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| Board Index > Other > Star Ocean: The Divine Force is like a comfortable pair of JRPG slippers |  |
rodeoneerer
Coward   Posts: 1 Registered: 2/2/2023 Status: Offline
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posted on 2/2/2023 at 01:37 AM |
It’s a middle-tier Japanese role playing game that at no point, ever,
threatens to get promoted to top-tier status nor sink so low that it ends
up sandwiched between Hyperdimension Neptunia and Unlimited Saga. Mid-table
mediocrity. The Crystal Palace of JRPGs.
The story begins in space aboard the merchant vessel Ydas as Captain
Raymond Lawrence and his crew are tasked with transporting goods across the
galaxy. On the way to their destination they are attacked by a Pangalactic
Federation ship. This forces Ray, along with his crewmates Chloe and an
android called Elena, to abandon the ship in escape pods. Ray and Chloe’s
escape pods land on the underdeveloped planet Aster IV after seperating.
Once landing on this unfamiliar planet, Ray sets out to find his lost crew
members when he is hesitantly greeted by Princess Laeticia of the Kingdom
of Aucerius and a knight Albaird accompanying her. Those two inform Ray
that they are also on a journey to find one of the three wise men to ask
for help to save the kingdom from an impending war. In the early going
players will be building their party by finding the crew members and
befriending the natives on the Aster IV to help bring peace to the kingdom
that is being ravaged by diseases and on the brink of war.
The Divine Force’s localization and voice acting play a significant role in
elevating what can otherwise be described as trite plotting. There’s an
eloquence to the dialogue and depth in the portrayals that give The Divine
Force a distinct sense of gravitas and quality — a feat even more
impressive considering that the team sometimes has very little to work with
in the script.
Combat is fast and flexible. It's fun at times, too. You play as one
character in real time while your three party members are controlled by AI.
You can set up combos for your party to use in battle by selecting what
attacks they’ll do in what order, and as you level up you’ll unlock more
attacks. You can also add items to heal or buff into your combos, and later
support actions, too.
These problems unfortunately last from the first boss battle to the final
one. Fighting stronger enemies makes this combat system slow again,
continuing the frustrating cycle of a fast-paced and enjoyable system being
bogged down by running out of AP. Frame rate issues also cause problems,
resulting in the occasional stutter when combat is at its most frenetic and
fast-paced.
Some of the boss fights rely a bit too heavily on using DUMA attacks, but
the combo customization and strategic balancing act make The Divine Force’s
battle system one of the most enjoyable in recent memory. An unnecessary
set of skill trees is the only blemish, a sprawling plain of unlockable
nodes where the majority only unlock minor stat enhancements that could be
granted through equipment or leveling up in the first place.
Star Ocean: The Divine Force is like a comfortable pair of JRPG slippers.
If you're in the mood for a Japanese role playing game and you've played
all of the good ones then you can rest assured that this one is fine. It's
okay. It's comfort food. You know that feeling when you just wish Netflix
would make another season of Mindhunter and so you end up watching Criminal
Minds? That. Only in space.
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