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Star Ocean: The Second Story R is a remake of the PSOne traditional. One facet of this recreation is the character recruiting function which could be a headache for brand new gamers and even veterans of the collection. This can be a complicated system – however this information is right here that will help you with character recruitment, exhibiting find out how to recruit all characters in Star Ocean 2.

The complexity of this method is especially because of the occasion cap and the provision of characters in particular routes, two key design parts in Star Ocean: The Second Story R. These mechanics make it unimaginable to recruit all characters in a single playthrough. This information will function a pointer to let gamers have a basic thought of every playable character’s basic strengths to allow them to decide whether or not to recruit them or not. Because of the gameplay adjustments on this Remake, all characters are viable in fight so the final overview is that casters are significantly higher than their authentic counterpart, nevertheless, melee continues to be general superior. 

Warning Observe: Since this covers all of the characters within the recreation, there will probably be spoilers on who’s playable.

Claude 

• Route Unique: No
• Recruitment: Default
• Drawbacks:  N/A

Claude is among the two potential characters who could be chosen as the primary protagonist within the recreation. Each protagonists, Claude or Rena, will be part of the occasion early within the recreation, so you will not find yourself lacking them regardless. Claude serves as the usual melee DPS character. He could begin off as common, however he is more likely to develop into your best DPS character by the top of the sport, making him top-of-the-line playable characters. 

Rena 

• Route Unique: No
• Recruitment: Default
• Drawbacks:  N/A

The opposite essential protagonist, Rena, is a assist character and doubtless the perfect one at it. Rena focuses on therapeutic, which is a task that many different characters lack. She’s additionally a worthwhile supply of buffs to your occasion members. Rena’s talents make her a superb selection and you’ll more than likely all the time have her in your occasion even on Claude’s route. 

Celine 

• Route Unique: No
• Recruitment: Though Celine can be part of as a brief member in Krosse, the choice to recruit her completely comes on the finish of Krosse Cave. (When you reject her request, she’s going to by no means seem once more.) 
• Drawbacks:  There may be one other caster which you could recruit later that may be higher, however he is unique to Claude’s route. 

Celine is among the earliest story characters you may meet. She’s a spellcaster, and spellcasters within the Star Ocean collection have had a fame for being weaker in comparison with melee DPS characters. Nonetheless, in Star Ocean 2R, the battle system has been fully reworked, with spells being forged sooner and not freezes the sport. There’s a superior spellcaster (Leon) for Claude’s route, which you could recruit for later, since there are many character slots, having her be part of the occasion will make the early recreation a lot simpler.  Nonetheless, she nonetheless supplies good assist talents should you do not depend on her casting assault magic on a regular basis. 

Ashton 

• Route Unique: No
• Recruitment: After the story quest in Marze, head to the city of Harley. Discuss to the miners on the city’s entrance. Clear the Salva Mines facet quest to recruit him. If Opera is in your occasion, Ashton won’t be part of you.
• Drawbacks: Recruiting Ashton prevents Opera and Ernest from becoming a member of the occasion. Everlasting unhealthy luck and has the worst accuracy out of all of the close-range fighters. Ashton additionally begins with random skills. 

Ashton is among the earliest non-compulsory melee DPS characters you’ll be able to recruit to your occasion. He turns into an exceptionally robust melee fighter within the late recreation because of his unbelievable bodily energy and highly effective talents. Nonetheless, there is a vital trade-off when recruiting Ashton. By recruiting him, you may miss the chance to recruit Opera and her lover, Ernest. Opera is taken into account top-of-the-line ranged fighters in Star Ocean 2, making this choice a considerable one.

Dias 

• Route Unique: Rena Solely
• Recruitment: Throughout the story sequence in Lacuer Entrance Line Base, Dias will discuss to your occasion, should you begin as Rena, he provides the choice to hitch you. 
• Drawbacks:  Mid Bodily Stats, different swordsmen have higher abilities. 

Many of the male fighters within the recreation are typically robust characters. Whereas Dias could have comparatively decrease bodily energy in comparison with different combatants, he excels at increased problem ranges attributable to his increased dexterity progress, which makes it simpler to hit enemies when going through harder foes. In decrease difficulties, you would possibly nonetheless discover Claude superior. Regardless of these drawbacks, Dias is taken into account top-of-the-line playable characters within the recreation.

Leon 

• Route Unique: Claude Solely
• Recruitment: Throughout the primary story, whenever you attain the Ell Continent, you should have the chance to ask him to hitch you.
• Drawbacks:  Casters typically aren’t as versatile as melee fighters. Leon additionally comes fairly late and different casters have higher superior assist talents which could Leon a lesser choice.

