[PSP] Star Ocean (PSP), Star Ocean 2 (PSP), Star Ocean 4 (Multiplatform confirmed. Yay.)

There was always something about SO2 that I would never leave around the room collecting dust.

1. Epic Battle saves
2. Playable on the PSP (for emulation that is)
3. Characters (If not all then definately not Noel)

and last but never the least, the OST which IMO is the best work Motoi Sakuraba pulled off before he fell into the world of soft-piano-guitar-crap pieces (good example - Valkyrie Profile 2 and SO3 which was kinda decent but not unforgettable).With these two games being a full remake, does that mean Motoi Sakuraba will redo the tracks again for SO2? And do you think it'll be as good as the original? not

I mean its not like he has anything to prove but his skills have dramatically changed after VP1 and SO2. It's just not the same..


And another thing. All these remakes SE are pulling out of their asses really show that they are running out of ideas @.@. They could've done a full 2d remake on vp1 instead of a port >.>.

Jam it back in, in the dark.

Originally Posted by Xellos

Nah, Valkyrie Profile 1 still had his classic stuff, but I agree that I don't like how he changed his style in SO3 and VP2. You just miss the hard stuff he used to dish out.

Listen to the VP1 OST and then the VP2 OST and you'll so notice. I'm not saying they are bad OSTs, but I for one missed those classics.

I know ^^;. It was more dramatic compared to the second game. There is this one track that sounded like VP1's Blameless Thoughts. That and a few familiar tracks saved the game. Which is why I label SO2 and VP1 as the best.

@ Vkamicht - It was a little more of bad than good. SO3's version of Mission to Deep Space (maybe half decent) and Incarnation of the Devil was horrible. If I remember right, it was more piano-bs. I can understand that he wanted to change it around but there are too many games that sound the same and why I got sick of it. Radiata Stories ,Baiten Kaitos and Tales of Symphonia proves this @.@ (Yes I know it was done by him). I hope he can pull it off for SO1,SO2 and SO4.

We all have different tastes , I guess.

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Originally Posted by Vkamicht

Now I'm confused. SO3 doesn't sound like anything else he's done so far. There's a lot of jazz versions of stuff and "experimenting" going on here.

I also don't see where that Radiata Stories/Baten Kaitos/Tales of Symphonia comparison comes from. Noriyuki Iwadare composed Radiata Stories, and Shinji Tamura's style is dominant in the Tales series. Baten Kaitos I and II sound similar but for all we know tri-Crescendo or Monolith or whoever specifically gave him instructions to keep the same style.

And I liked SO3's rendition of Incarnation of Devil... different tastes indeed.

Motoi Sakuraba only arranged 3 Star Ocean tracks. My mistake ^^;. According to wikipedia, it says that Tales of Symphonia was worked by him. Can't really be a typo >.o.

Also I never mentioned what i think about the remake of SO1. Well it looks like part 2 but it is only a screenshot so I can be wrong. At least the remade sprite of Radicks is colorful. The battlefield looks just like SO2's expel O.o; Production IG is responsible for the art (From what I heard) and this will be the first time I'm playing it.

This thing is sticky, and I don't like it. I don't appreciate it.

Originally Posted by Ashton

Star Ocean on the piece of shit system that is the PSP makes me fucking cry in such rage


God i want to fucking kill something

Who wants to play on this goddamn thing which has no use outside of one good game and emulation. Seriously have you seen the loading times on this shit? Fuck this, only because i'm a rabid drooling mouth-breathing SO fanboy will i even download me sum ISOz and take my friend's (completly unused) psp to play this.


SO ANGRY GHAGHA ARRRRRGH;AGJKLA;GASKLGA

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What's all that rambling? I never had problems with the Loading times for the psp. Name a few games (besides Y's AoN) that had bad loading times. I have about 17 games and they work just fine. The PSP system is getting what it deserves. Despite the fact that Square Enix have run out of any ideas in their lazy minds , they are willing to give the psp some kind of eye candy. And that's some fucking eye candy that I wanna see and play >=].

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I'd be less pissed if it was on the DS, and then i'd be pissed that they were bringing them to a handheld.

That is why SE was wise enough to not remake them for the DS. Look at the pixel-fest that is FF3 (though it was still a good game since I never played the original). AND why the Psp is now 169 and not 250 bucks when it first launched .

