Star Ocean: The Divine Force [PS4, PS5, XO, XBSX|S, PC]

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  1. Dr. Nick

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    Today Square-Enix has announced that the 6th installment of the Tri-Ace developed series will be released in 2022, just missing the 25th anniversary of the series.
    The last time I posted about this series on this forum, it was for the Last Hope. Back then, I let Tri-Ace have it for what I felt was the game's ridiculous presentation that, despite the great gameplay, ruined the game IMO. Well, I think I'll give them another shot.
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    Star Ocean: The Divine Force announced for PS5, Xbox Series, PS4, Xbox One, and PC - Gematsu
     
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    That looks dated as heck.

    Hopefully that means it'll also come out on Nintendo Switch

    As I usually like star ocean gameplay
     
  3. Why isn't it coming to the Switch?

    Or rather, if it's not coming to the Switch then why are they sticking to an engine that seems to be obviously limited by Nintendo's hardware?

    If they're with Square Enix and targeting 8th gen as minimum specs, they could have used Unreal Engine or even Luminous..
     
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    In 2009, Outside of Capcom, Tri-Ace was probably the only developer in Japan that could compete with the best of the west graphically. It is too bad that they squandered that opportunity with the Last Hope. Very impressive tech from Japan at the time. While most devs in Japan were still turning out PS2.3 games, they were showing off tech that was more impressive than what most devs in the west could put in their games at the time.

    With that said, now it is even tougher to compete on the same level as Epic, especially when UE4 really took off. Also, cross-gen does not help.
     
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