How to get ALL characters - Star Ocean Second Story R
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- Опубліковано 30 чер 2024
- How to recruit all characters in Star Ocean: The Second Story R
Best party in Star Ocean: The Second Story R
All Characters in Star Ocean The Second Story R
I STILL can't believe it's finally happening. If we never get another Star Ocean game I would be okay. This is all I wanted. Life is fair sometimes.
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- Character Recruitment Guide
- Best party in Star Ocean 2
- All Characters in Star Ocean The Second Story R
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Chapters:
00:00 - Why you need this
00:43 - Giveaway
01:31 - Setup
01:52 - Rena
02:45 - Claude
03:33 - Celine
04:34 - Ashton
06:02 - Welch
07:03 - Precis
07:59 - Dias
08:59 - Chisato
09:53 - Opera
11:18 - Bowman
12:15 - Ernest
13:49 - Leon
14:47 - Noel
16:05 - Best Party - Ігри
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SolaceAndDread, it's no longer called Twitter... Instead, they redub it as we know as "X" ( Reference to Megaman X. ).
Unless they changed it for the Remake, there's two things that you missed:
Welch - Including Claude and Rena, you need to have recruited at least 4 characters or else she won't show when you initiate a PA in Lacour. Also, if you want her, you NEED to get her before you complete the Hoffman Ruins, otherwise she'll be missable for the entire playthrough
Chisato - After the lengthy conversation with Mayor Nall, just outside of his office building, you need to take the *Left/West* path (Not sure which direction they'll use for the Remake due to the new camera angle). You'll know you took the correct path if you see a giant Pink Bunny blocking off some stairs. You'll also see Chisato a little down the path. Move towards her and she'll panic and run off. Next, in North City, you must find Chisato again. It shouldnt be too hard this time since you should trigger her scene by simply heading towards the Psynard breeding center. She'll run off again when you spot her. Only after all this is done can you trigger the scene of her dropping her ID Card in the Red Crystal Cave.
You can accidently miss Chisato if you didn't view the scene of her in Centroplis. It happened to me in my first playthrough of Second Evolution which pissed me off to no end because I loved using her back during the original Playstation. Had to restart the entire game because of that!
To add to this, the best advice that you can give here is SAVE often and SAVE multiple copies at critical points so that you won't have to restart the entire game.
Who is this newbie Welch? I was shocked that the game makers decided to add this new character to the remake...
@@Essylte She's not new to this Remake, she was added in during the PSP remake, back in the day. And she's no stranger to the series. Her debut appearance was in SO3 where she was the Item Creation Guild. Since then, she's been made to be the series Mascot character
So if im not at the ruins yet, I can still get her right?
She's marked with a ! and an hourglass as a timed event as you get outside the office. You don't HAVE to go right to her, you can go save and then double back, but the window might close if you leave town.
Man, do I love the OST for this game... always evokes some serious nostalgia with me. One of the first JRPGs I got for my PlayStation back in the day.
Comforting to know I wasn't the only person overcome with emotions when that Direct hit us with SMRPG and SS:R back to back-to-back 😂
Its worth noting that you don't have to leave towns to enter private actions in the remake. One of my takeaways from the demo.
More than that, you CANNOT activate PAs on the overworld anymore. Being in town is now mandatory to activate them. Also, if you use the Fast Travel functionality, you can see which PAs are still available to do from the map. The game even tells you which ones are only available for a limited time. So it's alot easier to avoid missing things.
@@SBabyyup which is a function I really love about the game I'm glad it's got the fast traveling and that it list the pa and limited ones
@@lightning13clair29 The only thing to note is it doesn't tell you which PAs affect which character. Also this is for people that have never played the original. If you get into a PA with an NPC named Filia, be really freaking careful which PAs you activate after that point. Because if you see her again, the final boss will turn into a superboss.
@@SBaby wth!
@@johnlawful2272 That is not a joke. It actually brick-walled many people the first time they played the game because they weren't expecting it. Star Ocean doesn't mess around when it comes to superbosses, and it has a little bit of La-Mulana in it. Don't even think of triggering that second Filia PA unless you plan to go through the optional dungeon, because there's no turning back once you do.
