STAR OCEAN THE SECOND STORY R - Anime Opening Movie

[@Dracobyte]

Please do not sleep on this game! It is one of the best of the series.

[@TJetPrime]

IMO it is the best, my favorite for sure. But I know some people will prefer SO3 and I can respect that.

[@danielramsey6141]

@@TJetPrime Won’t lie, Star Ocean 3 was great, and a good intro into this series. I even have a soft spot for the PS3 Star Ocean 4.

[@PaleRiderZero1]

I absolutely agree, this is by far one of my favorite rpg from the ps1 era. i remember buying this game with my brother, we didn't know anything about this serie at the time and found a gem of a game. One of us started the game with Claude and the other one with Rena, and a had a very different experience with the game, honestly I can't wait to play the remake!

[@soulflame5635]

Yeah give me 3 remade with lack of stiffness in battle and Im good :) 1 and 2 is good

[@thecheesenone]

One of the best of all time

[@_mohumohu]

「私の」光の勇者様にやっと出逢えた瞬間のレナちゃんの涙にもらい泣きですわ…

[@Sonnance]

I love this so much. It’s cool that they managed to make the new OP hype while still leaving in a tinge of the PSP version’s melancholy.

[@UltLuigi1]

Yuppppp

[@Oberon_theFaeKing]

I've been a fan of SUIREN for ages and Im so proud that they're doing the opening to one of my all time favorite games. This is massive.

[@kyleannen731]

0:44 Seeing the ENTIRE cast facing off against the Ten Wise Men was so awesome!!

[@sniperzreborn]

+1 Most people didn't notice how epic this was!

[@danialnial]

The anime need a remake too😢

[@selpharessecret3899]

Loved them they were for me in a way the inpersonation of evil with their cold cruelty. Not to mention when you learn the whole background in extra steps.

[@dragonkyn20]

As cool as it is seeing the whole cast here, watching Rena pull off her martial arts dodging against Lucifer was SO satisfying to watch.

[@Lamine14112]

This 👆👆👆👆

[@Turbo_Waitress]

This OP did not need to go this hard, I was already gonna buy the game.

[@lightning13clair29]

Nah it so needed to go hard cause that's how awsome the game is 😊

[@kali-qgames1301]

SO EXCITIED! STAR OCEAN IS BACK! I'm so happy that it's coming soon! Not to mention the promotion for this game has been AMAZING! well done Square Enix/Gemdrops

[@MarxasThomas]

I enjoyed your reaction vid😊

[@kali-qgames1301]

@@MarxasThomas Thank you so so much my friend!! :) I can't wait until we get these games!

[@Varedise]

Man I wish could turn this into an anime this looks way to good to just be an opening movie!

[@Lumbersnackk]

​@Varedise there actually IS an anime made from the game lol its called Star Ocean EX

[@Varedise]

@@Lumbersnackk True but not of this quality though 😝 but it was only a couple of episodes I believe 🤔

[@Doomerang01]

I'm surprised no one noticed that it was animated by Yostar's animation studio. Yostar is the company who publishes Azur Lane and Arknights, and they made an animation studio for the OVAs for those games. I think this is the first time they've worked on something that isn't related to Yostar-published products. It certainly explains the stylish way they did the fight sequences with the sliding around. It's really cool!

[@JPStarto]

I haven't played these gacha games but it is cool to see them work together to have this animated

[@Ryan-hy7tt]

Just finished my 1st ever play through and I absolutely loved it! Started with Claude and will move onto Rena’s perspective soon. Idk if I can ever separate them for the other endings cause they are so cute together.

[@scottyxscxrs5483]

Rena gets Dias unlike Claude getting Leon enjoy the epic 2 run

[@artsykero]

I can’t wait for this game 🙏

[@yggdrasil7942]

Looks fantastic. I can't wait to play this updated version. Let's hope the battles are just as manic as the first one.

[@omensoffate]

Hard to be manic when the game pauses with a spell cast

[@LastExpellian]

The spell pauses were good to get a moment to strategize and have all the enemies flinch for a moment.

[@AthelstanKing]

someone who didn't play the game i see. tell me, which youtuber told you to have this opinion? lol@@omensoffate

[@Alekazam_tv]

I need you all to know how much this game means to me. Not to mention we're getting it so close to the Mario rpg remake... I've never been so happy.

