STAR OCEAN THE SECOND STORY R

I had always wanted to play this as a kid and never got the chance. Not worth the price of $50. Fun little 30 hour romp. Great to grab if on sale. Everything is very linear. The entire game is essentially a series of A-to-B corridors connecting battles that can all be won by spamming the attack button. The story is expressed through meager text before and after the battles, so the story's pacing is blistering and unsatisfying. Any character that is introduced is almost certainly removed after serving their purpose at the next plot point. The story treats everyone outside the core party like highways signs, rapidly passing into the rear view after you've read them. This is explicitly the case in the game's feigned and true endings. Unfortunately, everyone in the car is pretty quiet, too. None of the party members develops, individually, or in relation to each other. This is underlined by the annoying tendency for characters to say the name of the person they're addressing with a particular inflection to express emotion, rather than, you know... words that describe what they feel or why they feel that way, Engaging in the 'personal action' character development events requires you to fast travel back to every place you've already been when you pick up a new character. Most of these events can be skipped because you cannot affect how they play out. The game boasts of 99 endings. This implies great flexibility in the storyline, which is entirely fixed. In fact, the 99 endings are ostensibly just permutations of a few single-scene cuts tagged to the ending. The game was fun, overall, I just enjoy critiquing game design.

女主篇结束，剧情就是很传统正反双方，接受多了现代喜欢搞各种剧情反转的套路都感觉有点不真实了。之后开始男主篇，由于一周目是不能把所有人物都解锁的所以二周目的体验内容也是足够的，不用担心男女主双篇二周目会不会内容重复太多比较无聊的问题。 游戏上，这种传统RPG可以每个地图每个NPC全部清空的感觉是真爽，并且可以通过对话每个NPC结合故事进展来感受游戏开发者隐藏的小心思。 玩法上的话，虽然不是回合制但是技能多了之后根本不需要去管攻击躲闪操作还是集中在用道具和技能上，本质还是个回合制游戏。然后特色就是弄了个IC系统，有着非常多的词条想研究最优解还是挺头疼的不过数值给的都很高，随便弄都足够爽玩游戏了。这个系统本身不错，不过结合游戏其他内容就显得过于庞大了，另外还有便利性也缺失了一些，后续作品继续完善的话可玩度应该会有非常大的提升。 推荐能接受画风的都来尝试下，不过如果是喜欢主线速通游戏的话可能不太合适可以多做些功课。

剧情一条线，战斗无聊，很多细节不到位

Straightforward RPG. Completed story, all raid boss, collected every fish, and acquired all Ultimate Weapons. There is more to do like New Game+ and collect all 99 endings but I like to complete a game once. Please bring more Star Ocean games to PC.

8/10 from me. Only downsides for me were: - The latter half of the game the story goes odd and feels forced by the writers. - The combat mechanics means some fights can be more a game of cat and mouse than a fight. - The design philosophy in the final dungeon changes in that the mobs feel like bloat and are there just to disrespect your time Other than these three points, the game is definately a fun 25-30hr experience: - Characters are lovable and bounce off each other well - Combat at its core is generally fun for the majority of the game - Fishing is fun - They done a great job with visuals and audio

There's a certain charm that Star Ocean 2 exudes when you first play it. It feels grandiose and large-than-life. The combat was my favorite part of the gameplay, it was just so engrossing and it kept being dynamic all throughout the game. The story is a charming romp through sci-fi and it is a fun ride all the way through. They definitely were cooking in the '90s man.

バグみたいなバグだらけなSF+ファンタジーRPGが 更にバグみたいになったのにバグが減って普通に遊べるようになった 非常にお節介なチューンがされており 普通に遊んでいててもバランスが崩壊してしまうほどのアイテムなどが配られる もともとそこそこ難易度が高めでそのバランスをぶっ壊すのが楽しいゲームではあるが チャレンジ報酬などを受け取らずに遊ぶ縛りで勝手にヌルゲーになるのはある程度抑えられる と、思われる

实在玩不习惯这种即时战斗，感觉不如传统回合制好玩