(Mobile shit) Star Ocean: Material Trader

[6souls]

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Unfortunately, as is the growing trend, the recently-announced-in-Japan new Star Ocean game isn't really a new Star Ocean game at all. It is, instead, a mobile card-battle game from leading shovelware publisher GREE.

In case you've never had the misfortune to encounter one of GREE's awful titles before, here's how they generally work: you alternate between pressing a "do quest" button over and over again, collecting new (admittedly usually beautifully illustrated, if frequently boob-heavy) "cards" along the way until your energy runs out or you level up (which restores your energy), then you flip into the PvP part of the game where you participate in completely automated battles against other players where whoever has cards with the biggest numbers on them wins.

Once your energy for "questing" and battling other players has expired, you either wait until one or the other restores -- generally a matter of hours rather than minutes -- or pay to restore them immediately. Oh, and also, you can pay to get better "randomly" selected cards, which will pretty much guarantee you victory in battle against other players -- the very definition of pay-to-win.

http://www.usgamer.net/articles/new-...game-announced
http://www.jp.square-enix.com/starocean_materialtrader/

[Rokku]

Excuse me while I go and destroy things.

[Anakron]

GDI

I saw "Star Ocean: Material Trader..." in the outer forum and got all excited.

[Elcura]

All my hate.

[Mugmug]

[Pikarya]

ahahahahahahhaa

[ronin sparthos]

I got trolled. Not gonna lie.

[Tyrath]

I think I'm gonna default to thinking any new SE game is a mobile game unless it tells me otherwise.

[Kaisha]

I think I'm gonna default to thinking any new SE game is a mobile game unless it tells me otherwise.

Ditto.

What's left for them to taint anyways? Front Mission and .....?

Spoiler: show

Front Mission is probably their best IP to make a proper release on iOS though with its turn-based nature....

[Ratatapa]

Btw Sephane D'astous (VP) left Eidos MTL today

Thank god he got out before mobile shit arrived

[6souls]

Btw Sephane D'astous (VP) left Eidos MTL today

Thank god he got out before mobile shit arrived

Yup, good thing.

http://www.bluegartr.com/threads/116...us-Ex-The-Fall

[Ratatapa]

I knew about Deus Ex on IOS but the mobile 'swarm' is just starting so let's hope he doesn't end up at EA lol

[Charismatic]

I'm so glad Sophia looks so horrible in this art-style.
They mighta got some of my cash just because.

[Serra]

Ditto.

What's left for them to taint anyways? Front Mission and .....?

Spoiler: show

Front Mission is probably their best IP to make a proper release on iOS though with its turn-based nature....

Has there been a KH mobile game yet?

Also, Needs more Maria.. This announcement kinda makes me wanna play SO3 again, but that twist still weighs on me..

Or Nel.. omg, I'd be sold on more Nel artwork. Fuck, I might have to play SO3 again just for Nel.

[Tyrath]

Has there been a KH mobile game yet?

No but they have this.

http://www.bluegartr.com/threads/116...i-%28PC%29-F2P

[Lonely]

Fuck GREE. Where are my Star Ocean PSP version enhanced graphics port for iOS. Dragon Quest ports when?

[Julian]

Fuck GREE. Where are my new Star Ocean games. New Dragon Quest when?

Fixed that for you.

[Elcura]

Has there been a KH mobile game yet?

Also, Needs more Maria.. This announcement kinda makes me wanna play SO3 again, but that twist still weighs on me..

Or Nel.. omg, I'd be sold on more Nel artwork. Fuck, I might have to play SO3 again just for Nel.

Re:Coded was was on mobile originally I think.

[Pharaun]

Ditto.

What's left for them to taint anyways? Front Mission and .....?

They could really troll the fuck out of their fanbase by announcing a new Xenogears game and make it mobile. I would be so beyond mad that you couldn't find the words to describe it if they did that.

[6souls]

Fixed that for you.

We'll get DQX, but I haven't heard of anything thing else for awhile.