Why Star Ocean The Second Story R Is JRPG Of The Year (Spoiler Free Review)

[@411sponge72]

Seriously thinking about pulling the trigger on this game. Thank you for the review!

[@ErekLadd]

Highly recommend it!! Especially having never played a star ocean game before, it was awesome!

[@411sponge72]

@@ErekLadd I'm 7 hours in so far and I have to say I'm hooked! Thank you for the recommendation!!!

[@uppernimbus]

Love this review, Erek. I think I'm gonna need to play something like this very soon, so thanks for the spoiler-free breakdown~

[@Official_RetroMania]

You should is a good game specially if you like action old school JRPG's with a modern take.

[@uppernimbus]

@@Official_RetroMania Yes, I am looking forward to it ❤

[@ErekLadd]

Definitely recommend! It’s pretty easy going and you can even play in short bursts if you need. A great and classic JRPG with a modern coat of paint. Best of both worlds!

[@uppernimbus]

@@ErekLadd Looks and sounds amazing. I think I'll make Star Ocean my next game to play on my backlog!

[@SolidSnake240]

At around the 3:25 mark you said that you don't control your other party members but that's not true. You can switch to different characters during battle and you can change the party leader to any other character to control as your "main". Other than that, this is a solid review.

[@I_was_a_Bullfrog]

Awesome stuff mate! Glad to see the recognition from Square too.

[@ErekLadd]

Thank you! Yes, super stoked to be able to get something happening for a review code. Super lucky and very grateful.

[@Official_RetroMania]

Great to see you making a review for the game! I am playing it right now my review also provided by Square thanks Square, should be up in a month, I like to take my time with it and I am still on my vacation. My thoughts so far: great game loving the music, gameplay, art style i first thought the gameplay was too eas and a button masher but later on the gameplay does get better I still feel like there are better action RPGs like Astral Chain or Scarlet Nexus but for what it is I like it! ❤

[@ErekLadd]

I agree, some battles late game that need a bit more strategy than plain old button mashing. Definitely a welcome change when it got more difficult! I need to check out Astral chain! I’ve heard lots of good things about it. Thanks for tuning in!!

[@Official_RetroMania]

@@ErekLadd You absolutely need to check out Astral Chain in my opinion a true MASTERPIECE! The game does get hard I am playing at the middle setting so one above you if you choose the easiest one and yeah you do die couple of time, against the worm boss I needed to grind levels and I also then realized that party members don't always come on they own and so I did a side quest to get a 4th party member and then the fight was easier because they can eat only 3 members because there are only 3 worms but by that time I got so strong that I beat them without them eating me or my teammates.

[@dharmainthenorth]

Great review, man. Hit all the kind of points that I need to know about - I've added it to my Steam wishlist. Thanks!

[@ErekLadd]

Thanks!! Definitely a fun game. There’s a demo too which carriers over save data to the full game so it’s worth checking out to see if you enjoy it. Appreciate you tuning in!!

[@charlesswofford5099]

Awesome review 👏 definitely going to play this now!

[@ErekLadd]

Yes!!!! Have fun!!!

[@KenzalbeeXtreme]

What a great review! This game actually looks pretty interesting, so I love all of the information you gave about it without giving spoilers.

[@ErekLadd]

Honestly it's well worth checking out if you can. A good game to unwind with, nothing really heavy on the brain after the end of the day!

[@chickenfillets]

It's just an utter beast of a game full stop!!!

[@ErekLadd]

You know it!!!

[@landonstallings2891]

I love this game, currently at 2 fields done. I know this is a remake, but my only gripe is all the music is pretty crap. Everything else is amazing

[@ErekLadd]

Sorry to hear that! I thought the music was really great. Great mixes and arrangements. But some tracks could be viewed as a bit dull for sure. Thanks for tuning in!