08/02/2009

Funny Bits in Star Ocean 2 (9)

Why is it difficult? I've never really understood why she says that; maybe it's because of the mine, but you can't find anyone complaining about it.

Ok, we've fast-forwarded a bit, because after the scene I've talked about in the previous post there was one of the longest unskippable sequences without saving in a game ever. Final Fantasy VII had a couple of comparable length too, but at least they were interesting, this one is just boring. You learn that Rena was adopted and wants to search for her parents, so when the elder of the village requests Claude to go investigate the source of all the recent disasters occurring on the planet, the "Sorcery Globe", Rena offers to accompany you. After this, your adventure begins for real, in the sense that you can travel basically anywhere you want, except where disasters and kingly permissions won't allow.

What you may see in this screenshot is a "Private Action": before entering a town, you may want the party to split up and let Claude wander around by himself, only to meet up with the others when exiting. While you cannot advance the plot in this case, Private Actions" have various purposes: Claude can talk to other party members to learn more about them, possibly triggering scenes which might alter his kind of relationship with them; he may also have access to some scenes with other NPCs, through which he may obtain useful items; finally, he may want to steal something from NPCs without your party members knowing, therefore not altering your relationship level. Yes, stealing is wrong, but you're the Warrior of Light!

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