
It wasn’t that the voice acting was particularly bad on the Japanese side of things, but their victory dialogue quickly became tedious after hours upon hours of grinding. The ability to mute specific characters during combat was something I did frequently throughout the game. I found myself swapping to the Japanese voices fairly early on and eventually made use of the selective muting feature found in the system menu. Even these small additions made revisiting Star Ocean The Last Hope all the more enjoyable.Īdditionally, the inclusion of content packaged with Star Ocean The Last Hope International, such as the Japanese voice acting, contributed to an overall better experience. Combat effects are especially vibrant and add to a greater sense of enjoyment even while trudging through a tedious amount of grinding. The combat is far more fluid than the versions on PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360, allowing for battles to fulfill their true potential. The highly detailed outfits and designs of Star Ocean The Last Hope’s main cast look great in 4K and the game functions exceptionally well. While there were some stray shadows due to unclean renders of bangs for certain characters in very specific lighting, this is something that can be easily overlooked. Character models also benefited from these enhancements. Environments were generally brighter and more immersive. I quickly turned these new settings on and found that the environments were crisper, cleaner, and benefited from the extra bloom.


This port to both PlayStation 4 and PC provide a handful of new visual features that can be accessed through the menu.

#STAR OCEAN LAST HOPE CHARACTERS UPGRADE#
While the base game is wholly the same when compared to Star Ocean The Last Hope International, I found the upgrade to the game’s visuals to be the most stand-out part of this re-release. I sunk a good amount of time into Star Ocean The Last Hope 4K and Full HD Remaster.
