Star Ocean 4 Officially Headed to PlayStation 3

Following up on the Xbox 360 release of Star Ocean: The Last Hope earlier this year, publisher Square Enix today announced that an "International"...

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Following up on the Xbox 360 release of Star Ocean: The Last Hope earlier this year, publisher Square Enix today announced that an "International" edition of tri-Ace's sci-fi action-RPG will arrive worldwide on PlayStation 3 come February 9, 2010.

The long-expected PlayStation 3 edition (Square never billed the game as an Xbox 360 exclusive) will bundle a variety of language choices--"English and Japanese voice options" and "English, French, Italian, German, Spanish and Japanese language options"--and apparently packs a new auto-targeting feature.

Nearly identical fact sheets for the earlier Xbox 360 and upcoming PlayStation 3 editions can be found below, illustrating how "amazing graphics and visual effects only possible on Xbox 360" have been replaced with "amazing graphics through Blu-ray Disc."

PlayStation 3 Fact Sheet (September 16, 2009)

  • Combines sci-fi and fantasy elements, spanning multiple planets and

    the vastness of space itself to recount the origins of the STAR OCEAN

    universe

  • Item creation and Private Actions, two hallmarks of the STAR OCEAN

    franchise, also make their return, allowing for players to enjoy

    upgraded versions of both systems

  • Exhilarating combat expands upon the franchise's dynamic real-time

    battle system, now featuring amazing graphics through Blu-ray Disc

  • Up to four characters can take part in battles simultaneously and

    party members can be switched mid-battle

  • New Blindside battle system fuses evasion and offense, enabling

    players to confuse and ambush enemies by quickly moving out of their

    line of sight when targeted

  • Pilot the Calnus spaceship for the first time in the series and

    journey to various planets of the STAR OCEAN universe

  • Features breathtaking CG movies by Visual Works, the cutting-edge

    studio whose previous work includes cut scenes for the acclaimed FINAL

    FANTASY series

  • In addition to English and Japanese voice options, the PlayStation 3

    system version will include English, French, Italian, German, Spanish

    and Japanese language options for STAR OCEAN fans around the world

  • Xbox 360 Fact Sheet (February 24, 2009)

  • Combines sci-fi and fantasy elements, spanning multiple planets and

    the

    vastness of space itself to recount the origins of the STAR OCEAN

    universe

  • Item creation and Private Actions, two hallmarks of the STAR OCEAN

    franchise, also make their return, allowing for players to enjoy

    upgraded versions of both systems

  • Exhilarating combat expands upon the franchise's dynamic real-time

    battle system, now featuring amazing graphics and visual effects only

    possible on Xbox 360

  • Up to four characters can take part in battles simultaneously and

    party

    members can be switched mid-battle

  • New Blindside battle system fuses evasion and offense, enabling

    players

    to confuse and ambush enemies by quickly moving out of their line of

    sight when targeted

  • Freely pilot the Calnus spaceship for the first time in the series and

    journey to various planets of the STAR OCEAN universe

  • Features breathtaking CG movies by Visual Works, the cutting-edge

    studio

    whose previous work includes cutscenes for the acclaimed FINAL

    FANTASY(R) series

  • Chris Faylor was previously a games journalist creating content at Shacknews.

    From The Chatty
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      September 16, 2009 12:49 PM

      Worldwide? Nice, I hope the 360 gamers "beta tested" this game enough because I heard a fair amount of complaints about it and with some tweaks and polish it could be as good as the PS2 games. I'm thinking this release won't matter much anyway as FF-XIII should be close to release at that point.

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        September 16, 2009 1:09 PM

        My only issue with the game was the uninspired world design. The combat was pretty fun and the story was okay.

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