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Far Cry 3 And The Stranger In A Strange Land Square Enix role-playing-game Star Ocean 4: The Last Hope has given Japanese companies another glimmer of hope for the Xbox 360.
Star Ocean producer Yoshinori Yamagishi really wants to make erotic games. Square Enix has already nixed that idea, but that doesn’t seem to have stopped Yamagishi from spicing up Star Ocean.
Star Ocean: The Last Hope will be released in Japan on February 19th. The following week, a slightly different version will be released in North America.
This past Sunday from noon to 5pm, eight Xbox 360 demo kiosks playing Star Ocean 4: The Last Hope were rolled out at the Akihabara Yodobashi Camera.
Microsoft today announced two new Xbox 360 bundles for Japan: Star Ocean 4 and Resident Evil 5.
Most games at TGS had one booth. Maybe two. Some more high-profile titles had 3-4 booths, some AAA titles like LittleBigPlanet had 10-12. Star Ocean 4, on the other hand, had around 25-30 machines running at the Microsoft stand, giving you a fair indication of how important this game is to the company, who are hoping it can be their next big thing after Tales of Vesperia. So how’s it shaping up?
Back on Monday, Square Enix announced its big Tokyo Game Show plans. The company hadn’t then decided in what form The Last Remnant and Star Ocean 4 would take at the show — whether they’d just be new trailers or actually playable. Well, Square Enix has made of its mind and yes, both games will be playable on the TGS show floor. Not only that, there will be trailers, too. So when you’re not playing, you can be watching. And when you’re not doing that, you can be doing other things.
Square Enix still isn’t revealing which platform tri-Ace’s upcoming RPG will appear on. (Hey, maybe they don’t know yet!) In the new issue of Famitsu the game’s platform is listed as TBA. Other new info? Star Ocean 4 is actually a prequel, and the developer originally wanted to call the game Star Ocean 0. Apparently, players will also have a party, and the game’s battle system will be similar to past titles. tri-Ace is considering networked functionality, but nothing’s set in stone so far. No release date, either. Star Ocean 4 Info [IGN via Dtoid][Pic]
Direct from Square Enix’s 2008 Jump Festa and GEMAGA.com, this is the trailer for Square Enix’s Star Ocean 4, displaying some pretty impressive CG, and really nothing else. There are stars, and I am pretty sure I spied an ocean down there. Who knew Square Enix could create such stunning CG? What, everybody? Oh. It’s true that Squenix CG trailers are a dime a dozen these days while gameplay clips of their big RPGs are few and far between. All they really tell us is that the company believes in the game enough to invest the time and money on creating a short teaser. Still, I do love me some Star Ocean!
