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Jennywentnorth8
06/15/23 1:30:01 PM
#51:


LordMarshal posted...
Give me a reason to pick Claude because Dias is so good......

Honestly the ONLY good thing about picking Claude is that the Tournament of Arms section is a lot shorter/better
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Strider102
06/15/23 1:30:46 PM
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What would make this legendary is if they brought back the OG voice cast.

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Xenogears15
06/15/23 1:31:32 PM
#53:


Strider102 posted...
What would make this legendary is if they brought back the OG voice cast.

God please no

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Senta
06/15/23 1:31:57 PM
#54:


Jennywentnorth8 posted...
Honestly the ONLY good thing about picking Claude is that the Tournament of Arms section is a lot shorter/better

And cheesing yourself the nearly best weapon in the game mid-disc 1.

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Xenogears15
06/15/23 1:33:06 PM
#55:


Senta posted...
And cheesing yourself the nearly best weapon in the game mid-disc 1.

Details plz

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ultimate_reaver
06/15/23 1:33:41 PM
#56:


Blue_Inigo posted...
I am here to remind you that all SO games are kinda bad

ive seen you make so many threads marking out about bad games like a total pleb, other people are allowed to get excited about stuff too

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Jennywentnorth8
06/15/23 1:38:11 PM
#57:


Xenogears15 posted...
Details plz

I don't think that one is Claude exclusive, but at the end of the tourny you get a sword, and using a skill (Radar) you can get Mithril, you can item creation those 2 together for Eternal Sphere.

You can also pickpocket a girl in Mars who gives a treasure chest item that gives 3 random items, one of which can be the Marvel Sword, not as good as the Eternal Sphere but still great and most people on your party can use it.

What is Claude exclusive though is that he can pickpocket one of the best armors in the game off a crewmate on on ship towards the end of disc 1
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Xenogears15
06/15/23 1:40:05 PM
#58:


ultimate_reaver posted...
ive seen you make so many threads marking out about bad games like a total pleb, other people are allowed to get excited about stuff too

Less pleb, more elitist, imo

Jennywentnorth8 posted...
I don't think that one is Claude exclusive, but at the end of the tourny you get a sword, and using a skill (Radar) you can get Mithril, you can item creation those 2 together for Eternal Sphere.

You can also pickpocket a girl in Mars who gives a treasure chest item that gives 3 random items, one of which can be the Marvel Sword, not as good as the Eternal Sphere but still great and most people on your party can use it.

What is Claude exclusive though is that he can pickpocket one of the best armors in the game off a crewmate on on ship towards the end of disc 1

What the hell?!

What skill do I use to get Mithril and make the Eternal Sphere?

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Jennywentnorth8
06/15/23 1:41:09 PM
#59:


Xenogears15 posted...
Less pleb, more elitist, imo

What the hell?!

What skill do I use to get Mithril and make the Eternal Sphere?

It might have a different name now but I remember it being Radar, it is the one where when you level it some random items appear in your inventory, one of those items has a chance of being a mithril.
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LordMarshal
06/15/23 1:41:43 PM
#60:


Make hyper launcher easier to get.

Also ive never understood legit strats for mindflayers...

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Senta
06/15/23 1:41:51 PM
#61:


Jennywentnorth8 posted...
I don't think that one is Claude exclusive, but at the end of the tourny you get a sword, and using a skill (Radar) you can get Mithril, you can item creation those 2 together for Eternal Sphere.

You can also pickpocket a girl in Mars who gives a treasure chest item that gives 3 random items, one of which can be the Marvel Sword, not as good as the Eternal Sphere but still great and most people on your party can use it.

What is Claude exclusive though is that he can pickpocket one of the best armors in the game off a crewmate on on ship towards the end of disc 1


Don't know why I was thinking the Eternal Sphere was his route exclusive. Been a long time since I've played the game. Always go Rena though. Just love the team I can build on her route.