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I found this new image in a lj site...



I don't think I notice any difference in graphics but just the artwork so far. Claude and Rena look alright but Production I.G. could've done much better. So far SO1 is the only remake that I see. Maybe they polished up the sprites and hooked a few things up like they did with VP:Lenneth so that should be a good thing. I hope to see extras later.

I was speaking idiomatically.

Ah right, forgot about that piece of info..

from 1up

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The latest issue of Japanese publication Famitsu reveal new details on Star Ocean 4, the latest iteration of Tri-Ace's epic RPG series.

The game will take place in the same universe featuring characters and races related to the previous titles. This time, players will helm an exploration spaceship so it seems you have a certain degree of freedom going to different places. "In the previous games, the story pretty much progressed due to a chain reaction of events. Your ship crashes and so you were forced to explore that planet, then get rescued later and so forth. But in SO4, we made it possible for players to travel and explore different parts of the universe." says assistant producer Hajime Kojima.

The developers also revealed the main character, Edge Maverick, and the heroine, Reimi. They are childhood friends and both crew member of the spaceship of an organization. The battle system will play differently but will be an evolved version from Star Ocean 3. This time, up to 4 members can join the battle.

Unfortunately, it is still a mystery as to which console the title is headed. Kojima only referred to it as "game console(s) that can display beautiful graphics." So is it the PS3 or 360 or both? Hopefully we'll find the answer in the upcoming Tokyo Game Show.

Nice to know about the 4 character battle. This is where the PS3 Owners and the Xbots begin to fight each other on which system runs best..

What kind of toxic man-thing is happening now?

I always thought she looked more cuter in her original form than her other two designs (I.G and EX). I just noticed that they shrunk the little moon accessory from her head. uh-oh =/.

Claude looks very original. Definately better than EX's. No green jacket. Thank god. After seeing this, im dying to see Ashton and Dias.

FELIPE NO

Whoa. Ratix does look different than his original counterpart. I agree with Ashton on this one. No disagreements here. Just that everyone is upset because they wanted a full remake . Any idea who does the voice acting for the games?

What, you don't want my bikini-clad body?

I lay my interest more on SO1 since I never played it. And if I wanted to play SO2 that badly, I'll just convert the ps1 iso to eboot,etc (which was done 4months ago). All there's to it is voice acting, unknown extra features, and the anime cutscenes. There's lots psp games out there to get. The game is only great to have around as a collection to my psp library (4 games that is..;p ). Anyway, the psp was worth owning from the beginning.

Originally Posted by ashton

Oh trust me, I'm incredibly fucking upset that it's coming out to some shitty handheld that's only useful for homebrew and maybe 2 games, and not an awesome console like the 360 or even just the ps2. But you won't hear any of that from me because i am a cool and collected individual.

Too Late ;p. But seeing that many people would want to see this and that on Ps3/360, it's probably a sure thing that SO4 will be on both consoles. We'll just have to see which console gets the port *cough*ps3*cough*.

Jam it back in, in the dark.

Shit, Rena's looking too cute there, but I would still rank her original design as the best minus that bad cutscene at the end of the game ;p.When I see this Milly character, her look resembles Archie from ToP. And they seriously need to add more emotion to Ratix's face. He looks coke'd up O_O.

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With the cutscenes and all I wonder if they strip you of your freedom in Star Ocean 2.... originally you could go through the game and only have Claude and Rena.... that was great! :P

Better not happen >=/. That was one of its best points in the game. I mean it aint that bad either. But I would love it if Square Enix fixed a few bugs in the game and have an option where you choose to play the original or the tweaked version. I always loved using Claude's Head Splitter attack but when you level it up too much, you end up in another world where you are either going from the ceiling or all the way in the bottom and the only way to get out of it was for you to die OR wait for the other morons to kill off the boss. That glitch sucked but its not like you need the move throughout the whole game. I would usually have Ripper Blast/Mirror Slice or Twin Slash to take a few easy bosses.



Hmm...I'm reminded of the scene when Narl took the SO2 gang to that abandoned factory in that teleportation spot. Or, its the spot where everyone teleported to that forest place after Expel blew up. I also thought that those two lands in sky would probably be the Field of Intelligence >=p. Haven't played this in a while so I can't remember. It could be something else. Thanks for finding them, Pix. The other screenshots don't interest me at all so nothing to look forward to =/. What makes me happy is that the PA's are still there and you'll revisit alot of places from the other 3 games.

