Originally Posted by
Andreil Darkstorn
Nope. You see the monsters, so you can either run past them, or fight them. Later on though, the monsters will chase you if they see you, and sometimes, they sit on a narrow path so that you have to fight them. Battles are so fun in the Star Ocean series, that you actually want to get in battles. By the way, for the guy who posted about Star Ocean 1, where can I get a working translated version? I have ZSNES, but it always locks up on the world map near the start.