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Version 2.0
Written by Kouryuu (test@_robbieisdamnscary_kou-net.org)
OZ is (c)2005 Konami
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1) REVISIONS
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Exactly what the heading says.
2) IMPORTANT INFO
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Read read read! Any questions/comments that spawn from this file that are
already answered in this section will be ignored! This also explains how
to properly e-mail me. :P
3) ENDINGS
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This is the meat of the file. :3
4) ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
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Crediting my sources. ^-^
5) ABOUT THE AUTHOR
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I just felt like adding pointless section about me just so you know what
sort of strange person wrote this text file.
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1) REVISIONS
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| Version 2.0 (December 6, 2005) |
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Big update warrants a completely new version number! XD
I finally got the bad ending so I added info on that plus lots of changes here
and there, most notably under the normal ending where I fixed a bit of the
summary. I also added an ABOUT THE AUTHOR section just because.
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| Version 1.1 (November 26, 2005) |
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Sigh. Started a fresh new game and played under Normal and I got 5 A's, 3
B's, 9 C's, and 1 D. That got me the normal ending again. >:( I must try
harder to do horrible at this game. Anyway, I just added some bits about not
upgrading the strength of the charas and such as a means to get the bad and
normal endings. Also changed the retry stages suggestion to simply retrying
boss battles as stages don't let you stack the amount of times you and allies
die.
I also added some extra words about the final fight under the summary of the
normal ending.
Now back to getting those C's and D's. :P
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| Version 1.0 (November 24, 2005) |
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Finished the initial version of the guide~~~
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| Version 0.0 (November 19, 2005) |
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Still freshly obsessed with game, I got the urge to write about the various
endings and how to obtain them. :D
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2) IMPORTANT INFO
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There are just several things I want to note about this guide:
1) To see the gibberish, you'll have to switch your browser's character
encoding to Japanese Shift-JIS.
2) I am NOT affiliated with Konami. I am merely a fan of their game, OZ,
and as such, it should be noted that this guide is a non-profit, fan-made
piece of work. It is all right to post this at your site, distribute
freely, but it is NOT all right to modify it in any way or sell it (by
itself or on some compilation CD with other walkthroughs/guides, etc.).
3) This file does NOT contain a walkthrough for the game. It is solely
focused on the multiple endings it has such as how to get them and
synopses of what happens for each.
4) I also assume the reader knows the game mechanics and the plot of the
game as I do not expand on techniques and plot points that are mentioned
in this guide.
5) I am not fluent in Japanese so there may be some errors here and there
in terms of my summaries. I do my best to be as accurate as I can.
6) To e-mail me, remove the _robbieisdamnscary_ part in my e-mail address. :P
Corrections, additions, critiques, and compliments are welcomed.
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3) ENDINGS
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The main variations of the endings are the cutscenes you get after you
initially reach the summit, the boss you fight, the credit roll, and the tune
that accompanies the credits. There is also no restriction on which diffi-
culty mode to use to obtain these endings so if you ever need to switch modes
cuz you want a better challenge or an easier time, feel free to do so. What
matters is your overall ranking of all the stages up to stage 19 (and for
stage 20, stage 19 would also be included in the overall ranking business).
I know this isn't rocket science but I think I should put in this reminder
anyway: Always remember that your performance in stages is offset by the
difficulty mode so Normal (A rank) and Hard (S rank) modes can land you a
decent grade even if you performed poorly.
Anyway, here are the endings, from worst to best, complete with spoiler-filled
summaries that will probably only make sense to those that know everything
that has happened before reaching the end, as well as the credit roll and
credits music that accompany them. Oh, and I included my stage rankings too.
XD (Yes, I'm a freak and I logged them. I also logged the dialogue choices
I picked for each stage. XP)
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BAD ENDING -- STAGE 19: SONG OF RUIN (滅びの歌)
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| OVERALL RANK PREREQUISITE: C or D |
| OTHER PREREQUISITES: DO NOT GET ANYTHING OTHER THAN C OR D |
| FOR STAGE RANKS. |
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Comments:
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I actually played a fresh game from start till finish THREE DIFFERENT TIMES
in order to get this infernal ending. >:E The problem was that I didn't have
straight C's or D's all the way through.