This should be helpful! :0 Thank you for taking the time to create this guide
Thanks for watching! Save it for when the game drops!
Awesome vid - bringing back old memories. Excited to play again
3 more weeks!
Can't wait for this to come out. I was always a Claude, Rena, Dias and Ashton Guy. With trophies in R I bet there will be a trophy for getting all the characters. So thanks for posting because I need a little bit of a refresher.
been lookin for somethin like this. thanks 😁
Dias Claude Rena and Celine are the top 4, magic casting and 2 epic attackers.
Thanks for this breakdown. I have played the original way waaaaaay back and I'm happy to see some quality of life changes are there for sure. I'm not set on who to put in my party. Started with Claude and alsways good to have Rena for her heals. I really like Opera and my 4th might be Leon or Dias, not sure yet. Subscribed to follow more of your content.
I haven't played this since it first came out so it's SO good to have the updated version in my hands again. Thanks for all this information. I'd honestly forgotten how to get Opera and Ernest.
6:56 I wouldn't say Welch has "no stand-out traits". She has one of the best Basic Attacks in the game, tied with Ashton, and she has the highest LUCK by far, which makes her the best at Item Creation (which fits her whole recurring role as handling it in other games).
Welch is just cool so I want her anyways lol. I wish she was playable in every game because she is such a fun and quirky personality.
Her luck stat does make a difference early game, but orchestra and save scum work pretty well too 🤩
@@SolaceAndDread gotta save dem conductors batons amirite. Haha.
@@dankdillyAuntie Welch. I sure hope she was playable on Last Hope.
For her She's still PURE CRAP even in 2nd evolution and in First Departure Welch still SUCKS.
Leon and Celine work great in the og. You just need to combo their spells for amazing damage and to play against elemental weaknesses.
Leon has a goblin lizard spell that can be combined with a couple different spells. Position it correctly and you create a meat grinder. Especially when boosted with a spell combo.
Leon has some pretty wicked spells in that book of his. I like Celine a lot better, though.
Ran across your vid while doing research for my own tier list. Loved the format. Subbed.
Welcome friend! I think I've seen your stuff before. We did a full (proper) tier list in addition to the recruitment video. Excited to see how yours differs!
@@SolaceAndDread I’ll send them your way for a second opinion.
Great video! Will keep this advice in mind, when playing. Excited for it's release!!!!! So close
2 weeks!!
Just started star ocean. Im loving the story so far ! Very fun. Thabka for your videos !
I'm just happy they're helpful to someone. 🙂
Great video ^^
Hi fren! Thank you!
Great breakdown -- looking forward to how they may have made some of the recruiting less convoluted since a few characters had easily missable prerequisites, especially for new players. I've also always been curious if there's any measurable data regarding players' preferences with Opera/Ashton or Bowman/Precis.
Maybe we should set up some kind of poll in the subreddit. Would be fun
I have a feeling Ernest and Chisato specifically will be less missable.
@@SolaceAndDreadceline voice acting isnt terribel only thing terrible is you lieing
GREAT VIDEO!!
I've always wanted to get into star ocean and second R looks like a GREAT starting point but the way u get party members canda worried me, so a guide like this is amazing and I can't wait for the game to release.
Glad it's helpful! Enjoy this game! Take your TIME.
My favourite four in the original was always Claude/Rena/Ashton/Precis. I'm tempted to recruit Opera & Earnest instead though since I never really used them but I might save that for the Rena playthrough since I think it'd be more nostalgic to pick the former. The other four for the Claude playthrough would be Celine, Leon, Chisato & Noel. That way I've an equal amount of fighters & casters.
My one main gripe with the remake is that I would have liked the option to use the original script/place names, even if it meant no voice acting. I grew up with the PS1 version & I didn't like some of the changes in the PSP one. I'm not talking about the Wise men censorship, just the way some of the dialogue was reworded made the characters a bit less charming imo.
Thanks for making the video!
Im facing that same thing thinking about this game since it was announced. Should I go with what I'm familiar with or tread unfamiliar ground and experiment. Theres just so much to do in the game.
