Star Ocean: The Second Story

Star Ocean: The Second Story
North American PlayStation cover art
Developer(s)	tri-Ace TOSE (PSP)
Publisher(s)	JP: Enix NA: Enix EU: SCEE WW: Square Enix (PSP)
Artist(s)	Minato Koio
Composer(s)	Motoi Sakuraba
Series	Star Ocean
Platform(s)	PlayStation, PlayStation Portable, PlayStation 4, PlayStation Vita, PlayStation 3
Release date(s)	PlayStation JP: July 30, 1998 NA: May 31, 1999 EU: April 12, 2000 PlayStation Portable JP: April 2, 2008 NA: January 19, 2009 AU: February 12, 2009 EU: February 13, 2009 PlayStation 4 & PlayStation Vita JP: October 28, 2015 PlayStation 3 JP: December 24, 2015
Genre(s)	Action role-playing
Mode(s)	Single-player

Star Ocean: The Second Story (スターオーシャン セカンドストーリー, Sutā Ōshan Sekando Sutōrī^?) is an action role-playing video game developed by tri-Ace and published by Enix for the PlayStation. It is the second game in the Star Ocean series and the first game in the series to be released outside Japan, arriving in North America in May 1999 and Europe in April 2000, courtesy of Sony Computer Entertainment. Taking place in a science fantasy universe, the story centers around a young man named Claude Kenny, a cadet from a space-faring Earth organization who is stranded on an undeveloped, medieval-level planet. There, he meets several companions and must stop a plot from an evil organization that spans multiple worlds before finding his way home. The game was the basis of manga and anime adaptations.

An enhanced port called Star Ocean: Second Evolution (スターオーシャン2 セカンド エヴォリューション, Sutā Ōshan 2 Sekando Evoryūshon^?) was developed by TOSE, later released for the PlayStation Portable in April 2008 in Japan, and 2009 in North America, Europe, and Australia. It features newly animated cutscenes by Production I.G, a re-recorded soundtrack, and additional story elements. At the 2015 Tokyo Game Show, it was announced that the PlayStation Portable remake would be ported to PlayStation 4 and PlayStation Vita.