i played all of them(1 and 2 on the psp, 3 with a emulator on pc xD), and they are all very good. when you play it for the third time maybe the cut-scenes might start to look a bit awkward, but that doesnt really matter as the story is still awesome.
cybersam, as for the items list, if you want, i can help with looking them up(if it aint to hard). i have a simplified version star ocean 4 editor in my own AIO, and im thinking of adding the items there too. If im doing that anyway, i dont mind giving you what i found^^