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Star Ocean: First Departure (PSP)
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Release Dates:
US: 21 October 2008
EU: 24 October 2008
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JP: 27 December 2007
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Sony PSP
GrrlGamer: Star Ocean: First Departure Review
254 days 14 hours ago | Sony PSP | Review | BIoodmask
The good thing is that Motoi Sakuraba's music fail do disappoint. It's cute, and so it was even before all the fancy revamping, that honestly doesn...
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Sony PSP
Gamebosh Review: Star Ocean: First Departure
277 days 20 hours ago | Sony PSP | Review | meepmoopmeep
Set on the planet called Roak, you control a tailed character called Roddick. Mysteriously a disease spreads across the land turning people into st...
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Top 5 Square Enix Video Game Franchises
278 days 15 hours ago | Multi | Article | SpaceSquirrel
Ever since the merger, no other companies comes close to the popularity of Square Enix's JRPG franchises.
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Sony PSP
RPGamer: Star Ocean: First Departure Review #2
288 days 7 hours ago | Sony PSP | Review | Cyrus365
RPGamer writes: "Once thought to be forever lost in Japan, the first entry in the Star Ocean series didn't see a North American release. Now, ...
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Multi
Podcast: Distributed Failure Ep. 44
306 days 20 hours ago | Multi | Podcast | CannoliCrasher
A group of guys talk about Valkyria Chronicles, Peggle, Need for Speed: Carbon, Quake Live and give impressions on a few demos including: Killzone ...
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Sony PSP
GameZine: Star Ocean: First Departure Review
325 days 18 hours ago | Sony PSP | Review | BIoodmask
Whilst Star Ocean: First Departure isn't the most exciting RPG, it's certainly a thank you from Square Enix before the release of the superior Star...
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Gaming
411's Release List for the Week of January 18, ...
328 days 15 hours ago | Gaming | News | frostyhudson
411mania gives a rundown on this week's game releases. Highlights include Ar tonelico II: Melody of Metafalica, Star Ocean: Second Evolution, Comma...
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Sony PSP
Heretic Gamer : Star Ocean:First Departure Review
329 days 9 hours ago | Sony PSP | Review | Steven Colbert
Mr. Wonderful writes "The pre-rendered backgrounds are all high-resolution and at times absolutely breath-taking to behold. While I personally...
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Sony PSP
Gaming Nexus: Star Ocean: First Departure Review
342 days 15 hours ago | Sony PSP | Review | Cyrus365
Gaming Nexus writes: "For years I've heard great things about Enix's Star Ocean series. While I've always loved the traditional Final Fantasy ...
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Sony PSP
Game Revolution: Star Ocean: The First Departur...
364 days 12 hours ago | Sony PSP | Review | Cyrus365
Game Revolution writes: "With a name like "Star Ocean", there are endless possibilities (hence the name, I guess) as to how this gam...
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Sony PSP
DEN Review: Star Ocean: First Departure
365 days 13 hours ago | Sony PSP | Review | Shmammy
DEN writes: "Star Ocean is one of the slower-moving RPG series around; the first installment appeared on the SNES system, and never made it to...
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Sony PSP
Square-Go: Star Ocean: First Departure review
366 days 18 hours ago | Sony PSP | Review | Jack007
Square-Go: "It's clear that the developer has updated both audio and graphics for this remake. The visuals are an interesting mix of old ...
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Sony PSP
GameShark: Star Ocean: First Departure Review
368 days 19 hours ago | Sony PSP | Review | BIoodmask
In the end, Star Ocean: First Departure is a wonderful translation of a game Americans were robbed of so long ago. With superb voice acting, phenom...
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Sony PSP
GG: Star Ocean: First Departure review
369 days 14 hours ago | Sony PSP | Review | Jack007
GG: "So, should you buy Star Ocean: First Departure? That's a tough question. I would have bought this game is a second, especially havin...
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Sony PSP
Pspworld: Top 10 PSP Games of the Year 2008
369 days 16 hours ago | Sony PSP | Article | Nineball2112
Looking back on the year that just was, it is somewhat difficult to choose a list of the year's best PSP games. Not because there were so many titl...
