The game contains some of the best battles i have seen in a JRPG, with an interesting blend of tactics and button mashing.

The story is average, with a fairly derivative plot, but highs and lows at some points that can stir the emotions.

What really let me down about this game are the bad translations, poor lipsinching and very poor english voice work. The female voices are particularly bad, you will find you grinding your teeth while waiting through some of the unskippable scenes. I found myself turning the sound way down.

This is the best rpg i have brought this year some reviews say the cut scenes were too long but i dont think they were to bad the were well spred out. most scenes were funny some were weird and some were sappy. The battle system was great big battle areas and cool moves every character is cool ta use and they all have cool moves i found myself using them all through out the game. All the worlds are huges and and look great some get even bigger when you return to them through out the game. This game is a good one for the star ocean series.

Now that we have a new installment in the Star Ocean series, we can now look at how it all began. Star Ocean: The Last Hope is a very fun and difficult RPG. You play as Edge Maverick while him and his crew go on a space exploration in the great Star Ocean. Yeah sounds like your average plot line for a futuristic game. But as we know Star Ocean wont disappoint. Well it turns out that some unfortunate events happen and Edge along with the exploration ship "the Calnus” crash land on a planet. Thus begins are story