Aspiring adult game cum RPG Star Ocean 4: Last Hope has been released, and its status as an RPG with “mature themes”, or ero as it is commonly known, seems confirmed. Marvel at the attention to detail shown here, especially in the area constituting catgirl’s nether regions…
However, the reaction amongst international JRPG fans has been less positive than might have otherwise been the case, thanks to the apparently misguided efforts to localise the game for non-Japanese audiences, which consists of removing completely the much hankered after Japanese dubs, and attempting to purge the game of any funny Chinese cartoon graphics.
Once again i say so long as this content remains in the english version i dont mind being served a dub, but i fear greatly that it will get heavily sanitized for US audiences who arnt allowed to see(read: enjoy) such things that are considered blasphemous.
FFFFFUUUU
I was really looking forward to this game and expecting a japanese voices option. God damnit. Maybe I'll mod my 360 and wait to see, if the one who put japanese voices on the US version of the Persona games, will do the same to this.
Or add heavily implied sex scenes ala persona. Except after the black out, you stand next to the bed where the chick you have sex with lays in bed nude.
you all are really looking too hard. that is not pussy lips, as they'd be more centered. that's just skin from tight clothing. kinda like, if you put something tight on, a shirt or something on flab, it creates ROLLS AND MUFFIN TOPS. that's how skin works. at best, that would be a failure of a cameltoe. seeing as it starts allll the way at the end....perverts. stop trying to ruin my game. >o
Ok the truth to the matter is whats done is done making this USA version of Star Ocean 4 English Dub only was a mistake and not only that the anime to CG was also a mistake when all the other star ocean's were Anime hand drawn style you can't simply change it because of region, if anything include a option to pick which one you want, it really annoys me to see CG to be honest, CG is lazy mans creation when computers do all the calculations nowadays.
What's done is done "but" on xbox360 a live update and or download content can fix this all, the patch would require some few mb is all its just small pics of data to give you option of CG to Anime style and for the dub Jap version addon choice would make every single Xbox 360 owner proud and happy I guarantee after all a choice is the best is this not what you want?
reply to this if you want to see downloadable content to include Anime portraits and status screens etc.. and Jap audio voices during all scenes and battles. You never know if they will include this just for thanking the people that bought this as downloadable content even if it costs money I WOULD pay any price for this so would many others.
I didn't play this game as much as i did because i don't like CG pictures in game and I dont like English voices because most of the time they suck, and the main hero's voice sucks in USA version the girl was not that bad but if whoever is responsible for this please have download content to include choice of what you like Jap dub and Anime style, the CG its only good for movies.
................. they're in effin future... I don't understand why they're using swords like the medievil time... wtf is wrong with them ;o!!!
where are teh guns!!?!?!?
Well, eroge aspirations aside, since you brought up the whole "purging of the anime look" thing again (which for this game was pretty minor anyway), a true story. Was shopping for console games with my sister the other day, who is a fan of mainstream JRPGs, has watched plenty of anime, and so on. As we were looking at the selection of XBOX 360 RPG games available for purchase, she flat out refused to even look at any game that had anime designs on the cover. Reason? Because it might have "cartoony graphics". And, possibly not coincidentally, she does watch anime, but won't watch anything subtitled either. Obviously it's completely anecdotal, but it just reminded me that there are people out there for whom the "anime look" is a big turn-off in video games. I still say that, this obviously anime-biased community aside, they may be onto something on that front. Not trying to say it's a good thing or anything (or that I personally agree).
(Regarding the actual article topic -- nothing escapes the eyes of 2ch...)
Eroge eroge... whats so bad about children looking at some little attempts to bring sexual excitment in the game. Whats wrong with children fapping to porn? Hell, if I'm gonna have a children, I'm gonna tell him outright where are the kids come froms AS SOON as he asks.
I don't get whats the point of excluding the Japanese audio when it comes to these games. Isn't most of the targeted market the people who would want the Japanese dub? I would seem reasonable to just bypass the option of english dubbing, thus saving money and time to get the game out.
I'll probably get Star Ocean, but the worst case scenario of something like this Persona! All great voice actors in Japan, but completely excluded in the American version. WHY? American video game RPG decisions cease to amaze me with common sense...
"You can always obtain the Japanese version if the English edition looks set to offend."
