Wed, Jan 28, 2009 | 19:28 GMT

Famitsu 360 gives Star Ocean IV 34/40

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The latest issue of Famitsu 360 has awarded Square Enix’s über-RPG Star Ocean IV: The Last Hope a highly respectable 34/40.

Capcom’s Strret Fighter IV scored the same whilst Ninja Gaiden-alike Ninja Blade also scored highly, receiving 33/40.

Star Ocean IV is set be released in Japan on February 19.

Full scores below:

  • Ninja Blade 8997
  • Midnight Club 8888
  • Street Fighter IV 9988
  • Skate 2 7887
  • Shooting Love 7767
  • Star Ocean 4 9988
  • Sonic 8889
  • Chaos Head Noah 8879

Thanks, Gaf.

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11 comments

#1

Blerk
28/01/09, 10:45 am

“Shooting Love”, eh? :-D

#2

Gekidami
28/01/09, 10:53 am

Interesting that they scored it lower then The Last Remnant (38) considering that pretty much everybody else didnt like it.

#3

Psychotext
28/01/09, 10:55 am

It’s backwards land. It also scored higher than Lost Odyssey and Eternal Sonata which are far better (IMHO) than TLR and ToV.

#4

Blerk
28/01/09, 10:58 am

These are Famitsu X360 scores, not general multi-format Famitsu scores, remember. The proper Famitsu score might be different.

#5

Gekidami
28/01/09, 10:59 am

When it comes to Square games, you may as well just not pay attention to Famitsu’s scores really…

#6

Psychotext
28/01/09, 11:00 am

Blerk, true… but different can also mean lower. ;)

#7

ecu
28/01/09, 11:00 am

34/40 isn’t nearly as good as I’d expect from a S-E RPG.

#8

Blerk
28/01/09, 11:05 am

It’s not a SE RPG, though. It’s only SE-published. :-)

#9

ecu
28/01/09, 11:13 am

Yes, and the publisher sends Famitsu the “review money”. Try to keep up, Blerk. :P

#10

Blerk
28/01/09, 11:25 am

So obviously they send a little bit less for games which they didn’t actually develop internally, so as to keep them at the top of the Metacritic pile. :-D

#11

Michael O'Connor
28/01/09, 11:33 am

“Interesting that they scored it lower then The Last Remnant (38) considering that pretty much everybody else didnt like it.”

OMG THEY HAD AN OPINION DIFFERENT FROM THE AVERAGE CONSUMER’S CONSENSUS! HERESY! HERESY! BURN THEM AT THE STAKE!

“Yes, and the publisher sends Famitsu the “review money”. Try to keep up, Blerk. :P ”

Right, because that has any backing.

34 out 40? That’s about 80% by each reviewer? Seems like a pretty respectable score to me.

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