Blargh. The irony of all this was that the final boss fight was so ...
pathetic. I put all this effort to get this ending and all I got was a
boring, no brainer button-mashing-fest as my reward. Thanks Konami.
Suggestions on how to get this ending:
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- Do not upgrade anyone's strength. You might want to do it for health to
ensure you make it to a boss battle though. :P
- Play on Normal since playing Easy will cause you to go comatose with boredom
as you purposely extend stage time and wait for your characters to die.
Translation: the amount of time and deaths required to get a C under Normal
is lower than Easy. Of course, the yellow eteria count will be higher
though.
General rule of thumb on Normal is to die at least 20 times and make sure a
stage goes beyond 30 minutes.
- Just don't participate in any chaining to ensure a low rank for yellow
eteria collected. Simply tell your companions to kill all the enemies by
issuing attack orders like mad.
- Leave the stage running while you go and do some non-OZ stuff, such as
grabbing something to eat, taking a shower, etc. (This is just a means to
extend the stage clear time.)
- Make the effort to die as many times as you can. A sure way of dying a lot
in a stage is to do the following:
When you're recovering, chase after enemies or bosses so you'll get hit
again before your health is restored. XD This is best done on Easy or
Normal where the enemies aren't crazy aggressive. I mean, the chances
of the entire party dying can be pretty high on Hard once the player
character is down and replaying an entire stage isn't fun.
- Die and retry boss battles (since the clock continues from where it left
off when you died in the fight). This is the only way to stock up on
deaths. BUt you know, I think the game penalizes you by ADDING more time
when you choose to retry a boss battle. o.o~ Pay attention to the clock
when the fight starts up again ...
- Avoid getting A or S ranks for *anything* and the overall stage result
CANNOT be a B, A, or S; every single stage up to 19 HAS to be C or D. I
tested this out by sneaking in a B for stage 18 and I got the normal
ending instead. >_>
Summary:
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Feel and company finally make it to the place where the ruler of all gods
(or supreme god) is. Its appearance triggers Dorothy to transform into her
"god form" (or however you want to refer to it as) as it uses her as its
vehicle.
Feel is shocked to the point that he's oblivious to an impending attack
(or what seems to be ._.;) from his sister. Leon leaps into action to stop
Dorothy while Almira rushes to her friend to get him out of harm's way.
A short conversation occurs between the trio where Leon and Almira basically
tell the poor boy that there was no way to save his sister. :/ I think Leon
says something to the effect that that they should hurry and release Dorothy
from the god's control (re: kill her).
With a nice loud cry of Dorothy's name from Feel, the tragic fight begins!
I'm not certain if Dorothy retained a bit of her consciousness in the fight
or not but she *DOES NOT ATTACK* (under Normal mode). I haven't tried it on
Hard mode so I wouldn't know if the case is the same. The only attack that
occurs is an instant kill attack but I think it only happens if you just idle.
Anyway, once she's defeated, Dorothy reverts back to her human form and
slumps to the ground. Feel goes up to her, falls onto his knees, and cradles
his sister's body in his arms.
As he weeps away, he continually utters "I won't forgive this ..." and then
his voice starts to change. o.o! (The voice is kind of like what you hear
when he's in full Rex armor.) Leon and Almira take notice of this startling
vocal change but don't say anything. :\
Black energy/eteria? start coming out of Feel's Rex and he brings his armored
hand up and looks at it. Seconds later, he's screaming and clutching his head
in pain. :P
The entire area becomes enveloped in strange darkness. Leon wonders what the
heck was going on and Almira just cries out Feel's name.
All that's shown after this is Feel transforming into some demon and then a
close-up of him giving a looking-back-over-the-shoulder + sinister-grin-on-
face look. Suddenly, a "LOL! Bad End Try Again!" screen flashes onto the
screen.
