A Supernova of Star Ocean screenshots!

Those who frequent this blog know by now that I have a nasty habit of making promises I can't keep, so I'm not going to promise any new "player diary" postings on Star Ocean for the immediate future.

Seeing as I did, however, highlight the game's graphical granduer along with its rather seemingly dystopian storyline, I'd welcome anyone interested in the veracity of those claims to view the game's promotional trailer and screenshots (as seen here) both of which, I think, validate my claims from yesterday's postings.







Heck, even the game's boxart is beautiful!



St. John of the Cross, pray for us!

A False Hope?

My dad bought me a copy of Star Ocean: The Last Hope as an early birthday present for me yesterday. I played it for about 2 hours so far; the graphics are great, the music fits the whole Space Odyssey thematic, but the one thing that's struck me so far is the game's story: man destroys the planet earth in a cataclysmic WWIII, then builds a huge space station in the hopes of colonizing other planets...reminds me of the Tower of Babel story from Genesis (which I just happen to be studying in my Old Testament class at Loyola!) Man constantly tries to make himself into a God, and constantly fails (and the story of Star Ocean thus far is demonstrating that all too candidly!)

I hope to have more on this game in the coming days (no pun intended!). St. Kasimir, pray for us!