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@kennethamparo1138
11 ай бұрын
SolaceAndDread, it's no longer called Twitter... Instead, they redub it as we know as "X" ( Reference to Megaman X. ).
@Toshinegawa
11 ай бұрын
Unless they changed it for the Remake, there's two things that you missed: Welch - Including Claude and Rena, you need to have recruited at least 4 characters or else she won't show when you initiate a PA in Lacour. Also, if you want her, you NEED to get her before you complete the Hoffman Ruins, otherwise she'll be missable for the entire playthrough Chisato - After the lengthy conversation with Mayor Nall, just outside of his office building, you need to take the *Left/West* path (Not sure which direction they'll use for the Remake due to the new camera angle). You'll know you took the correct path if you see a giant Pink Bunny blocking off some stairs. You'll also see Chisato a little down the path. Move towards her and she'll panic and run off. Next, in North City, you must find Chisato again. It shouldnt be too hard this time since you should trigger her scene by simply heading towards the Psynard breeding center. She'll run off again when you spot her. Only after all this is done can you trigger the scene of her dropping her ID Card in the Red Crystal Cave. You can accidently miss Chisato if you didn't view the scene of her in Centroplis. It happened to me in my first playthrough of Second Evolution which pissed me off to no end because I loved using her back during the original Playstation. Had to restart the entire game because of that!
@helioastra
10 ай бұрын
To add to this, the best advice that you can give here is SAVE often and SAVE multiple copies at critical points so that you won't have to restart the entire game.
@Essylte
10 ай бұрын
Who is this newbie Welch? I was shocked that the game makers decided to add this new character to the remake...
@Toshinegawa
10 ай бұрын
@@Essylte She's not new to this Remake, she was added in during the PSP remake, back in the day. And she's no stranger to the series. Her debut appearance was in SO3 where she was the Item Creation Guild. Since then, she's been made to be the series Mascot character
@ryanmoore1438
8 ай бұрын
So if im not at the ruins yet, I can still get her right?
@ICountFrom0
6 ай бұрын
She's marked with a ! and an hourglass as a timed event as you get outside the office. You don't HAVE to go right to her, you can go save and then double back, but the window might close if you leave town.
@Oag1992
11 ай бұрын
Claude’s pov will be Claude Rena Chisato/Bowman Opera Rena’s Pov Claude Rena Ashton Dias/Chisato Either way Claude, Rena, and Chisato will be in the group. It really looks like they may balance out some characters and I’m excited to see what they’ll do.
@RoddyRodbb
Ай бұрын
I do not remember Welsh at all! Wow, i might have missed her all these years😂
@SolaceAndDread
Ай бұрын
Welch was only added to the PSP release of Star Ocean 2.
@RoddyRodbb
Ай бұрын
@SolaceAndDread oh, well that makes sense lol. She looks kinda trash too
@funnyavi
11 ай бұрын
My favorite characters were Claude, opera, bowman, chisato. Pictures of party healing, self healing ,long range, mid-range and close range attacks, and no spell casting!
@KlydeVividarium
10 ай бұрын
Did you reference VeggEsther at the end? I remember him from GameFAQs in the late 00's, glad to see his advice has stuck with people :')
@SolaceAndDread
10 ай бұрын
He's still here. in the comments of this video even. 😅
@KlydeVividarium
10 ай бұрын
@@SolaceAndDread Oh wow, well at least he's dedicated? 😭
@mjd11452
11 ай бұрын
Hey just getting into this series do you recommend the first game or someplace to jump into it?
@itsOasus
11 ай бұрын
Its worth noting that you don't have to leave towns to enter private actions in the remake. One of my takeaways from the demo.
@SBaby
11 ай бұрын
More than that, you CANNOT activate PAs on the overworld anymore. Being in town is now mandatory to activate them. Also, if you use the Fast Travel functionality, you can see which PAs are still available to do from the map. The game even tells you which ones are only available for a limited time. So it's alot easier to avoid missing things.
@lightning13clair29
11 ай бұрын
@@SBabyyup which is a function I really love about the game I'm glad it's got the fast traveling and that it list the pa and limited ones
@SBaby
11 ай бұрын
@@lightning13clair29 The only thing to note is it doesn't tell you which PAs affect which character. Also this is for people that have never played the original. If you get into a PA with an NPC named Filia, be really freaking careful which PAs you activate after that point. Because if you see her again, the final boss will turn into a superboss.
@johnlawful2272
10 ай бұрын
@@SBaby wth!
@SBaby
10 ай бұрын
@@johnlawful2272 That is not a joke. It actually brick-walled many people the first time they played the game because they weren't expecting it. Star Ocean doesn't mess around when it comes to superbosses, and it has a little bit of La-Mulana in it. Don't even think of triggering that second Filia PA unless you plan to go through the optional dungeon, because there's no turning back once you do.
@BingBangPoe
11 ай бұрын
6:56 I wouldn't say Welch has "no stand-out traits". She has one of the best Basic Attacks in the game, tied with Ashton, and she has the highest LUCK by far, which makes her the best at Item Creation (which fits her whole recurring role as handling it in other games).
@dankdilly
11 ай бұрын
Welch is just cool so I want her anyways lol. I wish she was playable in every game because she is such a fun and quirky personality.
@SolaceAndDread
11 ай бұрын
Her luck stat does make a difference early game, but orchestra and save scum work pretty well too 🤩
@BingBangPoe
11 ай бұрын
@@SolaceAndDread gotta save dem conductors batons amirite. Haha.
@alucarderipmavtube
11 ай бұрын
@@dankdillyAuntie Welch. I sure hope she was playable on Last Hope.
@veghesther3204
11 ай бұрын
For her She's still PURE CRAP even in 2nd evolution and in First Departure Welch still SUCKS.
