“Star Ocean: The Last Hope International” (“SO4”) is an enhanced port of a formerly Xbox 360 exclusive entry in the venerable ‘Star Ocean’ RPG series by Tri-Ace, a series that began waaaay back on the Super Famicom (SNES, but never released outside Japan). Most North Americans’ first experience with the ‘Star Ocean’ franchise was likely the not-so-hot “Star Ocean: The Second Story” (“SO2”) on the original PlayStation, a game dragged-down by annoying characters and horrendous, horrendous voiceacting. Regardless of my disdain for “SO2,” as one of the earliest examples that really nailed all of the key gameplay features I expect, the ‘Star Ocean’ series will always be the first thing that pops into my head when someone says ‘action-RPG.’ Despite continuing the button-mashing tradition of its... |
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