I've decided to make four different games: one where Claude is the MC with Opera (missed Ernest, so I had to make a second one so I could pair her and Ernest together), Bowman, Celine, Leon, Rena, and Noel. I wanted to get Chisato, but I had already a full party. I have a game with Rena as the MC, and I have my favorite couple Ashton/Precis there, and Dias, but I missed Chisato (wanted to pair her with Dias!). Both first games with Claude and Rena I missed a key character, so I made two other games. I make a point to save a game during the Salva Mines event, that way, I can choose to get Ashton. My third game with Claude I'm getting Ashton and Precis
Good guide! I think ima try that character listing for Rena and eventually, Claude 😎
Great video! I can't wait to play this game! Loved the PSP and PS versions. Easy sub. Cheers!
welcome to the Turtle Kingdom
My playthrough as a kid went Claude/Rena/Celine/Ashton and I fully intend on running that the first playthrough of this, to squeeze every drop of nostalgia I can from this.
Ah, my team, nice to see them again. Love how this series operated...you know in games 2 and 3 with several slots that you can fill how you want, and with unique characters that actually learn different skills and play almost completely uniquely thanks to their weapons, so no one's an obvious duplicate...some share some things but not completely.
Meanwhile 1 and 4 are mostly picking between ANOTHER attacker or mage, 5 you have all of them and 6...is uniquely interesting in how it does combat so it's less a case of picking for that, and mostly picking who you want to adventure with storywise. And since other than a few characters in 4(And ALL of 5) the SO franchise characters are well written and grounded in their world, it's a nice choice to have.
I still think 6 is strongest in combat systems ❤️ and I agree, the characters in 2 feel so unique.
Mirage and Cliff are literal clones for the most part of their combat, so technically in 3 there's 2 req characters that are mostly the same. They share weapons too.
@@Asch519 That is true, though that's due to her being an addition for the international version of the game(The only one outside of japan), so I'm willing to allow that.
Till the end of time is kinda lame though
Most of your party slots are filled by mandatories
You only have four applicants for two slots when all is said and done
Bro! I was skipping around to see the character recruits and didn't notice you had a wig on. I nearly died, looks fly ass hell ngl
Love me some Star Ocean 2nd Story and I can't wait to sink my teeth into the Remake. The demo has got me seriously jonesing!
It probably won't be on my first playthrough, but I kinda do want to try an all-caster party of Rena, Celine, Leon, and Noel just to see if it can be done. It'll probably be hard as hell, but still it'd be fun to try once I figure out wgat changes the Renake will bring.
I wanna try that too!!
Good stuff, here!!!! This more or less applies to the remake as well, 100%! Hopefully ppl like Ernest will be tooled to be more effective fighters, and seems spellcasters will be more effective late-game!
(and yes it's Noel like Christmas, not 'Nowl' like I thought back in the day! Same with Pre-sis... not Press-e's!)
i pronounced both the exact same way, lol. Thanks for verifying accuracy.
aaah NpNp, it was a pleasure!@@SolaceAndDread
@@SolaceAndDreadbro celene is actually the better caster over Leon Leon is good but his magic doesn't even compare to celene you can't actually believe that celene is bad as she is a huge help early game
I am hyped!!
the party i ran most on the ps1 and the party im going to start with on the remake is rena claude dias and ashton, i had multiple playthroughs though and recruited everyone at one point and used them all, to try and get my sound board filled. in the remake i will probably recruit everyone and with your video i will grab the parties you have listed to try everyone out.
i hope they change some of the recruiting and let you do ashton/opera in one playthrough, but i doubt it seems like the game is going to be the same story wise
My first playthrough of this game as a kid, I somehow picked all the worst characters and lemme tell you, Gabriel humbled me HARD for my choices.
Ain't gonna stop me from doing it again just to relive the magic(pain)
No character choice will stop you from beating the game. Everyone is easily able to clear the story. ^^ You were just new to it
They made magic a lot better from what I saw in the demo
Imagine me accidentally removing the limiter....