@aaronfifty5
11 ай бұрын
Man, do I love the OST for this game... always evokes some serious nostalgia with me. One of the first JRPGs I got for my PlayStation back in the day. Comforting to know I wasn't the only person overcome with emotions when that Direct hit us with SMRPG and SS:R back to back-to-back 😂
@ubermaster1
11 ай бұрын
My first playthrough of this game as a kid, I somehow picked all the worst characters and lemme tell you, Gabriel humbled me HARD for my choices. Ain't gonna stop me from doing it again just to relive the magic(pain)
@FoxyAreku
11 ай бұрын
No character choice will stop you from beating the game. Everyone is easily able to clear the story. ^^ You were just new to it
@grantkeller4634
11 ай бұрын
They made magic a lot better from what I saw in the demo
@indalcecio
11 ай бұрын
Imagine me accidentally removing the limiter....
@renalanf0rd
10 ай бұрын
@@indalceciomy friend did that and saved after not knowing what they dud
@raffystryffe1865
11 ай бұрын
for me the best party set i bring it on is OPERA, CHISATO, CLOUD and RENA beleave me when you unlock the spell lizzer beam for opera and teargass for chisato then dragon hawl for cloud.. men! you are unstopable even the strongest boss in the game well definitly cry for mercy.. as for rena she just set and watch and eating popcorn while cloud, opera, and chisato brutaly gang up the boss and make them cry and begging for mercy
@Edmund_Christo
11 ай бұрын
My favourite four in the original was always Claude/Rena/Ashton/Precis. I'm tempted to recruit Opera & Earnest instead though since I never really used them but I might save that for the Rena playthrough since I think it'd be more nostalgic to pick the former. The other four for the Claude playthrough would be Celine, Leon, Chisato & Noel. That way I've an equal amount of fighters & casters. My one main gripe with the remake is that I would have liked the option to use the original script/place names, even if it meant no voice acting. I grew up with the PS1 version & I didn't like some of the changes in the PSP one. I'm not talking about the Wise men censorship, just the way some of the dialogue was reworded made the characters a bit less charming imo. Thanks for making the video!
@ReikuHidori
11 ай бұрын
Im facing that same thing thinking about this game since it was announced. Should I go with what I'm familiar with or tread unfamiliar ground and experiment. Theres just so much to do in the game.
@Essylte
8 ай бұрын
I've decided to make four different games: one where Claude is the MC with Opera (missed Ernest, so I had to make a second one so I could pair her and Ernest together), Bowman, Celine, Leon, Rena, and Noel. I wanted to get Chisato, but I had already a full party. I have a game with Rena as the MC, and I have my favorite couple Ashton/Precis there, and Dias, but I missed Chisato (wanted to pair her with Dias!). Both first games with Claude and Rena I missed a key character, so I made two other games. I make a point to save a game during the Salva Mines event, that way, I can choose to get Ashton. My third game with Claude I'm getting Ashton and Precis
@deusvlad2.083
10 ай бұрын
As a remake this game should have let you collect every character in one playthrough so you can just enjoy everything and play again for either Claudes or Rena's playthrough. That way you wouldn' have to waste time searching online how to get this or that character. As if us humans dont have enough on our plate.
@vigo2669
11 ай бұрын
Already got my recruits figured out: Claude Rena Rena Claude Celine Opera Ashton Welch Precis Bowman Leon Ernest Noel Dias Chisato Chisato For Claude's playthrough I'm gonna try a mage only run (Rena, Celine, Leon, Noel) and for Rena's a fighter only run (Opera, Bowman/Ernest, Chisato, Claude/Dias/Welch). All on Universe difficulty. I've played through both older versions of this game a lot back in the day so I think I'm ready (I hope D:)
@4Clubs
11 ай бұрын
Brother, can''t tell you how excited I was for this video, the topic certainly lends itself to some spirited discussion. Picking between Ashton and Opera will never not be a hard choice for me, I always default to my boy Ashton when he is available just to leaf slash myself to the front. Having said that, the original healing star/bloody armor strat was pretty godly, and forgoing Rena just to have and all fighters team demolish the battlefield will never not be amazing. I think Dias is a tad bit overrated, personally. He certainly hits hard early on but he doesn't multihit as well as Claude and Ashton (heck, or Precis and Chisato). As for Bowman, I don't think he is that boring, !!!!!spoilers!!!!!, but the guy just leaves his wife in multiple endings, that just cracks me up, it''s so fucked up. Noel and Ernest are just bad and unfun characters to play as, I hope the remake gives them some love. As for my party, I think I've already settled on my two playthroughs: Claude: Rena, Celine, Ashton, Precis, Welch, Leon, Chisato Rena: Claude, Dias, Opera, Ernest, Welch, Bowman, Noel Precis only has access to her best KM via Ashton and their Private Actions together are always extremely funny. Can't remember the PA synergies very well, but Bowman and Ernest together in the same party with Opera feels spicy. God bless you, brother. Apologies for the long post, but I really love this game and I'm loving your channel. I'll be waiting for that obligatory Universe mode pickpocketing guide, Claude Kenniggah.
@SolaceAndDread
11 ай бұрын
Naw man, thank YOU for the discussion, I LOVE nerding out over this!!! - I know Dias doesn't excel in multi-hit but his Air Slash and Chaos Sword are so FAST that just spamming the button is a multi-hit in itself. - Yeah, Ashton/Precis pretty much need to be together, for Precis' sake. That's why I listed them together, but I don't know if they will change that in the remake. - Bowman is so boring what do you MEEEEAAAANNNN - Honestly I might mirror your Rena Playthrough and swap some characters. I want the Dias, Claude, Opera Rena combo so badly. - I'm gonna give Ernest and Noel FULL consideration as we go through the 4 fields on "Disc 2" and see if they're better... man do I hope.
@veghesther3204
11 ай бұрын
I'll still abuse Bloody armors if you can so Celine Ashton Precis Noel Leon Welch are still going to be pure CRAP.
