Star Ocean 1: Difference between revisions

The first game in the ''[[Star Ocean]]'' series, ''Star Ocean'' was originally released for the Super Famicom; that version was [[No Export for You|never ported to the West]], though [[Fan Translation|Fan Translations]] exist. [[Square Enix]] has recently [[Video Game Remake|remade]] this game for the PSP; this remake, subtitled ''First Departure'', was released in the US and UK in October 2008. It tells the tale of a young boy named Roddick Farrence from the planet Roak (most of whose inhabitants have tails and [[Unusual Ears|pointed ears]], though there are other races) whose world is under threat from a horrible disease that makes those who catch it [[Taken for Granite|turn to stone.]] Seems like standard fantasy fare, until Captain Ronyx J. Kenny and his Number One Ilia Silvestri from the Terran Alliance beam down to the planet to investigate. The stone disease is much more than what it seems, not just for Roak but other planets as well....

 

 

* [[Alien Blood]]: A major plot point in ''Star Ocean'' is that Fellpool blood is copper-based. You'd think this would make them have blueish skin, but all they show for it are their tails. How copper-based blood is supposed to make things invisible is anyone's guess.

* [[Bishonen]]: Some of the male cast, but especially Ioshua, even ingame characters said he is pretty.

* [[Black Magician Girl]]: Mavelle is an odd case in that while her attacks work like spells, they're treated like the fighters' special skills. Erys plays it a bit more straight.

* [[Blood Knight]]: Cyuss

* [[Bottle Fairy]]: Ilia is surprisingly knowledgeable about the local beverages given that she's ''300 years in the past on an undeveloped planet''.

* [[Crutch Character]]: Ashlay is a textbook Crutch Character. However, the updated remake gives you one utility over recruiting him instead of the much potential-filled Cyuss: He lets you recruit Erys and also lets Roddick gain some better abilities. In the remake, he is still quite viable endgame save for his inability to use shields.

* [[Cute and Psycho]]: Erys, due to her past as a [[Brainwashed and Crazy]] [[Enfant Terrible|child assassin]] making her a bit of a [[Nightmare Fetishist]] with excitement on [[Kill It With Fire|making things burn or blow up]]. However, she doesn't like being one.

* [[Disc One Final Boss]]: {{spoiler|Asmodeus}}

* [[Evil Overlord]]: Jie Revorse.

* [[Eyes Always Shut]]: Dorne.

* [[Fan Translation]]: Until 2008, this was the only way to play this game in English.

* [[Fiery Redhead]]: Phia

* [[First Contact]]: Inverted.

* [[Freaky Friday Flip]]: {{spoiler|Mavelle}} is really {{spoiler|Erys}}.

** To say nothing about the fact that a bit less than half the game [[Dummied Out|was and still is missing.]] (It ''was'' released ''very'' late in the Super Famicom's lifespan; after all. The Playstation and Nintendo 64 were just around the corner! And to make things worse, this was the only game besides [[Tales of Phantasia (Video Game)|Tales of Phantasia]] to use the absolute maximum memory available on the [[Super Famicom]] carts.)

** A lot of the bugs attributed to this game are not found in the cartridge (or accurate emulation), they are a result of abominably bad emulation on most mainstream emulators. When played on a console the game rarely if ever crashes (not to mention the combat is normal paced instead of 2x speed as on emulators).

* [[Optional Party Member]]: Everyone else other than Roddick, Dorne, Millie, Ronyx, and Ilia.

* [[Petting Zoo People]]: Fellpools are humanlike in appearance, but have heightened senses and tails like cats.

* [[Peninsula of Power Leveling]]: The abandoned mine in Mt. Metorx, but only for a short while. The first time you can access it any enemy will kill you in one hit. When you are able to handle the enemies there, though, it's only a short time until you move on to more lucrative ones in terms of experience.

* [[Really Seven Hundred Years Old]]: {{spoiler|Mavelle}} is, though in this case, it is just the body since she is actually {{spoiler|Erys}} inside. Welch show up in several Star Ocean games, which are all years apart in the timeline, yet looks all the same anywhere.

* [[Rock Beats Laser]]: The reason that Ronyx and Ilia recruited the Roakians for the final mission is because {{spoiler|Jie Revorse}} has made himself immune to modern weaponry.

* [[Video Game Remake]]: ''First Departure''

* [[The Atoner]]: Erys

* [[Winged Humanoid]]: The Featherfolk race.

* [[Wolf Man]]: T'nique