Game:

Star Ocean: The Second Story (1998)

Category:

Let's Play

Duration: 33:28

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So the intro and new animated opening for Claude's story are both really cool in the PSP version (the new Claude's story intro actually made me respect the plot to SOFDR slightly more, I couldn't find it on Youtube so I uploaded it myself). But holy shit, PLAY THE PS1 VERSION. The sound quality, besides the animated sequences for some reason, is ABYSMAL!! The new voice acting is decent enough but Gabriel's new voice SUCKS. On PS1 he says "I'll erase you" when Filia spawns, but on PSP he says "Let's go!" like an optimistic anime protagonist. This is coming from someone who unironically really likes the voice acting from the English version of Valkyrie Profile 1 (even Lezard's voice), so for me to actually hate Gabriel's new voice is saying something. And the cutscene they added before the final boss makes things feel less climactic. Gabriel standing utop the stairs in the PSX version is an intimidating piece of imagery that is NOT IN the PSP version. The awesome conversation before the fight is also removed. The ONLY redeeming thing about the new pre-final boss cutscene they added was Rena's cool Naruto-jutsu hand sign thing she did for 1 second. A majority of the backgrounds are stretched, the prerendered cutscenes are cropped(I HATE WHEN 4:3 GAMES DO THIS WHEN SCALED TO 16:9), and overworld travel is just as awful as in First Departure!!!!

Full playlist: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLlwskU9UwXjyhQ_FejyuimWh-kjp37ubU
Super-playlist: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLlwskU9UwXjy1GVrI-Q-ydGyk4CYFeGCA

#StarOcean #RPG #JRPG

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