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SammyGiireal on 08 April 2020
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Jabba89 said:

Star Ocean 2- By far my favorite game in the series. Two planets with two fully realized over worlds (In the JRPG format). It also features an incredibly complex item creation system and an excellent action oriented battle system. Rena and Claude's story will never be forgotten.

I'm surprised this has barely been mentioned, one of the best JRPG's.

I think it might be because most people haven't played the game. It came out at the peak for the JRPG golden age and might have gotten lost in the shuffle for some. I was a sophomore in High School then, and was lucky enough to have a part time job, so I could buy RPGs pretty much every two weeks. SO2 got very good but not stellar reviews, I was still enticed by its premise so I made sure to get it. I was greatly surprised by how good it was. 

IMO the Star Ocean series never really got close to it afterwards. SO3 was good, but I didn't feel it, especially with that big plot twist in the ending. SO2 is definitely one of the great RPGs, I think its worthy of a remaster.