Star Ocean 4 - New Trailer

[unmei]

the changes aren't that bad, it's really only a cosmetic change. at least they're not messing with anything of substance.

Having played the game both before and after (and in the middle of) the localization changes I can say that they really don't detract much from anything. The interface feels a little cleaner now. Maybe they didn't need to replace the old portraits, but it's not the end of the world if it's in cg.

 

[icebolt]

Two more weeks of a wait for me...I should remember to pre-order this though.

 

[Keith Justice]

God, looking at the game is killing me...I NEED A 360, DAMMIT!!!!

Oh! Dude, go to Circuit City. You can score a 360 for relatively pretty cheap. Especially a core unit if you want.

 

[Ragna "D" BloodEdge]

The problem is by the time I actually scape enough together to get one from there, the store's gonna be closed. *sigh*

 

[Ragna "D" BloodEdge]

Do we know if this is gonna be multiplayer or not yet?

 

[unmei]

Do we know if this is gonna be multiplayer or not yet?

As of the last build I played, no. I don't see it being added in either.

 

[Ragna "D" BloodEdge]

That's a shame. I haven't played a good multiplayer RPG since Seiken Densetsu 3.

I'll bet any amount of money, however, that we'll be seeing Gabriel Celesta and the Ethereal Queen as bosses in whatever versions of the Bonus Dungeons SO4 ends up having. I wouldn't mind seeing a few characters from Valkyrie Profile show up too, as long as they aren't those little chibi versions like Lenneth and Freya were in SO3.

 

[unmei]

That's a shame. I haven't played a good multiplayer RPG since Seiken Densetsu 3.

I'll bet any amount of money, however, that we'll be seeing Gabriel Celesta and the Ethereal Queen as bosses in whatever versions of the Bonus Dungeons SO4 ends up having. I wouldn't mind seeing a few characters from Valkyrie Profile show up too, as long as they aren't those little chibi versions like Lenneth and Freya were in SO3.

I'm not at liberty to comment on cameo's at this point XD

As for multiplayer, it's really hard to work it into RPGs. The tales games go it, but the draw back is that everyone who's not the first player has a lot of downtime since they only have one the main character on screen 70% of the time. SD 2 and 3 were alright because they let everyone run around the screen at any given time. Granted they couldn't always do as much as player one, but at least they could mess around and make it hard to process by running in the opposite directions.

 

[Ragna "D" BloodEdge]

I think it's pretty much a given those two will be in there. They're hidden uber-boss staples in both SO and VP.

Still, I'd think with all the supposed advancements in gaming now, someone would've figured out a way to make a multiplayer option functional at the very least. I think it would've increased the game's replay value considerably. Not that the Private Actions and everything else packed in here won't do that, too.