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Star Ocean 5 screens (Now in "HD"!)

Yarbskoo

Member
And the yellow filter ended up just being a time of day thing...

Thank god.

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This is the last edit, I swear!

The game really does have some good looking environments though. I just hope we get to see them at a time of day that isn't yellow.
 

foxuzamaki

Doesn't read OPs, especially not his own
Looking at those gifs of SO4 kinda put these HD shots in perspective in that I dont think this is actually a mid-tier budget, or atleast, on the very low end of it, SO4 looks techwise(and maybe artwise, tho too little is seen of SOV to judge) superior, and im gonna venture that SO4 was a mid-tier effort.
 

Beats

Member
I need to see the game in motion and how the characters animate before getting excited about it. I'll keep an eye on this, but I don't know if I can stomach the way the characters look here. Some of the environments look pretty good though.

nowhere close.

I dunno I think it's pretty close. The character art style both games are going for doesn't really work in realistic 3D and just looks really off. The characters just look like creepy dolls. :x
 

benzy

Member
Looking at those gifs of SO4 kinda put these HD shots in perspective in that I dont think this is actually a mid-tier budget, or atleast, on the very low end of it, SO4 looks techwise(and maybe artwise, tho too little is seen of SOV to judge) superior, and im gonna venture that SO4 was a mid-tier effort.

5 looks better than 4 with towns looking to be packed with more detail. 4 also had a battle resolution of 500p. If the PS3 version of 5 hits close to 720p in battles then it's automatically going to be the winner out of the two. Tech-wise they're actually really similar.

Here's 4

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I like that the witch wears devil wings, a tail, and cat-ears.

It perfectly complements the ridiculousness of her checkered leotard-thing.

Thought the pink-haired girl was one of those underrepresented races in SO, going by the doilies on her ears.
But nope, apparently she's a human, just with a faaaaaaaace.

Whatever, still mega-hyped.
 

InfiniteNine

Rolling Girl
5 looks better than 4 with towns looking to be packed with more detail. 4 also had a battle resolution of 500p. If the PS3 version of 5 hits close to 720p in battles then it's automatically going to be the winner out of the two. Tech-wise they're actually really similar.

Here's 4

4 definitely doesn't look like that in real time. :p
 

Hexa

Member
5 looks better than 4 with towns looking to be packed with more detail. 4 also had a battle resolution of 500p. If the PS3 version of 5 hits close to 720p in battles then it's automatically going to be the winner out of the two. Tech-wise they're actually really similar.

Here's 4

Star-Ocean-The-Last-Hope_2009_02-19-09_08.jpg


Star-Ocean-The-Last-Hope_2009_02-19-09_23.jpg

Bottom one is definitely a bullshot.
 

Inuhanyou

Believes Dragon Quest is a franchise managed by Sony
I should be more stoked for this, but Tri-Ace's track record hasn't been very good for some years now. The third game was amazing to me; obviously unpolished in some areas, but the rest of the game was so solid I could overlook it. I liked the fourth game, but the characters were super annoying and it ended abruptly for me in comparison to the last game. I'm glad to know the Star Ocean brand isn't dead, but I'd rather see a reboot after the twist they had in the third game.

Luckily most of the developers on SO4 are not here. The writer is for SO1 2 and 3
 
Looking at those gifs of SO4 kinda put these HD shots in perspective in that I dont think this is actually a mid-tier budget, or atleast, on the very low end of it, SO4 looks techwise(and maybe artwise, tho too little is seen of SOV to judge) superior, and im gonna venture that SO4 was a mid-tier effort.

4 looks superior?

????????????????????
 

Weiss

Banned
I don't understand Japan's fascination with designing characters like something out of the darkest depths of a coked up pop band.
 

SoulUnison

Banned
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This actually looks really attractive but the character's look like they've been pasted in from a different game, or something.
 

Inuhanyou

Believes Dragon Quest is a franchise managed by Sony
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This actually looks really attractive but the character's look like they've been pasted in from a different game, or something.

The characters should have probabaly either been drawn a bit more realistically, or the environments more stylized and cartoonish, cause yeah, that looks like a vista out of a vacation photo or something
 

Xenus

Member
Gematsu did a translation from Famitsu on their site that mentioned it in her character bio. She's the only character not designed by Akiman.

Good I hope they redesign her and not go. Well we got some fan feed back that they liked the design so we'll keep it. The outfit actually isn't that bad but even if they just let Akiman tweak the design rather then a full redesign. You know shrink the eyes a litle and generally fix the face...
 

zlatko

Banned
I'm very hesitant at this game. This looks like another SO4 shit show. Great combat, and everything else will be mediocre AT BEST.

Ugh.

Tri-Ace did such a great job with Resonance of Fate! I was hoping with this we'd see more of that come over in terms of characters and art style choices.

Not sold on this by a long mile.

Star Ocean: The Second Story still stands as their best game back on PS1. How can they not get back on that level with this series? Valkyrie Profile and Resonance also are fantastic IP's from Tri-Ace. Someone at that studio needs to get axed ...
 

Inuhanyou

Believes Dragon Quest is a franchise managed by Sony
*vomits EVERYWHERE*

What are you vomiting at? The character models? The graphics? The descriptions? The screens themselves look really nice and clean.

I can understand the character designs not being to people's taste, but hyperbolic posts seem to be the only thing that even really gets posted in response. Just move on if its THAT offensive to one's pallete
 

Lucent

Member
What are you vomiting at? The character models? The graphics? The descriptions? The screens themselves look really nice and clean.

I can understand the character designs not being to people's taste, but hyperbolic posts seem to be the only thing that even really gets posted in response. Just move on if its THAT offensive to one's pallete

Yeah really. I actually like pink haired girl. The art style is fine to me. Much better than SO4. They actually look like anime instead of dolls.

Also we haven't seen anything beyond screens yet. People are so quick to write games off.
 
What are you vomiting at? The character models? The graphics? The descriptions? The screens themselves look really nice and clean.

I can understand the character designs not being to people's taste, but hyperbolic posts seem to be the only thing that even really gets posted in response. Just move on if its THAT offensive to one's pallete

Those character designs are like everything that's wrong with anime.
 
The game really looks like resin kits being displayed in expensive dioramas...

Aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaand we have our |OT| title.

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So I've been totally misunderstanding the Witch's costume. Based on the previous pics, I thought it was checkered cloth of black and white.

It'd work better that way (with about half the details on her removed as well). Looks designed by commitee.

I don't understand Japan's fascination with designing characters like something out of the darkest depths of a coked up pop band.

Read, cry, understand.
 
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