I imagine there are many of you who have played the Star Ocean franchise. How many of the Star Ocean games have you played out of the series? Which one is your favorite? What do you like about the series? What is your least favorite aspect about Star Ocean?

I've only played a few of the Star Ocean titles - The first one on Super Famicom (translated), and I have played a little bit of the one on PS2 (Til The End of Time I think it is?) I haven't played enough of the Star Ocean series to really judge which one is my favorite, but if I were to pick one right now, it would most likely be the Super Famicom original.

A few things I really like about the series is how rich the storytelling is and it does a good job giving a sci-fi, futuristic, space odyssey feel. I like the battle system and how experimental your growth system can be allocating points to different skills to develop your party. The soundtrack is pretty good overall, I hardly remember the soundtrack from Til The End of Time because I've only played a little bit into it.

One of my least favorite things about Star Ocean that I've encountered so far is just how unforgiving item acquisition can be. You could be deep into a dungeon, but are running out of revive items, and you could develop the skill for it but it would require some grinding and sacrifice of building up other skills that are important to growth of character, and your only other option is to risk backtracking all the way out of dungeon just to find the towns that sell that item.

Overall I really enjoyed the Star Ocean games and I definitely wouldn't mind playing other entries into the series other than the ones I've already played after I finish the first game. To those reading this thread and haven't played Star Ocean before, I recommend them. Doesn't matter what order you play them in.