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Star Ocean: Integrity and Faithlessness

Star Ocean: Integrity and Faithlessness is an action role-playing video game developed by tri-Ace and published by Square Enix for the PlayStation 4 and PlayStation 3. It is the fifth major installment in the Star Ocean series, following Star Ocean: The Last Hope.

Role-playing (RPG)Adventure

Time to beat: about 21.5 hours
Plays offline: Yes

Overview

The battle system is similar to other games in the Star Ocean series, with the player controlling one of seven party members in battles, with the ability to switch control of characters. The real-time action battle system features improved game mechanics. The storytelling cutscenes are intended to be interactive and dynamic, and seamlessly transition with the gameplay. Features from previous Star Ocean games such the ability to create items are also present. Enemies are programmed to have a "very complex" AI, with players able to custom configure enemy intelligence to a degree.

Star Ocean: Integrity and Faithlessness takes place in S.D 537 (A.D 2623), between Star Ocean: The Second Story and Star Ocean: Till the End of Time, the second and third games in the main Star Ocean series. It is set on the planet Faykreed, 6,000 light years from Earth.

Star Ocean: Integrity and Faithlessness was revealed to be under development as reported by an issue of Famitsu from April 2015. The game was developed by tri-Ace, who has developed all other main titles in the series, and published by Square Enix. The game was produced by Shuichi Kobayashi and directed by Hiroshi Ogawa. The characters were designed by Akira Yasuda.

Star Ocean: Integrity and Faithlessness received "mixed or average" reviews, as reported by video game review aggregator Metacritic. IGN notes that the graphics varied widely in quality, from very high quality to Minecraft and noting there were no cutscenes, so the acting had less emotional impact. They did however praise the game's score and cast of characters. Destructoid also missed having cutscenes due to character dialogue being unskippable and the adjustable cameras sometimes missing the characters facial reactions. Combat was praised as being smooth and manageable even when the players party grows to seven characters.