Square-Enix released this new Japanese trailer of Star Ocean: The Last Hope. The video quality isn't very good, but it's still a nice watch. Update: Better quality version online.
Man that video was just a long video of star ocean 4 porn :) ( yes not litterly :P ) gah I sooo cannot wait for this game :) I cannot wait at all, by the way did I mention I cannot wait ^^ ?
the JRPG I had most fun with is after all SO2 and SO3 ^^ I bet this won't let me down either ^^.
After spending 40 hours in Persona 4 thus far, I'm not finding this game as exciting as I once did--or any upcoming RPG for that matter. But it does look nice.
OMG! the closups on characters remind me of an anime style Thunderbirds...The way they don't change expressions...it sure is a style choice but it gives me shivers like Thunderbirds did.
Commented on 2008-12-17 14:06:21 In reply to Nakano
Posted by Nakano
OMG! the closups on characters remind me of an anime style Thunderbirds...The way they don't change expressions...it sure is a style choice but it gives me shivers like Thunderbirds did.
I don't really have time for RPGs (although I bought Mass Effect and Fable 2, I haven't finished them yet though) but I think I might buy this as it just looks so awesome!!! :D
Commented on 2008-12-17 14:31:52 In reply to Nakano
Posted by Nakano
OMG! the closups on characters remind me of an anime style Thunderbirds...The way they don't change expressions...it sure is a style choice but it gives me shivers like Thunderbirds did.
Erm, there already is an anime Thunderbirds, lol! It's called Thunderbirds 2086. (It's a 2D show not CGI though, it was made in the 80s.)
70 days, ive started my countdown. This is easily my most anticipated game of this generation. And while the trailers have been sporadic in quality, ivecomplete faith the game will be amazing given the previous 3 and the remakes.
Edge Maverick! thats either the best character name in gaming history, or the worse.. i cant decide. Either way you can pretty much assume he'll be limp wristed.
Such a shame its a JRPG..and will keep the tired old combat mechanics and random encounters of that.
Commented on 2008-12-17 15:14:26 In reply to bleachedsmiles
Posted by bleachedsmiles
Such a shame its a JRPG..and will keep the tired old combat mechanics and random encounters of that.
Star Ocean is an Action RPG, it also does not have random encounters at all. It's pretty unique in the style it runs to as well, so it's defectively not your common JRPG.
Commented on 2008-12-17 16:31:42 In reply to fr0sty
Posted by bleachedsmiles
Such a shame its a JRPG..and will keep the tired old combat mechanics and random encounters of that.
As if Oblivion, fallout 3, and any other western rpg isnt using the same old boring action only shooter style mechanics weve been seeing since the 80s. Things havnt changed in ages, there are just differant styles. I prefer my games turn based(although as someone mentioned SO games are action rpgs) If anything, we need more classic jrpgs and less classic wrpgs in the world today, seeing as how the wrpg is much closer to a genre that is way too overcrowded, that being FPS.
Posted by nam37
I'll never understand why Japanese devs insist on putting chicks with cat ears and dressed-up-little-10-year-old-girls in their games.
Nor will I, I live here in tokyo and see the stuff daily, its creepy.
Posted by fr0sty
The lighting looks insanely good IMO and the engine, although rough in places, holds out very well indeed.
I think so too, which is another reason I think it will come out fine in the end. I dont like the techno world though, it looks way to pixelated to me.
Commented on 2008-12-17 18:09:36 In reply to Nakano
I have to agree about the Thunderbirds thing. The animations look terrible (like most other games in this generation) and especially the mouths move like they are made of wood. Don't tell me it's a 'design choice' since it's simply lazyness of the developers.
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massive downgrades coming from the staples achieved w/ the Halo 3 sandbox/physics, with Dice/BField it should never be a trade-off, ony thing they should be trading its engine if it isnt up 3 the job (5 Days ago)
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Halo keeps being this Sonic title bait & switch "will their next title be able to Look up par with its current gen counterparts"? Never. Even Halo 4 who was pretty good on Campaign suffered from (5 Days ago)
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tech? I dunno, go get some insight of Activision (the good input, not the misogyny), all they COD devs make evident generation leaps tech-wise. Do they keep being the same core IP? I think so. (5 Days ago)
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so Halo must be thet bottomb of the barrel FPS to keep its identity. Add some negligible subsurface scattering reflections or some other tech only possible now and call it the day copy/pasting the ol (5 Days ago)
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yea but, would it be halo then? (5 Days ago)
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engines. I mean, If you can have a PS3 Ratchet & Clanck that looks like a vaseline ps3 game, and a PS5 Ratchet&Clack that looks like a goddamn next-gen game, why can't Halo Evolve - Ugly FPS Seal™ (5 Days ago)
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Halo Infinite sure is one ugly damn game. Pretty obvious nothing is going to massible change if the Ip doesn't die and start from the ground up with another publisher/dev that doesn't retread the ol (5 Days ago)
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Commented on 2008-12-17 09:23:19Game looks beautiful. Probably won't play it though, I've never understood Japanese RPGs.
Commented on 2008-12-17 09:46:09the JRPG I had most fun with is after all SO2 and SO3 ^^ I bet this won't let me down either ^^.
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Commented on 2008-12-17 10:04:02Gameplay looks pretty cool though, looks like there will be plenty of combos to go through :)
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Commented on 2008-12-17 13:21:10Hell yeah! Can't wait to get this one.
Commented on 2008-12-17 14:06:21 In reply to NakanoDolls don't have expressions.
Commented on 2008-12-17 14:26:10But yeah it's a shame the characters remind me of marionettes/the movie Team America.
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Commented on 2008-12-17 19:08:39Is it me or does the game remind you of Xenosaga?