star ocean: till the end of time

Square Enix didn't either~
And shur, it did, but it didn't bother me, I expected medieval anyway.

SO3 was okay I guess. At least it filled in some time until Shadow Hearts: From the New World came out. I wouldn't have bought this game if it hadn't been on the Greatest Hits discounted area though. Quite frankly, I was never too fond of the SO series as it always lacks in plot as well as character development. This one though it piqued my interest from time to time didn't really hold me till the end.

The battles were fun at first until I discovered the Battle Gauge doesn't save along with my progress. That really pissed me off as my high levels didn't help it fill up very fast. And without it, levelling up is miserable. So I would just leave me game on 24/7. I think my second game is up to 300 hours. xD I didn't really have a problem with MP death until the monsters started using massive MP attacks on the second disc. Then I was pissed with the whole retarded concept of MP death.

The music was pretty obnoxious as well. There were a couple of nice mellow village themes but for the most part, I started playing the game on mute because the music starts to get irritating after enough times of being re-used, especially the battle music. That seems to be a problem with most games though. I think the only two games I enjoyed in-game music from was FFVIII, Chrono Cross, and the first two Shadow Hearts games.

It's a nice game to pass time with but nothing special. Was it worth the $40 or $50 retail value when it cam out? I don't think so. But it was definitely worth the $15 I paid for it. :D

That's funny, because while I really enjoy the special boss themes, the regular boss theme is just...not doing it for me. I guess they're just really repetitive or something. Did anyone else feel like that? :p

SO3 was the first star ocean I played. I got it last summer, but got stuck, then bored with it and turned it in. Got pretty far though. I hated some of the voices. But Sophia annoyed the crap outta me, walkin around with her pants unbuttoned. -.-

Star Ocean Till the End of Time is the only Star Ocean game I've played. The battles are fun and in real-time, the music is quite good, though not nearly as good as Final Fantasy music... I liked 'Fallen Leaves' and 'The Desolate Smell of Earth'. The storyline of SO3 was disappointing, mainly because of the stupid plot twist in disc 2. I didn't like most of the characters either, they were extremely annoying, and the terrible voice acting didn't make them any better.

What was the huge plot twist? I traded in my game, but I'm kinda curious...Does anyone know? Spoiler tag it if you must.

(SPOILER)It is revealed that their universe is a production of higher beings from 4D space, who use the universe as we know it as a gigantic playground. However, humanity has advanced too far, doing "forbidden research", thus, the creator sentences the entire universe to its destruction.