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Title: Sailing on a space boat through the star ocean: The SO4 Thread
Post by: Ichirou on March 30, 2010, 11:47:12 PM

Okay, so I know a few folks started on this game when the PS3 version came out.  I'm playing it on 360.

So I started the game and holy shit, coming down from the sci-fi high that was Mass Effect 2 and getting this was really ridiculous.

The game starts off pretty badass.  The intro is total nuclear war between Jack Nicholson and some Saddam lookalike.  Then they realized "whups, we fucked up" so after destroying the entire planet they make peace.

Then they focus on going into outer space and that's where the uguu starts.  The hero is this dode named EDGE MAVERICK, and he is some type of astronaut along with his friend with the metal skirt, Reimi.

So the uguu starts in full-force when he talks via webcam with Welch, who is the HYPER ENTHUSIASTIC loli support engineer person for the mission.  He also chats with his childhood rival who has been promoted to captain ahead of him.  Pretty sure I'm going to have to fight/kill this dude in the near future since that's always what happens in this type of game, plus he's dressed all in red, "bad guy" colors.

Long story short, the mission goes FUBAR and all the spaceships crashland on an alien planet filled with bugs that are impervious to the railguns they brought along for defense.  This gives the game designers the excuse to implement the melee combat the SO series has always had, no matter how inappropriate this is for a sci-fi setting.

TO BE CONTINUED...

Title: Re: Sailing on a space boat through the star ocean: The SO4 Thread
Post by: The Sceneman on March 30, 2010, 11:48:23 PM

lock, ban plz

Title: Re: Sailing on a space boat through the star ocean: The SO4 Thread
Post by: Ichirou on March 30, 2010, 11:49:51 PM

no you

Title: Re: Sailing on a space boat through the star ocean: The SO4 Thread
Post by: The Sceneman on March 30, 2010, 11:52:11 PM

havent played the game but apparently its disgusting and has stupid achievements. Cant wait to play Last Remnant :hyper

Title: Re: Sailing on a space boat through the star ocean: The SO4 Thread
Post by: Great Rumbler on March 30, 2010, 11:53:02 PM

Mass Effect 2 >>> Mass Effect 1 >>> Star Wars Knights of the Old Republic >>> Atomic Syphilis >>> Star Ocean 4

Title: Re: Sailing on a space boat through the star ocean: The SO4 Thread
Post by: demi on March 30, 2010, 11:53:26 PM

Last Remnant :hyper

Title: Re: Sailing on a space boat through the star ocean: The SO4 Thread
Post by: The Sceneman on March 30, 2010, 11:54:29 PM

my boy quietID said he was buying it and I can play it after him :hyper

from the videos gameplay looks hot hot hot

Title: Re: Sailing on a space boat through the star ocean: The SO4 Thread
Post by: Ichirou on March 30, 2010, 11:56:25 PM

Quote from: Great Rumbler on March 30, 2010, 11:53:02 PM

Mass Effect 2 >>> Mass Effect 1 >>> Star Wars Knights of the Old Republic >>> Atomic Syphilis >>> Star Ocean 4

Why bring up Kosma in this thread? ???

Title: Re: Sailing on a space boat through the star ocean: The SO4 Thread
Post by: The Sceneman on March 30, 2010, 11:57:52 PM

yeah why did you do it Ichirou?

ps. how did mupepe rip you off? I missed something I think.

pps. where is Miles Edgeworth game

ppps. sorry for derailing thread. You all can get back to your homojapual SO4 discussion now

Title: Re: Sailing on a space boat through the star ocean: The SO4 Thread
Post by: dark1x on March 31, 2010, 12:04:40 AM

Absolutely horrible game.  Wanted it to be good, but man, it just wasn't to be.  The ~uguu~ is just too strong.  None of those morons would ever fit in any military or exploration teams.  At least previous games involved civilian characters who simply got wrapped up in the story against their will.  You didn't expect them to have training.  Here, though?  It just all seems ridiculous to the extreme.

