Let's Play SO5

[Dragon-Archon]

Warning: this page contains a lot of epic content. Overexposure to too much epicness can cause blindness, but this is just temporary....probably. 

 

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As promised the sequel to the Epic Quest is here. During the (slightly less) Epic Quest #2, Team PSNP returns once again to travel the star ocean to obtain the platinum trophy. Here we will chronicle our journey and adventures while having as much fun as possible. Some of us may one day claim this treasure:

 

General Information
This Let's Play is created to help each other obtain the SO5 platinum trophy or to just play the game for fun. You can play it at your own pace and there won't be any checkpoints. The only rules are: you must obtain all trophies legit and people with hacked games aren't allowed to join. 
 
The (slightly less) Epic Quest #2 starts on June 28th 2016 and there is no end date yet. You don't have to start on June 28th and it's ok to enter later. You also don't have to start a new game if you were already playing it. If anyone else wants to join too, just leave a comment and you'll be added. 
 
 
Useful Links
As of now we finally have an English guide for this game:

• Star Ocean 5 Trophy Guide
• Star Ocean 5 Supplement Guide
• Post-game Powerleveling

 
 
Helpful Information

 

 

On 3-7-2016 at 4:08 AM, Dav9834 said:

Well this took me a bit more time than I thought, I'll update them as I progress(slowly), but for people starting off it should help 
 
Star Ocean 5, S05 Maps, and World Map 
 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 
 
 
I got a little lazy on the "world map"
 


 

 

 
 
Introducing Team PSNP
And now the moment you've all been waiting for, our brave companions who will undertake the epic quest #2.

 

*Cue epic introduction music*

 
Returning Participants From the Epic Quest
Introductions are copied from the SO4 thread. If anyone wants an updated intro, CediFonei will be happy to write one.
 
Dragon-Archon
Yes, I too shall embark on this epic quest. You may be wondering what I can add to this already amazing team. Well truth be told, that thought also crossed my mind, but only for a split second. I shall reveal it in the next episode .... just kidding. As a descendant of the dragon clan I have trained for years to master the way of the ninja and dual wielding katana. I can contribute to the team with my dragon vision (ability to see clearly at night), using a stealthy approach, and infiltrate enemy hideouts to open the gate for the other team members.
 
man_with_wdjat
Prinny is a veteran when it comes to Epic Quests. With a knack for explosions and having founded the Prinny regime in the Netherworld, he can create portals to his homeworld to spawn prinny minions. These deadly penguins follow his every command and usually end up detonating themselves in a funny way. They also serve as a comic relief. His student Clawz created the wireless communication devices we're all using during the quests and it comes with a teleportation function to get back to the Aexuz Mansion for some R&R.
 
TheFinalEmblem
Introducing our youngest member fresh out of high school. Being the heir of a prestigious school, Emblem is a real casanova and can charm any girl. This is very useful when gathering information. He has decided to leave a life of comfort and luxury behind and seek the thrill of adventure, bringing with him years of dueling experience and his trusted spear. Always a gentlemen and there's only one thing that truly pisses him off, and that is to treat women badly. When he gets angry, his spear produces wind slashes that can easily slice and dice stone.
 
Masamune-XIII
Our most enigmatic member: he is always wearing a black collared cloak with red clouds on it, a kasa (Japanese straw hat) with a chime attached to it, and carries a red scythe that has 3 blades on it. Apparently it brings luck to the owner when the chime uh ... chimes. Masamune is fond of various poisons and uses a lot of different ones ranging from paralyzing to truth serums to deadly ones, which he can apply on his scythe. Nobody actually knows what he hides underneath the cloak and according to Masamune, he keeps his entire poison collection there. He's often found talking with Clawz to combine their poisons and explosives, which has yielded some interesting results. He also has a friendly rivalry with Mayus to see if he can create antidotes for Masamune's poisons, which in turn stimulates Masamune to create even more potent versions. Needless to say Masamune is always exonerated from cooking duty, because you know, poisons and all. Wouldn't want our adventures to end prematurely.
 