[@kurisuyanbernardo9502]

same

[@dinoscreech7698]

and now...ALL WE NEED is CHRONO TRIGGER, for Pete's Sake!!

[@BasicBrain]

@@dinoscreech7698 lufia 2 remake/remaster plz

[@OriginZer0]

I loved the original; can't wait to play this.

[@jessem3149]

So nice to get this remastered. Other games that would be amazing with this treatment: Lunar Chrono Trigger FF6 (3 on SNES) Breath of Fire 2 Lufia 2 Secret of Mana Excited about Super Mario RPG too.

[@battlememesbyomari25]

Xenogears

[@jessem3149]

@@battlememesbyomari25 absolutely

[@Yoitchi]

With the real CD2 ? @@battlememesbyomari25

[@bloodclotpl0tts]

This is amazing! It brings back so many memories! Ashton is my Fav!

[@justintremblay3182]

Wow such an amazing little video for my favourite rpg of all time. That ending with him being the hero of light is so amazing if you know the story.

[@jessem3149]

Wish on everything they would make this into a proper anime. Has everything you could ask for and one hell of a story

[@Tiagotaf]

that's why op said a proper anime. ex was a failure. so much material to do an incredible history and they barely touched it in ex@phantomxero1x447

[@chunghoangvy795]

@phantomxero1x447 It's a shame that the anime just stopped at the end of Expel arc. I think they made the rest of Energy Nede arc on Drama CDs instead.

[@minhyucklee5396]

I have waited thousand years who has awoken me….. Oh it’s you my favorite psp game😂

[@AloisAgos]

Imagine if they made an ENTIRE anime like this. Yes I know SO2 did in fact get its own anime adaption, but a remake would be incredible all the same.

[@AmaVeraPoca]

This game was my childhood! I am so happy that they remade it! I can't wait to get it. I would also like to take a brief moment to give a few words to my childhood friend, Nicholas, who also dearly loved this game. Unfortunately, he passed away in 2022. I wish you got to see this buddy.

[@kevj.3575]

I saw a bunch of RPGs in the Nintendo Direct and the art style caught my eye, thus looked up upcoming RPGs and found this, this one called me more for its "open world" and just played the demo and I'm in love, can't wait so much

[@b.heaven9234]

0:46 All 12 playable characters (+1 new) in one shot. I hope we can actually do this in the game. Like, we're not limited to just 8 character slots and I can get Dias as Claude or Leon as Rena. Bowman and Ernest were also called wastes of slots by old guides, which is a bummer if you want to keep Opera who's usually considered top tier. I hope they actually addressed that.

[@RedeemedNick]

Yessss now I can continue my Star Ocean series playthrough

[@ghijunz]

This is one BANGER of an opening! My childhood RPG! Lets Go!!!

[@J___G_]

Never played a star ocean game but this opening is hype and i need the full ost asap

[@VioletsOnMars]

I never get tired of Welch. 😊

[@tenchimuyio]

I can't stop watching and enjoying this beautiful song

[@DanielAyalaIchBin]

This was the first game I ever bought with my own money as a kid in middle school. I have so many good memories of it, and being frustrated with the final fight lmao. I'm so excited to see it back.

[@cristianguanziroli3648]

Excellent. thank you for this.

[@scottyxscxrs5483]

Three days left Whose ready to crush the wise man with the unlimited off?

[@andrewbenner6349]

This opening is exactly how intense I thought the combat was when i was a kid first playing this game. I can't believe they didn't pretend like it was actually subtle all along. It makes me want a full anime and for it to go this hard.

[@TheVillainInGlasses]

God, don't remind me of the travesty that was Star Ocean EX.

[@andrewbenner6349]

@ChadVigilante Yeah. The battle system is even more involved. I love that godspeed is immediately available. But universe is crazy on Claude and nigh impossible on Rena. I had to train her to level 10 just to beat Allan. Thankfully you can get The call in characters before the boss in Cross Cave and retries let you keep your bonus circle.

[@BigWillTheThrill]

It is cannon that all 13 party members survive the events of the game, so its cool to see them all together. Pretty sure they are going to keep the recruit limit to 8 though.