Title: Re: Sailing on a space boat through the star ocean: The SO4 Thread
Post by: GilloD on March 31, 2010, 12:13:19 AM

Please continue this write up. I didn't play it, but I understand it's tres stupido.

Title: Re: Sailing on a space boat through the star ocean: The SO4 Thread
Post by: Ichirou on March 31, 2010, 12:13:30 AM

Quote from: The Sceneman on March 30, 2010, 11:57:52 PM

yeah why did you do it Ichirou?

ps. how did mupepe rip you off? I missed something I think.

pps. where is Miles Edgeworth game

ppps. sorry for derailing thread. You all can get back to your homojapual SO4 discussion now

I will PM what happened to you.

I still haven't finished Miles Edgeworth, I'm at the end of case 4 now.

Let's get back to SO4 talk!!!!!!!!

Title: Re: Sailing on a space boat through the star ocean: The SO4 Thread
Post by: Ichirou on March 31, 2010, 12:16:19 AM

Quote from: GilloD on March 31, 2010, 12:13:19 AM

Please continue this write up. I didn't play it, but I understand it's tres stupido.

Yeah, it's really pretty goddamn stupid so far.

Title: Re: Sailing on a space boat through the star ocean: The SO4 Thread
Post by: demi on March 31, 2010, 12:22:01 AM

guys it has crafting and loot. it is an amazing game.

Title: Re: Sailing on a space boat through the star ocean: The SO4 Thread
Post by: Ichirou on March 31, 2010, 12:23:40 AM

Quote from: demi on March 31, 2010, 12:22:01 AM

guys it has crafting and loot. it is an amazing game.

/Prole

Title: Re: Sailing on a space boat through the star ocean: The SO4 Thread
Post by: naff on March 31, 2010, 12:25:09 AM

Quote from: The Sceneman on March 30, 2010, 11:54:29 PM

my boy quietID said he was buying it and I can play it after him :hyper

from the videos gameplay looks hot hot hot

You can play it before me  :-* I'll flick it to you soon as I get it, I've got too many games to finish up right now.

Title: Re: Sailing on a space boat through the star ocean: The SO4 Thread
Post by: Van Cruncheon on March 31, 2010, 12:31:35 AM

:teehee

sadly, i am still enjoying -- and i use that word loosely -- this game, just because of the flashy combat and the crafting. i won't say it's a good game, and i really do appreciate the text recaps when you skip cutscenes, but for some reason, i feel obligated to try to complete it. i kinda feel the same way about ff13, which is almost as awful

i also really like the lengthy dungeon grinds :'(

Title: Re: Sailing on a space boat through the star ocean: The SO4 Thread
Post by: The Sceneman on March 31, 2010, 12:32:50 AM

yussss  :-* I'll hook you up with Vesperia when youre done with LO. See you Sunday nite bizzach (but will probably see you sooner lulz)

Title: Re: Sailing on a space boat through the star ocean: The SO4 Thread
Post by: demi on March 31, 2010, 12:33:28 AM

Quote from: quietID on March 31, 2010, 12:25:09 AM

Quote from: The Sceneman on March 30, 2010, 11:54:29 PM

my boy quietID said he was buying it and I can play it after him :hyper

from the videos gameplay looks hot hot hot

You can play it before me  :-* I'll flick it to you soon as I get it, I've got too many games to finish up right now.

Game is a pretty lengthy 1000, I would think about this statement

Title: Re: Sailing on a space boat through the star ocean: The SO4 Thread
Post by: Ichirou on March 31, 2010, 12:36:48 AM

So anyway, after EDGE MAVERICK kills the space bugs with a sword, the captain calls up the space station asking for help.  "You know, this multi-trillion dollar space exploration project has just gone to shit, our ships have all crashed on the planet, we need some help or we are all going to die!"

Then this fat guy with an exciting mustache comes onscreen and says "Not my problem."  Yes, the most important project in mankind's history...and all your ships have crashed onto an alien planet but exciting mustache fat guy just wants you to deal with it on your own.  Then he makes an ominous statement about how he will contact THEM to help you out, which makes the captain (who also has an exciting mustache) very nervous.

