Star Ocean: The Last Hope Full HD Remaster

Despite the "not supported" warning, works great on steamdeck, and looks amazing when supersampled on desktop.

An underrated game. Weak story, but it overcompensates with a fun battle system, a top-tier prog rock soundtrack and beautiful visuals that still hold up today. Highly recommended.

Didn't review this game after playing it as it left me a very lukewarm sensation.
I won't extend myself as there are many other reviews out there, so I will give my general impression.
- Most characters have typical anime traits, in a bad way, and their personality can get quite annoying if that's not your cup of tea.
- Story is mostly bland and predictable. The "redemption arc" for some characters is quite half-assed.
- Level design is mediocre in general, but some locations are beautifully made, aesthetics wise. Makes you want to check all the corners.
- Battles can be notably fun and addictive. Each character has their own battle style, similar to other SO games. Some of them are clearly easier/more fun to use.
- Some battle mechanics can be hard to understand, partially due to badly designed tutorials. The game starts with a LONG tutorial, which makes the mechanics feel more complex than they should. One of the worst possible ways to start an RPG.
In short: The game has many points that could be improved, but it's still fun enough to make you want to complete the story.
Also, it plays perfectly on Steam Deck. I preferred it over a bigger PC screen.

Honestly this is my favorite Sar Ocean game. Played it on my Xbox 360 back when it first released and now i'm going through it on steam. Others saying the battle parts are clunky because of this DRM isn't true on my end. This game runs smooth. Graphics are good and the story is great. If you haven't tried this one yet you have to give it a shot. Specially when it goes on sale for just $6.29 though i'd say it's worth picking up at full price.

This is a great game i have played it through four times before on different systems. I have played all of the Star Ocean games in the past so I bought this on steam as soon as i seen it.

A great entry into star ocean! Interesting story with some good characters. Fun combat and exploration!

I am playing this game on the steam deck LCD and I'm very much enjoying it so far. I'm about a dozen hours into the game and it's really enjoyable.
This is a 4K remaster and that means that the visuals on the game look amazing! I usually don't notice the visual so much but that was a huge selling point for me on this game. Like The Moment I Saw what it looks like I was like I have to have that game cuz it looks so good.
The game a typical Star Ocean game with exploration of different planets, and a really good story.
The game runs perfectly on the steam deck as soon as it's installed and doesn't need any tweaks or changes to the controls.
The only downside to the game The fact that A lot of the dungeon areas are really expansive And it can take a long while Get from one area to another and then backtrack.
And also in certain dungeons there can just be too much combat which can make it a little difficult to make any progress.
But other than that I'm really enjoying the game and Highly recommend it.
It has an install size of 50 gig

Totally forgot this was the 1st entry in the timeline before I started playing the series with 2. Its a good story for sure, and the item creation was still cool even coming after Till The End Of Time. I will say i wish we got more basic attacks in the combos but its whatever. If you dont want to spend 30m on a boss you dont have to, and it definitely rewards you for exploring, all the good stuff seemed locked behind harder to access chests. All in all its worth your time but still try to get it on sale.