SummarySpace Date 346: The crew of a Terran Federation ship arrives on the planet Roak. With the help of a stalwart band of local heroes, the crew must work together to unravel a mystery and halt a galactic war.
Rated Tfor Teen
Developer:TOSE
Star Ocean: First Departure
PSP
Released On:
Oct 21, 2008
Metascore
Mixed or Average
74
User score
Mixed or Average
7.4
My Score
Game Stats for Star Ocean: First Departure PSP
Metascore
Mixed or Average
74
53% Positive
17 Reviews
17 Reviews
44% Mixed
14 Reviews
14 Reviews
3% Negative
1 Review
1 Review
91
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 anyone's PSP RPG library.
82
Star Ocean: First Departure is not for everyone. Newcomers to the RPG genre should find their fix elsewhere first, though veterans will find themselves right at home with this tri-Ace title.
User score
Mixed or Average
7.4
64% Positive
23 Ratings
23 Ratings
25% Mixed
9 Ratings
9 Ratings
11% Negative
4 Ratings
4 Ratings
Nov 19, 2011
9
Fans of Squareenix is given another gift from the company as in the form of the Star Ocean series, the cult classic from the SNES era comes back fully remade with new remixes and a few new additions that were not seen in the original game. The audio improved, gameplay tuned and the graphics incredible for a 2D game, fans will surely be remembering this classic for years!
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Jul 16, 2012
8
A well done remake of the first Star Ocean game. The battle system is great and it makes the game play fun. The story is pretty good and this game even has a multitude of optional characters making it fun to play several times. The only down side of the many optional characters is that it's hard to become emotionally attached to some of the characters. Overall Star Ocean: First Departure is a very enjoyable game.
PSP Report
80
Star Ocean: First Departure for the PSP is a classic role-playing game favorite and seeing it with a new splash of fresh paint makes this a great version to own even if you managed to play the game so long ago. For the majority of RPG fans that didn’t, however, playing this old-school classic is highly recommended.
75
While First Departure may not be for every fan of JRPG's it's really a must have for Tri-Ace fans that want to complete their Star Ocean collection.
70
Star Ocean: First Departure is a solid game that has made me want to check out the other installments in the series, but the battle system kept me from really falling in love with it.
65
Star Ocean: First Departure may be full of flaws, but being an RPG from 1996, that shouldn’t be entirely unexpected.
42
But when there are so many better, more interesting RPGs on the PSP, why bother with one that simply drains your system's battery life?
Jan 25, 2026
7
Está entretenido, pero no me gusto: grindeo, encuentros aleatorios abundantes y recorridos largos a lugares pasados; perjudican mucho al juego, tiene mucho a mejorar.
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Jun 25, 2024
7
While i genuinely liked the gameplay with all its features in all, the story does fall a bit flat and i end up trying to scratch my head like, that's it? It's still a good game mechanic wise, gameplay wise and has a good character design.
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