SO1 had a pretty cool story at the beginning (even if it was mainly heavy at the beginning and petered out throughout most of the game). I liked the concept of a blood disease that turns people to stone, where the only way to cure it is to battle the original host of it. SO2 may be one of my top 3 games of all time but the story is fairly forgettable. 3 and 4 were just ugh...
Still, extremely hyped for SO5 and hoping for some positive impressions. Any word of when the English release will be?
Because it's one of the few sci-fi RPG series there are, with a great battle system and interesting item creation/skills systems that, upon release, were unlike anything else in the genre?