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Star Ocean: First Departure

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The story itself is pretty typical, but the juxtaposition between futuristic/sci-fi atmosphere and the typical rural fantasy-RPG setting adds a lot of flair to what would otherwise be generic. As long as you don’t mind the shallow real-time battles, Star Ocean: First Departure holds up amazingly well.

Available on: PSP
Genre: Role Playing
Release date: Oct 21, 2008
Published by: Square Enix
Developed by: Tri-Ace

Franchise: Star Ocean
Multiplayer Modes:

Offline

1 player SOLO

7 GOOD
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Review

Star Trek meets Xena in a polished update to an old gem

Oct 22, 2008

Though Star Ocean: First Departure is technically a remake of 1996’s Japan-only Star Ocean for Super Famicom, most of us missed out on its magical fantasy meets space travel story and real-time battles, which at the time were drastically different from the Final Fantasy series' orderly turn-based system. Although not quite as outstanding as other Square-Enix remakes as of late (Final Fantasy IV, Dragon Quest IV, and the upcoming Chrono Trigger), First Departure holds its own if you can squeeze it into your bust RPG schedule. ...

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