#Star Ocean The Second Story

[fostersffff]

They simply do not make them like this anymore, so I'm glad they're remaking it.

(from this twitter thread)

[calidrisminuta]

New Star Ocean Art:

It's not every day you get new official art for a franchise like Star Ocean, so I treasure every single piece I find. This is brand new art by Yukihiro Kajimoto for the first anniversary of Star Ocean 2R, and just seeing it put a big smile on my face.

[cocosnowlo-drawings]

SO2 Remake coming to Europe tomorrow, I’m so excited!!

[cutepiku]

Star Ocean: The Second Story R

Art by Yukihiro Kajimoto.

[darkcloud-kcalifornia]

You know, my choices about who to recruit this time around in Star Ocean 2 were determined both by who I hadn't recruited before and who would be a more sci-fi pick as I was playing as the space man what was from space. And Celine because I wanted attack magic and she's literally right there in normal plot progression. But uh, as much as I hate to acknowledge anything Welch says in any of these games...

Okay, I know this party make up looks like I was going for a different theme entirely, but I swear the last two recruits are going to be men! This is not a harem party!

[spacefarer]

[maiji]

I've been working on a series where I give all the (original playable) SO2 cast fun modern clothes. Doing them in batches of four, finally finished the first group. Closeup and also commentary in the link!

[hugo57]

Ready to report! (Star Ocean II)

Cute elfs girls are always a plus in my book. Especially when they come from a amazing JRPG.

[ladylaguna]

I just hit the last save point in SO2R and I want to rant about how much I love this game even more than ever. I’m especially glad that we get to “know” the Ten Wise Men a little better, though I still wish there was more and what we got wasn’t basically a side quest info dump. I still haven’t unlocked all of it. I assume it’s post-game content.

Who is the hottest wise man and why is it Lucifer? I’ve seen some art of him being kind of cuddly with Philia. I wonder if that’s just a fandom thing or if it’s canon.

His theme song fucks. He fucks. Problematic fave

[klapollopilled]

been playing so much star ocean 2 r lately. i need people to know that you can make fanfic in this game. more than one type and the type is classified by emoticons.

i am so in love with this game. please play it

[so2collection]

Why is no one talking about the Star Ocean Second Story R demo from Gamescom?

I haven't seen any US Youtube channels or twitter channels talk about this, so I wanted to make a quick summary of some features we've learned through recent announcements and the demo preview!

Here are the new features we found out about so far:

3 hit basic attack combos (from the PSP version) stayed. We knew this from previous trailers, but I'm noting it again.

Assist Characters get EXP (From what we can tell this doesn't apply to Reserve members, which can prevent overleveling / SP waste, which I'm happy about) You can see this below the party's EXP increases. This is also a good look at the Battle Results menu

Bonus gauge returns from 3/4, although we don't know a lot about it. This includes Chain Battles! (I hope we get EXP or Fol bonus returning but not the horrible, easy-to-break system 3 had.)

Our first look at the Field Menu! Includes full portraits, a reorganized menu, and some party banter

Party banter is present on the menu AND in the field

We also see a mini-map in the field, which has been previously shown but is a new addition

Battles are no longer random / visible enemies

The player can now gain battle initiative / back strikes, resulting in enemies being stunned at the start of battle (this isn't present in the original versions of SO2)

First look at the loading screen! (Come on, Bunny!)

That's all the new changes I've found so far. If there's any I missed, let me know!

View the original video where this information was obtained here.

[fostersffff]

I'm so glad Star Ocean 2R lets you cycle between all three versions of character portraits.

I’m obviously sticking with the new art because it’s sensational, but I love that I can see original PSX or even PSP portraits in 4K on demand.

[h34vybottom]

Claude C. Kenny & Rena Lanford

[cocosnowlo-drawings]

Having a reeeally good time with the remaster 👌🏻

[darkcloud-kcalifornia]

Got gifted Star Ocean 2 for my birthday, so I’ve decided to try and get some party members I never got way back in the days of the PS1. (That and finally finish the thing.) So, one of those people I never recruited before was Opera. And a brief little side thing with her has me rolling my eyes. You see, when Claude was transported to Expel, he appeared in a forest on the outskirts of the village of Arlia. In fact, he appeared right around the same spot Rena first appeared as a toddler. And Opera managed to crash her ship on that. Same. Spot.

I know the Eternal Sphere was created as an MMO by 4D beings, but still, having an explicit planetary spawn point seems like a bit much, you know?