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Star Ocean 5 screens and character art
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Actually this picture shows her runes on her left leg. They're white so it might be harder to see than usual.
freeofgreed
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If i'm not mistaken we're getting at least 8 I believe.
OmegaDL50
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I am talking specifically about Action JRPG combat systems in which you can fully control any member of your party at any time with a button press. While Kingdom Hearts did have Donald and Goofy as party members you always controlled Sora and could not swap to the other two characters, not having full party control.
I mean the previous Star Ocean titles had transitional combat screens. The same applies for the Tales series. Of course it's possible for a future Tales game to do away with the transitional screen as well.
I mean Secret of Mana was the very first that did this as far as I recall, but with the advent of 3D graphics there wasn't any games that glossed upon full party control in an action combat system without a separate battle screen. Not until Xenoblade at least. There could have been others but I don't recall them
Actually this picture shows her runes on her left leg. They're white so it might be harder to see than usual.
As you go through the game, you unlock a rune for each patch.
SolidSnakex
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Yeah, I wouldn't be surprised if it's sub-HD on the PS3. The PS4 version is obviously 1080p. The PS4 version is the port, but it seems to be the main version of the game for them as it was the one playable at TGS.
ss_lemonade
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Final Fantasy 12?
freeofgreed
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Well Xenoblade wouldn't really count either since you can't change party members in combat. I think Ys 7 is good example though, since you could switch party members on the fly and all battles occured without transitions.
pancakesandsex
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I love how the lighting makes them look like PVC models. The look of this game is fantastic. I wish the ps3 version was coming here though.
Needlecrash
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Well, the game running entirely in real time is a surprise. I hope the game doesn't become tiring like SO4 was.
OmegaDL50
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FF12 used a turn based system, Or at least ATB gauge in which a character acted then needed a full ATB gauge to act again. Not really action, but it didn't have transitional screens for combat, which is a first for the FF series interestingly enough. I hope Square-Enix revisits this version of ATB again in a future title.
Star Ocean never really used the not even middle-aged slightly older character going on retirement trope, despite the fact it does use some anime tropes. In fact Star Ocean 3 had a character that was 58 (Ardray) and acted the complete opposite of this trope.
Same. Maybe I'll have a PS4 by then hopefully.
freeofgreed
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Same, this is one of the things I love about the game the most. The lighting/rendering really makes them look like live figurines, which is a really cool effect we haven't really seen before.
Yeah i just watched the footage, is the game 60fps? looks good in video, and the seamless transition to battle it's alway a thing i liked
OmegaDL50
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60fps on PS4 is what the developers are saying. Probably only 30fps on the PS3.
I don't think the PS3 version is coming out in Western territories anyways, so it's not like I have a choice to play English localized Star Ocean 5. Not that I would pick the PS3 version over the PS4 version if the choice was available anyways.
Still it would be nice for the PS3 version to be localized for those that haven't adopted a PS3 yet just to give them that option, but I can understand why devs are trying to drop the old hardware and push the new consoles in the west.
Ganondorfo
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Why is there a new Star Ocean and not a new Suikoden or Grandia? These rpgs were also popular during the ps1 gen like Second Story... Anyway this game looks cool, except for that witch girl.
freeofgreed
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Because Konami sucks and Game Arts is practically non existent now adays. It sucks, but we take what we can get.
For both PS3 and PS4, i think i heard that 60fps was stated, but i can't confirm that 100%.
Well you want to show off your best stuff, they probably showed off the PS3 version first because PS4 was not in a proper state at time of announcement.
Persona 5 is the same, the latest trailer was PS4
It's a silly explanation. In SO3, Sophia, one of the symbology-oriented users, has the typical lame "girl next door" design instead of a significantly stupid patchwork costume. She didn't need to show off her runes to use them. And since all of the characters could use symbology, why didn't all of them wear skimpy clothes so they could show off their runes?
Why not just straight up admit you're making a design for titillation. The honesty would be better than the flimsy "in-universe" explanation for a shitty design.
SliceSabre
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Absolutely loving the blonde pretty boy and the Witch.