@@indalceciomy friend did that and saved after not knowing what they dud
Already got my recruits figured out:
Claude Rena
Rena Claude
Celine Opera
Ashton Welch
Precis Bowman
Leon Ernest
Noel Dias
Chisato Chisato
For Claude's playthrough I'm gonna try a mage only run (Rena, Celine, Leon, Noel) and for Rena's a fighter only run (Opera, Bowman/Ernest, Chisato, Claude/Dias/Welch). All on Universe difficulty. I've played through both older versions of this game a lot back in the day so I think I'm ready (I hope D:)
Super helpful video
This is the first time I will be playing any star ocean game, thanks I already have a team in mind.
Didn't know there's a game mechanics like this that you can't get all characters.
You can use Noel on a playthrough that doesn't take Opera for healing in a Bloody Armor setup. Rena couldn't equip the armor, but Noel could.
My first time beating Unlimited was with Claude, Ashton, Dias, and Noel in Bloody Armors actually. It IS a cheesy ass strat for sure, but if you really want to use it, and really want Ashton while doing so, Noel is your best bet.
I had a lot of fun back in the day with Claude, Chisato, Bowman, and Opera... all fighters with a healing Killer Move. Put on that and a good attack (dragon howl, @-1, 10k volts, explosive pills) and watch them go to work.
It's arguably one of the stongest teams if you're going through the hidden dungeon to unlock the true final boss.
To Welch's PA and recruit her, you need at least four party members, and you can't do it after getting Bowman, so you need two of Celine, Ashton, Precis (who can actually be recruited even before the tournament), or Opera.
To recruit Chisato, you need to see her stalking you in Central City (leave the Mayor's building and go left toward the inn), and North City (on the way to the Synard lab), for her to appear in the Cave of Red Crystal. I wouldn't be surprised if these scenes became compulsory in R like Ernest's.
I agree with the party recruitment you suggest in this video per-playthrough for various story reasons, however regarding the "best party", I think you're overselling Dias a bit. Bowman can easily fill that slot in a Claude game. It's tough to say anything definitive since R has changed mechanics, but I do expect Claude Rena Ashton Dias / Claude Opera Bowman Chisato to remain extremely dominant parties.
Actually you can you just can't BEAT the Hoffman ruins itself its just that after getting Bowman you need to get Leon in the party BEFORE the Welch PA can actually be done so yes you can have Opera and Bowman as the only others to get Welch to join.
Noel will rise from the ashes.
Amazing video! Can't wait to try the mages out.
I think they will be important for breaking enemies!!
i can attest to Rena, Claude , Dias and Ashton for Rena's playthrough, it's the team that got me through the final bosses. I had my AI fighters hammer the bosses while i SPAMMED healing magic playing as Rena.
thats my favorit Party for Rena Playthroughs too. good taste my man. thought i prefered controlling either Ashton or Dias and have Rena back me up from behind.
i like that party as you get 3 characters that can wield the best sword in the game(3000 attack) cant recall what its called atm.
@@mermidion7552yea dias is the best character to have . hes wholesome powerful
As a kid I called them the swordsman protect Rena death squad.
Its also possible to get all PHYSICAL ATTACKERS and RENA is the only CASTER.... It was the best PLAYTHROUGH of my life... I was pummeling the FINAL BOSS with TEAR GAS, DRAGON ROAR and POISON PELLETS.... I really feel I could do no wrong...
I'm super excited for this game! So happy Square Enix is remaking it. Looks pretty awesome! Hmm. I'd always main Rena in my playthru as a kid. I think I'd try Rena, Celine, Dias, and Claude maybe. We'll see! In my Claude playthru Leon kept getting destroyed.
Damn is leon's defense that bad?
Omg. Your hat (wig?) is amazing 😂 I want one. Subbed
I'd say that's worth about 80 points!
a) i love that this channel is covering this game, its -the best- JRPG ever made as far as I'm concerned.
b) I don't agree on the 'best party' advice though -- I've played this game like 6 times since I was a kid and I feel like Claude, Opera, Precis and Chisato outperform the variant with Dias
a) I love this game so much it's disgusting. thanks for watching
b) Don't sleep on the dps speed of Dias's Chaos Sword and air slashes. (Though Bowman can outpace him with explosion pills if they arent resistant to Fire.)
