STAR OCEAN SERIES FROM WORST TO BEST

We’re taking a look at one of my favorite rpg series from worse to best.
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[@The_RadicalOne]

Also, for those looking for English copies of Star Ocean Blue Sphere heres the link www.etsy.com/listing/753826715/

[@screwthenet]

Second story fer sure. My friends used to play it and I would just watch...still fun though lol.

[@Reluctant_Hero]

Seems like there is some very recent drama regarding the fan translation floating around, the FishyFace Games cartridges AND the Etsy repros. The translator claims his work was stolen. Not sure what the entire story is, but this is just a heads up. gbatemp.net/threads/star-ocean-blue-sphere-english-translation-patch-release.556455/ www.reddit.com/r/starocean/comments/dou90c/blue_spheres_full_english_translation_has_been/

[@Clouds12012]

The ending of SO3 is why I got into this series. I love the ending but i wish we got to see an entire game in the REAL world. Since SO3 weve wanted to see beyond but we keep getting games like SO5 that dont impact anything

[@MetalJesusRocks]

I need to watch this now. I think I've only played through Star Ocean: Till the End of Time (PS2) but I've been curious about the others!

[@ataridc]

Just need to meet a vampire and there will be time to play everything on your backlog

[@Shangrilahmusic]

Please do another pickups video!

[@philw4839]

Mj you got to play star ocean second story

[@failuretothink]

Same for me. I really liked Till the end of time.

[@Evil_Chronic]

At least you played the best one.

[@odinsplaygrounds]

Til the end of time was the first SO game I played and I really enjoyed it. Thought the whole (SPOILERS) VR 4th dimension twist was really mind blowing. The game just kept me interested in the story throughout, which is the main draw for me in RPGs. It dared to do something different.

[@The_RadicalOne]

Odin's Playground I wasn’t in my feelings like most people were about the ending, but I did accept it.

[@rxzero00]

I don't know about the ending after the final boss but I did enjoy the story up to the final boss, I like the plot twist as I am a fan of sci fi and the game felt the most sci fi out of the Star Ocean games as it really delve into the terminology, technology, dimensions, and even symbology and the difference between symbology and runology, along with space battles, space invasions. The built in dictionary goes really in depth in explaining the whole universe up to Till the End of Time. The Last Hope did feel like sci fi in terms of aesthetics and the planetary traveling thing and it does look more sci fi but I don't remember it ever going so deep in explaining the universe or so.

[@rustopholis1667]

till the end of time was basically my religion for a few years. I had only 3 save files i think, but i had ooohhhh maybe 900 hours on my longest played file. the others probably between 2-300. hot damn i loved that game

[@TruLuan]

Is there really that much to do in that game? I've never played it.

[@TheBatmanMan1]

I had one mega file in the PS2 where I’d done *almost* everything. (Final boss of the Urssa Lava Caves and maybe the last fourth of Sphere 211- I was a completionist trying to get every chest) Man I miss the days of games loaded with bonus end game content that wasn’t tacked to steep DLC price tags. Anyway, I played it mostly in middle school / high school, but last year I replayed it on the PS4. Now older with a more experienced mind for JRPGs and RPGs in general, my ability’s, skills, and equipment were customized for maximum efficiency-particularly when it comes to dealing MP damage for ridiculously fast kills. Game was waaaay easier than I remembered. I then looked back at my original PS2 file and compared everything-holy crap. What was I even doing back then!? Even at level 270 with every character equipped with two tri-emblem accessories and weapons loaded out with synthesis effects, I was no where near as good as my new file. I never even leveled or used my MP attack skill once!!! Oh man, the things I did in the innocence of youth.

