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This can be a record of model variations present in Star Ocean: The Second Story R in comparison with earlier variations of the sport. 

Be aware that there are quite a few small changes all through the sport, and this record could not comprehensively cowl all of them. This record ought to cowl all of the considerably adjusted or added elements.

Graphic and Sound

• New Voiceovers: Within the authentic PSone model, the unique Japanese forged simply did battle voices, there have been no voiceovers for the dialogue. The sport now encompasses a new dub from the unique Japanese forged, in addition to the choice to modify to the Second Evolution (PSP) JP or EN voices. 
• Portrait Artwork: Can swap portrait artwork with the brand new remake or paintings from earlier variations of Star Ocean 2.
• New OST Association: Gamers can toggle between the unique model of the soundtrack or a brand new association.

Navigation and Common Gameplay

• No Random Encounters: Enemy encounters seem on the map as an alternative of random encounters. You may as well achieve a bonus by going behind the enemy, nevertheless, the identical applies to you as properly. 
• Goal Marker: A purple exclamation mark will present on the mini-map to show the place the following story goal is. 
• Personal Motion Change: Personal Motion within the authentic recreation requires guide activation on the world’s map. Now you can swap to Personal Motion mode at any time. Some occasions are now not non-public actions however slightly common occasions as an alternative. 
• Pickpocket: The pickpocket operate has been reworked to one thing just like the Octopath video games. As a substitute of getting only one merchandise to steal, there are a number of gadgets and you may see the success fee as properly. In the event you fail to steal within the authentic, your pickpocket days with that NPC are fully gone. There’s a new merchandise that allows you to restore stealing or will increase your probability of pickpocketing. 
• Character Affinity: Character affinity is displayed within the Standing display screen as a meter of hearts.
• Fishing: SO2R now contains fishing, you may catch fish on the world’s map in a location close to water. Try our Fishing Information!
• Reel: A brand new NPC added to Harley that provides out fishing rewards.
• Guild Missions and Problem Missions: You’ll be able to choose up guild missions from a guild, which often requires finishing a activity associated to Merchandise Creation, and these work as mini-tutorials for the mechanic. There are additionally 100s of problem missions which might be robotically picked up that work as combat-related or IC-related targets. You’ll be able to form of consider these like battle trophies which might be present in later Star Ocean titles.
• Distinctive Spots: A landmark that may be present in sure areas. Analyzing them will give out EXP, lore, and even an merchandise. Try our Distinctive Spot Areas information!
• Personal Motion Locator: Personal Actions at the moment are displayed on the map. 
• Occasion Distinction: Sure occasions had been depending on a particular location. Nevertheless, on this model, some occasions at the moment are prompted by the participant’s alternative.
• Backlog: A textual content log that allows you to learn previous strains.
• Quick Ahead and Scene Skip: An choice to fast-forward the sport barely by holding the correct set off button. You may as well skip scenes by urgent the Begin Button.
• SP Factors: SP is now not a finite useful resource. It now could be earned by way of fights and different means, this additionally adjustments sure specialty results.
• BP Factors: BP is a brand new useful resource separate from SP used to energy up battle expertise and humanities.
• Ending Record: An ending record is included when you could have accomplished the sport, exhibiting which endings you could have achieved. Try our Endlings Information!
• Location Structure: All areas have been fully redesigned, so they do not precisely observe the identical format as the unique recreation. 
• New Recreation+: An possibility to hold over your save knowledge for New Recreation+. This makes replays a lot faster.
• Quick Journey: You’ll be able to quick journey to virtually any Save Level within the recreation, besides in sure circumstances.

Fight Associated

• Break: A brand new mechanic the place enemies have a protect gauge, when damaged they are going to go right into a weakened state generally known as Break. Just like the stagger system from later Ultimate Fantasy video games. 
• Excellent Counter: A brand new gameplay mechanic that with exact timing, you may carry out an ideal dodge that may stop you from taking injury and also will deal quite a lot of injury to your opponents. It additionally significantly will increase protect injury for triggering Break.
• Magic System: Within the authentic recreation casting magic takes some time and also will pause the sport, which makes casters fairly weak in comparison with the melee items.  On this model, weaker spells now not pause the sport and stronger spells could be fully skipped.
• Assault Motion:  Characters that aren’t on the frontlines can be utilized as an assault. There are additionally jewels discovered within the recreation that may allow you to use cameos from totally different Star Ocean video games. 
• Bonus Gauge: A gauge that’s crammed by both attacking enemies or defeating damaged enemies. The bonus gauge has three ranges and because it fills, you may achieve numerous advantages equivalent to elevated assault energy and improved drop charges. Nevertheless, if the character you are controlling will get damaged throughout fight, knockout, shocked, and even fails at Excellent Counter the bonus gauge will reset to 0.
• Battle Formation: Totally different formations will change your Bonus Gauge bonuses.
• Chief Enemy: Typically from time to time, there might be an enemy chief that pops within the area that may give its ally buffs and different benefits. Defeating or breaking the enemy chief can take away these disadvantageous buffs for the participant. 
• Raid Enemy: A brand new tremendous enemy that may be discovered on the world’s map. Defeating them provides out an opulent reward. 
• Retry Choice: When dying in fight, the sport over display screen does not ship you straight to load knowledge however slightly has a retry possibility as properly. 
• Elements: Tools can now be boosted with components so as to add extra results. Tools with an element is listed with a + within the merchandise title (equivalent to Longsword+ as an alternative of simply Longsword)
• New Fight Expertise
  • Heavy Hitter: Grants an opportunity {that a} larger ratio of the enemy’s protect worth might be eliminated after an ideal counter.
  • Breaker: Grants an opportunity of doing elevated injury to the enemy’s protect.
  • Accumulation Help: Grants an opportunity {that a} small quantity of bonus spheres will stay with the bonus gauge resets.
  • Surpass Injury Restrict: Elevated most injury based mostly on talent stage.
  • Overload: Grants an opportunity of stun time growing based mostly on the variety of occasions the identical enemy’s protect has been damaged.

Merchandise Creation / Specialties

• Bodyguard: A brand new tremendous specialty the place everybody stays on alert to identify enemies and cease them of their tracks. The upper the talent stage, the longer enemy symbols remained stopped. Acquire the benefit with again assaults or ignore battles altogether whereas the occasion member has the enemy image stopped. Weak symbols (inexperienced) might be defeated on the spot, making it doable to earn EXP and Fol with out combating. Requires: 2 folks at Degree 4 Scouting, 1 particular person at Degree 1 Prepare.
• Remaking: A brand new tremendous specialty associated to the place everybody works collectively to use new components to tools. The upper the talent stage, the larger the prospect of getting a uncommon issue. Can be utilized on any weapon, armor, or accent, no matter whether or not they have components or not. Any present components might be overwritten. Requires: 2 folks at Degree 4 Replication, 1 particular person at Degree 1 Customization
• Person Interface: Merchandise Creation consumer interface has been fully overhauled, providing tutorials and potential creation lists for every sort of Merchandise Creation.

Miscellaneous

• You have to beat the ultimate boss to be able to return to Expel, as an alternative of simply reaching the final save level.
• There are new Duel Battles within the Enjoyable Metropolis Enviornment.
• There are numerous new tools all through.