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''Star Ocean: The Last Hope'' is the fourth console installment in the ''VideoGame/StarOcean'' series. It was released for the UsefulNotes/Xbox360 in 2009 and got an [[UpdatedRerelease updated re-release]] for the UsefulNotes/PlayStation3 in 2010. It received another updated re-release on November 28, 2017 on UsefulNotes/PlayStation4 and on Steam as a 4K HD Remastered version of the game. ''The Last Hope'' is a {{prequel}} to all three previous games about how Earth [[FirstContact first made contact with other worlds]].

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''Star Ocean: The Last Hope'' is the fourth console installment in the ''VideoGame/StarOcean'' series. It was released for the UsefulNotes/Xbox360 Platform/Xbox360 in 2009 and got an [[UpdatedRerelease updated re-release]] for the UsefulNotes/PlayStation3 Platform/PlayStation3 in 2010. It received another updated re-release on November 28, 2017 on UsefulNotes/PlayStation4 Platform/PlayStation4 and on Steam as a 4K HD Remastered version of the game. ''The Last Hope'' is a {{prequel}} to all three previous games about how Earth [[FirstContact first made contact with other worlds]].



* GuideDangIt: The game is loaded with sidequests and extras, including many things that are {{permanently missable|Content}}, short of starting a NewGamePlus. Missing even one can screw you up when trying to complete a particular quest. A number of others aren't technically missable, but can be near impossible to figure out without a guide. Additionally, the game provides no record of items you've created, or quests that you've completed, only ones that you haven't yet finished. The UsefulNotes/PlayStation3 version, ''The Last Hope International'', is notorious for being one of the most difficult [=PlayStation 3=] titles ever to achieve a Platinum Trophy for, with a rating of 5704 Difficult Points "Extreme" on the site [=PSN=] Trophy Leaders and a completion rate of only 631 out of 68,736 players (0.92%). As this number doesn't count players not registered on the site, the true percentage value is likely ''much, much lower''.

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* GuideDangIt: The game is loaded with sidequests and extras, including many things that are {{permanently missable|Content}}, short of starting a NewGamePlus. Missing even one can screw you up when trying to complete a particular quest. A number of others aren't technically missable, but can be near impossible to figure out without a guide. Additionally, the game provides no record of items you've created, or quests that you've completed, only ones that you haven't yet finished. The UsefulNotes/PlayStation3 Platform/PlayStation3 version, ''The Last Hope International'', is notorious for being one of the most difficult [=PlayStation 3=] titles ever to achieve a Platinum Trophy for, with a rating of 5704 Difficult Points "Extreme" on the site [=PSN=] Trophy Leaders and a completion rate of only 631 out of 68,736 players (0.92%). As this number doesn't count players not registered on the site, the true percentage value is likely ''much, much lower''.

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* AllThereInTheManual: The in-game encyclopaedia explains many important facts that aren't even hinted at in the main story, such as the reason why Lymle looks six when her profile says she's fifteen, and [[spoiler:the reason for Faize's emotional suppression]].
* AnAlienNamedBob: Sarah.

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* AllThereInTheManual: The in-game encyclopaedia encyclopedia explains many important facts that aren't even hinted at in the main story, such as the reason why Lymle looks six when her profile says she's fifteen, and [[spoiler:the reason for Faize's emotional suppression]].
* AnAlienNamedBob: Sarah.
suppression]].



* DamselInDistress: [[spoiler: Sarah is in the process of being captured when you first meet her and is later captured again as part of a plot to achieve TheEndOfTheWorldAsWeKnowIt]].



* HeroicBSOD: Edge suffers a pretty extensive one after sharing technology from his ship with a world less technologically advanced. It ends up causing an accident that destroys the planet, killing the entire population. It takes quite some time before he comes out of it.
** As polarizing as the quality of the aftermath is, Edge surprisingly reacts as realistic as possible when he learns [[spoiler:that the AlternateUniverse Earth is destroyed. He directly feels responsible for it, and begins to suffer depression as a result. Even if it wasn't intentional, Edge's actions have consequences, and the weight of it sends him into a breakdown for much of the following arc. The emotional impact remains for the rest of the game]].
* HorribleJudgeOfCharacter: Edge deciding to give away warp technology to a [[TheFifties 1950s Earth]] science facility led by an obvious MadScientist. Even everyone else in the party told Edge that it wasn't a good idea. [[MikeNelsonDestroyerOfWorlds It unsurprisingly didn't end well for everyone involved.]]