Leon arrives fairly late within the recreation and is unique to Claude’s route. Whereas he possesses among the strongest magic within the recreation, typically masking a large radius that may simply filter trash mobs, magic customers are typically underwhelming in comparison with non-magic attackers. For basic content material, Celine supplies higher assist magic which could be extra helpful for preventing boss fights or increased problem fight. 

Summary 

• Route Unique: No
• Recruitment: After ending the Lacuer Arms Match, use Personal Motion in Linga to satisfy her. 
• Drawbacks:  Prevents Bowman from becoming a member of. Quite mediocre stats.

Regardless of being one other melee fighter, Summary fulfills a singular position that no different character can replicate. Summary will not be the strongest or most correct fighter, however her essential energy lies in her glorious crowd management talents, as she will stunlock enemies and maintain them at a sure distance. When you’re aiming to make sure characters like Opera or Chisato shine, then recruiting Summary as an non-compulsory character is a superb choice. Nonetheless, one disadvantage with Summary is that one among her greatest talents can solely be realized if Ashton is in your occasion, which might forestall you from recruiting Opera and Ernest.

Opera 

• Route Unique: No
• Recruitment: Earlier than you begin the recruitment course of, you will need to skip out Ashton for Opera to seem.
  • After leaving Krosse Citadel for the primary time, Set off the occasion in Krosse that entails a three-eyed man working away. (This occasion is a Personal Motion within the Unique/Second Evolution)
  • Get additional into the story till you’ll be able to take part in the Lacuer Arms Match.
  • After the event, discover Opera in Hilton Bar. 
  • Journey to Krosse and discuss to the King to get rumors a few three-eyed lady.
  • Go to Mountain Palace. Then discover Opera someplace contained in the dungeon and ask her to hitch you. 
• Drawbacks:  She is going to solely seem within the story if you don’t recruit Ashton. Requires a protracted collection of quests to recruit. Additionally, takes some funding to shine.

Ernest 

• Route Unique: No
• Recruitment: To begin the search line of recruiting Ernest, you will need to have already recruited Opera.
  • Clear the Mountain Palace with Opera, the story sequence ought to lead you to a room the place there may be indicators of Ernest.
  • After this sequence, return to the Sacred Forest of the place Rena first met Claude. This can set off a narrative scene.
  • Then go together with the primary story till you clear Hoffman Ruins. This gives you the chance to recruit Ernest.
• Drawbacks:  Require Opera in your occasion to recruit him. Has a protracted collection of quests earlier than you’ll be able to recruit him. Ashton and Dias are additionally superior melee fighters over him. 

Ernest, much like Dias, does not excel when it comes to bodily stats. Nonetheless, encountering him has its benefits. By following the Opera questline, you’ll be able to come throughout Ernest as a part of a facet quest. When you’ve invested within the Pickpocket expertise, you’ll be able to steal top-of-the-line armors within the recreation from him. Regardless of these perks, Ernest primarily depends on a whip that is laborious to focus on and has just one respectable means. He could be considerably simpler in more durable problem ranges attributable to his excessive accuracy stats.

Welch 

• Route Unique: No
• Recruitment: After ending the Lacuer Arms Match, use Personal Motion in Lacuer to satisfy her. You want at the very least 4 characters, and it should be achieved earlier than finishing the Linga herb quest.
• Drawbacks:  Would not actually concentrate on something. 

Welch is an unique character created for the improved port and remakes of Star Ocean: The Second Story. Within the authentic model for PlayStation, Welch shouldn’t be recruitable. Whereas Welch does not have any specialty, what units her aside is that none of her assaults or abilities are tied to elemental attributes, making her versatile in conditions the place elemental attributes could be a downside. Moreover, she boasts one of many quickest regular assault animations among the many playable characters. There may be additionally an easter egg for Welch for gamers who discover a particular merchandise in Eluria Tower.

Bowman 

• Route Unique: No
• Recruitment: If Summary shouldn’t be in your occasion, he’ll ultimately ask you if he can be part of the occasion after the Linga story arc. 
• Drawbacks:  Prevents Summary from becoming a member of, 

Bowman is a personality with a polarizing opinion locally. Some gamers think about him to be godawful, whereas others consider he is top-of-the-line melee characters you’ll be able to recruit, relying on who you ask. Bowman’s main weapon is his fists, which lead to a comparatively quick vary. Nonetheless, in a recreation the place spamming talents are frequent, his vary will not be a big concern. One other problem with Bowman is that his weapon of selection has poor accuracy, which could be problematic on increased problem ranges. Recruiting Bowman additionally prevents you from getting Summary which tends to be the far superior character.

