Star Ocean: The Divine Force

 Xbox Series X
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5.4

Mixed or average reviews- based on 24 Ratings

User score distribution:
  1. Positive: 10 out of 24
  2. Mixed: 3 out of 24
  3. Negative: 11 out of 24
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  1. Hazking
    Oct 28, 2022
    7
    As for this game....ok but performance could be better.
  2. RyKooda
    Nov 25, 2022
    7
    One of my favorite JRPGs in a while. That being said, the game does fall short in several areas.

    Graphics: First, there are the graphics. I did not feel like I was playing a game on the Xbox Series S. It felt much more like a game from 2 generations ago. That being said, the graphics were fine but not phenomenal. Story: I enjoyed the story and the characters. Motivations did not make    One of my favorite JRPGs in a while. That being said, the game does fall short in several areas.

    Graphics: First, there are the graphics. I did not feel like I was playing a game on the Xbox Series S. It felt much more like a game from 2 generations ago. That being said, the graphics were fine but not phenomenal.

    Story: I enjoyed the story and the characters. Motivations did not make sense to me at times, but it came together overall.

    Pacing: This is probably my biggest hangup with the game. The beginning of the game was great. The enemies were fun to fight. I was trekking through open areas and finding loot and D.U.M.A points. Then I hit a point where the game was mostly dialogue and very linear progression. Had I started the game in the back half, I wouldn't have finished it. Worse, the game can be completely broken through the crafting system. They really needed to flesh that out more before releasing it.

    Combat: This was my favorite part of the game. While there isn't a lot of depth, (which is a good thing when so many JRPGs have incredibly convoluted combat), you are free to invest in whichever skills you wish to use and combo them how you see fit. The D.U.M.A also lets you dash into combat and blindside enemies temporarily stunning them. Your skill usage is governed by how much AP you have, and your AP bar increases or decreases based on you taking damage and blindsiding enemies. This can be frustrating at times as during boss fights your AP gauge will likely be at a minimum--and that is when you need high AP the most!

    This is an enjoyable game, and I do recommend it. However, it definitely could have been better.    … Expand

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  1. TheXboxHub
    Nov 23, 2022
    70
    The story starts slow, but picks up pace, and the combat is fun, so Star Ocean The Divine Force does enough to get a decent mark in my book, without ever threatening to set the world on fire.
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  2. SomosXbox
    Nov 14, 2022
    70
    Star Ocean The Divine Force is a pure action JRPG experience that takes the original formula of the saga and updates many of the sections to provide the user with a fairly decent role-playing game. However, it is not safe from technical failures, since on many occasions, the action in combat does not work as expected.
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  3. Generación Xbox
    Nov 7, 2022
    78
    Star Ocean: The Divine Force soars through the stars, carried by the gentle breeze of a great combat system and a world of possibilities.
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