Star Ocean: The Last Hope Video Review!!! Xbox 360

Star Ocean: The Last Hope is the next installment in the Star Ocean series for the Xbox 360. Famitsu has revealed that the battle system will now feature 4 party members, and be more team-oriented. The hero's name is Edge Maverick, while the heroine is named Reimi Saionji. The game will also feature more of a sci-fi emphasis than past titles with the ability to control your own ship. It's been said this ship is quite large, and will be able to land on at least 5 planets or other space-based destinations. One will be able to travel through the "star ocean," jumping across planets. The game will also take place a few centuries before the original Star Ocean (around S.D. 10, or approximately 2097 AD).
Famitsu has awarded the game a total of 34/40, comprised of a 9/9/8/8 score.
IGN awarded the game a score of 8.0. In its review, IGN stated that despite the rough pacing in the storyline that could be told in a much more engaging manner, tri-Ace and Square-Enix's latest RPG holds together quite well with action-packed gameplay. Some of the small annoyances encountered during the game was the disc-swapping, which requires players to do just that if they need to travel to previous locations. The review also feels that the Japanese voice track should have been included as an option in the US version, as the English voice track and lip-synching are not quite up to par. X-Play's review of the game gives a 4 out of 5 stars, stating that the story is epic, engaging and well-paced from start to finsh, and combat is frenetic, complex and smooth. However it thinks that the downside of it is due to horrendous voice acting, and objectives aren't always clear to lead the player. TeamXbox awarded the game with a score of 8.5, praising the balanced and addictive combat which allows the player to handle both strategy and gaming skill to the fray.
The game sold 131,000 copies in its first day on the Japanese market, approximately 80% of its initial shipment of 165,000 copies, making it the fastest selling Xbox 360 title in that region.

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[tyeb29]

i hope this is good, because i can only allow one gay lookin rpg in my xbox 360 collection...

[lazer59882]

you can pause cutscenes

its called hitting the xbox guide button

[MMMMMMPIRE]

just bought this for 12 bucks at blockbuster......very good game.

[HEIRON33]

@tyeb29 hahahahahhahahah

[TheDrImogen]

Found this in trade in shop for £4.00

[NokMok]

I'll start my first play tomorrow knowing that the dialogues suck, the characters suck and the story sucks, so I won't be disappointed too much.

Looking forward to the challenge and the combat mechanics.

[Colouryoung97]

I have this for the PS3, it's awsome... I really like that you can switch the voice acting to japanese XD

[ZikDreams]

can this game be played cooperatively on the same xbox? looks awesome.

[InsideAVitalSuit]

@DiseasedHealthHazard That doesn't even make sense. If you only playthrough once it would be one ending.. If you go back its multiple playthrough

[InsideAVitalSuit]

@demonhunter505 Dude don't just judge off of a review, keep on renting that way you can decide for yourself, which you did with this game.

[PlainOldGamer]

@CannibalCorpse909

Edge Is 20. And if anyone here dislikes the American voice actors just get the International version coming out for the PS3 which includes Japanese voice acting.