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Star ocean blue sphere english11/11/2023 ![]() ![]() With all of my lavish praise out of the way, it’s time for me to get critical. Every single mainline Star Ocean game has successfully delivered in all of these aspects and it is for this reason that I love the series. On top of all that, each and every Star Ocean game has a fantastic soundtrack by Motoi Sakuraba and features gorgeous visuals for the time. I thought this was a nice touch as it kinda allows you to personalize the ending you get so that everyone gets their own unique ending based on their interaction with the game’s private actions. In addition to this, there are also private actions which do a great job at breaking up the gameplay by letting you interact with the characters and these interactions tend to influence an affection variable which decides what ending you get when you finish the game. If you’re looking for a game which makes leveling up fun, the Star Ocean series is for you. ![]() Leveling up in Star Ocean is always exciting as you are presented with a lot of choices when it comes to developing your characters and each level gives you skill points to invest freely in anything you choose. What truly stands out in the Star Ocean series besides its thematic setting is its emphasis on invested empowerment through the game’s many sub systems such as item creation and specialties. While the order the games are played isn’t important, it is highly recommended to save Star Ocean Till The End Of Time for last since a certain event in that game will spoil the rest of the series for you to the point that it will change the way you perceive the other games if you play it first. ![]() In a way it is kind of like the Devil May Cry/YS series in the sense that the order of release isn’t the order the story is told. While each game’s story is its own self-contained saga, they all take place in the same universe during different time periods. Final Fantasy IV also had space travel near the end of the game and Final Fantasy V had the multiple worlds idea before Star Ocean did. Star Ocean essentially mixes the two together and that’s part of the reason why I love the series despite its flaws, granted it’s not the only series to do this as Chrono Trigger mixed science fiction and fantasy together before Star Ocean was even a thing. I’ve always been more of a swords and sorcery kind of guy. So if you are expecting this game to be Xenosaga levels of science fiction then you may be disappointed but for me, this is the perfect setting as I’m pretty mixed on science fiction since as much as I love the idea of space travel and space ships but fighting with guns, not so much. Though I would argue that it’s more of a fantasy setting with a bit of science fiction sprinkled on top as opposed to a perfect blend of both science fiction and fantasy. Thematically speaking, the Star Ocean series is supposed to be a hybrid of both science fiction and fantasy. Oh boy here we go, time for the comparison to end comparisons, which Star Ocean game is the best? Despite being a huge fan of the Star Ocean series, even I have to admit that it isn’t the most consistent series out there in terms of quality and quite frankly, just about every game in the series has its fair share of flaws, some of which can be extremely aggravating to deal with. ![]()
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