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Square Enix Unveils Star Ocean: The Second Story R Remake for November 2 Launch

posted on by Rafael Antonio Pineda
New, fully-voiced remaster with "2.5D" visuals debuts for PS4, PS5, Switch, PC via Steam

Steam on November 2.

Square Enix unveiled both an English and a Japanese trailer for the game.

English trailer:

Japanese trailer:

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The game will feature a new visual "2.5D" visual style featuring 2D sprites and 3D enivornments with dynamic lighting, made popular in games such as Octopath Traveler. The game will feature English and Japanese audio, and is fully voiced in all event scenes with the cast from the original game, with players able to select from the new Motoi Sakuraba's soundtrack for the game has also been rearranged with new recordings.

tri-Ace and Enix released Star Ocean: The Second Story for the PlayStation in 1998, and it released it in North America in 1999. Square Enix released a remaster titled Star Ocean: The Second Evolution for the PlayStation Portable in 2008, and it headed West in 2009. That remaster also had a PS3, PS4, and PlayStation Vita port that debuted in in 2015, but was never released outside Japan.

The released it worldwide for PS4, PS5, Xbox Series X|S, Xbox One, and PC via Steam in October 2022.

Source: Square Enix's YouTube channel


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