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It's not the best RPG ever made but it's still one of my favorite games. If you havn't played the 2nd one though, I suggest playing it first, you'll like the 3rd one more if you do, plus, the 2nd one is a pretty good game to. It's a you ether like it or you don't type game, you can't really go on what other people say about it. You should probably rent it or borrow it from a friend that has it (if any of your friends do). Well, if you decide to play it I hope you like it.
It is a cool game! I recommend it to you! I love the battle system, soryline etc.... beware it is on two discs! It is a quite long game!
The only draw back is:
(SPOILER)You don't get to use Maria, Fayt and Sophia's Speacil Ability! Which they have been infused with, which is not fair!
Buy it! Don't read the spoiler if you haven't completed the game atleast once! :D :eek: :tongue:
It's the freaking best game for the PS2! BUY IT NOW!!!
Ive enjoyed the game but am a little annoyed with the lengh of it
Im in the spiral,Tower and Am on the 36hr
It says up to 80hr ?!?!?!
And by the false Advertising
Its really a great game, it is long but the gameplay rocks, battle system is one of the best, the graphics r tight, and the characters are very loveable. ^_^ Im glad i bought it.
Actually... I've never found something like that annoying. The longer, the better... in my opinion. :greenie:Quote:
Originally Posted by gibbi8
After playing this game, it's really hard to go back to FF-style battles without falling asleep. and I love the 2-player mode! I suggest putting 3 rogers together all on range-orientd style. :D
there were three star oceans?????
I played the one for PS2 so what are the other ones
Star Ocean 1 is for the Super Famicon only. You can probably download the ROM if you get a good patch. That is something that has eluded me for a few years now.
Star Ocean 2: The Second Story, is considered the best, and it was released on the Playstation back around 97 or 98.
Star Ocean: Blue Sphere is a sequel to the Second Story, and was released on the Game Boy Color. However, due to the large amount of dialogue barely fitting with japanese characters, Tri Ace/Enix never could port the game out of Japan.
As far as SO3 goes, it is my favorite next generation RPG. It has a great balance of gameplay, and wonderful existential story. Very challenging sidequests, and superbosses that are actually super. None of those "beat the game, train for 3 more hours and then whoop the superboss" shenanigans from games like Final Fantasy V.
Music is so/so. Although Tri Ace carries over the best tracks from Valkyrie Profile and Star Ocean II to serve as awesome secret boss music, nothing incredibly great is in the original score for the game aside from maybe a boss track that plays once and the final boss track.
Overall, I'd give this game somewhere in the neighborhood of a 8.85 - 9.25. I really enjoyed it.
I'm a bit biased towards this series and SaGa in particular, so whatever acclaim I give any game in these series should probably be toned down a notch or two for an accurate reflection.
Hardly. 9.25 is a perfect rating of this game. Oh, and I have to agree when it comes to the music. However... there was no extremely bad track either. Almost every track was atleast above average. :cool:Quote:
Originally Posted by Lord Chainsaw
Man, this is at the very least 1 of my top 5 fav games ever made. :cool:
there were times that the music reminded me of joe satriani or maybe even dream theatre...that was a plus
Dont you mean shorter is betterQuote:
Originally Posted by Ultima Shadow
If you read my post it says im on the 36hr when it says the game goes on for 80hr
Thats mean the games shorter than said and I was looking for a long game
I think the 80hrs includes doing all the additional Super Bosses and sub quests, rather than just the main story.
I'm sorry. :pQuote:
Originally Posted by gibbi8
I never payed enough attention to the post. I'm always getting confused when I'm too tired. I guess posting after 1am isn't a very good idea after all. :greenie:
I really like this game. The story is good, the characters are cool, and overall its very goo. However, I recommend Star Ocean: The Second Story over this game because the truely is a spectacular game.