JRPG Star Ocean: The Divine Force will not be part of this week's State of Play livestream, Square Enix has essentially confirmed. In a post from the series' official Twitter account, it's announced the next reveal will take place in late June.
"We are working diligently to meet your expectations. I would appreciate it if you could give me some time," the tweet says. Since the game was originally confirmed during a State of Play presentation, a second appearance would have seemed like a fairly safe bet prior to this news. Now fans must wait a little longer for the next piece of information.
That's not to say Square Enix will be skipping the show entirely, however. The publisher has debuted quite a few of its titles during State of Play livestreams, with the two latest ones being The DioField Chronicle and Valkyrie Elysium. The confirmation more Star Ocean: The Divine Force news is coming at the end of June could also suggest the Japanese company has its own show planned for that timeframe, but that's purely speculation. Either way, fans will just want to see Final Fantasy XVI.
Were you hoping to see Star Ocean: The Divine Force later this week? Change your prediction in the comments below.
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Tbh I can't see square enix releasing, star ocean, Forspoken, final fantasy 16, valkyrie elysium and diofield all this year, what would they have for 2023?
So yeah I reckon this is one of the games that will get the inevitable delay
They're saying this about Star Ocean but not FF16 or FF7R2, sooooo....
Great news for myself personally as have no interest in this title, but am glad those who are looking forward to the game have a clear timeframe to look toward seeing more!
@UltimateOtaku91 Don't underestimate Squares ability to produce games, the only other company that even competes with them in terms of games published would be Nintendo. They've already released Life is Strange Remastered, FF 6 Pixel remaster, Babylon's Fall, Chrono Cross, Triangle Strategy and the Centenial Case: A shijima story. Forspoken and Live a Live are coming this year 100% and I have a strong feeling Diofield Chronicles and Dragon Quest Treasures will also hit. Next year will be FF 16 if it doesn't come this year, if it doesn't maybe FF 7 Remake part 2 as the blockbuster. Valkyrie Elysium next year with Star Ocean, maybe DQ 3 HD 2d, another remaster with that art style and the nvidia leaked FF tactics remaster, wouldn't be surprised if another Kingdom Hearts spin-off comes as well. The more I type the more I realise how much of a powerhouse Square Enix is regardless if all of their titles are good or not, I'd say most of the games they've published this year are average to outstanding except Babylon's Fall. So I really wouldn't be worried about Square 2023 if I were you😉
Not sure why they are bothering to release a JRPG on xbox. Playstation gonna have a 95% split to carry sales again. Wondering when the merger of square into Sony is announced
I mean....it sucks for people who are looking forward to it, but for me it is great news, I have no interest whatsoever in this game, it looks roooooough. I've seen PS2 games with a better look.
Actually I thought about Star Ocean when this was announced
Glad they said this ahead of the State of Play as it would have been a bit disappointing for me if it hadn't shown up otherwise. Good that they're taking the time to make the game look better
Low key waiting for this title. When it was announced the chat I was in was like "wtf is star ocean".
Don't care if janky. Will play
I have been waiting to hear something, anything, about Star Ocean, It was said to be releasing this year but google can't find anything news related since the announcement. I highly doubt it releases in 2022 at this point, gotta find a new Christmas gift, won't be Zelda BotW 2.😝
That said, Star Ocean never even crossed my mind for this SoP as I've been so focused on GoW.😂
@AndyKazama "chat I was in was like "wtf is star ocean"."
Was that an Xbox chat? 😂
@rjejr it was actually the chat for PS5 trophies on yt. 🤣
After the last Star Ocean I'm veeery hesitant about this one. I want to believe.....
While it is a little disappointing that I’ll have to wait a little longer for more information on the new Star Ocean, I’m just happy and thankful that we received an update from the Star Ocean Twitter Account. It sounds like they’re working hard on it and want to please as many fans as possible. They won’t be able to please everyone, because very rarely does anything actually please everyone, but based on the footage we’ve seen and the updates from the developers, I think this new Star Ocean might have potential. I’m not expecting it to be one of the best in the series. I’m just hopeful that it’ll be better than Integrity and Faithlessness was. Integrity and Faithlessness was just okay. It had a lot of enjoyable aspects for me, but the overall game wasn’t as good as all the other Star Ocean titles. I’m hopeful that The Divine Force will be better, and based on what we’ve seen so far, I have hope.
