STAR OCEAN THE DIVINE FORCE

The Star Ocean series has always been treated as part of the third string of Square Enix’s long list of Japanese roleplaying game behemoth franchises—well behind heavy hitters like Final Fantasy and Dragon Quest, and even less popular but still beloved franchises like the Mana series. That’s not how I feel, though. As someone who discovered the series with its first North American release, 1999’s Star Ocean: The Second Story