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Star Ocean: Second Evolution

Enhanced remastered of Star Ocean: The Second Story exclusively for PSP New high-quality animated cut scenes and character designs by Production I.G. Characters will now change facial expressions depending on…

39 2 April 2008

Star Ocean: Second Evolution is a role-playing (rpg) developed by Square Enix Business Division 9, released 2 April 2008 on PlayStation 4, PlayStation Vita, PlayStation 3 and PlayStation Portable.

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What Star Ocean: Second Evolution is

Star Ocean: Second Evolution is a role-playing (rpg) game developed by Square Enix Business Division 9 and released in 2008. It was published by Square Enix. It is available on PlayStation 4, PlayStation Vita, PlayStation 3 and PlayStation Portable.

The premise, in the publisher's words

Enhanced remastered of Star Ocean: The Second Story exclusively for PSP New high-quality animated cut scenes and character designs by Production I.G. Characters will now change facial expressions depending on their mood Revised game engine and improved real-time battle system keep players immersed in the action More private actions and extensive new fully-voiced dialogue bring the story to life
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How it plays

It is played from a third person perspective. Its themes are fantasy and science fiction. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component.

How it was received

Star Ocean: Second Evolution holds a critic score of 39 out of 100. That places it above 2% of the 3,811 rated role-playing (rpg) games in our database, which average 73. Games released in 2008 averaged 65, so it scored 26 points below the year average.

What it launched against

Star Ocean: Second Evolution launched on 2 April 2008, within three weeks of Assassin's Creed: Director's Cut Edition, Mario Kart Wii, Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six: Vegas 2 and Assassin's Creed: Director's Cut Edition. All of them reviewed better. It was a PlayStation 4 launch-window title.

Released around the same time: Assassin's Creed: Director's Cut Edition, Mario Kart Wii, Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six: Vegas 2, Assassin's Creed: Director's Cut Edition.

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When did Star Ocean: Second Evolution come out?
Star Ocean: Second Evolution was released on 2 April 2008 for PlayStation 4, PlayStation Vita, PlayStation 3 and PlayStation Portable.

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