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UshiromiyaEva 10/27/21 5:23:08 PM #1: |
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KCF0107 10/27/21 5:24:44 PM #2: |
lol
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colliding 10/27/21 5:31:10 PM #3: |
I can't believe there was a time when I thought of Tales and Star Ocean as rival series competing with each other
I'm pretty harsh on Tales of Arise, but it's embarrasing how far that series has come while Star Ocean seems to actively get worse and worse --- while you slept, the world changed ... Copied to Clipboard!
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_stingers_ 10/27/21 5:32:18 PM #4: |
I havent tried a Star Ocean since 4, but that's just because 4 sucked and I haven't heard that the rest are any better. Hopefully they can evolve the franchise, but we'll see...Trailer looks pretty whatever
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swordz9 10/27/21 5:34:36 PM #5: |
Possibly hot take Star Ocean was never even great back when it was good
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Alanna82 10/27/21 5:36:46 PM #6: |
Since I am the one person on earth who thinks 4 is the best star ocean, and that Star Ocean 5 is still pretty good, this is great news for me!
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colliding 10/27/21 5:40:24 PM #7: |
swordz9 posted...
Possibly hot take Star Ocean was never even great back when it was good no, this is probably accurate. I owe my positive feelings toward early Star Ocean to two main things: 1) a preview in Nintendo Power for the first Star Ocean which made me really wish it had been released in the U.S. 2) Star Ocean 2 being the best "action rpg" I had played at its release. It was quickly eclipsed. --- while you slept, the world changed ... Copied to Clipboard!
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redrocket 10/27/21 5:44:09 PM #8: |
How many Tales games are inferior to Star Ocean 2?
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UshiromiyaEva 10/27/21 5:59:06 PM #9: |
Mainline?
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redrocket 10/27/21 6:00:19 PM #10: |
Phantasia?
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pjbasis 10/27/21 6:00:57 PM #11: |
It really tickles me that Star Ocean has gotten 1 game each generation since the 16 bit era.
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AxemRedRanger 10/27/21 6:02:56 PM #12: |
At least in their original versions, Phantasia and Destiny are definitely worse than Star Ocean 2.
Possible marketing reasons aside, I feel there are very clear quality reasons those two got remakes while Namco thought Eternia was still good enough in 2006 to be a normal PSP game (though admittedly Sony of America seemed not to agree!). --- [NO BARKLEY NO PEACE] [NO Azuarc NO PEACE] ... Copied to Clipboard!
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UshiromiyaEva 10/27/21 6:07:51 PM #13: |
redrocket posted...
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most_games_r_ok 10/27/21 6:13:44 PM #14: |
Isn't the actual "good" one the only one they don't have available to buy on the damn PS store. Star Ocean collection incoming?
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HeroDelTiempo17 10/27/21 7:10:34 PM #15: |
AxemRedRanger posted...
Possible marketing reasons aside, I feel there are very clear quality reasons those two got remakes while Namco thought Eternia was still good enough in 2006 to be a normal PSP game (though admittedly Sony of America seemed not to agree!). Eternia may be rough but it is definitely the first actually playable Tales game. And hey, it does kinda slap. It's got a party member that mostly just says "Yeah!!!" and shoots a huge gun. That's quality. --- I definitely did not forget to put the 2020 GOTD Guru winner, azuarc in my sig! ... Copied to Clipboard!
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Grand Kirby 10/27/21 7:23:42 PM #16: |
I saw "Let It Die" trending with the Playstation event and thought it was referring to Star Ocean.
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Genoard 10/27/21 7:51:09 PM #17: |
Star Ocean might be a series of mostly bad rpgs but there's still something endearing about it..
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htaeD 10/27/21 8:10:20 PM #18: |
I am nostalgic towards Star Ocean 2, but it was never my favorite RPG of that era
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UshiromiyaEva 10/27/21 8:17:36 PM #19: |
Star Ocean 2 was always on the same level as Lunar 2 for me. Yeah it's not perfect but I fucking adore it.
Genoard posted... Star Ocean might be a series of mostly bad rpgs but there's still something endearing about it.. It literally tricked me into considering Tri-Ace a valuable developer for a decade. Even though everything else they make is also trash. It took White Knight Chronicles for me to give up. --- ... Copied to Clipboard!
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Ashethan 10/27/21 8:20:17 PM #20: |
Should've been a Radiata Stories sequel tbqh.
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Team Rocket Elite 10/27/21 8:21:31 PM #21: |
What's the connection between White Knight Chronicles and Tri-Ace?
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UshiromiyaEva 10/27/21 8:25:03 PM #22: |
Oh woops. That was the game that got me to give up on Level 5, lol. Infinite Undiscovery was Tri-Ace.