[@nightgoblin29]

My favorite too.. played thousands of hours of it... Gonna play it later today ;)

[@nightgoblin29]

@@TruLuan yup lots to do

[@kingofbel6499]

Star Ocean 3 was my first game of the series and I hold it dear in my heart, because back then the intro of the game where you walk around a futuristic hotel while a beautiful song play, and then Fayt goes to that Virtual Reality room to practice fighting just blow my mind. I had never seen a futuristic jrpg before and I loved it. What makes the game even more special to me is that my first copy of the game was broken and wouldnt go past that intro part, and I had to search for months to find another copy of the game. In the end, the game was great so it was worth the trouble. I even liked the controversial ending. lol

[@pjp1113]

Keep the videos coming Reggie, really enjoying them

[@The_RadicalOne]

pjp1113 I’ll try to 😂

[@MakoTenseii]

Fun/trash fact: Japan got a hd rerelease of second story years ago on the ps4 and we still dont have it

[@The_RadicalOne]

Dominik Makówka ugh 😑 they seem to be taking their time.

[@capsaicinJT]

i have it on my JP PSN account. it's similar to first departure R, except that first departure R gives you extra options for the voices and portraits. honestly, they have no excuse for not releasing it, all the work is done, the HD graphics are there, the translation is already done in previous versions, all they would have to do is have one programmer spend an afternoon to put all the pieces together and compile it. Squenix makes me pull my hair out sometimes.

[@RKS92101]

Thank you SO MUCH for doing this retrospective. Somebody had to do it, and it had to be a passionate person and someone who knew their stuff. It had to be someone who truly cared and would know how to present the information not only to fans but to potential newcomers. Thank you so much.

[@MadPanicGaming]

I agree 100%, Second Story is the best in the series. One of my favorite RPGs on the PS1 actually, I put a ton of time into it back in the day.

[@robot_hitcher]

Agreed, it seemed different, bigger, and more surreal than other rpgs at the time. The story was really cool.

[@Evil_Chronic]

SO3’s story, the most controversial twist I’ve ever seen. IMO this is the best entry in the franchise. The twist was unique for me and has cemented this as one of my top games of all time. Combat is amazing too, especially once you get all you skills and gear. Maria Traydor ftw.

[@xxnike0629xx]

It’d be nice if Square Enix made a physical PS4 release of the Star Ocean games ... - Star Ocean First Departure R - Star Ocean Second Evolution R - Star Ocean Til The End of Time R - Star Ocean The Last Hope R

[@The_RadicalOne]

xxnike629xx I’m hoping they will do that as well.

[@xxnike0629xx]

@@The_RadicalOne I guess we can always hope! Since this is the final year of the PS4, I suspect we'll be seeing lots of remasters, remakes, collections, and that sort of thing.

[@scottfrye]

It’s more cost effective to keep resources for reinterpretations of your older most successful games and call them remakes. Just sayin

[@GX-105D]

last hope is on steam though, so there's that

[@crispy_asch7110]

Grew up with star ocean two, a phenomenal series. Great video!

[@The_RadicalOne]

Alexander Hoyt oh! thank you 😊

[@zemenerrichey1980]

It's good to see someone who doesn't actually hate on SO5 lol. I had a lot of fun with that one and enjoyed the story as well.

[@Officialchristophermorris]

I actually enjoyed it too... but definitively not as Good as The Second Story!

[@ncartony]

I absolutely loved the ending in SO Till the End of Time! That stuff was wild and really blew my mind :D nice video!

[@RoyceNASTY]

Star Ocean: The Second Story is always going to be the one... the story, side quests, and party members are just sooo unique... you cant beat it... great vid!

[@The_RadicalOne]

Couldn't agree more!

[@ShinkeiDEI]

I actually love Integrity and Faithlessness, the combat system is the most fun IMO.

[@js.sunset]

Of the ones I've played : 4. Integrity and Faithlessness 3. First Departure 2 (1). Till the End of Time * 1 (2). Second Story * *depends on the day

[@The_RadicalOne]

JS Morgan good order

[@noviartz]

I'm a year late but god i love star ocean series too, i've been just having such a big nostalgia trip lately, and it's making me wanna replay SO3

[@movienerd202]

I've been holding The Last Hope on my EBay Watchlist for over 2 years. I guess I should buy it.

