State of Play 27 October 2021 had something interesting for Japanese games fans for once, as Square Enix and Tri-Ace revealed Star Ocean 6 The Divine Force.
Square Enix previously trademarked The Divine Force a few weeks ago. No one knew what the project would entail. And if it would even be announced, seeing a trademark doesn't guarantee an announcement.
Now, it was officially revealed The Divine Force is the subtitle for Star Ocean 6, coming to PS4, PS5 in 2022. UPDATE: Star Ocean 6 was also announced for PC via Steam, Xbox One, Xbox Series X/S. An official site with character and plot details was opened. Stay tuned as we'll soon translate everything in a separate article.
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Star Ocean The Divine Force - First details
This is the first Star Ocean console game since Star Ocean 5. The mobile game Star Ocean Anamnesis, recently closed but was by far one of the best mobile gacha JRPGs when it came to graphics. The game was widely popular and definitely helped show there is still interest in the Star Ocean series.
While the English logo doesn't have a number, the Japanese logo for The Divine Force name does include a 6, confirming this is Star Ocean 6.
Update: the English press release is out. Interestingly, the game is officially titled 'Star Ocean The Divine Force' in English, and 'Star Ocean 6 The Divine Force' in Japanese. It looks Square Enix and Tri-Ace decided to try and make the title more newcomer friendly in the West.
Motoi Sakuraba and Akiman coming back, field trailer
The character designer of Star Ocean 6 is Akiman (Akira Yasuda), you can easily recognize his style if you know your stuff, and he's also listed in the copyrights at the end of the trailer. The character designer of Turn A Gundam already worked on Star Ocean 5 and Star Ocean Anamnesis as well.
Moreover, it's obvious Motoi Sakuraba is the composer as you can easily recognize his style in the trailer. Motoi Sakuraba is the classic composer of the series, and he's still active, working on tons of different games, so it's obvious he'd be back.
Moreover, the Japanese YouTube of Square Enix also published simultaneously with the reveal trailer a field trailer. Showing some of the environments of Star Ocean 6.
Overall, it's clear the game is still in mid-development, as you can spot several moments where the gameplay shown in the trailer is slowing down. The trailer mentioned it was captured on PS5 at the beginning. It might be slightly worrying if you're a worshipper of constant 60 FPS, but surely this will be improved in the final game.
Several minutes after the trailer was published, Tri-Ace president Yoshiharu Gotanda also tweeted he made us wait and is happy he finally got to announce Star Ocean 6. He stressed out the game is still in development and the team is doing their best to deliver a satisfying game to the fans.
What did you think of The Star Ocean 6 The Divine Force reveal trailer? You can always share your thoughts with me on Twitter @A_iyane07. You can find below the Japanese dubbed version of the trailer and the English one.