Star Ocean: First Departure

This original Star Ocean never came out in the U.S., and judging by this PSP remake I'm starting to understand why. With a weak story, repetitive gameplay and a little too much backtracking, it's easy to become indifferent to Square Enix's newest portable role-playing game. That's not to say that the story doesn't pick up towards the end, but most people will have tuned out long before anything truly interesting happens in this game!

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