Star Ocean 3 was absolutely horrendous about that but somehow I finished it. I blame being ~13 at the time. Looking back, I have no idea how I managed to pull it off.
I'm surprised a number of people actually like this game. The 1st disc was tolerable but the 2nd disc just bombed. With a plot twist worse than FF8's orphanage scene, I lost motives to even finish the game (but I did).
But Star Ocean 2 on the other hand is like the golden egg of the series. The rest of the games 1, 3 and 4 makes it quite possibly one of the worst RPG series for me.
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