@4Clubs
11 ай бұрын
@@SolaceAndDread I get what you mean, Dias is a fun character to play as because of how fast he is. The air slash spam is probably going to be nerfed though, it was way too cheap and effective. Can't imagine they'll change the conditions because Percis's robot literally dressed up as Ashton. Just imagine Bowman returning home to his soon to be ex-wife with his new big booba girlfriend Opera. Just imagine his wife crying her eyes out and Bowman going "Hey, do you know why we moved to Ligma after we got married?" "Why?" "LIGMA B...!" Now tell me that he's boring, I dare you. Bowman is lowkey the most Japanese character in the entire game. He's kind of amazing. Though I will probably curse him to end up with Welch as punishment for his ungodly behaviour. At least she'll poke one of his eyes out once his gaze starts straying again. I'm not entirely settled on my Rena playthrough. I might swap Welch just to have a full team of Nedians. But what will settle things for me will be me recapping the PAs and seeing what makes more "sense". Celine in the same party as Opera, Ernest and Bowman feels like prime time Japanese drama. Part of my motivation is making Bowman reconsider that dog of a woman that he married. You can definitely can see Ernest working with just a couple of tweaks to his hitboxes and his animation speed. Now Noel needs to be fully reconsidered, it's kind of amazing how much he sucks. Other than that, I'm just salty that the character limit means that l won't be able to change Opera's name to Ungoogled Chromium. Firefox it is. Cheers, mate. And may the good Lord bless you and your wife.
@4Clubs
11 ай бұрын
@@ChadVigilante Going minimal, nice. Just be warned that Leon has a legendary PA in Fun City if you have a lot of ladies in your party.
@MarxasThomas
11 ай бұрын
@@veghesther3204christ you're everywhere 😂😂
@shane8791
11 ай бұрын
I wonder if Vegh Esther knows they're a SO2 celebrity even after all these years.
@ICountFrom0
6 ай бұрын
More like "Cryptid".
@ShadesMan
11 ай бұрын
Good stuff, here!!!! This more or less applies to the remake as well, 100%! Hopefully ppl like Ernest will be tooled to be more effective fighters, and seems spellcasters will be more effective late-game! (and yes it's Noel like Christmas, not 'Nowl' like I thought back in the day! Same with Pre-sis... not Press-e's!)
@SolaceAndDread
11 ай бұрын
i pronounced both the exact same way, lol. Thanks for verifying accuracy.
@ShadesMan
11 ай бұрын
aaah NpNp, it was a pleasure!@@SolaceAndDread
@lightning13clair29
11 ай бұрын
@@SolaceAndDreadbro celene is actually the better caster over Leon Leon is good but his magic doesn't even compare to celene you can't actually believe that celene is bad as she is a huge help early game
@decusq
11 ай бұрын
i can attest to Rena, Claude , Dias and Ashton for Rena's playthrough, it's the team that got me through the final bosses. I had my AI fighters hammer the bosses while i SPAMMED healing magic playing as Rena.
@mermidion7552
11 ай бұрын
thats my favorit Party for Rena Playthroughs too. good taste my man. thought i prefered controlling either Ashton or Dias and have Rena back me up from behind.
@airiakizuki5592
11 ай бұрын
i like that party as you get 3 characters that can wield the best sword in the game(3000 attack) cant recall what its called atm.
@thinkwisely9191
11 ай бұрын
@@mermidion7552yea dias is the best character to have . hes wholesome powerful
@mrdarkstar3756
11 ай бұрын
As a kid I called them the swordsman protect Rena death squad.
@erickreyes7902
11 ай бұрын
Its also possible to get all PHYSICAL ATTACKERS and RENA is the only CASTER.... It was the best PLAYTHROUGH of my life... I was pummeling the FINAL BOSS with TEAR GAS, DRAGON ROAR and POISON PELLETS.... I really feel I could do no wrong...
@FooX917
11 ай бұрын
i just wanna hear my boy yell out ' SPLOSION PILLS '
@loscadu
11 ай бұрын
Not the V*gh shoutout, please ;.;
@LucienWhite-fb5qk
11 ай бұрын
ikr? it'll only encourage him!
@raulrojas9253
11 ай бұрын
Claude opera rena 4 slot is unknown in this ver
@Trace153
11 ай бұрын
I didn’t hear it said, but on new game plus do you keep the characters you recruited and why you can get everyone on a second run?? Or did I miss something.
@KaoshiSan
11 ай бұрын
Well he did say max party size is 8 so I'm guessing no, unless that changes with this new release? I got told by someone that all the main SO characters would be added but idk if that's true, but if true that means party size should be bigger.
@Hyuga_Xeno
10 ай бұрын
I'm sorry but I just almost died laughing when I saw the blonde wig when it first showed you. Sub gained just for that 💀 😂
@SolaceAndDread
10 ай бұрын
Claude Henny at your service
@masterclif
11 ай бұрын
Leon and Celine work great in the og. You just need to combo their spells for amazing damage and to play against elemental weaknesses. Leon has a goblin lizard spell that can be combined with a couple different spells. Position it correctly and you create a meat grinder. Especially when boosted with a spell combo.
@Essylte
10 ай бұрын
Leon has some pretty wicked spells in that book of his. I like Celine a lot better, though.
@MarxasThomas
11 ай бұрын
I’m going for Claude, Rena, Oprah, Ernest, Precis , Leon, Chisato,and Welch.
@dankdilly
11 ай бұрын
They should just let us play them all in one playthrough
@richardb4796
11 ай бұрын
I'm going to create an all caster team! Celine, Noel, Leon, and Rena!!
@SolaceAndDread
11 ай бұрын
I'm jealous, I wanna do this, hahaha. someone else said they would do this too.
@veghesther3204
11 ай бұрын
That party sucks and yes you MUST doing a Claude run for that to happen but Dias is still way better then Leon ever is.
@ninototo1
11 ай бұрын
@@veghesther3204 What if Leon is better in the remake?
