Star Ocean : Till the End of Time

Warlock · Post by **Warlock** » Wed Sep 01, 2004 9:28 am

just came out today

im leaveing now to go get my copy

Stupid · Post by **Stupid** » Fri Sep 03, 2004 8:49 pm

Uhhh.... So what's the verdict, Warlock? Have you been eternally sucked into the games immense storyline? I read through a player's guide for the first few pages, I hope that the game isn't very long, as there are so many times that you can replay through it. JMEaT, I know you're all over this game, too, so what's the verdict? I like the sci-fi concept, but is it anywhere near the level of Xenosaga Ep. 1?

Off-Topic: Have either of you played Disgaea (or spelled similarly, pronounced Dis-guya or Dis-jeeya)? A friend of mine is saying it's pretty sweet, great storyline, awesome voice-acting, comedic, and he may or may not have said the gameplay is Final Fantasy Tactics-esque.

JMEaT · Post by **JMEaT** » Sat Sep 04, 2004 8:15 am

Yes, I have the game, but I am having a hard time getting into it. A certain RPG has sorta ruined the fun for me.

I'll tell you that the battle system is very fun, maybe the best yet.

Stupid · Post by **Stupid** » Sat Sep 04, 2004 9:24 pm

So.... You're going to just kinda leave us hanging out to dry with "a certain RPG has ruined the fun of it for me"? Good ruination of fun, or bad? Which one? Huh, huh?

JMEaT · Post by **JMEaT** » Sat Sep 04, 2004 9:26 pm

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Back on topic now: SO3 is much like SO2 but feels more linear. Still, I find myself skipping through the cut scenes and story just to get to the area where I can kill massive amounts of stuff.

The battles are very fast paced (with a catchy tune) and after you fill up a bonus battle meter, every encounter is a bonus battle where you can earn Triple EXP , Double FOL, Increased recovery after battle, and increased item drop rate until you take a critical hit, die and a few other conditions. My record is Chain 53, but Warlock told me he got Chain 119.

You can earn battle trophies for things you accomplish (IE Kill 2 enemies at once, take no damage for 10 fights in a row etc) There are like 300 some odd trophies I believe.

Character motions are pretty clumsy looking, but voice acting is well done so far. A few of the in battle taunts get a little old, but you can disable speech during battles.

That's all I got, I really have no idea anything about the story as it hasn't really pulled me in, but the battles...... the battles.....

Stupid · Post by **Stupid** » Sun Sep 05, 2004 10:37 am

Sounds cool... I'll wait until it goes on sale to $40, though, as that happens fairly often around here, esp. for games that noone has ever heard of.

Sage · Post by **Sage** » Sun Sep 05, 2004 8:43 pm

Yeh I saw the commercial on the Tele Vision. It looked like a LONG game (they said it takes up the whole universe) and the character looked like he was anally retarded when he was running around.