Star Ocean: Integrity and Faithlessness carries a weight of expectation that it is incapable of satisfying. A legacy JRPG franchise, published by Square Enix, should have some meaning, but here it translates to pure mediocrity. Series fans may find some brighter elements to latch onto, but for JRPG stalwarts there are far better examples of the gen...
Star Ocean: Integrity and Faithlessness2016
Star Ocean: Integrity and Faithlessness
2016 Square Enix59Mediocre
Playtime
LongTypically 40 hours
Playable on
Available on
- $29.99
Game modes
Details
- Launch
- early 2016
- Developer
- tri-Ace
- Publisher
- Square Enix
Overview
A science-fiction action role-playing game and the fifth main entry in the Star Ocean series. Combat is real-time, letting the player control and switch between a party of up to seven characters, with cutscenes and battles designed to flow together without breaks. The game carries over series staples such as item creation and choices that shape how the story develops, including multiple endings.
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Reception
Press59
Mediocre- Metacritic58from 68 reviews
- OpenCritic60from 47 reviews
Even with all of its shortcomings the game kept me interested to its end. It just doesn’t feel like a full-priced title.
Old school to a fault, the worst thing about this Japanese role-player is it doesn’t seem to have any idea just how clichéd and outdated it really is.
Star Ocean: Integrity and Faithlessness is essentially JRPG comfort food.
Star Ocean returns with its fifth installment, but after 20 years its evolution has not been quite good. The AI is terrible, the mechanics are really repetitive and the story is pretty dull. Only the players that enjoy the classic JRPG games will have fun with this one.