@veghesther3204
11 ай бұрын
He still sucks since Dias is still going to be 100% BETTER besides Celine IS still PURE CRAP in the DEMO when you already have Claude and Rena's 100% Str weapons FOR Cross Cave itself in the Demo/Full game.
@ninototo1
11 ай бұрын
@@veghesther3204 But Celine sucks, Leon is way better than Celine
@DtoC21
11 ай бұрын
Wondering if anyone leveled up all their characters, cause i used two teams by switching every few levels. Was it the best way to play no but i enjoyed using everyone😊.
@SolaceAndDread
11 ай бұрын
I did that. i HOPE the new game has EXP share for characters not active in the party.... you know, I could test that.
@DtoC21
11 ай бұрын
@@SolaceAndDread that would be perfect imo
@divinedeva84
11 ай бұрын
Played this back in 98 and on PSP...only Boss I care to battle is the one with 1 million HP or was it 3 million....beat the game like 10x.. Great game overall
@veghesther3204
11 ай бұрын
its 3 since Iselia queen has 3.3 million HP on Earth mode LIMITER OFF final boss the one that can still do 9999 per spell AT lv 255 on Earth mode only tops out at around 1.5 million HP on Earth mode. But for some reason this R version on Earth mode's Demo gives nearly EVERYTHING UNIVERSE mode stats instead example Allen normally on the PS1/PSP version on Earth mode has 400 HP and can't really KILL a lv 1 Claude + a LV 8 Rena at all. On this R version on Earth mode on a Rena game not only is Allen's 400 HP BOOSTED to 900 HP on Earth mode but in 1 HIT he can hit Claude and Rena for like 150 damage per hit on a Claude game with Claude at lv 1 Claude doesn't even HAVE 150 HP. The Gargoyle Cross Cave chest bosses Earth mode PS1/PSP version 3000 HP and my lv 40+ Claude with the Marvel Sword could kill them in 1 HIT but in the R version DEMO you have a lv cap of lv 12 and the same Gargoyles have like 6000 HP to deal with on earth mode.
@Schrient
11 ай бұрын
I'm super excited for this game! So happy Square Enix is remaking it. Looks pretty awesome! Hmm. I'd always main Rena in my playthru as a kid. I think I'd try Rena, Celine, Dias, and Claude maybe. We'll see! In my Claude playthru Leon kept getting destroyed.
@MarxasThomas
11 ай бұрын
Damn is leon's defense that bad?
@dhsyn666
11 ай бұрын
I have the OG PS1 version, If you invest in the correct skills you can make up for short comings. If you skilled right you could make Rena at least for the first half of the game on par or even stronger than Claude and Ashton. Celine has a wider elemental spell range she gets infintely better with Motormouth and spell speed items. I chose her over Leon who mostly deals in Dark and chance to insta-kill Magic which doesn't work on Bosses especially Serpahic Gate content. Despite the skill buffs though Ernest was still trash, I hope they balance him because yes he can be used but there are way better and easier options especially on Universe Difficulty.
@mistahkrazy805
11 ай бұрын
This. Thank you. You need those mage combat skills to make Rena, Celine, and Leon truly viable. And I too prefer Celine over Leon for the better spread of magic skills, and Leon isn't useful in some of the end game dungeons as well. Precis is one character I tend to use as well because she is fast and has strong attacks, and good multi hit specials. Was my favorite game on PS1, and I'm so glad it's finally coming out! I can't wait to spend hours on it again.
@MaskedFireBird
11 ай бұрын
This should be helpful! :0 Thank you for taking the time to create this guide
@SolaceAndDread
11 ай бұрын
Thanks for watching! Save it for when the game drops!
@Expelsword014
11 ай бұрын
To Welch's PA and recruit her, you need at least four party members, and you can't do it after getting Bowman, so you need two of Celine, Ashton, Precis (who can actually be recruited even before the tournament), or Opera. To recruit Chisato, you need to see her stalking you in Central City (leave the Mayor's building and go left toward the inn), and North City (on the way to the Synard lab), for her to appear in the Cave of Red Crystal. I wouldn't be surprised if these scenes became compulsory in R like Ernest's. I agree with the party recruitment you suggest in this video per-playthrough for various story reasons, however regarding the "best party", I think you're overselling Dias a bit. Bowman can easily fill that slot in a Claude game. It's tough to say anything definitive since R has changed mechanics, but I do expect Claude Rena Ashton Dias / Claude Opera Bowman Chisato to remain extremely dominant parties.
@veghesther3204
11 ай бұрын
Actually you can you just can't BEAT the Hoffman ruins itself its just that after getting Bowman you need to get Leon in the party BEFORE the Welch PA can actually be done so yes you can have Opera and Bowman as the only others to get Welch to join.
@SolaceAndDread
11 ай бұрын
Noel will rise from the ashes.
@Ashaweshk
11 ай бұрын
Before i play? Nah im going in RAW like how i was a kid when i first played this gods damned masterpiece.
@SolaceAndDread
11 ай бұрын
So then you're NOT going in raw, you've already played it.
@BLAZER_VA
6 ай бұрын
Celine English voice actor in second evolution is amazing
@deusvlad2.083
10 ай бұрын
Your only allowed 6 extra party members, best party is Rena- /Dias/Celine/Opera/Precis/Chisato/Noel and in Claude- Celine/Ashton/Bowman/welch/Leon/Ernest did I miss anyone? lol sucks how you can't recruit them all whenever you want, there's too many missables in this game. I hate missables.
@renaldybagussaputra1140
Ай бұрын
Wait, I thought that Ernest can't be recruited without opera, but how can you not mention opera ini Claude playthrough?
@deusvlad2.083
Ай бұрын
@@renaldybagussaputra1140 I do believe in the remake they allowed it, but I can't say for sure because I haven't done it yet.