So then the captain tells EDGE MAVERICK and Reimi, the metal-skirt girl, to go search for the other crashed ships.  The adventure begins...

Title: Re: Sailing on a space boat through the star ocean: The SO4 Thread
Post by: naff on March 31, 2010, 12:41:54 AM

Quote from: demi on March 31, 2010, 12:33:28 AM

Quote from: quietID on March 31, 2010, 12:25:09 AM

Quote from: The Sceneman on March 30, 2010, 11:54:29 PM

my boy quietID said he was buying it and I can play it after him :hyper

from the videos gameplay looks hot hot hot

You can play it before me  :-* I'll flick it to you soon as I get it, I've got too many games to finish up right now.

Game is a pretty lengthy 1000, I would think about this statement

I'm kinda new to 360 so I haven't played many JRPGs really this gen (I have but oldschool ones on my PC, none of this new shit) as PS3 seemed to avoid them like the plague until recently. He's got ToV, Eternal Sonata and Lost Odyssey (which I'm currently playing through) pretty sure I want to play ToV more than TLR, but then again I am just bein nice.

Title: Re: Sailing on a space boat through the star ocean: The SO4 Thread
Post by: Ichirou on March 31, 2010, 12:46:51 AM

quietID, what's your gamerscore?

Title: Re: Sailing on a space boat through the star ocean: The SO4 Thread
Post by: naff on March 31, 2010, 12:58:22 AM

Quote from: Ichirou on March 31, 2010, 12:46:51 AM

quietID, what's your gamerscore?

3732!! :-[ Had my 360 for ~3 months, took me a while to get into it too. I've always hated MS but 360 is pretty damned good. Bought it for the few games I couldn't play on PS3 and to play with friends who don't have PS3's (pretty much everyone who actually plays online that I know). Haven't been online since I was ~2k as 360 doesn't have wireless and at my new place my 10 mtre ethernet cable aint long enough  :( Got a 25 metre one in the mail.

Why?

Title: Re: Sailing on a space boat through the star ocean: The SO4 Thread
Post by: Ichirou on March 31, 2010, 01:01:11 AM

I've had mine for about 10 months, I'm almost at 10k. :rock

Just curious, is all.  I'm trying to get to 10k since that seems to be the average for all my friends on XBL.

Title: Re: Sailing on a space boat through the star ocean: The SO4 Thread
Post by: The Sceneman on March 31, 2010, 01:01:35 AM

my gamerscore is like 45300 now :flex

but that still aint shit compared to demi and the hardcore cheevo crowd.

Still, no shitty point grabs on my gamercard! (except for Dash of Destruction)

Title: Re: Sailing on a space boat through the star ocean: The SO4 Thread
Post by: Ichirou on March 31, 2010, 01:04:16 AM

Demi has like 200k or something ridiculous like that, right?

There are a few easy cheevos I'm missing on some games that I just don't want to bother with 'cause they're annoying - find all the flags or feathers in the AC games? Waste of my time.  Find all the lightseeds in Prince of Persia? Screw that.

Title: Re: Sailing on a space boat through the star ocean: The SO4 Thread
Post by: recursivelyenumerable on March 31, 2010, 01:05:25 AM

less idle chitchat, more playing and recapping, plz

Title: Re: Sailing on a space boat through the star ocean: The SO4 Thread
Post by: The Sceneman on March 31, 2010, 01:17:13 AM

Quote from: Ichirou on March 31, 2010, 01:04:16 AM

Demi has like 200k or something ridiculous like that, right?

There are a few easy cheevos I'm missing on some games that I just don't want to bother with 'cause they're annoying - find all the flags or feathers in the AC games? Waste of my time.  Find all the lightseeds in Prince of Persia? Screw that.

the feathers only take an hour or two with a guide. The flags are monstrous of course

Title: Re: Sailing on a space boat through the star ocean: The SO4 Thread
Post by: Ichirou on March 31, 2010, 10:21:50 AM

So I went out in search of the other crashed ships.  Lots of giant bugs to fight everywhere.  I'm playing on 'Galaxy', which is the toughest accessible mode available from the start (at least in the 360 version).  It didn't give me much trouble but EDGE MAVERICK died a couple of times.

