Star Ocean: The Last Hope
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Box art of the North American Xbox 360 release
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| Developer(s) | tri-Ace |
| Publisher(s) | Square Enix |
| Director(s) | Mitsuo Iwao |
| Producer(s) | Yoshinori Yamagishi Hajime Kojima |
| Designer(s) | Katsumi Enami |
| Programmer(s) | Yoshiharu Gotanda |
| Composer(s) | Motoi Sakuraba |
| Series | Star Ocean |
| Platform(s) | Xbox 360 PlayStation 3 (International) |
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| Genre(s) | Action role-playing |
| Mode(s) | Single-player |
| Aggregate scores | |
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| Aggregator | Score |
| GameRankings | (PS3) 76.62% (X360) 74.63% |
| Metacritic | (PS3) 74/100 (X360) 72/100 |
| Review scores | |
| Publication | Score |
| Famitsu | 34/40 |
| Game Informer | 7.0/10 |
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| GameSpot | (X360) 7.5/10 |
| IGN | (X360) 8.0/10 |
| OXM (US) | (X360) 8.5/10 |
| TeamXbox | (X360) 8.5 |
| X-Play | |
| Blast | 8.4/10 |
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| PixlBit | |
Star Ocean: The Last Hope, known as Star Ocean 4: The Last Hope (スターオーシャン4 THE LAST HOPE Sutā Ōshan Fō Za Lasuto Hōpe?) in Japan, is an action role-playing video game developed by tri-Ace and Square Enix who also published the game, initially only for the Xbox 360, and the fourth installment in the Star Ocean series. Famitsu revealed that the battle system featured four party members, and was more team-oriented. The game also features more of a sci-fi emphasis than past titles with the ability to control your own ship. This ship is quite large, and is able to land on at least 5 planets or other space-based destinations. Players are able to travel through the "star ocean," jumping across planets. The game takes place a few centuries before the original Star Ocean (around S.D. 10, or approximately 2096 AD). The game's plot revolves around Edge and his crew combating a mysterious threat called the "Grigori".
An international version of the game was released by Square Enix as a worldwide PlayStation 3-exclusive on February 9, 2010. Officially known as Star Ocean: The Last Hope International, the game contains both Japanese and English voices as well as new content that is exclusive to the international version of the game.
The Last Hope utilizes the same real time battle system like previous games in the series, new features include a new Rush Gauge and Blindsides. The Rush gauge allows players to perform a preemptive strike against his opponent or use a special ability or attack. Each character will have and utilize their own individual Rush gauge. Blindsides allow the player to counter attack an enemy who is targeting the player by slipping behind the enemy quickly out of his line of sight and launching a preemptive strike on the enemy from his back. One noteworthy change in the system is the number of characters that can be controlled and fought with in battle returning to four, as in the first two Star Ocean games (it was limited to three in the previous title, Star Ocean Till the End of Time).
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