@deusvlad2.083
10 ай бұрын
Theres a fatal flaw in this remake, it takes forever to run around the map screen cause its so big and there's no run button lmao
@SolaceAndDread
10 ай бұрын
? You're always running. Also you can summon a bunny with animal training and get around really fast. Also fast travel lol
@deusvlad2.083
10 ай бұрын
@@SolaceAndDread Can you summon a bunny in town?
@KokoKrunchs
11 ай бұрын
When the game release, my party would be Claude-Rena-Leon-Celine. 1 melee, 1 healer, 2 casters. I just love magic 😂
@SolaceAndDread
11 ай бұрын
This is a good party, lol. I'm so pro caster right now
@EternalWeaponX
11 ай бұрын
Yeah, how they redid magic in R is pretty nice. Depending on how the spells DPS works I may go 2 casters myself. Both Leon and celine simultaneously sounds so cool!
@izecjaxn9971
11 ай бұрын
Claude, Rena, Dias and Ashton. Love this team.
@kinh0t
11 ай бұрын
Magic is shiet in this game
@bayumahendra1797
11 ай бұрын
Magic was great at early game, but the cutscene is too long only for deal 4digit damage while claude can deal 6digit damage I wish they change the system where you can take action when magic is casted
@Brew4me111
11 ай бұрын
Who is welch? she wasnt in the original.
@MarxasThomas
11 ай бұрын
Recurring character, she made her Debut in SO3 as an item creator. The two psp games 1 and 2 are where she was playable in battle.
@wouldjagaming
11 ай бұрын
Ashton seemed to cool back on the PS1 but he was pretty trash. Playing as Rena and getting Diaz is the move don’t remember if you can get Opera in that run but if so that’s what I will do.
@Slif1988
11 ай бұрын
I never found Leon annoying. I love playing Claude and keeping my teams even I would have Claude, Rena, Leon and Chisato and then I swapped Ashton, Noel, Celine, Precis. I had a weird thing of keeping everyone the same levels and ability usage around the same as well.
@ributsuria
11 ай бұрын
For the record, We still have not played the full game of the Remake yet. So would be uber cool if the post game or a New Game Plus mode would allows us to recruit all the entire roster and spoil us a Perfect Ending as an attainment of full recruitment💖If they include that GBC spin~off version Star Ocean: Blue Sphere as a post~game DLC, That would break even the sin of every bad Star Ocean games they made😉
@milkymoetan
11 ай бұрын
Greetings from Brazil! This is my fav Star Ocean title, need to confess, the better game in the franchise for me. I've so many great memories and extreme good feelings during my journey with Claude and Rena, I've played this so many times and I really don't know the number of my playthrougs. You make me remeber some points of recruit that I just forget, but, I might be wrong since I don't remember the exactly situation... The quest involving Ashton and the sick little girl is possible only in Claude's route, isn't? And the PAs involving Celine and the Krosse prince is possible only in Rena's route. The two quest/PAs unlocks exclusive endings for both Ashton and Celine. Please tell me if I'm wrong, I really don't remember these details! Thanks for the vid, it's an amazing recruit guide!
@Drock2360
11 ай бұрын
Btw I just took a look at the gameplay trailer and I noticed during a certain segment they have Dias and Opera/Ernest in the same party, do you think they might allow us to recruit everyone in this version of the game? It occurs at 3:43 sec of the Sep 14th trailer. AT least it shows Dias as an assist action, so not entirely sure if that means he is recruited or just usable as an assist for a portion of the story? But honestly I wouldn't mind being able to recruit everyone but it does sort of take away the replay value for picking claude/rena if that is the case. Or maybe we can recruit anyone in this version but only up to 8 characters? Not quite sure what it could be mean but it is interesting.
@venomoussocks1017
11 ай бұрын
Can you perhaps do a guide on talents? If the introduction to Ashton was anything to go by, they'll be important.
@SolaceAndDread
11 ай бұрын
that is a TALL order friend. I'll consider it, lol. that whole system got reworked, so it's a new dawn
@heoconan
Ай бұрын
I cant count how many time i replay it from PS2 to PC. Best characters in game should be Claude Ernest Bowman Opera Just need Bloody Armor and one skill for Healing, one for long ranger attack. No one can touch you.
@KingOfHeartsTANK
4 ай бұрын
I'm kinda upset they make som3 characters intro mandatory in the main story. I have 1000 hours on the ps1 game and I've never seen Leon, Noel, opera and earnest or bowman(or atleast remember him). It gave me a reason to go back to this 100.hours game from 20 years ago. I ran dias, Claude, Rena and Ashton to, only be cause I loved their designs and personalities. I even made a fanfic of dias when I was 14 that turned into my own series I'm still working on
@Eughwwww
7 ай бұрын
Since one of my favorite ps2 games of all time was SO3 (i pretend the endgame twist never happened) i decided to play my first playthrough of SO2 blind with Rena. Watching this Im excited to try some other characters on my second playthrough as Claude. Got Dias, Celine, Ashton, Precis, Noel and Welch on my team. I really like controlling Dias but am actually having a lot of fun playing as Noel too - interesting to see how hated he is. Im around lvl 68 atm. I see why SO2 has been hailed my many as the best SO game.
@awakenedsoul2638
11 ай бұрын
Tri-Ace and ENIX LIIIIISTEN TO ME! I want you to release next year for Windows PC the Star Ocean First Departure R! Then release these games as a remaster Star Ocean Way back in the days of the Super Famicom, Star Ocean: The 2nd Story on the Playstation and Star Ocean: Till The End Of Time on the Playstation 2. Please release these on PC as REMASTERS! Star Ocean: Till The End Of Time had a Playstation 4 digital only release but only in Japan, no disc release and release in Europe and America HOW ODD not even in some parts of Asia. First Departure R also got no disc release HOW ODD AGAIN only digital release. If you are listening to me release these games as remasters after you relesae The 2nd Story full remake!
