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Star Ocean and Second Story were made by some of the people who made Tales of Phantasia, but my first encounter with the Tales series wouldn’t be until Symphonia on the Gamecube.Ĭharacters are separated into two classes, fighters and mages. When you build up enough speed, it’s actually possible to move out of the way of enemy attacks and then close to melee range again. Battles happen in real time–fight woosh and your team appears on one side while the enemy appears on the other, and your characters can run at the enemy and smack them with their weapons, use special attacks, cast spells if available, use items, and so on. Star Ocean 2 works about the same as any other JRPG, in that you have a general plotline and a bunch of towns and monsters to destroy between them. The game is still pretty slow starting out, but they have to dump exposition to fill in the backstory due to Claude not knowing the troubles Expel has been having these past few months, so tough it out for the first hour or so and it’ll start getting better. Hey, I think we passed the auditions for the next Metal Gear game! My very first time through, I only had six people total at the end because those were the only ones who the main plot introduced me to. There are eight total character slots and you’re only required to have Claude and Rena in your party, so the remaining six slots have to be split between eleven other people and some of them require work to recruit. And there are some mutally-exclusive characters who won’t join if the other’s present. You’re given your choice between Claude and Rena to start, but while the plot is the same for both, you of course see some events only that character sees, and there are some characters who will offer to join you only if you’re playing as one or the other. Star Ocean 2 is pretty neat in that there’s a lot of replay value just due to how the characters work.
What is the secret behind this mysterious meteorite? There is a legend about a Hero of Light who wears alien raiment and carries a Sword of Light that will save the world from danger…and only a few months ago, this Sorcery Globe crashed onto the continent of Ell, causing monsters and natural disasters to sprout up everywhere. An accident with still-active machinery in an otherwise deserted area winds up transporting Claude to the underdeveloped planet Expel, where reckless usage of his phase gun saves Rena Lanford from danger, but sets the plot into motion. Levels ended up being high 70s and low 80s for the final team too.įar in the future, a Pangalatic Federation cadet goes on his first real mission with his father, Ronyx Kenni (from the first Star Ocean) taking the lead. I didn’t even enter the post-game dungeon Maze of Tribulations this time. I wanted to try characters who I haven’t used much for a change. I recruited Celine, Ashton, Bowman, Dias, Noel, and Chisato and my team ended up being Claude, Bowman, Chisato, and Noel. Uh, anyway, I decided to go through with Rena and it took me a little over 29 hours to get to the end without really trying to 100% the game. Unlike Star Ocean First Departure, it’s not a full-on remake but unlike Valkyrie Profile Lenneth, it’s not merely a slightly enhanced port.
VICTOR VRAN GAMEFAQS PSP
How long ago was that? Anyway, about a decade ago, Star Ocean and its sequel got remakes for the PSP and I wanted to see how much was changed and improved from the original.
I rented this one day on a whim (and because the back of the box looked interesting) and I got hooked. Yeah, it wasn’t as popular as the Squaresoft juggernauts on the system but it was something refreshing since at the time, I only knew JRPGs as turn-based/ATB “stand in formation and trade blows with the enemy” ordeals. Star Ocean: The Second Story is probably my favorite PS1 game.