Final Fantasy?

[ShAiOnEi]

Originally Posted by Squeek

Shaionei: Well, I can understand if you think Abyss is bad, but not in your case since you think Star Ocean 3 is good.

Here's the main flaw of Star Ocean 3 aside from the huge lack of a real plot: the game is called Star Ocean. That means space. Why am I only allowed onto ONE PLANET for most of the game? The entire time I was playing it, I was just so irritated with the first planet. I figured we'd be doing like a backwater planet, then a super-futuristic planet, maybe a prehistoric planet, you know, fun stuff. Think Kingdom Hearts here. Then a friend tells me while playing it that the first disc takes place entirely on that planet. I very nearly quit playing the game when he told me that. Oh, and another thing. Why don't party members outside of battle get exp? I mean, I understand it in a game like Persona 3 where you pick your three party members and the four of you go off exploring while the rest stay behind but in Star Ocean the rest of your party is always with you. And it really, really isn't fair that some party members start at level 1 when you get them despite getting them 40 hours into the game. That's just retarded. And finally, there should not be skills that take HP to use, and there should not be dying from running out of MP.

I can understand your dislikes to the game because you were expecting it to be something it wasn't but the flaws you have pointed out are just preferences you wished could have been in the game. You see I had a pretty damn good time playing the game even though it has been a while and I can't quite remember the story that well. I do remember enjoying the adventure of the game and the battle system in terms of leveling up skills and creating new types of weapons using the synthesis. And to tell you the truth the more you went deeper into the story you actually do discover new and futuristic planets which in fact is the most mindblowing visuals I have ever gotten on real time play of a game. The game scores a 9 out of 10 for me for just sheer depth, you would know what I meant when you get to the last parts of the game.