Simply days earlier than Prime Day, the beautiful Star Ocean: The Second Story R remake has been discounted to $30 on PS5, PS4, and Nintendo Swap (down from $50). The Second Story R has solely obtained a handful of reductions because it launched final 12 months, and that is the bottom we have seen it retail for but. At Amazon, the deal is barely obtainable for the Nintendo Swap model for the time being. In the meantime, GameStop has the $30 value for PS5 and PS4, too. PC gamers can snag a Star Ocean Steam key for less than $35.
Just like a number of different latest Sq. Enix RPGs, Star Ocean: Second Story R sports activities an “HD-2D” graphical type that bridges the hole between the previous and current through the use of 2D pixel-art character sprites and 3D environments with modernized lighting and post-processing results. The impact works remarkably nicely, making a retro-inspired recreation with crisp 4K visuals. This model of the sport options each English and Japanese voice performing, a newly organized soundtrack, and a number of other quality-of-life adjustments. General, it is a good steadiness of nostalgic enjoyable combined with up to date concepts, making it perfect for collection veterans and newcomers.
“Star Ocean: The Second Story R is a remake that manages to not solely have the retro really feel of its older PS1 and PSP incarnations, but additionally make it really feel recent with new battle mechanics, in addition to audio and visuals updates. It is probably not the large break that’ll lastly make the Star Ocean franchise explode in recognition, however it’s a wonderful Japanese RPG by itself phrases,” George Yang wrote in GameSpot’s Star Ocean: The Second Story R evaluate. This Prime Day deal is the right likelihood to test the sport out for yourself–but grab it soon, because it’s more likely to promote out shortly.
A number of different notable RPGs are on sale forward of Prime Day 2024. PlayStation 5 house owners can seize Final Fantasy 16 for less than $30 at Amazon. GameStop has Remaining Fantasy 7 Rebirth (PS5 unique) on sale for $55 in addition to Octopath Traveler 2 for Swap for $30. Nintendo Swap customers may decide up Pokemon Shining Pearl for 50% off at Amazon and Dragon Quest Monsters: The Darkish Prince for $35 (lowest value ever) at GameStop. Shin Megami Tensei V Vengeance, the just lately launched expanded and definitive version of Atlus’ superior turn-based RPG, is on sale for $40 at a number of retailers. You may even get the launch version with a steelbook case whereas provides final. Additionally, Vanillaware’s newest one-of-a-kind RPG, Unicorn Overlord, is on sale for less than $35 at Amazon for all console platforms.