Good news for fans of re-releases: Square Enix announced a remake of a remake, which, to be honest, is not a very common occurrence. Star Ocean: First Departure R is coming soon to Nintendo Switch and PlayStation 4. This is an improved re-release of Star Ocean: First Departure, which was released on the PlayStation Portable in 2008 and was itself a remake of the original 1996 Star Ocean created for the Super Nintendo .
Star Ocean differed from many games of the time in that its cartridge included special compute blocks so that the Super Nintendo, which had been on the market for seven years at the time, could handle the graphics. The visual component of the game was so advanced that the resources of the console itself were insufficient and an additional chip was required.
Star Ocean has been followed by four more games in the series for consoles, the most recent of which is Star Ocean: Integrity and Faithlessness for PlayStation 3 and PlayStation 4. And in 2017, an improved re-release of Star Ocean: The Last Hope was launched for PlayStation 4 and computers. based on Windows.
STAR OCEAN First Departure R, the very first entry in the series - setting course for PS4 and Nintendo Switch.
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Square Enix has not yet announced an exact date, or even an approximate release time, or any other details (for example, whether the project will be released on physical media or will be distributed only through network platforms). But in the near future, the publisher will certainly share the details.
Source: 3dnews.ru