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  • If you have an PS3 or Xbox 360 then get this game :) It's awesome

  • i miss this game

  • Literally one of the best games on xbox this game is super underrated and really fun

  • Hey, is this game good for beginners of JRPG games? Because I found lost odyssey quite difficult :/ thanks.

  • @ShiddyBiscuit Is JPRG some new term for RPGs that come from Japan? If thats the case, they need to just be called RPGs because American made RPGs suck nuts.

    Anyways. This game takes a little getting used to. But after a few hours when you get a handle on the controls, it quickly becomes an incredibly fun and diverse game.

  • @Tracezero JRPG is an OLLLLLD term

  • That enviroments remind me of Phantasy Star. Which can be pain in the ass sometimes

  • @celeschil07

    Ah shut up, you little bitch. Stop being a fanboy.

  • That Japanese doll-face chick named Reimi is the reason I bought this game for my PS3. Fuck yeah Xbox losers you guys don't have Japanese voice haha.

  • @celeschil007 xbox is better than ps3

  • @2PacsUncle funny how this game is so much better on ps3 then.

  • @bernaporto .05 better on ign

    xbox is a lot more popular than ps3 for a reason brah.

  • @2PacsUncle Yeah, because of all the 12 year old fanboys who love screaming at their TV while killing shit on CoD.

  • @Tracezero LMAO, That is true. Also Xbox 360 is only more popular in North America, PS3 is more popular in Japan and Europe. Something a lot of Americans seem to be oblivious to.

  • Played the PS3 version and love it, I miss JRPG so much... Played mostly western games in this generation... Not a bad thing, but I just wished they made more JRPG like during the PS2 generation

  • @voidheart777 where did you fine this game? icannot find it :(

  • @killTHEillunimati bought it at Play-Asia

  • @voidheart777 is it the english version you have? i dont wanna play the jap version lol

  • @voidheart777

    I completely agree with your statement. It has actually turned me off from games in the recent years. Honestly, the only games I have found to enjoy in this current gen are Dark/ demon souls and Skyrim, FF was ok but too linear. The reason why good JRPG's can't make it into the market is cuz of the freaking demand of online shooters. Nobody buys games besides online shooters anymore. They completely ruined the market.

  • Thankfully the PS3 version has japanese voice overs and anime style character portraits and menus which gives it more of a Star Ocean feel. The CG style character portraits in the 360 version are terrible.

  • @majin187 What on earth are you talking about? Its better to have portraits that actually look like the graphics in the game. dont be such a troglodite.

  • @0909scofield If you have actually played any of the past Star Ocean games then you would know exactly what I'm talking about. The CG portraits and bland menus are boring to look at while the anime style portraits and menus pop and seem much more lively. And by the way, it's spelled "troglodyte", nice try though.

  • @majin187 Just because he spelled a word wrong, does not make his comment any less viable then yours.

  • not to mention its on ps3 according o gamrfaqs

  • @swaderable Yup! I jus found out its on PS3. The next game i will be buying

  • @Vistrix go buy a 360... everybody needs 1 anyway

  • @swaderable I did have one but I sold it. I didn't have any use for it at the time and I couldn't get used to the controller :\

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  • Ive played through the entire game and my main game is at the last bonus dungeon. I really like the depth that they added after the game was done as well as the extreme difficulty that came with it. The characters, mainly Edge and the little girl, are annoying at times, but Bacchus was my favorite character by far. The story wasn't a big surprise, but the bosses kept the passe going. But all in all they crammed a ton of fun content into this game and I really enjoyed it.

  • What were all these companies thinking releasing these rpgs on 360 only? Its ruined this generation for rpg fans...

  • @Vistrix No it hasn't. There are many RPGs on the PS3.

  • @Nik0ran I didn't say there weren't many rpgs on the PS3...There are more exclusive rpgs on the 360 though.

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  • @Souravstar007 I total agree!!! 

  • I can't find the ps3 version anywhere only on ebay and fuck ebay man :(

  • @TheMustik92 check amazon

  • appeared on ps3 with new ppl to play as

  • well voice acting is always cheesy in most rpgs. and japanese almost always sounds better but not a long games have the option to switch. i thought the vioce acting was good for dub! its no different from star ocean 3 voice acting.

    but thats not the problem. the porblem is the ps3 verision has more charachters and stuff in it than 360! and i dont have a ps3 x_x and i want star ocean 4 but with the extere stuff. like i buoght tales of v when it came out on 360 but a year later it

  • I heard a lot of people complain that this game pales in comparison to Star Ocean 3.

