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Edge Maverick is still quite a stupid name.

On the scale of names, from worst to best, you have like...


*japenese names* --------------------- Fayt Leingod - Edge Maverick ------------------------------------------------- Normal names
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I think lamb is just trying to say that overall the 360 has sold more, and people got confused cos he said 'currently' which isn't true because the PS3 is 'currently' outselling the 360. Couldn't really give a shit regardless, all the systems are going fine and nobody is gonna die because of the sales this generation.

Topic creator, you're an idiot. When the PSOne came out did you say "I WON'T BUY THIS BECAUSE THEY MAKE TVS AND WALKMANS NOT GAMES GOSH!". Or even, if you were old enough, when the NES came out did you say "A TRADING CARD COMPANY MAKING GAMES? PFFT FUCK THIS!". I thought people would be smart enough to realise the 'console war' is dumb because all the systems are pretty good in their own ways and it's all personal preference. My friend is a massive Nintendo fanboy but he still has a PS3 and 360 because he's not a moron.

I'll probably buy Star Ocean 4 but I don't love the series overall. 3 had a pretty great battle system and not much else. I'll just pick it up for an RPG fix.
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Edge Maverick sounds like a megaman game's boss instead of an RPG char :)

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And the little potential the story had was ruined once you got to the second half of the game, and anyone who has played Star Ocean 3 knows that

Gotta give them a little credit for trying something different than most games tho, even if it still ended up as a save the world story.

Anyone got a link to the so4 trailer?
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Edge Maverick is still quite a stupid name.

On the scale of names, from worst to best, you have like...


*japenese names* --------------------- Fayt Leingod - Edge Maverick ------------------------------------------------- Normal names
no man FAYT LEINGOD is definitely way way worse than random japanese names imo, especially considering the game is japanese.  it is a perfect example of how pretty much no one in the gaming industry has any idea how to convey a message without bludgeoning you over the head with it.

also people rave about so3's battle system but it was actually really fucking terrible from my experience with it.  like, NOT GOOD OR FUN AT ALL.  first of all, the difficulty/pacing was ridiculous; you would fight random creatures in dungeons that were SUBSTANTIALLY MORE DIFFICULT than the boss of the very same dungeons.  what the fuck is that?  also, the ai was really god awful (HAMMEROFMIGHTHAMMEROFMIGHTHAMMEROFMIGHTHAMMEROFMIGHTHAMMEROFMIGHTHAMMEROF) and you couldn't really rely on them to do anything but spam their abilities until their magic points or whatever ran out, and you couldn't let them use items either, because they'd spam the shit out of them too and you could only carry a limited amount so they'd run out of them in like thirty seconds.  this was compounded by the fact that the options for controlling the ai were all really basic and limiting and not especially useful at all.  it was all just stuff like "attack with full power" and "don't attack at all", or "use items" and "don't use items at all".  where's the middle ground?  that was a pretty big reason that your guys would either stand there doing nothing or run around overusing their abilities while still somehow managing to avoid actually hitting anyone with them.  the same went for cure spells, so i pretty much had to use berries and heals manually anytime someone got low, because the ai just couldn't be trusted with it.  this happened pretty frequently because they took way too much damage.

also like ds said it is easy.  not just easy but retardedly easy.  i was bad at it initially because i assumed there was a sense of rhythm required to execute combos and whatnot.  WRONG.  you just hammer x and o nonstop for the entire battle and that is usually enough if you don't have to spend too much time trying not to let your party members get themselves killed.  there's no challenge to it whatsoever.  ds said you gotta beat the game to unlock a decent difficulty setting but if you have to BEAT A BAD GAME to make it marginally less bad, then that is not really worth it i do not think.  so yeah it was boring, mindless button-mashing, and it had poor difficulty that was either stupidly easy or alarmingly hard, plus the ai was really some of the worst i've played in recent memory and pretty unreliable.  and also only being able to carry a small amount of items was dumb and unnecessary and probably some lame attempt at making the game challenging/realistic.  i can't really think of a single redeeming thing about the battle system!
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i think i will buy this so i have something to hate

it has been a while since i have HATED AN RPG i kinda miss it!

I think I will force myself to like it so I can argue against you!
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Star Ocean 3 was pretty bad, especially the story. I couldn't even tell what was going on, and they threw ridiculous plot twists at the end of the game. Star Ocean 2 was a pretty good game though, probably the best out of all of them.
Depending on the reviews, I might pick the game up since I'm a sucker for games like Lost Odyssey and Eternal Sonata. Personally, I'm looking forward to the Star Ocean remake on the PSP more than this.
By the way, the protagonist looks too much like the hero of Star Ocean 3 already except he has blonde hair. What the hell.


well obviously he is cosplaying as fayt leingod duh
Anyway... I played a bit of this... And I'm not so fond of the setting. I hate that whole ghetto "gangsta fo life" thing, and I've never been much of a baseball player.
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Wow, is that the main character? Looks like :blarg:

but I CANT WAIT FOR THIS!!!! SO3 is like one of my most favorite game ever! I remember those "challenges" or whatever you had to do and I remember having done almost 80% of them! Oh man, talking about it makes me wanna play it again.
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I also have a personal vow to never buy a game system by Microsoft, since I'm a purist and believe Microsoft should just stick to computers and leave games to Sony and Nintendo. But, NO, Square Enix had to go and make the game exclusive to an inferior system that's sold a mere 11 copies in Japan.

Give me a fucking break buster think about what you are typing.
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Oh I noticed something about Star Ocean just now.

Ratix Farrence(SO1) - Blue hair
Claude Kenni(SO2) - Blonde hair
Fayt Leingod(SO3) - Blue hair
Edge Maverick(SO4) - Blonde hair

One can guess what the next hero will be from Yoshinori Yamagishi and his love for the blues and blondes.

