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One Of The Best RPG Games I've Ever Played In My Entire Life! (Edited Review)

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 0 / 1
Date: September 06, 2006
Author: Amazon User

For those of you who are reading this review, this is the edited review, not the previous one of mines.
This game rocks! The graphics looks blurry or something, but the main thing that I really like about are the bosses, their moves, the characters, and the "Cave Of Trials". The Cave Of Trials is an additional place for to go. Strong enemies, rare items, and new killer moves awaits you. If you're interested in getting there, follow these steps. First, At Nede planet, you have to get on the last level on where the Ten Wide Men is. Then get out of that place and go to Fun City. Go to the tournament arena and you have to find an old man there. He has green cloths, a green cap or hat, and he has white hair. Talk to him and he will say, "Shall I recover your memories?" Then Claude or Rena will say, "You're joking, right?" Then the old man will say something further on. Then he'll ask you if you really want to try it. Keep saying yes. Then he'll say, "Now, close your eyes." Then you'll be transported to Expel at Arlia. Go out of Arlia then you'll see your Synard there. Ride on it and go to an island that's like colored sand or tan all over. Then you'll see a small pyramid which leads you to Cave Of Trials. There are 13 levels and mostly you have to figure out what to do in each level in order to open the blockage and fight the bosses and go on to the next level. If you want to get back to Nede, you have to get out of that place, ride your Synard, and go back to Arlia. Then go to your right and you'll see a penguin at the fence. Talk to the penguin and he'll say something to you that you don't understand. You have two choices. One is "I don't understand." And the other one is "You silly Vern Vern!" Pick the second choice. Then the penguin will get angry at you and kick you out of Expel. Then you'll arrive back at Nede. Keep doing this process so you can go back and forth anytime. Thanks for reading this! I hope it's helpful.

The Best RPG for Playstation Today

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 0 / 0
Date: November 11, 1999
Author: Amazon User

This game is great because of the almost unlimited creation possibilities and also, the difficulty is emense. The 108 endings don't hurt either. If you need a game that will keep you entertained for a while and is fun, then get this one

Great Sound and Great Graphics

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 0 / 0
Date: March 04, 2000
Author: Amazon User

This game has some of the best sound that I've ever heard from a playstation game. For instance near the beginning is a scene where it's thundering and raining and if you have a decent surround sound system the sound of the thunder rolling across the speakers is truly quite amazing. The graphics also I think are even better than Final Fantasy VIII granted they are much more anime like and not so realistic as the FF7 and FF8 graphics but I like them better they are more colorful and seem to have more detail as well. As for the gameplay the game seems to have an okay storyline with a pretty sweet battle engine and nice interface. Overall if you like RPGs this is definitely worth it.

This is one game that I highly recommend.

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 0 / 0
Date: October 14, 2000
Author: Amazon User

Well, first Terranigma surprised me and now Enix creates another stunner of a game. I thought that Star Ocean was a great game for many reasons. My first was the animation for the magic sequences. These were absolutely magnificent for a game of this style that was originally created for a 16-bit system. Not to mention the backgrounds and battle sequences are done very well also. Of course, we can't leave out the storyline.

When you first start the game, you choose one of two characters. Then, the number of allies you pickup throughout the game depends on what characters you have already gained. Not to mention, for the strenuous RPG fanatic, this game has over 80+ endings that all depend on friendship values, romance values, and the committing of things called Private Actions through the course of the game. All in all, this game is one to be looked at. I thought that the game itself outstood FFVIII (released in the same year) and deserves more acclaim than it has gotten. Well I hope that they will release SO:1 in the US!

I was......taken in

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 0 / 0
Date: February 23, 2001
Author: Amazon User

I must say....this game is alot of fun, there are many many many endings so replay value is great. I thought I would hate it, I don't care much for the "sprite" type char but after playing for just a hour , making your own weapons, food, goods........ well it was a blast. I would buy this !...... an well I have :)

RPG fans MUST play this game!