Well, okei, the LOL! isn't there but you can be sure that screen is mocking
you! D:
Hypothesis of what occurred at the end:
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The following contains ideas from a post by peksi at the GameFAQs OZ message
board. The original message is not posted here since he wanted it to be
paraphrased instead. I added a bunch of my own thoughts in it as well but
really, the credit belongs to him since he's the one that explained what
went on.
** Warning! Spoilers from a sidequest and other ending are included too! **
In the bad ending, what happens to Feel is probably similar to what happened
to the stage 17 boss, Nigredo. The name Nigredo is most likely not something
that Konami pulled out of thin air as it more or less describes what happened
to the boss. Xenosaga fans will remember this meaningful name as well. :3
The definition, taken from Wikipedia*, is this:
"Nigredo, or blackness, in alchemy means putrefaction or decomposition.
The alchemists believed that as a first step in the pathway to the philo-
sopher's stone all alchemical ingredients had to be cleansed and cooked
extensively to a uniform black matter [1]. Chaos precedes enlightenment. In
psychology Carl Jung (a student of alchemy) forwarded the notion of nigre-
do as the moment of maximum despair as a prerequisite to enlightenment."
So, essentially, Feel was a victim of the nigredo effect in the sense that he
was enveloped by darkness/blackness and that he more or less reached that
sense of, uh, maximum despair (dunno about the enlightenment part). In short,
he was ripe for possession by a being that shared his hatred of the gods. :3
A major plot point in Dorothy's Big Adventure also alludes to this ending in
that the evil god (who players that have seen the happy ending will know as
Atheus) mentions that he needed a body with a pure mind to resurrect.
Poor Feel was forcefully selected as the candidate. :P
What happens to him and the evil god? Well, it's for you to find out for
yourself! XD
* Yes, I know that Wikipedia is not exactly the most objective and accurate
source in the world but it was the most dictionary-like result that popped
up on the first page of results on Google. :E
Credit roll:
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The credits are actually part of the movie cutscene which begins when the area
becomes blanketed with darkness. There's no background music of any sort.
My Stage Rankings:
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Guh, I played 2 stages on Easy and the rest on Normal. I know I did stage
17 on Easy for certain but I can't recall the other one.
Stage 1 - C Stage 11 - C
Stage 2 - D Stage 12 - C
Stage 3 - D Stage 13 - C
Stage 4 - C Stage 14 - C
Stage 5 - D Stage 15 - C
Stage 6 - C Stage 16 - C
Stage 7 - D Stage 17 - D
Stage 8 - C Stage 18 - C
Stage 9 - C Stage 19 - A
Stage 10 - C
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| OTHER PREREQUISITES: Try to avoid A and S ranks for each stage |
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Comments:
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You know, after suffering through my quest to get the bad ending, I have
discovered that this is a really easy ending to get. What makes it easy to
achieve is the fact that you can mix and match stage rankings of all letters.
See My Stage Rankings below for examples.
Anyway, I hated this ending. It was way too bittersweet for my liking,
especially after being subjected to the true ending twice and happy ending
once. When I play a game with the same characters through the entire thing,
I get somewhat attached to them so when this ending played, I was not all too
happy to see the treatment they got. >:O I dunno. I was disappointed to
find out that THIS was the "normal" ending. If I had my way, I'd rename it
"Bad Ending" and the Bad Ending would be something like "Wholly Undesirable
Ending". >:E
The title image was misleading too!!!!
Suggestions on how to get this ending:
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- Do not upgrade anyone's strength. You might want to do it for health to
ensure you make it to a boss battle though.
- Play as haphazard as you would with aiming for the bad ending but pay more
attention in getting yellow eteria (i.e. do SOME chaining and deathblows)
and staying alive. I mean, all we're looking for is to maintain a B or C
overall average.
- Clear time is about the only thing you can really manipulate on purpose for
this; that is, if you've been doing well in keeping alive and gaining lots
of yellow eteria, then you may have to deliberately drive the clear time
down to try for a B or C rank.
To do this, just head to an area with no monsters and leave the stage
running (no pausing) while you go off and do some other stuff. :D
- Actually, I lied. You can also purposely bring down the death total by
constantly dying in boss battles. On Normal difficulty, 20 deaths and
over will usually give you a C in that category.
