The spiritual successor of Tales of Phantasia, Star Ocean is the story of Ratix Farrence, a young Fellpool (think cat-person, all you anime fans) who goes back in time to save his friend Dorn from a strange virus that turns people to stone. The story is a hybrid of fantasy and sci-fi, with all of the attention to detail and technical tricks that made Tales of Phantasia such a great game -- and more to boot.

Star Ocean never received a proper North American release, due to Enix shutting down its American branch the year before the game's release. However, the game "fanlation" group DeJap produced an unofficial English version in 2003.