Star Ocean: The Last Hope (Released as of 2-24-09!) INTERNATIONAL VERSION 2-4-10!

[Minato]

The characters look worse and worse as time goes on.

@Karasu, lucky. Looks like that'll be a fun birthday.

 

[KosukeKGA]

Seriously.

I want the old Welch back!

 

[sakuraZaKi]

Yeah... that Welch is ugly. Theres only like... 3 of us who like this series? xD

IGN had an interview with the Star Ocean Development Team here: http://xbox360.ign.com/articles/943/943546p1.html

You should read ^^. Good stuff. What they did was take a bunch of questions requested from SO fans and took the good ones and asked the development team those selected questions.

Apparently, Japanese voice acting will NOT be a selectable option *goes crying in a corner* I was the one who asked for that question to be answered, by the way. xD (It's the question right after the trailer video.)

w/e, the English isn't that bad anyway.

 

[sakuraZaKi]

Update:

http://gamekyo.com/videoen14019_star-ocean-4-new-video.html

^ New Private Action video between Edge, Faize, and Lymle (w/ pet).

Since we have about a little more than a month 'till SO4's release... I dunno what to do -_-

 

[KosukeKGA]

Less then 40 days till it arrives.

Just wait it out, I suppose. >.>

 

[Minato]

Luckily I have a lot of games to beat in the mean time, so the wait won't be that bad for me.

 

[sakuraZaKi]

Same here. I'm playing Eternal Sonata right now. It's a nice game :]

 

[KosukeKGA]

...Uh, for me...The Last Remnant and Left 4 Dead.

 

[sakuraZaKi]

New character, he seems to be a character you can play, but it's not confirmed yet. He WAS confirmed earlier when his face was shown on the exclusive faceplate for the 360 x S04 bundle in Japan, so I'm thinking that he's a playable character.

His name is pronouced in Japanese... E-i-ru-ma-to P. Ta-na-do-su: (something P. Nunatose, lol) Hopefully it's something like that... I've actually been pretty accurate with the name spelling for the characters xD. Dunno about this one, though.

http://www.gamekyo.com/images0_4_29753.html
http://www.gamekyo.com/images1_4_29753.html
http://www.gamekyo.com/images2_4_29753.html
http://www.gamekyo.com/images3_4_29753.html

btw, Kosuke, I see you on the gamefaqs forums too, lol.

 

[Minato]

I think you actually meant "to" instead of "do" in the new character's name.

I can't make sense of what his name is supposed to be...

 

[Skrah]

I'm so mad, I was saving money for this game and my xbox got the red ring of death this weekend..

 

[sakuraZaKi]

I think you actually meant "to" instead of "do" in the new character's name.

I can't make sense of what his name is supposed to be...

Yeah, I tend to get them mixed up at times... :[

 

[sakuraZaKi]

New update:

New video, lol. Apparently, it's on the XBL marketplace, but it's not downloadable, only viewable. To view go to: Game Marketplace -> Game Videos -> S -> Star Ocean: TLH -> Preview

I have a link of it here, which is better quality than the one on the Marketplace:
http://www.eurogamer.pt/videos/star-ocean-iv-the-last-hope-novo-trailer?size=large

Edge has his voice! lol. You can see the currently known voice actors on the Star Ocean 4 article on Wikipedia <.<

 

[Minato]

Great... I'm hyped for this game, again. The month was going by fast too.

Edge's English VA isn't too bad. I'm hoping he doesn't end up as whiny as Fayt.

 

[sakuraZaKi]

Hopefully, lol.

Fayt - "But!"
Cliff- "Can it."

*silence*

Eh, there's a chance that the mouth syncing will not be made... I've been looking at the trailers and that's what I've come up with. We might be hearing English when their mouths are closed. tri-Ace may bust an Infinite Undiscovery...

 

[Minato]

I noticed that too. I'm still hoping that the mouth movements will be synced.

 

[sakuraZaKi]

GAMEPLAY VIDEOS! WOOHOO!

FROM IGN: http://xbox360.ign.com/dor/objects/903309/star-ocean-4/videos/strocean_part1_013009.html

^ Yup, according to the video, it looks like, the NA version of this game has no anime faces for the characters and have switched them to CG's. But after seeing this vid, my God, this game is stunning!

FROM GAMETRAILERS.COM: http://www.gametrailers.com/game/5934.html (watch Raided Attack, Sight Out, and Rush Combo videos)

 

[pikamon]

I can't wait for this! The last one was a bit disappointing but this looks a lot more interesting (the big plot twist near the end of SO:3 was just ********). The post WW3 stuff seems really cool so I'm definitely pumped about it.

 

[Minato]

I actually liked the anime portraits (except for the weird angry Edge picture), but the CG ones are good as well.
The graphics in battles look really good, and the battle system looks awesome.

And did anyone else notice in the Rush Combo video on Game Trailers had a remixed version of SO2's battle theme? I'm psyched for this game.

 

[sakuraZaKi]

yeah, 2 of those vids had remixed SO1's battle theme while the Rush one had a remixed SO1 battle theme.\

and I never saw anything wrong with Edge's angry picture <.<. I guess I'm the "unique" people who like it.