[@The_RadicalOne]

Movie Nerd well you don’t have to worry about it selling out 😆

[@mathieudube7595]

I think I paid 7$ for a brand new copy recently on ebay

[@movienerd202]

@@mathieudube7595 Yeah, it's definitely not the price point that kept me from picking it up. I have a glut of unplayed games still in plastic and not the amount of room that Metal Jesus and Reggie has for my collection.

[@reagandow850]

Wow...you’ve made me, a guy who stays away from RPGs really want to check this series out. Thanks man!

[@almightycinder]

I've never had an issue with #3's twist, especially in regards to the other games. That weird desert planet that has a time travel/teleportation portal just straight up doesn't make sense without that twist. A planet that's entire purpose is a level select menu.

[@gameroomrevival8265]

Great video! That ending to Till the End of Time....yeah. lol. I didn't mind it, but it was just a real "what the heck" moment. The journey throughout that game itself is still worth playing through though, and more than makes up for it even if someone isn't a fan of how it all ends. If they do come out with a new entry to the series (hopefully!), I'd love to see them keep that battle system from Integrity and Faithlessness!

[@St4TicSWAG]

oh yeah! Playing star ocean first departure R on the switch rn. Perfect timing on the video! I love the characters in first departure more than second evolution tbh, both are great tho!

[@terrorazeing]

I've only played two SO titles - Second Story (PS1) and First Departure (PSP). But I gotta say, that Second Story one, despite being in PS1, I can still say that it's by far one of the top JRPGs even to this day. During that time I was in love with the FF franchise (FF Origins to FFVIII, haven't got the chance to play IX back then in PS1) but I was surprised at how good Second Story was. It really baffled me, and I was so immersed into it. I also loved the music btw, it really helped giving the game that specific space-opera kind of vibe which was something I haven't seen in FF that time that's why I was so mesmerized by it. I can't even remember how many times I've played 2nd Story during those fun times haha. And yeah there was First Departure. It was a nice addition, but sadly it didn't have the greatness that I saw in 2nd Story before. But I still enjoyed it for what it is. Now I'm actually thinking of getting PCSX2 just for the sole purpose of playing Til The End of Time (sadly my PS2 died early during those times when it was released) because I remember I also saw a game review of it before and it said it was amazing. So the curiousity has been always there...

[@mooncense9227]

Personally star ocean 3's battle system is my favorite. 1. There's the "counter" mechanic that peppita and albel have that was dumbed-down in 4 and 5. 2. Fireworks 3. No guard, 4 had this but not 5 4. Mp tanking, Maria was a god at this 5. Parries, a Sophia build using her Blood Scylla skill with around 2k agi is fun as hell 6. Cancel bonus, 4 had this as a skill you had to learn

[@DarkIceKrabby]

Good news, a new Star Ocean game was announced today.

[@erinmccarthy6434]

Till the end of time was my first SO game and I absolutely LOVED IT!!! Now I’m playing First departure R on the PSN network and working my way up. Can’t wait!!!

[@josepartida1711]

I just bought star ocean last hope for my 360. I got back into gaming because of that console but I was hooked on gears and FIFA. Once this generation came out I’ve built quite the PS4 collection. I look over at my 360 games and no rpgs! So I’m trying to fix that now. Never played a star ocean but I’m looking forward to it once I have some free time.

[@drewk3259]

You sound like you're smiling through out this whole video and that's awesome!

[@AstralPhnx]

Huh, this is the second list I've seen where Star Ocean 5 wasn't at absolute rock bottom. Surprising

[@AstralPhnx]

Still, considering I just picked up a copy of Star Ocean 5 today I'm not complaining! Hopefully I'll enjoy the series. Loaded the first two titles onto my Vita

[@teenkitsune]

I'm still waiting for Star Ocean: First Departure R to get a physical release on Switch, and I really hope it gets one, even a limited one from Limited Run Games or Super Rare Games or someone.

