Star Ocean

Star Ocean (1996)

by tri-Ace, Enix Corporation
Genres:Role-playing (RPG), Adventure
Themes:Action, Science fiction
Game modes:Single player
Story:The first game from tri-Ace released on the Super Famicon published by Enix. A huge scale role playing game with beautiful graphics and sound that were impossible on the regular Super Famicon, that includes skills, talents, special move system, item creation, private action and full motion active battles.
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February 06, 2025
Star Ocean. The very first. This game never appears on any other platforms. The remakes they made for this game completely changed world exploration and major game systems, from combat to crafting. Now, I love the remakes and play them regularly, but this game in this form is trapped on a 30 year old console and deserves to be freed from its prison. This game is one of the first ARPGs ever made, but it's also one of the best in terms of threading together RPG and Action mechanics.
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