However, all of those options can be a bit baffling as you go along I had to poke around guides and FAQs to really have any insight into the specifics. The other four spots can be filled by a combination of six other characters, some which require some insight to bring aboard. You can have a total of eight party members but only four of them are 100% necessary. Additionally, the character recruitment brings even more player choice. This also extends to other decisions and choices throughout the adventure, and depending on who you befriend or don’t, a lot of the periphery details of your quest are tweaked.
Around towns, you can enter them just as Roddick, which kicks off Private Actions where you can interact with other party members and help or harm an invisible stat that measures how much you get along with them.
Still, the basic plot is a little predictable, but ultimately what drew me in was the finer details (and also the great soundtrack from Motoi Sakuraba).Ĭhief among those details is the affection system. While the game manages to stay grounded with a more typical and traditional fantasy setting, the flavoring of sci-fi elements makes it more distinctive. Early events lead Roddick and his friends Millie and Dorne to come into contact with Ronyx and Ilia, two space travelers trying to help prevent catastrophe. The hero is Roddick, a budding warrior in a small village who lives a trope-heavy and typical JRPG fantasy-inspired life. Solid voice-acting, a good localization, and a sense of wonder help keep the whole adventure engaging. The story takes the forefront, as the adventure kicks off with a lovely animated opening and features a variety of narrative-heavy chunks throughout. As such, it follows a traditional JRPG structure but is buoyed by a snappy and enjoyable action RPG combat system in addition to a wealth of interesting mechanics that boost customization and story variety.
STAR OCEAN FIRST DEPARTURE R CHARACTERS SERIES
If you’re unfamiliar with the series, which I mostly am, this is the first entry in the series and has close ties to the developers of the very first Tales game.
STAR OCEAN FIRST DEPARTURE R CHARACTERS PSP
Chief among them is Star Ocean: First Departure R, an HD remaster of a 2008 PSP remake of a 1996 Super Famicom game. With Square Enix porting a slew of their RPGs to Switch, we’re starting to get to some deeper cuts.
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