At the beginning of the game, it asks you to choose between the original Star Ocean First Departure character portraits or the new ones, which were drawn by Katsumi Enami. However, they look a lot cleaner and have been upscaled to an HD resolution. It also features the anime cutscenes that were included in the PSP Remake. The sprites are lovingly crafted, and the areas you get to explore give it a nostalgic feel. Visually it looks like an up-rezzed PlayStation 1 game, which is just fantastic. Lovely pixelated sprites, combined with fine illustrated character portraits and 3D environments, takes me back to a time when JRPGs were my most sought after games. The visual style of Star Ocean First Departure R is pretty spectacular. Battling against some Bandits as I made my way through the mountains I’ve been playing on the Playstation 4, with the key provided by Square Enix however I plan on buying a copy of it on the Nintendo Switch anyway, to see if it plays any different. The menus in-game are very nicely laid out, and easy to find your way through. One nice little quality-of-life feature they’ve added is the speed mode, which when you hold down R2 allows your characters to move at double speed in the world, so you can traverse the world a bit faster. You can also create new items using materials you can find throughout the game. While you’re in a town on a private action, you can talk to your party members and have special events that happen, causing your characters to grow closer. Occasionally you’ll encounter Private Actions, which when activated upon entering a town can allow the different characters in your party to go do whatever they feel like. There are various actions you can do while exploring. You can visit weapon shops to increase the stats of your party with new weapons and armour. As you progress through the story and fight battles, your characters will level up and learn new skills. It features random encounter battles while you’re exploring the overworlds on various planets and towns where you’re safe from monsters and bandits. The gameplay in Star Ocean First Departure R is pretty classic JRPG gameplay. The Star Ocean series is known for blending fantasy and Sci-Fi elements together to create something pretty fantastic if you ask me. Once they learn the truth behind the infection, they have to leave their sleepy lives behind and set out on a grand adventure for the cure on the Star Ocean, to save their friends and families. The group encounters mysterious strangers who appear in a flash of light. However, once they go searching for the cure everything changes. They head to a nearby town and learn of a potential cure. As a member of the Defence Force, Roddick learns about a mysterious sickness that turns those afflicted to stone. The main character Roddick and his friends live a fairly uneventful life as part of a small town’s defence force. The Space Date is 346, Star Ocean First Departure R begins on a primitive planet called Roak. Let’s get down to it, and see whether this is worth your hard-earned £16.99/CAD$24.99. It is a remake of the remake, boasting full HD graphics, upscaled resolutions, fully voiced dialogue, new illustrations and a complete overhaul on the balance of the game. On December 5th, we will get to experience the game that launched a franchise. Now, as 2019 draws to a close, Star Ocean First Departure R is being released on the Playstation 4 and Nintendo Switch. It pretty much was, as it was the first time the original Star Ocean game was available outside Japan. The game’s producer, Yoshinori Yamagishi, wanted the remake to feel like a whole new game. Fast forward to 2007, and Star Ocean: First Departure launches on the Playstation Portable, developed by TOSE and published by Square Enix. This hadn’t been done before on home consoles, and certainly not in a JRPG. Star Ocean was pretty revolutionary, as it used the Super Famicom sound chip to give voices to some of the characters. In July of 1996, Enix published a JRPG on the Super Famicom called Star Ocean.
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