I'd gotten used to Mass Effect 2 where you could save pretty much anywhere, anytime.  Here, of course, as in any other Japanese RPG, you have to wait for save points.  And the save points don't actually restore your HP/MP.

I finally found the crashed ship by the beach, with only one dying dude lying on the shore.  EDGE MAVERICK leaned over and picked him up, and the dying dude told him something had gone terribly wrong after they'd picked up a meteor fragment and brought it onboard.  The dying dude had to actually blow up the ship!

At this point Edge actually started vigorously shaking the dying guy asking him why he had to blow the ship up!? :lol

The dude tells Edge and Reimi to be careful and croaks, and then some sort of flying ship shows up and an effete green-haired elf steps out.  He starts asking questions when suddenly a monster pops out of the water and everyone has to scramble to defeat it.

After the monster is dead, the green-haired elf introduces himself, yada yada, new party member, he's an alien.  I figure, cool, now I get to hitch a ride on his ship back to home base.  But nooo, Edge wants to keep exploring some more, so we have to walk back to the crash site.

And of course, the game doesn't regenerate your HP/MP after a huge boss fight so I have to trudge back through a cavern to find a save point with my team half dead.

Title: Re: Sailing on a space boat through the star ocean: The SO4 Thread
Post by: iconoclast on March 31, 2010, 10:30:48 AM

I hate Faize. I especially hate his English voice actor. Hope that guy doesn't appear in Resonance of Fate for the tri-Ace trifecta. 

I think I might replay this pretty soon on hard mode. I'd like to see if I can withstand the pain of 1000'ing this game some day. 250+ hours :rofl

Title: Re: Sailing on a space boat through the star ocean: The SO4 Thread
Post by: dark1x on March 31, 2010, 10:59:21 AM

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I'd gotten used to Mass Effect 2 where you could save pretty much anywhere, anytime.  Here, of course, as in any other Japanese RPG, you have to wait for save points.  And the save points don't actually restore your HP/MP.

I know everyone here hates Final Fantasy XIII, but that is definitely one of the things it does well.  You can retry immediately after any battle and be returned to the field just before you initiated the battle.  Wild Arms 5 ALMOST did this, but actually would just restart the battle which meant that any menu adjustment that might be necessary to win the battle was impossible.  The XIII method should be used more often, I think.

Removing MP and healing all part members post battle is also a great move (again, similar to WA5).

Title: Re: Sailing on a space boat through the star ocean: The SO4 Thread
Post by: Great Rumbler on March 31, 2010, 11:21:02 AM

Quote from: Ichirou on March 31, 2010, 10:21:50 AM

I figure, cool, now I get to hitch a ride on his ship back to home base.  But nooo, Edge wants to keep exploring some more, so we have to walk back to the crash site.

I hated that part so much.

Title: Re: Sailing on a space boat through the star ocean: The SO4 Thread
Post by: Don Flamenco on March 31, 2010, 11:44:34 AM

EDGE MAVERICK

EDGE MAVERICK

EDGE MAVERICK

DEREK SMART

Title: Re: Sailing on a space boat through the star ocean: The SO4 Thread
Post by: Ichirou on March 31, 2010, 09:34:47 PM

Quote from: Great Rumbler on March 31, 2010, 11:21:02 AM

Quote from: Ichirou on March 31, 2010, 10:21:50 AM

I figure, cool, now I get to hitch a ride on his ship back to home base.  But nooo, Edge wants to keep exploring some more, so we have to walk back to the crash site.

I hated that part so much.

If they're going this far to stretch things out in the first two hours of the game, I fear where this is going. :lol

Title: Re: Sailing on a space boat through the star ocean: The SO4 Thread
Post by: Crushed on March 31, 2010, 10:04:57 PM

(http://i41.tinypic.com/33f8boj.gif)

Title: Re: Sailing on a space boat through the star ocean: The SO4 Thread
Post by: Ichirou on March 31, 2010, 11:23:09 PM

So then I got back to the base...the elf aliens (called Eldarians) have set up a pre-fab base that is pretty much light years ahead of anything the filthy backward humans have.  These guys were apparently the THEM that the fat elegantly mustached dude was talking about.