- Avoid getting S ranks for *anything*.
Summary:
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Feel and company finally make it to the place where the ruler of all gods
(or supreme god), Praestigiatores, is. Its appearance triggers Dorothy
to transform into her "god form" (or however you want to refer to it as)
as it tries to use her as its vehicle.
Of course, Feel can't accept this but he's too dumbstruck to do anything.
However, with "encouragement" from Leon and Almira (... it was more like
"What the hell are you doing, Feel? Hurry up and talk to her already!"
:P ...), he rushes up to her and tries to get her to revert back to the
Dorothy he knows.
At first, it seems like everything Feel is saying to her is in vain as
she doesn't react at all and continues to resonate some sort of, uh,
barrier? that prevents anyone from getting near her.
Finally, Feel thrusts his axe-like sword into the ground and ... I dunno
what he does exactly here as he just sort of lets out a cry of sorts
(sort of like what you see in anime and stuff when characters are
charging to do some major/ultimate attack thing) but he does cause her to
regain consciousness.
So you get Dorothy back. Hooray. But Leon and Almira sort of collapse
while the siblings were embracing. :P However, with the help of Eteria
and an encouraging nod from Dorothy, they get back on their feet and the
fight against the evil god (in full Rex too! Whoo!!).
Of course, it's defeated. Thing is, you lose Leon and Almira in return.
Basically, it turns out they were more or less dead by the time the final
battle began but Dorothy wished the Eteria to give them one last bit of
strength to push on.
Most of this cutscene after the fight consists of flashback sequences (re:
various cutscenes throughout the game) with Almira and Leon reminiscing
about their time together with Feel. Yeah, they're doing this while they're
lying on the ground dying away. :P
The final moments are something that many of us are all too familiar with
where the dying individuals thank their friend and how wonderful it is
having known him and then, they die. To further the cliche, Feel, who was
on his knees all this time, lets out a nice big cry of grief at the end.
:P
Credit roll:
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Little windows of various cutscenes from the game play out. The windows
flank the credits which are scrolling by horizontally from right to left.
If I remember correctly, the background track that plays is Longing for
Sentimentality and Hope (感傷と希望への憧憬).
My Stage Rankings:
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Played mostly under Normal difficulty with clear game data/characters with
max stats:
Stage 1 - C Stage 11 - A
Stage 2 - B Stage 12 - C
Stage 3 - C Stage 13 - B
Stage 4 - B Stage 14 - B
Stage 5 - C Stage 15 - B
Stage 6 - C Stage 16 - B
Stage 7 - B Stage 17 - A
Stage 8 - C Stage 18 - C
Stage 9 - A Stage 19 - ?
Stage 10 - B
Here's one where I tried to get the bad ending but got the normal one! :(
Stage 1 - C Stage 11 - B
Stage 2 - C Stage 12 - B
Stage 3 - D Stage 13 - D
Stage 4 - B Stage 14 - C
Stage 5 - C Stage 15 - C
Stage 6 - C Stage 16 - C
Stage 7 - C Stage 17 - B
Stage 8 - C Stage 18 - B
Stage 9 - B Stage 19 - ?
Stage 10 - C
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TRUE ENDING -- STAGE 19: DOROTHY (ドロシー)
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| OTHER PREREQUISITES: NO Rex Armor and/or Deathblows in god battles |
| Try to steer clear of C or D stage ranks. |
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Comments:
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I got this one twice -- once was deliberate and the other time was during my
quest to get the happy ending. But, for the latter, I failed on upholding a
condition on one stage so getting the bestest ending the whole wide was not
possible. :((((
Now, there are 3 ways to go about this particular, second best ending:
1) Get an overall B average with special care not to sneak in a bunch of
C's.
Or!
2) Get an overall A average.
Or!
3) Get an overall S average.
I know 1) and 2) will definitely get this ending since those were my overall
averages when I got this and I am quite positive 3) will land it as well
because the happy or best ending has additional requirements. :/
In fact, here's the difference: DO NOT GET REX ARMOR FOR THE GOD BATTLES.
