Star Ocean Second Story R Launches Major Update Today: New Difficulty, Enemies, Equipment & More!

Square Enix is ​​releasing an RPG for Nintendo Switch/PS5/PS4/Steam.STAR OCEAN THE SECOND STORY R) will be releasing the Ver1.10 update, which will add many new elements, around 7:00 pm on Tuesday, March 27, 2024.

◆The highest difficulty level, battles with strong enemies, new equipment and items added!

This work is a complete remake of the second installment of the SF fantasy series, Star Ocean: Second Story, released on PS in 1998. In addition to the art that combines 3D fields and 2D pixel characters, the character illustrations have also been newly drawn based on the original work. With the addition of full voice for all events and a new system, the galactic adventure of protecting stars and love will be powered up and revived.

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The Ver1.10 update adds the highest difficulty level “CHAOS”, battles with new strong enemies that will be unlocked after clearing the story, new equipment and items, character illustrations for events, etc. In addition, useful functions such as character graphic collection and ending event playback will also be introduced.

■New raid enemy “Ten Sages” with the highest difficulty level “CHAOS” has been added!

“CHAOS”, which has a difficulty level exceeding “UNIVERSE”, is now available as an update! Compared to the “EARTH'' difficulty level, even the enemies at the very beginning are strong enough to defeat the player with a single blow, and battles will unfold with stronger enemies than ever before.

Difficulty level “EARTH”
Difficulty level “CHAOS”

In addition, the “Ten Sages” who tormented Claude, Lena, and others are newly added as raid enemies. Each of the “Ten Sages” who became a raid enemy has extremely powerful skills, and will once again stand in your way as a powerful enemy that cannot be easily conquered.

■New assault action characters and new items are here!

Special jewels will drop from the defeated Ten Sages, and you can use their power through assault actions.

In addition, new weapons and powerful armor for each character will also be introduced. New items can be created using IC (Item Creation) or dropped from powerful raid enemies.

■New NPC illustrations & collection elements added!

New illustrations added to 6 NPCs! Additionally, we've added a “Character Graphic Collection” where you can check character illustrations and facial expressions, and an “Ending Collection” where you can play events!

◆An SNS campaign to collect “famous lines” will also be held

In conjunction with the update, a campaign will be held on Official X to collect “famous lines from this work” from March 27, 2024 (Tuesday) to April 10, 2024 (Wednesday).

If you post a line that left an impression on you or a line that made you laugh, along with a hashtag, 10 people will be randomly selected to win an Amazon gift card (worth 10,000 yen). )” will be correct.For details on how to apply,Campaign sitePlease confirm.


“STAR OCEAN THE SECOND STORY R” is currently on sale for Nintendo Switch/PS5/PS4/Steam. The price is 6,578 yen (tax included). In addition, a download version sale is also being held on Switch/PS5/PS4 until April 10th (Wednesday). During the period, you can purchase it for 20% off for 5,262 yen (tax included).

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