31/05/2010

Funny Bits in Star Ocean 2 (323)

Since there's nothing really funny about the last battle, I thought I'd at least have a screenshot of it, even if it isn't funny. By the way, you can see all my characters are doing fine so far: having the Eternal Sphere and Bunny Shoes equipped, Claude is almost no match for the opponent, although he still needs help from his friends.

The last of the Ten Wise Men, Indalecio, is busy activating the Crest of Annihilation, in a room on the 8th floor of the Fienal stronghold that can only be accessed by going up to the 9th (and last) floor. Yeah, if you thought this place was an architectural mess, now you know it's even worse... To be fair, I guess they might have made it like a castle or a fortress on purpose, but I don't want to know how. When our heroes arrive to the room, which seems to house the Quadratic Sphere (remember the Sorcery Globe?), they're too late - or at least Indalecio says so: the crest is completed and it only needs activation. Indalecio is sure his plan will succeed because he knows the crest will be activated in any case, but he doesn't know about the Crest of Enchantment Rena is carrying with her.

Before the inevitable fight, our heroes question Indalecio about his need to destroy the Universe, for they hope to change his mind since it's so dumb an idea, to which he replies by saying that the destruction of the Universe was the sole purpose he was made for, his raison d'etre. We don't get any more than that, but let me tell you a bit of what could have happened...

There are two separate events that reveal a bit more of who the Ten Wise Men, and more specifically Indalecio, are: the first is the set of Private Actions involving Chisato which I've already mentioned, and that only gives you some more information; the second is completely independent from the first, and it only reveals part of what you can find out with Chisato, but it changes the final part of the game. You can trigger both events anyway. We'll eventually come back to that.

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