Star Ocean

July 19, 1996 tri-Ace Enix
Role-playing (RPG) Adventure
SFAM
About

The first game from tri-Ace released on the Super Famicon published by Enix. A huge scale role playing game with beautiful graphics and sound that were impossible on the regular Super Famicon, that includes skills, talents, special move system, item creation, private action and full motion active battles.
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77.9
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Game Info

Release Date July 19, 1996
Developer tri-Ace
Publisher Enix
Game Modes Single player
Perspective Bird view / Isometric
Themes Action, Science fiction