[@StarlinkNova]

This order is pretty much spot on how I'd have the Star Ocean games on my list. I enjoyed them all but I'll always love The Second Story the most. I just loved the setting of the story and the cast of characters. I also really enjoyed Till the End of Time despite it's very polarizing twist near the end of the game. It took me by surprise at first but I still think it's a solid game regardless. I hope that Sqaure Enix will continue with new Star Ocean games going forward as well. Only time will tell I guess. Great video as always man!👍

[@fairygamer77]

Second story I agree. Love it.

[@Biggs253]

I loved the ending in star ocean till the end of time.

[@MayteraMarble]

Playing Star Ocean First Departure R and so far I am really liking it. It's my first Star Ocean game.

[@ldrelick]

The original on SFC was a game I drooled over when I saw it in Nintendo Power. Thanks to an internet friend who had contacts in Japan, I received a copy of my own. I fell in love, even though the language barrier made it a bit difficult to play through. But the graphics and music were so beautiful, and the combat was fast and frantic. I later played the English fan translation, though have yet to play First Departure/R. There's a bit too much backtracking, and it feels like the story could be expanded on, but it's still a great game. Star Ocean 2 is an absolute masterpiece, so ahead of its time... The Item Creation system was unlike anything I've ever seen, I remember trying to forge cash and getting a bounced check that would drain my money... being able to pickpocket your own party members... the "Iron Chef" style cooking contest... the incredibly challenging optional dungeon. There was just such a ridiculous amount of content and secrets. 3 was the game that sold me on a PS2, but I could not come to terms with the changes to the battle system, changes to Item Creation, and the neutering of Private Actions. MP Death was one of the most obnoxious things I've ever seen in an RPG. I also didn't like the terrible AI and camera in battle, nor did the twist go over very well for me. Was one of the most disappointing games in the franchise up till 5. While a lot of people complained about the goofy characterization in 4, I thought the game got the series back on track a bit. It felt more like 2, with an even more refined combat system, intuitive item creation mechanics, and even more great bonus dungeons. If you can get over some of the characterizations like "nappy time" Lymle, or EDGE MAVERICK making a really stupid decision and dooming the alternate world, then there's a lot of fun to be had. One of the better 360/PS3 RPGs. Unfortunately, I was super hyped that a new SO game was announced, but 5 was a disaster. 7 characters in combat at one time was just too much, and combat frequently devolved into screen-filling particle effects and button mashing. The cinemas were also neutered, and the whole world felt small and uninspiring. Not the grand epics of 2, 4, and to a lesser extent 3.

[@bubzwubz1572]

Star Ocean the second story is easily one of the best games I have ever played. It’s a masterpiece in my opinion.

[@tmzalabak4526]

Ratings are on point! Completely agree!

[@benjamintomson8135]

Great video. Star ocean fanatic here, lol. Order as far as I'm concerned: #1. SO2 #2. SO1 #3. BLUE SPHERE #4. SO3 #5. SO5 #6 SO4

[@Mephistel]

I really appreciate how descriptive you were with what you liked and disliked, without really spoiling anything. I'm only getting into SO now with The Second Story, and thinking about where to go from there.

[@cliffsangelsphotography]

Man, this brings back a lot of memories. I started with Second Story, then Till The End of Time. We had such great games back then

[@MrDaveDimes]

Yoooooo Reggie! Super dope video big homie.

[@The_RadicalOne]

Thanks dude!

[@Nokkternal]

New Star Ocean soon. Star Ocean is one of my favorite JRPG series, I'm always happy to see other people like the franchise too. I think it is an underrated series that easily gets overlooked!

[@jaredhanks7632]

I agreed with everything you said. Yes. Second story is a true gem of a game.

[@cann4162]

Till the end of time ending was amazing..

