18th June 2004, 1:17 PM
Star Ocean 2 is possibly on the best RPGs you can get on the PSX. A fusion of scifi and fantasy the likes of which we may never see again [except in Star Ocean 3, that is]. It had nice graphics, some very well made music, had some nice CG and avoided shoving it in your face every 2 seconds, and it had a likable cast of characters [albeit questionable dialogue translation]. It also had one more thing, the on thing that causes me to at once love and utterly hate this abomination of an awesome game. The bosses. Never have I seen such insanely hard and totally cheap bosses. They aren't content to hit you with a powerful spell and then sit back as you smack away at them with swords and magics. Oh no. Thanks to the battle system, which can make the game fun or agravating, allows the boss to use one powerful spell over and over until all of party is killed. And make no mistake he'll do it every time. To combat this you have to be quick and you have to stick it to him with all you've got.
I just want to beat Star Ocean 2!! Is that too much to ask, Enix?!
I just want to beat Star Ocean 2!! Is that too much to ask, Enix?!
Sometimes you get the scorpion.