Yeah I forgot to mention Star Ocean 3 was way too easy. If you ever got double experience you were pretty much guaranteed five level ups as long as you were in the right dungeon. They tried to limit it by making it so if you ever turned the game off the boost would be gone, but it was still really dumb. The bosses were the most ridiculous I've ever seen, and it's the only game where they reward you for beating a boss in less than 20 seconds.

By the way, here is the trailer for the game.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UFmb10ufzdU
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You guys should watch the trailer.. Star Ocean The Last Hope! The characters have adult bodys but you wouldn't think it when you see their faces.. *sigh*

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You guys should watch the trailer.. Star Ocean The Last Hope! The characters have adult bodys but you wouldn't think it when you see their faces.. *sigh*
hahaha there is no way that girl is more than 12.



*reads game manual* oh sorry she is actually 18! heh :fogetnaughty: :fogetnaughty: :fogetnaughty: :fogetnaughty: :fogetnaughty:
Anyway... I played a bit of this... And I'm not so fond of the setting. I hate that whole ghetto "gangsta fo life" thing, and I've never been much of a baseball player.
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So 360 has 7 million more and was released a year earlier when it was the only next gen console out? No wonder it sold more than the PS3. I just hate the Xbox so much because I am sick of "mainstream" gamers saying that it is SO godly, when it only has maybe two good games.
Sorry, I'm in a hate Microsoft mood right now :\
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I just hate the Xbox so much because I am sick of "mainstream" gamers saying that it is SO godly, when it only has maybe two good games.
Sorry, I'm in a hate Microsoft mood right now :\
I just hate fanboys so much because I am sick of "hate 360/ps3 gamers" saying that the other system is SO godly, when it only has a few games.
Sorry, I'm in a hate fanboys mood right now. =/

See how dumb you're sounding right now? Get over the whole Microsoft thing already.
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So 360 has 7 million more and was released a year earlier when it was the only next gen console out? No wonder it sold more than the PS3. I just hate the Xbox so much because I am sick of "mainstream" gamers saying that it is SO godly, when it only has maybe two good games.
Sorry, I'm in a hate Microsoft mood right now :\
Yeah cause Playstation 3 fans are so humble. :hmm:

Do you honestly care if one console out sells the other?(Unless you work in the industry of course) Maybe which game ends up being a "Halo killer" anymore bullshit console war things people follow. Honestly it's so fucken stupid.
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So 360 has 7 million more and was released a year earlier when it was the only next gen console out? No wonder it sold more than the PS3. I just hate the Xbox so much because I am sick of "mainstream" gamers saying that it is SO godly, when it only has maybe two good games.
Sorry, I'm in a hate Microsoft mood right now :\


So PS3 has 7 million less and was released a year later when it wasn't the only nex-gen console out? No wonder it sold less than the X-Box 360. I just hate the PS3 so much because I am sick of "mainstream" gamers saying that it is SO godly, when it only has maybe two good games.
Sorry, I'm in a hate Sony mood right now. :\


Basically, your opening post blows. As PTizzle said: "When the PSOne came out did you say "I WON'T BUY THIS BECAUSE THEY MAKE TVS AND WALKMANS NOT GAMES GOSH!". Or even, if you were old enough, when the NES came out did you say "A TRADING CARD COMPANY MAKING GAMES? PFFT FUCK THIS!"."

Companies change, because they are businesses. Nintendo changed their name to Nintendo from Marafuku, and changed from a card company (they still make cards in japan iirc) to a video game company. Sony is now a video game company as well as a TV company. Microsoft is now a video game company (well, they always have been, since Microsoft Games for the Windows 95.) besides an OS and Microsoft utilities and programs company.

Plus I believe you said that you're a purist and believe Microsoft should just stick to computers and leave games to Sony and Nintendo...

That means you shouldn't of bought a PS3 since Sony should just stick to TVs. They should just leave games to Nintendo...who you shouldn't buy from either because they make cards, so they should just leave games to....Atari, I guess.

People bought the 360 for other reasons besides it was the first nex-gen console.

The console war is stupid, and fanboys are stupid. The game industry is in a currently very unhealthy state and you have a bunch of children arguing over which console their mommy gave them is the best. It's sickening, and pretty much anyone who is a stupid fanboy and goes "i am SO HARDKORE" or "I AM MAINSTREAM" on any side is an idiot. Someone who plays games because they love games wouldn't care what console it is, or who is making it. The 360/PS3/Wii all have their pros/cons, and to say otherwise is ignorance. Support the industry, not a stupid company.

edit: wow i totally just sounded like GMJ...

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I'm just gonna quote Yahtzee, because this is so true:
"I never really understand the crusader like fervor that consoles attract. Most people would say its because your mom is only prepared to buy you one console and if it turns out you didn't pick the winner, the best thing to do is to go into denial until the very fabric of reality changes because goddamnit that's more likely than you admitting faults. Speaking as a person who is white enough to afford all the consoles, this is the most balanced generation of all time, with it all coming down to what you personally want from a console. The Wii is an excitable little yappy bastard, good with children but a little exhausting. The PS3 is a big dependable black monster, slow but lovingly bring your slippers in the morning, and the 360 is a just all rounder that only occasionally pisses itself and dies."

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lmao just saw the trailer

I think this sums up my opinion on it:  :fogetlaugh:
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Good lord I have never seen such a bad opening post in a long time.
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Look I've said it before and I'll say it again

japanese need drugs badly

when they do we get cool shit like Earthbound and Mario and I mean even if it wasn't that we'd have better names than Fate Linegod lol
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