History VideoGame / StarOceanTheLastHope

* RealityEnsues: 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 HeroicBSOD for much of the following arc. The emotional impact remains for the rest of the game]].

* {{Sentai}}: The Mighty Multi-Colored Bald Eagle Rangers.

* ZettaiRyouiki: Reimi and Meracle wear thigh highs, although neither is wearing a skirt per se, just clothing that sort of resembles one from certain angles.

* 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.
** [[DeathSeeker Arumat]] uses a [[SinisterScythe scythe]].

* [[YesMan Yes Men]]: Deputy Director Shimada's assistants do nothing but parrot what he says and agree with him.

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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]].

[[AfterTheEnd After a nuclear World War III devastates Earth]], mankind is forced to put aside their differences and unite for a common cause: to find a new planet to colonise and save the human race. Edge Maverick is an impulsive but determined young man who volunteers for this desperate mission alongside his childhood friend and {{foil}}, Reimi Saionji. Together with a [[RagtagBunchOfMisfits ragtag group of crewmen, aliens and cyborgs]], Edge explores the different alien cultures across the universe and tries to figure out exactly how mankind will live in this new galactic landscape.

* [[DoomedHomeTown Doomed Homeworld]]:

* NonCombatEXP: Finishing mini quests gives you exp and the skill points to acquire skills, as well as opening treasure chests. Also you get that by farming and or mining items at certain spots (the only way to finish some of said quests as well as getting certain crafting materials).

* RainOfArrows: A lot of Reimi's higher level moves, in particular Savage Sparrows.

* RunningGag: For one (innocent) reason or another, Edge always ends up in the female shower room while Reimi is taking a shower. Or he's caught with one of the other female characters in an awkward position.

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

* ExpendableAlternateUniverse: [[spoiler:So long, Parallel Universe Earth! While the rest of the party play this trope straight, Edge is the only one to realize that billions of lives have been destroyed, and suffers from a massive HeroicBSOD due to the fact that he was indirectly responsible for it.]]

* 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 [[ChekovsGun 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.

* BonusDungeon: The Cave of the Seven Stars and the Wandering Dungeon.

* ExpendableAlternateUniverse: [[spoiler:So long, Parallel Universe Earth! While the rest of the party play this trope straight, Edge is the only one to realize that billions of lives that have been destroyed, and suffers from a massive HeroicBSOD due to the fact that he was directly responsible for it.]]

** Meracle when you first obtain her due to being many levels behind the party.

* GunsAreWorthless: At the very beginning of the game, when the alien wildlife appears, the SRF's railguns are promptly proven completely useless thanks to the electromagnetic energy shields that the giant alien insects possess. This doesn't come up again but Edge continues using a sword and Reimi a bow. It helps that they prefer swords and bows over guns. [[spoiler: and that they're genetically engineered humans]] This is also par for course with Star Ocean, and the premise of the entire game series revolves around sci-fi heroes in a fantasy-esque setting.

** Sarah for the cuteness.
** Welch is [[MediumAwareness aware]] of it.

** The world leaders in the cinematic opening when they witness the untold destruction of nuclear war.
** Edge when [[spoiler:his actions cause the destruction of an alternative Earth]].

* RealityEnsues: 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 has consequences, and the weight of it sends him into a HeroicBSOD for most of the game]].
* ReligionOfEvil: The church of Sydonai is premised with reviving an archfiend so it will burn the entire world, kill everyone it (including themselves) for some kind of post-flame salvation.
* RockBeatsLaser: Only one character uses futuristic weaponry in battle. The rest use swords, bows, spears, and various other weapons.

* TooDumbToLive: Edge, on many occasions. For a start, in the beginning of the game, he 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 [[ChekovsGun 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. Especially when you consider what happens with [[spoiler:alt-Earth]].
* TookALevelInJerkass: Edge became much more... irritable after the [[spoiler: alternate Earth]] part of the game. Thankfully, he managed to return to his old self after [[spoiler: Roak]].

** Reimi uses [[TheStraightAndArrowPath a bow]].

** Faize uses a [[RoyalRapier rapier]].
** Meracle uses [[WolverineClaws claws]].
** Bacchus uses an ArmCannon.
** Arumat uses a [[SinisterScythe scythe]].

** Millia Bachtein, who 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. And using said technology to crush all their enemies.]]

* YouKilledMyFather: Myuria towards Crowe [[spoiler: but replace "Father" with "Husband"]].

* LoopholeAbuse: Following [[spoiler:the destruction of the Eldarian homeworld]], the [=USTA=] declares that the [[spoiler:[=SRF=] is to be disbanded. In fact, it never existed, and therefore couldn't have caused the destruction like the Eldarians claim.]] Commander "Lightspeed" Kenny is ordered to carry this out by [[spoiler:destroying all remaining [=SRF=] vessels]], but when he encounters Edge and his crew and explains the situation to them, Edge refuses to stand down, even knowing that he'll be branded a pariah, and the rest of the crew stands with them. Kenny decides to let them go. Afterwards, in explaining how they'll justify this to one of his comrades, [[spoiler:they never encountered any [=SRF=] vessels. After all, there is no [=SRF=] and never was, so how could have any vessels?]]

** [[spoiler: Edge hands over technology to an alternate version of Earth that over a hundred years in the past, which results in its destruction.]]

''Star Ocean: The Last Hope'' is the fourth console installment in the ''Franchise/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]].

* 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 434 out of 20,324 players (2.1%).

-->'''[[WebAnimation/ZeroPunctuation Yahtzee]]:''' [[{{Unskippable}} That girl has a really deep voice]].

''Star Ocean: The Last Hope'' is the fourth console installment in the ''Franchise/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 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]].

* WaveMotionGun: [[spoiler: The beam fired by the defense system (in the form of a huge dragon) of Nox Obscurus most definitely qualifies as this. It destroys the Moonbase without even ''touching'' it; cooking with simply with the cast-off energy.]]

* ArchaicWeaponForAnAdvancedAge: As usual for Star Ocean. In the beginning, it's justified because the monsters apparently detect electromagnetic fields that old weapons don't generate. Edge himself uses a sword because his reflexes [[spoiler: from being a Seed Of Hope]] make him aim ahead of anybody instead of where they actually are, causing his shots to miss. A problem a sword apparently doesn't have.

* AwesomeButImpractical: Symbology. Nice effects, big explosions, many colors and decent damage. However, without Fast Cast casting takes forever and the high-end spells can't be chain-combo'd which means you don't get bonus damage via the chain-combo damage multiplier.

* AlienNonInterferenceClause: Averted. There is nothing stopping Edge's crew from aiding an alien race however primitive they are. [[spoiler: The Underdeveloped Planet Protection Pact was formed during the ending sequence at Edge's instistence because he witnessed numerous events where it went wrong.]]

''Star Ocean: The Last Hope'' is the fourth console installment in the ''Franchise/StarOcean'' series. It was released for the UsefulNotes/Xbox360 in 2009 and got an [[UpdatedRerelease updated re-release]] for the UsefulNotes/PlayStation3 in 2010. ''The Last Hope'' is a prequel to all three previous games about how Earth [[FirstContact first made contact with other worlds]].

** Faize's basic combat stance is taken from Jayle, of ''ValkyrieProfile'' and Klaus Bachtein looks suspiciously similar to [[ValkyrieProfile Lezard Valeth]].

** The default name for your tournament team is [[OceansEleven Ocean's Eight]] and there are teams in there called [[VideoGame/TheWorldEndsWithYou The World Ends With Two]] and ''VideoGame/{{Darkstalkers}}''. There's also a [[Music/TheBeatles Beetlemania]] team.