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Star Ocean 2 is understood for its in depth variety of endings, with over 80 potential endings within the unique PlayStation model. The PSP-enhanced port added one other character and an additional predominant story ending, increasing the variety of potential conclusions even additional. There’s a whole of 99 Endings within the recreation and this information ought to present a normal define of what potential combos there are.

Plenty of the endings are primarily based on character friendship factors, so doing Personal Actions within the recreation is admittedly essential. These occasions can elevate friendship factors or lower friendship factors relying on the way you reply. In case you do not like a sure pairing and need to lower friendship factors to govern the potential ending you may get, you can even attempt pickpocketing your folks to have an effect on your relationship with them.

Star Ocean 2 Ending Necessities

Being trustworthy right here, by far the simplest option to manipulate affinity between characters is with books created from the Publication Tremendous Speciality merchandise creation. Every character can have two books written about them, one that offers excessive affinity in the direction of that character, and one that offers low affinity in the direction of that character. By making a library of those books, you’ll be able to principally manipulate affinities any which method you need to. Nearly.

• A aspect observe in regards to the books. In case you promote the e book to the service provider in Lacuer or Centropolis, you should purchase it again in a number of portions. This implies you do not have to individually publish 20 books for one character. You’ll be able to publish one, promote it to the service provider, after which purchase 20 again.
• Some endings appear to require max hearts between characters on the Friendship Standing display. Nonetheless, utilizing books won’t ever get you to max hearts. You will want to make use of PAs to get affinity up as excessive as potential.
• Additionally, please observe, the 4 characters who combat a boss collectively all get affinity up with one another. So if you wish to elevate affinity between characters, place them each within the battle celebration.
• It is value noting that within the remake of Star Ocean 2, affinity between characters appears to be bi-directional. For earlier variations of Star Ocean 2, many present guides on the web specify a “course” for an affinity acquire (corresponding to Opera → Ernest), however primarily based on the brand new friendship meter within the remake, such a one-sided acquire won’t ever occur. If Opera beneficial properties affinity with Ernest, then Ernest will acquire an equal quantity of affinity with Opera.
• Equally, present guides for earlier variations of Star Ocean 2 delineate between Friendship Factors and Romance Factors. However in Star Ocean: The Second Story R, every thing seems to be set with a meter of 5 hearts. If the meter is excessive sufficient (round 3.5 hearts full), then you will note smaller hearts seem round an icon on the standing display. This can truly point out which ending you will note for that character, when you beat the ultimate boss. Just one character can have these smaller hearts seem. Some particular endings require a extra full meter, nonetheless.

In Star Ocean: The Second Story R, the sport will hold observe of which endings you’ve got obtained. These are literally saved individually from any of your particular person playthrough save recordsdata. It really works extra like a ‘system’ save, the place so long as you’ve got gotten the ending as soon as, it will present up within the database. This implies you may get a set of endings, reload your save file, mess with books to change affinities, beat the boss once more, after which get different endings so as to add to your database. Make sense?

If for some motive characters share the identical quantity of FP, the pairing precedence goes to;

1. Claude
2. Rena
3. Celine
4. Bowman
5. Dias
6. Summary
7. Ashton
8. Leon
9. Opera
10. Ernest
11. Noel
12. Chisato
13. Welch

Star Ocean 2 Endings Checklist

Now, we aren’t going to record *each* single ending right here, as a result of lots of the endings comply with an apparent sample.

• Every character has (a minimum of) one solo ending when they’re paired with no person. That is 13 endings already. I needn’t record these out, do I?
• Of the 13 characters, there are endings for each potential permutation of accessible pairings. There are solely 4 pairs of characters not potential: Dias/Leon, Summary/Bowman, Opera/Ashton, and Ernest/Ashton since they’re mutually unique, try our Star Ocean 2 Recruitment Information for extra data there. That is 74 extra endings. Do I must record all these out?
• I belief your intelligence, that is 87 whole endings proper there.

Nonetheless, there are a handful of endings that do not comply with the same old guidelines. Generally a couple of ending is offered for a sure pairing, and Ashton, Opera, and Celine all have particular solo endings. These are apparent when wanting by way of the Endings Database in-game, since you’ll see a quantity after the pairing. For instance, there’s Claude/Summary 1 and Claude/Summary 2. What is the distinction? We’ll record these beneath.

I ought to observe, whereas I obtained all these endings, I can not be completely sure of unlock circumstances. I can solely make a greatest estimate primarily based on the testing I did with the celebration I had. If in case you have any clarifications, please touch upon these beneath!

• Claude/Rena 1 == Pair the 2 up on Rena’s Route
• Claude/Rena 2 == Pair the 2 up on Claude’s Route, however not at max hearts within the Friendship Stage standing display.
• Claude/Rena 3 == In our expertise, this ending is obtained when the 2 have max hearts, however on Claude’s Route solely.

• Claude/Summary 1 == Pair the 2 up when not at max hearts.
• Claude/Summary 2 == Pair the 2 up at max hearts.

Be aware: You should use a e book to simply attain the ‘not max’ bond between characters. There’ll nonetheless be small hearts across the character portrait (indicating a pairing between the characters), however solely 3.5 hearts of the meter will likely be full. 

With the intention to get ‘max hearts’, you may have to realize that naturally by way of PAs or battling collectively.

• Claude/Chisato 1 == Pair the 2 up when not at max hearts.
• Claude/Chisato 2 == Pair the 2 up at max hearts.

• Rena/Dias 1 == Pair the 2 up when not at max hearts.
• Rena/Dias 2 == Pair the 2 up at max hearts.

• Opera/Ernest 1 == Pair the 2 up when not at max hearts.
• Opera/Ernest 2 == Pair the 2 up at max hearts.

• Claude/Opera 1 == Pair the 2 up at max hearts.
• Claude/Opera 2 == Pair the 2 up when not at max hearts. [Editor’s Note: Yes I am aware this seems opposite the trend up to this point]

• Celine/Ernest 1 == Pair the 2 up at max hearts.
• Celine/Ernest 2 == Pair the 2 up when not at max hearts [also opposite the trend]

• Opera 1 = Solo ending when Ernest is within the celebration
• Opera 2 = Solo ending when Ernest is NOT within the celebration

• Collect Up == Have an eight-person celebration all with the identical affinity in the direction of one another. You should use books to do that, and it would not matter who’s within the celebration. This ending seems at a distinct level than the opposite 98 endings. Whereas most endings seem earlier than the credit, this one will seem after the credit.

Every other ending not listed right here is easy. With the intention to get Chisato/Noel, simply pair them up, and many others. Blissful ending looking!