Star Ocean 3: Till the End of Time

 PlayStation 4
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7.8

Generally favorable reviews- based on 42 Ratings

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  1. Positive: 30 out of 42
  2. Mixed: 6 out of 42
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  1. VendonJura
    Sep 27, 2018
    10
    Star Ocean 3 was in my opinion one of the best rpg games ever made. You had allot of hidden stuff you could explore. Many characters and an arena. I can't tell how many thousands of hour I've been playing this game but it was allot. The only 3 things I did not like in this game was

    1. When your MP reached 0 you died. Totally annoying 2. Some very long dungeons did not have any    Star Ocean 3 was in my opinion one of the best rpg games ever made. You had allot of hidden stuff you could explore. Many characters and an arena. I can't tell how many thousands of hour I've been playing this game but it was allot. The only 3 things I did not like in this game was

    1. When your MP reached 0 you died. Totally annoying

    2. Some very long dungeons did not have any Savecores where you could save your progress. Very huge dungeons had a very high chance that the game freezes or something else so you've done all the hour of work for nothing. This happened to me billion times.

    3. Sadly Square Enix messed up the Remaster version so you are not able to set the volume, sounds like you would wish to. So playing this game on PS4 while having a party conversation is a pain. The dialogs volume is like 60% and music and the rest is at 100% that's make it hard to understand what the character are actually talking about.

    But after all that Square failed with the Remastered Version just because of the volume sadness the game itself is just godlike. Star Ocean games for ever    … Expand
  2. Djarfr55
    Jul 25, 2020
    10
    This was my favorite game as a kid until I was older and RDR2 came out. Combat is fast paced and has some depth to it but certain tricks must be discovered. The game doesnt explain the deeper combat exploits. Also with crafting it is very in depth but once again the game does not explain how to craft certain items. The story is very creative and shows some of the dilemmas of civilizationsThis was my favorite game as a kid until I was older and RDR2 came out. Combat is fast paced and has some depth to it but certain tricks must be discovered. The game doesnt explain the deeper combat exploits. Also with crafting it is very in depth but once again the game does not explain how to craft certain items. The story is very creative and shows some of the dilemmas of civilizations with space travel interacting with underdeveloped worlds. This game was definately ahead of its time in 2004. 10/10 for me.… Expand
  3. Quina
    Jun 12, 2017
    9
    One of my favorite RPGs from the PS2 era, ported to PS4 with improved visuals and loading times? This was an auto-win and it did not disappoint. I devoured this version of Star Ocean 3 within days.

    As far as I could tell, everything gameplay-wise was pretty much the same as in the original release. Although it would have been super awesome if they had added some new optional content    One of my favorite RPGs from the PS2 era, ported to PS4 with improved visuals and loading times? This was an auto-win and it did not disappoint. I devoured this version of Star Ocean 3 within days.

    As far as I could tell, everything gameplay-wise was pretty much the same as in the original release. Although it would have been super awesome if they had added some new optional content like more character outfits (they could have enabled us to equip the trading card costumes in the story mode) or a new secret megaboss, stronger than the former strongest secret megaboss.

    Can't recommend this purchase more! Old but gold, and miles better than most RPGs released over a decade later than the original SO3.    … Expand
  4. artificeprime
    Jul 15, 2017
    6
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Star Ocean 3 is a pretty mediocre JRPG. While it isn't a bad game and offers a long decent quest with some good ideas, almost nothing about it stands out to me as exceptional. The combat is enjoyable enough but inferior to similar styles of action RPGs like the Tales games. The story starts out promising but is ultimately a major disappointment. The game has, in my opinion, one of the worst twists in an RPG because it makes almost everything that you have done up to that point seem meaningless. On the plus side it is foreshadowed but it is still disappointing. Another problem I had with the game is that several sections needlessly drag. There is a lot of content but a fair amount of it I didn't care about so I was often demotivated from playing.

    The gameplay is decent fun but I have played so many RPGs with better combat. I quickly found that it got repetitive and while there were some cool abilities there weren't nearly enough for such a long game. The menus and such are functional but once again they just seemed standard to me. There were a few good boss battles but the final boss is disappointing. The game taking place across multiple worlds offers a good variety of enemy types though. The crafting is decent but I found it needlessly complicated compared to other RPGs.

    The story started off quite intriguing, the idea of someone from an advanced civilization crashing on a medieval world creates some really interesting possibilities. Some of the early interactions were pretty enjoyable but as the game goes on the story gets progressively more bizarre and less inspired. The main problem that your characters are facing, which initially intrigued me, is eventually revealed to be something entirely different and not in a good way. The plot twist made almost all the details of the story seem irrelevant.

