Star Ocean: Integrity and Faithlessness Reviews

Star Ocean: Integrity and Faithlessness is ranked in the 17th percentile of games scored on OpenCritic.
Leif Johnson
Top Critic
5.8 / 10.0
Jun 28, 2016

Star Ocean: Integrity and Faithlessness is an RPG that merely fulfills its obligations. It's not awful thanks to a cast of likeable characters and an interesting premise, but an abundance of clichés, uneven polish, and messy combat and AI make it less than memorable. And as its main story only provides around 20 hours of playtime instead of the 60 or more the series usually delivers, some of those obligations aren’t met in full. As for me, I can't say I regret my time with Star Ocean: Integrity and Faithlessness, but 20 hours was enough.

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No Recommendation / Blank
Jul 1, 2016

A painfully undercooked Japanese RPG that shows how far the genre has fallen behind its western rivals.

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Jul 17, 2016
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Metro GameCentral
Top Critic
4 / 10
Jul 6, 2016

Old school to a fault, the worst thing about this Japanese role-player is it doesn’t seem to have any idea just how clichéd and outdated it really is.

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Jun 28, 2016

Star Ocean: Integrity and Faithlessness wants to be a grand sci-fi JRPG, but its mediocre production values undercut it at almost every opportunity.

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5 / 10.0
Jun 27, 2016

Star Ocean: Integrity and Faithlessness is flat-out disappointing, from its bland cast and story to its problematic battle system and recycled content

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5 / 10
Jun 27, 2016

Star Ocean's return is a bumpy ride, with slick combat and smart upgrade systems bogged down by a watery story and some frustrating technical designs.

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5 / 10.0
Jun 28, 2016

Star Ocean: Integrity and Faithlessness has good ideas but never goes anywhere with them

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USgamer
Top Critic
Jun 28, 2016

While Star Ocean started as an innovative series full of fun, bold ideas, its current form amounts to the most middle-of-the-road RPG experience you could possibly have. It's not particularly awful, but in a reality full of RPGs, so many better options exist.

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6 / 10.0
Jun 27, 2016

Star Ocean: Integrity and Faithlessness is a weird game in that it's a by-the-books RPG one minute, and a completely new feeling the next. Any future iterations after this one will be a tough sell, but if this is where its journey ends, it had a good run.

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5 / 10
Jul 12, 2016

Star Ocean: Integrity and Faithlessness carries a weight of expectation that it is incapable of satisfying. A legacy JRPG franchise, published by Square Enix, should have some meaning, but here it translates to pure mediocrity. Series fans may find some brighter elements to latch onto, but for JRPG stalwarts there are far better examples of the genre.

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6.5 / 10.0
Jul 2, 2016

Star Ocean returns with its fifth installment, but after 20 years its evolution has not been quite good. The AI is terrible, the mechanics are really repetitive and the story is pretty dull. Only the players that enjoy the classic JRPG games will have fun with this one.

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6.9 / 10.0
Jul 1, 2016

A JRPG with great classic tones, but too "inflated" and formulaic to recover only through a discrete combat system.

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6.5 / 10.0
Jul 1, 2016

Star Ocean: Integrity and Faithlessness isn’t a terrible game by any means, but is let down by some poor story-telling, dreadful delivery and a lack of originality. If you don’t mind the slightly repetitive nature of the combat, the poor camera and hammy acting then it’s well worth a look.

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Jun 28, 2016

Star Ocean: Integrity and Faithlessness is a clunky, sometimes beautiful mess, navigating between some exciting highs and many disappointing lows to fall short of its promise.

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6.5 / 10.0
Jul 27, 2016

Star Ocean: Integrity and Faithlessness has some good ideas, but they don't jive with the messy camera, the short campaign, and the shallow combat. Fans of the series might be willing to put up with these shortcomings, but with games like Odin Sphere Leifthraser out there, it's hard to recommend it.

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Ken McKown
Top Critic
6.5 / 10.0
Jul 7, 2016

Even with all of its shortcomings the game kept me interested to its end. It just doesn’t feel like a full-priced title.

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Dave Aubrey
Top Critic
7 / 10.0
Jun 28, 2016

Star Ocean: Integrity and Faithlessness can be loads of fun, but also doesn't offer anything new. Fans of action JRPGs such as the Tales series will find something to enjoy, but definitely not everyone.

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7.5 / 10.0
Jun 28, 2016

Star Ocean: Integrity and Faithlessness excels in areas like combat and crafting but not in narrative or characterization. It has enough gameplay options to bring any JRPG fan to the table, but not everyone will leave content.

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7 / 10
Jun 28, 2016

Integrity and Faithlessness is a much faster game than previous Star Ocean entries, but it sacrifices narrative and contextual depth for it. There are a few interesting but unsuccessful design choices here which let the game down, but it mostly makes up for its shortcomings with a frenetic battle system, excellent character design, and a standout soundtrack. It's a little bit vague, and it's a little bit shallow, but there's still plenty of fun to be had in tri-Ace's latest, and for newcomers, it's by far the most approachable entry in the series.

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