Old fans who enjoyed the original release of this title will surely enjoy the 4K and HD Remaster and will find it to be a great port of a game they previous experienced.ĭisclaimer: A PlayStation 4 (digital) version of Star Ocean: The Last Hope 4K and Full HD Remaster was provided to Nova Crystallis by Square Enix for review. For those new and interested in the series I would say this would be a good place to start if you are willing to look over some fairly dated storytelling elements and character archetypes. While certainly not the strongest entry of the Star Ocean series, I was left with strong feelings of nostalgia. This would have helped break some of the tedium of grinding which becomes necessary for story progression on even the easiest level of difficulty. I felt like Star Ocean The Last Hope 4K and Full HD Remaster could have greatly benefited from some kind of “speed up” system similarly seen in Final Fantasy XII: The Zodiac Age. Players are expected to spend upwards of forty hours grinding for stats and enhancing skills in order to truly realize the potential of specific party compositions or characters. That being said for those unfamiliar with the Star Ocean series it falls into mechanics typical for a game of it’s time. It wasn’t that the voice acting was particularly bad on the Japanese side of things, but their victory dialogue quickly became tedious after hours upon hours of grinding. This is a huge, gorgeous adventure with a memorable storyline and plenty. The ability to mute specific characters during combat was something I did frequently throughout the game. Square Enix really outdid themselves with Star Ocean: The Last Hope International. I found myself swapping to the Japanese voices fairly early on and eventually made use of the selective muting feature found in the system menu. Even these small additions made revisiting Star Ocean The Last Hope all the more enjoyable.Īdditionally, the inclusion of content packaged with Star Ocean The Last Hope International, such as the Japanese voice acting, contributed to an overall better experience. Combat effects are especially vibrant and add to a greater sense of enjoyment even while trudging through a tedious amount of grinding. The combat is far more fluid than the versions on PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360, allowing for battles to fulfill their true potential. The highly detailed outfits and designs of Star Ocean The Last Hope’s main cast look great in 4K and the game functions exceptionally well. While there were some stray shadows due to unclean renders of bangs for certain characters in very specific lighting, this is something that can be easily overlooked. Character models also benefited from these enhancements.
Environments were generally brighter and more immersive. I quickly turned these new settings on and found that the environments were crisper, cleaner, and benefited from the extra bloom. This port to both PlayStation 4 and PC provide a handful of new visual features that can be accessed through the menu. While the base game is wholly the same when compared to Star Ocean The Last Hope International, I found the upgrade to the game’s visuals to be the most stand-out part of this re-release. SQUARE ENIX and the SQUARE ENIX logo are registered trademarks or trademarks of Square Enix Holdings Co., Ltd.I sunk a good amount of time into Star Ocean The Last Hope 4K and Full HD Remaster. SPA is by far the best I had as a frequent international traveler. You will discover the beginning of the space conquest by. Yet despite all of these good things, Square Enix insists on ruining the experience with a number of terrible decisions. STAR OCEAN and THE LAST HOPE are registered trademarks or trademarks of Square Enix Co., Ltd. Star Ocean: The Last Hope is the fourth installment in this series of Japanese role-playing games. Star Ocean: The Last Hope tells a wonderful story, has all sorts of great sci-fi references and a combat system that even non-adventure gamers would love. One-time license fee for play on account’s designated primary PS4™ system and other PS4™ systems when signed in with that account. Online features require an account and are subject to terms of service and applicable privacy policy (/terms-of-service & /privacy-policy).
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