Say what you will about the Star Ocean series as a whole but Second Story has always been “the good one” for a reason. This is effectively the best Tales game: fast, fun action RPG combat that unlike most Tales games does not take 10-15 hours to stop feeling terrible. The newly arranged OST and especially the visuals are incredible, and they’ve added even more endings to this: we’ve got 99 in total now, which is just insane. Any nitpicks towards a mediocre core plot are strongly mitigated by the characters and the sense of place the game lovingly crafts. It’s immersive with a lot of player agency. Maybe the best action JRPG? Eh, maybe that’s Ys VIII. This is close though.

Este foi o primeiro Star Ocean que eu joguei. Foi o primeiro também que me chamou a atenção

Fiquei muito impressionado com o que eu joguei. Ao mesmo tempo que tem algumas bobeiras na história e personagens q não são mto desenvolvidos, o jogo é mto ambicioso

lembra RPG de mesa em muitos momentos, principalmente por causa das skills sociais e do sistema de craft do jogo

curti muito, achei que valeu muito a pena.

What a damn fine RPG. In terms of story, it’s nothing fantastic, it does its job it’s just interesting enough and the characters are all likeable. Even Percis who I was expecting to hate was alright. Granted, that’s because everyone besides Claude, Rena, and, oddly enough, Ernest, is very quiet. But you don’t play this game for its story, it’s for the gameplay. An amazing beat em up style combat system makes this game one of the most fun RPGs I have ever played. My main team was Opera, Percis, Claude and Rena. Percis just jumped everything and broke enemies so fast that it made the game extremely stupid but fun. Overall fantastic game. Play it.