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To those who are praying for Star Ocean 4 to go multiplatform, here's a bit of bad news. Gaming magazine Famitsu just announced that Star Ocean 4 will be a PS3-exclusive title. Will this announcement be turned around on its head by Square Enix in the upcoming Tokyo Game Show?

While the details concerning Star Ocean 4 is a tad fuzzy at best, the screenshots in Famitsu revealed a few days ago should give gamers a clue as to what they can expect from this latest Square Enix title: spaceships, swords, and what seems to be moving statues, among others.

As for the PSP Star Ocean remakes, we just sniffed out a small but interesting detail regarding the remake of Tri-Ace's epic series: Production I.G., the anime studio behind beautifully-rendered hits such as Ghost in the Shell SAC, will be in charge of the new character designs as well as animated cutscenes, ensuring lots of eye candy in the handheld remake of earlier Star Ocean titles. It's going to help a lot in carrying out Tri-Ace's goal of making sure that the remakes feel like brand-new games.

*glad I have a ps3*

I hope the X-Bots refrain from talking shit cause you never know if Square Enix will change their mind >=p.

Originally Posted by monkey king

Then again, you'd also think QA would have noticed the translators forgot to swap out Rena's Tractor Beam voice clip for the English version.

Ha. I guess I wasn't wrong about that. I always thought the voice actress had a sore throat when she worked on that job but it makes sense I guess. I wonder if they'll let you choose between the dub and the japanese voices.

This thing is sticky, and I don't like it. I don't appreciate it.

I only played SO3 once. There wasn't much replay value like SO2 =/. On a brighter note. No one really posted the voice actors for the characters so I'll do the honors and mention if anyone is familiar :

Star Ocean: First Departure

Ratix Farrence - Mamoru Miyano (Light Yagami - Death Note , Riku from KH)
Milly Kiliet - Hitomi Nabatame (Onimaru Miki - NFMiki, April - Coyote Ragtime Show)
Marvel Frozen - Houko Kuwashima (Clare - Claymore)
Fear Mell - Megumi Toyoguchi (Winry Rockbell - FMA )

Not bad... I like the seiyuus so far.


Star Ocean: Second Evolution
Claude C. Kenni - Daisuke Namikawa (Kei Kurono - Gantz, Koyuki - BECK)
Rena Lanford - Nana Mizuki (Hinata Hyuuga - Naruto) 100% cuteness? Woo!
Dias Flac - Tomokazu Sugita ( Sakata Gintoki - Gintama, Yuuichi Aizawa - Kanon TV) Awesome
Precis F. Neumann - Rie Kugimiya (Kagura - Gintama ) I'm not surprised ;p.


It's old news from May but I had to bring it up ;p .Does anyone object to these seiyuu's ? I'd say it's a perfect fit. If anyone should work on Ashton Anchors, it should be Tomokazu Seki (Stahn - ToD).

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Square-Enix updated the site for Star Ocean :First Departure.

STAR OCEAN Portal Site Eternal Sphere

You can listen to 4 remixed tracks from the game by the bgm drop down selection. All four sounds promising and this is definately what I expected from Sakuraba. You'll also see some extra screenshots of the battle field. The thieves have returned! but everything else looks a little touched up that I notice. Still, I feel that everything in the background is recycled UNLESS they did something sweet for it. We can't judge it base on a screenshot =/. Stay alert for part 2 and 4 ,everyone!.

I was speaking idiomatically.

An update finally sprouted today. Few things to know :

- December 27th will be it's released date. Of course it's going to be bundled with the psp. Not sure if it's a customized SO version..
- Character Profile is updated with Ronixis J. Kenny and Iria Silvestoli
- World profile has Earth, The Roak, Earth Federation along with the Continent and Kingdom.
- Anime cutscene preview =] >> You can catch a glimpse of how the battlefield is in action!.

Here's a pic of all screenshots I combined together. Enjoy.

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What kind of toxic man-thing is happening now?

Site updated with the SO Eternal Edition bundle :




Well if the back of the psp slim is the only thing different, then I'm sure others who haven't purchased a slim yet will be happy to get this. Im not that impressed with it. It also comes with that little bag to fit the psp but it was too hideous and boring to upload ;p.