[@Jack-nj9pi]

One can only dream right that would be so epic to have them all under your belt to switch and gor private actions

[@richardb4796]

I'm hoping they increased the party limit like they did Saga Frontier

[@exposednerve6382]

thanks for the spoil.

[@Doomerang01]

@exposednerve6382 That's not a spoiler. It's been a staple of SO2 and a selling point that the choices you make determine your party and you can't get everyone.

[@SRFAA]

​​@@Doomerang01Eh. It kind of is a spoiler. That's saying that every single main character survives the events of the game when that's not guaranteed going into the thing. We know they survive since we played the game, but it's not some sort of rule that characters can't die just because it's a Star Ocean game. People who have never heard of the game, and are just going through it now would be spoiled by that information.

[@Lumbersnackk]

This was my favorite game growing up! The HYPE i have for this release is unreal!

[@ОксанаСнежинская-у9е]

Psp version opening was good, but this one just masterpiece. Another suiren great song.

[@MarxasThomas]

Ordered two copies, one for me and other for a buddy of mine since his birthday is on the 2nd of November😊

[@AgesOfAgony]

Found this gem on Steam this early morning when I couldn't sleep!! 😱🤪😍

[@Truth-Justice-Freedom]

Had so much FUN throughout my demo playing! Can’t wait for its final release! Hopefully Square do their best on PS5 optimization, 4k+HDR+60fps is a must.

[@pencilcheck]

finished the game, it is not what I expected, I thought it would be boring but it turns out to be pretty awesome!

[@たにお-g3c]

こんな最初から黒幕大々的に出すオープニングもすごいな

[@peterr765]

Havent been this pumped for a game in a long time. So glad SO has stayed alive and hoping for more amazing SO games to come!

[@AL_EVOz]

Star Ocean is returning! This is awesome to see they chose this one for a remaster =) Can't wait get this. The demo was amazing!

[@CoolGod]

YES im buying this game!!!!!! Finallllly

[@yeetuspogimus2023]

Cant wait to see what they do with this game!

[@uliseswithbrownbermudez4183]

This intro didn't had to go this hard, yet it did... And I love it!

[@neliros]

I was sold as soon as i saw the art style. This just cements it.

[@jgmaurer31]

(breathe....just breathe....less than two months left....) DAMNIT ALL I NEED THIS NOW! Though the picture of the whole team being together makes me unreasonably angry knowing that this can't actually happen in game. God damn a game with Precis/Bowman, Ashton/Opera&Ernest, and/or Leon/Dios would be pretty cool.

[@chrisbaxter176]

Whoa! Did you know for like half a frame on 0:18 you can see when Indelacio/Gabriel summons Philia during his battle with the team. It's during the impact explosion of the sorcery globe.

[@jajajiji03]

my all-time favorite finally getting a remake it deserves. Shut up Square Enix, and take my damn money 💖

[@peepoSad_]

Wow I played the demo and enjoyed it, but this video definitely sold me on the game.

[@XANXUS451]

I know that we got Star ocean Ex but seriously wont mind another reboot of this game's anime and this time i wish for the whole store

[@Cococrash11]

Awesome Star Ocean The Second Story R Anime Opening Movie Video.

[@44diamond95]

Beautiful!

[@MysteryAGMLegend]

I actually really want this game, as I played the psone and psp games back in the day. I also still own both psp games, which facing forward form the earth.

[@Tiagotaf]

I've waited so long for this remake! This is and will always be the best game in the entire series! I was waiting for something in the likes of the new FFVII, but you didn't disappoint. The 2.5D design is amazing!

[@JadenAlvizures]

IM SO EXCITEDDDDDDD!!!! I played both this game and the first departure when I was 9 on my psp, and seeing the complete just OVERHAUL of everything legit has me teary eyed. Can’t wait to play this Thursday 😤💛

[@sniperzreborn]

I really hoped they could do a reboot for their Star Ocean anime too, considering the quality and technologies we have as of now! They really deserved it.

[@hamakaze9812]

The OP was lit asf ngl

[@HelghastMerc]

I have played the original Playstation game last summer. Despite the toughness of the game, it's one of my all time favorite JRPGs of all time. I just finished this remake, and I am so glad I had the chance to enjoy it once more. In fact, if it wasn't for the dedicated fans and Square Enix, we would have never gotten this. Thank you all, from the bottom of my heart!

