According to a report by RPGSite, a logo for ‘Star Ocean The Second Story R’ has surfaced on a Square Enix support site, though has since been taken down. Square Enix has yet to announce a game with this title, but it appears that the second game in the Star Ocean series may be due for a remaster or remake with a forthcoming reveal.
Star Ocean: The Second Story originally released on the PlayStation back in 1998 followed by a worldwide release in 1999 and 2000. In 2008, a remastered version came to the PlayStation Portable as Star Ocean Second Evolution and also released worldwide the following year. In 2015, Second Evolution was ported to PlayStation 3, PlayStation Vita, and PlayStation 4 — but only in Japan as a digital only release.
It’s the first game in the series that uses dual protagonists like the recently released sixth major title in the series: The Divine Force. The game features 3D areas and pre-rendered backgrounds with characters drawn as 2D sprites. Players can recruit from a large pool of characters depending on the choices they make, and combat features random encounters with manual control over characters’ attacks, though skills and items are selected from a menu.
Given the title, it may be that a fresh remaster based on the original title is in the works rather than a new port of Second Evolution.
We’ll just have to wait and see!
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