* LaserGuidedKarma: ObstructiveBureaucrat Shimada gets this when his cowardice results in him being in exactly the wrong place when it gets vaporized.



* ModestyTowel: In one scene, Edge is [[ThePeepingTom watching]] Reimi's SexySilhouette while she's {{shower|scene}}ing. When she hears him make a noise, when leaves the shower stall wrapped in a towel to investigate, apparently having the towel inside the stall with her the entire time.

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* ModestyTowel: In one scene, Edge is [[ThePeepingTom watching]] Reimi's SexySilhouette while she's {{shower|scene}}ing. [[ShowerScene showering]]. When she hears him make a noise, when she leaves the shower stall wrapped in a towel to investigate, apparently having the towel inside the stall with her the entire time.



* MsFanservice:
** Myuria is quite the busty lady. She even has JigglePhysics. The camera specifically pans and rotates around her from the ground up, focusing on her butt and breasts before reaching her face during her victory poses.
** Reimi to a lesser extent. Her butt is ''huge'', and [[MaleGaze shoved into the camera constantly]]. Those [[ZettaiRyouiki thigh-highs]] make it better or worse depending on how you feel about it.



* NewGamePlus: After you beat the final boss, you can reload with a "clear" save file.
** You can also import battle trophy and monster data to a new game.

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* NewGamePlus: After you beat the final boss, you can reload with a "clear" save file.
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file. You can also import battle trophy and monster data to a new game.



* NotWhatItLooksLike: [[RunningGag Edge just can't get a break]] [[OnceDoneNeverForgotten because the first time, it was what it looked like.]]

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* NotWhatItLooksLike: [[RunningGag Edge just can't get a break]] often ends up in compromising sitatuations]] and gets caught by [[PervertRevengeMode an angry Reimi]]. She always assumes the worst because [[OnceDoneNeverForgotten because the first time, it was what it looked like.]]



* PlotHole: Okay, so the Earth has become uninhabitable due to all of the nuclear fallout and polluted skies. Yet, [[spoiler: at the end of the game, Earth is suddenly cleansed with no mention of what fixed it!]]
* RainOfArrows: A lot of Reimi's higher-level moves, in particular Savage Sparrows.

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* PlotHole: Okay, so the Earth has become uninhabitable due to all of the nuclear fallout and polluted skies. Yet, [[spoiler: at the end of the game, Earth is suddenly cleansed with no mention of what fixed it!]]
* RainOfArrows: A lot of Reimi's higher-level moves, in particular Savage Sparrows.
it!]].



* ShowerScene: One of the events involves Reimi showering, but Edge ends up [[ShowerOfAwkward walking in on her]]. He pretends to be a cat so he can sneak away, but she catches and [[PervertRevengeMode punishes him anyway]].



* SpaceElves: The Morphus. Their name even means "Enlightened One". [[spoiler:It's all but spelled out that they're a Nedian splinter group.]]
* {{Stripperiffic}}:
** Myuria wears little more than a top, bottom and gloves.
** Meracle is a mildly disturbing case, as she doesn't look much older than 12 or 13, even if [[OlderThanTheyLook her profile says she's 16]]. It's understandable if you consider [[spoiler: how she had been treated at the lab, which may have affected her development]].
* SurvivorGuilt:
** [[spoiler:Reimi]]'s DarkAndTroubledPast stems from this: [[spoiler: the only child to survive radiation poisoning due to her Seed of Hope.]]
** Arumat also suffers this [[spoiler: because on a number of occasions he was the only survivor in his squadron.]]
* TooDumbToLive: In the beginning of the game, Edge encounters the giant bugs native to Aeos. Repeated hits from multiple guns do absolutely nothing to the bugs. At a key moment, a powerful high-tech blade [[ChekhovsGun introduced shortly before]] lands near him. This is obviously the moment in the story when, looking for anything that can hurt his foe, he grabs the blade and discovers it works like a charm. Instead, he keeps trying with his completely useless gun while people die around him. He's Too Dumb for Anyone Around Him to Live.
* TookALevelInJerkass: Edge became much more... irritable after the [[spoiler: alternate Earth]] part of the game due to his HeroicBSOD. Thankfully, he managed to return to his old self after [[spoiler: Roak]].
* {{Tsundere}}:
** Despite showing very little emotion, Lymle is this to Faize. Although she outwardly hates him and they argue often, they definitely share a connection. She cares very much about his wellbeing, [[spoiler:especially late in the game when Faize disappears]].
--> '''Reimi''': "[[VitriolicBestBuds Only true friends would fight like that]]."
** Also, Reimi herself to Edge. She's a mild dere-dere type in that she's usually a NiceGirl to everyone, including him, but jealousy can get the better of her on occasion.