[@feraldrgn]

This is a brilliant 2DHD remake, please let *GemDrops, inc.* remake other 2D RPGs too! A more fleshed out remake of Star Ocean Blue Sphere would be pretty cool for example.

[@Derpsickle]

disappointing they used the same sprites though. but i didn't even know this was in the works so i got nothing to complain about

[@lelela2211]

@@Derpsickle To be honest i think seeing those sprites hits different for me. I feel so much nostolgia towards those.. I think new ones could have ruined that a bit for me, but im sure there will be mods with updated sprites in the future! :)

[@ramaluminus]

I can't get enough of this opening, also this opening got me hooked on the game so much I can't wait.

[@monn-tan]

1:30 rena's hero of light

[@melphina2720]

so looking forward to this

[@ShadesMan]

The Dirty Dozen (+1) versus the 10 Wise Guys - the OG crew has returned!

[@jr90_2]

SO FAR IM ENJOYING THE GAME

[@liBlazedl]

I could never have hoped for more than what they did to this game. Couldnt even imagine some of the tweaks he thought to implement. The bar and the example has finally been set on modern jrpgs and jarpgs. Putting our beloved sprites into a fully realized 3d environment slinging 3D spells and skills. So creative and innovative.

[@luke-i1w]

I last played this way back in the early 2000s. I loved it. I ended up losing the game when a friend borrowed it then moved away. Its been so long I barely remember the story, so when I play it again, it will be like I'm playing it for the first time. I am pretty fired up about that, because I know its amazing.

[@KURO942]

チサトのヒーロー着地ホント好きw

[@christopherburns7373]

Is no one going to talk about the fact that Claude was wielding a literal Sword of Light at the end there?

[@AthelstanKing]

stop talking like reddit posts.

[@maramba32]

@@AthelstanKing what are you talking about. Its not exclusive to reddit posts lmao

[@maramba32]

He is the hero so makes sense

[@Ytinirtenivid]

It’s why Rena is crying. If you notice closely she always believed he was the hero of light. My money is still that it’s really Rena who is the hero of light though

[@Julian_butternubs89]

Hell yeah!

[@kristianconstantinople9766]

omg.. i cried watching this.. cannot wait to play this game

[@MarxasThomas]

Can't wait to hear the full version, I've been searching all over for this song😂

[@_J_G_]

worth the pick up just on the OP alone. excited to give this a shot!

[@paskysoul9666]

Thank you for this remake and with spanish translation ! My favorite star ocean Game

[@PaulHofreiter]

Oh man, YOSTAR’s studio did this??? Amazing! I would kill for an entire (modern) anime based off of SO2. It would be so good and I bet would garner a lot of attention as well.

[@sazhenmari]

please remake the anime as well 🥺🥺

[@Essylte]

OMG, I'm so happy there's gonna be a remake coming soon! One of the best JRPGs I've played in the early 2000s!!

[@瑠璃虎尾]

良い曲だなぁと思って他の曲も聞いていたら、キングダムの曲で既に聞いていたとは🙄 フル尺楽しみ待ってます✌️

[@RafaGAMESTOP]

Simply incredible. ❤ The best game of the series is back. This Star Ocean is a rare and unique gem. The story and characters are awesome. I hope the future of the saga follow this one. We Need a Star Ocean 2 part 2, 3 or like this on Star Ocean 7! 🎉❤

[@johnboona4048]

Star Ocean 3 is the best game in the series bro

[@RafaGAMESTOP]

@@johnboona4048 I want a Star Ocean 3 remake too

[@MarxasThomas]

​@@RafaGAMESTOPsame

[@RafaGAMESTOP]

@@MarxasThomas Nice bro.

[@Phryguye]

​@@johnboona4048cultured fellow.

[@andreantunes5369]

Belíssimo!!

[@keaganwall8178]

0:46 It’s a crime that you can’t recruit the whole team in one play 😫

[@iwishihadgoodinternet7766]

agreed. just look at trails into reverie lol

[@Debass87]

thought the exact same thing when I saw that!

