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Star Ocean 5 : Integrity and Faithlessness - Import Impressions
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AmethystEnd
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Oh my fucking god that party/field skill menu. So cute I want to die.
Edit: Also, very glad save points are in.
Edit: Also, very glad save points are in.
OmegaDL50
Member
SatelliteOfLove
Member
These are good signs. Good signs indeed.
Same. And hey, the English dub actually sounds decent this time around, so it may be worth experiencing it in full, too.
Looking forward to this game keeping me busy over the summer.
QisTopTier
XisBannedTier
That party skill menu is one of the best I've seen in a game like this. Very well done.
Edit: Made me think of the first episode of golden boy actually xD the program the main character makes
Edit: Made me think of the first episode of golden boy actually xD the program the main character makes
This is definitely the number one thing I'm hoping the game has - lots of systems that make utterly breaking the game possible. Loved that stuff in SO2.
Cornbread78
Member
Nothing can be worse than the final dungeon in SO4 where the jokers are running around. I played for 4 hours without finding a save point. When I left my PS3 running all-night so I could continue the next day, my system YLOD'd and I lost the entire save file... 100+ hours down the crapper...
I read something about it in a interview (maybe the same one that initiated Miki's issue). They were saying that they knew that crafting was a way to break the game easily but it's also something people need to do on purpose and some players enjoy the game better this way. If they were saying that, I think it means they made it possible.
They removed many options in the international version of SO4 but it's not the same guys working on it, right?
Cornbread78
Member
AmethystEnd
Member
I truly, truly hope not. Blindsides trivialized combat, especially as Meracle.
BlueTsunami
there is joy in sucking dick
And the very last save point, which, beyond it, has you (possibly) fighting every boss in the game plus two with no saves in between. Wished they would just use destructible game states.
Copy I ordered from Amazon should be shipping in a few hours. Shame game imports from there appears to have been short-lived, $63 to import a game and get it by the weekend is an insane deal compared to the prices and shipping times I've had to bear with when importing games from other places. :/
In a way the game having save points annoys me because tri-Ace games can be really stingy with them at times. Hopefully they've gotten better at it here.
In a way the game having save points annoys me because tri-Ace games can be really stingy with them at times. Hopefully they've gotten better at it here.
Bump what you're talking about, I need it as the sword wielding main character since I let AI handle everyone else, blindsides was what made SO4 epic to me.
SolicitorPirate
Member
The only question worth asking is this; is there a cooking show mini game in this?
SO4's last dungeon laughs at you
Parakeetman
No one wants a throne you've been sitting on!
yeah the game most def has good music
Always feel like he puts more effort into his Star Ocean tracks than he does with Tales.
mine should be arriving soon, but i probably won't have any time to play until the weekend. 
it's kind of interesting that the game doesn't do the usual sort of song and dance for major character introductions. not something that would annoy me, might actually be somewhat refreshing, but i guess i'll have to wait and see how it plays out myself.
it's kind of interesting that the game doesn't do the usual sort of song and dance for major character introductions. not something that would annoy me, might actually be somewhat refreshing, but i guess i'll have to wait and see how it plays out myself.
Parakeetman
No one wants a throne you've been sitting on!
outside of phantisia and destiny i dont remember much else with the tales music (￣▽￣
Battle system looks awesome.
Don't know if it holds any truth, but some people have said that the Tales Studio tells him to "dial it back" with their games. Not sure why you would tell a composer that, so I don't think it's true.
This is definitely the case, or seems like it. Going all the way back into the 90s for sure. Even back then I got the impression that Sakuraba had a folder on his computer labeled "Tales fodder" and would just stockpile on D-tier songs leftover from his other soundtracks.
On a side note, I really can't handle the camera bobbing in these streams and videos. Are people actually adjusting to it...?
Parakeetman
No one wants a throne you've been sitting on!
This is definitely the case, or seems like it. Going all the way back into the 90s for sure. Even back then I got the impression that Sakuraba had a folder on his computer labeled "Tales fodder" and would just stockpile on D-tier songs leftover from his other soundtracks.
On a side note, I really can't handle the camera bobbing in these streams and videos. Are people actually adjusting to it...?
its not like you have a choice with the camera. most def a bad idea with out they rigged it with the player model.
http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showthread.php?t=456714
tri-Ace Sakuraba is definitely more quality on average than Tales Sakuraba and it shows. Still kinda weird that they let Go Shiina just go balls out though.
outside of phantisia and destiny i dont remember much else with the tales music (￣▽￣
Early Tales nostalgia soulmate
On a side note, I really can't handle the camera bobbing in these streams and videos. Are people actually adjusting to it...?
I haven't noticed!
So the Tales team tells him to make the soundtrack as "mellow" as possible. The guy did the soundtracks for Dark Souls and Baten Kaitos for fucks sakes. Let him do whatever he wants.
Valkerionseven
Member
Blah wanted to make more progress in my backlog but barely scratched the surface.
Guess I will wait for the NA version. If I can resist...
Guess I will wait for the NA version. If I can resist...
OmegaDL50
Member
Not really.
Star Ocean 4 was sort of the black sheep of the series.
For one thing it is the most criticized and it was also the one game that Star Ocean series creator, Yoshiharu Gotanda did not act as Director on, for some strange reason.
While there was some interesting aspects to SO4 notably improvements to the Bonus Gauge from SO3 and Synthesis working on Armor and Accessories unlike just Weapons only in SO3.
Star Ocean 4 was sort of a prequel in that time wise to the canon it's the very first, in that it takes place 36 years prior to Star Ocean 1 before the characters use the Time Gate in SO1.
The biggest issues with SO4 were some odd localization issues mainly poor VA direction.
To go from a game in which Alexander O. Smith was involved in SO3 to what happened in SO4 was an odd regression.
Basically all signs for SO5 seem to be that it's a proper follow up to the series along the lines of what the series would progress to under Gotanda's direction after SO3.
The game even takes place before SO3 but after SO2 in terms continuity, so divergences in canon to that addresses twist in SO3 or even the Time Gate in general is possible, or even possibly overriding them.
Possibly even heading into a different universe as a multiverse exists in the SO series lore
Alternate Earth Dimension in SO4 for example, as well as the 4D Dimension in SO3
So yeah it should be interesting to see how SO5 turns out now that Gotanda is back in the Director's chair again.
Parakeetman
No one wants a throne you've been sitting on!
did not see an option for it
DangerMouse
Member
I'm looking forward to this game so much! It looks so good.
I'm hoping they acknowledge the twist to SO3 and not just sweep it under the rug. I read something about alternate time lines in 4 so that already sounds like a bummer.