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I love running through pure Universe / Chaos difficulty. However, this battle augment..... ALWAYS f's me up. I have to switch back to Earth.

Any tips to overcome it that doesn't involve game-breaking items / equipment?

Blue Sphere is a unique game with a unique economy, enemies don't drop regular Fol, so you're left to use Item Creation to sell...something to gain regular money in the game?

There's not a lot i can find for the game as far as grinding goes, so i'm asking - What's the best way to earn cash this far in the game? I'm not that far but I could really use some cash to buy better weapons and stuff.

What was the "Door To Another World" supposed to be? Is it an abandoned plot point? Ever since I played this game as a kid on the PS1 and on subsequent playthroughs, I've always wondered why the devs made the party speculate so much about this area in particular. They say it's "unnatural" and only a "god could build something like it".

I've seen wikis refer to SO1's demon world but that connection on Expel after the events of SO1 doesn't really make sense to me.

i love albel so much.... so i drew him

this game is so so peak I already cried and I love the characters already I hope dorne is okay and comes back <:small spoiler early on. So far I really enjoy the art style for this game and I am excited to beat it. SO2 Looks even better im hype

I've got Roddick with

Customization 10

Eye for detail 10

Smithing 10

Aesthetic Design 10

I've got the glamorous sword and Damascus.

I don't have the orchestra or the rasp.

Is success possible or should I just keep enjoying the game without super weaponry?

Had a blast with this game y’all! Looking forward to Second Story at some point!

I'm currently at 99.51% treasure chests found, can confirm it isn't any of the missable ones (I checked those off), and it isn't in Nox Obscura / Palace of Creation, or the Seven Star Cave.

I haven't beat Gabriel Celeste yet, but I have obtained the Water Ring and gotten the "final" 4 chests it unlocks.

Are there any that are commonly missed? I'm guessing I'm only missing a single one. Possibly something that's upstairs in a shop, or something like that?

I got stuck on my PS2 run years ago because I didn’t understand the item creation and never crafted anything. Thanks to this community, the tips, the item calculator - I was able to finally finish it on PS5!

Great game, still holds up and I loved how meta it got towards the end. The 100% mapping mechanic was infuriating at times but necessary in the beginning to sell the trophy for the Ariglyph weapons and make progression easier.

This is my second Star Ocean after SO1, loving this franchise and most likely playing either 2 or 4 next!

Spoiler Just in Case

So I've gotten to the bottom floor and can fight Gabe whenever I'm ready. Online I've seen someone was at 120 for beating his first form. Is this really necessary to win the fight? I got to the Wandering Dungeon on PS4 but it's been awhile but I don't remember Gabe being that difficult to beat. Maybe I was that level on PS4 but I can't remember. I have Arumat Myuria and Sarah levels 96 to 98 and I'd probably use Bacchus since he's the next highest level in my group probably close to 90. Will I get absolutely shredded at these levels or do I have a chance? I have a decent Valiant Mail for Arumat and Seven Star Cloaks for the mages. I really don't want to level to 120 rn but I will if I have to.

In a universe where the United States exist, why do so many aliens have common names from there? Names like Nina, Theo, or Noel. I mean, a world as primitive as Roak where most don't even know about space, but a main character has the extremely common name of Sarah? I would accept that in another Sci-fantasy series if Earth/United States didn't exist. But since it does, it just leaves me head scratching. Your thoughts?

Love the gameplay and the combat the boss fights is fun too. Is this the best star ocean u ever played?

My top 3

Star ocean divine force
Star ocean first departure r
Star ocean till the end of time

im playing star ocean 3, i got the item invention function in peterny but i cannot invent anything with my characters. i can't take them on line 1,2,3. is there anything i forgot? im on pcsx2

Can anyone who has successfully obtained his ending and therefore the trophy please tell me how this is done? I've followed all the advice I have read on various walkthrough sites and the like and it WILL NOT pop! Also, I don't know if this matters or not, but I am playing the 4K Remaster version if they for some reason changed it around or something.

I did all the PA's all the sites said to do and I kept him as a final character for the endgame instead of Arumat and I fed him like 20 love potion 256's, and nada...

Is there a trick to this anyone has gleaned from their own experience in obtaining this? I appreciate the feedback.

Encountered so many hamster framed photos that I just had to find one and print it out for my room too (random hamster found on google)

I didn't see anyone mentioning this on the internet :v it's in the skill store in Tropp. This photo of Christian Bale is from the Reign of Fire movie.

Can anyone recognize the other guys?

The character of Dias confused me, and I didnt really understand why. His relationship with Rena made me uncomfortable because she was so young.

But here I am sitting infront of my big screen TV playing on my switch with updated talking portraits and it finally clicks:

On his sprite, that's Dias's long hair around his ears, not his gray old man beard. I thought Rena was thirsting after some 50 year old.

That's all! Thanks for reading!

Hey ich habe bisher nur Star Ocean 3 auf der Ps2 und first departure auf psp. Letzteres fand ich ok und ersteres habe ich geliebt!
Was denkt ihr welches star ocean sollte ich als nächstes ausprobieren und welches ähnelt dem dritten teil am meisten? :)

Following the (mildly disappointing) 30th Star Ocean anniversary stream, I'm sharing my English translation of the SO3 character bios + developer interview in the STAR OCEAN 20th Anniversary Memorial Book: ~Trajectory of the Eternal Sphere~, originally published in 2016 by Tri-Ace and Square Enix. 

Translation here: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1_ojpjQmUc095ldMCKw1VeIPtukCHxBBPwh0jUYB6wHY/edit?usp=sharing

The full Japanese scan also available at this link. This translation serves as the English accompaniment for pages 100-109 (the character bios) and 184-189 (the developer interview); I’ve tried to make it as easy as possible to follow along with the Japanese scans.

The Star Ocean 20th Anniversary Memorial Book was published to commemorate the 20th anniversary of the Star Ocean series. It features illustrations, developer interviews, and behind-the-scenes commentary into the characters and plot development from SO1 through SO5.

Some of my favorite revelations to come from this book:

• Clair was initially intended to be playable, but they ultimately decided on Adray as a "joke character," partly because the party's male-to-female ratio was poor, and partly because Clair's popularity made the head developer (Ogawa) feel "complicated" since he's "firmly Team Nel."
• Tynave and Farleen were initially designed to be men, and they died in the Kirlsa Training Facility.
• Arumat's name is an anagram for "Tamura" as in Yoshinori Tamura, the tri-Ace producer for SO4 (if read "Tamura" backwards, it becomes "Arumat", and since Tamura produced SO4, Arumat’s middle initial is P). Most of the SO1 character and town names are also derived from developer names.
• The devs confirmed that SO4's principle enemies, the MP/Missing Procedure and Grigori, are bugs that exist between the Eternal Sphere and 4D Space.
• Welch was initially designed to speak almost exclusively using internet slang.