Star Ocean: Second Evolution Review

After releasing Star Ocean: First Departure only months ago, Square Enix returns to its dwindling back catalogue to reissue the second game in the Star Ocean series. Second Evolution feels like an anonymous and formulaic RPG most of the time, but extraordinary moments occasionally rise to the surface. The involved skill system provides interesting character progression, and lots of unique camera angles frame the non-action segments in cool ways. Other than that, you can expect a stable of cliches to carry you through the story and real-time combat. Despite my usual affinity for developer Tri-Ace, I wouldn't have called this game a classic when the original version released on PSone. Time hasn't changed my mind.