Star Ocean: The Divine Force

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  • Summary: STAR OCEAN THE DIVINE FORCE features an original story with two individual narratives and many playable characters, a unique combat system, and the freedom to soar in the skies and explore planets.

    Featuring a blend of sci-fi and fantasy, this fresh Action RPG has challenging yet thrilling    STAR OCEAN THE DIVINE FORCE features an original story with two individual narratives and many playable characters, a unique combat system, and the freedom to soar in the skies and explore planets.

    Featuring a blend of sci-fi and fantasy, this fresh Action RPG has challenging yet thrilling battle experiences, with high-speed movement in 360-degree!

    Meet Raymond as he crashes onto an unfamiliar planet from his spaceship and is immediately attacked by some unfriendly local wildlife. Coming to his rescue is Laeticia, the crown princess of the Kingdom of Aucerius.

    Together, those two protagonists will challenge the fate of the Kingdom and their choices will have repercussions all over the galaxies...    … Expand

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Critic Reviews

Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 1 out of 6
  2. Mixed: 5 out of 6
  3. Negative: 0 out of 6
  1. KeenGamer
    Dec 1, 2022
    90
    Star Ocean: The Divine Force is the breath of fresh air Star Ocean fans have been waiting for. The storytelling is satisfying and fun, the gameplay is innovative and exciting, and the visuals are colorful and fantastical! Even further, The Divine Force offers a beautiful soundtrack and a handful of challenging battles that ultimately provide a very rewarding experience! Although there are some imperfections, The Divine Force is a magnificent installment in the Star Ocean series!
  2. PCMag
    Nov 9, 2022
    70
    The Divine Force refines the Star Ocean series' combat and exploration to deliver a sci-fi tale with engaging, action-focused gameplay, but a few of the franchise's longstanding flaws persist.
  3. COGconnected
    Nov 18, 2022
    65
    I would only recommend this game to forgiving action JRPG fans and series veterans. This sucks because I adore the story and the flight mechanics. Unfortunately, the game’s iffy presentation ruins a lot.
  4. ZTGD
    Nov 23, 2022
    65
    Due to a myriad of issues both big and small, Star Ocean: The Divine Force feels less like a step in the right direction but instead, a stumble towards the goal. Still, the excellent combat and a more enjoyable story shows that there is still life amongst the stars and I sincerely hope that the series will continue and improve even further.
  5. PC Invasion
    Nov 4, 2022
    60
    Star Ocean: The Divine Force has exciting combat mechanics and a fun traversal system, but it's hampered by poor performance, bland cutscenes, and questionable pacing.
  6. Hooked Gamers
    Dec 6, 2022
    60
    I have seen this game described as an "Open World", which is categorically untrue. While the level design has a degree of openness to them, giving the player multiple routes to reach their objective they are still decidedly structured. There is no seeing a mountain off in the distance and walking until you reach its summit. This is not a complaint, as I tend to prefer a smaller, crafted level with multiple pathways to a sprawling sandbox with little structure or logic. It helps that the game gives you some interesting travel mechanics to get around as well. After the first boss, you get a mechanical device that follows you around and allows you to fly for short periods of time, which is probably the single most enjoyable part of the whole game. I never got tired of zipping up cliff faces or floating onto the weird hovering islands that inexplicably dot the landscape. The game encourages this by sprinkling upgrade tokens and items but if I'm being honest I probably would have done it without them.