[@BrockShake]

Nice collection. Good to see games like Blue Sphere that never made it outside of Japan. Star Ocean is one of my top RPG series, as well. Keep up the good work 😊

[@FredHerbert999]

Enix published Star Ocean: Blue Sphere in Japan. Not Square.

[@BigEOT3]

It’s returning

[@teenkitsune]

I like your sprite in that SMB2 style intro sequence.

[@carlossince92]

Ive been feeling like jumping into an rpg, good timing

[@philw4839]

You can't go wrong with star Ocean second story

[@TheDannylarson]

Great video man, these are the type of videos are whatI love to see (of course I'm almost 40 and grew up on Ps1 era jrpgs) but I like the fact that you rep Star Ocean, I try to do the same for series I love. My thing is this, that new Star Ocean port is cool and all but imagine if we got Super Robot Taisen OG saga EndlessFrontier on the Switch/Ps4, a modern console port of that would probably melt my brain! 🤯 love the battle system on that one, the ProjectXZone series is cool and all but my money's on the DS Robot Taisen! I wish they left out the srpg elements on ProjectXZone

[@Mybutteredpopcorn]

Reggie....Could there possibly be a Worst to Best of the Tales Series in the future ?

[@RatedRY]

This is how I'd rank them as well! I've played the original second story so many times and I'm just now playing through second evolution for the first time and while I love it and I'm super nostalgic, it makes me realize how much greater the game could be with a full blown remake. I'm just thinking what the game would look like in 4k, with fully 3d character models and an over the shoulder camera angle. Unlike a lot of older rpg's like FF7 or KOTOR, they wouldn't even really need to touch the battle system other than updating some animations and making it a bit more fluid as it's still pretty good by today's standards. However I'd love to see enemies in the field instead of random encounters and have a seamless transition into combat and 4 party members on the field at the same time even outside of combat, with additional dialogue while traveling to ingratiate you too them even more... would be a dream come true for me. I'm kind of hoping the reason we haven't seen it released on switch & ps4/5 is because it's something they might be interested in doing, but if that was the case we probably wouldn't see it until a while after SO6.

[@LootWizard]

Great video! I liked and subscribed. I was 14 when I played my first jrpg and it was Star Ocean the second story on Playstation 1. I was blown away by it. It's still my favorite jrpg til this day.

[@cemetery895]

Second Story is great also, I played both ps1 and 2nd Evolution, it is kinda like Tales of Phantasia (PS1 remake) without the sidescrolling. Still prefer SO3 since it was the first Star Ocean I ever played and the story was better than expected,

[@MultiTimetravler]

like the Mario 2 intro. you should just have that :)

[@marciobr7184]

Lucky you...it was announced a new one today! hahaha :D Great video man! I just played the second one...and it was awesome! That was like, decades ago HAHAH Divine Force! Too bad now I feel like I need to buy the other ones!

[@The_RadicalOne]

I'll check it out!

[@TheIsaiahPLG]

Star Ocean has always had a special spot in my heart since i first played the fan translation of the first game. Cool vid reggie!

[@ripdio666]

I ordered a japanese copy of The Last Hope International (PS3). Never played a game from this series before. Excited!

[@ImmortalDrignis]

SOT2S- Michael- “aren’t your guys cold? Spicule”

[@richardkrauss7852]

More of this Reggie. Your love for RPGs really shine in this format. Do Ys next fam!

[@grrizzzy7]

I was just about to search this, and here you are 👌🏻

[@frankbizzoco1954]

Cool video Reggie. You know a game is good when you feel exactly the same way as when you first played it. I am just getting into Star Ocean. I bought the remake of the first game on Switch. What drew me to the series was how the original game on snes was crammed with extra technology to make it work. Plus when a snes game is left in Japan, its usually at the end of the snes life cycle, and its usually pretty good. A t least that was my experience with Seiken Densetsu 3. Great video, and gave me some insight to a series I overlooked.