SolVanderlyn
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Morrigan Stark
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Overdesigned and hideous.
SatelliteOfLove
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Get to crafting (and fixing Not-Estellise's face).
Most successful accusations of sexism in games comes not from actual disgusting chauvanistism but foot-in-mouth PR.
Most successful accusations of sexism in games comes not from actual disgusting chauvanistism but foot-in-mouth PR.
It's also working splendidly on us.
Japan innit
this will be the twist now
Based on the recent Famitsu article the battle system takes a lot of notes from SO3 with some slight improvements/alterations, which is cool to me as I feel it has the best battle system of all the games. Personally I would have liked to see MP-death return too, but that's just me, it seems to have been pretty hated by a lot of people.
Off the top of my head Shining Resonance and Tales of Zestiria don't transition to separate battlefields. SO5 appears to have made one of the better overall attempts at this however.
Yeah I guess it's good that there's some kind of excuse, but it still feels pretty flimsy and transparent (pun not intended). Traditionally the runes are red and clearly visible, so I don't know why hers don't seem to be noticeable until they glow or whatever. My only guess is that they're actually all over her body or something, which makes me fear there'll be a scene where they all glow or something and the camera just has to pan all over her body to show them, but maybe they'll show some restraint (lol).
Off the top of my head Shining Resonance and Tales of Zestiria don't transition to separate battlefields. SO5 appears to have made one of the better overall attempts at this however.
Yeah I guess it's good that there's some kind of excuse, but it still feels pretty flimsy and transparent (pun not intended). Traditionally the runes are red and clearly visible, so I don't know why hers don't seem to be noticeable until they glow or whatever. My only guess is that they're actually all over her body or something, which makes me fear there'll be a scene where they all glow or something and the camera just has to pan all over her body to show them, but maybe they'll show some restraint (lol).
Symbology is a more advanced form of Runology. Runology as Nel's people used had to have the inscriptions on their bodies to form the incantations, whereas the futuristic form did not need to have inscriptions.
SolVanderlyn
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The original translation (Heraldry) sounded way cooler than Symbology.
Polioliolio
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Pink haired girl looks really odd.
Her face is...odd.
Environment shots look great, although the ground textures are bit underwhelming.
Yeah, she has an infant's head on a woman's body. It's horrifying.
Silent Chief
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Haute Couture fashion shows.
LowParry
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Modified butt runes I bet.
Seems likely. It's not quite the same design, but it reminds me a quite a bit of the Time Gate on Planet Styx. Or maybe this games version of the Seraphic Gate/Sphere 211/Distortion Corridor.
Some of the models are weird. I feel like the eyes of the pink haired girl can stare into my soul. The outfit of the mage like many people already said is ridiculous.
I love what we saw of the design of the second green haired character the martial artist, do we know her name yet ?
I love what we saw of the design of the second green haired character the martial artist, do we know her name yet ?
LowParry
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Do we know if she's human? Alien? I figure as a Star Ocean game, she's alien.
SolidSnakex
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They haven't said anything about her. But they're slowly revealing characters right now. We also don't know anything about the guy with light blue hair. And there may be more characters as well since they've discussed having more than seven people in battle at once. But in the TGS gameplay we saw that NPC could join your group and battle alongside you, so tehy may have been referring to that.
Something about the pink hair girl's face feels off compared to the others.
Nah, this will happen for sure.
Nah, this will happen for sure.
I'm always somewhat confused why even in the presence of female characters that are dressed entirely acceptable people focus on the one or two that are not. I mean I get it, people want to get indignant about whatever they can but the witch is the outlier in this where the other female characters are dressed like
And there is a white haired female that is dressed almost exactly like the blond guy. Why is the exsistance of a single less appropriately dressed character an issue?
I have a feeling the female MC is a robot or something because her face is really off compared to the others.
And there is a white haired female that is dressed almost exactly like the blond guy. Why is the exsistance of a single less appropriately dressed character an issue?
I have a feeling the female MC is a robot or something because her face is really off compared to the others.
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