“Character Graphics Collection” added: A feature to enjoy each character’s expressions.
“Endings Collection” added: Replay the ending scenes you have already reached at any time.
Customize your subsequent playthroughs after completing the game.
Get the details below.
■ Update
On March 27, 2024, a new update will come to Star Ocean: The Second Story R, adding lots of new features! There’s the new ultra-hard difficulty level, CHAOS; battles with powerful enemies after completing the story; new equipment and items; new illustrations for characters in event scenes; and new, useful features like the Character Graphics Collection and the Ending Playback feature.
New ultra-hard difficulty level, CHAOS, and more endgame content to explore after completing the story! Sink your teeth into even more satisfying battles with the addition of the hardest difficulty level, CHAOS, and new postgame Raid Enemies!
New illustrations for NPCs and collection features added! New illustrations will be added for six NPCs! A Character Graphics Collection that allows you to look at character illustrations and expressions and an Ending Collection feature allowing you to replay the ending event scenes have also been added!
New items and new Assault Action characters! The update will add new items to the game! Furthermore, new characters will be added to the Assault Action feature in battle!
■ New Content: Combat
New, super-hard difficulty: CHAOS! You won’t be able to let your guard down for even an instant in this hard mode!
CHAOS mode will be added to the game as a new difficulty level that’s harder than UNIVERSE. Enemy stats will be higher, and you’ll need even more strategy and preparation to take on these challenging battles. Train up your party and pit them against this new challenge!
—On EARTH difficulty, the first enemies are easy to defeat…
—But on CHAOS, even these initial enemies are too strong to be *NON-PUBLIC defeated by a straightforward attack!
A new challenge: face the Ten Wise Men as Raid Enemies!
The Ten Wise Men, Claude’s adversaries in the main story, will now appear as Raid Enemies that appear throughout the world!
As Raid Enemies, the Ten Wise Men will be even more powerful than they were in the story battles. Victory over these Raid Enemies will give you a “Jewel” that allows you to call forth the Ten Wise Men with the Assault Action system.
—Victory over these even more powerful versions of the Ten Wise Men…
—…will give you “Jewels” that allow you to use the power of the defeated member of the Ten Wise Men!
■ Additional Content: Exploration and IC
New equipment added to Item Creation!
New weapons for each party character and new armor will also be added. These new items can be obtained through Item Creation or as drops from Raid Enemies.
—Special items found by defeating Raid Enemies.
—Some of the new equipment will have all-new effects.
■ Additional Content: Event Scenes
New NPC illustrations added to event scenes!
Illustrations for six NPCs who appear in event scenes have been added to the game. All of these character illustrations have been newly drawn by Yukihiro Kajimoto.
—Clyde
—Regis
—Eleanor
—Leifath
—Mariana
—Allen
New Character Graphics Collection and playback feature in the Ending Collection!
The update adds a Character Graphics Collection that allows you to look at all the character illustrations whenever you like, and a playback feature in the Ending Collection that allows you to revisit the endings you’ve achieved at any time. It goes without saying that the Character Graphics Collection features Claude, Rena and the team, but you can also view art of the Ten Wise Men and the newly added character illustrations. The Ending Collection playback feature allows you to view any of the endings you’ve unlocked from the Special option on the title screen.
—Enjoy the differences between each character’s expressions.
—Replay the endings you’ve unlocked at any time.
■ Additional Content: Useful Features
New features allow you to choose how you wish to keep playing the game after completion!
Features have been added to allow you to customize your subsequent playthroughs after having completed the game.
Claude or Rena’s star will appear on the title screen, depending on what completed save files you have.You can now choose whether to reset character
levels when carrying over a save file (items etc. will be carried over).
Star Ocean: The Second Story R is available now for PlayStation 5, PlayStation 4, Switch, and PC via Steam. A demo with transferrable save data is also available.
Watch a new trailer below. View a new set of screenshots at the gallery.