[@MrAgilla]

Good news reggie there is a new star ocean

[@FuIIDiveVR]

SO3 definitely had the best pacing in story. Some didn't like the ending but it was great imo. Combat also was way ahead of it's time and even FF7R took some inspiration from it.

[@elbravovierde8010]

I am subscribed to a Lot of KZbin channels! And specially the game ones are amongest my favorites! Love ALL of them! But If I have to choose one buddy to hunt down for rarities and such I'd probably choose dear buddy Radical Reggie here! He is such a Nice guy! Thanks for the recomendation! God bless you always brother!!

[@fairygamer77]

Star ocean the second story my favorite of the series. Least favorite hands down star ocean integrity and faithlessness.

[@jingkangloh7710]

I hope they remake the star ocean till the end of time on steam. Just like how they like to remake so many ff7.

[@Reclusive247]

Last hope overdid it with the protagonist names imo. The protagonist in my game is called Fire-blade Death-wolf, he wields a blood soaked buster sword, and ignores all of the hot sexy girls that are in love with him

[@The_RadicalOne]

Thanks for stopping buy. How did you enjoy the video?

[@emmanuellykes1428]

Cool painting

[@JRRSantore]

My first and only Star Ocean I've played is Integrity and Faithlessness on PS4. I picked it up about a month ago and I am really enjoying it, which is funny cuz most fans of the series point to that one as one of the worst and I just don't get it, though obviously I haven't played the others. But I love the combat and the world is very nice looking. Idk I like it

[@TheBatmanMan1]

Great video man-I whole heartedly agree with just about everything you said with one exception: how they did the cutscenes in SO5. I reeeeeeally didn’t like how they did away with nearly every legitimate cutscene in favor of the characters just talking while Fidel is free to just walk around aimlessly in the background. It took away any feeing or emotion from the story. (And I’ll be the first to admit, the Star Ocean series has never exactly been top notch at conveying either of these in the first place-love the games that I do.) But yeah, I thought the game woulda been far more enjoyable with more standard cutscenes. But of course, to each their own.

[@Edge1588]

If you play star ocean 3 first then every game after that you are a 4D being. In terms of the story. They took it to a logical place. Most other RPGs start off rescuing a cat and finish battling God with your unbelievable powers then go back to normal (FF13-2). This game you start off a human and finish as a virus that jumps hardware to keep itself and it's reality alive. The problem with it was that it came out too early. If it was released as a new game today it wouldn't go down the way it did (with how much VR has become the norm)

[@silentrpglord8229]

I really hope they bring these to steam. I know we got the last hope on there

[@FrankVV78]

I really need to replay The Second Story,definitely one of my favorites.The Last Hope would probably be my fav after that.

[@sp4cepigz174]

Yo I really like the art it’s your own thing

[@btssam]

Awesome, I'm just getting into star ocean great to see a look at the whole series

[@paulhouston4711]

I really liked your Mario intro.

[@GenyaArikado]

Reggie hass to play the new Star Ocean game which comes in 5 days ;) from my time of writing

[@AnbenK]

Star Ocean 4 could really use a definitive edition like Tales of Vesperia, adding both Faize and Crowe in the same playthrough

[@SteVen-eg4sq]

Star Ocean Second Story is one of the most underrated JRPGS out there. I've long since lost my original PS1 version but thankfully I still have Second Evolution in pristine condition.

[@lightsabersamurai1040]

Always a series I wanted to check out but never got around to great video 👍

[@random-artifacts]

I didn’t know how much I needed this video! Thanks for the great work!

[@velosiped135]

I love this series! The PS1 version got me into rpgs. Thanks for making this!

[@Pyangryong]

I also got the FishyFace Copy of Blue Sphere. Bought a SP for it so i can play. Havent gotten around to it yet, but i also love this Series and would like to get more. I am currently playing Integrity now then i will play Last Hope afterwards. Till the end of Time i remember getting on my Birthday and immediately popping into my PS2. Second Story though i need to rebuy, let a fried borrow it and i never got the first Disc back. Still got the second one though.

