This is good, because crafting itself is both a long and tedious process of learning or inventing recipes and finding the correct parts to do so. This gem acts as an accessory, and it allows the player more options for how they gain equipment. Shop orders are all about finding rare items ship data is all about interacting with specific spots in the environment while monster data is one of the more enjoyable ones, as every time the player kills a certain amount of monsters, they can fuse the monster data to a gem. Everything is extremely missable, and because the game doesn't track things all that well, it can be annoying trying to complete all of the side content.Īlso, the side content is largely just finding things. This is because of the side content, such as 900 battle trophies, over 300 craftable items, and a lot of treasure chests to open. If you've ever even passively paid attention to trophies or achievements, you have likely already heard of The Last Hope. It's a minor annoyance, and these fights really stand out as being both smart and challenging.Īside from the main story, there's a ridiculous amount of side content, although it's not going to entice everyone. The life meter is there, but instead of showing the boss' health, it just has question marks and never counts down as the boss takes damage. The worst part of the bosses is that they do not have a life meter like all other enemies do. For this writer, it's frustrating, but critical to making battles more strategic and thoughtful. Bosses have weak spots that must be exploited (although this being smart design or an absolute nuisance is really up to the player to decide). This results in a lot of needless deaths, which results in the player having to stop whatever they are doing and revive a fallen teammate, who is likely to be dead again in moments.Īgain, button mashers beware, The Last Hope is not kind. The AI doesn't seem to notice this, and runs in, flailing like a scared child on Halloween. During the second big boss fight, for instance, it's important to keep your distance. The AI seems dead set on haphazardly running into danger pretty much all of the time. The less fun part comes from the AI controlling your teammates.Īs the player is only able to control one party member at a time (although they can change control whenever they want), the remainder are controlled by AI. Skills (all of which can be boosted over time), Blindsides (a way to swoop around the enemy and attack from behind), and learning how to manage your parties attacks, are all extremely critical and fun. Getting good at balancing attacks is important, as you can't just mash the attack over and over without the controlled character having to stop momentarily. There's non-English voice acting, and there's also a summary of every cut-scene if you skip it, but still, it's all a little weird.Ĭombat is always an important feature in an RPG, and it shines brightly here, at least for the most part.
Mixed with the awful English voice acting, it's hard to enjoy most of the cut-scenes without feeling like you're watching possessed porcelain dolls come up with a plan to thwart the Justice League. It's like the artistic team wanted to transfer Till The End of Times' anime attributes onto real people, and the result is kind of creepy. Characters have a certain marionette puppet quality to them.
This same degree of care doesn't shine quite as well when talking about the character models.
Early towns, like Woodley, feel like they were ripped out of small town Kentucky, while a nearby temple feels like a lost ruin of an ancient civilisation. This same care goes into every building and town. Beautiful lighting (it's insane, honestly) makes every environment look crisp, clean and, above all else, very real. Every environment is positively enormous deep forests, beautiful snowy lands, terrifying alien ships. Star Ocean is a series that often basks in how big it is, and The Last Hope is no exception. Together, they will explore the universe, meeting friends, saving civilisations, and fist pumping every time they kill even the lowliest of woodland squirrel. By his side is Reimi Saionji, a lifelike friend and apparent Final Fantasy VIII cosplay enthusiast. Still, he's now in charge of exploring the universe. He's blonde, he's bold, and he's barely old enough to rent a car. A young man, soaked from head to toe in the very juices that create J-RPG stereotypes.
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