

The non-playable characters, taken from the Dragon Quest franchise, will chat you up all day. For what I expected to be a sandbox game, it sure made me sit through large amounts of dialogue.

It will include a new iteration of the series’ familiar action combat with players able to start battles using exploration elements such as jumping off cliffs.At first, Dragon Quest Builders 2 struck me as odd. Star Ocean: The Divine Force will feature 3D exploration, with players able to utilise airborne travel in the game’s field areas. Other important characters are stated to be Elena, the Ydas’ first mate, and Albaird, Laeticia’s knight and childhood friend. Raymond get attacked by hostile wildlife but is rescued by Laeticia, crown princess of the Kingdom of Aucerius, who asks Raymond to use his advanced technological powers to save the kingdom from the neighboring Vey’l Empire. On a regular transport mission from the planet Verguld, the Ydas is attacked by the federation battleship Astoria, with Raymond and crewmate Chloe forced to abandon ship and head for the remote planet Aster IV.Īt the planet, an EMP-like energy burst knocks out the escape pods’ systems and separates Raymond and Chloe.

As he is not affiliated with the Pangalactic Federation, which has seemingly diverged from its previously peace-oriented origins, Raymond is not bound by the Underdeveloped Planet Preservation Pact that prohibits contact with less developed worlds. Raymond is the captain of the Ydas merchant vessel, which belongs to his family’s Lawrence Logistics company.

The game features two main protagonists: Raymond and Laeticia. Star Ocean: The Divine Force is set in the year 583 SD, just under 50 years after the events of Star Ocean: Integrity and Faithlessness and a little under 200 years before the events of Star Ocean: Till the End of Time. The game, titled Star Ocean: The Divine Force, is being developed for PC, PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5, Xbox One, and Xbox Series X|S, and is set to release sometime in 2022. Square Enix and tri-Ace announced a new title in the Star Ocean sci-fi RPG series.