    I snagged a copy of it, and the voice acting is still cheesy, the main character is even more unlikeable, the story is still barren, and the battle system is annoyingly clunky.

    And guess what, I still like it, they're both good games, people just get caught up in pretending to be "above" average games, they don't sit down and like it for the cheesy, campy ball of fun it is.

  • @animekid200 Star Ocean 3 was a fun and enjoyable experience, this one was not. SO3's characters had their cons but i like them all compared to the last hopes rehashes.

    The blindside being mandatory for some of the boss fights took the fun out of the battles for me and added nothing but frustration whenever id fail the blindside.

    The invention system in this one sucks, as you can only make recipes in which you had to go out, find the materials and then youd finally get to make the item.

  • "The blindside being mandatory for some of the boss fights took the fun out of the battles for me and added nothing but frustration whenever id fail the blindside."

    You know, you could at least try and make your arguments sound like more than whining.

  • @animekid200 You know, you could at least try and make yourself not look like a raging fanboy.

    I was sharing my opinion, not arguing. To decrease my time wasted talking to people like you who dislike anyone who thinks differently from their closed mind, i will end this conversation like this.

    If you like SO4 then thats fine, you think im whining? whatever its your opinion. I just the games a dissapointment and complete garbage, dont like it? whatever piss off.

  • "You know, you could at least try and make yourself not look like a raging fanboy."

    Okay, go ahead and pull out an ad hominem instead of making your opinion sound even more like whining.

    If you dislike a game simply because you can't win with loadout and pre-battle strategy alone, and keep failing something as easy as a blindside, you're whining.

  • @animekid200 D-did you even read my entire comment?

    The whole game is made up of downgraded elements from SO3. The blindside isnt hard, its the fact that it never worked when i needed it. I can win with loadout and pre-battle strategy, ive played the star ocean games before(even that japanese SNES one). You make me think your a fanboy because your getting extremely butthurt over my opinion. You could easily say:

    "Okay he doesent like the game, whatever"

    Yet here you are...

  • "D-did you even read my entire comment?"

    Yes, you mentioned blindsides, characters (Which is directly ignoring my initial point, moviegoers have gotten past this hatred for anything remotely intentionally cliched, why can't we?) and Item Creation/Invention (A valid complaint, but not one that I particularly care about)

    Also, nice job saying you need Blindsides, then saying you can win without it in the next sentence.

    Also you're mixing up "not working" with "doing it wrong"

  • Also you don't have to be a fanboy to call someone out on being retarded, SO4 is in the pile of not-that-great post-PS2 JRPGs, I just consider it one of the most enjoyable out of the bunch of cow shit that came out alongside it, as well as SO3 (Which, by the way, is far worse than Second Story, my favourite in the series)

  • @animekid200 Its a matter of opinion, in which mine you need to accept. Second Story ive been wanting to get for the PSP(if they have it, they have the first one), im not retarded, i might not have payed attention to the comments about blindside(which in my honest opinion shouldve never been put in the game, the other star ocean games were great without it), doesent mean im retarded.

  • "i might not have payed attention to the comments about blindside"

    You made factual statements about how bad blindside was, they were wrong, you were retarded.

    I've never played the remake, I imagine they butchered the combat, which is what I want to talk about here.

    Claiming Blindsides shouldn't be in the game because the others were good without it doesn't really mean anything, SO2 and SO3 had radically different styles of combat

  • SO2 was very much about being aware of surroundings and map control, for example my early game strategy was basically bait an enemy with Rena, keeping Claude behind rocks or away from the enemy, then as he approached, flank around and whip the shit out of him.

    SO3 felt more like balls out offense.

    SO4 on the other hand is again about baiting and blindsiding, while being aware of rush, running in and throwing everything at an enemy isn't the right way to go.

  • My point being, Star Ocean combat is not redundant, it always changes, that's why Blindside was created, because otherwise it would just feel like SO3 combat.

