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Star Ocean: The Last Hope - 4K & Full HD Remaster

"From the creative minds of Square Enix and tri-Ace, STAR OCEAN: THE LAST HOPE takes place at the very beginning of the STAR OCEAN series. This action-packed RPG takes players on the epic journey of mankind’s last stand,with exploration and battle across some of the most mysterious, dangerous, and fantastical worlds of the universe. Earth has been decimated by World War III, and now, humanity must turn to the stars in search of a new home. Explore the galaxy on your quest, make allies and enemies among the alien races you encounter, and uncover a danger so great that it threatens all of creation."

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Steam User 5404STEAMNot recommended

It's still as I remember from the XBox 360. I was hoping for more QoL features, but I don't think there are any. Maps are as huge as I remember with few save points in-between. The "Blindside" mechanic is still extremely poor with no room to even use it. It should've been left out. The game is just an overall chore to play.

I'm sure someone out there enjoyed the game, but I'm not. Maybe it gets better, but I don't remember it getting any better. I really don't know how I powered through and got as far as I did on the 360 version.

Big maps, poor combat mechanics, when can I save the game? Just play SO: The Second Story R.

I might come back to this game, but I'm doubting it at this point.

Mar 16, 2026·5h·Verified

Steam User 1875STEAMNot recommended

I really wanted to like this game as I have played other Star Ocean games and have loved them. The world is just way to large and also empty at the same time besides the hundreds of enemies on the map. The combat is outdated, which I expected being an older game, but it feels way to tedious and with being an older JRPG you have to fight almost every enemy you see or else you will be under leveled severely. The game never really tells you were to go other than the name of the location. I'm not asking for yellow paint to guide me or a marker, but at least a general direction would of done wonders. Multiple times I had to stop and look up where I was suppose to go cause the game told me nothing. I tried to push through but the story wasn’t interesting, the characters were only slightly interesting. I would say if you are a diehard perfectionist Star Ocean fan then it’s worth playing, but causal fans I would say avoid and just play Second Story R.

Mar 13, 2026·27h·2·Verified

Steam User 0387STEAMNot recommended

I really wanted to like this game, but the monotone voice acting, annoying characters, terrible combat and a story that sounded good but it's not. Just makes me want to play something else.

Mar 12, 2026·13h·7·Verified

Steam User 8084STEAMRecommended

I'm a big fan of Star Ocean and have been following The Last Hope since the Xbox 360. This is by far the game with the biggest budget in the franchise, full of areas and places to go, with secrets and locations you can revisit after you have the necessary items to open certain chests and collect rewards. The different biomes offer a lot of diversity in terms of enemies, and the combat system is very robust, being one of the best in the series.

There are also many characters in your party and you will certainly identify with some of them.

The game offers many difficulty level options and there is a lot to do, especially if the player is a completionist and interested in obtaining all the Battle Trophies in the game, which were already very interesting in Star Ocean 3 and here they scale in an incredible and creative way.

The game is very cheap and easily offers 500 hours or more of gameplay. It's a real treat. Enjoy.

Rating: 11/10.

Mar 1, 2026·831h·1·Verified

Steam User 6548STEAMRecommended

grew up here

Feb 27, 2026·3h·1·Verified

Steam User 0123STEAMRecommended

今だからプレイすると面白い。脚本に多少突っ込みどころはあるが、まあ許容範囲内だと思います。やりこみ要素もあるしいいと思う。最近のRPGは合わないと思った方は是非プレイしてほしい。スペースオペラ的なRPGは、余りないので好きな人は面白いと思う。グラフィックもいいですし、おすすめです。

Feb 23, 2026·56h·Verified

Steam User 9272STEAMRecommended

juegazo

Feb 20, 2026·26h·1·Verified

Steam User 2453STEAMRecommended

ゲーム内容は面白い。
ストーリーは賛否両論分かれるし、主人公の性格や行動、稚拙な
発想や言動に辟易する時もある。しかしスターオーシャンの基本の
楽しさ、宇宙の広大さを感じたり色々な環境、マップがあるし洞窟も
コピペではなくちゃんと作ってある。
各町の道具屋や武器屋では、棚を調べるとキャラの反応があったりと
細かい作り込みも感じられ、丁寧に作られている点には好印象。

しかし、賛否の”否”の部分もまたかなり多い。
例えばイベントシーンが無駄にダラダラ続いてめちゃくちゃ長い。
気が付くと30分くらいイベントシーンだけで時間が経過してたりする。

あと時限要素が多すぎる。
「落ち着いたら後でゆっくり探索しよう」というプレイスタイルは通用しない。
めんどくさくても、その時頑張ればこなせるサイドクエストや依頼はこなして
おかなければ、いろいろな理由で後で消えたりすることが非常に多くて、
とりこぼしを気にする人だとプレイしていて苦痛しかないと思う。

シリーズ恒例のアイテムクリエイションも、前作までの自由度はどこへやら…。
作りたいのに作れない、あの素材を手に入れるには前のあそこにいかないと――あ、
あそこにはもういけないんだった。じゃあこれを作るには次の星のあそこに行って
から―――え、この星に来たらこの依頼ってもうダメなの？って感じでストレス解消を
目的にしたお楽しみ機能のはずなのにストレスを溜めさせるどうしようもない仕様に劣化。

リングによる宝箱封印方式もめんどくさいだけ。
ファストトラベルみたいな機能が無いのに、平気で初期マップの奥の方に封印の宝箱を
配置したりしてくる。取りにいくのに往復で20～30分かかるのはダルすぎる。

そんな感じでプレイしていてイライラすることばかりではあるのですが、それでも
スターオーシャンでしか得られない栄養はこの作品からもちゃんと吸収はできるので
オススメにはします。

Feb 16, 2026·55h·4·Verified

Steam User 5168STEAMNot recommended

I'm sorry. I have seen other people say the game is great. And I really did want to get into it myself. But this game was clearly made for PlayStation or XBOX. Its UI was not made for PC at all. So if you can, go buy the actual disk version for a Console if you still have one. I really was looking forward to getting into the Star Ocean games, and I am sorry for those who have fond memories of this game, but I can't get into it with the way its current controls system.

What did like:
Visuals and the start of the story really had me hooked and wanted to play more. So story-wise, it is good.

The bad news:
The only thing keeping from FULLY getting into this game was the bad controls. This was NOT made with a Keyboard in mind. It was made for a Controller and Console.

Hopefully they can fix the issues later on in the future, but as it right now? Just go watch a full gameplay video of it over on YouTube. Save you cash.

Feb 15, 2026·1·Verified