[1] Many at Square Enix thought the series was over due to Yamagishi being done with the franchise, so Kobayashi and series creator Yoshiharu Gotanda worked on a pitch for Star Ocean 5 in secret.
Star Ocean: Integrity and Faithlessness was released for the PlayStation 4 on March 31, 2016, in Japan, June 28, 2016, in North America, and July 1, 2016, in Europe, and on the PlayStation 3 on April 28, 2016, in Japan. Parts of the game were alleged to be buggy, and the game refused to work at all in older SCPH-10000 PlayStation 2s.
The number of participants in battle was increased to seven characters at once. [6], The first game in the series was simply titled Star Ocean. It is a prequel to the entire series, chronicling the aftermath of World War III in which humanity must find a new home to survive.
537, and is thus set between Star Ocean: The Second Story and Star Ocean: Till the End of Time. Star Ocean: The Last Hope was released for the Xbox 360 on February 19, 2009, in Japan, February 23, 2009, in North America, June 4, 2009, in Australia and June 5, 2009, in Europe. Another recurring gameplay feature is that many of the branching story choices and different endings are not easily accessible, as things like “affection points” are not exposed to the player.
There are three branches: Item Creation, Synthesis, and Augmentation.
With the PlayStation 2's installment, Star Ocean: Till the End of Time, Square Enix hoped to attract more gamers, especially in the United States, where the franchise has not been very popular. Taking place in 366 SD, it features a new cast of characters, including Claude C. Kenny, the son of Ronyx J. Kenny from the original Star Ocean, and Rena Lanford, who both investigate the Sorcery Globe, which has landed on Planet Expel and has been causing disasters ever since. Star Ocean 5 invotates some in terms of gameplay but lacks in most of the other places that the Star Ocean series usually excels.
Star Ocean games are known for their real-time battle engines, and, for being one of the first of its kind to come to the consoles.
[20] Sakuraba is a “series mainstay”, and included a “synth-rock” soundtrack in Star Ocean: Integrity and Faithlessness. The game was developed primarily for the PlayStation 3, with the PlayStation 4 version as a port.
The strongest items and equipment are usually only available via Item Creation, and many others can be sold for a profit or provide other benefits (books can be used to transfer skills and abilities; cooked foods can be used to circumvent the 20-of-each-item inventory limit), placing great importance on Item Creation.
However, on the underveloped planet known as Faykreed IV, embers of conflict have begun to stir. The battle theme, "Hand to Hand", was a track Sakuraba particularly remembered, as he tried to capture the momentum of battle despite the limited hardware.
is the fifth installment in the Star Ocean series for PlayStation 3 and PlayStation 4. [4] The game uses the ASKA Engine, developed in-house by tri-Ace,[1] previously used on Infinite Undiscovery.
The anime series saw release by Geneon Entertainment in the United States. In a 2009 retro review, NintendoLife praised Star Ocean technical aspects calling it "one of the best-looking Super Nintendo games ever created" and that the soundtrack "never ceases to amaze". In the earlier games, magicians had spells, whereas fighters had special physical attacks called "Killer Moves"; both are learned after passing certain level requirements (or through specific items and sidequests) and cost HP or MP to use. [36] While most reviewers gave positive reviews, some considered the game only mediocre. The large gap of time between Star Ocean: The Second Story and Till the End of Time, in terms of in-universe chronology, can be explained by the series' choice to emphasize the setting of its fictional world rather than focus on its characters. Their request is denied as no men can be spared, so they return to Sthal, only find the mysterious Relia.
