Both Jrpgs you mention can be played once and enjoyed fully? not sure what you mean
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Star Ocean: First Departure R |OT| Star Ocean for the First Time for the Third Time
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I see that in lieu of creating a new opening animation or maybe even just reusing the old one they now have a spliced together (with footage from cutscenes) opening with a new song that is not as good.
A bit disappointing but oh well. Everything else seems good.
A bit disappointing but oh well. Everything else seems good.
God dammit. I thought they would add in lower cases to main character names. It was the one thing that irked me about the PSP ports and it seems so simple to patch in and fix. Seeing "Hey, we have to go this way, RODDICK!" takes me right out of any dialogue the game has.
Oh, I forgot this was coming out, and bought SaGa Scarlet Grace yesterday!
Still getting this though, as I've been looking forward to it for ages, any tips for a new Star Ocean player? I've read the first page...I'm not new to JRPGs though.
Also, how frequent are save points, and what is the difficulty like?
Still getting this though, as I've been looking forward to it for ages, any tips for a new Star Ocean player? I've read the first page...I'm not new to JRPGs though.
Also, how frequent are save points, and what is the difficulty like?
I can't wait to dive in after the weekend.... SO is one of my favourite JRPG franchises and I hope we see SO6 with decent budget for next gen.
Everyone support this.. it's a good game and also will lead us to SO2 for the west.
Everyone support this.. it's a good game and also will lead us to SO2 for the west.
Okay so I've started playing, and I can already tell I'm going to love this. The old style pixel art is amazing!
But where on earth does it tell you how to do battles? There's no tutorial, and I've googled looking for Star Ocean controls or the original manual...found nothing.
But where on earth does it tell you how to do battles? There's no tutorial, and I've googled looking for Star Ocean controls or the original manual...found nothing.
Can someone who's played this tell me:
does it have the original, goofy, morphing crafting system from the original SO2, or the way shittier one from recent games? I miss my morphing 3D models that can either spoil or surprise you about whether your crafting is successful or not.
does it have the original, goofy, morphing crafting system from the original SO2, or the way shittier one from recent games? I miss my morphing 3D models that can either spoil or surprise you about whether your crafting is successful or not.
I mean... this game isn't new.... it's SUPER old. so when "they pull this shit" you mean like.... forever ago?
remember this ad?
Also can we take a second to remember that a freakin' star ocean game got a TV commercial... wow. Square RPGs really took the world by storm that gen.
Amusingly, Square and Enix weren't merged yet at that point. Sony published Star Ocean 2 in the US.
Just started playing and the soundtrack is already making me super nostalgic. Love that PS2/PSP era Sakuraba sound.
Game's excellent so far. Really enjoying my time with it. Even all pixelated on my 50inch TV I really like the artstyle.
Very informative, thank you! I just bought it. Looking forward to it.
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I love the new (uh, old? New old?) Japanese cast, except for Millie, who I think is the only one with a vastly superior PSP voice.
I changed Roddick's name back to his original Japanese, Ratix, so the subs wouldn't be as jarring.
Looks great, even on an HDTV. Way better than I expected.
I changed Roddick's name back to his original Japanese, Ratix, so the subs wouldn't be as jarring.
Looks great, even on an HDTV. Way better than I expected.
It has SO2's crafting system. It's just as broken too. Which is great because that's how I prefer it. 1-3 are great in that regard (though 3 is just a little bit more obtusely designed).
I hate how in 4 and 5 they really restrict what you can make for long periods of time, so much so that by the time you can make cool stuff its honestly not that much of an improvement on the stuff you can just buy.
Really pay attention to those SFT skill tomes. You can do some really cool stuff with them.
The new song is ok but the original First Departure opening is sooo good in my opinion. I'm a bit disappointed too. I'd imagine it's a licensing issue. They changed the opining song for the Japanese PSN release of SO2 Second Evolution as well (though in that case they didn't change the whole flow of the opening too by shoving in cutscenes from all over the game).
I just got home from work. I'm thinking I'll check out the new-old voice cast as well. I'm thinking I'll probably settle with the original First Departure (man, this is weird) cast because that's what I'm used to hearing in JP Anamnesis.
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I agree, ABYLIM!!!!!!
