Star Ocean: The Last Hope

released on Feb 19, 2009

Star Ocean: The Last Hope, known as Star Ocean 4: The Last Hope is an action role-playing video game developed by tri-Ace and Square Enix who also published the game, initially only for the Xbox 360, and the fourth installment in the Star Ocean series. Famitsu revealed that the battle system featured four party members, and was more team-oriented. The game also features more of a sci-fi emphasis than past titles with the ability to control your own ship. This ship is quite large, and is able to land on at least 5 planets or other space-based destinations. Players are able to travel through the "star ocean," jumping across planets. The game takes place a few centuries before the original Star Ocean (around S.D. 10, or approximately 2087 AD). The game's plot revolves around Edge and his crew combating a mysterious threat called the "Grigori". An international version of the game was released by Square Enix as a worldwide PlayStation 3-exclusive on February 9, 2010. Officially known as Star Ocean: The Last Hope International, the game contains both Japanese and English voices as well as new content that is exclusive to the international version of the game.


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I enjoyed this. Xbox didn't have many RPGs back then. I think they have a few more nowadays.

A fairly solid game, but overshadowed by its PS2 predecessor.
Taking a full .5 stars off for Lymle however.

mostly nostalgic, I don't think it's that bad and I've not played any other Star Ocean game but it definitely suffers from slightly clunky combat, weird voice acting at times and awkward cutscenes/dialogue

The worst graphics in any game I’ve ever seen. Actually gave me migraines with the excessive lighting, flat textures. I try not to be shallow but this bordered into unplayable. It’s a shame because I really dig the character designer's other projects.

A very fun action RPG with decent visuals and graphics that still hold up today. But this was still the era where you have to switch discs for video games which is something I do not miss. Tri Ace did it again with an amazing entry in the amazing underrated series Star Ocean that deserves more love than it does.

The game has benefited from further releases. The Xbox 360 version is bad and best avoided. Combat is the best in the series. Characters grew on me over time and the voice acting is not great.