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 0 / 0
Date: March 27, 2001
Author: Amazon User

What is an RPG? Simply put, it's a role-playing game. However, when you apply the term RPG to Star Ocean, you must realize that it's more than just a RPG--it's a new world of role-playing. This game is one of the best I've ever played (and believe me, I've played quite a few). I love the whole idea of multiple endings and the spacious character development. It's kind of reminiscent of the fabled Chrono Trigger in the fact that there's more than one ending, depending on how you play the game. You know, when you sit down to play a Final Fantasy game, you know within one hour of gameplay who's gonna end up with who, that you're small party of (sometimes odd) friends are going to save the world, blah blah blah. Now, don't get me wrong. I love Final Fantasy. It's just that, in Star Ocean, you have a lot more control over character development. Not only that, but it's worth playing. The plot isn't all that bad (corny? mushy?), the battle system is alright, and it's a good game all around. I recommend this one to anyone that likes RPG's. ^-^

One of the best RPG's in a long time

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 0 / 0
Date: July 24, 2001
Author: Amazon User

You start out as one of the two heros of the game, on Renas home planet Expel. Something strange has crashed on Expel and is causing chaos. You now need to go learn more about it and discover what it is. But that is only the beginning. Your travels takes you to several villages and towns, meeting several party members you may choose to go along. Earn skill points to boost your skills such as Cooking, Writing, Alchamy and Reverse side (forgery). As you continue through out the game you can increase or decrease party members attitudes twards each other, in result earns you special endings. You can see up to as many as 80+ endings.

Pros: Smooth fighting style, Beautiful music, very high replay value and interesting story lines. Not to mention frequent save points. PA (private actions) are one the the highlights of the game, where you can intereact soley with another party member.

Cons: Some mage scenes in combat can take a few seconds to finish, easy to over look. ~sometimes~ Will lock up after a fight. This is very rare but can be a pain. The grapics are alittle old style, but nothing to really complain about.

All and all I think this is a wonderful game, I myself has played it 3 times without getting sick of it because the story can change so much depending what you do.

THE GREATEST RPG EVER

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 0 / 0
Date: October 25, 2001
Author: Amazon User

this game is great the first time you play it!! although the second and third time you may lose intrest. the battle system kicks! you have free control of your characters and have awesome special abilities called "killer moves" that you learn as you level up your characters. the magis is pretty cool too,
which you can also get from leveling up your characters. you can have a total of 8 characters and 4 on the battle field. the easist combination of characters is 3 fighters and and a healer like rena. for me it was easier to start the game with rena. you may also start out as claude a swordsman. either way you meat up with the other. overall this was probably the best game i've ever played.

all time favourites

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 0 / 0
Date: November 14, 2001
Author: Amazon User

i think that so2 is one of the most enjoyable experience on the playstation.it has a unique skill system,very lovable charcters,interesting story,nice graphics..i love it and i'm still playing it till now.perhaps the worst thing about the game(although it's not that bad and some like challenges)is the dungeons ,sometimes they seem a bit long and altough i like battling especially with fighters..it can be a little bit tiring sometimes.so I recommend using the gameshark code for saving anywhere and beating the game will be a piece o cake^_^

The Best Battle and Skill System EVER!!!

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 0 / 0
Date: December 13, 2001
Author: Amazon User

This game has possibly the best battle system there is, it is completely real time. I don't mean like real time as in you attack and you have to charge up, I mean completely real time. You can attack as much as you want and so can your enemies, so you can go through a battle without getting hurt at all! During battle you control one person and the rest are computer controlled, you can switch during battle if you need to, there are certian settings that you can choose for computer controlled charcters such as, run, heal friends, protect friends, attack enemy, conserve MP and so on. During Battle you can also move anywhere on the screen.
Along with [the great] battle system there is also the skill system which is very good. Every battle you get skill points and those can be used to level up and get new skills, if you get a certian combonation of skills you get a command that can be slected from the item menu. The skills can be used to identify items, make new items, make new armour and make new weapons. There is one skill that is called pickpocketing, if you get a certian item you can got around and steal items from people (some are very, very good).
This game also has a very good story line, although it's gameplay graphics are like Dragon Warrior (2D sprites) it's cinemas are up there with FF8 and FF9.

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