Star Ocean: First Departure R

Overview

Star Ocean: First Departure R is an HD remaster of the 2008 PlayStation Portable remake of the first Star Ocean, released for PlayStation 4 and Nintendo Switch in December 2019. It rebalances the difficulty, speeds up movement on the world map, and lets the player switch between the PSP character portraits and new ones drawn after the Super Famicom designs. The English release offers English voices, the Japanese voices of the PSP version, or newly recorded lines from the original Super Famicom cast.

Star Ocean is a 1996 action role-playing game developed by tri-Ace and published by Enix for the Super Famicom. The first game in the Star Ocean series, it was released only in Japan in July 1996, and was the first game developed by tri-Ace, consisting of staff that had previously left Wolf Team due to being unhappy with the development process for Tales of Phantasia with Namco in 1995. The game used a special compression chip in its cartridge to compress and store all of the game's data due to possessing graphics that pushed the limits of the Super Famicom. Additionally, the game had voice acting for the game's intro and voice clips that played during the game's battle gameplay, a rarity for games on the system.

The story involves three friends who, while searching for the cure to a new disease, come into contact with a space-faring federation that is locked in a war with another galactic power. Using advanced technologies and time travel, the group attempts to uncover the cause of the war and to find a cure for their planet. The Super Famicom version was never released outside Japan due to Enix closing its American branch shortly before the game was finished, as well as Nintendo's focus on supporting the then-upcoming Nintendo 64 video game console. The game was later remade by Tose for the PlayStation Portable under the title Star Ocean: First Departure, and released in English-speaking regions in North America, Europe, and Australia in October 2008. A remastered version titled Star Ocean: First Departure R was released for the Nintendo Switch and PlayStation 4 worldwide in December 2019. The game was the start of the Star Ocean series, featuring six main games, three spin-offs, a remake, a remaster, and a manga.

Official trailer

Trailer. Watch on YouTube

Gameplay

Star Ocean: First Departure R Full Walkthrough Gameplay - No Commentary (PS4 Longplay), Lacry. Watch on YouTube

Screenshots

Game details

Genres

Role-playing (RPG), Adventure

Developer

Tose

Publisher

Square Enix

Series

Star Ocean

Engine

Unity

Platforms

PlayStation 4

Age rating

ESRB T

Modes

Single player

Yes

Local multiplayer

No

Online multiplayer

No

Co op

No

Age ratings

CERO

B

GRAC

12+

PEGI

12

ESRB

T

ACB

PG

Release dates

Editions

Buy this game

Subscription history

Trophies

Trophies37

Platinum possibleYes

Platinum

1

Gold

5

Silver

5

Bronze

26

Total

37

Points

1290

Platinum time

50 hours

100% time

50 hours

Difficulty

5 out of 10

Playthroughs for platinum

3

Playthroughs for 100%

3

Platinum without online

Yes

Online trophies

0

Boosting needed

No

DLC has trophies

No

Platinum includes DLC

No

100% includes DLC

No

DLC comes in

Does not exist

DLC note

No DLC

Missable trophies

16

Chapter select fixes a miss

No

Separate trophy lists by region

No

Only in a language other than English

No

Languages

English

Region note

Voices in English and Japanese.

Online-only version

No

Digital-only

No

Disc-only

No

Trophy list shared with other versions

No

Other versions

One PS4 list

Players with the platinum

7.15%

Missable trophies

• A Gift from the Heavens
• Bewitching Beauty
• Fascinating Fellpool
• Lupine Fists
• Master of Hidden Arts
• Memories Never Fade
• Our Secret...Weapon
• Sound Off!
• Swordsman of Legend
• Take Me for a Ride!
• The Adventure Continues
• The Captain We Deserve
• The Prodigal Brother
• Timeless Treasure
• What Goes Around Comes Around
• Wings of Mercy

Grind

• Hero of Heroes
• Memories Never Fade
• Moneybags
• Sound Off!
• Timeless Treasure

• The Ocean Is Yours Platinum 7.15% of players
• Spelunker Gold 9.29% of players
• Hero of Heroes Gold 9.88% of players
• Game Within a Game Gold 13.5% of players
• Sound Off! Gold 7.36% of players
• Everything Must Go! Gold 11.32% of players
• Revolutionary Silver 19.62% of players
• Timeless Treasure Silver 9.23% of players
• Treasure Hunter Silver 17.2% of players
• Gladiator Silver 17.14% of players
• Master of Hidden Arts Silver 8.21% of players
• Close Encounters Meet Ronyx and Ilia. Bronze 61.5% of players
• The Thing from Outer Space Visit the crash site. Bronze 32.53% of players
• What Goes Around Comes Around Help Foster at Mt. Eckdart. Bronze 20.56% of players
• Trial by Beast Defeat the Peryton in the Labyrinth of Champions. Bronze 27.32% of players
• Demon Slayer Defeat the Succubus in the Treasury. Bronze 23.71% of players
• Rabbit Stew Defeat the Jabberwabbit in the Abandoned Mine. Bronze 18.87% of players
• Hobbyist Collect all Emblems. Bronze 23.27% of players
• An Uncomfortable Truth Discover the truth hidden within the deepest chamber of the Purgatorium. Bronze 21.79% of players
• Fallen Hero Defeat Del Argosy in the Demon World. Bronze 21.47% of players
• An End to War Defeat Asmodeus in the Space-Time Laboratory. Bronze 20.88% of players
• The Prodigal Brother Befriend Cyuss. Bronze 39.69% of players
• The Captain We Deserve Befriend Phia. Bronze 14.35% of players
• Swordsman of Legend Befriend Ashlay. Bronze 17.67% of players
• A Gift from the Heavens Befriend Ioshua. Bronze 28.11% of players
• Bewitching Beauty Befriend Mavelle. Bronze 26.8% of players
• Wings of Mercy Befriend Erys. Bronze 12.69% of players
• Lupine Fists Befriend T'nique. Bronze 12.18% of players
• Fascinating Fellpool Befriend Pericci. Bronze 18.92% of players
• Our Secret...Weapon? Befriend Welch. Bronze 15.01% of players
• The Adventure Continues View the ending in which Ronyx and Ilia become a couple. Bronze 9.23% of players
• Latent Talent Awaken any character's talent. Bronze 32.09% of players
• Moneybags Purchase the Tri-emblem. Bronze 14.55% of players
• Memories Never Fade Unlock all movies in the Movie Gallery. Bronze 8.45% of players
• Take Me for a Ride! Obtain the Bunny Whistle. Bronze 14.63% of players
• Jack of All Trades Learn all Special Arts. Bronze 23.36% of players
• A Trick for Every Occasion Purchase all skill sets. Bronze 27.08% of players

Space and patches

Space neededAbout 4.5 GB

DLC

Star Ocean: First Departure R has no DLC.

Playable today

Playable offline todayYes

Single-player only, with no online features.

Online

Online servers runningNo online features

Plays offlineYes

Star Ocean: First Departure R is single-player only and has no online play.

Services

Service	Status
Online play	Does not exist

Staff and cast

Staff

Role	Name
Director	Joe Asanuma
Producer	Yoshinori Yamagishi
Designer	Masaki Norimoto
Programmer	Yoshiharu Gotanda
Artist	Meimu
Writer	Yoshiharu Gotanda
Composer	Motoi Sakuraba

Credits

Publisher

Square Enix

Developer

Tose

Released

2019-12-05

Age rating

ESRB T

Disc ID

CUSA16913

Region

US

Time to beat

about 24 hours