As per the title of the post, I have spent 60 hours with SO2R, platinum trophy filled everything in the game except the endings at the moment. I have played all of the entries in this franchise except blue sphere. This remake has impressed me so much that I feel if there was to be a Star Ocean 7 I hope it more follows in the vain of this one and not what 5 and 6 have done. The pixel art and character are is beautiful in SO2R. The artwork is good in 5 and 6 however it feels so lost on the in game graphics models which look so plastic doll like. I feel outside of a few issues with 2 (some late game characters not getting enough time and the villains sort of being half baked) it held the most fun so far for me in the franchise since first departure R.

Its not saying I haven't enjoyed my time with the later installments but they all seemed to loose their charm or the budget for these titles seems misplaced. 6 was a big step up from 4 and 5 but still lacked a good story and better private action moments. I do hope if they were to make another one that they do it in the vain of SO2R and it would allow them to spend more time on other aspects like story, characters and so on. I also hope the dev team behind SO2R get allowed Xenogears or Chrono trigger in this style because I feel it would work really well for those games especially Xenogears.

Story wise though....maybe a soft reboot or a hard reboot so we can get beyond that questionable twist in SO3...