Provided we have a modded xbox or a Japanese xbox anyways. I really want to get the Japanese version, but I don't think my xbox can play it without modding.
I believe Lost Odyssey has both english and japanese dub;
at least, I, who bought the game in Europe, have the game with the dubs in Eng, Jap, Ita, Fre, Deu, Spa.
Not so sure about the spanish one, now that i think about it. I only checked Japanes, Italian and English one, and even if they are truly good dubs, you can't keep the japanese one because it's not syncronized with the video and it's really bad to play like that. In italian, the voice of Kaim is the same as the Shiryu in the anime from Saint Seiya, which makes you want him to pronounce the name of shiryu's techinques once in a while. hee, i'm getting old..
oh, by the way: my point is that relocating dubs to match it with the english one sucks hard. Hard as Steel.
I doubt that FFXIII will fill an entire BD disc, so excluding the original japanese language would be purely idiotical.
As for the X360 version I couldn't care less, it shouldn't exist in the first place.
As for Star Ocean IV, any real western otaku would purge this demolished game with fire.
NICE..
Once again i say so long as this content remains in the english version i dont mind being served a dub, but i fear greatly that it will get heavily sanitized for US audiences who arnt allowed to see(read: enjoy) such things that are considered blasphemous.
FFFFFUUUU
I was really looking forward to this game and expecting a japanese voices option. God damnit. Maybe I'll mod my 360 and wait to see, if the one who put japanese voices on the US version of the Persona games, will do the same to this.
I'm off to camp out at エロじゃないけれど~ and wait for hi-res snaps. Don't wait up!
man oh man...they should have just made this an eroge.
Or add heavily implied sex scenes ala persona. Except after the black out, you stand next to the bed where the chick you have sex with lays in bed nude.
An English dub is (for the most part) as good as its voices... unfortunately, a large majority of them tend to suck. Badly.
Here's to hoping, eh?
I believe the Japanese dub will be included in the PS3.
I believe no PS3 version has been announced yet.
you all are really looking too hard. that is not pussy lips, as they'd be more centered. that's just skin from tight clothing. kinda like, if you put something tight on, a shirt or something on flab, it creates ROLLS AND MUFFIN TOPS. that's how skin works. at best, that would be a failure of a cameltoe. seeing as it starts allll the way at the end....perverts. stop trying to ruin my game. >o
~girl.
Ok the truth to the matter is whats done is done making this USA version of Star Ocean 4 English Dub only was a mistake and not only that the anime to CG was also a mistake when all the other star ocean's were Anime hand drawn style you can't simply change it because of region, if anything include a option to pick which one you want, it really annoys me to see CG to be honest, CG is lazy mans creation when computers do all the calculations nowadays.
What's done is done "but" on xbox360 a live update and or download content can fix this all, the patch would require some few mb is all its just small pics of data to give you option of CG to Anime style and for the dub Jap version addon choice would make every single Xbox 360 owner proud and happy I guarantee after all a choice is the best is this not what you want?
reply to this if you want to see downloadable content to include Anime portraits and status screens etc.. and Jap audio voices during all scenes and battles. You never know if they will include this just for thanking the people that bought this as downloadable content even if it costs money I WOULD pay any price for this so would many others.
I didn't play this game as much as i did because i don't like CG pictures in game and I dont like English voices because most of the time they suck, and the main hero's voice sucks in USA version the girl was not that bad but if whoever is responsible for this please have download content to include choice of what you like Jap dub and Anime style, the CG its only good for movies.
................. they're in effin future... I don't understand why they're using swords like the medievil time... wtf is wrong with them ;o!!!
where are teh guns!!?!?!?
Apparently the enemies in the game are immune to rifle and guns so they have to use sword and bows instead....
Sex and Star Ocean is like
heaven
Def going to pick this up.
I'm still waiting for PS3 Vesperia...
get the 360 version in the meanwhile. Im also picking this up, after I buy SFIV and then RE5 >_> (busy months!)
SF4 isn't out today ?
Oh dear lord, i can't wait for vesperia. if they dare to relocate that one aswell, i'll be crying rivers of blood.
Keep waiting then, artefact.