It's okay to deathblow and Over Zenith them to death but seriously, make sure
your OZ gauge is not at max. Having full Rex for stages 12, 14, 16, 18, and
19 can blow your chances in getting the true ending, especially if you're
cruising through the game with mostly A's.
Anyway, it's an all right ending. Definitely better than the normal ending
but it's still bittersweet. :/ Damn writers.
Suggestions on how to get this ending:
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- Do your best! ^_^ Go for the gold! Go nuts on chaining! Don't die a lot!
Try not to replay stages or boss battles! Clear stages as quickly as you
can!
- Special attention: DO NOT FILL UP YOUR OZ GAUGE TO MAX!!!! And if you
insist on it, then don't use any deathblows to kill any of the gods.
Summary:
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The FMV that you watch upon reaching the final destination is the same as
the normal ending. However, things become different after Dorothy does
her metamorphosis and Feel's initial disbelief at what transpired:
Filled with determination to bring his sister back to her senses, Feel begins
to walk up to Dorothy with Toto, now changed back into his cat form, on his
shoulder. Almira calls to him, stating that it's too dangerous, and tries
to run after him to stop him. However, Leon tells Almira to wait and to
have some faith in Feel and Dorothy.
Almira, with some hesitation, says that she will give them the benefit of the
doubt since they are Cain's children.
Feel proceeds to ask Dorothy to come down/return and after a few moments,
Dorothy changes back into a human and floats into her brother's arms.
She sobs and sobs until the supreme god shows up.
Feel tells his sister to wait a bit as there's some unfinished business he
has to attend to. (This makes me wonder where the heck she is during the
battle since she's technically still within the battlegrounds. :P)
So yay, Feel, Almira, and Leon make their stand to break the curse of the
gods and upon their victory, the annoying spider aliens come in and devour
the fallen god. o_O;
Through their consumption, they transform into one big spider creature. The
trio wonder what the heck was standing before them. It's here that Dorothy
explains that the spiders and the gods are from another world. :3
From my understanding, these spiders were being used by these so-called gods
and similar to what Feel and co. were doing through the course of the game,
the spiders went against the gods and sought to take them down.
The gods fled that world and arrived on Feel's world and proceeded to enslave
the inhabitants, both katena and humans. However, I guess with the katena,
because of their special abilities, they were chosen to do the dirty work of
the gods.
Now, back to the problem at hand -- it doesn't seem like killing the ruler of
the gods was enough for them. :P Leon gets the bright idea of using his Rex
on it but to his surprise, the Rex doesn't react.
I think it's Almira that explains that Rex is a part of the gods and because
the gods are now dead, they can't utilize their powers.
Seeing that there's no way to defeat the monster, Dorothy decides to take
control of the situation by stating that she will take the creature away
from the world.
Of course, Feel protests but I think Toto tells him that he should give in to
Dorothy's resolution.
Well, the brother doesn't really give in but the sister tells him that
everything was going to be all right and that all the fond memories of their
time together will always be remembered.
As Dorothy prepares to take the giant spider away, Leon and Almira look away
.. I guess they don't want to see the heartbreaking scene between the
siblings? ^^ It's either that or they knew that Dorothy was going to blind
them with intensely bright light as she teleported away with the enemy. :P
Before she disappears though, Dorothy thanks Feel and Toto.
This ending finishes with Dorothy dematerializing and Feel screaming for his
sister. XP Oh wait, I forgot about Theologia exploding after that.
Actually, the sight of that place blowing up makes me wonder if everyone
(namely the three characters) died on it or not. ^^
Credit roll:
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Black and white drawings of the characters scrolling by right to left with
credits in between them (for the most part). It ends with a B&W drawing of
Dorothy from the stage 19 title image.
The tune that plays is Longing for Sentimentality and Hope
(感傷と希望への憧憬).
My Stage Rankings:
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I'll list both my 1st play and clear game data plays. The first letter
represents the 1st play. Everthing on Easy. Duh, I forgot to log stages
7 and 8 for the first play.