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Xenogears15
06/15/23 1:43:23 PM
#62:


Senta posted...
Don't know why I was thinking the Eternal Sphere was his route exclusive. Been a long time since I've played the game. Always go Rena though. Just love the team I can build on her route.

I normally go with Claude because it feels more canon to me, but Dias alone makes it tempting to do a Rena playthrough.

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LordMarshal
06/15/23 1:46:11 PM
#64:


Xenogears15 posted...
I normally go with Claude because it feels more canon to me, but Dias alone makes it tempting to do a Rena playthrough.

Dias with chaos sword and air slash.

Chaos sword and bunny shoes lets its far range combo into its close range and chaos swords dps stacks up against tons of things and is dirt cheap and non elemental....

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Mad-Dogg
06/15/23 1:48:54 PM
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Gotta' main rena for the claude, ashton and dias swordsmen trio of power.

I also did my setup with rena, claude, celine, ashton, precis (I always get ashton and precis together since precis has that one killer move that can only be gotten with high ashton affection), dias, noel, and chisato, and with claude as the MC claude, rena, celine, opera, bowman (POISON PILLS), leon, ernest, and chisato.

Never cared for playable welch like that and her presence actually annoys me a bit, lol, but I would probably swap out celine for her in claude's group since I don't use the mage characters too much towards the end.

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WizardofHoth
06/15/23 1:49:43 PM
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i used to have Star Ocean Second Evolution for my PSP years ago. should have kept it since i always wanted that game for my original Playstation. at least i still have Star Ocean First Departure for my PSP.

i wouldnt mind buying Second Evolution if it did get re-released for the Nintendo Switch/Lite
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LordMarshal
06/15/23 1:50:36 PM
#67:


Mad-Dogg posted...
Gotta' main rena for the claude, ashton and dias swordsmen trio of power.

Fuck ashton. Opera all day everyday. Precis is a little harder option but Bowmans pills are too good.

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mystic_belmont
06/15/23 1:53:39 PM
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Ashton is my favorite though.

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Mad-Dogg
06/15/23 1:56:06 PM
#69:


LordMarshal posted...
Fuck ashton. Opera all day everyday. Precis is a little harder option but Bowmans pills are too good.
I'll fight you man ashton is my bro and he totally fucks (barrels that is). Spammed the bullshit outta' leaf slash and swords dance and he puts in work throughout the entire game.

Opera is mad good too though, especially with her heal bullet move making mage healers not needed. Still though, my teams are a time-tested tradition and it shall not be changed or ashton insulted, lol.

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Sun_Xiao
06/15/23 1:56:59 PM
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It's about time they will release SO2R. Oh btw, I'd like to see them to replace child Rena with original SO2 Rena.
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LordMarshal
06/15/23 1:58:12 PM
#71:


Mad-Dogg posted...
I'll fight you man ashton is my bro and he totally fucks (barrels that is). Spammed the bullshit outta' leaf slash and swords dance and he puts in work throughout the entire game.

Opera is mad good too though, especially with her heal bullet move making mage healers not needed. Still though, my teams are a time-tested tradition and it shall not be changed or ashton insulted, lol.

Opera has alpha on one, hyper launcher and healing star. Far range support like no other and healing like a rena on a fighter.

Ashton is the far distant 3rd swordsman.

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Jennywentnorth8
06/15/23 2:00:24 PM
#72:


Ashton just sucks in Universe mode. All his moved are too slow and have long ass animations. I found his piercing swords move to be decent at least, it was just about the only move I can put on him without it being a death sentence
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Mad-Dogg
06/15/23 2:01:32 PM
#73:


LordMarshal posted...
Opera has alpha on one, hyper launcher and healing star. Far range support like no other and healing like a rena on a fighter.

Ashton is the far distant 3rd swordsman.
Nah, gameplay wise ashton got more going for him than dias and most of the melee fighters in general, dias just has the rule of cool going for him where personal like of his character puts him over lol.