@sarcasticguy4311
10 ай бұрын
Claude and Rena are in both stories Celine will join either character Ashton will join either character Precis will join either character but Bowman will not join if Precis is a party member Bowman will join either character but Precis will not join if Bowman is a party member Dias will only join if playing as Rena Opera will only join if playing as Claude and Ashton -is not- in the party Ernest will only join if playing as Claude and Opera -is- in the party Leon will only join Claude and he can be abandoned by Claude if you don't want him Noel will join either character but only if there's space for him to join and you can abandoned him Chisato will join either character after she's confronted a few times and then found at the Energy Nede Newspaper building and she can be abandoned Welch? Who knows. Will likely join either character. She was not in the original Star Ocean 2. There, saved you 18 minutes. "Best Party"? That's highly debatable but Claude, Ashton, Rena and Opera will destroy anything. Claude can lock down 99.8% of any enemy in the game with Eternal Sphere and Angel Armband. Opera and Ashton have screen-wiping supers. Rena can mass heal and revive and lock down fast enemies with Ray. Celine can use Lunar Light, maybe Southern Cross. Any other magic spells you might as well put the controller down and go make a sandwich. "Junk" characters include: all magic users except for Celine. Have her spam fast spells that hit the whole screen. Melee users can do a hundred times more damage than spellcasters. Magic is for interruption not damage. Chisato is okay, Ernest is okay, Bowman is okay with supers (laughably short attack range), Precis is mildly okay, Dias is powerful but has nasty delays in attacks and some supers that can get you killed before pulling them off. Illusion is an okay ability that usually hits for 40,000 damage IF you can get it to connect. Claude is arguably the most powerful character in the game.
@godsplayingfield
11 ай бұрын
think for each playthrough i'll go: Rena, Ashton, Claude, Dias. Claude, Celine, Rena, Leon. play as the mage, have three front liners murder. play as the swordsman, have three mages AoE. feels like it will be fun that way.
@branmuffin184
11 ай бұрын
I played through this game twice when I was younger and I stuck with Claude Rena Ashton Celine the entire time both times......cuz I was a boring kid I guess. Most likely I am going to try recruiting Dias Welch Precis Opera and see what 4 person combo ends up feeling the most fun.
@soppybottomboys1195
11 ай бұрын
Besf team set up is 4 people with bloody armor Take control of Opera and just spam her healing spell over and over. At Proficiency 999 it will aoe heal for 9,999 The other 3 characters can be who ever you want snice this set up will let you kill any super boss on the hardest Difficulty while watching a different tv show. Just make sure you hit the heal button every 1 sec and you can just afk jt.
@eternalnight11
11 ай бұрын
For this time, I want ladies majority as my first playthrough. Claude Prota Rena Celine Opera Precis Welch Noel Chisato I want all Nedian as well, cuz plot😢
@bobjones4469
11 ай бұрын
Are we talking about the new verison or the original? I know they changed things in the newer versions but I've never played those. In the original, Dias is NOT the best fighter in the game, not even close. Claude is BY FAR the best character cuz he gets the Eternal Sphere sword. Even if you don't know the trick to getting it early, you still get it pretty early and it just trivializes the game. I'm sure they will nerf the Eternal Sphere though, it's a ridiculous weapon in the original. At endgame, Ashton is the best fighter in the game cuz he has the fastest normal attack. But this is only relevant after you get the the accessory that mimicks the Eternal Sphere, which is at the very final extra dungeon.
@kalega311
11 ай бұрын
I'm still not sure if I'll be going Claude or Rena, but you can bet your bottom dollar my party will have Celine and Opera. Maybe Chisato or Precis... And maybe I'll just play Rena to go full waifu party.
@dammitjames
11 ай бұрын
a) i love that this channel is covering this game, its -the best- JRPG ever made as far as I'm concerned. b) I don't agree on the 'best party' advice though -- I've played this game like 6 times since I was a kid and I feel like Claude, Opera, Precis and Chisato outperform the variant with Dias
@SolaceAndDread
11 ай бұрын
a) I love this game so much it's disgusting. thanks for watching b) Don't sleep on the dps speed of Dias's Chaos Sword and air slashes. (Though Bowman can outpace him with explosion pills if they arent resistant to Fire.)
@love2lovesum1
11 ай бұрын
I haven’t played this game yet but when I do, I will have Rena, Claude, Ashton, and Dias as my party for Rena and Claude, Rena, Opera, and Ernest as my party for Claude.
@OtakuDeju
11 ай бұрын
I have never been able to make sense of Noel. He's an odd mix of classes. Kinda reminds me of the red mage class but only in his case he can never become a red wizard. His equipment is all jumbled up too. He doesn't equip anything that specializes in magic enhancements nor does he equip anything that makes him shine as a fighter either. Kind of a jack of all trades and a master of none. It just doesn't work. In the end he sucks
@exancestor
11 ай бұрын
i will start with Claude and teamup with Celine, Ashton, Precis, Chisato, Leon & Noel. unfortunately can't get Ashton & Opera at sametime Celine is my waifu so must have her in team
@DiabolicCrusher
2 ай бұрын
You're telling me there's a character that literally slaps the shit out of enemies? Gonna start first playthrough soon so definitely recruiting Welch.
@lol3ndir
11 ай бұрын
I finished the game on PSP with just Claude in my party. I'll try this time with Rena, Claude, Ashton and Dias lol.
@whitemeteocrazy256
7 ай бұрын
For me this is how the star Ocean mess all began. The 2nd story. My personal favorite character - Celine Jules.
@IcarusGray
11 ай бұрын
The younger me who only found out there were characters you could miss via GameFaq and all of it's word art glory appreciates this so much. Protect this man at all costs. Long Live Black Claude Kenny
@overwhelmingapathy721
9 ай бұрын
Rena main, claude dias and opera, she becomes backup healer and set up properly makes up for time when you hafta heal status or give buffs. I dont have much love for casters in this my second fav game ever but i love renas playthrough and i love healing
@DRCE777
5 ай бұрын
16:19 Oh my God, I went with these 4 when I played this game as a kid and I remember finishing the Maze of Tribulations with this party, they are the best, tried and tested!
