Star Ocean: The Last Hope - 4K & Full HD Remaster

"From the creative minds of Square Enix and tri-Ace, STAR OCEAN: THE LAST HOPE takes place at the very beginning of the STAR OCEAN series. This action-packed RPG takes players on the epic journey of mankind’s…

70 28 November 2017 ESRB T

Adventure Role-playing (RPG) Action Science fiction

Star Ocean: The Last Hope - 4K & Full HD Remaster is an adventure developed by Square Enix, released 28 November 2017 on PlayStation 4 and PC (Microsoft Windows).

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What Star Ocean: The Last Hope - 4K & Full HD Remaster is

Star Ocean: The Last Hope - 4K & Full HD Remaster is an adventure game developed by Square Enix and released in 2017. It is available on PlayStation 4 and PC (Microsoft Windows). It carries an ESRB T age rating.

The premise, in the publisher's words

"From the creative minds of Square Enix and tri-Ace, STAR OCEAN: THE LAST HOPE takes place at the very beginning of the STAR OCEAN series. This action-packed RPG takes players on the epic journey of mankind’s last stand,with exploration and battle across some of the most mysterious, dangerous, and fantastical worlds of the universe. Earth has been decimated by World War III, and now, humanity must turn to the stars in search of a new home. Explore the galaxy on your quest, make allies and enemies among the alien races you encounter, and uncover a danger so great that it threatens all of creation."

Description from the publisher · source

How it plays

It is played from a third person perspective. Its themes are action and science fiction. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component.

Where it sits in the Star Ocean series

Star Ocean: The Last Hope - 4K & Full HD Remaster is the ninth of 11 entries we hold in the Star Ocean series. It arrived 12 months after Star Ocean: Anamnesis. The next entry was Star Ocean: First Departure R in 2019. Its critic score of 70 is 2 points below the series average of 72. The highest-rated entry is Star Ocean: The Second Story R at 83.

See all 11 Star Ocean games in release order →

How it was received

Star Ocean: The Last Hope - 4K & Full HD Remaster holds a critic score of 70 out of 100. That places it above 33% of the 7,530 rated adventure games in our database, which average 72. Games released in 2017 averaged 71, so it scored about average for its year.

What it launched against

Star Ocean: The Last Hope - 4K & Full HD Remaster launched on 28 November 2017, within three weeks of Star Wars Battlefront II, Hello Neighbor, Yakuza Kiwami 2 and Horizon Zero Dawn: Complete Edition. It reviewed better than 1 of the 4. It arrived 4 years into the PlayStation 4's life, so it was built for hardware developers already knew well.

Released around the same time: Star Wars Battlefront II, Hello Neighbor, Yakuza Kiwami 2, Horizon Zero Dawn: Complete Edition.