Star Ocean: The Second Story R (NSW)

Name: Star Ocean: The Second Story R (NSW)
SKU: 64845
Availability: InStock

4.7 | 148 ratings

Price: 29.99

Last update: 07-17-2024

About this item

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From dangerous dungeons to bustling towns, the world of STAR OCEAN THE SECOND STORY R is depicted in a stunning 2.5D style that combines beautiful 3D graphics with nostalgic 2D pixel characters
Start your journey with either Claude or Rena; Depending on your choice, the perspectives and the allies you can recruit will change
Customize party progression with a large selection of skills, including Cooking, Art, Metalcraft, and many more; Build up to Specialty levels and master the enhanced Item Creation system to craft ultimate equipment with different effects
Japanese and English voiceover

Product information

Publication Date

November 2, 2023

ASIN

B0C8WC4ZX7

Release date

November 2, 2023

Customer Reviews

4.8 4.8 out of 5 stars 123 ratings

4.8 out of 5 stars

Best Sellers Rank

#19 in Video Games (See Top 100 in Video Games)
#3 in Nintendo Switch Games

Product Dimensions

7.2 x 4.7 x 0.5 inches; 1.6 ounces

Type of item

Video Game

Language

English

Rated

Teen

Item model number

92751

Item Weight

1.6 ounces

Manufacturer

Square Enix

Country of Origin

USA

Date First Available

June 21, 2023

Top reviews from the United States

Jeremy Derby

Great video game

Reviewed in the United States on April 23, 2024

This is a great video game.

All the Nostalgia, plus MORE

Reviewed in the United States on November 9, 2023

I loved this game when I was a kid. Playing it was a trip down memory lane, BUT the new quality of life changes REALLY stole the show. I love the fishing, the fast travel, the other new little add ons that I don't want to spoil. If you were on the fence with this game - just buy it. It plays great, it looks absolutely stunning, and I haven't been able to put it down. I can't wait to see how many of the 87 endings I can get.

Love this game. Gemdrops did it right!

Jon-Mark Wilson

Very Fun!

Reviewed in the United States on February 23, 2024

A game I never originally got a chance to play so I’m glad I could. I played it all the way through too. I’m at the final dungeon! The REAL final dungeon. I’m at the statue part. I don’t do well with puzzles. It’s my least favorite part of any game. I hope to get passed it someday. Anyway! Other than that. It’s an epic Star Trek tho of adventure! Anyone who loves old school/wpic/space age/sci-fi type of games will love it. It blends all those things rather well and has many gameplay improvements from the original! Thank you!

John. N

Outside the misinformation about the "required" DL, it's great, but there are a few other things....

Reviewed in the United States on November 9, 2023

Yes, not being clear about the fact that the 3GB DL (the warning is missing from the pics on amazon) is *mostly* language packs was annoying - I can't tell you how angry I was when I opened my package and saw that warning staring back at me, but yes, the entire game IS on the cart. There's a rumor that without the patch there is a game breaking bug that *CAN* halt your progress, but I can't for the life of me find any info where that occurs in the game without the patch.

However, beyond the above (which was beyond annoying) I honestly cannot imagine playing the PS1 original or the PSP version again. There are just way too many positive, quality of life changes here to ignore. You can chain enemy encounters together to get money and experience multipliers, meaning it's easier to level up and the game respects your time more this time around. Everyone in the party (even the characters not in your current party) gets experience, so you don't leave half your characters in the dust. The combination of the original sprites (love those new idle character animations by the way) and 3D backgrounds works better than you would expect; giving us something new and old to enjoy. Even the improvements that somewhat limbo under the bar don't really intrude on the experience.

There are a few hitches to the Switch version however. The Switch doesn't handle the world map (which has seen a MASSIVE improvement) the greatest, with constant pop-in of trees while the actual land masses and towns DON'T pop in. There's some pop-in in some dungeons as well, but it's much more minimal. Obviously, the pop in does not occur in the PlayStation versions, but this isn't very surprising given how old the Switch is. The Switch version runs at 30fps while the PS versions are running at 60. The PS versions look smoother because of that (but they also look odd to me because of this as well), but I honestly thought they looked a little blurry, and thought the Switch version looked a little crisper, but that may be because I'm playing on a Switch Lite. There doesn't seem to be any performance issues in towns and combat (which, yes, the combat it the more important thing here!) so if you only have a Switch you're gonna lose a little performance, but nowhere near enough to KO this version into oblivion.

The voice acting is taken from the previous PSP version, which is good and bad. I get why they didn't redo the VA but there are a few parts where the characters all act like brats and their personalities/voices get on my nerves. There are also some NPCs that have some odd annunciation (sounding angrier/more annoyed than you'd expect) but it's decent enough. Thankfully, we're long past the original translation from the PS1 original which was pretty terrible but par the course for that time.

I'd say 95 times out of 100 the various changes make the game better and I can only name a few points where I thought the original game (outside VA and translation) did a better job. I think the last dungeon of the first half was better on the original. Magic casters have been completely reworked and are more viable attack option than in the original. The game's still unbalanced and it's just as broken as the OG but is just broken in a new way now, but it's still fun.

But regardless, along with the remaster of SaGa Frontier and the Pixel Remasters, it appears if Square-Enix has successfully thought this one back for all of us to enjoy again. I'd say that's around 40 points!

Anthony Passalacqua

One of the best RPG ever made

Reviewed in the United States on November 16, 2023

I played this when it first came out on PSX and it's up there with the other greats such as Chrono Trigger and Final Fantasy 6. The characters are amazing and there are over 80 endings.

The remake does everything better and you can break the balance of the game even harder than the previous PSC and PSP versions. This game claps hard

Excellent Remake.

Reviewed in the United States on January 30, 2024

Great RPG worth its value.

Niko

Best rpg released back then

Reviewed in the United States on December 17, 2023

And the best rpg still to this day for its story and features and content in game. Played it non stop until I got to cave of trials and LOVED this game with all my heart growing up and still today

Charlie62

One of the Best RPGs ever made.

Reviewed in the United States on November 30, 2023

One of the Best RPGs ever made. I played the original on ps1 and was happy when I saw they remade it for the switch.

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