Star Ocean (video Game) - Gameplay

Gameplay

Star Ocean is a role-playing video game that is played from a top-down perspective. The player navigates a character throughout the game world, exploring areas and interacting with non-player characters. In progressing through the game, the player is able to recruit up to eight additional characters to travel alongside the protagonist, some recruitment happening automatically, while other only happening depending on the previous actions and options presented to the player. Ten players are available to be recruited, meaning that not all characters can be recruited in one playthrough the game. Most of the game occurs in towns and dungeons, and unlike many RPGs, the game lacks a world map that connects various locations, instead having the character follow paths from one place to the next.