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ya, so this is coming out in a couple of weeks and I'm either getting this or Killzone 2. Anyone here news, videos, screenshots about it lately? Loved the star ocean on the PS2 so I know this one should be pretty good too
 
I loved the Star Ocean for PS2 as well. So gonna get this for sure.
 
The game's combat looks like crazy fun. Too bad it's not coming out until around June over here in the UK... what the hell MS/SE =/

They made TLR a completely worldwide release on day 1 but not this?
 
Star Oceans 1 and 2 were both incredible (as are their PSP remakes). Star Ocean 3... not so much. Star Ocean 4 LOOKS absolutely amazing, but only time will tell. I'll probably pick it up since in general I like the series.
 
You know, I find it amazing that so many RPG fans disliked SO3... aside from the lame-ass plot "twist" at the end, I thought it was a great game. I loved the gameplay, the characters were enjoyable, and it had a very similar feel to SO1&2.

Regardless, I'll likely be picking up SO4, as I just finished SO2 on the PSP(preceded by SO1) and will now be doing a run-through of SO3! Good times.
 
SO3 was a very good game till the end. The combat was fun, the graphics were great, and the characters were interesting. Just..the terrible twist that sucked lol.
 
I enjoyed the gameplay of SO3 but not the story. Since the gameplay looks the same I'll end up snaggin' this title. I don't mind if it has a horrible story, I've come to just expect shitty stories these days. The only thing that pisses me off about it is we'll have to listen to lame ass special attack voicing in English instead of Japanese, which would make them a bit less annoyin'. Most PS2 RPG games have damn JP voice tracks... there is no reason 360 games shouldn't ALL have them. Square needs to stop this little trend of theirs. Hopefully it'll have a decent amount of replayability like a game+ mode or at least an end-game dungeon with loots to collect or rare craft items.
 
I think SE looks at NA like one big market. So they want to westernize their games here as if it'll get the FPS only crowd on board anyway, not realizing their real target mostly likes eastern culture. Probably a big part of 360 FF13, or at least their press release made it seem like PS3 was JP onry when there's more here. Don't really mind cause their GOOD games get GOOD dubs.
 
Strid said:
I enjoyed the gameplay of SO3 but not the story. Since the gameplay looks the same I'll end up snaggin' this title. I don't mind if it has a horrible story, I've come to just expect shitty stories these days. The only thing that pisses me off about it is we'll have to listen to lame ass special attack voicing in English instead of Japanese, which would make them a bit less annoyin'. Most PS2 RPG games have damn JP voice tracks... there is no reason 360 games shouldn't ALL have them. Square needs to stop this little trend of theirs. Hopefully it'll have a decent amount of replayability like a game+ mode or at least an end-game dungeon with loots to collect or rare craft items.
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Like most games nowadays I'm sure they'll have plenty of hard-to-get trophies for hardcore gamers.

Am I the only one that actually like the remade menues etc.? <.<; I hope this will be released for PS3 later, otherwise I'mma have to pick a 360 up =/
 
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I think most of the JP version things look ugly, anyways. I'm glad we got separate interfaces.
 
Gerry said:
I'd like to know why as well, why the hell are they "Westernizing" it? It's put me off the game a little knowing that the interface is going to be that ugly. Hopefully they will realize that it's butt ugly and correct their mistake in time?
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Because we're not Japan, and shockingly not everyone here likes Anime.

Designs always change when you move a product to a different market. The design for stuff in the US is different than it is in Europe, etc. It's more unusual for a video game to do it, but it's not unexpected.

The new design looks fine, you can stop with the "butt ugly" fanboyism. I even prefer the new menu designs, the backgrounds are way too bright for my taste. I don't have a problem with the anime faces, but the 3d Models look good too.
 
Gerry said:
I'd like to know why as well, why the hell are they "Westernizing" it? It's put me off the game a little knowing that the interface is going to be that ugly. Hopefully they will realize that it's butt ugly and correct their mistake in time?
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The interface is exactly the same. The portraits and background images aren't though. Windows is still Windows, even if you have two installs with using different wallpapers and icon sets.
 
Bajaratt said:
Because we're not Japan, and shockingly not everyone here likes Anime.

Designs always change when you move a product to a different market. The design for stuff in the US is different than it is in Europe, etc. It's more unusual for a video game to do it, but it's not unexpected.

The new design looks fine, you can stop with the "butt ugly" fanboyism. I even prefer the new menu designs, the backgrounds are way too bright for my taste. I don't have a problem with the anime faces, but the 3d Models look good too.
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I'm still getting this game, you and I obviously think differently, and that's fine. You like the new interface, I don't. I just feel that the 3D models for the interface make it look out of place.
 
Uzor said:
Like most games nowadays I'm sure they'll have plenty of hard-to-get trophies for hardcore gamers.
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Unfortunately I'm not much of an Achievement whore :/ I'm sure it'll have a lot of these as well but still, that shouldn't be a crutch to not add a game+ dungeon or somethin'.
 
Gerry said:
I'm still getting this game, you and I obviously think differently, and that's fine. You like the new interface, I don't. I just feel that the 3D models for the interface make it look out of place.
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How? If anything it looks more in-place than the anime portaits. The rest of the game is 3D modeled, so the portraits being animated makes them stick out far more, and are therefore more out of place. It's fine to have a preference, but the 3D portraits are not any more out of place than the anime ones.
 
Who cares? Opinions are opinions. No sense in arguin' like kids about somethin' so minuscule. I prefer the Japanese anime styled interface as well but hell, it's not gonna break the game simply changin' the interface. If you wanna get peeved over somethin' get mad about bein' forced to listen to bad dubbage because you know it's gonna be aweful! $10 Johnny Yong Bosch gets lead male role...
 
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