Head Eldarian dode makes green-haired dode join your party permanently.  Then an eldarian badass dode who is probably one of the game's bad guys (dressed like Kuja from FFIX but with a lot of scars because that shows what a badass he is, even if he looks like a woman) has a meeting with the head eldarian dode.

I wander around, buy some supplies, then the captain gives me a nice present - the (miraculously repaired) ship that crashed like an hour ago.  It's been fitted with Eldarian technology, and apparently wandering around in a forest and cave proved to the captain that you could handle captaining a space ship so he gives the whole kit 'n caboodle to EDGE MAVERICK, Reimi, and Faize.

I must say, the first Mass Effect handled the whole "captain giving the spaceship over to you" way better than this. It just seems so random here. :lol

Title: Re: Sailing on a space boat through the star ocean: The SO4 Thread
Post by: Mr. Gundam on March 31, 2010, 11:26:05 PM

I got to

spoiler (click to show/hide)

Area 51

[close]

, but then FFXIII came out and I just don't care anymore.

Title: Re: Sailing on a space boat through the star ocean: The SO4 Thread
Post by: Great Rumbler on March 31, 2010, 11:28:19 PM

Quote from: Ichirou on March 31, 2010, 11:23:09 PM

It's been fitted with Eldarian technology, and apparently wandering around in a forest and cave proved to the captain that you could handle captaining a space ship so he gives the whole kit 'n caboodle to EDGE MAVERICK, Reimi, and Faize.

That's pretty much Star Ocean 4 in a nutshell.

Quote from: Mr. Gundam on March 31, 2010, 11:26:05 PM

I got to

spoiler (click to show/hide)

Area 51

[close]

, but then FFXIII came out and I just don't care anymore.

That part started out with so much promise. The way it ended? Horrible. This was basically the point where I started wondering why I was still playing it. After a few more hours of cutscenes, I finally stopped and haven't gone back since.

Title: Re: Sailing on a space boat through the star ocean: The SO4 Thread
Post by: Ichirou on March 31, 2010, 11:28:52 PM

I will say that the battle system in SO4 is pretty nice - the different beats, blindsiding enemies, the bonus board.  It's all really cool.

Title: Re: Sailing on a space boat through the star ocean: The SO4 Thread
Post by: Ichirou on March 31, 2010, 11:30:10 PM

Is there a world map in this or is it like the newest FFs where the dungeons pretty much are the world map?

Title: Re: Sailing on a space boat through the star ocean: The SO4 Thread
Post by: Great Rumbler on March 31, 2010, 11:39:00 PM

Quote from: Ichirou on March 31, 2010, 11:30:10 PM

Is there a world map in this or is it like the newest FFs where the dungeons pretty much are the world map?

There are a few overworlds scattered around, but they're mostly just outdoor dungeons.

Title: Re: Sailing on a space boat through the star ocean: The SO4 Thread
Post by: Ichirou on March 31, 2010, 11:44:30 PM

That's kinda lame. :(

Title: Re: Sailing on a space boat through the star ocean: The SO4 Thread
Post by: iconoclast on March 31, 2010, 11:44:47 PM

You're still on Aeos, right? That and the final area were the high points of the game for me. At that point, I thought the game was decent enough--nothing special, but not completely terrible either. Too bad almost everything after it is a complete free fall in quality.

Quote from: Ichirou on March 31, 2010, 11:30:10 PM

Is there a world map in this or is it like the newest FFs where the dungeons pretty much are the world map?

There's a world map, kinda. There are segments where you have to run across a GIANT stretch of land to the next town or dungeon. The map is so needlessly huge that tri-Ace decided to give you a sprint ability, which looks hilariously stupid.

Quote from: Ichirou on March 31, 2010, 11:28:52 PM

I will say that the battle system in SO4 is pretty nice - the different beats, blindsiding enemies, the bonus board.  It's all really cool.

