In October 2021, Square Enix announced that a new Star Ocean game was in development at tri-Ace. Star Ocean: The Divine Force will be the latest main series release in the decades-old JRPG franchise, the sixth main series title overall. The plan was always to deliver Star Ocean: The Divine Force in 2022 as part of a worldwide release, but some doubt was cast on that in early 2022 when a new trailer was delayed. Now Square Enix is back and ready to confirm Star Ocean: The Divine Force will launch in 2022 as promised.
The latest trailer for Star Ocean: The Divine Force confirms that the fantasy JRPG will launch on October 27 worldwide for PC, PS4, PS5, Xbox One, and Xbox Series X/S. The trailer runs over three minutes and features a mix of in-engine cinematics and gameplay. It's a trailer that introduces the game's characters and story, touches on its core themes, and overall tries to sell Star Ocean: The Divine Force in a single pitch.
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Accompanying the release date trailer for Star Ocean: The Divine Force is a second video that delves more deeply into the JRPG's story, characters, and combat. Namely, it introduces Star Ocean: The Divine Force's protagonists, the spaceship captain Raymond and princess Laeticia, and the «dual-protagonist» system that allows players to choose whose perspective to experience the game as.
Both of the Star Ocean: The Divine Force protagonists, as well as the rest of the party, play differently in combat as they each fill different traditional JPRG roles. Star Ocean: The Divine Force features an action-based combat system, but also allows players to pause the action. Stop Mode allows players to offer quick strategic orders and switch
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