Why Star Ocean 4 Is A Terrible Game Part 1
This will be the first in a series of posts why Star Ocean 4 is not only a terrible Star Ocean game, but also a terrible RPG. It WILL contain spoilers. Also, I shall refrain from any profanity whatsoever unless I'm citing any direct quotes or pertinent material that includes that to describe plot points. This post is going to cover the more general aspects of why it's not a very competent game, later posting will go into further specifics. This post was made based on the Steam port. 1. The voiceacting in the English version is pretty bad The voice acting in this game, compared to all the other games, is pretty terrible. The English script is overall pretty stilted in delivery, and the game does a horrible job of syncing the dialogue to the dramatic times of most scenes, so even some of the more competent voice acting comes off sounding weird. Worst of all is Edge Maverick, your main character. He is voiced by Matthew Mercer, and this was a role much earlier in Mercer's car...