Drakken's First Impressions: Star Ocean 4: The Last Hope.
Posted: Thu Apr 09, 2009 8:19 am
Hello, im Drakken22, and you are...you. At least, I can only hope you are.
Today's Review: Star Ocean 4.
I have to admit, this is my first Star Ocean game. I played a wee bit of the Playstation 2 entry "Till the end of Time", but nothing that really peaked my interests. Overall, it seemed like your run-of-the-mill RPG. go here, fight that, go up your level for the next hour and a half cause you have nowhere to go on a friday night, that sort of thing.
So, when I downloaded the trailer for SO4, I wasn't expecting much. THEN I PRESSED START.
The story was engaging, the cinematics were gorgeous, the colors were rich, and the music? Just stunningly gorgeous.
The story, a prequel to the entire series (lucas ripoff) is set in the near future. After the nations of the world are done bombing the everloving crap out of each other, they suddenly realize that the world is an even CRAPPIER place to live now and mankind must now venture out into space to save the species. All joking aside though, it is a great idea for a story, and I jumped aboard.
so, for the past few months I have been DYING to get this game. I was surprised that there were 3 disks that came with the game. This is an Xbox 360 game for cryin out loud! Am I in over my head? More then likely, but my money is already spent, so too bad.
My initial reactions were positive enough; the story is immersive, the setting is intriguing and there's plenty of stuff to do.
However, there are a few things that irked me.
1. Girly looking men.
Ok, so we have come to expect this kind of crap from Japan, but C'MON! I almost shat myself when I saw a pretty girl talking like Spike Speigel, only to realize it was a dude. damn you Japan and your methods of sexually confusing young Americans...
2. The CGI.
Now, this is not a widespread problem, however there are a few scenes in the game that made me think that I was using my PS1 again. nothing really to gripe about, but make me nostalgia bomb in a bad way.
3. The controls.
The controls can be good at times, however, there are moments when the controls feel very gimicky and loose. you amost wish you could twist the joystick and tighten the range or motion.
overall, its a good game, has a few faults, but worth a playthrough at the very least.
i give it 4/5 stars.
Today's Review: Star Ocean 4.
I have to admit, this is my first Star Ocean game. I played a wee bit of the Playstation 2 entry "Till the end of Time", but nothing that really peaked my interests. Overall, it seemed like your run-of-the-mill RPG. go here, fight that, go up your level for the next hour and a half cause you have nowhere to go on a friday night, that sort of thing.
So, when I downloaded the trailer for SO4, I wasn't expecting much. THEN I PRESSED START.
The story was engaging, the cinematics were gorgeous, the colors were rich, and the music? Just stunningly gorgeous.
The story, a prequel to the entire series (lucas ripoff) is set in the near future. After the nations of the world are done bombing the everloving crap out of each other, they suddenly realize that the world is an even CRAPPIER place to live now and mankind must now venture out into space to save the species. All joking aside though, it is a great idea for a story, and I jumped aboard.
so, for the past few months I have been DYING to get this game. I was surprised that there were 3 disks that came with the game. This is an Xbox 360 game for cryin out loud! Am I in over my head? More then likely, but my money is already spent, so too bad.
My initial reactions were positive enough; the story is immersive, the setting is intriguing and there's plenty of stuff to do.
However, there are a few things that irked me.
1. Girly looking men.
Ok, so we have come to expect this kind of crap from Japan, but C'MON! I almost shat myself when I saw a pretty girl talking like Spike Speigel, only to realize it was a dude. damn you Japan and your methods of sexually confusing young Americans...
2. The CGI.
Now, this is not a widespread problem, however there are a few scenes in the game that made me think that I was using my PS1 again. nothing really to gripe about, but make me nostalgia bomb in a bad way.
3. The controls.
The controls can be good at times, however, there are moments when the controls feel very gimicky and loose. you amost wish you could twist the joystick and tighten the range or motion.
overall, its a good game, has a few faults, but worth a playthrough at the very least.
i give it 4/5 stars.