![]() Star Ocean: First Departure R’s battle system is based upon its sequel, The Second Story, and the PSP remakes. Until you gain access to fast travel from any port in the world to other major cities, much of your time will be spent running around and getting into random battles. In fact, I’d say much of the time played is spent trying to remember how to run back to whatever town will advance the story. With how few plot points exist in the story, there isn’t a lot of meat for those that want a serious JRPG to enjoy. On the bright side, First Departure R isn’t a terribly long game, so future replays to set up the ideal team won’t take all of your time.Ĭlocking in at about twenty hours (roughly a little more than thirty for myself, between some extra grinding and clearing out the postgame dungeon), Star Ocean: First Departure R is what I’d consider a weekend-length JRPG. Many of these characters only offer up a single chance to be recruited before they’re gone forever and even those that can join you can conflict with other party members, so trying to recruit some of the more elusive characters like Erys will require some preparation. And such, the story of Star Ocean: First Departure R begins, in an underdeveloped world with two Roakians and two Earthlings to discover a cure.Īlong the journey, players will have access to nine different party members that can join Roddick’s crew, but with only four open character slots, you’re going to have to pick and choose who gets the honor of joining the party. The solution? Travel even farther back in time and steal a sample of blood before the host goes missing. Unfortunately, that source of the outbreak was captured some three hundred years ago. That much-desired vaccine requires blood from the Patient Zero of the outbreak. When an unknown mutagen attacks his planet, turning many of the residents to stone, he crosses paths with an Earthling captain that’s willing to forsake the laws governing contact with underdeveloped planets for a chance to discover a vaccine for this viral infection. ![]() Unlike the view of two different protagonists in Second Evolution, Star Ocean: First Departure R focuses on a blue haired Roakian by the name of Roddick, a citizen of an underdeveloped planet that still relies on the magic of symbology and medieval weaponry to solve its problems.
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