The bonus board is a decent concept, but since it resets every time you turn the game off, it fucking sucks. I recommend getting 6-10% of the mana/health refilling gems so you can use your artes more often. It also means you don't have to rely on the blindside ability as much; it may be cool now, but after you see that same sliding animation 800 times, you'll be sick of it too.

Title: Re: Sailing on a space boat through the star ocean: The SO4 Thread
Post by: Ichirou on March 31, 2010, 11:47:04 PM

You can turn off the blindside animation in the settings...

The sprinting ability is ridiculous, you go really really fast for a couple of seconds and then stop and you have to press the button again. :lol

Title: Re: Sailing on a space boat through the star ocean: The SO4 Thread
Post by: iconoclast on March 31, 2010, 11:56:22 PM

Really? I either never noticed that or completely forgot. But to be fair, I stopped using blindside after going with the "mash artes and have your mana regen after each fight" strategy.

Title: Re: Sailing on a space boat through the star ocean: The SO4 Thread
Post by: Ichirou on May 24, 2010, 05:43:42 AM

Started playing this game again after doing like 80 hours of Gundam Musou 2.

What has happened thus far:

- Went to this medieval-type planet where a spaceship had crash-landed spreading some type of infection that was turning people into stone.  I think this was meant to be some sort of callback to the first Star Ocean, which started with the same 'illness that transforms people to stone' thing, but it felt so fucking generic and lame.  Ended up taking along a little six-year-old girl into my party.  Animu to the extreme.

- Followed the trail of the spaceship that had crash-landed and went to this space station inhabited by some alien lizards who wanted to conquer/exterminate everybody; proceeded to exterminate them with extreme prejudice.  Met a cyborg dude who has a terrible voice actor and insists on calling the main character "Mr. Edge."  He joined my party.

- Fell into some type of black hole which took me back into 1950s and landed near Area 51.  Amurrican soldiers impounded my spaceship, strip-searched my first officer (probably gangbanged her too, you see her lying naked on a bed), and then asked me to give them the power source to my spaceship so they wouldn't have to rely on energy sources that would pollute the Earth.  The distinguished mentally-challenged main character actually FELL FOR THIS and gave them the energy crystal.  The insane lead scientist proceeded to put it into some sort of reactor which destroyed the entire fucking planet.

....

Let that sink in.  The main character in this game is actually responsible for the destruction of the entire planet Earth and the utter annihilation of billions of lives.  FUCKING EL OH EL.

I rescued a catgirl (who looks about 12 but dresses like a fucking stripper) and took her into my party, traveled back to the future and saw that the Earth in the future was still intact, which meant I'd actually destroyed an alternate dimension's Earth.  The hilarious thing is that the other characters in the party actually thought this should make the lead character feel better.

"Hey dude, no worries, the Earth you destroyed was just an alternate dimension, cheer up!" That's basically how they deal with the situation.  The lead character is still "depressed" though I doubt this will last for more than another hour of gameplay, with this game being as distinguished mentally-challenged as it is.

Title: Re: Sailing on a space boat through the star ocean: The SO4 Thread
Post by: Ichirou on May 24, 2010, 05:58:28 AM

(http://pfcdn.net/site/t/content_image/image/24/66/24663__star-ocean-the-last-hope-meracle-chamlotte-artwork.jpeg)

It was the catgirl loli that did it for you, wasn't it?

Title: Re: Sailing on a space boat through the star ocean: The SO4 Thread
Post by: Ichirou on May 24, 2010, 07:26:55 AM

Oh, fuck this.  Now they're bringing up the whole "people turning to stone" thing AGAIN?  And it's not related to the stone sickness in the other planet?

Jesus, talk about lack of creativity.

