Once you start you just can't stop playing...(may contain spoilers)
User Rating: 9.5 | Star Ocean: Till the End of Time - Director's Cut PS2
At first I would like to say that this game lives up to the series and beyond. This game will keep you occupied for a good long time even though this is the director's cut. Of coarse this game takes place over on hundred years in the future and on to the main characters. The first character we meet is Fayt Leingod. He is some who specializes in swords and some symbology. His most powerful and best attacks are sidekick (Lv15), shotgun blast (Lv25), air raid (Lv40), and dimension door (Lv50) but you can get the most powerful attack in the game for him. I will explain this later. These are the best you can have in your arsenal. Most powerful weapon for him is by your option because it all depends of its use. Now on to Sophia Esteed, who happens to be a specialist in staff attacks and symbology as well. Her use can range from the healing of your party to full out attack of symbology on your opponent. She is one of few characters who can learn all the symbology abilities. Next we have our Klausian, Cliff Fittir. He is one of the strongest allies you can have on your team. He uses Gauntlets to attack his opponents and all his attacks are powerful and it is hard to choose which to use sometimes. However, you can have him learn symbology but that is up to the player. Maria Traydor, also an earthling, is the leader of Quark but you will not meet her until the mid point of the game. She specializes in gun and symbology moves and her most powerful attack is the crescent locus (Lv38) and gravity bullet (Lv52). Here comes the hard part for all players; who to include in their party when it comes to choosing from 4 people? We have Nel Zelpher, Albel Nox, Peppita Rossetti, and Roger S. Huxley. When it comes to these characters it is all up to the player on whose better. Albel and Nel are the most powerful of this group. Now we shall go on to the remaining members who are permanent and unavoidable. First up is Mirage Koas who basically has the same attacks as Cliff and has had a few fist practice battles with him. The last and final party member is Adray Lasbard. He specializes in swords and mostly in symbology. He can come in use only once in awhile but he is only as good of use as the player permits him to be. This concludes all of the main party members that you can have and now on to the good stuff. In the beginning you meet Fayt and Sofia in the hotel at Hyda 4. Soon as you begin to progress the planet gets attacked and the couple are forced to not only battle machines but also evacuate Hyda 4 to a transport ship. However this ship gets blown apart and Sophia and Fayt are separated because of the escape pods. Fayt ends up on Vanguard 3 and has to survive on this planet until help arrives. Sorry to all of you but I don't want to reveal the rest yet but I will reveal certain important bosses you will meet in the main game. This is the list of them from beginning to end: Norton, Shelby, Moon Shadow Clan Chief, Cockatrice, Albel (enemy form), Vox, Crosell, Biwig, Proclaimer, Azazor, the 3 you meet after returning to the eternal sphere, Spirit Trio, Battle Copter, Pseudo Blair, and then Luther the Creator. These are the most important boss battles of the game. The after word bosses are Sculpture lord, Gabriel Celesta, Lenneth, Ethereal Queen, Freya, the meetings with bosses you have met before, along with fights with party members themselves. Here is the edit part sorry for not putting this in. Fayt's destruction ability can be fully released by finding a scroll in sphere 211 after defeating Gabriel Celesta. It is located on the 100 floors. Now for last advice, O is for breaking the force fields and X is for main damage attacks. Triangle brings up states and square cancels. Now go have fun adventure the world awaits.
