'Star Ocean 5' News: Sequel is Coming to PS3 and PS4
Square Enix recently announced that a sequel to the action role-playing game "Star Ocean" is being developed for PS3 and PS4. The sequel entitled "Star Ocean 5: Integrity and Faithlessness" was revealed on April 15, after several days of hints on the teaser site set up by Square Enix.
The fifth installment in the "Star Ocean" game franchise comes six years after the previous installment "Star Ocean: Last Hope" which was released in 2009. Although a release date has yet to be announced, Square Enix and the game's developer, Tri-Ace have initially shared some screenshots of the game.
According to a report in Kotaku, the main character designer, the artist Akiman, designed all the character in the sequel. The game is set between the events of Star Ocean 2 and Star Ocean 3 and takes place in an uninhabited planet called Faicreed, which is 6,000 light years away from the Earth.
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The game's prologue, when translated in English, reveals the following: "Centuries after leaving Earth, after a multitude of trials, with the creation and spread of the 'Galactic Federation', humanity was on the verge of unified order and peace. But the embers of conflict have begun to burn again. Over 6,000 light years from Earth, on the unsettled planet, 'Faicreed.' Just as so many times before, the waves of history begin from a remote planet."
Space travel still remains as the main premise of the game. It also supposedly retains its real time battle strategies, which it was a pioneer of since the first 1996 "Star Ocean" game. Its use of real time battle engines allows for "seamless real time battles" which meant that all characters "are fully mobile in three dimensions, can dodge and chase foes, and must cast their spells and deploy attacks despite enemy harassment."
The game's main protagonist, Fidel Camus returns as well as his childhood friend, Miki. They meet new playable characters along the way. A report in DualShockers says that some of the game's screenshots also show non-playable characters who are somehow involved in battles.