[@HighmageDerin]

Man has it really been over 20 years since I played the original. I spent hundreds of hours on that game and beat it twice. Just to see the other endings that were possible. Watching this animation brought back so many memories.

[@Raiden7284677]

0:42 So they finally got to animate the Wise Men, huh? I honestly was WAITING for this for SO LONG! EDIT: Just one quick mention. Haniel and Michael are actually on the same level of the Wise Men’s chain of command. (Zadkiel, Raphael, Camael -> Haniel, Metatron, Jophiel, and Zaphkiel -> Michael), with Lucifer above them and Gabriel supposedly reserved as an ultimate weapon before becoming the true leader. I think the extra relevance to Michael is due to the gatcha game, which covered along with Lucifer and Gabriel.

[@detroit897]

I love this version of start washing. This was my childhood game on the PlayStation

[@chrisbaxter176]

Let's break the internet with this one! Best game of my childhood no doubt and the respect this intro has is fking legit.

[@Razmoudah]

Sorry, but I had my copy pre-ordered a couple of months ago. The fact that it's The Second Story R and not Second Evolution R was the critical deciding factor.

[@Razmoudah]

@@ChadVigilante They messed around with a combat system that was nearly perfectly balanced, while keeping the same stats for enemies and the player characters. The first one that you notice is that the Knockback effect was no longer a Battle Skill but now integrated into the combat system. This meant that you COULD NOT TURN THE EFFECT OFF, which caused Killer Moves (what they now call Special Skills for the fighters) that relied on doing lots of little hits to quickly shove an enemy out of range and have most of the attack miss. Now, there is a way around the problem, and that is by getting the Battle Skill that causes you to attack enemies from behind and maxing it out, as that means you nearly always did so. This is because of a 'flaw' in the battle system that for some reason they kept despite using an entirely new game engine, and that is that the Knockback effect causes an enemy to move backwards rather than away from the attacker. This meant that if you hit them from behind it would cause them to get moved closer to you. Of course, the biggest flaw with this plan is the fact that your characters don't naturally run that much faster than the enemies, so you also need the Battle Skill that increases run speed to be maxed out (it also gives you a fairly decent chance of doing a near-teleport type movement to the position you'll be attacking from, which is extremely handy for quickly closing on distant enemies). It takes you several cities into the game to get both of those Battle Skills, and you'll have had to ignore using a couple of potentially really powerful Killer Moves until nearly the point that you naturally learn ones that make solid replacements for them. Next, they eliminated the Spell Merging. If two casters cast spells at the same time that were part of the same elemental pair (either same element or opposing elements, all 10 elements were paired) and at least one of the spells was an AoE spell they would 'merge'. When they were the same element they combined their power against all targets of BOTH spells. When fighting enemy casters this was a very easy means to end up in a quick, and sudden, game over as those enemy casters were usually immune to their own element (or worse, absorbed it) but you needed special armor to resist it (and frequently, with the power 'boost' from your caster, reducing damage by 50% usually wasn't enough to save anyone). However, if the spells were of apposing elements then the stronger spell would be weakened by the strength of the weaker spell and have the damage it did significantly reduced. This was an effective way of significantly reducing damage from bosses that liked to cast a lot of spells, and is central to fighting a few bosses in the mid-to-late game (without it you may need an extra 10-30 levels to defeat them, and no that figure isn't an exaggeration, some of those boss spells hit so hard that you needed that many extra levels to have the HP needed to take the hits, oh and the max level was much higher than 99). Mind you, if you had two casters in your battle party, and they cast spells from the same elemental pair, their spells would also merge (to some insanely spectacular damage values if they were the same element). Lastly, they heavily reworked the elements for magic. Instead of 10 different elements they changed it to 6, but kept all of the spells. This had the rather pronounced downside of 2 elements having significantly fewer spells to them than any of the others. It also messed with the spell balance of the recruitable casters, as now most of them barely had any elemental variety and it caused most of them to have two spells that quite literally filled the same role because they became the same element. And, some spells that were elemental, but didn't do damage, were changed to no longer have an element (spell merging did influence these spells). Although they didn't consistently shift all spells of a particular element they still had a poor balance to them anyhow. They even made a few non-elemental that originally had an element (it's a significant in-game lore thing that all spells that harm 'enemies' have an element, although Rena did learn one spell that aided allies and is listed with an element, while debuff spells were split between being non-elemental and elemental). Now, the demo is out, if you want to give it a try, and they've notably changed how the Skills and Battle Skills are acquired, as well as some changes to how Battle Skills and Special Skills are strengthened. I did notice that they are still only working with 6 elements, but I'm too short on time left on that demo save to see how magic works now with Celine so I'm going to have to do a second save where I skip through all of the story dialog to get some serious playtime with her. I'll only be able to learn one of her AoE spells before hitting the demo's level cap, and I'm unsure if there are any enemies that cast spells of the right elements up through the final area of the demo to see if spell merging can happen or not, but I'm definitely going to give it a check. I also noticed that they still have Rena's basic offensive spell listed as being an Earth element spell, like in Second Evolution, so I'm not all that confident that Spell Merging will be around, but at least they got rid of the inherent Knockback effect.

