Star Ocean: First Departure (PSP)

[OldSchool]

Preordered this a few months back when I heard they were going to remake the original that was on the Super Fammy. I have been weary about RPG's on the PSP after experiencing several that have had numerous problems. Mostly consisting of horrible load times that the PSP is notorious for.

But alas SO:FP does not fall victim to this trend, and infact is easily my favorite PSP game I have bought to date (yes even better than Patapon). Had Kirby not been released for DS I woulda said this is my favorite handheld game of the year.

SO has some amazing looking sprites, similar to those of the Lunar series (i'm talking about the GOOD Lunars, not that DS crap). The music in this game is surprisingly the best RPG music I have heard since DQ8. (Need to use headphones to get the full effect though)

Unlinke SO3 for the PS2, the voice acting in this game is good, and dosen't make listeners want to shoot themselves in the head. Many memorable characters and a great storyline.

Overall my opinion is, if you own a PSP, and you like RPG's, you MUST own this game. Period. End. Game over. Buy it. Pickles. Fin.

[haddon]

played and beat it several times on the snes. this is one of the only games i want a psp for. a full remake would be epic. i love so2, so so1 using its same system will be great

[Jaggy]

I just got this game yesterday. I'm really liking it so far, though I haven't played a lot yet. I like how they remade it so that the style of all the menus/sprites/environments are nearly identical to SO2.

[OldSchool]

SO2:SE is coming out at the end of January. I'm looking forward to that. Nothing new really from what i've read, but having a port of SO2 on a handheld is reason enough for me to buy.