Never got to play the OG but i just finished remake just now. Clyde rena dias celine was fun af. Bowman n noel "forced" their way in because i didn't realize privet party was a thing till fun city😂. But definitely going to slow down and look into more of the raid bosses on NG+. Hitting lvl 102 on 1st playthrough blew my mind. Thought 99 was going to be max😂. Huge FF fan so i had to give it a try. Best choice I've made in years!
Ty for vid now i can scoop up a few different characters and nab a few more achievements
My original 8 party members when i first played it in PS1 is Rena, Claude, Celine, Ashton, Diaz, Precis, Chisato, and Noel. My favorite party formation is Chisato, Precis, Rena, and Ashton. This formation can stunlock/corner enemies even bosses including Indalencio limiter off. Chisato with Tear Gas, Precis with Parabola Beam, and Ashton with Dragon's Breath while Rena applies Angel Blessing (?) buff to each character. But sometimes I sub out Ashton with someone else because Chisato+Precis combo is enough.
My first time playing all i had was Claude, Rena, Celine, Bowman, and Noel. It was my first RPG and didnt know about character recruiting until second playthrough.
Thanks!
Holy crap, thank you!!
i platinumed few days ago first departure. cant wait to get this game!
My party comp when I first played this all the way back on the PS1 was Claude, Rena, Celine (I love my Black Mage Waifus, even back then), and Ashton (His design just spoke to me)
From my experience in the OG: Ashton was my favorite. I always named him after myself but Opera from my understanding (never picked her in all my playthroughs) is BA with her laser gun.
I was never able to defeat Unlimited Indalecio. Fought him so many times the battles would last for hours. After nearly 4 hours I almost killed him but he got me.
Limited Indelico wasn't too difficult.
Can you perhaps do a guide on talents? If the introduction to Ashton was anything to go by, they'll be important.
that is a TALL order friend.
I'll consider it, lol. that whole system got reworked, so it's a new dawn
Rena main, claude dias and opera, she becomes backup healer and set up properly makes up for time when you hafta heal status or give buffs. I dont have much love for casters in this my second fav game ever but i love renas playthrough and i love healing
Claude’s pov will be
Claude
Rena
Chisato/Bowman
Opera
Rena’s Pov
Claude
Rena
Ashton
Dias/Chisato
Either way Claude, Rena, and Chisato will be in the group. It really looks like they may balance out some characters and I’m excited to see what they’ll do.
Greetings from Brazil! This is my fav Star Ocean title, need to confess, the better game in the franchise for me. I've so many great memories and extreme good feelings during my journey with Claude and Rena, I've played this so many times and I really don't know the number of my playthrougs. You make me remeber some points of recruit that I just forget, but, I might be wrong since I don't remember the exactly situation... The quest involving Ashton and the sick little girl is possible only in Claude's route, isn't? And the PAs involving Celine and the Krosse prince is possible only in Rena's route. The two quest/PAs unlocks exclusive endings for both Ashton and Celine. Please tell me if I'm wrong, I really don't remember these details! Thanks for the vid, it's an amazing recruit guide!
Cool video :) I really liked the game back in the day, but I have to admit one reason why it would never be above Suikoden (especially 2) for me is that I absolutely loathe to have to decide which character to gets. It is an integral part of the game, but I simply could never not get Ashton because he is awesome and I am sure I will never get Opera and Ernest this time around either sadly.
Ashton is likely the second strongest character in the game but Opera is pretty damn close when you get her best supers. Ernest is a waste of time.
I have only played the original Star Ocean 2 PS1 version so, playing Welch is gonna be something else. I'm actually excited for this version.
Man, this game got me to use guides back in the day. Seeing videos like this of the remake is scaring me like it's a jrpg version of Baldur's gate 3.
Lol it will never have that depth. But it does help the fun factor to know who to pick up ahead of time
I get it now, the blonde hair with a red bandana is a tribute to Claude... this makes this video pleasant to watch.
