Star Ocean: Till the End of Time

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Who's played it? Is it any good? It certainly LOOKS good. I'm debating a purchase. Any info would be great.

How well does the live battle system work out? I'm used to either a straight action game or a turn-based RPG.
 
I just got it for Christmas and started playing yesterday. It isn't turned based so you actually have to manuver the character and have him hit people. I find this difficult with all the menus and whatnot - it's not as straightforward as the Bio-Ware games when it comes to smacking people around. However, you are probably non-spastic enough to get along just fine. I'll let you know more about as I continue to play - I've only been in 2 battles so far.
 
Ahhh. Right. I see now. I've played Metal Gear before. I liked it OK, but I don't know if it's really my style of game. I like story heavy action games and RPGs. I also like anything Zelda, Metroid, and most things Mario. I'm playing Jak3 and FFX right now and enjoying them both. It looks like Star Ocean is very story heavy - which is a selling point for me, and possibly more fun to play than FF. What does Katie think?
 
MGS is THE story-heavy action game. Star Ocean sometimes can get repetitive and annoying because the dungeons are set up with lotsa backtracking and tough-to-see buttons and levers and such.
 
Let me revise: Action-Adventure. Metal Gear was a little too real-y for me. I generally don't like guns that exist. I like ones that repel things with waves of sound or shoot blue rays etc. Swords are even better.
 
MGS2 has a sword......

but I get your point. In which case, I'd recommend Onimusha 2 and 3, Dark Cloud 1 and 2, and Kingdom Hearts. But if you want a great RPG, get Suikoden 3. That is my 2nd favorite RPG out there, and my favorite PS2 game.
 
Suikoden 3 isn't overrated! Can sleeper hits even be over rated? At least Suikoden 3 didn't get dumbed down, whose only selling point is how it comes with a demo for a non-remedial RPG series.
 
Well the two games I've got right now should last me a while. Maybe not Jak3 but FFX will take some time to complete. Especially since I don't get a lot of play time -- my PS2 is at my fiancee's house. I'll take a closer look at DragonQuest, but I think I WILL get Star Ocean.

Katie: I'm still interested in your ongoing impressions of the game.
 
I'll let you know as soon as I play it again, which won't be until this weekend at the earliest. The graphics are pretty...I like pretty games.
 
BCampbell said:
I don't know if you can bash DQ8 Steve, did you check gamrankings on that one? I mean, you're gonna be disagreeing with a lot of sites and magazines. And we all know how you feel on that one.
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Magazines and sites often tend to cave into hype and often seem to take it easier on games that advertise on their site/magazine.
 
Screw the FF demo, that games seems like it's going to be crap, DQ8 is Golden, old school at it's best, and yes, Suikoden 3 is overrated, it's the bastard cousin of Suikoden 1 and 2, and Suikoden 4 is the cousin you don't speak about, the new one that's in the works looks sweet though.
 
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