[@JLAvey]

The first Star Ocean on SFC helped me learn how to read katakana (Grandia on Saturn is helping me now learn the rest of Japanese). I remember getting to Asmodeus and that fight turned out to be the most one-sided big boss fight I ever had. The fighters had him pinned down and I think it might have lasted a couple of minutes. Now that I have an English repro, one of these years I'll see if I can do that again.

[@jf_valdivieso]

Honestly, I feel that having not played any other Star Ocean games has given me the best possible context to appreciate Star Ocean 5 more than actual fans of the series. I'm 24 hours in and I'm enjoying it quite a lot. Characters are interesting; story's ok; cutscene ratio is fine; mechanics are intuitive; and the soundtrack is A-tier. Pretty decent rpg.

[@Koranthus]

One of the reasons I didn't buy or play I&F was because of the "all characters on the field". Takes the strategy and meaning out of your fighting choices and kind makes the battlefield a hot mess when you have half a dozen+ characters fighting X amount of enemies.

[@CCzarMasta56]

I never played any games from the series and some years back, I've seen the series and wanted to get into it but never did. Right now on the PSN, all the games, except SO2, are on sale and I was looking into picking them up. Looked up to see if I should and your video convinced me. I think I'm just gonna get all 4 games. Shame SO2 isn't available on PS4 or Switch, since those are the 2 consoles I play on. Great video!

[@theevolutionslayer1772]

I have the ps1 and ps2 star ocean only played the ps2.

[@elcypher6102]

Second Story is incredible dust off that PS1 😊

[@TonyKnight1208]

Integrity and faithlessness was a great game but honestly the story was trash and boring. Gameplay is what made me wanna finish it.

[@David_Alvarez77]

Great video! Star Ocean 2 was my favorite game for a while. When I was in the army, I would play it while on barracks cq duty at night. lol

[@Djpetestone]

I’m with you man I think star ocean two is probably one of the greatest games of all time if not the greatest game of all time

[@DEADication86]

Nicely done. Here's hoping The Divine Force is a good one that learns all the lessons from its past. Star Ocean needs to evolve into the modern day like FF and Tales have. I'm sure if the guys working on it are listening, they'll produce the next great Star Ocean game. Or rather...don't dick us by playing SO2 again and saying there's a dual-protagonist system and then have both stories suck. Everything after SO3 has been garbage, please fix it! Oh, and undo SO3's plot/ending if you can. Seems that's the endgame that makes every other game not exist.

[@al1088aa]

I just started the departure r and IM OBSESSED!!!! I nvr knew it was a series this gm in so good omgggg

[@scottfrye]

I wish they would put out physical copies of the remasters too but cost management has become so important that they will make more money putting the resources towards new releases. Especially since these remasters can prove to be difficult to pull off without bugs and stuff. Final fantasy 8 remaster required them to built assets from the ground up. Which is why the 2d rendered backgrounds looked awful. They didn’t have original copies of the art so quality became an issue. They really tried though and that is commendable and loyal to your fans imo way to go square. Now if we can get a remake and not a reinterpretation

[@davidcrawford5324]

SO 2nd Story was one of my favs also...definitely top 3. Best character is Dias Flac...loved the comments he'd make when talking trash to the enemies lmao 😂

[@mmortal8183]

I only had 6 characters at the end of my first run of Star Ocean 2. Loved the game so much that my 13 year old self played through it at least 4 more times.

[@silencer169]

Star Ocean has been dear to my heart since The Second Story! I can still remember the ending of Till The End of Time making me very upset at the laziness after such a big story had been laid out in the previous titles.

[@PrizePirate]

I played til the end of time so much growing up, then my friend mentioned it and I didn’t realize that there were more star ocean games… I also didn’t realize characters had multiple endings. Another one comes out this year apparently too

[@2044cj]

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