    There are a good variety of characters but few of them seemed to be very well developed. Fayt is a pretty standard protagonist without much about his identity that felt inspired. The characters overall seemed inferior when compared to the Tales games, Final Fantasy games, or the Xenosaga games.

    Visual Design is pretty good in some areas but I found that many of the characters had an unappealing look. They were clearly going for an anime style but for some reason many of the characters have big foreheads and small lower faces, the proportions just don't look appealing. Other than that most of the environments and monsters look pretty good. There are some really interesting environments.

    The sound design is pretty mediocre. The voice acting is below average. The music is pretty good but sometimes I found that it didn't match with the scenes as well as it could have. Still it gets some points for at least having a lot of spoken dialog and the sound track does have some good songs.

    Overall, I liked this game fine, I spent over 50 hours playing it and I enjoyed it well enough, I just think that there are many far better RPGs.

    I give it 61%

    Gameplay - 5
    Story - 6
    World - 6
    Characters - 6
    Visual Style - 7
    Sound Design - 6
    Uniqueness/Ideas - 7
    Length/Amount of Content - 8
    Immersion - 5
    X-Factor 5    … Expand
  5. TheDestroyer
    Feb 2, 2018
    5
    The legendary game that I would have given a full 10 out of 10 too on the PS2 version back then, but can't do that here on PS4. No 10 out of 10 to be found here. Why? You ask? Because it crashed on me 4 times in less than an hour! Other players are having it just as bad. This burden alone overshadows anything excellent it would have had. Forget the story! Forget the graphics! Forget theThe legendary game that I would have given a full 10 out of 10 too on the PS2 version back then, but can't do that here on PS4. No 10 out of 10 to be found here. Why? You ask? Because it crashed on me 4 times in less than an hour! Other players are having it just as bad. This burden alone overshadows anything excellent it would have had. Forget the story! Forget the graphics! Forget the gameplay! Infact, forget everything. Don't buy it until Tri-Ace decides to patch the bloody thing.… Expand
  6. kingshark
    Mar 17, 2021
    9
    I played this game as a teen and loved it. Had no idea what I was doing and it kccked my ass. I came back as an adult and was able to not get my ass so kicked! Don't know if it's nostalgia but old games had this way of kicking your ass but keeping you coming back for more. My favorite games are ff7 and dark souls and I feel this is a good mix. Not a souls like at al but the sameI played this game as a teen and loved it. Had no idea what I was doing and it kccked my ass. I came back as an adult and was able to not get my ass so kicked! Don't know if it's nostalgia but old games had this way of kicking your ass but keeping you coming back for more. My favorite games are ff7 and dark souls and I feel this is a good mix. Not a souls like at al but the same addictive "I am going to beat this boss no matter what" kind of feeling and the battle gauge adds a real fun risk factor. Don't get me wrong it's got a lot of dated mechanics and pet hates. My biggest one is having a place with 16 areas and only one is worth investigating but then also having some areas with 17 places to check and a rediculos item hidden one. Overall if you like jrpgs with active combat I recommend it. If you can get past cheesy graphics the game play is addictive and the story is different, not amazing but different.… Expand
  7. Adriella01
    Feb 22, 2020
    8
    "Till the end of time" is the best Star Ocean titel within the series. As it is now almost 17 years old, it does not perform high compared to other 2017 game standards. But for an old RPG classic it is still gold and offers plenty of gameplay time and a nice sci-fi story with a breaking twist.
  8. Lufia
    Jul 7, 2023
    10
    As always, an awesome Star Ocean game. The only bad thing in this game is the MP mechanic that causes your character to die when you reach 0 MP in a battle.

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Mixed or average reviews - based on 5 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 2 out of 5
  2. Mixed: 3 out of 5
  3. Negative: 0 out of 5
  1. Worth Playing
    Aug 15, 2017
    70
    All in all, Star Ocean: Till the End of Time is an adequate and enjoyable JRPG. Nothing about the game or the port is particularly exceptional, but aside from one particularly controversial plot twist, it doesn't do anything particularly wrong, either. It's a fun JRPG with a lot of replay value, and anyone looking for a nostalgic trip or to experience a somewhat obscure game will have a good time. A higher-quality remaster or port could've done a lot to elevate the game to the next level.
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  2. The Digital Fix
    Jun 15, 2017
    60
    If you’re a fan of the series and didn’t get to experience it on PS2, you’ll want to pick up Till The End Of Time purely due to it being the series’ highlight. Otherwise, this third entry will be a divisive one, even amongst those who love JRPGs. Its combat is good, but everything else is simply unremarkable, and a basic port only serves to highlight how far game design has come since its release.
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  3. SpazioGames
    Jun 8, 2017
    80
    Even with its issues, Star Ocean: Till the End of Time is still a great and enjoyable jrpg, and also one of the most revolutionary ones, even by today's standards.
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