Star Ocean: The Second Story R - 1:1 Graphics Comparison VS 1998 & 2008

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Published on June 23, 2023 3:29:34 AM ● Video Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gqYAWzpouto

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Star Ocean: The Second Story (1998)

Duration: 2:10

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3 decades of a classic Sci-fi RPG, compared with 1:1 matching footage, including combat!

Instead of matching it to the trailer's editing this time, I decided to splice both announcement trailers together to group them into scene types.

There are two reasons for this:
- First, the trailers cut rapidly between 3 major scenes at the start of the game. It's just easier to see this way.
- Second, I can't obtain footage from the mid-game on short notice, so I don't include it. This is because Star Ocean 2 is longer than Live A Live, has two starting characters, branching, missable party members and scenes, and two whole versions of the game on top of all that.

New game and end-game footage is much easier to obtain, since I only need to record for a few hours with an old clear save.

0:00 FMV & Titles
0:27 Character Select
0:32 Early Game
1:08 Combat Moves
1:47 Late Game

If you've read this far, please comment and like on whether you'd like an updated version of this video, with the missing mid-game footage (approx. 45 seconds of scenes and companion quests out of 2:40 minutes).

【SEE ALSO】
My Live A Live 1:1 Comparison: https://youtu.be/bHnx57DubqU

【SOURCES】
Nintendo Direct June 2023 Trailer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3JaYQDytelE
Japanese Announce Trailer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WX30v0plL3M
Asian (English) Announce Trailer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AS43Mh5wQis

【CAPTURE】
The captures are emulated with appropriate screen simulations.
PSX version is a capture of the PAL version (Europe 50/25fps) with a CRT Bloom filter.
PSP version was captured with all upscale filtering and smoothing disabled.

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