I finally started playing the SNES Star Ocean, and also am playing the SNES Tales of Phantasia~
Tales of Phantasia is a little try-hard right from the get-go... like, even Dragon Warriors and Breath of Fires are a little more humble with what they ultimately deliver; sure the gameplay of Tales of Phantasia is spot-on... but woe to those expecting at least another Lunar, with how much they put into presentation.
Like, I think it was made by an overfunded fanboy hahah~

But Star Ocean? Ahhh that's good shiz~! It's a lot more fastpaced than Star Ocean:The Second Story, or maybe ePSXe just needs a programmable fastforward macro. I haven't even met up with Ronixis and Milly again, yet it's still hiiiighly playable-all-dayable.