27/04/2010

Funny Bits in Star Ocean 2 (299)

I don't think this one needs any comments. This character's name is so long it takes up more than half of the dialogue box; and he isn't even the only one like that.

Claude had a change of heart: they should have gone to see Narl, sure, but he being in L'Aqua means another assault to Fienal has already been planned. But he and his friends have just fought three of the former Ten Wise Men, and that's after a week of intensive training. It's only fair that they finally get to use their N.F.I.D. for real, to have some genuine fun in Fun City. I know, the clock is ticking, and those evildoers might have already started their preparations to use the Crest of Annihilation, but the game doesn't seem to care: you could spend days in Fun City and it'd be alright, so why not relax for a bit?

Fun city has some nice attractions other than the battle arena, but it doesn't hold a candle to the Gold Saucer. Other than the ordinary hotel, bar, souvenir shop and info point, it's got a race track you can bet on, and a cook-off attraction. Another side area, which you can see in the screenshot, is a room where you can find some fortune tellers. The one on the left is busy looking cool with the ladies; the middle one will give you readings about your adventure, that is, some statistics about your game (number of treasures found, enemies fought, etc.); the third one specializes in romantic fortunes only. The latter is very useful if you want to know your current level of romantic relationships with the other characters in your party; in Claude's case, you can see how he's faring with the girls in the party. This is the only way that isn't a story event to tell exactly how you're doing relationship-wise, too bad there's no way to know about any character other than Claude, or friendship levels either.

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