10/03/2009

Funny Bits in Star Ocean 2 (27)

Yes, Claude is still being a prick, even if he's calmed down a bit; however, just minutes before this scene, he went as far as shouting "We have no friends!" (and I don't think he was trying to cover Rena and Dias). But I digress: Claude's line here, taken out of context, really makes no less sense than it does in the actual dialogue, it's a sort of non sequitur, in my opinion. Besides, the fact that he says "... Rena too" means two things: he still doesn't consider her his friend, and he shows hesitation in putting his trust on her. Which makes him look even more horrible (and funnier) to me.

The morning after that small argument between Claude and Rena (can it even be called that?), C&C set out to find the bandits who kidnapped the children of Mars in the forest; they can't help but notice that Dias and Rena have already left. You can encounter bandits in groups of 3 in some specific placel while you get deeper into the forest: at each encounter you can watch some short scenes mainly about Claude's jealousy. On an unrelated note, the bandits are pretty strong enemies at this point in the game, plus you can't rely on Rena to heal yourself; needless to say, if you play the Rena storyline this segment is way easier, because Dias is almost invincible in comparison to Claude, and because Rena is there just in case you dozed while fighting.

Towards the end Claude and Celine meet with one of the guys who was in the village the day before: he reveals to them as the boss of the bandits (it wasn't really obvious from the start, I'll give this game that much), by saying "The one who fell was your father" to Celine. That bastard! Of course this can only mean one thing: boss fight! That is, a scripted fight with a particularly strong enemy, compared with your current random encounters, where a different battle music plays: I don't think it fully applies here though, as I generally find the bandits to be more dangerous.

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