it's generic anime jrpg, but with very satisfying button-mashy action combat. no skill required, you just beat the shit out of everything, it's dumb fun.
start with 2, go from there as you want. 4 is the best one.
Star Ocean 2 is pretty good if you can get past the PS1-era RPG jank. The rest aren't worth playing. SO2 was one of my favorite games growing up and I have no interest in the new one since at this point I'm convinced it was a complete accident that it ended up as good as it did.
I honestly think it's better than 3 in terms of gameplay, since from what I remember it tried a bunch of things to expand on the pretty simple systems of the first two games, and it just didn't work for me. There was some kind of meter that filled up as you fought without getting hit and gave you extra XP and stuff, but it frustrated me because you were getting punished for getting hit in a game with no manual blocking or dodging, so it just encouraged you to spam moves with invincibility frames and ranged attacks. Party AI was somehow even worse than in the first two games and even with everyone at max aggression I always had some asshat sitting in a corner jerking off in every battle. Item Crafting somehow became even more convoluted, to the point where either you look up a guide or you can go frick yourself, and without it the difficulty curve is so steep that every fight could take several minutes while you pathetically whittle down enemy HP. So no, I didn't like the gameplay in SO3, not even mentioning the ludicrously terrible story and forgettable cast of characters.
I actually quite liked the gameplay of SO4, but it was everything else that failed to click with me. I didn't end up making it very far and don't remember much of my experience. And I didn't play SO5 because I have literally never heard a single positive thing about it.
Star Ocean games are the most generic zero-skill chuuni trash on the market. Their only claim to fame was having real-time combat with an AI party when everyone else was turn based. Now every JRPG is real-time combat with an AI party.
>people complain about ugly women in vidya >about to skip on the first Star Ocean in my life because the MC is too ugly
What the frick were they thinking?
No.
Don't.
1,2,3 then drop the series
the one with the great(awful) va for the kid
it's generic anime jrpg, but with very satisfying button-mashy action combat. no skill required, you just beat the shit out of everything, it's dumb fun.
start with 2, go from there as you want. 4 is the best one.
6/10
Based. 4 is the only one that feels like a space adventure
>4 is the best one
Hell yeah it is.
>timid-looking girl wearing bawd outfit
Wtf is wrong with nips
>timid-looking girl wearing bawd outfit
>wtf is wrong with nips
By being too based.
>hate arpgs with input delay based combat
>like star ocean gameplay
>hate xenoblade gameplay
Why am I like this?
seems pretty normal to me but I'm not a SO expert, but I remember the PS2 game being pretty fun
Star Ocean 2 is pretty good if you can get past the PS1-era RPG jank. The rest aren't worth playing. SO2 was one of my favorite games growing up and I have no interest in the new one since at this point I'm convinced it was a complete accident that it ended up as good as it did.
You honestly think Star Ocean 2 is better than 3/4/5? Gameplay wise?
I honestly think it's better than 3 in terms of gameplay, since from what I remember it tried a bunch of things to expand on the pretty simple systems of the first two games, and it just didn't work for me. There was some kind of meter that filled up as you fought without getting hit and gave you extra XP and stuff, but it frustrated me because you were getting punished for getting hit in a game with no manual blocking or dodging, so it just encouraged you to spam moves with invincibility frames and ranged attacks. Party AI was somehow even worse than in the first two games and even with everyone at max aggression I always had some asshat sitting in a corner jerking off in every battle. Item Crafting somehow became even more convoluted, to the point where either you look up a guide or you can go frick yourself, and without it the difficulty curve is so steep that every fight could take several minutes while you pathetically whittle down enemy HP. So no, I didn't like the gameplay in SO3, not even mentioning the ludicrously terrible story and forgettable cast of characters.
I actually quite liked the gameplay of SO4, but it was everything else that failed to click with me. I didn't end up making it very far and don't remember much of my experience. And I didn't play SO5 because I have literally never heard a single positive thing about it.
They will look like potatos in games.
Star Ocean games are the most generic zero-skill chuuni trash on the market. Their only claim to fame was having real-time combat with an AI party when everyone else was turn based. Now every JRPG is real-time combat with an AI party.
>people complain about ugly women in vidya
>about to skip on the first Star Ocean in my life because the MC is too ugly
What the frick were they thinking?
Star Ocean 6 will finally be at return to form, right
there will never be another so3 or whichever one you hold dear so thinking like that is already setting yourself up for disappointment.