We had been dazzled by the brilliance of Sq. Enix’s Star Ocean: The Second Story R final yr when the basic PS1 RPG reentered our lives in a swanky remastered type. With wonderful fight, visuals and story, we thought that this was the entire bundle however developer Gemdrops, it seems, had different concepts.
The dev has right this moment launched an enormous replace for the sport, including in brand-new options, settings, gadgets and extra. Oh, and the most effective half: it is accessible at no cost proper now.
The above trailer provides a style of what is on provide within the newest replace, however we’ll break it down for you right here too. Chief among the many additions this time round seems to be an all-new problem setting: Chaos. This appears to be like to be just for the hardest of the robust, with beefed enemy stats making even early battles a strategic problem.
Claud’s adversaries from the primary story, the Ten Smart Males, additionally make a comeback on this replace’s new endgame challenges the place you may must tackle the foes in contemporary raid battles.
There has additionally been an arsenal of latest weapons added to the sport’s Merchandise Creation, a batch of contemporary NPC illustrations, new character graphics and a playback function so you may take in all endings. Oh, and now you can customise repeat playthroughs to your liking, selecting whether or not character stats are reset or not.
All in all, it is a slightly beefy patch. You may examine the entire newest additions in additional element over on the Sq. Enix web site. And for a reminder of what we considered the bottom recreation, yow will discover our full overview under.