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Hour 36 update by FABIO 10/10/2004, 9:21pm PDT I finally got past disc 1 (just skipped all the cutscenes that were locking up then looked up the script online). Every review I've read mentioned that you'd groan at the plot twist. I didn't believe them. I figured by the time I got off the primative planet that I'd be so grateful that no twist could be outrageous enough to annoy me. I was wrong. Once the nature of the real villains is revealed it is pretty fucking groan inducing. It turned what should have been an awesome cutscene into me rolling my eyeballs at the characters' comments of the villains. I WON'T SPOIL THE SUPRISE, but I will say that after ripping the "hidden power that only surfaces you get pissed off at INJUSTICE" from DragonballZ (which you should have seen coming from hour 1 anyways), they go and rip off the villains directly from another undeservedly popular anime. I was also wrong about the music not being bad. The worst I had run into at that point was the eternally improvising electric guitar solo dungeon theme, which is a complete mess of a piece that tolerable for 5 minutes and you end up listening to for an hour as it drives you up the fucking wall. There is also a piano piece that's supposed to be touching but again the guy tries to go crazy on an improved part and again it's a complete mess that tears you out of the oh so tearful moment. I can remember plenty of RPG's with completely mediocre and forgettable music, but can't recall one that had tracks that were flat out bad. I still say the overall score is so-so, since there are one or two good songs to balance it out, which is still a shame since SO2 had one of the best non-square soundtracks. They also railroad you onto a very linear track after the primative planet. It's been 4 hours and they haven't let me go back and screw around with bonus stuff like inventors and levelling and such. The dungeon right after the planet has no way of healing so you're not free to level up to your heart's content there either. BONUS HINT SO YOU DON'T GET SCREWED OVER LATE: Expand the facilities of the workshop in Peterny and nowhere else. Once you leave the planet the only workshop you'll be able to use is that one.

Star Ocean: Till the End of Time. Rambling review by FABIO 09/10/2004, 5:57pm PDT     gamefaqs review by FABIO 09/10/2004, 6:00pm PDT     three more points by FABIO 09/10/2004, 6:11pm PDT         What are you talking about? by Kab(uke) Seme 09/10/2004, 8:07pm PDT             Re: What are you talking about? by FABIO 09/10/2004, 10:27pm PDT                 Re: What are you talking about? by Kab(uke) Seme 09/11/2004, 1:38am PDT     Hour 20 update by FABIO 09/12/2004, 3:51am PDT         Re: Hour 20 update by pong lenis 09/12/2004, 6:55am PDT             Re: Hour 20 update by FABIO 09/12/2004, 12:44pm PDT         Re: Hour 20 update by Zseni-chan PAI 09/12/2004, 8:51am PDT         Re: Hour 20 update by Willdog 09/13/2004, 9:00am PDT             oh yeah :( by FABIO 09/13/2004, 12:38pm PDT         "plutonic"? What, she's radioactive? NT by |bomb 09/14/2004, 2:12pm PDT             ololol NT by fag 09/14/2004, 2:28pm PDT             Re: "plutonic"? What, she's radioactive? by FABIO 09/14/2004, 3:51pm PDT                 Zseni posts don't exist to me NT by |bomb 09/15/2004, 11:11am PDT     Star Ocean 1 ROM translated by FABIO 09/14/2004, 10:32pm PDT         Re: Star Ocean 1 ROM translated by William H. Hayt, Jr. 09/14/2004, 11:07pm PDT     AAAAAAARRRRRRGGGGGG!!!!!!!!!!!!!! by FABIO 09/30/2004, 3:13pm PDT     Hour 36 update by FABIO 10/10/2004, 9:21pm PDT         jesus christ it just got worse (OPINION CHANGE) by FABIO 10/11/2004, 5:26am PDT