[UPDATE] Star Ocean: The Last Hope Finds a New Home
[UPDATE] Sqaure-Enix has just confirmed that the game will release in North America directly alongside its Japanese counterpart. So look for Star Ocean: The Last Hope International on February 9th, 2010.
One after another, RPGs that were previously to the Xbox 360 have made their way over to the PS3, and it looks like yet another one has ‘jumped out’. Star Ocean: The Last Hope released on 360 last year and according to the latest Famitsu scan it will be hitting the PS3 next year.
Like most RPGs that are eventually ported over, Star Ocean for the PS3 will have added content and features not found in the 360 version. New characters, better menus, improved targeting during battles, and dual-language support for English and Japanese (in addition to subtitles for multiple languages) are all said to be in the PS3 version.
Star Ocean: The Last Hope International is slated for a February 4th 2010 release. No word yet from Square-Enix regarding a US release date, but expect it to come within the same calendar year.
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21 Responses to “[UPDATE] Star Ocean: The Last Hope Finds a New Home”
hahahhahaha…I been saying this since the game was first announce it was coming to the PS3. But fanboy of a certain system kept telling me otherwise. Anyone with commonsense knew this game was coming for the Ps3.
Well, it IS Square-Enix…
This is definately good news for PS3 JRPG fans, but I am really getting frustrated with the “one year later” ports @ full price.
The 1 year time line is what makes the Sony mandate that late ported games must have additional content.
The only reason why people care now is because there’s a limited amount of Trophy JRPGs. Only 2 fit that description so far. Soon there will be more PS3 JRPGs than you will have time to play. Ya it takes a year, ya it’s full price, but ya know what? These games don’t really sell as good as they did back in the PS2 era, and if you have a problem with paying full price for a 50-70+ hour game then ya know what? There are sales going on regular basis.
I personally don’t mind paying the money knowing i”m getting more story line, or more dungeons to have fun in, etc…
Look at it this way though, if they were released for the PS3 simulataneously we probably wouldn’t be getting getting trophies, like what happened with Eternal Sonata. So after all the hours of work you put in trying to finish the game, and beat the post game, etc… None of that would really amount to nothing, because short of uploading it to Youtube, or inviting friends over, there’s no way to prove you beat the game.
It sucks to have to wait but when it comes to RPGs, It usually takes AT LEAST a year to release anything in another country other than Japan anyway. Let’s just hope that the localization won’t take that long since it is being ported, and hopefully Americans will have it before may.
The subtitle International Version reminds me of the FF VII one so maybe we’re even getting it feb 10th as well, or it’s perfectly import safe kinda like how Demon Souls was for the most part.
@ MakaiOokami
So far, Square-Enix’s “International” releases have been exclusive to Japan. My guess is that if you want this, yeah, you’ll have to import it.
Cameron…
You’re my new best friend for telling me this. Finally I’ll be able to play a Star Ocean game again!
@ Mitch, I don’t get the price gripe. This is a new game on the PS3, why would you not pay full price for it?
@ Uber, Always glad to make a new friend
Lol is it going to have better graphics?
I can’t wait til I get my hands on this game! I love the series. I really like the battle gameplay.
it perfect time to import it
Ahhh, Yeah. So Excited
Sweet, I would like to thank all the 360 owners who beta tested this game for us so we can have a much better game.
@Jpat, did you really think the graphics were that bad? I didn’t see too much wrong with them personally.
Nice, coming out the same time as Japan. Hopefully it’s better then the 360 version.
@Hater I’ve been saying that too.
@Makai I’m with you. RPGs are not that hit anymore.
RPGs, imo (especially JRPGs) have the most value for your money. Even after years of keeping that game and you decided to play it again, you would still have lots of fun. Let’s admit it, shooters, action, and adventure games would get old over time. Even if it would become a well known classic, it would be easy to overlook those games when new ones come out. What PSone games do we request from sony to put in the PSN? FF VIII, FF IX, Legend of Legaia, Legend of Dragoon, Xenogears? They’re all JRPGs right? It’s really the story telling when it comes to these games that we get hooked even after long years that it’s been out.
@ DGR8Mc187
lol
@DGR lol. That was an expensive beta. It seems the xbox360 are getting lots of it.
@kirobz ya great point. Why is it that I still play EarthBound, Mario RPG, and other such games decades after release, but some games still hold up. The thing is in action games the action evolves dramatically over time.
While Devil May Cry 1 and 3 are great, 4 makes it a bit harder to go back to them even though 4 was a bit below average for a DMC. Sometimes it’s not even the story. There are some games that don’t have a good story but have great gameplay mechanics. Of course to me games like Grandia II and III have both great gameplay mechanics AND a great story.
Games age differently but turn based, but a lot of Action RPGs age relatively well. I would still play Legend of Gaia all over again.
@Megs1120 HA! My guess on international version was 100 percent correct. The estimated American release date was only 1 day off of my estimate BOOYA!
My predictions have been dead on for Star Ocean the Last Hope. It’d be announced about a year after the 360 version, and we’d get it with new features, and my newest prediction was that international version would be released within a week of being released in Japan.
@kirobz
I miss Legend of Dragoon and Xenogears. They need to re-tool and re-release these games. I would sh*t myself if they were redone and looked like newer games. Expecially, if you can remember, the level the Cinema scences were at back then.
I am really looking forward to this game!
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