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* SpaceElves: The Morphus.Morphus is an advanced elf-like race of people with PointyEars and [[MageSpecies innate symbological abilities]] that live in space. Their name even means "Enlightened One". [[spoiler:It's all but spelled out that they're a Nedian splinter group.]]
* {{Stripperiffic}}:
** Myuria wears little more than a top, bottom and gloves.
** Meracle is a mildly disturbing case, as she doesn't look much older than 12 or 13, even if [[OlderThanTheyLook her profile says she's 16]]. It's understandable if you consider [[spoiler: how she had been treated at the lab, which may have affected her development]].
* SurvivorGuilt:
** [[spoiler:Reimi]]'s DarkAndTroubledPast stems from this: [[spoiler: the only child to survive radiation poisoning due to her Seed of Hope.]]
** Arumat also suffers this [[spoiler: because on a number of occasions he was the only survivor in his squadron.]]
* TooDumbToLive: In At the beginning of the game, Edge encounters the giant bugs native to Aeos. Repeated hits from multiple guns do absolutely nothing to the bugs. At a key moment, a powerful high-tech blade [[ChekhovsGun introduced shortly before]] lands near him. This is obviously the moment in the story when, looking for anything that can hurt his foe, he grabs the blade and discovers it works like a charm. Instead, he keeps trying with his completely useless gun while people die around him. He's Too Dumb for Anyone Around Him to Live.
* TookALevelInJerkass: Edge became much more... irritable after ToplessnessFromTheBack: When the [[spoiler: alternate Earth]] part naked Reimi wakes up in the military base and gets out of bed, the audience only sees her bare back, though the rest of the game due to his HeroicBSOD. Thankfully, he managed to return to his old self after [[spoiler: Roak]].
party gets a full view.
* {{Tsundere}}:
** Despite showing very little emotion, Lymle is this to Faize. Although she outwardly hates him
TrojanPrisoner: To infiltrate the military base and they argue often, they definitely share a connection. She cares very much about his wellbeing, [[spoiler:especially late in save Reimi, the game when Faize disappears]].
--> '''Reimi''': "[[VitriolicBestBuds Only true friends would fight like that]]."
** Also, Reimi herself
party pretends to Edge. She's a mild dere-dere type in that she's usually a NiceGirl to everyone, including him, but jealousy be Klaus' prisoner so he can get the better of her on occasion.sneak everyone inside.



* VideoCallFail: In one of the later cutscenes, an error with Welch's holo-projector causes her form to distort into a variety of shapes like a 3d funhouse mirror, making Edge crack up each time it happens. All the while, things seem to be perfectly fine on Welch's end, as she reacts to Edges mad laughter with confusion. Thankfully, once Remi gets involved, the error is seemingly fixed, bringing everything back to normal.

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* UndressingTheUnconscious: Reimi is captured by the army, and when she's found in her cell by the party she's asleep naked on a bed having had all of her belongings removed. This is PlayedForLaughs when she wakes up and climbs out of bed without realizing she has no clothes on, thus giving the party a full frontal when she sheds the blanket that was serving as a ModestyBedsheet. It's only when she notices the awkward stares that she realizes her nudity and [[NakedFreakOut promptly panics]].
* UnprovokedPervertPayback: Reimi resorts to PervertRevengeMode whenever Edge gets into seemingly perverted situations, even when it's obvious that it's not his fault.
* VideoCallFail: In one of the later cutscenes, an error with Welch's holo-projector causes her form to distort into a variety of shapes like a 3d funhouse mirror, making Edge crack up each time it happens. All the while, things seem to be perfectly fine on Welch's end, as she reacts to Edges Edge's mad laughter with confusion. Thankfully, once Remi gets involved, the error is seemingly fixed, bringing everything back to normal.