  • @LadyCherryification

    You're kidding right?

    He didn't record by pointing a camera at a TV.

    He used a HD PVR

  • uh. he talks about how ppl on 360 might not have played star ocean but clearly this guy hasnt played any star oceans. hes stupid.

    "pasting is off and sometimes u find ur self fighitng in a dugen for 3 hours then get itno a cut sceen blah blah ablh" stupid dumbass go play star ocean 3 and ur find ur self fighting more than 3 horus in a dugen. star ocean games are always long and have big ass dunges duh. star ocean 3 was A LONG ASS GAME for me. same with the otehr ones hes dumb.

  • undub version is the best. the english dub fucks with your brain

  • what kind of tv do you use ??

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  • When i was talking about Nintendo of America, i meant to put in the name of the title they weren't going to release. If it wasn't obvious: Xenoblade Chronicles.

  • Really? Americans, White People, and Half-wits complaining about no japanese language options. WTF has the world come to where White-bread people bitch about dubbing. You should be happy Tri-Ace and Square even translated it at all. They could've been like Nintendo of America and said "No we aren't going to bring it over at all"; be dicks about it then turn around and make us happy by denouncing their statement and then releasing it later.

  • Damn this game sucks ass you people are 8 years old or retarded if you like this shit like damn it's unbelievably bad.

  • @Biddybalboa You can keep your own opinion :P

    This game is not really that bad.

  • @Biddybalboa I'm 88 years old. Umad?

  • Anybody else thinks that a PS3 remake of 'Star Ocean - The Second Story' would be awesome

  • @Souravstar007 Definetely. Would be incredible.

  • @Souravstar007 YEAH !

    i love this game !

  • @Souravstar007 Better than this crap

  • @Souravstar007

    No, because they would mess it up like every other remake....just looking at this title only reaffirms it in my mind.

  • GET THIS GAME FOR PS3, :)

    its better,

  • @ozzyblazer16

    It's no different, you moron.

  • @NeverEatYell0wSn0w lol butthurt 360 fagboy. Yeah it is, have you played the ps3 version? I didn't think so...

  • @TheMustik92

    No, i have played on both consoles.

    Considering you were the one pathetically vouching that everyone buy this for PS3, and i was merely making a bi-polar statement towards either platform, how does that make me a 360 fanboy?

    It's pathetic to see how hypocritical you really are considering in your past two comments you have been arguing the superiority of PS3 over top of Xbox 360, and i haven't.

    Sorry troll, you lose <3

  • @NeverEatYell0wSn0w Since when did I vouch everyone to play it for the ps3? Ignorat fuck. Also you making a bi-polar statement doesn't help you in any way retard. btw this is the first time I ever spoke to you dumb shit. sorry troll faggot you're the one who lose but don't get all butthurt over it ;) on a side note the ps3 version is better because it's all in one disc not three, less framerate issues and added content that's not on the shitbox.

  • @TheMustik92

    <3 Failed again, sorry!

  • @NeverEatYell0wSn0w It's nice to see that you're admitting to be an complete failure in everything. Good luck with that because you'll need it.

  • @TheMustik92

    You may be a tad delusional, troll, i don't believe i admitted that.

    Try harded! <3

  • @NeverEatYell0wSn0w And you may be a bit retarded 'cause I've never vouched anyone to play the ps3 version of the game as you claim I did. You're not even worth my time troll faggot.

    Also your grammar makes me lol: "Try harded!" wtf? Learn to spell before typing anything troll kid ;)

  • @NeverEatYell0wSn0w Actually...the PS3 version has more crap in it since it's the international version, but in all reality, meh. :P I bought it last year lol. Good game, very underrated.

  • @trombonekingdom

    Yeah, it was an amazing game.

  • @NeverEatYell0wSn0w I'm just sad that 4 was apparentl the last in the series. :(

  • @NeverEatYell0wSn0w i think someone already put handles on your troll comments so i won't bother replying past this point because i usually don't feed trolls. But yeah the PS3 version has a few more features than XBOX and its all on one disc

  • I wish this game was Co-Op XD

  • If anybody is considering getting this game, do yourself a favor and get it for the PS3.......You'll thank me later

  • so much LIGHT!!!!