Dream come true to some person in the Star Ocean's team :D
Well, eroge aspirations aside, since you brought up the whole "purging of the anime look" thing again (which for this game was pretty minor anyway), a true story. Was shopping for console games with my sister the other day, who is a fan of mainstream JRPGs, has watched plenty of anime, and so on. As we were looking at the selection of XBOX 360 RPG games available for purchase, she flat out refused to even look at any game that had anime designs on the cover. Reason? Because it might have "cartoony graphics". And, possibly not coincidentally, she does watch anime, but won't watch anything subtitled either. Obviously it's completely anecdotal, but it just reminded me that there are people out there for whom the "anime look" is a big turn-off in video games. I still say that, this obviously anime-biased community aside, they may be onto something on that front. Not trying to say it's a good thing or anything (or that I personally agree).
(Regarding the actual article topic -- nothing escapes the eyes of 2ch...)
She sounds more like a fan of Square RPGs - how else could she exclude such greats as the Tales series from consideration?
I certainly can't think of any mainstream JRPGs that don't use anime themes aside from ones mainly produced by Square.
Eroge eroge... whats so bad about children looking at some little attempts to bring sexual excitment in the game. Whats wrong with children fapping to porn? Hell, if I'm gonna have a children, I'm gonna tell him outright where are the kids come froms AS SOON as he asks.
Sound like a chi-mo.
Thats what my father did with me, and i turned out great *shoots a puppy* :D
Motoi Sakuraba is doing the music - That's the same person who did the music for the Golden Sun games!
I'm expecting epic.
I don't get whats the point of excluding the Japanese audio when it comes to these games. Isn't most of the targeted market the people who would want the Japanese dub? I would seem reasonable to just bypass the option of english dubbing, thus saving money and time to get the game out.
I'll probably get Star Ocean, but the worst case scenario of something like this Persona! All great voice actors in Japan, but completely excluded in the American version. WHY? American video game RPG decisions cease to amaze me with common sense...
Seeing as it's Microsoft, and SO4 is a 360-exclusive, that COULD work.
If this was also available/only available on any Sony system, SCEA will require a english track for it to be even sold in NA.
I see....so is there some kind of mandatory law or contract obligation? That's interesting to hear.
"You can always obtain the Japanese version if the English edition looks set to offend."
Provided we have a modded xbox or a Japanese xbox anyways. I really want to get the Japanese version, but I don't think my xbox can play it without modding.
Oh my, those are delicious.
Ever since Lost Odyssey they've stopped including the japanese dub, I really wish they would start including it in future games like FFXIII.
I believe Lost Odyssey has both english and japanese dub;
at least, I, who bought the game in Europe, have the game with the dubs in Eng, Jap, Ita, Fre, Deu, Spa.
Not so sure about the spanish one, now that i think about it. I only checked Japanes, Italian and English one, and even if they are truly good dubs, you can't keep the japanese one because it's not syncronized with the video and it's really bad to play like that. In italian, the voice of Kaim is the same as the Shiryu in the anime from Saint Seiya, which makes you want him to pronounce the name of shiryu's techinques once in a while. hee, i'm getting old..
oh, by the way: my point is that relocating dubs to match it with the english one sucks hard. Hard as Steel.
I doubt that FFXIII will fill an entire BD disc, so excluding the original japanese language would be purely idiotical.
As for the X360 version I couldn't care less, it shouldn't exist in the first place.
As for Star Ocean IV, any real western otaku would purge this demolished game with fire.
Any real otaku will die a virgin.
/winner
FUCK YOU.
Cry some more.
kids
... Dude, seriously.
No crying. But maybe muslims cry like this? Not that I would know, but I am sure you do.
If you can even comprehend my insult at your level, that is.
Oh, double insult. Not that would have understood that either, if I had not told you.
Wah wah wah Xbox360 doesn't diserve the privelage of Star Ocean. Seriously Xbox360 has one of the best RPG's Elder Scrolls, so it's more than worthy.
¿What, when the X360 got Morrowind?
Ah great, system-tards.
/cry
If endings will be just as good…
Did you really need to circle the nether regions, Arterfact? I doubt anyone would be looking elsewhere.
Haha, trve, but I guess that's 2ch'rs job... or maybe not, lol.
Such markings are usually 2ch or similar, not us.
i appreciate the circling! ^^