- March 31, 2016
- tri-Ace
Star Ocean: Integrity and Faithlessness
While Star Ocean: Integrity and Faithlessness pulls together a strong story and great gameplay, it's plauged by technical issues.
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Star Ocean: Integrity and Faithlessness is a single player role playing game with fantasy and science fiction themes. It was developed by tri-Ace and was released on March 31, 2016. It received mostly positive reviews from critics and negative reviews from players.
STAR OCEAN, the epic, sci-fi RPG saga that takes players to the stars and beyond, makes its triumphant return with its forthcoming fifth installment in the series. The title is developed by tri-Ace, the celebrated studio behind each of the previous iterations, with character designs by akiman (Akira Yasuda).
- Combat is highly enjoyable and offers a frenetic battle system that keeps players engaged.
- Gorgeous visuals and character design enhance the overall experience.
- The game features a solid, lengthy campaign with a variety of roles to unlock and generally good AI for teammates.
- The story and characters are shallow, with uninspired missions and a lack of depth.
- Technical issues and uneven production values detract from the overall experience.
- The game feels repetitive with mindless combat, backtracking, and a small world scope.
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The story in "Star Ocean: Integrity and Faithlessness" is criticized for being shallow and cliched, with uninspired missions and weak character development. Many reviewers note that the world feels empty and lacks depth, leading to a disjointed experience exacerbated by technical issues. Overall, while the game has potential, its storytelling and delivery fall short, resulting in a lack of originality and engagement.
“While Star Ocean: Integrity and Faithlessness pulls together a strong story and great gameplay, it's plagued by technical issues.”
“Shallow, cliched characters, the world feels empty, uninspired missions, and audio and visual mishaps yank you from the experience.”
“Mindless combat, no point to exploring the barren worlds, weak story, and too much backtracking.”
“Star Ocean: Integrity and Faithlessness isn’t a terrible game by any means, but is let down by some poor storytelling, dreadful delivery, and a lack of originality.”
Star Ocean: Integrity and Faithlessness GBAtemp review
It seems Star Ocean fans are let down once again, with another mediocre entry for the series. This is hard to recommend, even to hardcore JRPG fans. Stale combat, and other gameplay issues ultimately prevent this game from being able to stand up with previous, more enjoyable Star Ocean titles.
58%Star Ocean: Integrity and Faithlessness Review
Integrity and Faithlessness is a much faster game than previous Star Ocean entries, but it sacrifices narrative and contextual depth for it. There are a few interesting but unsuccessful design choices here which let the game down, but it mostly makes up for its shortcomings with a frenetic battle system, excellent character design, and a standout soundtrack. It's a little bit vague, and it's a little bit shallow, but there's still plenty of fun to be had in tri-Ace's latest, and for newcomers, it's by far the most approachable entry in the series.
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Star Ocean: Integrity and Faithlessness is a role playing game with fantasy and science fiction themes.
Star Ocean: Integrity and Faithlessness is available on PlayStation 5, PlayStation 4, PlayStation 3 and PlayStation.
Star Ocean: Integrity and Faithlessness was released on March 31, 2016.
Star Ocean: Integrity and Faithlessness was developed by tri-Ace.
Star Ocean: Integrity and Faithlessness has received mostly positive reviews from players and mostly positive reviews from critics. Most players liked this game for its music but disliked it for its story.
Star Ocean: Integrity and Faithlessness is a single player game.
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