Game is directed by the same guy who directed Infinite Undiscovery. Expect an upgraded version of this every time the protag goes to eat
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Star Ocean 5: Integrity and Faithlessness announced (PS3/PS4, tri-Ace)
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lol wth
Skyfireblaze
Member
Yeah that, they could have atleast made the arms and legs a bit less thick
Thanks but at work right now, will watch later ^_^
Black Republican
Member
Game is directed by the same guy who directed Infinite Undiscovery. Expect an upgraded version of this every time the protag goes to eat
yo the humor in that game was hilarious
Capel didnt give a fuck
Train of Midnight
Banned
I'm sick of these impossible waistlines in my video game characters.
SolVanderlyn
Thanos acquires the fully powered Infinity Gauntlet in The Avengers: Infinity War, but loses when all the superheroes team up together to stop him.
Not wearing any clothes, either... this industry isn't progressive at all.
OmegaDL50
Member
Guy's basically a complete machine with Morphus Brain inside.
He's Impossible Waistline Space Future Robocop
The story director who also handled SO2, and 3.
I know you are joking but If we use the worst case example for every game, then every game would look just as horrible too.
Ogawa's work in SO2 and 3 was decent, outside of the very, very off plot twist in 3.
He's Impossible Waistline Space Future Robocop
Game is directed by the same guy who directed Infinite Undiscovery. Expect an upgraded version of this every time the protag goes to eat
The story director who also handled SO2, and 3.
I know you are joking but If we use the worst case example for every game, then every game would look just as horrible too.
Ogawa's work in SO2 and 3 was decent, outside of the very, very off plot twist in 3.
Clearly, a lot of tri-ace humor is dumb fun.
Yoshiharu Gotanda did the story for SO2 alone. Ogawa was one of the planners (i.e. game designers) for SO2.
Fun fact: Hiroshi Ogawa is also responsible for designing the still most selling Tales game, Tales of Destiny PS1, which basically laid the framework the series adhered to since.
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And his fucking dialogue...People complain about little girl characters or characters who have poor understanding of what the concept of clothing is, but the worst design in the series is definitely Bacchus.
Neon green, lanky, Lego Bionicle-looking Buzz Lightyear ripoff. God, he looked terrible.
Bacchus: "Edge, even though I am a machine, you made me experience what it feels like to have true friends."
Edge: ">:|"
OmegaDL50
Member
Nah. it's tri-Ace, yo!
The silliness is expected. Wellll outside the more serious Valkyrie Profile.
I mean this is the series had have people asking "What's a masheen, Is it tasty?" - Star Ocean 2.
Even the Welch stuff in SO4 was kind of cringe inducing. We shall not talk about Lymle, although her background story in the Datalog explains A LOT.
Then again I prefer SO3 Welch who at least didn't have that ridiculous purple hair and airhead attitude that SO4 Welch has. Although I think SO3 seemed kind of absentminded sometimes, in fact I don't know if it was just a case of bad VA (probably) because at times she acted mototone I thought she was a robot.
Buuut! Alexander O. Smith did handle the localization efforts for SO3, so most of it was okay, outside of the few aspects.
I think if he handled SO4 localization too, it probably wouldn't be as.....what is the word......awkward...maybe?
Can't say I agree. I'm okay with the usual Tri-Ace silliness, but that scene is just so bad it's just bad.
And I'm definitely not a serious person.
but tri-Ace silliness isn't so bad it's good, it is usually good, so you might be more serious than you think. Just a thought.
Actually playing SO4 for the first time I laughed a lot, and I mean a lot, mostly at things being unbelievably bad, as that scene with Edge, you know which one (I was thinking" is this for real? I couldn't stop laughing actually), almost at the beginning of a game, or preposterously ridiculous as SO4 Welch.
Only Lymle was not even funny on any level, just annoying.
but tri-Ace silliness isn't so bad it's good, it is usually good, so you might be more serious than you think. Just a thought.
Actually playing SO4 for the first time I laughed a lot, and I mean a lot, mostly at things being unbelievably bad, as that scene with Edge, you know which one (I was thinking" is this for real? I couldn't stop laughing actually), almost at the beginning of a game, or preposterously ridiculous as SO4 Welch.
Only Lymle was not even funny on any level, just annoying.
But I didn't say Tri-Ace silliness is so bad it's good! It's just regular silliness, sometimes it works, sometimes it doesn't.