FELIPE NO

The site updated with lots of good stuff and characters plus a new full video. Looks freakin awesome! Norio Wakamoto works his voice as Ashlay Barnbelt!. But seriously, we should get more stuff on SO2. The end of the new video shows something .

What, you don't want my bikini-clad body?

Other than myself, is anyone getting a taste of the first hour during gameplay? So far , it looks like fun and hitting the circle button 3 times for ratix's attack is somewhat interesting. Was it the same as the original ?

btw, propz to them for throwing in the SO2 sleep theme for part 1. So what do you guys think? So far I have 3 haters and 2 other friends of mine who are enjoying this more than me since they can understand japanese =/.

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SO4 trailer out. Not too long but definately looking good.

Gametrailers.com - Star Ocean 4 - Japanese Debut Trailer


EDIT: Reminderto those who are playing but unaware of Cisu

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If you made Cisu leave your party, then you lose him for good. Make sure you do this in the town of HOT to turn in that BRR thing to that store place then you get the choice if you still want him around (1st choice) or choose the 3rd choice (so he gave you an ougi and you get to recruit Ashlay) so he'll leave your party in good terms and not end up all emo and shit.

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HUGE UPDATE

As we all know, SO 2 comes out tomorrow. I'll be sure to grab and install it in my psp. First Departure kicked ass and I was impressed. Anybody else finish it other than myself? I recommend it =]. For me the replay value was about 3-4 times only cause of the PA's. If you're an impatient guy like myself and wants to read through text on gamefaqs. go ahead and dl it. Otherwise wait patiently ^^;. Now for SO2 :

STAR OCEAN Second Evolution �X�^�[�I�[�V����2 OFFICIAL SITE

Now you can see how things have changed ( not too much) But for right now, You'll find a few vids plus a new character announced : Welsch ^^




Wow. Her weapon is the Finger, or rather a poker. This looks interesting but isn't she the cutest thing so far? Hey. Bring on ALLEN TAX

There's nowhere I can't reach.

no.... Just in japan. There's not a US release for the US version yet.

This thing is sticky, and I don't like it. I don't appreciate it.

Yeah. I don't see why she's playable here since she wasn't for SO1- SO3 . All she did was talk about inventors and shit. So my guess is she might have something to do with Precis?

I am a dolphin, do you want me on your body?

Thanks for the extra info, Hind. Shiiit I'm liking this new feel to SO4 already. I just hope it isn't too futuristic..

Any idea who the character designer is ?

I was speaking idiomatically.

Thank god I have a 360 as well. Besides, it looks like it would be on a 360 anyway .

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Originally Posted by rpgfan

At Microsoft's Xbox 360 RPG Premiere 2008 event held in Japan, Square Enix finally revealed more details about Star Ocean 4. First of all, the game is now being called Star Ocean: The Last Hope. Square Enix has also finally revealed which console will be getting the game. Widely expected to be a Playstation 3 title, it turns out that the game is actually for the Xbox 360 console. At the event, Square Enix has mentionned that they have not yet decided whether the game will be released on the Playstation 3 console or not.
It was also revealed that Star Ocean: The Last Hope will actually take place before the first Star Ocean game.


Science fiction and fantasy meld in this long-awaited continuation of the celebrated RPG series. The year is S.D. 10; in the aftermath of World War III, humanity voyages into the stars in search of a new home...and a second chance.


A prequel that combines sci-fi and fantasy elements, spanning multiple planets and the vastness of space itself to recount the origins of the Star Ocean universe.

Exhilarating combat expands upon the franchise's famous real-time battle system, including the amazing graphics and visual effects only possible on the Xbox 360.

Featuring breathtaking CG movies by Visual Works, the cutting-edge studio whose previous work includes cut scenes for the acclaimed Final Fantasy RPG series.

Still no update on whether it's going on the ps3 but at least we know its a prequel. Square Enix's specialty of doing things for classic series..

FELIPE NO

Late news came up that this is going for the ps3. Here we go again with the bullshit...

Also, we are weeks away from getting Star Ocean 1. Comes out October 21.

What, you don't want my bikini-clad body?

So um.. This game comes out tomorrow. Just got a few copies today but my friend couldn't release it yet so I'll get my copy first thing tomorrow morning.

Jam it back in, in the dark.