STFUxDxD
STFU is a Siren and according to legend only 7 Sirens exist at all times. Once a Siren dies, another one is born to take its place. STFU powers can manipulate gravity and create stasis fields, which can be used to temporary trap enemies. Before joining STFU traveled the lawless Borderlands on Planet Pandora and made a living as a Vault Hunter. Using the Vault Key to find vaults, STFU hopes to uncover lost treasures and artefacts to learn more about the mysterious Precursors. According to the Vault Key the SO4 plat shrine contains information about a vault.
 
Meepy-
 
 
dav9834
The legendary diamond trophy forging blacksmith from the dragon clan's allies has returned! Departing from the allied village of Konoha once more, Dav the 9834th lends both hammer and forge to Team PSNP's noble cause to forge into the alien lands of the 5th Star Ocean, and hammer hundreds of probably hostile beasts into the earth. His mastery with metalwork can keep our team's armaments in peak condition, even those of the rarest makings! He also plays a mean xylophone.
 
nevetsteven2
A parkour specialist, having freely roamed the city's skyscraper rooftops for years Steven has honed his skills perfectly. Carrying a grapple hook for emergencies and long jumps, Steven has also been dubbed "Spiderman" by the media. But as always the media goes overboard and created a version in where he wears a red-blue outfit and shoots webs from his hands. Steven specializes in hand-to-hand combat and disarming enemies. He also uses his grapple hook on enemies to pull them towards him while shouting "get over here". Steve is also the only member who can keep up with Star and her cat reflexes. The two of them seem really close and something seems to be going on between them.
 
KempDogg410
 
 
bladesoframen
 
 
greenzsaber
 
 
sweetcoop
 
 
Jounochi
Have you ever heard the tales about an underwater city? Some claim the city was too heavy for the support beams and sunk, others say the city was build underwater. Another version mention the city was attacked long ago by a terrible monster called Sin and the city's council decided to hide the city at the bottom of the ocean. A few even go so far as to say it's the remains of Atlantis. Whatever the truth may be, Jounochi hails from the underwater city Rapture. Jounochi is an expert diver, can easily hold his breath for 5 minutes, and knows everything there is to know about the underwater flora and fauna. His favourite weapon is a harpoon gun and Clawz has added a few explosives to some harpoons for that extra punch.

 

man_with_wdjat

 

RaveNScythE18

 

Edunstar84

 
New Participants
New participants can write their own intro or ask CediFonei to do it for them.
 
acasser
 
 
CediFonei
Well, Cedi is quite the... peculiar recruit. A moth-like alien hailing from some distant world, Cedi proclaims that he is training to become a "shonen daikaiju"... whatever that means. He cites his main motivation for joining this expedition is merely the experience itself. His affable and socially awkward behavior is a far cry from his claims to being a perpetually rampaging colossus, but he took passion and pride in even the most menial of tests to join our forces. And his claims aren't fully unfounded, as he demonstrates the ability to increase in size and strength in exchange for dexterity and agility, up to several meters taller than any human could feasibly reach. If having four arms doesn't provide enough tactical options in martial combat, he also has a penchant for magically harnessing the power of the sun. As in, nuclear power. The kind that explodes a lot. Though he greatly lacks in expertise and tactical insight, equating his immense power to a sort of dumb muscle, with proper supervision his capacity for heavy labor and overwhelming force could be an excellent addition to the team.
 
Appappachai

 

Tanuzomi

Cataclystik

 
 
Epic Quest Progress
Below will be a list with the progress of every participant. The progress is listed as follows: Username - Trophies - Battle Trophies - Items - Monsters - Quests - Time played. Stats listed in blue are from participants who have completed the quest.

 

• Dragon-Archon:
• man_with_wdjat:
• TheFinalEmblem: Trophies: 41/41 - Battle Trophies: 100% - Items: 100% - Monsters: 100% - Quests: 100% - Time played: 149:44
• Masamune-XIII:    Trophies: 41/41 - Battle Trophies: 100% - Items: 100% - Monsters: 100% - Quests: 100% - Time played: 109:43
• STFUxDxD:
• acasser:
• Meepy-:
• dav9834:              Trophies:   5/41 - Battle Trophies:   27% - Items:   19% - Monsters:           - Quests      9% - Time played:     8:20
• nevetsteven2:       Trophies: 41/41 - Battle Trophies: 100% - Items: 100% - Monsters: 100% - Quests: 100% - Time played: 190:40
• KempDogg410:    Trophies: 32/41 - Battle Trophies:   80% - Items:   93% - Monsters:   97% - Quests: 100% - Time played:   45:07
• bladesoframen:
• greenzsaber:        Trophies: 41/41 - Battle Trophies: 100% - Items: 100% - Monsters: 100% - Quests: 100% - Time played:   90:40 
• sweetcoop:
• CediFonei:            Trophies:   4/41 - Battle Trophies:   23% - Items:  17% - Monsters:   13% -  Quests:    5% - Time played:     5:24
• Jounochi:
• Appappachai:
• Tanuzomi:
• Cataclystik
• man_with_wdjat:
• RaveNScythE18:
• Edunstar84:          Trophies: 8/41 - Battle Trophies: 50% -   Items:     34% - Monsters:      -     Quests:   24% -  Time played: 23:14