Also, I'm gonna take being more serious than I think as a compliment lol
I wonder if I still have my SO4 disc somewhere. Haven't played the game in a long time and I kinda feel like trying my hand at breaking the game with item synthesis.
I think I already posted it, but no harm in repeating, SO4 is legendary Konami E3 pc of videogames, it really is
Talking about breaking, SO4 trophies really can break anybody (><)
threelights
Member
I wonder if now that they are going to be closer to SO2-3 they will talk more about the twist on 3...
I suppose people hoping for a retcon has their best shot on this game =P
And Tri-Ace's comedy is not the best, but I enjoy it. You can facepalm at that scene and know that at least it was intended...
I suppose people hoping for a retcon has their best shot on this game =P
And Tri-Ace's comedy is not the best, but I enjoy it. You can facepalm at that scene and know that at least it was intended...
Boss Doggie
all my loli wolf companions are so moe
I was hoping Kitao would return but seeing Gotanda is fine too!
SliceSabre
Banned
He is the primary reason I refused to play 4. I saw him and just said hell no. I loved Star Ocean 3 but I have my limits.People complain about little girl characters or characters who have poor understanding of what the concept of clothing is, but the worst design in the series is definitely Bacchus.
Neon green, lanky, Lego Bionicle-looking Buzz Lightyear ripoff. God, he looked terrible.
There are some pretty great game-breaking item synthesis tricks in the XB360 version but alas, they were patched for the PS3 version as far as I know.
I think they intentionally try to avoid that twist, it really screwed up everything. It's good that there are so big time gaps between the games, so they can make games "inbetween" for a while, don't touching the twist itself.
OmegaDL50
Member
Well we know one thing for certain.
The guy who created the Gravitic Warp engines in the spaceships in Star Ocean 3, was a scientist named Dr. Krupp, and he created these engines on SD 537.
And Star Ocean 5 takes place also on SD 537, so It's very likely we may run into this Dr. Krupp guy.
Also with the inclusion of a Time Gate (SO1 and SO3) and the ability to back or possibly forward through time. And then there is the potential of a multiverse
Alternate Earth in SO4
This means the time could be changed to prevent events in SO3 Or rather exist alongside them but not mess up anything else. OR be an alternate reality within SO universe which a 3rd universe exists
An Earth that was not destroyed but completely different than the one in Star Ocean 1, 2, and 4
There is plenty of options that be utilized. With
alternate Earth
Also just like Star Ocean 1, the Time Gate can be used to go back in time and fix events (If the Time Gate allows them to).
So only tri-Ace knows what will happen with the series plot and it's future.
but tri-Ace silliness isn't so bad it's good, it is usually good, so you might be more serious than you think. Just a thought.
Actually playing SO4 for the first time I laughed a lot, and I mean a lot, mostly at things being unbelievably bad, as that scene with Edge, you know which one (I was thinking" is this for real? I couldn't stop laughing actually), almost at the beginning of a game, or preposterously ridiculous as SO4 Welch.
Only Lymle was not even funny on any level, just annoying.
Yea, i felt at many times during the whopping...5? 6? hours i could stomach it that the game was making fun of me for purchasing it.
I am a pretty laid back guy and I love my videogames and everyone who knows me irl knows that, but that's the first time I have ever been embarrassed paying a game, made even worse with the fact that no one was in the room with me that whole time. Reimi was forgettable but not bad, i thought Edge would be the worst, but literally everyone else was far, far worse/terrible and i was filled with such genuine disgust that i returned it the next day.
To say that i am even interested in the next game at all is a testament to my love of JRPGs imo.
Really? Goddamn it, the PS3 version is the only one I've got at the moment
Hate it when stuff like that gets patched. It's not hurting anyone, quite the opposite even.
lemme guess, you wouldn't watch Wanted or Transformers even if your life depended on it?
I wasn't offended by SO4, gameplay is good and as I said, I had a good laugh out of it, don't really care that for wrong reasons.
OmegaDL50
Member
It's not that it was patched it's just some items had extra properties added or changed.
Some new chests and items were even added.
For example the Curry Rice item used only have a 20% EXP factor, so when you synthesized it would transfer that effect.
In International it still has the 20% EXP factor, however it also has a +1 ATK factor in front of it.
Weapons can have 8 effects total. So you could basically do
+20% EXP
+20% EXP
+20% EXP
+20% EXP
+20% EXP
+20% EXP
+20% EXP
+20% EXP
To have a +160% EXP effect.
Now with the +1 ATK effect. You now can do.
