STAR OCEAN THE DIVINE FORCE

STAR OCEAN THE DIVINE FORCE

Steam Deck Playable

Square Enix · RPG · Oct 27, 2022

It depends on what you're after.

It's at its lowest recorded price, $23.99.

67%
Mixed
2k player reviews
Medium confidence
Buy it if you like
  • Story and characters: 193 reviews raised it, mostly praise
  • Graphics: 75 reviews raised it, mostly praise
  • Gameplay: 61 reviews raised it, mostly praise
Think twice if you dislike
  • Performance: 65 reviews raised it, mostly criticism
  • Crashes: 31 reviews raised it, mostly criticism
  • Difficulty: 27 reviews raised it, mostly criticism

Based on 2k player reviews · updated 3 days ago

What players think

The recurring themes across 300 analysed reviews: what players praise, what divides them, and what to know.

Why players love itThings to know
34% of themes are praise33% are divided33% are caveats
Story and characters
Players who bring up Story and characters mostly praise it.
- The characters have good depth to them and they'll tell you a lot about themselves
193 of 300 sampled reviews raised it
Graphics
Players who bring up Graphics mostly praise it.
I personally had a lot of fun with the combat and exploration systems of the game, the cast of characters is lively and varied, and in terms of audio and visuals there are some very sweet spots, even if getting used to the pseudo-doll-like character models might divide some people.
75 of 300 sampled reviews raised it
Gameplay
Players who bring up Gameplay mostly praise it.
If you decide to buy it anyway and you wonder if after 119 minutes of playing the game will get better at this point I can tell you that after 15h of gameplay I saw no improvement.
61 of 300 sampled reviews raised it
Audio
Players who bring up Audio mostly praise it.
Voice acting is generally fine, some characters come off a bit stiff.
48 of 300 sampled reviews raised it

Theme by theme

Every theme is scored by what reviewers actually said about it, not just whether they recommended the game.

LovedMixedComplained about
Players love4 themes
Story and characters193 reviews
Graphics75 reviews
Gameplay61 reviews
Audio48 reviews
Divided opinion% still recommend
Combat121 reviews
69%
Interface29 reviews
62%
Optimization20 reviews
55%
Controls19 reviews
58%
Players complain% still recommend
Performance65 reviews
55%
Crashes31 reviews
55%
Difficulty27 reviews
70%
Bugs10 reviews
50%

Ranked by how many sampled reviews mention each topic. A topic sits in a column by what reviewers said about that topic; the percentage beside it is how many of them recommended the game anyway.

Should you buy it now?

Crit’s read on the price, from Steam price history.

Lowest ever recorded

Currently $23.99 (−60%). That's the lowest price we've ever recorded.

4 points recordedtoday · $23.99

The data behind the verdict

For the players who want the receipts.

Player review score
67%
Mixed
Playing right now
Achievements
53
total to unlock
Rarest-achievement stats coming soon
Average playtime
Not tracked yet

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