JRPG exclusive for the 360 (if we're talking this generation). That would be Lost Odyssey. Although, this generation kind of sucks all around for JRPGs, PS1 and PS2 were the golden age of jRPGs :p

[frjoethesecond]

Blue dragon and lost odyssey are the only 360 exclusive jrpg's worth having.

[McWilly]

Valkyria Chronicles is the only PS3 exclusive JRPG worth having.

[hatchimatchi]

I really wanna get this game but I don't know if I have the time to play it, I still have to beat valkyria chronicles, ffxiii, white knight chronicles & resonance of fate....

[hetz15]

This game is awesome. I'm still only about 30 hours in this game(damn college), but it's been fun. if you like the previous SO games, you definitely have to play this game. If you like jrpgs overall, get it since this is one of the best jrpgs this time around. I'm just hoping that there will be more classic jrpgs, like suikoden, in the near future. Get tired with all this quick time battle stuff.

[SaiyanFury]

Agreed. SO4 may not be for the average gamer, but if you're a lover of the other Star Ocean games, or just traditional JRPGs in general, the game is golden. Easily one of the most rewarding Japanese RPGs I've played this entire generation. I also agree with Hetz on the Suikoden scene; come on Konami, the series started on PS consoles! Where's the next one?!

[frjoethesecond]

Valkyria chronicles is the sh1t. Hurry up and finish it.

[-MD-]

It's not even close. 360 took this one.

[GiantEnemyCrab]

Yeah, but they have it as a tie.. It seems they are starting to wimp out and trying to appease the fanboys which is also total bullsh!t.

Also, WTF is with this late bloomer PS3 games getting higher scores than the 360 version? Star Ocean international is 3 points higher on Meta for nothing other than it plays worse, has lower resolution and you had to wait 9 months longer to get it.. And they say the media is bias against the PS3. What a load!

[The Time Reaper]

FFXIII for the 360 was higher on Metacritic for quite a while than its PS3 brother.

Don't try to make sense of Meta, their system is quite flawed. It's not a true aggregate.

[kingme71]

How can you be Giant Enemy Crab without your crab picture? I think I need to lie down.

I will admit that veiny Gears image is pretty slick.

[Gun_Senshi]

what about all extra content on ps3?

[Redempteur]

the reason the ps3 version scored higher is maybe because :

- loading times shorter ?
- one disc ( no disc swapping )
- japanese voices ?

just saying ..since the ps3 version also have some little extra content too

[frjoethesecond]

Yeah, the disc swapping for planet transition was a pain on the 360 version.

[snowy1185]

If I remember correctly, doesn't the PS3 version have more content compared to the 360 version? I may be wrong.

[ClownBelt]

This game is garbage. I couldn't believe the mess of a game this is..I'm currently playing this right now and I'm already around 70+ hours. Those 70+ hours are full of frustration not because the game is hard, but because of the controls.

If you want an explanation why, pm me.

[LittleBigSackBoy]

The moving lag p!ssed me off

[militant07]

what he said its true, the game is stupid in almost everyway.

for ps3onwers i recommand Eternal Sonata over it 4 sure,
and ofcoure best JRPG this genration Tales of Vesperia

[wicko]

Ew, eternal sonata? Sorry but I'll pass on that.. I'm enjoying SO4 personally. Combat is great.

[frjoethesecond]

@.2

You mean valkyria chronicles right? TOV was mediocre.

[Gun_Senshi]

Worst Cast EVER!

Since its Tie I will give win to PS3 for simple reason.

At least I can hear poor voice acting in japanese, 'kay? 'Kay? 'KKKKKKKKKAAAAAAAAAAAYYYYYYYYY YY?

[Redempteur]

the japanese cast is Waaaaaay more bearable , so are the anime icons

[MastermindPS360]

360 wins another multiplatform surprise surprise

[ClownBelt]

I guess you're too blind to see that it's equal. I'd rather take the short loading times than a higher resolution game. But hey you can think that the 360 won, the same way as you guys think that multiplaform games are exclusive to the 360. :)

[MastermindPS360]

please look at the shadow shot of the forest....the resolution pic and motion blur pic.....please do think their the same.....man you are blind

and for the record i own a ps3.....so shhhh

[Das_Bastardion]

This is starting to get old...

[-MD-]

lol

[AliTheBrit19]

Yeah, thats pretty funny

Because anyone with any sense or any decent vision can see from the second roll over image that the Xbox 360 version has much deeper, truer colours and slightly more crisp,

[Gun_Senshi]

Due to English Voice Acting, 'kay?

[ClownBelt]

Yeah and read the conclusion. One is better in the technical side while the other on the resolution side. Both have their problems, so in conclusion LoT gave it a tie.

You didn't even read the article at all. You just look at the picture and decide for yourself.

[MastermindPS360]

so you would rather have crappier graphics because it load 3 seconds faster...ahahah ill remember you said that... your probably the only one alive that thinks that ahahah

[Gago]

japanese voice acting is the biggest reason

I dont care if the game looks a little better on 360

im gonna be too busy playing the game

but do note: out of all the 20 or so Multiplate games i have bought, only FF XIII and Ninja Gaiden Sigma 2 (if you count it as multiplat) have been on ps3, all other i bought on 360

[xg-ei8ht]

360 is cleaner due to higher rez.

PS3 lighting looks better.

But as i don't play these games i couldn't really careless.

But enjoy it, if your into them.

[Gamer_89]

ugh ugly ass game regret that i spend money on it

[booni3]

i havent seen the comparison, but im willing to bet the general consensus is that the ps3 version looks better, right?

[Sez]

Glad i got the 360 version.

[frjoethesecond]

Have fun disc swapping when you want to go back to a prior planet.

[McWilly]

Have fun with your 10 min mandatory install equivalent to 40+ disc-swaps.

[seij555]

Both versions look terrible so who cares about comparing them.