It retains most aspects of the previous games with new features, such as the fury and bonus battle gauge, as well as the ability to patent items created during item creation and recruiting inventors to create items for the player. Ratings CERO: C (15+) ESRB: Teen (T) Platform PlayStation 3, PlayStation 4 Star Ocean: Integrity and Faithlessness (スターオーシャン５インテグリティ アンド フェイスレスネス, Sutā Ōshan Faibu Integuriti ando Feisuresunisu?) [21] As with the other games in the Star Ocean series, Star Ocean: Anamnesis soundtrack was composed by Motoi Sakuraba.[22]. Take your favorite fandoms with you and never miss a beat. Battles take place on a separate screen, but all characters (rather than waiting in one spot and taking damage) are fully mobile in three dimensions, can dodge and chase foes, and must cast their spells and deploy attacks despite enemy harassment. It was announced alongside First Departure, and features similar enhancements, including fully voiced dialogue, new playable characters, and new character artwork and animated cut-scenes provided by Production I.G.[8]. The music for Star Ocean: The Last Hope was composed by Motoi Sakuraba, who has worked on the soundtrack for the previous Star Ocean games and many other games developed by tri-Ace. killer moves).
After one too many bandit attacks to their village, Fidel Camuze and Miki Sauvester leave and request aid from the Resulian army, in which Fidel's father, Daril Camuze, holds an important position.
Initially, Star Ocean: Till the End of Time received a somewhat negative impression in Japan.
Fayt Leingod is the main character, and after finding himself separated from his family during an alien attack on a resort planet, is pursued by the same Vendeeni forces across space for reasons beyond his imagination. [34] Famitsu reviewed Star Ocean: The First Departure, a remake of the original Star Ocean, saying the title's animation and characters were well done and the story was "charming" though they lamented that players could only save their progress at certain points such as the world map, which they also felt was too large and had a limited field of view. [42], This article is about the series.
In Space Date 537 (A.D 2623), after spreading out from Earth and a multitude of trials during the expansion of the Galactic Federation, humanity is on the verge of peace. Blue Sphere adapts the Star Ocean series to hand-helds altering several aspects in the process, including interactive item creation, auto private actions, 2D side scrolling battles, Field Actions, and the removal of random battles. Localization was very nearly complete at this point in time.
However, the Japanese release was slightly delayed due to optimization.
The first game in the series was simply titled Star Ocean. Enix blamed Sony, as they had coded Star Ocean 3 with features from updated libraries that were apparently not backward-compatible. In Star Ocean: Till the End of Time, all the characters are able to use spells and battle skills (i.e. It is well known that accomplishing all Battle Trophies in Star Ocean 4 is a very difficult, daunting and … An enhanced version called Star Ocean: The Last Hope International edition was later released as a PS3 exclusive worldwide in the first quarter of 2010. In 2008, Square Enix released an enhanced remake of the original Star Ocean title for the PlayStation Portable called Star Ocean: First Departure.
However, the relationship system in Star Ocean not only affected the storyline, but also the gameplay, affecting the way the characters behave towards each other in battle.
It also contains a DVD extra of an interview with Sakuraba himself, plus video footage of his workshop and some original music performed by him.
An enhanced port entitled Star Ocean: Second Evolution was released for the PlayStation Portable on April 2, 2008, in Japan, January 19, 2009, in North America, February 12, 2009, in Australia and February 13, 2009, in Europe. A director's cut of the game with bonus dungeons, new playable characters, a versus mode, and tweaked gameplay was released in 2004, and that version was brought to North America and Europe the same year. When the game was revised into the Director's Cut, Sakuraba composed a few new pieces of music and released an album for them. The game takes place nearly 400 years after the last Blue Sphere, in 772 SD. The game features real-time battles, in which players transition directly on the overworld field, in four possible Difficulty Modes. Star Ocean: Material Trader is a free-to-play card and item creation RPG for the GREE mobile phone social network in 2013.
By this point, it was 30% complete. An enhanced remake entitled Star Ocean: First Departure was released for the PlayStation Portable on December 27, 2007, in Japan, October 21, 2008, in North America, and October 24, 2008, in Europe. As of July 2005, Star Ocean: Till the End of Time is a part of Sony's Greatest Hits line, indicating that the game had done reasonably well in North America.
Star Ocean: Integrity and Faithlessness (スターオーシャン５インテグリティ アンド フェイスレスネス, Sutā Ōshan Faibu Integuriti ando Feisuresunisu?)
It retains the features of its predecessor while introducing prerendered backgrounds, full motion videos, and 3D battlefields.