 
Hall of Fame
This section is to record and immortalize the participants who have completed their epic quest.

 

1. greenzsaber: Epic Quest completed on July 9 2016 (link to the post)
2. Masamune-XIII: Epic Quest completed on July 11 2016 (link to the post)
3. TheFinalEmblem: Epic Quest completed on July 26 2016 (link to the post)
4. nevetsteven2: Epic Quest completed on January 8 2017 (link to the post)

 

Edited July 26, 2017 by Dragon-Archon

[Wdjat Prinny Doods]

Guess I'll come out of retirement for the quest, I do miss being on active duty. I won't be starting this at launch since I'll be working on my Summer backlog challenge games but definitely starting it this year so go ahead and sign me up dood

 

Also what do mean the banmer is under construction dood? Its perfect as is since it is a certified epic banner

[Dragon-Archon]

Guess I'll come out of retirement for the quest, I do miss being on active duty. I won't be starting this at launch since I'll be working on my Summer backlog challenge games but definitely starting it this year so go ahead and sign me up dood

 

Also what do mean the banmer is under construction dood? Its perfect as is since it is a certified epic banner

Awesome, added you dood. It's great to have another SO veteran. 

 

Tbh that's not the real banner, just a certificate proving it's epic . I got one for the SO4 thread too.

[NerdRage04]

Wow that was fast. Can we still post in the SO4 event thread for help with that one?

[Dragon-Archon]

Wow that was fast. Can we still post in the SO4 event thread for help with that one?

Of course, the SO4 thread remains open until December 31 2016, though after today I'll no longer be accepting new participants. I promised to create the thread today because that was the original end date for the SO4 thread.

[TheFinalEmblem]

Of course you can count me in on this one. This time, I'm gonna be playing the game from launch all the way until I get the platinum, no breaks whatsoever in between.

[Masamune]

Well I'm obviously joining, SO5 is the only game I have pre-ordered right now.

[Dragon-Archon]

Of course you can count me in on this one. This time, I'm gonna be playing the game from launch all the way until I get the platinum, no breaks whatsoever in between.

Well I'm obviously joining, SO5 is the only game I have pre-ordered right now.

Awesome, welcome back gentlemen . It's great to have some Epic Quest veterans.

 

Also Masamune, which account should I link your name to in the OP? .

[STFUxDxD]

Sign me up as well!

[Dragon-Archon]

Sign me up as well!

All right, added. Welcome back .

[acasser]

Sign me up as well, please.  Though I'm not 100% sure I'll start this one when my copy arrives in the mail -- that will depend on how much of my "in progress" queue gets whittled down between now and then.  I may be somewhat ADHD with my gaming, but there are only so many titles I can juggle at once. 

[Masamune]

Also Masamune, which account should I link your name to in the OP? .

Ah, sorry. It's the new one.

[Wdjat Prinny Doods]

Ah, sorry. It's the new one.

 

You know I was going to make a joke about how that SO5 plat will be so lonely on your new account without the SO4 plat but then anytime I mention you doing SO4 again on your new account me not finishing Mugen Souls somehow gets brought up which ends up with me eating a tub of ice cream while crying in a corner, so.......I'm going to leave that joke alone dood

Edited June 1, 2016 by Wdjat Prinny Doods

[Meepy-]

Great to see an epic quest going for SO5, sign me up!

