Star Ocean: Blue Sphere - Is It Really THAT Bad?

If you've played Star Ocean: Blue Sphere, how do you think it compares to the other Star Ocean games? Gain early access to my videos by supporting me at www.patreon.com/xygorgaming OR through Youtube membership by clicking the JOIN button above!

The tale of the translation for this game was absolutely nuts, too. Game got translated into English, but the person who did so refused to release the translation unless he was paid for it. Meanwhile someone else translated it into French, which was freely available for years. Suddenly and only a few years ago, an English translation popped-up online and spread like wildfire. No idea if it's the original and some kind Anon paid the price then told the "rights holder" (ha-hork) to f-off and spread it online, or if someone else translated the game into English on the sly (as others had started doing so but the original money-monger would bully then into stopping). Yeesh. At least, that's how I THINK it all went down it was weird & wild...

This game needs a remake in Star Ocean First Departure/Second Evolution’s engine.

I put it into the same category as Tales of Phantasia Nakiri Dungeon and Lufia The Legend Returns games that suffered from being on the Game Boy Color and were clearly too ambitious for the hardware.

I don't played any Star Ocean game, but this one is looking really good for a GBC game.

Damn, that actually seems pretty awesome! Wish it was easier to track down and play games like this nowadays

I have never heard of this game. I love learning about retro games on this channel. 👍🏻

So I discovered this race in Star Ocean called "Blue Dolphin" from looking at the Jumpchain document for it. From the pictures on the Star Ocean wiki they're pretty cute. But when I searched "Star Ocean Blue Dolphin" I saw results for this game instead. And this video is the first video that appeared on the search results. So... why does it have a bad reputation? I've not really heard of this game before. Also apparently "the setting of Star Ocean is that of a giant VRMMO that would dwarf SAO several times over." Is that true in the slightest? It didn't look like that from what I know of the series - is that supposed to be a twist?

Cool video! I liked seeing some info on something I hadn't heard of. Good stuff!!!

This is one of the best GBC game

This would have went crazy on the gba but was happy someone translated it. Current playing and its fun

I just play the translated rom on my GBA micro it is so cool. A whole RPG in 8 bit! I love the smallest pixel font size thats even possible :)

I had no idea this game existed and from what I have seen this may be the greatest RPG on the game boy. period. I’m trying to think of every rpg released and I’m struggling

I just started playing this, and it surprised me with how high quality it is. Despite a relatively simple combat system, the rest of the game is full of polish and quality of life that puts a lot of other RPGs past and present to shame. As an RPG fan (and even moreso a GameBoy fan), this is one is a must play imo.

What song is that that you play at the end of your videos?

They need to do a Blue Sphere R and give us a sequel to 2.

For obscure reason i cannot explain. This reminded me of Eternal Sonata. I really hope they will make pc release of it one day. I miss that game. :(

Im playing this one, anyone know how to teach skills to chisato?

i would buy a remake of this game in a heartbeat

This game looks decent. Never heard of it before.