Star Ocean: There is no Hope
During the introduction the game does show promise, however, its immense suckatude is displayed as soon as the narrorator's deep, adult voice, meets the mouth of the protagonist, a seemingly 12 year old boy who (and this could totally happen in a futuristic nuclear post-apocaliptic earth. Not.) happens to pilot a secret elite government ship. To add salt to a hyped up to get dissapointed wound, the characters mannerisms during cut-scenes look half-assed and their lips aren't even closed to in sync with their poorly casted voices.
Once you realize the script is a total joke, you begin to look for a saving grace to keep you from turning off your XBox and watching a comedy or an action movie to take your mind off the fact that you just spent 60 dollars you could have used to pay someone to tell you not to buy this game, you look at the graphics. while they are impressive at first glance, then you realize that you are playing this game on an XBox 360. Some of the cut-scenes, particularly when a space ship takes off, look unfinished or maybe that the artist just said "eh. good enough".
As far as the story and the battle system are concerned, its your typical one of each.