It just makes it sound like they're screaming everybody's name for no reason
I keep yelling their names, and my girlfriend is getting super annoyed. It's hilarious :D
Oh hey, didn't notice this game had an OT. Picked the game up because I enjoyed it very much on PSP, and the premise is super interesting. Missed it so much. ^^
You're right and it's my mistake, but it is certainly thanks to square's efforts with final fantasy
So far so good, not very far but load times seem fast enough, backgrounds are super pixilated the character sprites aren't as bad was I was expecting not sure if they were touched up at all but they look good to me
Alright, I'm thinking for this first playthough I'm just going to go with the flow. I'll pick however I feel like without thinking too much and take whatever I get with item creation without save scumming. Let's see how this goes.
Actually I don't think it has that part. I haven't created anything yet, but unless they put it back in, those 3D models weren't in these psp rereleases. If that's the part you were asking about, I should have said no in my first response.
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Totally agree... it gave the menu a lot of personality. Not just the crafting, but the weird 3D models for everything.
Ok, so, uh, how do the battles work? I'm just mashing A to attack while the other characters move around based on whatever tactic I've set.
Do you just mash A all the time? Can you block? I see that you can set skills to L and R. What am I missing here?
How I miss the era of instruction manuals.
Do you just mash A all the time? Can you block? I see that you can set skills to L and R. What am I missing here?
How I miss the era of instruction manuals.
The L and R Skills are Range Dependant on you and the enemy
L Far
L Close
R Far
R Close
Also based on that response, I'm assuming this is your first SO game, keep in mind you can miss out on certain optional playable characters if you obtain certain other optional characters
It's really the only thing I don't like about SO 1-2, and constantly drives me to guides online
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Got it. There are two attacks per L and R.
This is my first SO game (rented SO2 for PSX back in the day—obviously have no recollection of any details), so I'm a bit baffled by the battles. Are you actively supposed to dodge attacks? Or is it like FFXII or Xenoblade where you're going to get hit no matter what? I'm a bit lost on exactly what the heck is happening.
Also, regarding playable characters, I'm going in blind so whatever happens, happens.
I would give details but I've only played the Original Star Ocean for the SNES, I'm not familar with the indepth combat of the remakes actually
But if its like the original, you are going to get hit no matter what
Alright, I'm gonna be that person and ask how this is as an entry point to the series for a first timer?
I love a sci-fi RPG, and I really love a short RPG.
I love a sci-fi RPG, and I really love a short RPG.
It's the original game in the series so it's a perfect entry point.
Its the original game in the series so a great place to start lol
Technically 2nd Game Chronologically
Bought this last night and played around 30 mins. It's decent so far but I can't possibly make any initial impressions.
I think Star Ocean 1 and especially 2 has got such a charm that really props the series up in a sea of 16-32bit RPGs.
Motoi Sakuraba had a great hand in creating this real comforting, yet grand setting - I'd definitely recommend playing this game with the music on - even if you're playing in bed, or while watching TV etc. Plus, the assets they use for buildings etc have a real identity to them (very similar to the Tales of series).
I'll probably blitz through this before xmas as it's a fairly short, linear experience, and I really, really hope SE bring the Second Evolution over to the Switch at some point next year, as that improved in virtually every aspect.
I think Star Ocean 1 and especially 2 has got such a charm that really props the series up in a sea of 16-32bit RPGs.
Motoi Sakuraba had a great hand in creating this real comforting, yet grand setting - I'd definitely recommend playing this game with the music on - even if you're playing in bed, or while watching TV etc. Plus, the assets they use for buildings etc have a real identity to them (very similar to the Tales of series).
I'll probably blitz through this before xmas as it's a fairly short, linear experience, and I really, really hope SE bring the Second Evolution over to the Switch at some point next year, as that improved in virtually every aspect.
Star Ocean being sci-fi is the biggest scam a JRPG has ever attempted. You'll spend most of your time on the ground visiting standard fantasy towns
Yeah.. I'm surprised they didn't at less added HD Fonts, like seriously ?!
SO3 was my first SO and I actually liked it a lot, plot twist and all. I've been meaning to go back and play the first two games for years and just never got around to it. I suppose this is probably as good of an opportunity as any.
That's a good point in a lot of remasters they use a different font which is jarring for me