This is the thing i have said i have done
The star ocean 4 review!! GSSK Style
man oh man this is a piece of work right here, we got the usual main character, you know all up for justice, protecting people, and punishing the wicked...and worse he has a name so badass its generic!
Edge Maverick
the dumbest protagonist ever...fucking nimrod, he makes lloyd irving look like a brain surgeon.
the story begins with young edge talking about history, let me cut it through for you...world war 3 happened earth fucked up, and people decided to go to space so they can fuck it up again.
now after his little history lesson his childhood friend (god her voice makes me wanna shove cotton swabs in her mouth) comes in and they have a hearty talk, after so much talking and a fellow meeting with crimson mcbadass,(not his real name but it might as well be, he's better than edge anyways.)
and more lame plot bullshit, you are left to explore the planet aeos with edge and reimi...and so the journey begins..
the plot 5.5/10
this plot was balls, far worse then any star ocean game...if you need a good star ocean plot play the first one, this games plot fills in alot of blanks and answers some minor questions you have in star ocean but for exchange you get more questions you wanna ask....like the fucking alternate timeline shit.
characters 7/10
these characters are balls but better than the cast that star ocean 3 had...i mean edge is your typical good guy...you know justice!! friends!! protecting people!! killing lizard people!! yeah!! but some characters has a nice dark past you gotta have that right? right?
the dialog is terrible, i know you guys think im stretching it but trust me...and some of the cast's voices is just terrible, its like watching 4kids dubs...you know!! just fail!
i give it a 7 because they kinda grow on you after awhile plus change faize's name to montee is worth the laugh in the long run.
gameplay 9/10
this is where star ocean shines and boy does this game shine...this battle system is next to god, its the bi-product of taking mistakes in 3 and fixing it, now this is where my dick sucking comes in.
everything about this system is perfect, when you can link combo, you can change up to 6 moves together 3 on each trigger, and you have a max of 19 cp normally unlike 3's 15 cp...for you guys who dont understand, (you need cp to use special moves and special skills like critical hit for example)
and the special moves oh god, they are all awesome...its not like hey this move sucks!! no they all are good, its like square enix said man we fucked up 3 bad...yeah we gotta fix this.
and so they did....they took 3's formula and added some nice things to it, now you can use rush mode and blindsides, rush mode its like overlimit in tales games but with a good ring on it...you see every character has a rush gauge (enemies too) this gauge increases every time you attack, get attacked, or when your blindside charging, when the rush gauge maxes you can use rush mode which increases damage and makes you stagger proof.
blindsidesthe sneakiest badass thing you can do, this is when you wait for your enemy to target you, attack you, and then you pounce...if you catch a enemy attacking you while your blindside charging and they target you, you hit a direction and the jump button and your behind them, every hit for the next few hits is a critical hit though...be warned some enemies can blindside counter.
now on to beats this is short though beats only expand on blindsides which is beat strike and rush mode is beat burst..they raise your stats accordingly and they can do a number of things like -25% less mp use in rush mode you can only have one beat set up.
another thing to note is you can do these things: you can switch people in battle...so if 4 of your active characters are dead you can use the other 4...no game over until all is killed, you can change special moves in battle, you can cancel when the AI does a attack but still not magic spells. (fucking fail)
now onto the bonus boardunlike the bonus board this doesnt suck, but its a trick...unlike 3 you have to kill enemies a certain way to make it increase like killing enemies with all special moves to get purple...its 14 pieces max you can have on the board, and it links together so if you break it then you only lose half of it, which is a nice plus if you ask me.
difficulty 7/10
man this game is rape if you dont know what your doing, but if you use star ocean wits your fine but the story isnt too hard its the added content...gabriel celeste is harder than 3...just fucking hard.
A.I 6.5/10 i mean they are still dumb, and the enemy ai can be stupid, not as merciless as 3 but still bad...cant say much about this see for yourself.
graphics 8/10 the scenary in this game is beautiful and im not a graphics person, it makes you feel like your on a planet...and you can explore the whole thing...and the actual scenes in the game doesnt suck total ass either.
overview
this game is about average, if your a star ocean fan then its more than mediocre and several steps away from master piece its a good game especially when you invent stuff but if you have zero-tolerance for crappy plots, predictable outcomes, and bad dialoging then play it for the battle system and content...its my review, hate it, love it, burn it, kill it...goodnite peoples im vanishing.
