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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.

One Of The Best RPG Games I've Ever Played In My Entire Life

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 1 / 2
Date: September 05, 2006
Author: Amazon User

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 "Heraldic Ruins". The Heraldic Ruins are an additional place for you 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 Wise Men is. Then go back again 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 the Heraldic Ruins. There are 13 levels and mostly you have to figure out what to do in each level in order to open and fight the bosses and go on to the next level. If you want to get back to Nede, you have to go 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 the planet. Then you'll arrive back at Nede. Keep doing this process so you can go back and forth anytime. Thanks for reading this!

The best rpg of all time

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 0 / 1
Date: November 11, 2004
Author: Amazon User

This game has so many items (over 11000)! the graphics are really good for the time period it was made. the story is easy to understand. there are many characters to unlock while you travell around two vast worlds! you can always choose your battle type which makes this game more fun. there are three battle types full control no control and semi-control. these make the battles suit the person playing the game. once you start playing you wont want to stop thats a guarantee!

WOW

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 0 / 6
Date: November 02, 2004
Author: Amazon User

I love Final Fantasy, it has everything other games have, story and gameplay, but something on it wan't right, battles. Star Ocean, surpasses in every way, the conection of the story with Earth and not only imaginary world. Thect that humans have such an impact in the universe, the detail of the UP3. I'm not that far yet, still going to Aquios, but DAMN. its awesome, easier to control your health, of course if u use certain special moves u lose HP, but only makes an impact in the beginning while ur still weak. His character in the beginning seems kind a retarded but i'm starting to see a change, into a more competitive, no-rule-stuck up guy. I approve it, manufacturing, real battles, MAZES, HUGE... not like Final Fantasy that all u have to do is follow the trail... BUY, u wont regret it,
sorry this is for the new one...

An RPG with something that many lack...

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 1 / 1
Date: October 29, 2004
Author: Amazon User

All gamers have had the experence of playing a game (be it an RPG or anything else) they felt had its fair share of flaws, but has that one, very bright redeeming quality that makes all those flaws take a backseat to that one positive.

Star Ocean: The Second Story is one of those games. Star Ocean's appeal (at least in my case) can be summed up in a single word: combat. Star Ocean's combat system is probably the game's most notable feature. The real-time battle system, which has a very arcade-like feel to it, is a very enjoyable change than your standard-fair RPG battles. It's just so much fun to destory enemies with a volley a special attacks from you and your allies. The skill system is also a plus as well, increasing characters stats and developing other usefull, non combat skills.

Unfortunately, the rest of Star Ocean's elements aren't quite up to par when compared to the hustle and bustle of battle. Graphically, Star Ocean is behind the times no matter where you turn (excluding the FMV's). Actually, the game's graphic engine is very simular to a 1998 Square-Enix title, the often overlooked and bashed-to-no-end SaGa Frontier (one of my favorites - yes, I'm serious). The fact the game uses most of the same graphical tricks empolyed by a game two years earlier underlines this fact.

Storywise, Star Ocean 2 suffers another, slightly smaller blow. While the story is generally good, it seems to drag on until you reach the second disc, where you do more exploring and fighting and the story begins to unfold more. Characters aren't as developed as well in Star Ocean compared to other RPG's such as Final Fantasy or Wild Arms, though the game tries to make a very obvious effort to do this though the use of the private actions system (where you enter a location and your characters split up and you can talk to them on a one-on-one basis to discover more about them - this affects the outcome of the game in various ways). I will give the developers credit for trying though.

Musically, Star Ocean 2 has it's ups and downs. Some of the tunes can be quite annoying, but no game score is without it's duds. However, when you hear the battle themes played near the end of the game for the final bosses, which mainly are of heavy rock/metal variety, all is foregiven. Soundwise, the characters various soundbites during battle are cute at first, but become annoying really quickly (how many times can you remember Claude saying "that's around 50 points" after a battle - too many to admit when I'm sober).

Even with it's flaws, Star Ocean: The Second Story is an above average RPG. While I'm not sure if I would call it a "classic", I would recommend it to anyone who had the time or showed interest in the genre.

