LillyTank said: So I just finished Star Ocean 5. What are everyone else's thoughts on it?
[spoiler=oh boy] I started it today and for the most part I'm like...aggressively indifferent to it so far? Like the cast is so bland? Even in 4 I kinda' liked Faize design/characterwise but no-one in 5 appeals to me at all. Fiore in particular just like....I don't think her design is sexy? And considering she's clearly supposed to be fanservice that's a pretty drastic failure. [then again, Myuria wasn't really appealing either, I guess when something gets that overt it just starts getting the opposite of the intended reaction, at least outta me.]
The rock paper scissors deal reminds me of zestiria's, except more broken, it wasn't the best idea to implement in a battle system that's kinda...cluttered. What with the number of characters active at once. Especially if you're trying to make use of counter attacks since the enemy seems quite content to target anybody but you once you start trying.
That and the fact that the 'cutscenes' slow you to a crawl and are unskippable is a jarringly awful decision, especially since you're free to clip through the person addressing you and so on. It just....carries no weight.
On the plus side the environment seems less muddled than the bloom/texture heavy mess of some SO4 locations, and the battle trophies look far less obnoxious this time around considering I have about 30-odd% of them already. Only in chapter 3 rn as well so it still has time to show me something more worthwhile, I'm used to the series taking a little bit of time to get started.
Pastel-Daemon said: [spoiler=oh boy] I started it today and for the most part I'm like...aggressively indifferent to it so far? Like the cast is so bland? Even in 4 I kinda' liked Faize design/characterwise but no-one in 5 appeals to me at all. Fiore in particular just like....I don't think her design is sexy? And considering she's clearly supposed to be fanservice that's a pretty drastic failure. [then again, Myuria wasn't really appealing either, I guess when something gets that overt it just starts getting the opposite of the intended reaction, at least outta me.]
The rock paper scissors deal reminds me of zestiria's, except more broken, it wasn't the best idea to implement in a battle system that's kinda...cluttered. What with the number of characters active at once. Especially if you're trying to make use of counter attacks since the enemy seems quite content to target anybody but you once you start trying.
That and the fact that the 'cutscenes' slow you to a crawl and are unskippable is a jarringly awful decision, especially since you're free to clip through the person addressing you and so on. It just....carries no weight.
On the plus side the environment seems less muddled than the bloom/texture heavy mess of some SO4 locations, and the battle trophies look far less obnoxious this time around considering I have about 30-odd% of them already. Only in chapter 3 rn as well so it still has time to show me something more worthwhile, I'm used to the series taking a little bit of time to get started.
Yeah, I just think it's a transitional phase for most JRPGs.
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looks like Sophia Esteed from Star Ocean: Til the End of Time
...Yeah, the socks kinda cinch it. There's something I never thought I'd see.
[Y'know...Albel already has the thigh highs to go with this :3c]
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So I just finished Star Ocean 5. What are everyone else's thoughts on it?
[spoiler=oh boy] I started it today and for the most part I'm like...aggressively indifferent to it so far? Like the cast is so bland? Even in 4 I kinda' liked Faize design/characterwise but no-one in 5 appeals to me at all. Fiore in particular just like....I don't think her design is sexy? And considering she's clearly supposed to be fanservice that's a pretty drastic failure. [then again, Myuria wasn't really appealing either, I guess when something gets that overt it just starts getting the opposite of the intended reaction, at least outta me.]
The rock paper scissors deal reminds me of zestiria's, except more broken, it wasn't the best idea to implement in a battle system that's kinda...cluttered. What with the number of characters active at once. Especially if you're trying to make use of counter attacks since the enemy seems quite content to target anybody but you once you start trying.
That and the fact that the 'cutscenes' slow you to a crawl and are unskippable is a jarringly awful decision, especially since you're free to clip through the person addressing you and so on. It just....carries no weight.
On the plus side the environment seems less muddled than the bloom/texture heavy mess of some SO4 locations, and the battle trophies look far less obnoxious this time around considering I have about 30-odd% of them already. Only in chapter 3 rn as well so it still has time to show me something more worthwhile, I'm used to the series taking a little bit of time to get started.
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[spoiler=oh boy] I started it today and for the most part I'm like...aggressively indifferent to it so far? Like the cast is so bland? Even in 4 I kinda' liked Faize design/characterwise but no-one in 5 appeals to me at all. Fiore in particular just like....I don't think her design is sexy? And considering she's clearly supposed to be fanservice that's a pretty drastic failure. [then again, Myuria wasn't really appealing either, I guess when something gets that overt it just starts getting the opposite of the intended reaction, at least outta me.]
The rock paper scissors deal reminds me of zestiria's, except more broken, it wasn't the best idea to implement in a battle system that's kinda...cluttered. What with the number of characters active at once. Especially if you're trying to make use of counter attacks since the enemy seems quite content to target anybody but you once you start trying.
That and the fact that the 'cutscenes' slow you to a crawl and are unskippable is a jarringly awful decision, especially since you're free to clip through the person addressing you and so on. It just....carries no weight.
On the plus side the environment seems less muddled than the bloom/texture heavy mess of some SO4 locations, and the battle trophies look far less obnoxious this time around considering I have about 30-odd% of them already. Only in chapter 3 rn as well so it still has time to show me something more worthwhile, I'm used to the series taking a little bit of time to get started.
Yeah, I just think it's a transitional phase for most JRPGs.
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Yeah, I just think it's a transitional phase for most JRPGs.
It's gonna be a really rough time for the genre in general if something doesn't happen soon. >>;
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