@NEStalgia I skipped the last one. And I continue to sip it every time it's on sale and I read the bad reviews. I'm optimistic about this 1, at least it's not an emo boy band like FFXVI. 😝
@AndyKazama Those people should have their PS trophies revoked, there has been a SO game on every Sony console except Vita - PS1, PS2, PS3, PS4, PSP.
@rjejr The emo boy band is pure classic compared to the travesty of the last SO. I'm shocked they're even doing another.
@AndyKazama Ahh the "new" PS audience that doesn't know Star Ocean and thinks VBucks is what you buy consoles for....so hyped for the future.......not.
Can't wait to see people complain about anime model/eye issues they can't explain while i enjoy a great game, just as i did with Xenoblade X, again.
It's still beyond me where people come up with those.
Looking forward to more footage and the release. I am anticipating this one a lot
@DrJoson @AndyKazama @rjejr @Nem @Kingdom_Hearts95 Nice to know there are still some big Star Ocean fans around!
I still need to play the 5th game, but am looking forward to Divine Force.
@AndyKazama makes sense trophy hunters wouldn't know star Ocean. They don't want to spend 500+ hours on a platinum.
@Milktastrophe it's not even that. Any Japanese games that isn't Elden Ring or Resident Evil is deemed "weeb trash" in the chat
@KidBoruto Divine Force looks good to me. I played Second Story on PS1, Till The End of Time on PS2, and Last Hope on PS3 and enjoyed all of those. I passed on the PS4 game b/c the reviews just weren't good. Fingers crossed.
@NEStalgia
W/ their new focus on "games-as-service" I think you just found Sony's new PS5 marketing slogan, once they ever get them in stock:
"VBucks is what you buy consoles for!!"
https://www.pushsquare.com/news/2022/05/more-than-half-of-playstations-investment-could-be-in-live-service-games-by-2025
I liked the first trailer they showed, i really like the Star Ocean aesthetic, the mix of anime and xci-fi just appeals to me and is quite rare, i'm hoping the final game will be good it would be nice to see the series enjoy some success.
@KidBoruto Likewise! I'm glad there's still a fanbase for Star Ocean. We may have differing tastes in some ways, such as liking certain entries more than others, but I'm happy that there's people who are passionate about Star Ocean — even if the numbers aren't quite as huge as Final Fantasy or Kingdom Hearts (I love both of those too).
@rjejr I own the 5th game that scored badly, just haven't gotten around to playing because I wish to replay thru the older games first.
@Kingdom_Hearts95 Hopefully the 6th game will be a massive improvement and bring back fans that jumped ship.
@KidBoruto Better get a move on then, that's a lot of gaming to cover before the new one releases. 😉
@rjejr I'm in no hurry haha, focusing on older games in my backlog first. I'll get around to them eventually, in due time.
@KidBoruto I know the feeling. Bought but still haven't' played Miles Morales, still haven't purchased Horizon Forbidden West. Just finished Knack 2 with my wife. 😂 It's hard to find good couch co-op games.
@rjejr I have the bad habit lately of buying games day 1, but then avoid them until they're fully patched later...and by that point they've already dropped $20 or more usually.
@KidBoruto Yeah, I learned that lesson a few years back. Unless it's Nintendo games, they stay the same code and the same price for years after release. Well not the Splatoon or Mario Strikers games as service stuff, they get updates but no price cuts for years, but I don't think Kirby has gotten any update or patch in over a month now. Nintendo does Nintendo.
@rjejr That's the only upside to Nintendo games, they rarely have patches at all and play beautifully.
Sales wise they only tend to drop a few games down to $40 New randomly throughout the year...
@KidBoruto Well I wouldn't say it's the only upside. 😊
My biggest problem w/ Nintendo the past 5 years is I own the inferior version of MK8 on Wii U so I miss out on the DLC b/c I'm not paying another $60, or even $40 on sale, to double dip a game I played a ton when it released, to then spend another $25 on the DLC tracks. If they released the DLC on Wii U I'd have purchased the season pass Day 1.
I understand that isn't going to happen, but as a Wii U owner I own so many more games on that console than Switch b/c I don't double dip. Not mad about my Wii U purchase, tons of fun, but it's made my Switch game time noticeably less.
Maybe I should hold off on purchasing BotW 2 on Switch 2? I own BotW on Wii U, not Switch, hope that doesn't matter when 2 releases, no save file for it on the system if it goes looking, and I played that game 150 hours.
OK, maybe playing beautifully is the only upside. 😂
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