Star Ocean: The Last Hope International

[Mirage]

I don't mind Meracle either, really, but Sarah just sounds so ugh, lame.

[RedPouch]

I don't mind Meracle either, really, but Sarah just sounds so ugh, lame.

I minded Sarah a lot less than the stupid trying-to-be-cute-but-failing Meracle. Ugly little annoying bitch. (SPOILER)I really wish you could have an option to leave her to die with the rest instead of trying to save her. Edge is like "we're your friends" and I'm like "Uh, NO WE'RE NOT STFU".

[Ultima Shadow]

The story so far is... pretty awful. The battle system is ok though, but SO3's was much better.

This more or less sums up SO4 as a whole.

[Mirage]

Pft, Meracle isn't trying to be cute, she just looks like she could have been trying if she wanted

[RedPouch]

Pft, Meracle isn't trying to be cute

Of course not. Her designer wanted her to be cute. And s/he failed. I don't see miss-giant-forehead winning any beauty contests anytime soon. Don't get me started on her eyes either.

[Mirage]

Wasn't talking about her visual appearance

[RedPouch]

Wasn't talking about her visual appearance

Please don't tell me you were talking about her laugh or her lame cat transformation thing.

(SPOILER)"HEEEHEHEHEHEHEHEHEHEHEEEHEEE! ^_________^"

Seriously?

[Mirage]

Yeah, that's what i'm talking about when I'm saying I don't get the impression of her not trying to be be cute.

What?

[RedPouch]

Yeah, that's what i'm talking about when I'm saying I don't get the impression of her not trying to be be cute.

What?

I think I was just thrown off by what you meant with:

she just looks like she could have been trying if she wanted

Oh, and:

This more or less sums up SO4 as a whole.

Late response, but do you feel that they repeated far too many elements of SO3? I think most of this was meant to be "hats off" to some SO3 themes, but they reused SO many [three people being genetically altered for the future of mankind, etc.] that I'm not quite sure what to think about what they were trying to go for. The only difference here is that there seems to be extremely weak elaboration on the mechanics of how these "seeds of hope" actually work, and how it actually ties into the story. Based on this weak elaboration, I'd say that their attempt to recycle said theme backfired, to the point where it just looks silly and unoriginal.

Man, Tri-Ace really seems to be having trouble with constructing a good story and good characters for Star Ocean games.

[Mirage]

Yes. What I meant is just that her physical appearance does look like she would be the kind of person who [tried to] act cute. But althrough her personality - like most other characters in the game - isn't exactly super well written, what she acts like to me is just a curious, easygoing, tomboyish and a bit self confident... cat like thing :p. Not someone who's going out of her way to be OMGSUPERLOLKAWAII,

[RedPouch]

Lol, I guess so.

My favourite character was Reimi, because to me she seemed pretty normal and reasonably written. I'd say they did a pretty good job with her. Her voice actor wasn't too bad either.

I like Edge sometimes [disregarding his name], however during scenes where he starts overreacting and getting so angry that it seems fake, I can't help but feel embarrassed at how the voice actor must have felt while doing that at the studio.

As for Sarah, I didn't mind her that much even though she was stupidly dense. However, a lot of people really can't seem to stand this character at all. Who all here REALLY hates Sarah? As in, who hates her more than any other character?

[Mirage]

She's so dense that it makes me smile, like I do when I hear kids talk about things they don't know anything about, It's sort of cute :p.

Reimi's probably got the best voice actor in the game, and I think her voice is really cute ;o. Too bad the same VA also did Welch and completely destroyed her. Well i guess the destroying part is also the fault of the writers. She was really cute in SO3 but now she's just a stupid rubber-haired thing.

[Rye]

I literally stopped playing the game because Sarah's character and voice acting bothered me that much. I can't wait to play International so at least her voice bothers me less.

[Madame Adequate]

Rye hates Sarah more than she's ever hated a game character, as far as I can tell.

I dislike Sarah the most as well, though not to the same extent. I'm not a big fan of either Faize or Lymle, either, except that when they interact with each other it is usually hilariously abusive.

Whoever: Something a 10th-century equivalent person will have no clue about
Lymle: What's that, please explain?
Faize: LYMLE IF YOU DON'T KNOW, YOU SHOULDN'T BUTT IN!

Also they kissed hahahaha

[Flying Arrow]

I passed Second Story back in the PS1 days and was supremely disappointed despite loving the premise, graphics, setting, and multiple paths. Since then, the only SO game I played was Till the End of Time on the PS2, which I eventually ended up trading in for God of War or some such (best trade ever, bar none). For some reason the Star Ocean series always attracts me despite my not having anything but terrible times playing it. I think it's just the premise that has me hopeful for each entry.

Anyway, I just checked out some cutscenes from The Last Hope to see if it's as game-breaking as everyone says.

The verdict: Legendarily and inexcusably bad. I have no respect for any individual who can sit through these cutscenes without cringing the entire time.