Star Ocean is one of the best games in the world!

The Last Hope was the first one I got, then Second Evolution and then First Departure.
What can I say about them? I played TLH to death (10 consecutive playthroughs!). The only problems I had were that Edge was a *&%# idiot and Reimi was TOO PERFECT!
... Anyway, I'll leave that aside now out of fear of making a flame war. I did not mean any offense to anyone who likes Edge.
Second Evolution was really fun and addictive. It's characters are wonderful and it's music is likely the best I've ever heard!
First Departure literally made me fall in love. There was one character there, her name is Mavelle Froesson (Marvel Frozen in the SNES version). She is my ideal! If I'm not at Fringes of Algo, it's likely because I'm too busy playing that game on my PSP. I love how that game actually is rather realistic and you have such perfect freedom there.
In the most extreme case, one of the main characters can actually die if you don't make the right choices in a certain dungeon. That can make the game really dark.I love Star Ocean, no other game has ever made me feel like I do when I play it... well, except for maybe Phantasy Star IV.