@jonathalberts
11 ай бұрын
Hello im new to this game and i want to play just 2 playtrough, can i follow this recommendation for recruit? Is this all characters include? And story related?
@Shishigamiwolf
11 ай бұрын
I can get Opera still if I am playing through Rena playthrough right? Just wanna make sure. She seems fun XD
@Alekazam_tv
11 ай бұрын
I wish the remake would let us recruit EVERYONE in ANY playthrough.
@EdreesesPieces
11 ай бұрын
I'll be dissapponted if the remake didn't change it to let you recruit all characters. That would make the game better. Like a new post game dungeon that let's you recruit everyone.
@nicholasschmidt6835
11 ай бұрын
Can't wait for this to come out. I was always a Claude, Rena, Dias and Ashton Guy. With trophies in R I bet there will be a trophy for getting all the characters. So thanks for posting because I need a little bit of a refresher.
@noble61483
11 ай бұрын
For claude doing rena, celine, opera, earnst, bowman, loen, christo For Rena doing claude, celine, dias, ashton, precis, welch, noel
@kidkytes6233
11 ай бұрын
Been years since I played SO2 but I'm super hyped to reply it with SO2R. I was considering for my first playthrough with Rena going with Claude, Celine, Ashton, Precis, Dias, Noel and Chisato. Mainly for some side quests where I think Ashton gets the side quest with the sick girl in Rena's side and all of the stuff with him and Precis. For Claude I'll go with Rena, Opera, Welch, Bowman, Ernest, Leon and Chisato. I really hope they reworked Ernest's gameplay because damn I always found him to be the worst character in the game, glad there's others like yourself who feel the same. I only got him during one playthrough and any other playthroughs I got Opera I would skip him. It did lead to some interesting PAs with her on Energy Nede since both she and Claude knew what his fate would've been. Quite surprised I've pretty much got exactly the same ideas you had! I always loved using Leon in the game with how cool his physical attack was and him being great at hitting aerial enemies along with Opera. Always at a crossroads with how I play because I prefer having Rena as the main character but I prefer having Leon to Dias purely for aesthetic preferences.
@SolaceAndDread
11 ай бұрын
I'm going in playing all the worst characters first because I want to believe in them, lol. The first time I ACCIDENTALLY discovered Unlimited Indalecio (Gabriel) was a Universe playthrough and my ONLY party members were Claude, Rena, Opera and Ernest hahaha, I had to learn the hard way.
@veghesther3204
11 ай бұрын
That party IS STILL DOABLE just bloody armor Claude Opera and Ernest for that fight even on Earth mode Rena is still pure crap with his limiter OFF.
@kidkytes6233
11 ай бұрын
@@SolaceAndDread oh man what a playthrough that must’ve been.
@SolaceAndDread
11 ай бұрын
@@veghesther3204 I didn't (and never) use bloody armor.
@veghesther3204
11 ай бұрын
Well without any bloody armor user my lv 25 earth mode party Unlimited final boss didn't even last for 10 seconds before a SINGLE 9999 damage attack kills you iselia queen on earth mode at lv 255 I still had her do 9999 per physical hit without any bloody armor users and didn't even last for 10 seconds. AS for the Cave of Trials on Earth mode I had the floor 7 to 13 enemies easily kill you in 1 hit even at lv 200 to 255 on earth mode and didn't last for 10 seconds on Universe mode without any bloody armor uses I had EVERYTHING on all 13 floors do 9999 per hit. But for Universe mode I had EVERYTHING do 9999 per hit when ending disc 1 (Eluria tower) with Claude Dias Opera and Bowman all lv 100 WITHOUT a bloody armor users.
@WeTheWounded
11 ай бұрын
You can use Noel on a playthrough that doesn't take Opera for healing in a Bloody Armor setup. Rena couldn't equip the armor, but Noel could. My first time beating Unlimited was with Claude, Ashton, Dias, and Noel in Bloody Armors actually. It IS a cheesy ass strat for sure, but if you really want to use it, and really want Ashton while doing so, Noel is your best bet.
@carlaarnold5321
10 ай бұрын
Just started star ocean. Im loving the story so far ! Very fun. Thabka for your videos !
@SolaceAndDread
10 ай бұрын
I'm just happy they're helpful to someone. 🙂
@Exialyser
11 ай бұрын
i gotta say this game is the most peak star ocean series and peak of the jrpg games back in the day, the story just make final fantasy vii looks like a bad jrpg games... but it went downhill in last hope and faithlesness.. divine force was good start to comeback the series.. i love how this series going and hoping to looks more star ocean series later
@lightning13clair29
11 ай бұрын
Bloody Armor strat is not cheesy i think people calling it that is stupid just because of the fact that you cant die when having them equipped on charecters thats the whole dame point of the armor and trust me if you knew how hard some of those optional bosses are in the cave of the seven stars you would wear that armor to also that place is the best place to level grind your party in the whole game as charecters will jump 4 to 6 levels every time
@manoharalisa5829
11 ай бұрын
I still have this game on my psp and the story is still not completed... Im just too scary to that many villains (10) so much...so scary so horror...