* WellIntentionedExtremist:
** [[spoiler:The Apostle of Creation, who is actually Faize, is attempting to create a universe where no one will have to suffer and die like Faize's Eldarian brothers and sisters did. The only problem is that recreating the entire universe would kill everyone in it.]]
** Millia Bachtein truly had the best interests of Earth in mind. [[spoiler:Unfortunately, her plans involved subjecting extraterrestrials (one of which was Meracle) to inhumane experiments in hopes of gaining their technology and enslaving them. Then using said technology to crush all their enemies.]]
* WingedHumanoid: The Featherfolk race.

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* WellIntentionedExtremist:
** [[spoiler:The Apostle of Creation, who is actually Faize, is attempting to create a universe where no one will have to suffer and die like Faize's Eldarian brothers and sisters did. The only problem is that recreating the entire universe would kill everyone in it.]]
** Millia Bachtein truly had the best interests of Earth in mind. [[spoiler:Unfortunately, her plans involved subjecting extraterrestrials (one of which was Meracle) to inhumane experiments in hopes of gaining their technology and enslaving them. Then using said technology to crush all their enemies.]]
* WingedHumanoid: The Featherfolk race.are a humanoid race with large white wings that let them fly.



* YouKilledMyFather: Myuria wants to kill Crowe in revenge [[spoiler: but replace "Father" with "Husband"]].
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* {{Bishonen}}:
-->'''[[WebAnimation/ZeroPunctuation Yahtzee]]:''' [[WebVideo/{{Unskippable}} That girl has a really deep voice]].
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** [[spoiler:Lymle's hometown is struck by the stone sickness and then a plague of lizard men. The survivors leave.]]
* DoesNotLikeShoes: The Ethereal Queen is completely barefoot.

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** [[spoiler:Lymle's hometown is struck by the stone sickness and then a plague of lizard men. The survivors leave.]]
* DoesNotLikeShoes: The Ethereal Queen is completely barefoot.
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** The [[BonusBoss bonus bosses]] take this up a notch. Gabriel Celeste, the first one, has about ''five'' million on Galaxy - in his weakest form. In his strongest one, he has ''three times that amount''. And then? We have the Ethereal Queen, who has that amount of HP in her ''weakest'' form. In her strongest form, she has yet again three times that! And let's not get started on the higher difficulties. On [[HarderThanHard Chaos]], she has '''''64 MILLION HP''''' in her strongest form!

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** The [[BonusBoss bonus bosses]] superbosses take this up a notch. Gabriel Celeste, the first one, has about ''five'' million on Galaxy - in his weakest form. In his strongest one, he has ''three times that amount''. And then? We have the Ethereal Queen, who has that amount of HP in her ''weakest'' form. In her strongest form, she has yet again three times that! And let's not get started on the higher difficulties. On [[HarderThanHard Chaos]], she has '''''64 MILLION HP''''' in her strongest form!
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* WeaponBasedCharacterization: Each character has one. [[MeaningfulName Edge]] uses [[HeroesPreferSwords swords]], [[LadyOfWar Reimi]] uses [[TheStraightAndArrowPath a bow]], [[BlackMagicianGirl Lymle]] uses a MagicWand, [[WhiteMagicianGirl Sarah]] use [[BladeOnAStick spears]], [[RedMage Myuria]] use [[MagicStaff staves]], [[OfficerAndAGentleman Faize]] uses a [[RoyalRapier rapier]], [[CatGirl Meracle]] uses [[WolverineClaws claws]], [[{{Cyborg}} Bacchus]] uses an ArmCannon and [[DeathSeeker Arumat]] uses a [[SinisterScythe scythe]].

