06/05/2010

Funny Bits in Star Ocean 2 (306)

That character's name sounds very interesting...

...but this one has him beat! He's truly hopeless, and an eclectic (or simply way too superstitious for comfort); it's also funny how some religions have carried over from Earth to Nede (or could it have been the other way round?).

After that meeting with Rena, with her dismissing him with a good laugh (if a bit forced, he thinks), Claude resumes his solitary stroll: he has no desire to return to the races, sick of the Bunny Shoes hunt as he is, and there's only one attraction left for him in Fun city. The Battle Stadium is always open to fighters who want to put themselves to the test, and there's a variety of battle modes one can choose from. Being alone, Claude may choose to take on ranked Duel Battles, or opt for the extremely tough Survival Battle, the latter having him endure 50 battles in a row, with only a bunch of support items to aid him. The prizes are good, but not great: a top-rank Duel Battle yields a very good weapon for the participating character, while the Survival Battle nets you a Fortune accessory. 'Fortune' will cause random items to magically appear in your inventory at fixed intervals; you may get something good, but an annoying text box telling you which item you got pops up every time. The real prize for Survival Battle is the huge amount of experience you get, even if you lose! Unfortunately it's only good for fighter characters, since spellcasters usually have a very hard time defending themselves in the tougher battles.

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