Star Ocean First Departure R Retrospective | A big ol' sci-fantasy sandwich
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- Опубліковано 30 чер 2024
- I bet if I was making videos in 2019 this would have been a fun, timely review, but I wasn't so we're doing it today for some reason. Does this port of a 16 year old PSP game hold up? Does tri-Ace nail the landing? Only one way to find out!
I know this is a long one. I tried to break this into chapters since I imagine this won't be a single sitting sort of affair.
Chapters:
00:00 - Intro
1:52 - My history With The Series
3:55 - Setting The Stakes [Spoilers Start]
10:13 - Space, Time, Galactic Councils
15:35 - Making Diagrams With Straws
21:22 - A Very Long Hike
32:31 - Finally finding our friends
42:37 - Backtrackery I
47:31 - Crafting!
53:14 - Backtrackery II
1:03:54 - The Demon Realm
1:05:45 - Wait, Not yet
1:07:03 - The Demon Realm, for real this time
1:13:44 - Wait... there's more?
1:17:29 - Beating The Game
1:27:02 - Final Thoughts
1:28:49 - Conclusion
This is a re-upload. A million apologies for the old, stupid audio glitch. - Ігри
You're a cool dude, Cody.
Wow I watch this sort of content A LOT and very rarely is the story presented this well. This is a phenomenal first video for a channel. Please continue this format!
Same and agreed
You deserve more views and subs. Here's my tribute to the algorithm overlord.
I've always been curious about star ocean and now I feel like I've got a good idea about what it's like. Well written and edited my dude.
Thank you so much for the kind words! Glad you enjoyed it.
Wow one of the best videos about one of my favorite jrpgs. You're pretty good cody
This is really good stuff! Came here from your Japan only Squaresoft video and you have definitely earned yourself a sub.
Thanks so much for the kind words! Love your videos
I've always been curious about this entry in Star Ocean and I really enjoyed this recap of yours. Great game choice, funny edits and good production quality. Your summary of the plot was very engaging and funny. Kudos!
What a lovely video to find on my Monday afternoon! Thank you my guy for the great review to watch over dinner! 🎉
Great video can't wait to look at the rest that you have and hope you do star ocean 2
Thank you for the fun review. I hope someday you will have an opportunity to finish Star Ocean 2 and finally beat that game from all those years ago. Even if it is only in your own time, I think the second game is worth the effort.
The catgirl being pixellated on zoom out was extremely funny to me.
Haha, glad you enjoyed it. I love a good visual gag.
Great stuff dude. Good enough for me to subscribe. Hope you get even more!
I watched this video because I played the remake on release and forgot the story a lot. Now buying the second departure r!
Very good video!
What a fun video I stumbled over!
We need more Star Ocean game playthrough videos and more eyepatches!
Also, more puns to make up for the loss of that pun score.
When I played this release on the PSP, I don't remember having any trouble with the game at all. In fact I barely remembered anything from my PSP play through. But when I played this Switch port, with its "rebalancing", I ran into tons of difficulty spikes. I had already finished that Treasury dungeon before the game FORCED me to use the crafting system just to survive in that hi-tech Purgatorium dungeon, so I couldn't make the overpowered swords you need those luxurious swords for. Now I had to start grinding for skill points just to give people the proper skills for crafting, as up until then I only cared about the skills that gave the most stats. This resulted in me using tons of save scumming to spam crafting attempts over and over until I was able to make the best armor and weapons for all of my characters, then I could finally win the fights against those robots in the hi-tech Purgatorium area.
I'm someone who usually hates crafting in RPGs and tries to ignore it. The Switch port of Star Ocean 1 doesn't let you do that.
GREAT video! You're a cool dude! :D
your prayers and mine, have been answered, Second Story R is coming to Every modern platform except for the XBOX, I have pre ordered it, and its not like the remaster of the first game, ITS A WHOLE NEW HD-2D STYLE WITH NEW COMBAT MECHANICS, i played through the PC demo and oh my god cant wait to continue the full game. Play it, you will love it, ad make a vid about it, win win!
Love this game. Awesome video
Fantastic video my friend
This is such a banger. You're a cool guy, btw
Fantastic video!
Now definitely need the Second Story R's video
My man walks into my recommends, tells me about a game that sounds cool, and disappears into the ether. What a legend.
Dang, what quality for a channel with 3 videos (as of writing this comment). I cant wait to see what you create.