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Sony PSP
411Mania Review: Star Ocean: First Departure
370 days 17 hours ago | Sony PSP | Review | Shmammy
411Mania writes: "Usually when you play a Japanese RPG, you're expecting something of the turn-based affair. Most of the biggest hits in the g...
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Sony PSP
RPGfan : Star Ocean:First Departure Review
372 days 14 hours ago | Sony PSP | Review | Steven Colbert
John McCarroll writes "Every generation, there are gems in the Square Enix family of games that never make it to North America. In the most re...
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Sony PSP
X-Play:Star Ocean First Departure Review
379 days 7 hours ago | Sony PSP | Review | NinjaRyu
While the battle system moves at a mile a minute, most of the rest of the game takes its time. First Departure's scenario doesn't drag the player f...
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Sony PSP
Honest Gamers: Star Ocean: First Departure Review
379 days 15 hours ago | Sony PSP | Review | skynidas
Honest Gamers writes: "Games have come a long way in the past decade, even within the RPG genre. As a result, the spectacular experiences of t...
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Sony PSP
411: Star Ocean: First Departure Review
380 days 4 hours ago | Sony PSP | Review | BIoodmask
If you're a fan of Role Playing games or you desperately want your friend to start enjoying the genre, this game is definitely for you. It's a pret...
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Sony PSP
Diehard GameFAN: Star Ocean First Departure Review
380 days 4 hours ago | Sony PSP | Review | BIoodmask
Star Ocean: First Departure is not a bad game by any stretch of the imagination. However, it lies about the kind of story it tells and anyone that ...
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Sony PSP
Star Ocean: First Departure Review at CheatCC
390 days 16 hours ago | Sony PSP | Review | mmccc
CheatCC says: "Going into Star Ocean: First Departure with the expectation of finding an adventure that's in line with current generation RPG ...
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Sony PSP
Gaming Age Online: Star Ocean: The First Depart...
392 days 7 hours ago | Sony PSP | Review | Columbo
All together, Star Ocean: The First Departure is a great remake of a title that we've never had released here, and it's a welcome addition to anyon...
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Sony PSP
GamerVision: Star Ocean: First Departure Review
393 days 9 hours ago | Sony PSP | Review | BIoodmask
Star Ocean: First Departure is a solid game that has made GamerVision want to check out the other installments in the series, but the battle system...
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Sony PSP
Legendra : Star Ocean:First Departure Review
393 days 17 hours ago | Sony PSP | Review | Steven Colbert
Allesthar writes "Roddick, Millie and Dorn carry out a peaceful life in their village, being satisfied to push back the monsters threatening t...
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Sony PSP
Games32: Star Ocean: First Departure Review
395 days 3 hours ago | Sony PSP | Review | BIoodmask
Truth be told, this is a good game. When Games32 first started playing the game, they looked very disinterested at it but as they progressed throug...
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Sony PSP
Ace Gamez: Star Ocean: First Departure Review
395 days 15 hours ago | Sony PSP | Review | Cyrus365
Ace Gamez writes: "When most people think of the RPG juggernaut that is Square-Enix, the first franchise that springs to mind will be Final Fa...
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Sony PSP
UGO: Star Ocean: First Departure Review
395 days 21 hours ago | Sony PSP | Review | Columbo
First Departure is a few things. It's fan service for the original players of over a decade ago. It's yet another resurrected classic rpg for a n...
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Sony PSP
Gamedaily: Star Ocean: First Departure Review
396 days 14 hours ago | Sony PSP | Review | Cyrus365
Gamedaily writes: "Star Ocean: First Departure is the latest in Square Enix's long line of remakes, once again bringing a formerly Japan-only ...
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Sony PSP
AceGamez Review - Star Ocean: First Departure
397 days 19 hours ago | Sony PSP | Review | Syko 360
AceGamez: "If you judge your RPGs by how epic the story is then First Departure will surpass your expectations. You play Roddick, the leader o...
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