My Favorite Game

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 1 / 2
Date: June 22, 2004
Author: Amazon User

I love this game because of its great battle system and the characters you lern to love! I beat this game twice once with Claud and Once with Rena. Rena is a far better choose since u get Diaz. But the best charocter is Ashton. The story is sort of slow at first but once you get into things you should love it to. I am waiting for number 3 to come out and i just hope it's just as good as this one and i don't want to be disapointed.

GREAT!!!!!

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 0 / 0
Date: April 30, 2004
Author: Amazon User

This game is one of my most favorites. I haven't made it all the way through yet, but I simply love it.

The game has a few flaws. The voice acting is kind of lame, the story is WAY too boring at the beginning, and it seems pretty difficult at times.

The item creation part is the coolest. You can get tons of great items, foods, and weapons through this. In fact, the skills are so great that it's surprising the whole thing could fit on one disk long with the rest. Truly a great game.

great stuff

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 1 / 1
Date: February 17, 2004
Author: Amazon User

This is an incredible game. It is insanely deep, has a great storyline with plot twists and such, and over 80 endings. The item creation takes a lot of getting used to, but soon enough you'll be making incredible weapons, armor, food, instruments.... pretty much anything you want. The only 2 games I'd rank above this are Xenogears and FFVII.

Hands-down, best RPG I have ever played

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 2 / 2
Date: January 03, 2004
Author: Amazon User

The sequel to the game of the same name(which unfortunately was never released in America), Star Ocean 2 is the perfect RPG.

The skill system is one of the things that sets it apart from any other game. There are around 40 skills to learn with 10 levels of profiency each(each of which requires a certain number of skill points to learn, which are gained when you level up). Combat skills are automatically executed, with the frequency depending on how many levels you have invested in the skill(examples, "flip" lets your character quickly move behind the enemy, where his defensive power is lower. "parry" lets you block attacks, "motormouth" lets you cast spells faster).

The other skills have 2 purposes. They have an initial bonus to investing in them, and they can combine with other skills to produce specialty skills. For example, "kitchen knife" adds a huge boost to your strength stat, and if you add "recipe" and "good eye", you will acquire the "cooking" super specialty skill, which allows you to create very powerful healing items out of base components(you can even make french toast this way!). If multiple characters have a high cooking skill, the super specialty skill "Master Chef" becomes availible, letting you make even more powerful healing items. There are similar skills for producing weapons, armor, and accessories. Other skills, like art or authoring, lets you make pictures to sell or books to publish, which can result it huge amounts of cash for you. There is even a skill that reduces the experience requirement for levelling up. This is the "tip of the iceberg" so to speak, so I will just say that the skill system is above and beyond any other game that I have played.

The combat system is also excellent. You have 4 characters(out of a maximum of 8 in your party, which is out of 12 characters in the game) fight in real-time combat against enemies. You control a single character at a time while the rest follow the tactics that you set, and the AI for this feature is also well done. Your fighter characters have an assortment of "killer moves" instead of spells that let them unload a series of special attacks against the enemy. Words can't describe the flawlessness of this combat system; you would have to watch a trailer to get a real feel for it.

The basic game is sufficiently challenging, but once you have played through the game you will be able to access higher difficulty settings(which are very very hard), which, combined with the variety of characters you can recruit, make for lots of replay value.

Also of worthy note is the voice acting. Your characters will strike, yell, taunt, and basically talk during combat. They cry out a character's name who has just fallen to the enemy. If you have played Grandia 2, you will have an idea what I am talking about. The sound quality is clear and easy to understand, though when Claude yells "Tear into pieces" it sounds like he is saying "Pear into peaches!".

Plot is excellent, with a huge thing at the end of disk 1 that rivals Aeris in Final Fantasy 7 in terms of its impact on the plot.

Overall fun factor is very high. This is the perfect RPG.

learn to spell editor guy

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 1 / 2
Date: October 18, 2003
Author: Amazon User

star ocean 2 is great. end of story. my only beef is that the the editor guy above said "Crawd" when the main character's name is "Claude". Otherwise the game is major fun. The game can get a bit difficult on the second disc, and i would have liked to see more voice overs. other than that its great.

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