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redrocket 10/27/21 8:32:47 PM #23: |
Infinite Undiscovery sounds like a game that should be amazing.
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Mac Arrowny 10/27/21 8:51:59 PM #24: |
Is there a reason people ITT aren't talking about Valkyrie Profile as the best Tri-Ace game? I thought that was everyone's favorite.
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JonThePenguin 10/27/21 8:52:20 PM #25: |
UshiromiyaEva posted...
Star Ocean 2 was always on the same level as Lunar 2 for me. Yeah it's not perfect but I fucking adore it.Hey now, Valkyrie Profile was good for a couple games. --- JonThePenguin http://www.backloggery.com/main.php?user=erunion ... Copied to Clipboard!
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Strife2 10/27/21 8:58:59 PM #26: |
Star Ocean 3 was basically cliche but fine enough, but then the plot twist from hell happened. Since then, they've occupied that, "Isn't that cute, BUT IT"S WRONG!" meme from 2 Stupid Dogs.
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Anagram 10/27/21 9:17:29 PM #27: |
I've never played this series, is it the one where
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ninkendo 10/27/21 9:19:55 PM #28: |
5 was a big step up from 4 so sure I'll give this a shot
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kevwaffles 10/27/21 9:22:32 PM #29: |
Anagram posted...
I've never played this series, is it the one where Yes, specifically it's what Strife alluded to --- "One toot on this whistle will take you to a far away land." -Toad, SMB3 ... Copied to Clipboard!
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KamikazePotato 10/27/21 9:25:40 PM #30: |
I honestly don't think
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UshiromiyaEva 10/27/21 9:27:50 PM #31: |
I literally couldn't stand more than 8ish hours of Star Ocean 5. It looked and felt like it was made from a literal game maker template. The most forgettable cast imaginable. Nothing about it even gave if a hint of being halfway decent.
SO4 was trash but I still managed to get all the way through it. If SO5 has some huge redeeming moment where it suddenly gets good, I'm all ears, but everything I experienced felt like it was a parody of an RPG, like some kind of inside joke. "Hey, let's see how bad a game we can make and see if people will buy it!" --- ... Copied to Clipboard!
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ninkendo 10/27/21 9:30:35 PM #32: |
actually I should finally get around to working on that platinum for the HD port of SO1
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AxemRedRanger 10/27/21 9:31:46 PM #33: |
Mac Arrowny posted...
Is there a reason people ITT aren't talking about Valkyrie Profile as the best Tri-Ace game? I thought that was everyone's favorite.Ive only played VP1 and the first two Star Oceans but sure, Id agree. --- [NO BARKLEY NO PEACE] [NO Azuarc NO PEACE] ... Copied to Clipboard!
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plasmabeam 10/27/21 9:32:46 PM #34: |
KamikazePotato posted...
I honestly don't think It honestly didn't bother me when I was playing SO3 in high school. Same with FF8's orphanage twist. --- ~Jacksonville Jaguars~ ... Copied to Clipboard!
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pjbasis 10/27/21 9:33:16 PM #35: |
Didn't finish valkyrie profile but it was hella cool
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plasmabeam 10/27/21 9:33:40 PM #36: |
Mac Arrowny posted...
Is there a reason people ITT aren't talking about Valkyrie Profile as the best Tri-Ace game? I thought that was everyone's favorite. Hot take: VP2 s***s all over VP1. VP2's battle system is amazing. --- ~Jacksonville Jaguars~ ... Copied to Clipboard!
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WarThaNemesis2 10/27/21 9:34:30 PM #37: |
Mac Arrowny posted...
Is there a reason people ITT aren't talking about Valkyrie Profile as the best Tri-Ace game? I thought that was everyone's favorite. Because Valkyrie Profile had the dignity to go and die, so it's merely remembered as a good game series instead of a 'remember when it wasn't complete trash'. --- Not a stinky alien. :( Nintendo Switch Code: SW-5719-6555-8388 ... Copied to Clipboard!
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Lord Bob Bree 10/27/21 9:34:57 PM #38: |
KamikazePotato posted...
I honestly don't think Honestly, the twist was fine. The bad part was that half the game had nothing to do with the other half. --- Congrats to azuarc for winning the 2020 GotD Contest "I like goldfish." Godric ... Copied to Clipboard!
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AxemRedRanger 10/27/21 9:37:59 PM #39: |
Lord Bob Bree posted...
Honestly, the twist was fine. The bad part was that half the game had nothing to do with the other half.so basically like Star Ocean 2 then and Star Ocean 1s finale vs. the rest of the game --- [NO BARKLEY NO PEACE] [NO Azuarc NO PEACE] ... Copied to Clipboard!
