Tri-Ace and Square Enix’s Star Ocean: The Divine Force lastly launched final week, and we had the prospect earlier than launch to ship the event crew a set of questions concerning the work that went into making the sport a actuality. While among the questions have now been answered with gamers having the sport in their very own arms, we nonetheless thought it could be value posting what the corporate needed to say about their first main console launch in over 6 years.

Q. First off; thanks for taking the time to reply a few of our questions. Outside of Star Ocean: Integrity and Faithlessness and Star Ocean: Anamnesis, STAR OCEAN THE DIVINE FORCE appears to be the primary main launch popping out of Tri-Ace in 6+ years. Is there something you’d like to inform followers concerning the journey to get up to now?

Tri-Ace: It’s shocking to assume that it’s been over 6 years since Star Ocean: Integrity and Faithlessness. We’re delighted, as effectively, that we have now been in a position to launch this new title inside this franchise. We began growing STAR OCEAN 6 after the cellular title STAR OCEAN: ANAMNESIS. Many assets had been dedicated to its growth, however the title can now lastly be launched, so we’d like for everybody to get pleasure from it. 

Q. Notably, STAR OCEAN THE DIVINE FORCE seems to be the sport which has Tri-Ace supporting extra platforms at launch than ever. Not counting any potential PlayStation 4 Pro or Xbox One X enhancements, the sport appears to be concentrating on 6 platforms between PlayStation, Xbox and PC. What are among the challenges you’ve needed to overcome with supporting so many methods directly? 

Tri-Ace: There had been many objects that wanted to be addressed individually per PF, and we devoted numerous time to researching, reviewing, and responding in the direction of these issues. We’ve particularly labored till the final minute to deal with efficiency points. 

Q. As an apart, STAR OCEAN THE DIVINE FORCE is releasing on PC – Square Enix just lately marketed Final Fantasy VII Remake: Intergrade’s Steam launch with how the title was playable on Steam Deck. Some of Tri-Ace’s current Steam PC releases comparable to Resonance of Fate 4K/HD Edition are Verified to run on the platform; has there been any consideration from the dev crew to get Star Ocean: The Divine Force engaged on the platform?

Tri-Ace: We don’t have something to share relating to Steam Deck in the mean time, however we hope to share some updates with our followers as quickly as we will. (Editor’s Note: While Star Ocean: The Divine Force has but to be Steam Deck verified, the sport runs on the platform with some shader compilation stutters that shall be solved at any time when Valve launched precompiled shaders for the sport to SteamOS customers)

Q. One factor that stood out when enjoying the demo for STAR OCEAN THE DIVINE FORCE, is simply how a lot D.U.M.A comes into play for each exploration and fight; when did the system come into play throughout growth? Was it all the time there from the venture’s starting, or is it one thing that the dev crew got here to additional together with the sport’s growth?

Tri-Ace: DUMA is likely one of the key ideas of this title and was thought-about from the preliminary conception of this venture. As specified, it exists as an important function each for the system and situation. 

Q. During the tutorial the place gamers are taught methods to use D.U.M.A, it’s identified that some enemies might need weak factors that you just’ll particularly have to focus on with the system with a view to effectively take care of them. Is this one thing gamers can count on to be a recurring theme all through the sport?

Tri-Ace: Yes. It exists as an important factor of progressing the sport. 

Q. Here’s a little bit of a enjoyable query; STAR OCEAN THE DIVINE FORCE already appears to have a big, confirmed forged of characters. Are there any particular characters that seem that the dev crew is worked up for gamers to get aware of?

Tri-Ace: All of the characters have their very own personalities and methods, so the event crew is worked up whoever the gamers select. Among them, Nina is a particular character who has therapeutic VA capability, so we want for gamers to make use of her to your full benefit.

Q. Thanks once more for answering a few of our questions. Finally – is there the rest you’d like to inform followers, each outdated and new, as we’re shortly approaching the sport’s launch?

Tri-Ace: With the VA system, the battles have turn into essentially the most exhilarating and speedy of the sequence. In addition, the VA has made area actions and exploration extra gratifying, so we hope you’ve gotten enjoyable with it.

(Editor’s Note: We additionally requested the dev crew one other query about whether or not the abnormally tiny textual content that was current within the preview construct that we performed earlier than launch could possibly be modified, which the corporate was unable to touch upon previous to the launch of this text. As per the launch of the total recreation there are not any in-game choices to alter the dimensions of the textual content within the User Interface)

Star Ocean: The Divine Force is out there now for PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5, Xbox One and Series X|S, and PC (Steam). Stay tuned for our full evaluation of the sport, coming quickly.