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Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 9 out of 12
  2. Mixed: 0 out of 12
  3. Negative: 3 out of 12
  1. Itsmine
    Oct 31, 2022
    10
    I've put about 10 hours into this game so far it's been great I would recommend it
  2. PersonAHAHAH
    Nov 5, 2022
    10
    Great game I really loved it.
    the +
    - battle system - script - lifetime - we want to play the other opuses of the saga The lessers -    Great game I really loved it.
    the +
    - battle system
    - script
    - lifetime
    - we want to play the other opuses of the saga

    The lessers
    - a little aliasing (but it's not annoying)
    -drops in fps (but it's not annoying either)

    I highly recommend this game if you are curious, it is available on PS4/PS5, XBOX one/ serie XS & PC on steam    … Expand
  4. lenneth4
    Oct 29, 2022
    10
    This game is my GOTY, the Duma gameplay changes everything once you get it and adds even more fun than before, fun during battles and funThis game is my GOTY, the Duma gameplay changes everything once you get it and adds even more fun than before, fun during battles and fun during exploration.… Expand
  5. marcila
    Nov 20, 2022
    8
    Intriguing plot and interesting characters. Generic battles are too easy, but some bosses give enough of a challenge. Game however is notIntriguing plot and interesting characters. Generic battles are too easy, but some bosses give enough of a challenge. Game however is not optimized for PC, expect to recompile shaders from time to time but it doesn't take away too much from the game from my perspective.… Expand
  6. Claymoresmash
    Mar 15, 2023
    8
    The good news is that it is better than 5, and maybe even 4. It's in a close race with 3 and 1, but can't beat out 2 at all. You'll stayThe good news is that it is better than 5, and maybe even 4. It's in a close race with 3 and 1, but can't beat out 2 at all. You'll stay engaged because of the great characters (Laeticia and Raymond carry the theme and story along), but you might lose focus due to all the backtracking and trying to find private events. Still, a much better showing than the last one, and a lot, A LOT, more effort, time, and planning went into this game than 5. If you're a Star Ocean fan, I highly recommend it.… Expand
  7. Plipd
    Dec 15, 2022
    8
    Pretty impressed what Tri-Ace delivered on budget!
    Main story is by far not the best from the series, it's a bit short and I would love to    Pretty impressed what Tri-Ace delivered on budget!
    Main story is by far not the best from the series, it's a bit short and I would love to see twists like in SO2 and SO3, but anyway not bad. Open areas could have more enemies and things to discover, but it's okay. Besides that it is way to easy to rush through the story if you are leveled a bit, enemies stand no chance. BUT: Battles are awesome, voice acting is awesome, skills and leveling is great and when it comes to item creation(a bit too much rng): there are so many different factors to play with while synthesizing. Buffs gained from Item Creation are crazy!

    So far I like this Star Ocean a lot, it has a lot of improvements, but lacks at some points (latest update for steam removes most of the performance problems!).

    But for me it was a very good game which caught me already for ~70h.    … Expand
  8. Tzelanit
    Nov 8, 2022
    0
    Yet another mediocre JRPG, and another bad entry for a series that had its legacy destroyed. It's amazing that The Second Story was the lastYet another mediocre JRPG, and another bad entry for a series that had its legacy destroyed. It's amazing that The Second Story was the last good Star Ocean game, but people keep paying tri-Ace and Square Enix, who've been past their prime for over a decade now, to keep pumping out terrible entries.

    Looks like a PS3 game when things get busy on the screen, and barely reaches PS4 levels of fidelity if standing perfectly still in an empty area. The optimization is garbage, so there are a lot of rough edges and performance dips.

    The story is more standard generic Star Ocean: someone on a space fleet gets stranded on a redneck planet and uncovers a plot that affects the universe, so everyone has to come together to stop this threat. So, typical Saturday morning weeb garbage that only 9-year-olds or emotionally-addled teenagers would give a score of a 10 to.

    The gameplay starts off strong and then devolves into a repetitive whack-a-mole against traditional Japanese design principles: AKA bosses being damage sponges who only really threaten you because they drag out a fight and expend your resources.

    The series should've stopped a long time ago, but the 14 people still playing this series who started with Til the End of Time who think THAT'S what Star Ocean should be keep signaling to these greedy developers that they're willing to pay literally any amount of money to have their nostalgia stroked.

    Hard pass. Waste of money unless you're either physically or emotionally a child and are easily impressed by pretty colors and simple stories with predictable outcomes.    … Expand

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