Good watch, I adore SO:2 and 3 but never dipped into 1 so was cool to see
I really like this. I like you. You give me Grimbeard vibes. Looking forward to more from you. Your voice is just soothing.
Great video, thank you
I hope you'll play more Star Ocean games and make videos like this on them too!
The fully tucked in warp… Wow these space travelers are advanced!
so good
Nice vid man, the power of the algorithm lol
Great vid
I love spooky basement stuff
Still waiting on Star Ocean: Second Evolution R, jesus
Censoring Calnus' dumpy got me good.
hope to see more from you!
Amazing video
Thanks! I appreciate that!
Thank you very much for this awesome video! I've never played or even known about Start Ocean, but it looks really cool.
The crafting system reminds me of Baten Kaitos somehow, but maybe just in the vibes, they are not actually similar.
Perhaps I should let's play Star Ocean on my channel after I'm done with Rance IX and Chained Echoes 🤔
Ive never played Baten Kaitos but i know its made by tri-Crescendo which was the sound team for tri-Ace games and even did work for tales of(funny given the history)... Im pretty sure it was their first game that they actually had a major part in the design along with Monolith soft. tri-Crescendo would also go on to make Eternal Sonata.
Your channel will grow 👍
all of your content has me laughing at your sarcasm lol also why is the doctor so thicc? laughed way too hard at 12:55 when you censored the dumptruck.
You did an amazing job with this! Thanks for the video! Definitely a like and a sub from me! Really love your vibe and the way you deliver the info ❤
I gotta say i'm ADDICTED to long-form analysis and criticism, so i'm really hoping you can find it in your heart to emulate or play the entire series and give this franchise the love and attention it's sadly been missing (the other Entire SO series retrospective is only 2x as long as this, and that's just not enough time tbh).
When i say Addicted, i can't wait for the 24 hours Witcher 3 retrospective that's undoubtedly in the works.
you are gonna be a huge channel
Hey I found a young channel. Good vid. Keep it up.
Amazing video Pretty code.
Even though I was spoiled, I still want to play this game.
6:50 mic change. i use a stereo system so it is a bit easier to tell the difference, mostly just a lack of low end in your voice. still has good crisp mids and highs. also, you have a very soothing voice to listen to. will be subbing:]
Great video my guy, excited ro have found you so early. Only thing I can say is there were segments where the audio dropped significsntly lower, but nothing I couldn't hear.
Keep it up!
I am so glad you like it, and you are absolutely right about the audio, hopefully future videos will be a little smoother.
Late, but i love star ocean. Like all oven them. Even the bad one.
I've only really played a single Star Ocean game before and honestly, while I've never been a huge JRPG fan outside of the more popular classics like Final Fantasy and Chrono Trigger, this video makes me really want to dive into it more and see what all is out there. It's definitely a genre that suffers from some serious bloat, but after watching this video it's made me really interested in digging through the dirt to find some of the gems that i overlooked in the past.
Obligatory, you are a cool dude Cody.
You will have an opportunity to avenge your younger self upon the secound game since it has now been remade for modern consoles. It releases in early November 2023.
I've been playing it actually. The remake is great so far. I'm almost to the boss i got stuck at before.
i remember playing this when it first came out on switch. i adored it but i got so annoyed by the encounter rate, and ilia would not stop spamming the same move over and over (she had plenty of other skills to use) that i had to take a break after finishing it the first time. i love the SO series tho and the first two games are just so charming with their expansive crafting and recruitment systems. i do plan on going back in and replaying the entire series at some point
👌
I thought you said “the more (keemstar) ocean fans”
Finished the SNES 5 times
Finished the PSP 2 times
Still not enough
tales of eternia was quite possibly one of my favorite games of all time. same for start ocean 2nd story. im old shhhh. snes and ps1 imo are the peak of rpgs
There’s actually always a dash button. You just gotta get the Gale skill first
I do consider exposition a boss fight.
I doubt I'm the first to draw this parallel but the end boss is extremely similar to a Star Trek character named Khan. He is the leader of a group of genetically enhanced humans and his motives in the show weren't that special but in the second Star Trek movie he really hates the main characters for exiling him to a planet that ended up having some disaster and becoming a sterile desert planet and he steals a device used for terraforming to turn it into a weapon (which would arguably make him akin to a god, since he could create and destroy life on any planet) plus there's the environmental connection and him being a synthetically enhanced man...