@Stephen__White
11 ай бұрын
Gotta say, I'm glad I'm not the only person warning people of Veg's comments. No real hate towards the guy, I can just easily see a full on new player to the series falling for his comments and it ruining their experience with the game. Dude also has no chill though, I make a harmless post about how Rena can equip T'nique's spears in Second Evolution and he's all over it saying how useless the spears are on Rena, as if it's actually something you could do without using the debug menu. (Can't wait to see his reaction to Claude being able to wear bikinis, yes that is a real thing.) Adding this edit because I realized I forgot to mention at least one of the parties I'm gonna try using. Rena/Celine/Leon/Noel. I did a Galaxy play through before using them, with the changes to magic should be even more fun do to that combo. At least until I get to the Cave of Trials and need to level grind Claude for those couple of floors. Apart from that I look forward to basically using everyone and seeing how they work out with the new systems. Not looking forward to getting a perfect Eternal Sphere if I do a min-maxed play through. Also gonna try to actually use more of the equipment, because man, Claude alone has so many swords and you unlock the ability to get most of them all at once. There is also so much cool armour that you basically can easily ignore because you unlock the ability to get most of it all at once as well. Gonna try using more varied armours as well. Basically I want to play the game like I'm 3 years old again and just pressing buttons on the controller. That was a magical time.(Yes I was really that old when I played Star Ocean The Second Story on the PSX)
@SolaceAndDread
11 ай бұрын
He's harmless, honestly. Just passionate. He's already been in the replies, 😂
@veghesther3204
11 ай бұрын
As for Pericci most of those Bikini armors are pure crap in her OWN GAME so even if Claude COULD equip the Magic Bikini the Mithril/Barrier/Reflect plate armors are SO much better first departure lacks the bloody armors though I wish they WERE in the game since 3 Bloody armor users + Pericci would make the party nearly unkillable. Pericci's healing dance can easily restore around 5999 HP 200 uses too bad it doesn't heal her OWN HP just the others.
@eliasfranca7173
11 ай бұрын
I find it funny that he has remained in this character for over 15 years. The resilience this guy possesses is unparalleled. At that time I fell for the bait, but nowadays I warn those who don't know it. Hehehe.
@LucienWhite-fb5qk
11 ай бұрын
@@eliasfranca7173 it's been reported before that he admitted in PMs that he's on the spectrum, this was before he was blacklisted out of most online forums in the community. I can't wait to start streaming just so I can ban him from my channel too ;p gonna be so satisfying
@kennethamparo1138
11 ай бұрын
Before we play he says..... TOO LATE ! We're already playing it.
@davidmccormick550
11 ай бұрын
Man, the guy mentioned is meme-worthy at this point. My fave party: Claude Rena Opera Bowman/Celine Edit:VeghEster is the idiots’s name.
@SolaceAndDread
11 ай бұрын
Bowman is good despite how much shit i give him.
@deanxile
10 ай бұрын
I didnt know u can't get them all, and i ended up recuiting anyone i came across first, but im pretty happy with claude, ashton, rena, and celine
@sorasora749
11 ай бұрын
remember using chisato 10k volts with weapon that heals you by half the damage you do deal
@FirebunbunYT
11 ай бұрын
Does Bowman force himself into your party, or can you decline to let him join? I'm seeing a potential meme run where you just decline to let anyone join you otherwise.
@joebarrett29
11 ай бұрын
I’ve never played a star ocean before. Got this one pre ordered the demo was just so insane. This art style is just fantastic
@IdeonFukkatsu
11 ай бұрын
You're in for a treat, this is probably the best RPG ever made.
@abw1317
11 ай бұрын
@@IdeonFukkatsucouldn't have said it better myself. I've been wanting this remaster for almost two decades. Gonna be a good one
@FewNewReasonss
11 ай бұрын
I couldn't tell the demo apart from 20 other demos released in the last two years.
@joebarrett29
11 ай бұрын
@@FewNewReasonss like what?
@abw1317
11 ай бұрын
@@FewNewReasonss That sounds like a you problem.
@AdachiCabbage
10 ай бұрын
I don't remember Welch in the original SO2 on the PlayStation so she might be a new addition in the more modern games.
@colebuschle
11 ай бұрын
I'm gonna save this for my send play through. I got to do it on my own the first time. Also had to change to to psp music.
@josephsaga
11 ай бұрын
You have the game early? It’s not even the release date. If so is it possible to play the game offline on switch
@johnrichlegaspi6092
11 ай бұрын
Claud, ashton, rena, leon ultimate wiper of the aftet game dungeon ez kill on valkyrie
@sang_from_rushhour3009
11 ай бұрын
i've actually fawned over Celine mostly for the english voice. i did not expect to see a jab at that in the video lol.
@Cyril86
11 ай бұрын
Probably shouldn't assume the Best Party for the game will stay the same in the remake, considering how differently even the early game moves in the demo behave. Good video though, and I definitely know about that extremely enthusiastic person.
@SolaceAndDread
11 ай бұрын
I specifically stated it likely won't stay the same. I think casters will be clutch now with shield breaking, actually. And yeah, they've been ravaging the comments/replies
@Cyril86
11 ай бұрын
@@SolaceAndDread Yeah, in the original casters were mostly good just to interrupt enemy movement and casting, while this time they can probably actually do really good damage, as well as break shields. Either way, excited to see how the full game will be!
@Xilibrius
11 ай бұрын
Never played through as Rena don't know if that'll change
@Palidor
11 ай бұрын
I'm thinking Rena, Opera, Precis and either Dias or Chisato.
@arsenichell
11 ай бұрын
man im so rdy to give this another try because i played this when i was in the 5th grade and was getting owned in these caves LOL im going in this prepared this time XDDD
@vigo2669
11 ай бұрын
Don't really care about these characters' story relevance or voice overs. Gameplay is more important.
@vicrosgaming
11 ай бұрын
rena story to get dias then get ashton. claude+dias+ashton with bloody armor and rena as healer can defeat secret boss gabriel celeste
@ZeiYuga101
11 ай бұрын
Ive always recruit opera playing with claude does anyone know if you can recruit her as rena ive never thought about it until now
@Sabastion7031
11 ай бұрын
I must of missed it but is Leon recruitable in Rena’s play through
@janreneliengod7884
10 ай бұрын
opera,claude,rena last anyone for me for normal story np.secret dungeon is situational.
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