History Headscratchers / StarOcean

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* Why do Phia and T'nique require two remaining party slots instead of one each? That would make sense if that's still to reserve a space for one of the mandatory characters, but by the time you can recruit them, Millie and Ronyx are already both in your party. Just what sets them apart from Pericci and Welch?

* Why to Phia and T'nique require two remaining party slots instead of one each? That would make sense if that's still to reserve a space for one of the mandatory characters, but by the time you can recruit them, Millie and Ronyx are already both in your party. Just what sets them apart from Pericci and Welch?

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** Actually, in an encyclopedia entry in SO3, it's stated that Expellians periodically have 'throwback' children to their older DNA - Leon is an example of this. In 'modern' times in SO3, it's required that Expellians have DNA tests done to ensure this won't happen again.

* The ending to the fourth game. ThisTroper was incredibly disappointed to learn that by "multiple endings" the game means you just unlock solo endings for every character.

* Star Ocean: The Second Story (PSX) - one of the first pieces of information that we get from Noel is that he used to be a partisan of the Ten Wise Men. Aside from the fact that it's very odd for someone to say that to a group of total strangers ("Hi, random strangers in my house! I used to support my planet's greatest enemies! How are you today?") the game never offers any clarification; it never even brings it up again. What does it mean? How can he be a supporter of people he never would've had the opportunity to meet, since they had only recently returned to Nede? Does the PSP localization shed any light on this?

* If the Star Ocean universe is just a MMORPG for the 4D players, how can all the [=PCs=] stay in character so seamlessly that the sentinent NPCs don't suspect anything?
** They probably keep all out of character dialogue to a separate chat feature which the NPCs don't have access to

** It was always my impression that you aren't a 4D PC, but that you were actually playing one of the actual denizens of the Eternal Sphere Artificial Universe. Then again, the first two games were slightly altered to fit the third's revelation, and even then it's still almost played as you being an ES NPC living their actual virtual lives rather than a player. Though Till The End of Time did imply that that universe exists seperate and Eternal Sphere is more or less interacting with it, not exactly causing it's existence.

* If the Star Ocean universe is just a MMORPG for the 4D players, how can all the PCs stay in character so seamlessly that the sentinent NPCs don't suspect anything?

**** Nah. Jerks, lunatics, power-mad people... there is no end to the possible inadequately prepared PCs. Remember, in as truly immersive and complete an MMO as the Star Ocean 'verse, someone who wasn't good enough would probably be locked up in a loony bin or arrested by police.

**** It's also possible that the players you control (Edge, Claude, Roddick, and Fayt...well, maybe not Fayt) are themselves PCs. If you think about it in a meta-sort of way, you're the player, they're the player character. To really break your brain, assume that everyone you meet in the game is a PC and ''doesn't know it'', since the MMO features like OOC chat and such are beyond their ability to perceive.