  • Trying to get every achievement for this game is a fucking nightmare. Don't even bother..lol

  • @bddblade most of them are secret and you'll probably have to look them up before you start the game... thank goodness i haven't started yet :)

  • i still play this game, its so much fun when ever i get bored of playing fps games

  • This game sucks, it's not like call of duty at all. Who wants to run around with swords and cast magic spells. This game has a serious lack of grenade launchers and kill streaks. By the way IGN is the best review site in the world, most fair and balanced site ever.

  • @Killa1949 you fail kid...

  • @Killa1949 ur either being sarcastic, or the complete epitome of an idiot

  • @ozzyblazer16 Trololololololololol

  • @Killa1949 its not a troll, if you have to tell people that it was, you sir fail, what an idiot, 

  • @ozzyblazer16 I win.

  • @Killa1949 Actually you lost the day you were born,

  • @ozzyblazer16 Silly ozzyblazer16 you shouldn't talk about yourself like that

  • @Killa1949 I like how you typed out my name when it obviously already says your comment is directed to me by the name immediately following the @ symbol,

  • I like how this guy heavily exaggerates.

  • I played this game two years ago and fucking loved it, highly recommend, even though the pacing is way off

  • @IHeardYouLiekMe I totally agree. The keep saying! Why is it not out yet!!! Then they release it early because of so many requests and the fans get pissed at the graphics. It's like all fans expect graphics to be on gran-truismo 5 or uncharted level. When those games to 3-5 years to develop.

  • I wish man up the main character a bit. I they want a female character they could just make 2 protagonists like star ocean 2

  • i wish i could hear one review where the guys don't sound like fat nerds

  • bonus points isnt really an add on its been i a couple before i wasnt called bonus POINTS per say but hain bonus and it would get better for every fight you got in with out it breaking up to a certain point to course all in all good game not as good as till the end of time in my opinion but still great game tri ace knows what their doing Gam1ngH1story gives it a 9 out of 10

  • @Gam1ngH1story sorry about the typo chain bonus not hain bonus

  • Am I the only person who gets really angry when the same people complaining about how long they have to wait for games to be released, complain about slightly imperfect graphics? I don't know how much you know about 3D graphics development, but it takes fucking forever.

  • Looks a lot like Til The End of Time for the PS2.

    I just put this in my que for Gamefly. Can't wait.

  • if you have a PS3 buy the international Star Ocean: The Last Hope Version, it comes with anime main menu, and the original Japanese voice actors (100x better then the english voice actors, no seriously just go look up Xplay's review and they show you the horrible voice acting)

  • This is an underrated game, 'kay.

  • @CowHoofOnAHotPlate HAHAHAHAHA

  • what you call badly presented i call epic.

  • Nice

  • I just got this at Gamestop and for freakin ONCE....the clerk actually informed me about gameplay, visuals, story line, and the franchise itself. I am glad this is a prequel, that way i can play the others at a later date.

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  • @Poonard

    Well the games aren't really related that much anyway, except for some cameos, references and stuff.

  • i like games that do that. They are all their own story within a joined game world. Like the fallout series and FF.

  • @lemans24fan

    Yeah! It's funny how it even has cameos from some other Tri-Ace games like Valkyrie Profile :D

  • Multiple Endings ?

    So There is a Good And Bad Ending in this game..

    Like Silent Hill 1 ?

  • @GreaTMaX32 Late reply but, no its not like good/bad endings. You have multiple "character" endings which your main objective is to get them all by doing certain "private actions" etc... there are 9 characters in which you meet them as you play the game and at the end of the game, if you have fulfilled the requirement for the endings, you'll be able to see them. If you don't, than you don't get to see them. Simple as that.

  • I think the Game deserves a BETTER SCORE!!!!

    It SHOULD AT LEAST be higher than FF-XIII

  • if you are reading this comment, theres probably an advert playing...

  • @TalesOfFinalFantasy To google chrome users: Google "AdBlock". Download it, and enjoy

  • This review is really good. Even the guy's voice is entertaining. :D

    Although where he criticised the title as being poor, I would go a step further and say that the flaws were absolutely abysmal!

  • DAMMIT too loyal to Star Ocean Till The End Of Time Can't bear to see a new main character >_<

  • Is that Ciderhelm?

