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Topic	Haunter ranks 101 games he's played over the last decade, with write-ups.
Haunter12O 03/21/18 4:43:56 PM #14:	95. Star Ocean 4 Original Release: 2009 Developer: tri-Ace/Square Enix Platform: X-Box 360 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kNauq6_9iP0" data-time=" https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FSTzU2e27AY" data-time=" *Spoilers* K debonair on the RPGs: EE board said it best: The characters in Star Ocean 4 are so shitty that they literally drive the only sane party member into madness. This is NOT a joke. In fact I'll repost what I recently said about the game. Man was it a piece of work. It actually started off promising before spiraling out of control and becoming a shitshow. I mean, at the beginning it promises a vast world, multiple planets to explore, and a story focusing on exploration. The thought of exploring multiple planets was amazing for a Star Ocean game considering every other one focuses on no more than two planets. The two main characters and the third one that joins you early on seem like generally likable people. Then, you find out something's up with the writing when Lymle joins. Suddenly, cutscenes become long and awkward, and her voicework and character absolutely sucks. But no matter! The pacing is still pretty good, and we're only on the second planet. We're then thrusted into the third planet, which is nothing more than an extremely long 3-4 hour dungeon WITH ONLY TWO SAVE POINTS, ONE AT THE BEGINNING AND ONE AT THE END. WHAT THE FUCK. Oh well, it's still cool to explore an alien mothership. Okay, whatever, let's keep playing. I'm sure it gets better. Oh no, it doesn't. We get another annoying character, a catgirl who is underage and wears very little clothing. Then suddenly, something ridiculous happens and for literally the rest of the game Edge is an annoying, whiny piece of shit. There is a THIRD annoying character by the name of Sarah, and much of the cutscenes in the game which can last up to an hour focus primarily on Lymle, Sarah, and Meracle. Just watch the above video for a shining example of quality voice acting and line delivery in video games. Oh and I can't forget Welch, an annoying NPC (she was better in SO3) that gets more screen time than some of the playable characters. The pacing falls apart, the story is pretty much nonexistent, there are only three planets to actually explore, with the rest of them being nothing more than glorified dungeons. The cast of characters is the worst cast EVER in any JRPG I'm not even fucking joking here. Actually, the male characters of the group sans Edge are decent but get very little to no screen time so they don't really count. The soundtrack is forgettable, there is an annoying section in one of the planets where you have to swap discs every time you want to go from point A and point B (not to mention swapping discs in general in many areas or backtracking, think Legend of Dragoon) but I'm sure this will be fixed in the HD version. I've heard mention of some saying the battle system is great. Well, it's not half bad, but the game forces you to basically master blindsides because bosses are frustrating if you can't manage to toss a few of them. Unfortunately blindsides are pretty difficult to master requiring lots of practices and at times they felt random. No joke but SO5 is better, 'kay? <cite>Haunter12O posted [p:898232507] in Haunter ra... [t:76436991]...</cite> <quote>95. Star Ocean 4 Original Release: 2009 Developer: tri-Ace/Square Enix Platform: X-Box 360 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kNauq6_9iP0" data-time=" https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FSTzU2e27AY" data-time=" *Spoilers* K debonair on the RPGs: EE board said it best: The characters in Star Ocean 4 are so shitty that they literally drive the only sane party member into madness. This is NOT a joke. In fact I'll repost what I recently said about the game. Man was it a piece of work. It actually started off promising before spiraling out of control and becoming a shitshow. I mean, at the beginning it promises a vast world, multiple planets to explore, and a story focusing on exploration. The thought of exploring multiple planets was amazing for a Star Ocean game considering every other one focuses on no more than two planets. The two main characters and the third one that joins you early on seem like generally likable people. Then, you find out something's up with the writing when Lymle joins. Suddenly, cutscenes become long and awkward, and her voicework and character absolutely sucks. But no matter! The pacing is still pretty good, and we're only on the second planet. We're then thrusted into the third planet, which is nothing more than an extremely long 3-4 hour dungeon WITH ONLY TWO SAVE POINTS, ONE AT THE BEGINNING AND ONE AT THE END. WHAT THE FUCK. Oh well, it's still cool to explore an alien mothership. Okay, whatever, let's keep playing. I'm sure it gets better. Oh no, it doesn't. We get another annoying character, a catgirl who is underage and wears very little clothing. Then suddenly, something ridiculous happens and for literally the rest of the game Edge is an annoying, whiny piece of shit. There is a THIRD annoying character by the name of Sarah, and much of the cutscenes in the game which can last up to an hour focus primarily on Lymle, Sarah, and Meracle. Just watch the above video for a shining example of quality voice acting and line delivery in video games. Oh and I can't forget Welch, an annoying NPC (she was better in SO3) that gets more screen time than some of the playable characters. The pacing falls apart, the story is pretty much nonexistent, there are only three planets to actually explore, with the rest of them being nothing more than glorified dungeons. The cast of characters is the worst cast EVER in any JRPG I'm not even fucking joking here. Actually, the male characters of the group sans Edge are decent but get very little to no screen time so they don't really count. The soundtrack is forgettable, there is an annoying section in one of the planets where you have to swap discs every time you want to go from point A and point B (not to mention swapping discs in general in many areas or backtracking, think Legend of Dragoon) but I'm sure this will be fixed in the HD version. I've heard mention of some saying the battle system is great. Well, it's not half bad, but the game forces you to basically master blindsides because bosses are frustrating if you can't manage to toss a few of them. Unfortunately blindsides are pretty difficult to master requiring lots of practices and at times they felt random. No joke but SO5 is better, 'kay?</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
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