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Leo
#485
Star Ocean 5: Integrity and Faithlessness won’t be a repeat of Star Ocean 4: The Last Hope, producer Shuichi Kobayashi assured during an E3 interview with GamesBeat.
“As you may know, Star Oceans 1, 2, and 3 were a kind of trilogy, if you like,” Kobayashi said.”That was over. When they started making 4, they didn’t continue to take on the same attitude about development. The feel of the game was slightly different, and the way they produced the story was different as well. I was the producer for 4, and looking at it, there was something not really right. Something didn’t really click. I knew some things weren’t in the right places.
“When we were making Star Ocean 4, when it comes to the visual aspect, it was part of Square Enix’s business strategy at that time. In those years, the company was really keen to expand their business in the west. There was a general idea that we should make sure our games had global appeal, not just Japanese appeal. That made things very complicated, really. We used outsourcing companies to establish the story, not just tri-Ace. Our mission back then was to expand the universe, rather than sticking to what we’d already created. We derailed a bit from the main plot, which was another issue we had. We learned a lesson from that experience.
“In Star Ocean 5, we’d like to bring back the attitude we had in the first three games. Our priority is going to be to push out a very tri-Ace creative direction. That’s our main pillar and we’ll stick with it. Story-wise and visual-wise, number five is going to have the feel of a direct sequel to Star Oceans one, two, and three. It’ll be very different from Star Ocean 4.”
TL;DR: Star Ocean 4 was a mistake. It’s nothing but trash.
MidnightTrain
#487
Just ordered one of these, the hype for the Vive is too much to bear. We’ll see what kind of experiences $30 can get you in 2015.
archnemesis
#490
LabouredSubterfuge
#492
So Warner Bros have pulled the PC version of Batman AK from sale :lol
Not that bothered since I prolly have about another 50 hours of Witcher 3 to go on top of the 80 hours I’ve already played.
I’d say it would take some doing to beat this as my game of the generation.
LabouredSubterfuge
#494
I can certainly agree on the second part. Imagine filming and publishing a video of yourself reacting to a video game announcement. Imagine what an awful, self-involved person that makes you.
Leo
#497
Yep.
Bonus video:
“Have you had dance training before?”
“No, I’ve played Space Channel 5 on Sega Dreamcast. Samba de Amigo on Sega Dreamcast.”
Leo
#501
The Shenmue III Kickstarter campaign has added a PlayStation 4 physical copy reward.
All backers pledging for a $60 reward tier or higher will have the option of a “Special Backer Edition” physical copy for PlayStation 4. Users will be sent a survey after the Kickstarter finishes to choose whether they want the PS4 physical copy, PS4 digital copy, PC physical copy, or PC digital copy.