I loved Star Ocean and Star Ocean 2 for the most part on their original consoles.

I feel like the series has lost focus over time. The storyline of the later games appears to have issues when it comes to focus and pacing. I own a copy of the remakes, but I have yet to play them.

The original Star Ocean was brought to the attention of the West many years ago by DeJap Translations via a translation patch. The newer, updated translation clashes a lot with the older translation. A similar issue occurs with some of the localizations of Final Fantasy V.