+1 ATK
+20% EXP
+1 ATK
+20% EXP
+1 ATK
+20% EXP
+1 ATK
+20% EXP
See?
People complain about little girl characters or characters who have poor understanding of what the concept of clothing is, but the worst design in the series is definitely Bacchus.
Neon green, lanky, Lego Bionicle-looking Buzz Lightyear ripoff. God, he looked terrible.
is that epic games attempt at redesigning mega man or what lol
threelights
Member
Yeah. Ignoring is also a way of retconning I suppose (DMC2 hey).
Either way, I'm curious to see how it'll go.
Oh boy, I don't remember most of this. Thanks for the writeup.
Anyway, I did not know the timeline matched so perfectly. I'm pretty sure they have something in mind now.
And yeah, tri-Ace was smart enough to not put themselves in a corner, so that's always good, hopefully they are smart about what they're doing.
Oh boy, I can't believe I'm looking forward to a SO story =P
Boss Doggie
all my loli wolf companions are so moe
There's really a difference between "I don't like this twist" to "the ending screwed up everything" since the latter implies facts.
I'm a bit confused, but I see the situation isn't as bad as I thought it was. Or bad at all.
Thanks
TheChillyAcademic
Member
Why the fuck isn't anyone bringing up her BEST appearances, both SO1 and SO2! Any Welch from then on was full 'o FAIL.
Maybe? I dunno, cheap/tacky movies (are those cheap/tacky?) tend not to run me $64 so i can shrug those off a bit easier. I am a nerd who posts on Neogaf daily, cosplays at places like Gencon and Dragoncon, and waits in line solo for Amiibos at like 5 am if I have the day off. I'm not some bastion of serious behavior, lol.
There were/are plenty of games with good gameplay that were far less of a chore to sit through. As much sh*t as FF13 gets (rightly so I guess?) it looks like Citizen Kayne in comparison, which is pretty sad. Maybe that's why I didn't dislike FF13 as much as some, cause I played SO4 first.
Game is directed by the same guy who directed Infinite Undiscovery. Expect an upgraded version of this every time the protag goes to eat
I hope so! Capell is quite possibly the greatest protagonist in any game ever. He's funny, charming, and doesn't give a fuck. From doing the dinner dance to salivating over "anything" to knocking out the romantic partner when she doesn't get a move on like he says I don't think I've ever liked a JRPG protagonist more.
InfiniteNine
Rolling Girl
SO3 with an upped rendering resolution looks pretty great inside battles!
The cutscene models though... lol
The cutscene models though... lol
I bet my girl nel still looks pretty even through emulator <3
Also..i've always wondered why Sophia has her jeans unzipped in the beginning with no sign of actual underwear. Like is it that open in outer space? Is this some Blue Gender esque shit?
Also..i've always wondered why Sophia has her jeans unzipped in the beginning with no sign of actual underwear. Like is it that open in outer space? Is this some Blue Gender esque shit?
InfiniteNine
Rolling Girl
Yeah I can't imagine Nel looking too bad! I have to hand it to Tri-Ace their widescreen options make emulating this look less awful in the UI department compared to other games.
Cause she's a slut
Luckily the battle mechanics themselves are so broken, you don't need to worry about using Synthesis.
Myuria from SO4 was 23 too, and good fucking god did she milk that "I'm SOOOO old and mature, you all are little boys, I am a total cougar" train for all it's worth.
I'll see if Fidel's older age is a good thing when I see more from him.
Skyfireblaze
Member
Okay I definitely have to retry playing SO3 on PCSX2, the last time I tried it in 2009 or so it looked very blurry even with a upped resolution but this looks really good!
InfiniteNine
Rolling Girl
Okay I definitely have to retry playing SO3 on PCSX2, the last time I tried it in 2009 or so it looked very blurry even with a upped resolution but this looks really good!
Yeah to fix that just use the X+ Triangle combo on boot to enable progressive mode! It's as you described unless you enable it.
I would not know from watching her in game, i was too busy paying attention to Nel
InfiniteNine
Rolling Girl
Yeah she was my most hated character too and switching languages didn't help like it did with Lymle.
Skyfireblaze
Member
Ohh that explains it, thanks for the tip!
Unfortunately though I just tried it and it did not work so I looked around and found that:Thank you PAL region
Oh well I'll see if there's a PCSX2 patch to force progressive scan Oh wow, what does it say about her that I couldn't even remember Sarah until I saw her again just now? o.o