STAR OCEAN THE SECOND STORY R

An incredible remake for an all-time JRPG classic on the PS1. It plays the same with QoL improvements and a nice face-lift. Games like this are worthy of every single penny as the work to make this must have been long and excruciating. Your typical JRPG tropes are present in this game but this was peak SquareEnix. They LITERALLY were producing bangers left and right in the 90's up to the late 2000's. Hopefully, we get the same treatment for the first Star Ocean. They are halfway there. They just need the visuals to get the same treatment and transfer the other contents from the soft remaster on the consoles.

It's the greatest JRPG ever made, now with even more accessibility and fun changes.

一周目一切正常，二周目历经四十个小时，终于要把女记者拉到队伍里，支线任务一个没落下，最后却连入队选项都没出现，我一度以为我是傻子错过了什么隐藏任务，查了两个小时的攻略、重开好几十次，最后才在贴吧找到答案，小队最多8个人，我一周目没拉保育员、二周目手贱给拉进来所以一周目能拉女记者二周目拉不了，我真你么服了，这游戏甚至不会告诉你小队最多8个人，按理说12个能入队的角色就应该都可以入队，有几个角色互斥你加入了他就不能加入、游戏没有提前告知这一点也就算了，游戏连最多只能拉8个角色都不告诉你，一气之下重开二周目档，结果没等我存档一周目通关存档自动消失了，找steam云恢复却发现这游戏steam云文件里偏偏就没有我一周目通关存档，我真你么是服了。 还有，男女主（即玩家可选的两个角色）之间还好，其他人的爱情戏观感真的有点差，[spoiler] 瑟蕾努怎么就跟王子搞上了还在皇室婚礼上抢了王子，小不点机械师怎么就一眼爱上了男主 [/spoiler] 就感觉很乱七八糟的，莫名其妙的就剧情不按逻辑发展，真的难受又憋屈。

나이 먹으니깐 스토리 집중이 안됨,, 갑자기 어 너랑 나랑 주인공인데 뭐 연애 안해? 이런느낌 개 뜬금 정말 스토리상 아무 뭐시깽이 없었는데 연애묶기 심지어 그업나 이쁜 마법사 누님 이름 생각안나는데 암튼 고년 내비두고 수수한 시골촌애랑 갑자기 러브라인 아무튼 다 떠나서 그냥 그런가보다 하는데 또 무슨 야 너 나랑 모험할래? 응! 이런느낌 반복 생각해보니 옛날 어릴땐 일본어로 뭐라 씨부리는지 몰라서 오히려 재밌게 했었나 싶기도 한 부분 사실 전투도 좀 노잼임 ^^... 게임은 아기자기한데 도저히 집중 안되서 웰친가 웰치스년 나오고 도저히 다시 못키겠어서 도중 하차함 스퀘어에닉스, 팔콤... 진짜 어릴때 추억으로 계속 게임들 사서 해보는데 어릴때 그 느낌이 안남... 나~~~아중에 다시 진짜 할거없을때 하던지.. 또 라이브러리에 쳐 박혀 있던지..

Star Ocean The Second Story R is a great example of how to remake or remaster a classic game. It has gorgeous pixel graphics that maintain the style of the original, but elevate it. I would say that this is the best game in the series, followed by the first game, and (probably controversially) Star Ocean The Last Hope. I know some people really like Till the End of Time, and I've only spent a small bit with that particular game. Nonetheless, this is a fantastic game. I wouldn't rate it higher than some of the absolute juggernauts of the genre, but it's perfectly fair for anyone to put this at the top of their list. The remastered soundtrack is great, and Motoi Sakuraba himself returned to rearrange it. The upgraded character illustrations are also another beautiful touch. There are quite a few QOL upgrades added that make playing the game less of a grind than the original release. Quick travel is very much appreciated, as are no random encounters. While I come from the era of random battles, that is one piece of JRPGs that should stay in the past. That isn't to say I won't play a game that has them, it just makes the experience much more enjoyable when you can choose to engage or not. It shows respect for your time. Between the Dragon Quest remakes/Octopath Traveler and Star Ocean 2, I very much would like to see a faithful remaster/remake of Chrono Trigger in the HD 2D style. Just do the game as it was, with the stunning pixel art and lighting of these games and it would be perfect.

Bueno, mucho bueno. Square enix doesnt fail to deliver with this one. A metric buttload of quality of life improvements from the original, extra dungeons, new mechanics, more im forgetting to name. A must for any SO fans. Buy it on sale though, pretty aggresively greedy pricing, and it's in the -mid- range for pricing from square enix.

剧情一坨，尤其是给女主安排个所谓的“哥哥”，只能说想出这种逆天情节的编剧真该浸猪笼。 后补：最后的剧情怎么回事？市长还有那个女的自己活腻了想要临死前做点好事，结果就不顾其他几亿市民的死活，擅作主张带上他们连同整个星球一起被毁灭？？？

Combat didn’t click with me at all. It’s alright on the most basic level, but your PC controlled party is absolutely dumb, so you have to micromanage their every move, or you risk getting wiped out. Battles are either way too easy or too hard, there is no middle ground. I can see why people like the game, just not my cup of tea I guess.

一部の敵が嫌がらせみたいな難易度だし、キャラクター全員同時に仲間にできないのが不満だけど、それ以外は結構おもしろい。