Star Ocean: Integrity and Faithlessness (PS4)

[James]

Nice thing about fiction is that it can be created to be meaningful.

[magnifiedplaid]

I'm about an hour in, and waiting for the game to turn awful. So far I can't see what all the professional critics are crying about.

Not sure what the professional reviewers' critiques were, but I think the game plays fine. The presentation, on the other hand, leaves a lot to be desired. Since RPGs are largely story based, they need to rely on presentation to keep a player's interest, and Star Ocean largely fails in that area. I can barely tell which characters are supposed to be talking in the "cut scenes." The game just feels sloppy all around. I'm not sure why I would play it over a game like Trails of Cold Steel.

[Andrew]

Not sure what the professional reviewers' critiques were, but I think the game plays fine. The presentation, on the other hand, leaves a lot to be desired. Since RPGs are largely story based, they need to rely on presentation to keep a player's interest, and Star Ocean largely fails in that area. I can barely tell which characters are supposed to be talking in the "cut scenes." The game just feels sloppy all around. I'm not sure why I would play it over a game like Trails of Cold Steel.

Agreed on the sloppy storytelling, and angling Fidel to talk to an NPC can be a chore. But everything else feels like Star Ocean, and it's been 7 years since we had a Star Ocean (and 12 years since we had a good Star Ocean), so I'll drink it up.

I love that they maintained the tradition of horrible, awkward spoken lines at the end of battles. Anything else would feel wrong.

[MechDeus]

Nice thing about fiction is that it can be created to be meaningful.

Ouroboros.

[Andrew]

Well. That certainly ended quickly.