Countdown to a Star Ocean Sequel?

Freya

Published on 12-08-2012 02:57 AM

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Square Enix loves their countdowns. Recently a new one popped up. Full of space and tweets.

Two planets floating in space with a sun looking down on us, we are presented with a countdown. Earlier in the day the only word on the screen was "STAR". Now to join it is "DIVIDE." In the small text below the countdown it reads "Universal Accel Cosmic Drive". Tweets are then appearing when people mention anything about the site. So what is this all about?

Most fans are jumping straight to the conclusion of a new Star Ocean game. Star Ocean was a popular series that many final fantasy fans branched out to, to fill their minds with space and adventure. It was definitely one of the influential game series that caused many fans to truly sink into the RPG fandom.

Most fans did jump to this conclusion that the countdown would be from their beloved series but over at Siliconera, they discovered actual evidence of the sort. They found something called "Star Galaxy" has been trademarked by Square Enix. Could the name galaxy lead one to believe that it is to be a large immersive MMO? We'll find out in 4 days!

So are we about to hear about a new Star Ocean game called Star Galaxy? Or is it something else entirely? What do you think! Are you excited for a possible new entry to the Star Ocean series? Doesn't that countdown look pretty?

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48 Comments

Jowy - 12-10-2012, 01:16 AM
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Deception, namely. Finding out that the entire universe is just part of an MMORPG played by people in another dimension really just ruined my motivation to want to finish the game when the universe is just going to get deleted anyway. We were all just insignificant bits of data on a server somewhere!

maybee - 12-10-2012, 02:44 AM
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I have a strong feeling that it's going to be a western like space shooter and not to with Star Ocean or JRPG games at all.

Or a space like ios game or online game.

Mirage - 12-10-2012, 02:58 AM
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Originally Posted by Jowy

Deception, namely. Finding out that the entire universe is just part of an MMORPG played by people in another dimension really just ruined my motivation to want to finish the game when the universe is just going to get deleted anyway. We were all just insignificant bits of data on a server somewhere!

Yeah, it's kind of like how we're insignificant collections of atoms on a planet somehere!

If you continued playing though, you'll find out that the entire "game" ended up some sort of sub-physical dimension that was no longer bound by the computers it initially ran on.

I think people who suddenly thought everything became insignificant after that revelation kind of missed the point.

Jowy - 12-10-2012, 03:11 AM
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I did beat the game. With tenacity at that! The power went out when I went through the Shrine of Kaddan and I was knocked all the way back to effin' Flagship Diplo since I did not save responsibly and got really overconfident with AIMING DEVICE steamrolling everything in my path. Then the PS2 broke and I had to borrow my friend's to get through the last two dungeons.

I see the existential point of view you have; I just wasn't expecting the game to end that way! It reminded me too much of what Xenogears did once they went past their deadline.

Mirage - 12-10-2012, 03:15 AM
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Well it caught me off guard, and it was a bit sudden, perhaps. I still don't feel like it made the game feel pointless, or took anything away from how awesomely fun it is to play.

Jowy - 12-10-2012, 03:23 AM
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Every single encounter in that game was an absolute blast. Perhaps a SHOTGUN BLAST.

Lamia - 12-10-2012, 03:29 AM
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Star Ocean 3 is an amazing game. One of my favorite games ever. I was a diehard SO2 fan when it came out too... but 3 surpassed 2 for me.

SO4 on the other hand... I really didn't think it was possible for me to hate a SO game... but yeah, 4 was a major disappointment for me..

Roogle - 12-11-2012, 08:07 AM
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Originally Posted by Mirage

If you continued playing though, you'll find out that the entire "game" ended up some sort of sub-physical dimension that was no longer bound by the computers it initially ran on.

I think people who suddenly thought everything became insignificant after that revelation kind of missed the point.

I understand that the universe became completely independent, but it is implied that the threats encountered on Roak in the first Star Ocean game and the Ten Wise Men were just part of game events or something like that. I don't know. I'm not completely sure about it, but it still bothers me. The only concept that I liked about the fourth dimension was that the character Elena on Elicoor II was implied to be a fourth dimensional being trapped in the game, but this type of plotline could have been explored using other technologies.

I have to wonder how much of it was planned as Eternal Sphere was the ultimate weapon of Claude in the second Star Ocean game, well before the Eternal Sphere plot point in Star Ocean 3.

Freya - 12-11-2012, 04:40 PM
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OH GOD LOOK AT ALL THE WORDS.What could it be! What's Bandiera mean o.o

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Mirage - 12-11-2012, 04:44 PM
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It's a sort of a banner or flag, or something.

Originally Posted by Jowy

Every single encounter in that game was an absolute blast. Perhaps a SHOTGUN BLAST.

More like an ENERGY BURST of excitement.

Mirage - 12-12-2012, 03:29 AM
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Aaaand... It's a browser based strategy game. Thanks for nothing, SE.

Jiro - 12-12-2012, 03:37 AM
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Tweets are suggesting extreme disappointment too. Square Enix really needs to learn not to use teaser sites for news like this and a TWEWY port.

Freya - 12-12-2012, 03:44 AM
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Oh man I'm pissed. Such a cool teaser site for that? Wth

I'm so over browser based games. And iOS games. It's a card based MMO space sim for browsers.

Bunny - 12-12-2012, 05:42 AM
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I cannot explain how delighted I am that this news is so disappointing to everyone. Thanks again for another home run, Squarenix!

maybee - 12-12-2012, 09:57 AM
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Why do they do this ? Do they really dislike their fans that badly ?

Elly - 12-12-2012, 11:32 AM
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what makes them think ppl want browser based games? i cant believe theyre using teaser sites so recklessly after the iOS-TWEWY backlash... its just a false buildup, get peoples hopes up then spit in their faces... save the teaser site countdown thingies for real game announcements, not some browser drivel... the internet belongs in my browser, not my games, for games i want the fullscreen experience, not have it all windowed by browser bars and frames...