Hey just getting into this series do you recommend the first game or someplace to jump into it?
From what I could tell. They added a system to the combat where you can do combos with characters not in your party. Kind of like a tag team thing where they pop up for a few seconds. From the explanation of the gameplay, it seems to insinuate that you can actually get all of the characters if you want to and have them as backup characters. If that’s the case, that would make things quite interesting.
I don't think you can get everyone in one playthrough. I still think the max is 8 in a party.
@@SolaceAndDread You are most likely right. I don’t know as much about this series. So I was kind of just guessing. Lol
You do not get all of the characters; however, you can call upon party members not in the battle (and some non-playable characters) to perform actions.
I’ve never played a star ocean before. Got this one pre ordered the demo was just so insane. This art style is just fantastic
You're in for a treat, this is probably the best RPG ever made.
@@IdeonFukkatsucouldn't have said it better myself. I've been wanting this remaster for almost two decades. Gonna be a good one
I couldn't tell the demo apart from 20 other demos released in the last two years.
@@FewNewReasonss like what?
@@FewNewReasonss That sounds like a you problem.
16:19 Oh my God, I went with these 4 when I played this game as a kid and I remember finishing the Maze of Tribulations with this party, they are the best, tried and tested!
As a remake this game should have let you collect every character in one playthrough so you can just enjoy everything and play again for either Claudes or Rena's playthrough. That way you wouldn' have to waste time searching online how to get this or that character. As if us humans dont have enough on our plate.
I wonder if Vegh Esther knows they're a SO2 celebrity even after all these years.
Only gamefaqs legends would know.😉 That guy's dedication is something
More like "Cryptid".
i played many times through each side. my 1st play I took claude, rena, ashton celine. after many different combinations i found the better groups was claude, ernest, rena, celine. fighting the final boss in the cave of trials and her sister afterwards this group did the best. the playstation version had an issue with your killers, if a boss would block it you are in slow time trying to complete it while they can move at hyperspeed. so to beat the boss you needed to have the eternal sphere weapon and spark whip/celestial bangle (cant remember if that is the actual name of it) (ashton attacked fast enough that you didnt need the celestial bangle from the final cave boss but you had to manually use him to only do his swing 1 attack but fast enough to pincer the boss between claude). the addition sparks that each of these added to the manual attacks made juggling the angels easier. celine was there to use her magic to stop the boss, you could also use items to hit the boss forcing them to stop. allowing you to reset the group to resume the clubbing again.
The PSP version fixed the manual attacking and made it hard but you could more freely use the killers. this is where Ernest wins, his rose bloom killer spawned under multiple sections, partially tracks the enemy and can hit aerial targets. i took everyones advice that he sucked and never wanted to use him but opera was great. she was ok better than bowman on dps, worse on longevity, she doesnt regen enough MP per battle to make her worth it.
noel to my experience did in fact suck and was a regret to have. get chisato before getting noel plz
I'm sorry but I just almost died laughing when I saw the blonde wig when it first showed you. Sub gained just for that 💀 😂
Claude Henny at your service
Enjoyed the video and didn’t know getting Ashton prevented you from getting Ernest and Opera. Dias is definitely the best character in my personal opinion and with the rebuilding on the game that they did it’ll be cool making him leader and physically running around with him. Looking forward to the release of this game 🔥
I didn't even think about that
I remember on my first playthrough as a kid my party was:
Core party:
Claude
Rena (Story)
Ashton
Precis
Reserved party:
Celine
Noel
Dias
Chisato
Noel for me at high level worked great!
I've played a couple of the newer star ocean games so this'll be my first time playing this one and I can't wait to try it! Out of curiousity, does it matter if I start Claude or Rena's story first?
Before i play? Nah im going in RAW like how i was a kid when i first played this gods damned masterpiece.
So then you're NOT going in raw, you've already played it.
I'm gonna save this for my send play through. I got to do it on my own the first time. Also had to change to to psp music.
