Star Ocean The Second Story R (2023) - All Endings 

Lots of save files and reloading. With New Game Plus, scene skipping, and fast travel its actually possible to speedrun the story in one sitting. And good job on finishing!

@@renasworldofgaming Yes, it is. Got platinum recently and i had to complete the game thrice still to go through all 99 endings takes a loooooong time.

I'm sure i'm not the first but thanks. Just like other SO games, most of it is done with reloading save files and using items that manipulate affinity. The rest is just speed running the story with different characters.

Awesome video! Thank you for sharing 👏🏻🤘🏻

I'm really glad you like it. TBH I'm surprised more people didn't know how to manipulate the endings and record them lol

I did it with lots of save games before the final boss, books to manipulate affinity, and running through different playthroughs while I was working lol

*there*

I'm glad you like it. Thanks!

Something tells me that interaction ended in a soft patch of dirt, a shovel and and Noel's insurance policy.

They're all in the PSP version. I think I was just one of the first to put them all together from Second Story R.

i ship them too but getting ashton means not getting opera... hard choice! even tho opera is kinda...crazy and ashton is more likeable...except for his voice. maybe one day i will choose a playthrough based on characters to get everyone their best ending

Use a New Game Plus and make two save file right before the final story battle. You can keep manipulating affinity with books, beating GS, and reloading to get endings. Don't save after each battle with GS. NGP and scene skipping makes speedrunning the story really easy when trying to get certain character combinations.

I got that on first playthrough on accident lol Welch though lol😅

yeah super weird!! not as weird as ernest and rena! or ernest and welch!

​@@sion7651 Yeah, that confirmed it to me that it was a good idea not to meet him at all, the guy's a total creep.

@@takaro0 He's not a creep everyone's romance is just written weird. Claude doesn't stop older women from trying to get with him and vise versa- the issue is in the old game they didn't really write the ages down without thinking.

From what I can tell Opera seems to be more interested in other characters during paired endings than she is with Ernest. I guess this is kinda hinted at when she uses the line, "Like usual, Ernest couldn't finish it off." lol

@@renasworldofgaming I'm sorry to hear that. This video as-is is an amazing achievement. You did well, brother. Congratulations. Though it would be better with chapters, just saying.

@@4Clubs If I added chapters YT's new algorithm for ads would have put an ad at the start of every one. They just put a new ad system in place and it makes it impossible to put ads where you want. I always tried to put mine at the start and end, with no interruptions inbetween.

@@renasworldofgaming Oh, I didn't know that. Troublesome. Keep doing your best, brother. And merry Christmas.

@@4Clubs Thanks. Merry Christmas

It didn't take many actual playthroughs, just lots of save files. Use books to manipulate affinity right before the Gabriel battle, then reload the last save right before him. Some endings require 5 hearts of affinity. Clyde and Celine have 4 hearts, anything above that with her takes priority. During a "cleanup" playthroughs just don't do Clyde's PA's. Max out affinity with her and Ernest, beat Gabriel, reload, use a lv 28 book, and beat Gabriel again to get both endings. Don''t worry about missing ones that require 5 hearts. You can get them on other playthroughs at the same time as other ones. Getting rid of Celine actually makes room for all 3 of Welch, Noel, and Chisato if you don't get Ernest.

Use "good" books on Rena and Dias, and regular books on everyone else right before the final battle to get the correct affinity.

@@renasworldofgaming Thank you so much for your help! Your previous comment was equally helpful too. :) "Lower everyone else's affinity to make sure nothing is interfering with Rena and Dias. Other character's affinity can throw off what you're trying to get."

Yes, Emmerson and Marielle are her distant relatives.

How did you get that ending? Just wondering!

@@williamg3165 The one with Rena pregnant is only in Claude's playthrough. The one where they stay in Arlia is only in Rena's.

@@renasworldofgamingwtf! so when you play the guy you get to duck the girl but when you play the girl you dont...lol that also implies that choosing rena as MC is wrong. weird choice! should have kept the same outcome with rena being choosen as MC

Ughhhh... that would've been good to know. I didn't realize the pregnant ending was only on Claude's side. I always pick Rena. Just can't bring myself to pick Claude when Rena is far superior (to me). This explains why I couldn't force that ending.

There's an ending with all character combinations. TBH I have no idea about the PS1 version. The easiest way to get endings on the PS1 is cheating and using the debug room, and even that takes lots of effort and planning.

@@renasworldofgaming i remember seeing the the ps1 that chisato is with dias offering a prayer to his family and chisato promises to look after him in a way they are going out. in the remake I saw that she just trying to get a scoop on dias life. course that could mean that there a friendship route or romance route in the game or not all endings were found

In the PS1 version there were 86 possible endings. The later Star Ocean games assume Claude and Rena had descendants.

going from memory here, but i think yes you can get opera and no ernest, if you don't do the mini quest to find him he won't show up and the story just continues without him. if you do the subquest he will show up at a certain point in the story and if you choose no to stop him joining they both leave

Sorry for the late reply but yes you can and one of the endings actually requires you to have Opera but not Ernest.

@@renasworldofgaming but he shows up automatically at the ruins so how do you avoid that? Also Ernest is the 3rd strongest character in the game why wouldn't you want him? Not even as a reserve for talking scenes?

@@violetshadowstone5250 If you don't have Opera when he shows up during the story he won't join. In the PS1 and PSP versions the characters are much more unbalanced and lots of what I say is based on that. IMO his only advantage is the longest range for regular attacks. Claude, Bowman, Chisato, Precis, Opera, and Ashton all do dmg faster. Opera is the most important character in any version because she can heal 1/3 of the party's HP with Healing Star (which bypasses casting) and Alpha One, which follows the target.

oh come on the english dub is amazing!! you should listen to german dub!! that is truly aweful

Weeb

It was just easier to play in English.

Look everyone, a weeb!