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BigG777
06/15/23 2:53:13 PM
#74:


Bout freakin time. Its weird that they gave us the PSP version of the 1st one for switch/PS4 but skipped the second one.

Scratch that the second one was released on PS4 but in Japan only for some reason.
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Strider102
06/15/23 2:56:47 PM
#75:


Xenogears15 posted...
God please no

My life will not be complete unless I hear "Crawd has advanced forward, heh"

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mystic_belmont
06/15/23 3:08:38 PM
#76:


Jennywentnorth8 posted...
Ashton just sucks in Universe mode. All his moved are too slow and have long ass animations. I found his piercing swords move to be decent at least, it was just about the only move I can put on him without it being a death sentence

Just spam Tri-Ace.

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Jennywentnorth8
06/15/23 3:12:27 PM
#77:


mystic_belmont posted...
Just spam Tri-Ace.

If you are going to have Ashton on tri-ace duty on Universe mode literally the only reason would be as a stagger bot since its all just going to be parried anyway. You might as well just use a mage, and that is saying a lot considering mages suck.
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tri-sapphire
06/16/23 7:56:26 AM
#78:


Xenogears15 posted...
I disagree. Top 5 for sure, but not the best.
This.

That being said, Star Ocean: The Second Story is my FAVORITE game of all time. Even beating out the likes of Chrono Trigger, Okami, Link to the Past, Skyrim, Fallout: New Vegas, Xenogears, etc.

Not having access to the PSP version, and knowing what they added with the "R" version of the first game (SD to HD, recreations of the original character portraits as an option, and some possible game re-balancing) makes me insanely excited for this. It's not an exaggeration to say that I've been hoping beyond hope for this since First Departure R was fucking announced.

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Barber102
06/16/23 8:04:16 AM
#79:


Xenogears15 posted...
Neato. The only one in the series I really liked.

honestly the best jrpg on the ps1 imo.

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Gamingsince1989
06/16/23 8:21:40 AM
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This will probably just be a slightly updated version of the game that was released 8 years ago in Japan on PS4. I'd be perfectly fine with that and having the English voices this time.
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Xenogears15
06/16/23 8:23:45 AM
#81:


Barber102 posted...
honestly the best jrpg on the ps1 imo.

Xenogears, FFT, FFVII, Suikoden II, Symphony of the Night (less a JRPG, but still), Valkyrie Profile?

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Shotgunnova
06/16/23 8:57:40 AM
#82:


C'mere, Barney!!

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Lord_Ephraim
06/16/23 9:03:18 AM
#83:


Claude is the better route but god damn are mages awful in Star Ocean. Leon is no exception. Dias is not much better in the original but the updated version allows normal attack strings which greatly improves his damage without spamming skills.

I will always prefer the original just to play Bowman and hear POISON POISON POISON POISON PILLS!

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tri-sapphire
06/16/23 9:06:49 AM
#84:


Shotgunnova posted...
C'mere, Barney!!

Pear into peaches!

Lord_Ephraim posted... Claude is the better route but god damn are mages awful in Star Ocean. Leon is no exception. Dias is not much better in the original but the updated version allows normal attack strings which greatly improves his damage without spamming skills.

I will always prefer the original just to play Bowman and hear POISON POISON POISON POISON PILLS!

Star Ocean: The Second Story was the first game since Secret of Mana where I didn't have control over all of my character's actions. Therefore, my usual party for many of my first playthroughs was Claude, Rena, Celine, and Leon, with me controlling Claude, and manually casting most spells with the mages (since I didn't know you could deactivate spells for the longest time). Pretty bad DPS-wise, but pretty useful for the interrupts.

One change they could make (but probably won't) is making mages more useful the updated version.

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Shotgunnova
06/16/23 9:14:02 AM
#85:


tri-sapphire posted...
Pear into peaches!
Hey, it's SPICULE! Oh ho ho, it's HOT!!