Either way, totally psyched by this game. I just pre-ordered it yesterday.

 

[Minato]

I see.
I haven't played SO1 in a long time so I can't exactly remember any of the music.
I still need to pick up the remake and the SO2 port as well.

As for SO4, I have a gift card at Target so I won't be preordering. I'm hoping they'll have it first day.

 

[sakuraZaKi]

Well if they do, lucky for you, lol.

When I pre-ordered mine from Gamestop, they said that I have to pick it up on the 25th... which is the day AFTER my b-day; which is also the day SO4 actually comes out... So much for that.

Maybe I can go on the 24th and see if they can "make it slide", xD

 

[KosukeKGA]

For me, they said to come on the 24th.

Don't be let down. They're just being lazy.

 

[sakuraZaKi]

You pre-ordered at GS too?

 

[KosukeKGA]

Yes. 24th is what they told me.

 

[sakuraZaKi]

I guess I'll go on the 24th then.

They'll probably let it slide. Btw, I see you on the GFAQS forums lol. It's not hard to find someone with the same exact name on SWF.

 

[KosukeKGA]

I'm guessing you are the Sieg666, guy...?

 

[sakuraZaKi]

Its Sieg999 (nine-nine-nine), lol.

Dyslexic?

4 NEW IMAGES FROM GAMEKYO!:

FEATHERFOLK GIRL CONFIRMED!:
http://gamekyo.com/images0_4_30054.html (name is... Sa-ra Ji-era-n-do)

^Sara Jerrand. OMG! In relations to Joshua Jerrand and his sis from SO1!!!!!

http://gamekyo.com/images1_4_30054.html

^ Features I-re-ne (Pronouced: E-re-nae?) Farrence in relations to Ratix Farrence in SO1! (Chick with blue/green-ish hair near the middle the of the page)
^ Features Raius/Laius Warren - He is Cius Warren & Fear Mell 's father from SO1! (Guy with blue-ish messy hair on the bottom of the page)

http://gamekyo.com/images2_4_30054.html
http://gamekyo.com/images3_4_30054.html

IGN Trailer: "Reimi and Edge Trailer": (features more NA voice acting)
http://xbox360.ign.com/dor/objects/903309/star-ocean-4/videos/strocean_part1_013009.html

NEW JAPANESE COMMERCIAL! FEATURES FEATHERFOLK GIRL AND SOME SO4 SCENES!:
http://www.gametrailers.com/player/45063.html#comments_top

 

[Minato]

Battles still look amazing.

The featherfolk girl didn't look quite what I expected. I don't like her 3D model though.

And I find it funny how Crowe's artwork has him smiling in the first scan. Don't know why, but he just doesn't seem the type.

 

[sakuraZaKi]

Update to my previous post.

Added to previous post:

^ Features I-re-ne (Pronouced: E-re-nae?) Farrence in relations to Ratix Farrence in SO1!
^ Features Raius/Laius Warren - He is Cius Warren & Fear Mell 's father from SO1!

 

[KosukeKGA]

I find it quite funny how Crowe hasn't been seen in battle on any of these scans just once.

 

[Rain(ame)]

I'm looking forward to never playing this...it sucks that Microsoft has to suck the fun out of EVERYTHING by throwing their money around and stealing games from other consoles. Not everyone can afford a Nextgen system, and I'm one of them. They're forcing people to buy a 360 by stealing games that should just be on the PS3. (which now I have to get both 'cuz I'm not missing out on FFXIII. I highly doubt I'll end up with either system unless I get an amazing job like...tomorrow.) If Sony had it, i'm sure they'd release a PS2 version. God dang it Microsoft...


Edit: I <3 Star Ocean to death...but why haven't they added 2 player ability in, yet? (Much like they do in the Tales series) I honestly think it should just be an option.

 

[KosukeKGA]

Not necessarily forcing...Some of us have already had one from before.

Sony would release this on PS3, by the way.

 

[sakuraZaKi]

No starting stuff like this.

Nothing has been said, and that is all. The game comes out when it comes out.

New Gamespot Video: http://www.gamespot.com/xbox360/rpg...3/star-ocean-the-last-hope-video-preview?hd=1

^ Contains Some Spoilers ^

 

[KosukeKGA]

Yeah, watching that was worth it.

Crash lands on a planet and they have to use basic weapons. I ****ing called it.

 

[sakuraZaKi]

New video featuring Faize and Meracle:

http://xbox360.ign.com/dor/objects/903309/star-ocean-4/videos/starocean_faize_meracle_020309.html

 

[Minato]

The battle system looks so much better than SO3.

The preview was nice. I still hate how Welch looks...

 

[sakuraZaKi]

New video, trailer #3:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d1cuzpIbpi8&feature=subscription

If you can understand Japanese, the game is reaaaally drama-heavy, and pretty emotional, in my honorable opinion.

 

[KosukeKGA]

They learned from their mistakes in SO3 and polished it rather nicely.

This game is now set in my mind that it will be completely excellent.

 

[sakuraZaKi]

New IGN Trailer:

http://xbox360.ign.com/dor/objects/903309/star-ocean-4/videos/starocean_preview.html

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