In this review I am going to briefly summarize what to expect with this RPG. Star ocean has a considerable following, including myself. The animation and setting is done very well, and the voice acting is better than most PSP rpgs.
You start out in this little town as a blue haired guy (as usual) named “what ever you decided to call him” however no matter what you called him, all the voice acting will refer to him as “Roddick” or something. He has a purple haired girl and a blond boy as a friend. You end up running around aimlessly until you trigger an event. In this case people start turning to stone - so you have to go to some mountain and pick a flower that can heal everyone - well - then a space ship appears and your thrown into the space plot.
During the course of the game you find your self lost. I find myself running around talking to NPC’s that have nothing of value to say, not giving any hint as to what to do or where to go. On most occasions I would walk all the way to a town across the continent, buy the best equipment, then run all the way back to the first town, and stumble across an event that tells me to go to the next town again. It’s pretty much like this the whole game.
Leveling up is kinda fun. Lvlign comes easy, and you’ll find your characters rising in levels really fast. When they level you they get “skill points” and you have to go to these skill shops and buy skills. These skills are mostly crap like “dancing” and “determination” and just shit that you would use to form specialties, (another part of the game) but they each add to your characters status. It’s better explained in the game, but it does it make it fun to figure out how you want to shape your character through these skills.
I’m currently half way through the game walking around aimlessly as trying to trigger an event. That’s basically it.
Not a bad game, but prepare to be lost for long periods of time.