Star Ocean The Divine Force - State of Play Oct 2021 Debut Trailer | PS5, PS4, Xbox One, Series X|S and Steam

At this point, I just really hope they get the performance down by release. Their models veer into the direction of PSO for some reason.
 
Whether this game is great or not won't depend on the graphics. We'll have to wait to see how the story, dungeons, music, towns, etc. are.

Glad to see Star Ocean back. Hopefully it's given a AA budget and enough dev time unlike SO5.
 
After Tales of Arise I cannot go back to these look production 3D JRPGs not to mention the art style is simply just not it. Might buy when it's like $20
 
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Looks interesting, but curious about the story and timeline… they really shit themselves in the foot with Star Ocean 3's ending when concerning how to advance the series forward.
 
Whether this game is great or not won't depend on the graphics. We'll have to wait to see how the story, dungeons, music, towns, etc. are.
My problem isnt its technical graphics, my problem mostly about how Tri Ace model their character in 3D in their recent HD games and it has nothing to do having advance graphics.
 
As a big Star Ocean fan, definitely excited for this. Hoping they actually put more worlds and story in this game compared to 5.
 
I dont know why they don't understand they need cel shading. The Xeno franchise and Tales franchise understood. So did the Persona franchise.
 
Yeah I'm hyped. I know its going to be a low tier game, the budget is pretty weak. But its Tri-Ace, they've made some of my favorite rpgs of all time. Plus they always include a waifu or two. For me among the hallmarks of their games is the combat, and this game's mechanics seem a bit different than the others. As long as I enjoy myself and its a fun adventure I'll be happy.

I'd love to see Tri-Ace break out some of their other classics, like Grandia and Valkyrie Profile. Even if they are basic no frills ports, I'd still buy 'em.
 
As a long time fan, I mean since SNES days, this is something I'm keeping an eye on

I know some of the moments are cheesy and cringe but I've always loved the traditional exploration.
 
Looks interesting, but curious about the story and timeline… they really shit themselves in the foot with Star Ocean 3's ending when concerning how to advance the series forward.
They really should've either said Star Ocean 3 was it's own self contained story or just rebooted with a new storyline. Star Ocean 4 tried to introduce alternate timelines but I couldn't take that game for too long.
 
The character 3D models look bad. I'm sure there are outsourcing studios out there that could've done a better job.
 
I guess it's just trademark style now that Star Ocean in-game models always look like lifeless dolls?
They're so ugly it makes me mad. Star Ocean should be a textbook case of how not to translate anime-style characters into 3D.

And MC looks like a giant douche.
 
Love this!
Star Ocean is the only other game with the Tales battle system. And it looks like the battles are in the same exploration field.
 
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Scenario Writers:
五反田 義治 / 和ヶ原 聡司 / 更伊 俊介
Yoshiharu Gotanda, Satoshi Wagahara, and Sarai Shunsuke(?)
I recognize the first two, but not the last.
 
Not going to lie, was very happy to see this confirmed for Xbox too because it was one of the highlights at the show for me. Very interested to see how it turns out.
 
Star Ocean 4 fucking broke me and turned me into the jaded, hateful gamer with zero tolerance for anime bullshit that I am today. I can't believe they are still making this garbage
 
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Scenario Writers:
五反田 義治 / 和ヶ原 聡司 / 更伊 俊介
Yoshiharu Gotanda, Satoshi Wagahara, and Sarai Shunsuke(?)
I recognize the first two, but not the last.


Last guy is https://twitter.com/sarai_shunsuke, Light Novel writer. He had one turned into an anime called Dog and Scissors
 
After the last game I swear I read something along the lines of "the series is shelved" but I'm glad to see that's not the case. I loved SO2 and 3 growing up. Here's hoping the series finds its identity again.
 
Why are you all so salty and bad mouthing this game? It looks great. i love the character designs. And the flying mixed into combat looked bad ass. Are you guys mostly trolling because this is ps exclusive or something?
 
Why are you all so salty and bad mouthing this game? It looks great. i love the character designs. And the flying mixed into combat looked bad ass. Are you guys mostly trolling because this is ps exclusive or something?

Either that or the weird lip sync stuff. I'm happy to see another Star Ocean game making its way into the franchise.
 
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not for me...

man, jrpg's are in a very dark place right now. im still waiting to get back into them, but they just keep going down this dark, depressing path. i might be checked out of them for good at this point, but i keep hoping something will come out that pulls me back into the genre.
 
Why are you all so salty and bad mouthing this game? It looks great. i love the character designs. And the flying mixed into combat looked bad ass. Are you guys mostly trolling because this is ps exclusive or something?
It's not exclusive , Tri ace character models, stories and voice acting have been pretty lack luster the past few games but if it plays like a button mashy xenoblade I could be down for it.
 
Why are you all so salty and bad mouthing this game? It looks great. i love the character designs. And the flying mixed into combat looked bad ass. Are you guys mostly trolling because this is ps exclusive or something?
Probably because it looks like complete garbage. The last two in the series were also bad. Should have just ported 2 and 3 then called it a day.
 
Why are you all so salty and bad mouthing this game? It looks great. i love the character designs. And the flying mixed into combat looked bad ass. Are you guys mostly trolling because this is ps exclusive or something?
Because the previous one was terrible, the one before that was bad too and the little we've seen from this one also looks pretty bad?.

Based on the past like 15 years of this dev the absolute best case scenario for this game is that the combat will be pretty good but the visuals, characters and story will be terrible
 
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