Japanese RPGs are filled with cliches. That's just the way it is. A young man -- usually a teenager -- somehow winds up getting charged with a quest to save the world. We've seen it many times before, and Star Ocean: Second Evolution is no exception. The game is not, however, without fresh elements that make it engaging and enjoyable (or at least they were fresh when the game was originally released in 1999). As you play through as one of the two protagonists, you'll quickly find that there's a whole lot more here than meets the eye.
Pros:
* Fantastic battle system
* Deep gameplay
* Decent replay value
Cons:
* Some visual blemishes
* Tons of cliches
* Load times can be tedious
In the years since Hakuoki: Demon of the Fleeting Blossom made its English debut in 2012, otome games have enjoyed a surge of popularity worldwide. The genre went from an unknown to one that received multiple releases on various platforms each year. Sony handhelds have long been a haven for such titles, with people who own a Vita enjoying the fruits of this bevy of releases.
Phil writes, "It's the Jewish new year today, and I'm glad I could catch it before the day's end. The Jewish calendar is more than a few thousand years ahead of the standard Roman calendar that we generally use. And it's around more than four thousand digits ahead of SuperPhillip Central's Favorite VGMs VGM volume total.
Regardless, as is customary on Mondays, the Favorite VGMs are here to deliver great video game music to all readers of SuperPhillip Central. This week, the critically mixed Star Fox Zero leads off with its version of Corneria. Then, Mario Kart 7 races onto the scene. Star Ocean: The Second Story is one of my favorite video game soundtracks of all time, so this week I'm showing off a world map theme for the game. Next, Tatsunoko vs. Capcom: Ultimate All-Stars delivers a titillating tune. Finally, Me & My Katamari busts out a ten minute-long funk-a-licious song.
As always, click on the VGM volume name to reach the YouTube video featuring that song. And if you want to listen to past VGM volumes featured on SuperPhillip Central's Favorite VGMs, look no further than the always-updated VGM Database. Now, let's get on to the music!"
Following its October launch on PlayStation 4 and PS Vita, Square Enix has released Star Ocean: Second Evolution on PlayStation 3 in Japan for 2,268 yen.
The port features a new opening theme song sung by twin duo Rina Eri, Trophy support, paid “support” downloadable content (items, level-ups, etc.), and improved graphics and background music quality.
Anyone know if they plan on releasing this for the PS4 in the west? I didn't even know about this until just now, Second Story was always my favorite one in the series.
I thought this was The Last Hope. That's what I get for glancing over the title:).
Regardless, I do have this game. Once you get past the REALLY slow start with all of the talking, then it gets better. Should definitely get a lot out of this game over a long period of time.
PSP has the first two classic SO's.
I don't care about 360 SO4.
I doubt that the new SO will either be 360 exclusive for ever OR quite up to the standard of the stellar first two. Nothing against the 360 it just seems to me that most JRPG's of late have lacked something and the sales don't justify the dev costs on 360 exclusive JRPG's.
That said I don't think SO4 will be as poor as The Last Remnant was(which, again, will probably come and stink the place up on PS3 pretty soon as well)though it'll have to go some to be as joyful as VC was(-another game which needs a multi release if we're to ever get another as NOBODY played it and they really should have as it's better than pretty much everything of a similar vein of the past year or so. Though IDK how many 360 owners will want it either.
Game reviewers are filled with cliches. That's just the way it is. A guy full of bias against jrpgs -- usually a WRPG player -- somehow winds up getting charged with the task of reviewing a jrpg . We've seen it many times before, and most reviews site or magazine are no exception.
Joking but sadly true for most of the time . Clichés are everywhere , get over it