Star Ocean: Till the End of Time

Star Ocean: Till the End of Time brings Enix and Tri-Ace's sci-fi spacefaring RPG series to the PS2 with its battle system and expansive worlds in tow, culminating with a controversial ending.

This was one of the last releases from Enix prior to its merge with Square later in 2003.

Revisional Differences#

The Director's Cut version, which also served as the basis for the localized versions of the game, added some new stuff along with various changes and bugfixes:

• Mirage Koas, a secondary character in the original, was promoted to being a playable character.
• An entirely new playable character, Adray Lasbard, was added.
• A versus battle mode was added, which can be played against the computer or a second player.
• Two additional dungeons were added: Urssa Lava Temple and Surferio Water Garden.
• New music tracks were added.
• Various bugs were fixed, including a major one that prevented the original version of the game from playing on the SCPH-10000 PS2 models.

The added content resulted in the game shipping on two discs, whereas the original version only needed one disc.

Debug Room#

SO3 includes a debug room on Whipple. While theoretically this room can be accessed, no player has yet determined exactly how.

However, SO3’s script contains the full developer/QA debug room dialoge, framed as conversations with three enemy NPCs: Robinwind, a succubus, and a nobleman. Between them, they allow the player to jump to events in the story, force a given recruitment path, max out a character's AP for Fayt and/or increase Fayt's AP for a character by 20, max out fol and item inventory, watch game cutscenes/cinematics on demand, and more. SO3 also contains leftover debug symbols in its executable.

The debug room script:

Robinwind: "Where in space and time do you wish to go? I'll try my best to transport you to another time, another place."

--> Chapter 1: Hotel to Vanguard III

Robinwind: "Okay, another question for you. Where in Chapter 1 do you want to go?"

• After Arriving on Vanguard
• Evacuation Corridor
• Transport Ship Helre
• Crash Landing in Pesotto
• Morning Niklas Disappeared
• After Norton Was Defeated
• On to the Eagle

--> Chapter 2: First Half of Elicoor II (Up to Outbreak of War)

Robinwind: "Okay, another question for you. Where in Chapter 2 do you want to go?"

• Right After Crashing in Airyglyph
• Encounter with Nel
• Arrival in Arias
• After Completing Kirlsa Training Facility
• Encounter with Ameena
• Castle Aquaria
• Ameena and Dion's Reunion
• Right Before Decisive Battle

--> Chapter 3: Second Half of Elicoor II (After War)

Robinwind: "Okay, another question for you. Where in Chapter 3 do you want to go?"

• Right After War
• Heading to Protect Sacred Orb
• Maria's Confession
• Summit Between Airyglyph and Aquaria
• Heading to Airyglyph Castle
• After Defeating Crosell

Robinwind: "Oh yeah. Who will you take along with you in Chapter 3?"

• Nel
• Albel
• Roger

Robinwind: "Incidentally, did you save Roger from the Moonshadow Clan?"

• Yes
• No

Robinwind: "Incidentally, did you take Peppita with you?"

• Yes
• No

Robinwind: "Has Adray joined your party?"

• Yes
• No

--> Chapter 4: Executioners' Appearance

Robinwind: "Okay, another question for you. Where in Chapter 4 do you want to go?"

• Diplo
• Kirlsa Training Facility
• Aquaelie
• Moonbase
• Destruction
• Earth's Destruction
• Arrival on Styx

--> Chapter 5: 4D Space

Robinwind: "Okay, another question for you. Where in Chapter 5 do you want to go?"

• Arkives
• Gemity
• Arrival at Sphere Company
• Styx (Before Earthquake)
• Return to Elicoor
• After Obtaining Sacred Orb

Robinwind: "Who did you most recently ask to join you? You can change your mind if you don't need them anymore. But, don't pick the same person as last time."

• Nel
• Albel
• Roger

Robinwind: "Was Adray in your party?"

• Yes
• No

After choosing any of the above, Robinwind says “Be careful, okay? At least don't do anything crazy.”

Succubus: "So... What is it you desire?"

--> Turn On All Dictionary Entries

• Succubus: "Though not numerous, there are places where the game may say you've already met someone even though you really have not."

--> Max Bunny Race Points

• Succubus: "All right. Are you happy now? It's hard getting points the usual way, isn't it?"

--> More Money

• Succubus: "I wonder if this will be enough? Goodbye."

--> Halve Main Character's HP

• Succubus: "You sure are a curious creature. Oh yeah... I can change other settings, too. Just let me know what you desire."

--> Have All Craftsmen Join Your Team

• Succubus: "All right, done. But please wait a moment because the join events are related to game balance. Sorry for the delay."

--> Turn Ring of Disintegration On

• Succubus: "All right, it's done."

--> Adjust Emotion

• Succubus: "I'll adjust Emotion for the Epilogue. I'll raise the character's Emotion toward Fayt by 80. Incidentally, you must go to MAP353, the ending (blank) map, in order to begin. However, characters that are not in your party will not be available for the Best Friend Ending. And Roger will only be available if you saved him from the Moonshadow Clan."

• Raise Fayt's Emotion Toward Everyone by 20
• Raise Sophia's Emotion by 80
• Raise Maria's Emotion by 80
• Raise Cliff's Emotion by 80
• Raise Nel's Emotion by 80
• Raise Albel's Emotion by 80
• Raise Roger's Emotion by 80
• Raise Peppita's Emotion by 80
• Raise Mirage's Emotion by 80
• Raise Adray's Emotion by 80

--> Get All Valuables:

• Succubus: "Okay, is this what you wanted?"

--> NEXT:

• Succubus: "I see... Goodbye then."

Nobleman: "This is for checking movies."

• Attack on Hyda
• Start of Helre Warp
• During Helre Warp
• Vendeeni Ship on Helre's Bridge Screen
• Escape Pod
• Eagle Taking Off
• Eagle Traveling in Space
• Vendeeni Ship on Helre's Bridge Screen
• Eagle Warp
• Eagle's Emergency Landing
• Vendeeni Attack (1)
• Vendeeni Attack (2)
• Vendeeni Attack (3)
• Vendeeni's Appearance
• Dogfight
• Diplo Evading Creation Cannon
• Approaching the Invisible
• Maria's Awakening
• Diplo Taking Off
• Picture of Executioners
• Defense Line Breached and Earth's Destruction
• Enforcers vs. Aquaelie
• Monitor at Flad's House
• Fayt's Awakening
• Crosell vs. Vendeeni Ships