The most milquetoast game I've ever played.

There was barely a plot, there was no motivations for the characters to remain together, I couldn't tell you a single thing about any of the characters, their likes/dislikes etc.

Which is a real shame, the characters, individually, are passable, they're good, you can tell if a bit more time and care was put into it you would have something.

I could not tell you a single thing about the plot, it's low stakes the whole way though and I feel you don't ever really answers for why: why is this happening? why do WE have to go and do it? etc etc.

I like music, I like the art direction, I like the zones, albeit they're pretty barren.

Star Ocean 4 remains my #1.

Star Ocean 5 is probably at the bottom of my list.

Which is, disappointing :(

Edit: If you want to win just play as Miki and spam heal manually lmao I had no issues at any point in the game, a real snoozefest.

Reviewed on Nov 26, 2023


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