[Dragon-Archon]

Sign me up as well, please.  Though I'm not 100% sure I'll start this one when my copy arrives in the mail -- that will depend on how much of my "in progress" queue gets whittled down between now and then.  I may be somewhat ADHD with my gaming, but there are only so many titles I can juggle at once. 

Added, welcome to the event

 

Ah, sorry. It's the new one.

Ok. Seems that SO5 plat will be lonely without the SO4 plat though .

 

You know I was going to make a joke about how that SO5 plat will be so lonely on your new account without the SO4 plat but then anytime I mention you doing SO4 again on your new account me not finishing Mugen Souls somehow gets brought up which ends up with me eating a tub of ice cream while crying in a corner, so.......I'm going to leave that joke alone dood

You should really plat Mugen Souls dood .

Great to see an epic quest going for SO5, sign me up!

Awesome, added you too .

[Dav9834]

Do we know the full specifics of the platinum? If the battle trophies carry over in new game+ I'll try for the platinum(vs me deciding gold is good enough for me with so4, just have to get there lol)

[TheFinalEmblem]

Do we know the full specifics of the platinum? If the battle trophies carry over in new game+ I'll try for the platinum(vs me deciding gold is good enough for me with so4, just have to get there lol)

I'm not 100% sure on if battle trophies transfer over from game to game, but they did in SO4, so I don't know why they wouldn't. But if you mean progress, then that's another thing entirely, and we can only hope they do. The BTs aren't hard at all in this game, honestly, and could probably be done in one playthrough.

[Dav9834]

Ok sign me up! Gotta platinum one of these!

[Han_the_Dragon]

Nice to see the continuation of SO4 craziness (not that I can say much, since I plat it even before you guys had the idea of that Let's Play journey..)..

 

I would definitely join and plan on playing SO5 eventually, but since I'm short on cash (and my priority is Persona 5 and FFXV) like Tales of Zesteria, I will also have to wait quite a bit before I buy this.. so, if you want, you can put me as a maybe, but I doubt that I will get the game this year

 

Also, sorry for never going back to the Catherine Let's Play (since I said that I would join it after finishing SAO), but I kind of got scared of that game.. well, it was the only game that gave me genuine and consistent nightmares.. and nightmares really close to what some of the game puzzles are actually.. but I still want that platinum.. sorry for the off-topic.

[Galactic Hyper Balls]

Oh my GAWD it has begun, Tales of Zestiria is almost  before the quest

 

For I will be ready when my collectors edition of SO5 is here

 

Count me in Master Of Op

[acasser]

I'm not 100% sure on if battle trophies transfer over from game to game, but they did in SO4, so I don't know why they wouldn't. But if you mean progress, then that's another thing entirely, and we can only hope they do. The BTs aren't hard at all in this game, honestly, and could probably be done in one playthrough.

 

This isn't quite true.  My understanding is that the Battle Trophies were stored in a central data file along with some of the other "collectables", most likely as a binary toggle.  If you had partial completion on a particular BT from a previous game, that partial completion didn't carry across when you started a new game -- either you had completed it or you hadn't.  This is why you had to grind in the "postgame" to knock out trophies such as Edge's 30k kills.

 

Then again, SO4 didn't have what many of us deem to be a "true" NG+.  You started a fresh game from scratch, but you carried over various types of "core data" that were stored separately.

[KempDogg410]

I wanna join this one!!

[SnowxSakura]

At least SO5 is a much easier plat with only 80 battle trophies

[bladesoframen]

Sign me up. I really need to spend some time to actually go and finish the game (and work back on SO4)

[TheFinalEmblem]

This isn't quite true.  My understanding is that the Battle Trophies were stored in a central data file along with some of the other "collectables", most likely as a binary toggle.  If you had partial completion on a particular BT from a previous game, that partial completion didn't carry across when you started a new game -- either you had completed it or you hadn't.  This is why you had to grind in the "postgame" to knock out trophies such as Edge's 30k kills.

 

Then again, SO4 didn't have what many of us deem to be a "true" NG+.  You started a fresh game from scratch, but you carried over various types of "core data" that were stored separately.

Yeah, I know that, that's what I said. I know that the battle trophies as a whole, along with everything else in the collectibles section, were stored on another system data file separate from the main data, but progress didn't carry over, only completed ones.

 

At least SO5 is a much easier plat with only 80 battle trophies

There's actually 100, not 80.