  • i made the attempt to get every achievement in this game.....HUGE MISTAKE

  • @genomicbeast LOL have fun getting EVERY chest in the game!!

  • @Killa1949 i did it and it was not fun, so was getting all the trophies

  • You can pause cutscenes, just hit the Guide-button...

  • theres always the good reviewers

  • dont complain about 45 minute cut-scenes thats a bonus in my eyes

  • I love how some people are whining about the 3 discs for 360. You fat fuckers will never be happy face it, I have it for 360 too so stfu lol... It's still a great action packed game, with loads of replay value and my favorite part is that it's actually challenging unlike many other rpg/jrpg's. Nothing's more disappointing than reaching a final boss (or any end game boss) and being like "uhh that's it? He's dead? I won?"

  • @TheBlacksiphon there probably just little kids who arent old enough to have owned a playstation 1 almost every game on that system has 2 or more discs

  • lol a kid with a man voice

  • a minus should have been the phantom soilder mini boss it mess my day up yesterday

  • @muiscnight that shit lasted forever. Thank goodness for max rank health boost on Edge so I had 10k more hp than the rest of my party -thumbs up-. I managed to beat it in a time through. Very close to dying though.

  • what about the ps3 international version? no disk swaps required =]

  • @FF7Master ps3 international version is much harder though. ps3 international version is the same difficulty as the japanese version. Some of the bosses are just infuriatingly hard... unless you grind, which is not necessary on the xbox until you start playing chaos difficulty.

  • no score?

  • lol girl with big boobs that jiggle around. no suprise there!

  • how many hours is the game

  • @reddust5 40-60 i think

  • i hearts this game =D, kay ? llololo

  • i actually like the story

  • Im at the part where Edge is depressed because he blew up earth hes just been a angry downer.......idk if this is a somewhat of a spoiler or not lol

  • @muiscnight

    It is god dammit

  • @muiscnight fuck you of course it is

  • fukn hateee lym!!!!

  • @snowmandashdash i hate lymle too, kay? sh'e soo annoying an irritating, kay? everytime i hear her voice i cant wait until she's finished, kay? nearly every second word is kay, kay? it really gets on your nerves, kay?

  • The japanese voice option is only on PS3

  • i thought there WAS a japanese voice option ?

  • 1:39 no random encounters? wheres the fun in that?

  • It's squaresoft(enix)'s trademark! :O

  • this looks wank

  • Sarah and Myuria in the same room?

    Hot elf on spectacled angel lesbian alien action!

  • FUCKING ADVERTISEMENTS!!!!!!

  • @LaurenHinson

    step 1. get firefox

    step 2. get ABP (add block plus)

    step 3. never see another add again....ever.

    you're welcome.

  • @kimoz Well for people who don't use firefox or don't know of this method, ads can be very irritating. Thank you :)

  • @LaurenHinson which is why a gave a step by step, so the adds won't irritate you anymore.....you're welcome again :)

  • @kimoz yep :)

  • @kimoz wow thanks for this, now have that for chrome :) so no more ADs!!!

  • @kimoz or google chrome!!!

  • @xxXYoAriYoXxx , i know i just prefer firefox, I'm more comfortable around it, but whatever works :)

  • @kimoz yah i got it for both. ie 9= booooooooooooooooooooooooo!!!!­!

  • @kimoz your wrong. That blocks the whole video.

  • @wesleysonic umm, you are definitely doing sumsing wong.

  • @kimoz Well I have tried this in the past and it doesn't work so it can't be me.

  • @wesleysonic yes it can be you, you are doing something wrong if you can't see the whole video

  • @kimoz For people who get advertisements in the middle of videos (if you've seen the official channels for anime tv shows that forces 2 adverts) It will stop the video from playing but for videos that get adverts in the beginning before the video starts then adblock plus should block the advert and allow the video to play.

  • @kimoz Or get ABP on Chrome. Both work.

  • @LaurenHinson Download adblock plus for total annihilation

  • (EdGE) Blonde headed dude ,he looks like a gir,l the outfit is kool, but WTF how about a character with some facial hair even 5Oclock shadow

    My Opinion!

  • @GTPRIME209 Auron was pretty fuckin beast