While you are restricted to just the single atmosphere, the multitude of characters you’ll meet on Roak are all interesting and have their own reasons for joining your party. Roak does become a fully fleshed out place as a result, but with a name like Star Ocean I would like to be able to explore the starry seas just a little bit. As interesting as the plot is in the first few hours, you’ll actually be spending 95% of the game on the same planet you start out on. It’s like the usual plot of the show, but in reverse: instead of following a space faring crew discovering new life on other planets, you are the new lifeforms.
After a… less than loved mainline entry and with the mobile game shutting down, I don’t think there’s a better place to start than with the first game, prettied up and rebalanced for current gen consoles.Īs someone who recently got into Star Trek: The Next Generation, the game’s premise is immediately interesting to me.
#STAR OCEAN FIRST DEPARTURE R TO SERIES#
As I’ve grown to love the JRPG genre and played my fair share of Final Fantasies, Dragon Quests, and Tales of games, the Star Ocean series has always been one that I’ve wanted to get around to playing, eventually, someday, maybe. Now, that version is being remastered for the PlayStation 4 and Nintendo Switch, adding an R to its ever expanding moniker.
#STAR OCEAN FIRST DEPARTURE R TO PSP#
In 2007 the game was remade for the PSP with the subtitle First Departure and was the first version of the game to be released outside of Japan the following year. The original Star Ocean was released on the SNES in 1996 to Japanese audiences.
With Dorn having been infected by the disease, the group agrees to board the alien’s ship to try and develop a cure, knowing they may never be allowed to return home again. The two humans, Ilia and Ronyx, inform the three that the disease is not native to their planet and was in fact planted there by enemies of the alliance. Metorx they encounter two strangers who appear from beams of light. Expletives such as "bastard" and "hell" are heard throughout the dialogue.On the planet Roak, Roddick, Millie, and Dorn live a simple life as the defense force for their hometown when a plague turning the citizens to stone begins to spread. Characters openly discuss the quality of certain beers and even compete in drinking contests, which leave many in a drunken state.
Dialogue inlcudes remarks about the physiques of two female members of the party, referring to one as being "flat-chested," while certain female characters wear revealing outfits that expose their cleavage. One story interlude features a character – consuming a love potion – who must fend off the unwanted advances from both men and women. Battle sequences are supplemented by cutscenes, including one animated sequence where a character falls to the ground and bleeds green blood. Numerical values indicate damage inflicted, with enemies disappearing quickly from the battlefield when defeated. Players traverse various towns and dungeons and engage creatures in real-time battle using magic and hand-to-hand combat. Star Ocean: First Departure is a role-playing game (RPG) in which players control a group of adventurers as they travel back in time to save a kingdom from a mysterious plague.
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