[@dinodisabatino5308]

magic intro

[@gilgameshorganization468]

スターオーシャンセカンドストーリー、友達の好きだったアニメなので、友達もこれを見たら喜ぶでしょう^ - ^

[@sunkistcloud525]

One of the Very Best Games Ever Made

[@Arimayne]

Very surprised its getting a physical release wow

[@Nechronus]

I will take all the physical releases we can get. Dragon Quest Infinity Strash not getting a NA physical seems odd enough, so I guess we have to be thankful where we can get it. Baten Kaitos Remaster so far is also not getting an NA physical release, but Bandai Namco tends to be lazier than even Square Enix when they do remasters ie. Removing English VA

[@pool842]

Can't wait to play the demo was God damn good.

[@mattxstarx]

i can't wait for this to drop!

[@mehrunez4838]

Jsut finished my first Rena playthrough, and while some things are different. I am fully in love with this as a remake. It's better in some, little disappointing in others, but an overall 9/10 expeiance. Just launching the game punched me in the heart with feels and i love it. I will try to get everyone I know to this game. Now do TILL THE END OF TIME AGAIN!!! I loived that one with my heart.

[@Makenshiii]

Just curious, what were the disappointing parts?

[@mehrunez4838]

@@Makenshiii It might be a different experience for me, having never played the previous remake. The way some attacks were altered from ps1. I was looking forward to the old crafting animation as well. it's small personal things really.

[@Makenshiii]

@@mehrunez4838 ohh I see. I did notice some attacks were different. But not a big deal. This is definitely the definitive version to play. I also hope they remake star ocean 3! That was the second best entry in the series.

[@mehrunez4838]

@@Makenshiii I love 2 to death and it holds a special place as the first i played. (also cause my brother got bs lucky and got the 1 hit ko with head splitter on the final boss -.-) 3 though is my alltime fav, and it deserves the same love.

[@anounymosgamer]

I literally still have this on my psvita, waiting for the day I go back and (finally) finish it.

[@ryulee1996]

Pls, remake star ocean 3 next. I would love to see that and better not be rushed.

[@nataliemanahan5168]

Looks amazing!

[@aoffydosy1530]

This remind me PSP version opening from IG production, how far it has come.

[@ashenphoenix6869]

The demo was waaay better than i was expecting its gorgeous too i am so grtting this.

[@MarxasThomas]

After it ended, I was hungry for more 😭

[@ashenphoenix6869]

@@MarxasThomas Hah tell me about it! Tales of Arise also is getting its DLC a few days right after this launches its wild!

[@outrightflame4280]

@@ashenphoenix6869yep a lot Jrpg stuff to do in November can’t wait

[@adriangimenez805]

ESPETACULAR...UNA MARAVILLA, SE VE GENIAL,,,,SALUDOS DESDE ROSARIO-ARGENTINA.

[@nicogalax]

Ke capo

[@DragonGoD95]

OMG i nee this! not in 2 month! NOWWW!!! :D

[@CenturianEagle]

Can’t wait!!

[@jaygore4248]

I really really really hope they redo star ocean first departure r on the engine they did for this game. First Departure is my favourite and think it deserves/needs a make over :)❤

[@Debass87]

This makes me wish they'd remake the anime too in this style