I've played this game so many times on PSP, and am definitely getting it again and I still am not sure what my first part is gonna be. I love Bowman and Precis, Opera is so good but also Ashton (I recall people saying Ernest was good in the PSP remake but my party was pretty set in games I recruited him). I may actually get Leon for once, because I never used magic in SO2 so I never recruited Leon in any playthrough haha
the psp version let u open the disc tray and the game would still let you play that screen. the pros and cons of this style, pro: you cant get into fights and can loot all chests in the area. con: you have to close the disc tray to continue onto the next screen or open the menu but if you close the disc tray it should auto update and resume normal play. i used this to get the cave of trials loot without any worry.
@@karmadevilin IIRC that was in the original playstation version as well
Great vid. Think im going with Rena/Claude/Dias/Opera for my first playthrough myself. Have actually never used that party and it seems broken and fun and I actually like all 4. (don't care for Noel or Ernest.)
Opera is busted lol.
Also thank you!
As long as you don't enter Shingo Forest IF entering Ernest's Lab in the Mountain Palace you won't have to get him to join in the Hoffman ruins or FORCE Opera to leave the party either.
Kid you not, i missed Earnest like 3 times because i didn't even know about the forest crash scene. Was disappointed when i finally got him. might put Welch there@@veghesther3204
Since one of my favorite ps2 games of all time was SO3 (i pretend the endgame twist never happened) i decided to play my first playthrough of SO2 blind with Rena. Watching this Im excited to try some other characters on my second playthrough as Claude.
Got Dias, Celine, Ashton, Precis, Noel and Welch on my team. I really like controlling Dias but am actually having a lot of fun playing as Noel too - interesting to see how hated he is. Im around lvl 68 atm. I see why SO2 has been hailed my many as the best SO game.
I have the OG PS1 version, If you invest in the correct skills you can make up for short comings. If you skilled right you could make Rena at least for the first half of the game on par or even stronger than Claude and Ashton. Celine has a wider elemental spell range she gets infintely better with Motormouth and spell speed items. I chose her over Leon who mostly deals in Dark and chance to insta-kill Magic which doesn't work on Bosses especially Serpahic Gate content. Despite the skill buffs though Ernest was still trash, I hope they balance him because yes he can be used but there are way better and easier options especially on Universe Difficulty.
This. Thank you.
You need those mage combat skills to make Rena, Celine, and Leon truly viable. And I too prefer Celine over Leon for the better spread of magic skills, and Leon isn't useful in some of the end game dungeons as well.
Precis is one character I tend to use as well because she is fast and has strong attacks, and good multi hit specials.
Was my favorite game on PS1, and I'm so glad it's finally coming out! I can't wait to spend hours on it again.
Did you reference VeggEsther at the end? I remember him from GameFAQs in the late 00's, glad to see his advice has stuck with people :')
He's still here. in the comments of this video even. 😅
@@SolaceAndDread Oh wow, well at least he's dedicated? 😭
Btw I just took a look at the gameplay trailer and I noticed during a certain segment they have Dias and Opera/Ernest in the same party, do you think they might allow us to recruit everyone in this version of the game? It occurs at 3:43 sec of the Sep 14th trailer. AT least it shows Dias as an assist action, so not entirely sure if that means he is recruited or just usable as an assist for a portion of the story? But honestly I wouldn't mind being able to recruit everyone but it does sort of take away the replay value for picking claude/rena if that is the case. Or maybe we can recruit anyone in this version but only up to 8 characters? Not quite sure what it could be mean but it is interesting.
Nice video. Just be mindful that some steps might differ slightly in the remake. We already know that it's not necessary to do a PA in Krosse in order to witness Ernest passing us by. Similiar things might be the case for other characters.
Edit: And oh god, why do you have to give Vegh any credit or attention. Lol
The younger me who only found out there were characters you could miss via GameFaq and all of it's word art glory appreciates this so much. Protect this man at all costs. Long Live Black Claude Kenny
I never found Leon annoying. I love playing Claude and keeping my teams even I would have Claude, Rena, Leon and Chisato and then I swapped Ashton, Noel, Celine, Precis. I had a weird thing of keeping everyone the same levels and ability usage around the same as well.
i just wanna hear my boy yell out ' SPLOSION PILLS '
When the game release, my party would be Claude-Rena-Leon-Celine. 1 melee, 1 healer, 2 casters. I just love magic 😂
This is a good party, lol. I'm so pro caster right now
Yeah, how they redid magic in R is pretty nice. Depending on how the spells DPS works I may go 2 casters myself. Both Leon and celine simultaneously sounds so cool!