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* WeaponBasedCharacterization: Each character has one. [[MeaningfulName Edge]] uses [[HeroesPreferSwords swords]], [[LadyOfWar Reimi]] uses [[TheStraightAndArrowPath a bow]], [[BlackMagicianGirl Lymle]] uses a MagicWand, [[WhiteMagicianGirl Sarah]] use [[BladeOnAStick spears]], uses spears, [[RedMage Myuria]] use uses [[MagicStaff staves]], [[OfficerAndAGentleman Faize]] uses a [[RoyalRapier rapier]], [[CatGirl Meracle]] uses [[WolverineClaws claws]], [[{{Cyborg}} Bacchus]] uses an ArmCannon ArmCannon, and [[DeathSeeker Arumat]] uses a [[SinisterScythe scythe]].
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* {{Gainaxing}}: Everything Myuria does causes her boobs to [[JigglePhysics jiggle]].
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* WeaponOfChoice: Each character has one. [[MeaningfulName Edge]] uses [[HeroesPreferSwords swords]], [[LadyOfWar Reimi]] uses [[TheStraightAndArrowPath a bow]], [[BlackMagicianGirl Lymle]] uses a MagicWand, [[WhiteMagicianGirl Sarah]] use [[BladeOnAStick spears]], [[RedMage Myuria]] use [[MagicStaff staves]], [[OfficerAndAGentleman Faize]] uses a [[RoyalRapier rapier]], [[CatGirl Meracle]] uses [[WolverineClaws claws]], [[{{Cyborg}} Bacchus]] uses an ArmCannon and [[DeathSeeker Arumat]] uses a [[SinisterScythe scythe]].

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* WeaponOfChoice: WeaponBasedCharacterization: Each character has one. [[MeaningfulName Edge]] uses [[HeroesPreferSwords swords]], [[LadyOfWar Reimi]] uses [[TheStraightAndArrowPath a bow]], [[BlackMagicianGirl Lymle]] uses a MagicWand, [[WhiteMagicianGirl Sarah]] use [[BladeOnAStick spears]], [[RedMage Myuria]] use [[MagicStaff staves]], [[OfficerAndAGentleman Faize]] uses a [[RoyalRapier rapier]], [[CatGirl Meracle]] uses [[WolverineClaws claws]], [[{{Cyborg}} Bacchus]] uses an ArmCannon and [[DeathSeeker Arumat]] uses a [[SinisterScythe scythe]].
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** The entire planet of Roak is the home of the main characters from Star Ocean 1. The normal battles while exploring the planet have a nice remix of the battle theme from the first game as the battle BGM. The story even [[LampshadeHanging lampshades]] the fact that a local cult is trying to summon a being of UltimateEvil. Your party is told that you will only prevent his summoning, but he will inevitably be unleashed, and only then will be destroyed [[spoiler: as the ClimaxBoss of Star Ocean 1.]] Even the [[AllThereInTheManual encyclopedia]] points out this fact.

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** The entire planet of Roak is the home of the main characters from Star Ocean 1. The normal battles while exploring the planet have a nice remix of the battle theme from the first game as the battle BGM. The story even [[LampshadeHanging lampshades]] the fact that a local cult is trying to summon a being of UltimateEvil.ultimate evil. Your party is told that you will only prevent his summoning, but he will inevitably be unleashed, and only then will be destroyed [[spoiler: as the ClimaxBoss of Star Ocean 1.]] Even the [[AllThereInTheManual encyclopedia]] points out this fact.
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* AwesomeMcCoolName:
** "Edge Maverick"? ''Really?''
** "Arumat P. ''Thanatos''".
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* AnAlienNamedBob: Sarah.
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** There's an attack called "[[Music/TheRollingStones Rolling Stone]]"?

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** There's an attack called "[[Music/TheRollingStones "[[Music/TheRollingStonesBand Rolling Stone]]"?
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* HorribleJudgeOfCharacter: Edge deciding to give away warp technology to a [[TheFifties 1950s Earth]] science facility led by an obvious MadScientist. Even everyone else in the party told Edge that it wasn't a good idea. [[MikeNelsonDestroyerOfWorlds It unsurprisingly didn't end well for everyone involved.]]
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* {{Meganekko}}: Sarah wears glasses and they amplify her cuteness.

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* {{Meganekko}}:
** Sarah wears glasses and they amplify her cuteness.
** Welch is [[MediumAwareness aware]] of the appeal of glasses.

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* {{Meganekko}}:
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{{Meganekko}}: Sarah wears glasses and they amplify her cuteness.
** Welch is [[MediumAwareness aware]] of the appeal of glasses.
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* VideoCallFail: In one of the later cutscenes, an error with Welch's holo-projector causes her form to distort into a variety of shapes like a 3d funhouse mirror, making Edge crack up each time it happens. All the while, things seem to be perfectly fine on Welch's end, as she reacts to Edges mad laughter with confusion. Thankfully, once Remi gets involved, the error is seemingly fixed, bringing everything back to normal.

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