PS3 version of Star Ocean: The Last Hope pops up on GameFly [update]

It was pretty much canceled. Some Squeenix spokesperson said that the port might never happen, and I don't think we should care, no matter how much you want a JRPG.

it's going to be released in the US as soon as the cut-scene is over.

Joystiq needs a "sloppy 2nds" tag

"sloppy 2nds" is better than nothing....

I'm pretty sure most PS3 owners have access to a PC.

If there's an exclusive Japanese RPG on the 360, it'll probably come to PS3 eventually.
If there's a Western RPG on the PS3 (much less likely to happen though), it'll probably come to 360 eventually.

Timstew, probably not a gaming PC, they use their PC for everything else the PS3 can't do, like work. ; )

I have a PS3 and a high end gaming PC. My PC plays pretty much most of the games that are also on the 360 but not on PS3, so I'm not missing much.

^ Ditto

It's a JRPG, and therefore people who are dense won't like them as much as Western RPGs.

Yeah, tough blow. No ridiculously long elevators and akward alien sex scenes for us.
Mass Effect might have a kickass story, but the gameplay is bland.

You can't criticize Mass Effect's gameplay when you're defending a JRPG, that just makes you look ridiculous.

Probably the only reason ME2 isnt being ported is because it wouldnt make sense without ME1, and porting 2 massive games would be too time consuming. Does make economic sense though as it would sell a lot on the PS3, and it sold just 2-2.5m on the 360, slightly less than LBP which probably had less than 1/10th the team. I guess if they dont port it would have to rely on the PC version to play the 360 "exclusive".

Going by user reviews, seems like Tales of Vesperia is the best JRPG on the 360 and much better than this game, and its out in September on PS3

So why are you comparing Mass Effect to Star Ocean 4 then? You yourself said we were expecting a Western RPG and instead got a JRPG.

You're the ridiculous one here, pal.

Yeah, ps3 owners wanted a good rpg from 360 and got a bad one instead. Is it a coincidence that one is a wrpg and the other is a jrpg? Well, if you go by this gen then no it's not. That's just how it is now.

Dude, Tmac... what are you saying? Did you even play Star Ocean 4?

Geez, take your hate for JRPGs to some other article.

I declare both (ME and Star Ocean) to be mediocre, through my unilateral ability to be the sole determiner of a game's quality.

Shall i be upvoted or downvoted?

Upvoted, because you're not being a douche about it.

Nothin douchey about it (well I guess it is if you're feelings get hurt easily). Star Ocean is a disaster of a game and is a great reason why the jrpg genre and the japanese as a whole are so far behind the west in gaming.

"Star Ocean is a disaster of a game and is a great reason why the jrpg genre and the japanese as a whole are so far behind the west in gaming."

Did you play it? You've yet to answer that question. And in making an attempt to ignore the huge amounts of bias and arrogance in your comment, I want to know if you've played the game or not.

You don't need to play a game to know how bad it is. There's these things called reviews and gameplay trailers and youtube videos (look at the one someone linked below...fucking terrible). This isn't back in the snes day when all we had were the monthly EGMs to go off of.

Also, why would I put myself through yet another boring generic jrpg when I already knew how bad it was? Lost Odyssey was my final straw with that pathetic genre.

to alamos, people that prefer western rpgs over jrpgs are dense? If I made a list on my favorite rpgs there would be a lot more Wrpg then Jrpgs, so that makes me dense?

I hate how many Jrpg fans (not all) think themselves so high and mighty and that their interests are the cream of the crop while everyone else wallows in shit for entertainment.

My take on jrpgs is a more negative one since I personally think the teams making them don't care about innovation but just want to make money. Some jrpgs are good though, when you play them you can tell that the creators were passionate about what they were doing and that they were happy to it, even though they weren't pushing the envelope.Lost odyssey and tales are two examples of that. Star Ocean is bland, the story bland and predictable, the characters are rehashes of cliches and it seems like the developers chose 'safe' archetypes to ensure a fanbase, the fighting system is not much more then a button masher with little strategy unlike its turn based ancestors. Its a mediocre game, so alamos, don't think that just because people don't like it means that they are below you, there will be a million more people that will say your intersts are low brow just like there will be a million more that disagree with me.

Internet arguments, its serious business.

Whoa, Tmac. I was on your side until you said that Lost Odyssey sucked. I think that JRPGs usually tend to rest on their laurels and use their genre as a defense for the developers' laziness, but Lost Odyssey is truly a great game.

I'm a pretty big whore for jRPGs, but even i know that this game is shit.

I wouldn't exactly call this "Square showing PS3 love"...

It was either this or TRL. I am satisfied. Plus, 360 fanboys will explode the internet, and it will be amusing to watch.

You're assuming that 360 fanboys even care about The Last Remnant or Star Ocean, which is wrong to be blunt. Hardly anyone cares about those games.

You care enough to shit talk SO4 here, don't you?

I can't believe he was voted down for that.. Under no definition were either of those games any good *at all*, and I can assure you no 360 fanboys will be crying. Not only because they were awful games, but also because we knew it was going to be on the PS3 from day one, it was just a matter of time.

I'm sure I speak for all 360 owners when I say: take them. Far away.

I actually enjoyed The Last Remnant, I may have even liked it more than Lost Odyssey. Then again, I LOVE the entire SaGa franchise so my opinion on JRPGs is moot.

http://knowyourmeme.com/i/4465/original/988.jpg?1246381419

Of course you did.

I'd like to see several console games make their way to PC. : )

Why not? If the company releasing them is making money, why shouldn't they be put on pc?

You're in luck!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wEBmj8gMvKw

Reminds me of Animal Farm.

All games are exclusive, but some games are more exclusive than others.

If they add a huge lot of extra content like the port of Tales of Vesperia, it might be worthwhile. Otherwise, it's like you just said.

That was painful to watch.

god...the voice acting is just awful. Actually, everything about the game is awful. They better hurry up with White Knight.

Oh wow, they even managed to make the action scene awful. I didn't know that was possible.

I remember deciding to play SO: Til the End of Time recently after not playing it for over at least 5 yrs. Keep in mind this was really my first JRPG, so the first time I played I was too much aware of the stereotypes so I liked the game a little.

But after getting to the part were I meet the girl from the Circus, don't remember her name, I instantly turned of the the PS3 and put the game away.

I enjoyed Enchanted Arms from beginning to end.
I'm completely immune to bad voice acting and crappy dialogues, not to mention akward cutscenes.