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So I hear there might be some grinding in this?

Anyone who played the US ver like to comment...

Game likes to crash. That is never good but when there is easly 2 hours from save to save it is horrible.

Is there that long bewteen saves? Oh for the love of god.

well after the crash athon that was my 360 playing lost odysey losing up to an hour of progress at a time i will hold out and hope for a PS3 verison if it really is 2 hours between save points.

If this is even a fraction as good as Infinite Undiscovery then I'm sold.

As far as I'm concerned, IU is the best JRPG since FFX. Great story and characters, great combat, lovely visuals (even if they are sub-HD) and the deepest crafting system since WoW.

Game likes to crash. That is never good but when there is easly 2 hours from save to save it is horrible.

Nooooooooooooo, your joking.. oh balls.

well after the crash athon that was my 360 playing lost odysey losing up to an hour of progress at a time

I was really enjoying this game, didn't mind the save's that much... until disc 4, 1 hour to get to big boss only to lock up at least 4 times... never finished it.

Is it better than SO3?

That started alright but I rapidly lost interest in it (found a move which spammed my way to victory in most fights... leaving the game feeling shallow and empty).

@Ashen-Shugar:

Please tell me you're joking. Infinite Undiscovery was appalling. Quite literally one of the worst JRPGs I've ever played (and I've played a lot).

The best JRPG I've played on the 360 so far is Lost Odyssey, without a doubt (didn't crash once for me, though I've known it to happen to other people). This will probably change when I finally get my hands on Tales of Vesperia, though.

Lost Odyssey did my nuts in with the save points, I kept thinking there’ll be one soon…and then two hours later I’d get out of a long boss fight thinking there’ll be one soon, but no! I think it was that Temple of Enlightenment. Good game mind.

I think UI is a marmite title, I have RPG loving friends who think that’s one of the best around, and others who think it’s basically a massive turd sat on a pile of bigger turds in the middle of a shit storm.

@redneon

Personal opinion, of course, but I found Lost Odyssey very bland and soulless. It was polished and epic but I found no charm in the characters and quickly lost interest in the story. My girlfriend liked it though, and in fact is still making her way through it.

I have put in 40-odd hours so far to IU and will go back to complete the Seraphic gate challenges so no, not joking. As the right honorable Radish states, IU is marmite and I loves me a thick covering of yeast extract. ;)

@redneon

Ive played quite a few JRPGS but IU was FF7 compared to the Last Remnant...... now that really was a turkey!!

I thought Infinite Undiscovery was absolutely fabulous. My only problem with it was it was a bit short for my liking, but from what was there it was a great game.

Amazon sent my Star Ocean walkthrough to me a couple of weeks ago so I've been having glimpses at it whilst trying not to spoil it for myself.

I can't see Eurogamer giving this anything more than 6/10 considering they gave IU 6 and Blue Dragon (which I completed two days ago) 5/10 but from the reviews I've read I can't see this not being my game of the year....until Tales that is!

Also in the reviews I've read there isn't much need for grinding unless you actually want to grind. I happen to like a bit of grinding if there are extra skills/abilities etc to unlock so I for one hope there is a need to

I think UI is a marmite title, I have RPG loving friends who think that’s one of the best around, and others who think it’s basically a massive turd sat on a pile of bigger turds in the middle of a shit storm.

That's one way of describing it, one I agree with mind.

I though Lost Odyssey was quite good but nothing on the 360 has really impressed me as far as JRPG's go. I was looking forward to Tales of Vesperia but now that they are releasing a superior PS3 version I'll wait for that.

I’ll be bloody well grinding, I love grinding. It’s grindtastic, grinding is grindtastic and I don’t care what anyone else says as I love grinding.

"Is there that long bewteen saves? Oh for the love of god"

I'd like to know this as well. A real problem with JRPG's and the main reason I stopped playing them.

I'd quote Petulant, there's a published guide for the game wich states 250 (two hundred and fif... ty!!!!) hours to full completion.

They can keep it...

nice one Square...YOU DUMBASSES!!!!...June???...the same month as Batman,the same month as Ghostbusters,the same month as Battlefield 1943....the same month as Sacred 2.....same month as Tales Of Vesperia..arrrgghhh....this is worse than Halloween just gone!!


as for JRPGs...Lost Odyssey is one of the best i have played for a long time(it never crashed for me either),however i loved Infinite Undiscovery as well great game,and i also loved Blue Dragon...Last Remnant though was a massive let down for me

All the fans of Star Ocean are waiting for the game on PS3 - someone tell SE this....

78% meta rating is far too high for this. It's seriously not very good. The character models are overly detailed to the point that they have a creepy realdoll look to them, the plot is straight out of bad science fiction anime, and on the technical level it's extremely phoned-in. I don't think I've ever played a multiple-disc JRPG before where you actually had to disc-swap when you moved between different areas. That alone practically screams that it was designed for PS3 and then given a hasty 360 port when MS arrived with some nice money hats.

I think most of the Star Ocean fans have been reading the previews/impressions and have decided to wait and see if the NEXT SO is any good...