STAR OCEAN THE SECOND STORY R on Steam - User reviews, Price & Information

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In this science fantasy RPG, choose between Claude or Rena, play through their perspectives, and unlock various endings. Recruit allies and defeat foes in fast paced real-time battles.

STAR OCEAN THE SECOND STORY R is a rpg, jrpg and action rpg game developed by Square Enix, Gemdrops and Inc. and published by Square Enix.
Released on November 02nd 2023 is available only on Windows in 9 languages: English, French, Italian, German, Spanish - Spain, Japanese, Korean, Simplified Chinese and Traditional Chinese.

It has received 3,311 reviews of which 3,131 were positive and 180 were negative resulting in an impressive rating of 9.1 out of 10. 😍

The game is currently priced at 49.99€ on Steam.

The Steam community has classified STAR OCEAN THE SECOND STORY R into these genres:

RPG JRPG Action RPG Pixel Graphics Action PvE Story Rich 2D Multiple Endings 2D Platformer Fantasy Space 1990's Remake Singleplayer Retro 2.5D Anime Sci-fi Female Protagonist

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Windows

Requires a 64-bit processor and operating system
OS: Windows® 10 / 11 64-bit
Processor: AMD A8-7600 / Intel® Core™ i3-3210
Memory: 8 GB RAM
Graphics: AMD Radeon™ RX 460 / Intel® Arc™ A380 / NVIDIA® GeForce® GTX 750 Ti
DirectX: Version 11
Storage: 20 GB available space
Additional Notes: Expected framerate: 30FPS with 1280x720 resolution and default graphics options

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March 2025

I can finally enjoy the game my friend's dad would only let us watch him play on Playstation. This is how they should have remastered Final Fantasy VII

Dec. 2024

Got an infinite money by buying a stupidly expensive grape juice and selling it to the same bloke that sold it to me for double the price, repeatedly. Obliterated everyone on the highest difficulty by maxing one skill immediately and save scumming to craft an endgame sword early in the game. Making my character smarter by making him read his own book that he himself wrote. Craft an armor that makes you unkillable as long as you are alive and equipping a stat that gives you life steal, giving you permanent god mode. This is an RPG game where your goal is to break it as early as possible.

Sept. 2024

If you have fond memories of the original, this game is an easy recommend. This is a top-tier remake that clearly understands what was good about the original, but is also not afraid of streamlining some of the 25+ year old cruft and making a few welcome modernizing changes. Judged purely as a remake, it may be the best one I've played, and as game on its own merits, I think it is great. If you are not familiar with the original game, then it becomes a much less clear-cut a recommendation. For all that I just described it as great, Star Ocean 2 is not particularly good on the traditional axes of evaluation. The plot is mediocre in the extreme. The characters are alright, but their interactions are often awkwardly written. Even with a couple tweaks, the combat is pretty bad by modern standards. So what does this game have to recommend it? In the context of a console RPG from 1998, it is filled with a ridiculous amount of stuff around a skill and crafting system, creating a game that clearly wants to be broken over your knee. You can often craft gear way more powerful than what you will get from chests or shops, or items with wild effects completely out of line with the mundane story. It feels intentional that you spend 30-50% of your first playthrough messing around in menus. It is possible to get arguably the best weapon in the game (before the post final-boss content) around 40% of the way through the game. You can collect royalties on books you published. You can forge a document that lets you tell an inn-keeper that you get to stay at their inn for free for the rest of the game. As might be concluded from the previous paragraph, the difficulty of the game can be uneven. If playing on a higher difficulty, and particularly at the beginning of the game, it can be easy to completely steam roll random encounters, and then get destroyed by the next boss. Don't be afraid to turn the difficulty up and down. When you fail an encounter, the game gives you an opportunity to change gear/party, as well as the difficulty. As mentioned above, this game is a remake of a game that is now more than 25 years old. It has made a lot of good changes to modernize the game, but at its core, it is still a game from 1998. There are a lot of reasons to give this game a pass. It truly isn't for everyone. But if all my warnings haven't scared you away, check it out. I have difficulty thinking of games that do the same sorts of things as this game; it truly sets itself apart.

May 2024

Square Enix - this is so much closer to what I wanted for FF7. No weird changing the story and adding terrible fate ghosts. Just updating the game and modernizing it. Would have loved to see FF7 get this treatment. Would love if Square Enix would actually make games like they used to in general. Fun stories and characters with real themes. Not a constant focus on fate, fate, fate. It's just not interesting.

April 2024

So....iv never played nor heard of Star Ocean before. So yes, that means I'm a newbie, and as a newbie I have a newbie perspective, that only use newbies can bring to such a clearly beloved classic. Hopefully I can do it justice for all you old school classics out there, because man, I love this game. The Stars Await You.... So ya, it's a good game. Combat mechanics are fun and unique, story is rich and rewarding, interesting characters and sub-plots, old school classic vibes all over the place here. What I gatta say though is the story clearly takes the cake, and it should for a RPG like this. Rena has already become one of my favorite characters, with others hitching a close 2nd behind her. And I say others because honestly they all so far have been extremely interesting, dynamic, and feel real. Sure some lines don't make sense at times (like a weird lost in translation moment, or I missed something), but other than that It just keeps bringing me back. I enjoy them so much in fact that I almost want to just skip the combat all together and rush to get the plot moving. That's good story telling and good character writing. Speaking of which, combat. Now I'll be the first to tell you that the mechanics are NOT something you can just pick up and feel good with. Well they kind are when you start out, sorta.....and then they throw you around like a rag-doll 180 into the air and karate chop you in half before you hit the ground again. It's really a "WTH!" moment. There is a LOT to unpack in the combat mechanics, and almost so much that I feel it just kinda jam packs it too early and without much context, making you feel extremely under powered at times and then overpowered in others. Overall though it is fun once you get the hang of it. You just need to take your time, and read and invest in what they tell you. Which if your playing this....an RPG notorious for little details...then ya...you probably ...hopefully will be already. Just don't have the mechanics right away and give it time and your set is all I'm saying, it's worthwhile. Either way I'm only 3 hours in, and with already a ton to unpack as it is I find it hard to put down. It's an extremely addictive and enjoyable game, again mainly for the story and the characters overall that I start to find myself attached to. More and more they grow on me, and more and more they seem relatable with flaws and weaknesses like anyone else. That's what makes a good characters, a feeling that they are too alive and have had a rich past and history, young or old. That's what this game does best, and clearly why people have loved it. I encourage you to try the demo, it's a whopping 3 hours long with some restrictions, but well worth it and will tell you all that you need to know about the game and what your in for. "Well Id say that's worth....10/10."

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49.99€

9.1

3,131

180

Online players

Developer

Square Enix, Gemdrops, Inc.

Publisher

Square Enix

Release 02 Nov 2023

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