Watched this video immediately after your Setsuna video and then I just realized your a small and new channel
You are really good, just keep a steady pace of new uploads ubd you gonna be big
Fantastic video, my dude! Question; what music is that in the final thoughts section? It's tickling my brain...
"But, Frederick, it's nearly dark!" from Fire Emblem. Glad you liked the video!
ah, you got Welch instead of Tinek/Tinique the werewolf not-Ranma. :) She's...special alright. XD (She debuted in SO 3 if not aware by now btw. but they did turn her into a recurrent staple for some reason after 3.)
When i first discovered this video i decided not to watch it because i did actually want to play the entire star ocean series through at some point. i'd only played the last hope and i actually liked it which i know is an unpopular opinion. but i'm back after playing this game that i saw people saying "you might as well skip and go onto star ocean 2." i don't agree with that at all. sure there were difficulty spikes. the encounter rate is too high until you really learn to manage it. and the backtracking is truly offensive. like the most annoying thing about the game. but the story is actually pretty decent. the combat is simple fun and i think it's a worthwhile experience. im glad to see you thought so too. i'm so excited for the second story remake coming in fall.
Only Star Ocean I've ever played was the PS2 game that went off in a very strange direction
You're talking about Till The End Of Time, right?
You think the whole cast should have eye patches huh?
Sounds like Xenoblade Chronicles 3 is an easy buy for you.
I gasped with delight when they handed out the eye patches to my team.
The cozy snow town comment has to be run off from God UA-camr Majuular
Firstly, thank you muchly for the other very nice comment and secondly - Almost definitely.
Ohhhh U got your wish now😂
Well. I had to stop watching the video at just after the 20 minute mark because I realized I might want to play the game.
I didn't expect that, but okay.
I would've liked to hear what you think of Ashlay, T'nique, & Erys as party members. It's too bad that you missed out on Ioshua & Mavelle as well. There's a certain room you would have had to watch out for if you had Cyuss, Ioshua, & Mavelle. There's an optional scene in one dungeon where you could lose Mavelle. If you have Ashlay & Ioshua, then she'll be replaced by Erys so it's no big deal. If you took Cyuss instead, then Mavelle just dies if you trigger the scene.
Yeah, I think down the line I'd like to try again and shoot for the "tree" ending. The Cyuss regret is real lol
@@prettycody I'd have recommended trying out Star Ocean 2 as well, but sadly the English version was only released on PS1 & PSP last I checked. It'd be nice if it got a re-release onto consoles & PC.
FAM Star Ocean second story is back and stronger than ever. It's def a different game.
If you're into Star Ocean games, I'd strongly recommend the Lunar games. Just don't get the one on the DS.
Annnnnnd 10 months later star icean second story r is released on all major platforms
Stay pretty my friend. 34th!
Now that a second departure remake is coming, are you playing it?
I downloaded the demo about 3 days ago. I plan on finally playing it. No excuses now.
It turns out, it is currently (March 2023) on playstation plus, aka - for free, so excuse me for a week wile I play this game befor watching this video. BRB
can you do star ocean till the end of time :)
1:27:33 ,what game is that please tell me I need to know.
That would be Ys VIII: Lacrimosa of DANA.
Oh no 😂😂😂😂😂😂
You sound really pretty
aww, shame I got that radio face ( ˘ ͜ʖ ˘)
I don't know. Is it just me or do the character portraits look like different characters from the sprites. Some how the designs on the SD pixelated sprites have 1000 times more personality than the bland HD character portraits.
The game has a bit of a mishmash of different styles, what with being basically a remaster of a remaster.
I think the sprites and FMVs are basically the same as the PSP version, although they seem to have wildly different styles, and the character portrait are an attempt to adapt the style of the SNES versions of the characters to current standards.
What's funny about the UP3 in this series is that you do find out why it's necessary in the 4th game.
Also, it is a common mistake to recruit Cyuss, locking you out of a better companion who teaches Roddick his best techniques...
The other big mistake is entering the one optional room you have no idea would trigger a scene that permakills Mahvel.
...oh dear, I just realized that one of my personal favorite characters is voiced by Vic. Sore point...
Oh yeah, wasn't he accused of a load of crap he didn't do? And then blacklisted? Guess that's how you know he's innocent.
You don't have to be smart to watch Star Trek; that's why they made Voyager!
I've never seen Voyager, but something deep in my person tells me this is a good burn.
THEY SHOULD PORT THIS ON PC! IN PLAYSTATION 4, ENIX SHOULD CREATE A DISC RELEASE OF THIS GAME!