This way, I can say for certain that the space element of Star Ocean: The Divine Force accounts for 27% of the game scenario (it started by the time my PS5 was showing 73% completion). The PlayStation 5 has a funny new feature that proves quite useful for the purposes of this review: the system tells you the current completion percentage of whatever you're playing. ![]() You see it coming from miles away, so it barely makes an impact. There's even a bad copy of Final Fantasy X's wedding scene. You collect new characters one after another while defeating fiends and imperial soldiers, all without witnessing any spectacular events or cut scenes. It's striking how the story fails to raise the stakes for such a long time. It's very heroic-fantasy oriented, so much so that it doesn't even feel like you're playing a Star Ocean title, and it's terribly paced. The planet part relates the conflict between Leaticia's kingdom and the aggressive Empire that neighbours it. Like every game in the series, Star Ocean: The Divine Force is partly based on a planet and partly based in space. Regardless of which character you choose, the narrative is uneven. That means different places, different events, and different fights at certain points during the adventure, and also a good reason to replay it. On numerous occasions during the story, Raymond and Leaticia part ways for various reasons, leaving you to experience what happens to your chosen character. If you choose Laeticia, you start on the planet and don't see anything of Raymond's vessel when it gets attacked, whereas you do if you opt for him instead. Despite belonging to drastically different worlds, they agree to journey together.Īmidst this blatantly classic Star Ocean pitch, The Divine Force brings something new: you can choose your main character, and thus determine which side you witness the story from. He's spotted by Laeticia, the knight princess of a neighbouring kingdom. Raymond, a space freight merchant, crashes after an unexpected attack in outer space. The story here opens on Aster IV, a planet where civilisation revolves around chivalry and feudal states. Star Ocean as an RPG series is most famous for mixing heroic fantasy with space opera. But I've never started a game by praying so much for it to be good. Star Ocean: Till The End of Time (the third entry, which released on the PS2 nearly 20 years ago) is in my top three favorite games of all time though, so I could still barely express my delight when Star Ocean: The Divine Force suddenly appeared during one of those usually soporific State of Play events. When Star Ocean: Integrity and Faithlessness released six years ago the reception was so underwhelming that even the most hardcore of Star Ocean lovers - including myself - lost all hope. ![]() By Thomas Froehlicher, posted on 07 December 2022 / 1,541 Views
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