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kevwaffles 10/27/21 9:39:18 PM #40: |
KamikazePotato posted...
I honestly don't think Maybe as an idea in general, but as a third act twist it's hard for me to imagine a way it can be executed well. And that's ignoring putting it in the third game of a series with a shared universe. --- "One toot on this whistle will take you to a far away land." -Toad, SMB3 ... Copied to Clipboard!
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redrocket 10/27/21 9:39:19 PM #41: |
Lord Bob Bree posted...
Honestly, the twist was fine. The bad part was that half the game had nothing to do with the other half. Now extrapolate that to the series as a whole. How in the hell do you continue the series after that bomb? I mean, without actually having the balls to continue acknowledging it and working with it in every game going forward. --- It's like paying for bubble wrap. -transience on Final Fantasy: All the Bravest ... Copied to Clipboard!
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paperwarior 10/27/21 10:06:55 PM #42: |
I can think of one good example but it's at least sort of foreshadowed through weird fantastical shit happening in a setting where it hasn't previously.
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KamikazePotato 10/27/21 10:15:58 PM #43: |
kevwaffles posted...
Maybe as an idea in general, but as a third act twist it's hard for me to imagine a way it can be executed well.Well yes, these are parts of why the execution was so bad! --- It's Reyn Time. ... Copied to Clipboard!
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The Mana Sword 10/27/21 10:43:48 PM #44: |
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Strife2 10/28/21 6:20:47 AM #45: |
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yellowwolley 10/28/21 6:43:36 AM #46: |
I really like Star Ocean Series.
I dont get why 4 gets so much hate. The battle trophies were helluva annoying in that one but the hate seems to stem much deeper. I think its probably my favourite of the series in fact. Admittedly 5 felt like it was not long enough, even in comparison to the earlier games let alone other RPGs at the time, but I still enjoyed it. I need to do the replays on higher difficulties to get the platinum. --- FC: SW-2565-5813-5018. 2DS-3239-3621-4530. Ign/TSV. UM Bruno/1041. Sun Amy/1856. X Kevin/1740. AS Krystal/1520. Shiny list:http://tinyurl.com/yellowwolleypokes ... Copied to Clipboard!
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Strife2 10/28/21 6:45:20 AM #47: |
I only played 4 for like an hour, kay? I'm normally good with dubs, kay? But there's one character in particular that really sucks, kay?
And well...Welch in 4 made me quit too. So, it's not just the "kay" girl...but it's mostly the kay girl... They really should know better. SO3, plot twist aside, had good enough voice acting. You'd think they'd know how to direct them better. My guess is SO4 has way more issues than dub direction, but it doesn't help. When you make Matt Mercer and Laura Bailey led games sound stupid...you fucked up. I also remember some late game cutscene plot twist being memorable for all the wrong reasons. I mean, not SO3 levels franchise breaking, but it was laughable. DIdn't get to it obviously, but I remember someone posting it somewhere. It was something like a planet blowing up or something and they stare at it on the bridge and they just mope and cry for a minute or two after some realization they caused it...or something. Shows you how much I remember about the scene in question.... The worst thing I can say about SO5 is they didn't have any production value and made a climactic scene a forced Star Trek bridge sequence...and reusing SO3 music at points like it was Dragon Quest or something. But SO5 was "fine." --- "Evening caress, Always yearning, I must confess, The stars aren't burning" Copernicus - Candlemass ... Copied to Clipboard!
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yellowwolley 10/28/21 6:48:07 AM #48: |
Strife2 posted...
I only played 4 for like an hour, kay? I'm normally good with dubs, kay? But there's one character in particular that really sucks, kay? fsir enough, kay! she was annoying at first but, for me at least, u sort of got used to it, kay? --- FC: SW-2565-5813-5018. 2DS-3239-3621-4530. Ign/TSV. UM Bruno/1041. Sun Amy/1856. X Kevin/1740. AS Krystal/1520. Shiny list:http://tinyurl.com/yellowwolleypokes ... Copied to Clipboard!
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ninkendo 10/28/21 6:51:25 AM #49: |
Welch's redesign in 4 was the bigger offender to me
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Strife2 10/28/21 6:56:32 AM #50: |
ninkendo posted...
Welch's redesign in 4 was the bigger offender to me ninkendo posted... Wasn't she some Disgaea looking AI cornball in 4? I remember she was also different in 3, but a muted secretary/overworked office worker lady, which was ok enough. I know 5 made her a blonde inventor again --- "Evening caress, Always yearning, I must confess, The stars aren't burning" Copernicus - Candlemass ... Copied to Clipboard!
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