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Alucard188
06/16/23 9:15:57 AM
#86:


Xenogears15 posted...
Xenogears, FFT, FFVII, Suikoden II, Symphony of the Night (less a JRPG, but still), Valkyrie Profile?

Who knew that 'best' could be a subjective title?

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Xenogears15
06/16/23 9:31:29 AM
#87:


Alucard188 posted...
Who knew that 'best' could be a subjective title?

And who knew one could debate with someone else the subjectivity of their beliefs?

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ArsGoetia
06/16/23 12:52:08 PM
#88:


Alucard188 posted...
Who knew that 'best' could be a subjective title?

bullshit
quality is empirically measurable in the statement "what I like > what you like"
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Sun_Xiao
06/16/23 2:08:46 PM
#89:


tri-sapphire posted...
Star Ocean: The Second Story was the first game since Secret of Mana where I didn't have control over all of my character's actions. Therefore, my usual party for many of my first playthroughs was Claude, Rena, Celine, and Leon, with me controlling Claude, and manually casting most spells with the mages (since I didn't know you could deactivate spells for the longest time). Pretty bad DPS-wise, but pretty useful for the interrupts.

IIRC, Dragon Warrior IV was my first game that relied on AI control beside Hero. Of course, I remember Cristol's crazy defeat spell over and over again even against any metal slime types.
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Mad-Dogg
06/16/23 2:23:57 PM
#90:


tri-sapphire posted...
Pear into peaches!
https://youtu.be/z64JmG2od9k?t=57

Ten wise men voices are freaking amazing. Best cry of pain ever, lmfao.

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Jennywentnorth8
06/16/23 2:27:34 PM
#91:


Lord_Ephraim posted...
Leon is no exception. Dias is not much better in the original


Whoa there let's not get crazy. Dias never needed a good basic attack, especially when his best moves also have the lowest MP costs in the game.
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Strider102
06/16/23 2:27:38 PM
#92:


https://youtu.be/_oKk0uUNryM

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Xenogears15
06/16/23 2:38:56 PM
#93:


Strider102 posted...
https://youtu.be/_oKk0uUNryM

shudder

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Strider102
06/16/23 2:40:04 PM
#94:


Xenogears15 posted...
shudder

I'm shuddering from the perfection

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Secret_Asian_Man
06/16/23 2:58:24 PM
#95:


PEAR lNTO PEACHES!!
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ADW
06/16/23 3:48:36 PM
#96:


Somewhere veghesther squeals with delight with the new opportunity to mention bloody armor a million more times for years to come in hundreds of conversations that didnt need it.
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Sun_Xiao
06/16/23 4:03:36 PM
#97:


ADW posted...
Somewhere veghesther squeals with delight with the new opportunity to mention bloody armor a million more times for years to come in hundreds of conversations that didnt need it.

He's still alive, You can find him at Youtube.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UmqKVyXLqu8
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Lord_Ephraim
06/16/23 10:27:24 PM
#98:


ADW posted...
Somewhere veghesther squeals with delight with the new opportunity to mention bloody armor a million more times for years to come in hundreds of conversations that didnt need it.
You haven't had the GameFAQ's experience without veghesther spouting nonsense and weird off topic rants in literally every RPG board.

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Senta
06/16/23 11:02:12 PM
#99:


Lord_Ephraim posted...
You haven't had the GameFAQ's experience without veghesther spouting nonsense and weird off topic rants in literally every RPG board.

So true.

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Strider102
06/16/23 11:18:37 PM
#100:


Veghesther was on every RPG board with these really elaborate multi paragraph posts of accomplishing this or accomplishing that. Funnily enough you could achieve similar achievements with less effort than he put in.

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Alucard188
06/17/23 12:12:32 AM
#101:


ADW posted...
Somewhere veghesther squeals with delight with the new opportunity to mention bloody armor a million more times for years to come in hundreds of conversations that didnt need it.

@valjackal

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