Star Ocean 4 : The Last Hope

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I've played lots of Tri-Ace games before.. I dont think i played any of the Star Oceans, with the exception of the one that came out for the GBA, or DS, i forgot which one it was but i remember playing a hand held Star Ocean game b4 i played this one.

And yeah ive heard lots of good things about VP, but i never got around to playing it.. Plus theres no VP game out on the 360.
 
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Wow wtf is with that little girl speaking all slow and retarded and ending every fuckin sentence with, kay?

i rly fuckin hate that bitch, kay? i wish there was a mini game where you were able to suadamize her and decapitate her when ur done, kay? they shouldve made a mute button jus for her character, kay?
 

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#23
So much is wrong with the American version. I'm still surprised they crammed 3 discs into a single case when the import versions have a double wide case with a spot for each disc.
 
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Only thing i noticed is wrong is the voice acting, and some of the dilauge is lame but i sort of expect that now a days with JRPG's.. But what i like most is the battle system, thats whats kept me playin it all this time.. im at about level 35 right now and jus met the king on planet roak.. shits hella fun.
 

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hand drawn animations were changed to ugly CG art. Menu layouts were changed (although I believe those were for the better) and I've also heard but haven't confirmed that the story was edited.

yea they're small things, but things that never should have been changed.
 
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Fuck i thought this game was pretty ez.. but then i fought the phantoms and got my ass kicked lol.. I skipped almost all the battles on roak because i thought i lvl'd high enough on aeos/earth and now im payin for it..

This is the best time i've had on a next-gen JRPG.. It's hard for me to say this, but it definantly beats out Tales Of Vesperia.
 

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wait til you get to the post game (i haven't heard there is one yet but I'm sure there will be)

I beat SO3 in like 70 hours and have counted up to over 120 from just doing post game shit. I've yet to take down Fraya. I'm sure whatever post game bosses SO4 has they won't be a walk in the park.
 

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No, not yet.

I bought it, but haven't even started it.



Traditionally SO games have a huge post game with at least 1 tedious dungeon.

In SO3 post game meant taking down, Lenneth, Gabriel, Ethereal Queen, and Fraya with a huge assortment of extra bosses and 2 extra dungeons. (HUGE ones at that).

 
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Yeah i looked into it and i guess there is also a post dungeon for SO4.. That's coo especially since you can get the char lvl's to 255 if you get atleast 50% of their bt's..

g'damn tho i jus faced the toughest boss yet.. i swear to god the battle was 45mins lmao.. I was fuckin glued to my couch the whole time tho, had quite a few close calls.. :)

But now im on my way to EN II! yea dead blue, when you get into it please let me know what you think.. the diolouge on SOME scenes is really terrible, but thats expected with japanese games lol... and the voice acting is terrible.. but besides that everything is top knotch.. especially the character custimization with skill points and such..

I've never been much of a fan of crafting items in RPG games.. But i'm in love with the item creation tools in this game, especially when you're able to synthisize them later.
 
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Fuck jus beat tha game after 3 days of contious playing lol..

This was a great RPG.. I'm sure i'll replay it again sometime later down the road, especially to check out tha other endings.. This play thru i got Reimi's.. Also got a harder difficulty unlocked.. :) Got some side quests to do..

i'd give this game a 9/10.. Only things wrong are the voice acting and dubbing.. And you gotta be able to laugh, cuz this isnt one of those real serious RPGs.
 

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VP = PS1
VP (shitty version) = PSP
VP2 = PS2
VP3 = PS3 (I HOPE)

You can get a PS1 for like 30 bucks but a copy of VP runs around 100+ depending on condition.

Or you can buy a PS2 and rig it up to play burned PS1 games with any PS1 game.
 
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Errr.. I'm coo off paying $100 for a video game.. And i'm even more coo off payin $30 for a ps1 lol

But thanks.. I do plan on coppin another ps3 so when VP3 does come i guess ill be prepared lol.. 'Till then i guess im sorta relyin a lot on Final Fantasy to be tha next big RPG i play.
 

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nah VP games are all connected, you need to play the previous installments.

theres 1 for the DS too. I need to pick that one up.

a PS2 is worth having for the RPGs alone.

Im guessing you never played Digital Devil Saga either?