Star Ocean is one of the more long-running franchises of the gaming industry. I remember buying a collector's edition of Star Ocean: Till the End of Time way back in 2004 and this was already the third entry into the series. This was followed by 2009's Star Ocean: The Last Hope.
Well, as it turns out, Square Enix is developing a Star Ocean for both the Playstation 3 and Playstation 4. It's coming in the form of Star Ocean: Integrity and Faithlessness. It will cover the events between Star Ocean 2 and 3, which should prove to highlight some interesting points of interest in the Star Ocean lore.
Here's the prologue translated for English speakers:
Do the depths of space forbid peace for mankind—
Centuries after leaving Earth, after a multitude of trials, with the creation and spread of the ‘Galactic Federation’, humanity was on the verge of unified order and peace.
But the embers of conflict have begun to burn again.
Over 6,000 light years from Earth, on the unsettled planet, ‘Faicreed.’
Just as so many times before, the waves of history begin from a remote planet.