Claude, Rena, Dias and Ashton. Love this team.
Magic is shiet in this game
Magic was great at early game, but the cutscene is too long only for deal 4digit damage while claude can deal 6digit damage
I wish they change the system where you can take action when magic is casted
I didn’t hear it said, but on new game plus do you keep the characters you recruited and why you can get everyone on a second run?? Or did I miss something.
Well he did say max party size is 8 so I'm guessing no, unless that changes with this new release? I got told by someone that all the main SO characters would be added but idk if that's true, but if true that means party size should be bigger.
My line up since ~2001
Claude for physical damage.
Rena for healing.
Ashton for back up physical damage.
Precis for me just liking her vibe.
Gotta give it to He Who Shall Not Be Named. Dudes trolling was so good we still remember his obsession with Bloody Armors lol.
He's still around. Still giving the same speech. Even on this video in replies, haha
And furthermore, Celine's English VA, Megan Hollingshead is one of my favorites. Outshined only by the magnificent Eden Riegel as Rena.
My favorite characters were Claude, opera, bowman, chisato. Pictures of party healing, self healing ,long range, mid-range and close range attacks, and no spell casting!
Celine English voice actor in second evolution is amazing
Love chisato character design with electric baton😂
Besf team set up is
4 people with bloody armor
Take control of Opera and just spam her healing spell over and over. At Proficiency 999 it will aoe heal for 9,999
The other 3 characters can be who ever you want snice this set up will let you kill any super boss on the hardest Difficulty while watching a different tv show.
Just make sure you hit the heal button every 1 sec and you can just afk jt.
Heh, I usually always chose Precis and Ashton in my party. I never really got to recruit Opera and Ernest, nor Bowman. This time around, I may try and get them to see what they're like.
Ernest and Opera are SO much better now. It's crazy.
Love the hair men lol😅
i've actually fawned over Celine mostly for the english voice. i did not expect to see a jab at that in the video lol.
My party will be Claude - Rena - Leon and Ashton. Im really excited to see Leon's spells in the remake
i did numerous runs between claude and rena before to get all the characters. In my first run, i got Rena claude , diaz, celine, Precis. opera, ernest, Noel and Chisato. Opera has been my favorite because her "alpha on one" attack follows the boss around and hits hard leading to a lot of stuns.
I did a rerun using Claude to get Rena, ashton, celine, bowman, Leon, Noel and Chisato.
I cant wait to get the game and finally finish it with all good endings with each of the characters.
I got bad endings because of "pickpocketing" most of the NPCs and the characters. 😂
Pickpocket during private actions so it doesn't affect your relationship!
For the record, We still have not played the full game of the Remake yet. So would be uber cool if the post game or a New Game Plus mode would allows us to recruit all the entire roster and spoil us a Perfect Ending as an attainment of full recruitment💖If they include that GBC spin~off version Star Ocean: Blue Sphere as a post~game DLC, That would break even the sin of every bad Star Ocean games they made😉
I haven’t played this game yet but when I do, I will have Rena, Claude, Ashton, and Dias as my party for Rena and Claude, Rena, Opera, and Ernest as my party for Claude.
Good video
thank you
I do hope they make Ernest and Noel sooo much better. The biggest problem for Noel was that he didn't learn revive and all his magic attack skills did less damage than Celine and Leon's magic. except for earthquake and flying enemies are immune.
Ernest was never bad to begin with noel was the only one that sucked real bad that's why I never botherd recruiting him but every other character is worth it
Let us hope the mages are better this time around because I love having one in my party
Hi Solace & Dread !
I wonder if you've beaten the Ten Wise Men RAID boss with the new update ^^.
I've died already 15 times against the last one !
Nope! Looking forward to trying it!