Noel 

• Route Unique: No
• Recruitment: Will ask to hitch the occasion after the story sequence within the Cave of Crimson Crystals. 
• Drawbacks: Rena and Celine can do every part higher, a waste of a personality slot. Additionally joins extraordinarily late within the recreation. 

Noel is a flexible character who can deal with each assist and assault magic. Nonetheless, a big disadvantage is that Rena is a compulsory member of the occasion, and he or she excels in offering assist, making Noel’s assist talents redundant. Moreover, should you’re on the lookout for offensive magic, Celine performs this position extra successfully than Noel. In mild of those elements, it is difficult to justify together with Noel in your occasion when Rena and Celine can be found a lot earlier within the recreation and supply superior talents and assist. You would not want him within the occasion when you’ll be able to deliver a personality that makes a speciality of that discipline.

Chisato 

• Route Unique: No
• Recruitment:
  • When exploring the Cave of Crimson Crystals, discover Chisato and she’s going to drop an ID card.
  • Carry the ID Card again to Centropolis, discuss to the Chisato with the ID Card and she’s going to be part of you.
• Drawbacks:  Comes extraordinarily late within the recreation and by that point you might need all of your character slots crammed up. Poor ability restoration, requires safety for her to excel in fight.

Chisato is broadly thought-about the perfect harm seller on this recreation, primarily attributable to her extremely highly effective Tear Gasoline means. This ability inflicts an enormous variety of hits and is comparatively correct, making it able to annihilating enemies. Nonetheless, to benefit from Chisato’s talents, she does require some funding when it comes to proficiency and assist from her occasion. One disadvantage is that she has poor restoration, which might go away her susceptible whereas utilizing her abilities. It is important to produce other occasion members masking for her to guard her from enemy assaults. Moreover, Chisato joins the occasion fairly late within the recreation, so that you would possibly have already got a full occasion by that time, probably lacking the chance for her to hitch you.

Star Ocean 2 – Finest Get together

At this level, you may be questioning “That is nice and all, however simply inform me what the perfect occasion is!” There are 13 characters and solely 8 ‘slots’ in your occasion, so you’ll be able to’t recruit everybody.

Honestly, Star Ocean: The Second Story shouldn’t be a really laborious recreation, and the remake is even simpler. You possibly can simply clear every part within the recreation with any occasion, even publish recreation. Claude and Rena themselves are each nice battle characters, in order that could possibly be half your 4-man battle occasion proper there.

However for the min-maxers on the market, it is best to know that melee fighters nonetheless appear to have a robust edge over casters. Particularly within the late-game and post-game, the variety of hits you’ll be able to land will decide your harm output moreso than the rest. So which means characters like Celine, Leon, and Noel aren’t glorious additions in comparison with different characters. Even Rena is not a requirement in an ideal battle occasion, as therapeutic could be achieved with characters like Opera, objects, or Components within the remake (though after all it’s a must to have Rena as one among your eight characters).

• As said above, Chisato is among the greatest fighters within the recreation, exterior of Claude. She assaults shortly and has a number of good talents. She’s a extremely advisable addition to the occasion (and he or she comes pre-loaded with some means in replication as a bonus, too, which is sweet for cash and merchandise exploits). Actually there is no purpose to not get her.
• Opera is a superb harm seller WITH a therapeutic means in Therapeutic Star. Being a ranged attacker, she typically stays away from enemies (assuming you do not give her abilities that assault from up shut), so she does an honest job staying alive.
• Ashton, Summary, Dias, and Bowman are additionally strong bodily fighters, though none as top-tier as Chisato. It is necessary to notice that Summary’ greatest assault – Robbie’s Superbeam – requires Ashton within the occasion, so in case you have Opera as an alternative, Summary is not pretty much as good as she could possibly be. When you do have Ashton, although, Summary turns into a bit extra helpful.
• Whereas Welch and Ernest are additionally bodily attackers, they’re merely inferior to different choices, principally attributable to underwhelming abilities.

Again within the day, a standard basic tip was “three fighters plus Rena”, which continues to be truthful recreation. When you should know, I used Claude/Chisato/Rena/Summary (with superbeam) in my post-game occasion that took on bosses like Gabriella Celeste and the Iseria Queen. Different gotos embrace Claude/Chisato/Opera/Bowman, or Claude/Chisato/Ashton/Rena. 

Simply be sure that to incorporate Chisato, actually.