Title: Re: Sailing on a space boat through the star ocean: The SO4 Thread
Post by: Great Rumbler on May 24, 2010, 10:26:50 AM

:piss Star Ocean 4 :piss2

Title: Re: Sailing on a space boat through the star ocean: The SO4 Thread
Post by: Ichirou on May 24, 2010, 10:28:01 AM

Quote from: Great Rumbler on May 24, 2010, 10:26:50 AM

:piss Star Ocean 4 :piss2

qft

Title: Re: Sailing on a space boat through the star ocean: The SO4 Thread
Post by: Jansen on May 24, 2010, 10:46:14 AM

you know you can skip all the cutscenes, right?

instead of suffering through that shit to get to the next battle skip them and you'll get a nice little synopsis instead.

oh and you should've gotten this shit on ps3 if you have one. the post game stuff is totally ruined on 360 because of the disc juggling.

Title: Re: Sailing on a space boat through the star ocean: The SO4 Thread
Post by: Ichirou on May 24, 2010, 10:54:33 AM

Don't have a PS3.

Title: Re: Sailing on a space boat through the star ocean: The SO4 Thread
Post by: Jansen on May 24, 2010, 11:09:04 AM

i see.

well if you manage to get all the way through the game i doubt you'll want to do any post game stuff anyways.

Title: Re: Sailing on a space boat through the star ocean: The SO4 Thread
Post by: Ichirou on May 24, 2010, 11:10:54 AM

Depends on how easy it is and if it gives me some meaty achievements.

Title: Re: Sailing on a space boat through the star ocean: The SO4 Thread
Post by: magus on May 24, 2010, 11:14:27 AM

uh i don't have a 360 so i might as well be saying something really stupid
but aren't star ocean 4 achievements akin to stuff like "DEFEAT THE SUPER HIDDEN BOSS THAT DEFEATS YOU IN 2 SECONDS" and stuff like "GET 100% ITEM CATALOGUE"
?

Title: Re: Sailing on a space boat through the star ocean: The SO4 Thread
Post by: bork on May 24, 2010, 11:15:11 AM

what the what

[youtube=560,345]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nRZfZdGJgas[/youtube]

Title: Re: Sailing on a space boat through the star ocean: The SO4 Thread
Post by: Jansen on May 24, 2010, 11:15:28 AM

uhh the achievements in this game are a BITCH.  i beat the game without using a guide and only got 12/50 of the achievements.

http://www.xbox360achievements.org/forum/showthread.php?t=126081

Quote

approximate time for 1000: 250+

 :'(

Title: Re: Sailing on a space boat through the star ocean: The SO4 Thread
Post by: magus on May 24, 2010, 11:18:11 AM

if i'm not mistaken you have to finish the game on the hardest difficulty which in turns mean finishing the game three time since that's what you need to do to unlock the hardest difficulty

have fun ichirou :lol

Title: Re: Sailing on a space boat through the star ocean: The SO4 Thread
Post by: iconoclast on May 24, 2010, 12:15:10 PM

yeah the achievements for this game are ridiculous. you have to beat it on every difficulty and collect all battle trophies with every character to 1000 it. RPG achievements are always shit though; they never take any skill, just grinding.

Title: Re: Sailing on a space boat through the star ocean: The SO4 Thread
Post by: demi on May 24, 2010, 12:47:56 PM

Shit game, will never ever play this turd

IU :bow

Title: Re: Sailing on a space boat through the star ocean: The SO4 Thread
Post by: tiesto on May 24, 2010, 12:51:23 PM

Got 740/1000 in this game, go me!

Title: Re: Sailing on a space boat through the star ocean: The SO4 Thread
Post by: Bebpo on May 24, 2010, 02:15:26 PM

Quote from: Jansen on May 24, 2010, 11:09:04 AM

i see.

well if you manage to get all the way through the game i doubt you'll want to do any post game stuff anyways.

Why would anyone want to keep playing post-game.  When I finished it all I wanted to do was throw the game in the trash.

Title: Re: Sailing on a space boat through the star ocean: The SO4 Thread
Post by: BlueTsunami on May 24, 2010, 02:57:23 PM

The post games in Star Ocean are usually fun but it was an extreme chore in SO4. The maze and locks they put in the way of the gamer when trying to get to the true alt boss leads me to believe that torturing the hardcores was their intention. I'm all for a challenge but that was fucking ridiculous.

I still remember and love Valkyrie Profile's post game dungeon. I was also able to beat it without a damn guide.