Stage 1 - C/C Stage 11 - B/A
Stage 2 - A/A Stage 12 - B/A
Stage 3 - B/A Stage 13 - B/A
Stage 4 - B/A Stage 14 - B/A
Stage 5 - B/A Stage 15 - A/A
Stage 6 - B/A Stage 16 - A/A
Stage 7 - ?/A Stage 17 - A/A
Stage 8 - ?/A Stage 18 - B/A
Stage 9 - A/A Stage 19 - A/A
Stage 10 - A/A
As you can see, the 2nd playthrough got me an A overall BUT I still got this
ending (due to not having Rex armor in one of the stages).
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HAPPY ENDING -- STAGE 20: SHINING WIND (輝く風)
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| OVERALL RANK PREREQUISITE: A or higher |
| OTHER PREREQUISITES: MUST HAVE Rex Armor and do Deathblows in god |
| battles |
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Comments:
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You actually play the Dorothy stage prior to this one so much of what occurs
here is similar to the true ending.
Of course, there IS a turning point which makes it the happy ending. :P
Anyway, to get this one, you need to have an overall average of A for all 19
stages. Note that getting a B or C here or there doesn't matter as long as
the average is an A.
But! There is another condition: In order to succeed in getting this stage,
you ABSOLUTELY MUST HAVE REX ARMOR FOR THE GOD BATTLES AND KILL THEM WITH
DEATHBLOWS.
I've read in a lot of places that it's recommended that you use either a level
2 or 3 deathblow when you finish them off. I've yet to confirm if level 1
deathblows will net you this ending as well so I'll go along with them and
suggest that you build up to level 2 or Over Zenith for the kill.
Now, for me, the ending wasn't that bad. I guess I wanted a bit more/a better
reward though seeing that the second form fight was annoying as hell.
Suggestions on how to get this ending:
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- Just do well everywhere.
- Build up your OZ gauge on stages 12, 14, 16, 18, and 19 so that you'll go
into the boss battles with armor. I'd list the types of gods and their
names but seriously, it's much easier to simply remember that stage numbers
(and that they're even numbers).
- If the boss battles under Normal are giving you a hard time (like it takes
forever to start a chain), switch to Easy. XD Easy mode usually dumps
enemies all over the place for you to chain. This is especially useful in
stage 14 with the Earth God. IIRC, under Normal, there are no additional
enemies so you can't really use deathblows on the boss to force it to break
apart. Conversely, the stage 12 one gives you more enemies than Easy mode.
o_O;
- The finishing attack on the gods HAS to be a deathblow!
Summary:
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Everything is the same as the true ending up to the point where everyone
wonders what to do with the monster spider alien. But this time, Dorothy
invokes some power into the trio's Rex. However, as she's talking away
about understanding what has to be done, spider aliens appear behind her!
But hey! Everything's all right cuz Vitis and friends show up to dispose
of them!
As the attention is turned back to the alien, Feel ponders aloud if they
are any different than the spiders that sought revenge on the gods.
His sister immediately tells him that there is a difference -- he's fighting
to protect the world and everyone in it!
Further words of encouragement and such are thrown at Feel and his party from
their former enemies and Dorothy bestows her powers on them which enable them
to battle Atheus with their Rex. Unfortunately, I guess she didn't have
enough power to force the armor to manifest for them. :P Oh, Dorothy remains
with the other OZ group.
After the trio defeats Atheus' giant creature form, it changes into a
demonic humanoid form but, as every good ending goes, the heroes give the
final boss a smackdown and the world is once again at peace.
Actually, Theologia blows up and you don't know what happens to the
characters.
Well, not until after the credits. :P
Credit roll:
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Various cutscenes are shown with the overlaying credits scrolling up
vertically. At the end, you see Feel, Almira, Leon, and Toto on a cliff
looking out into the world (possibly where Theologia once stood). You'll
notice that everyone no longer has any Rex on them.
Almira puts her hand on Feel's shoulder -- I guess in the "Let's go home" sort
of way -- and all four of them turn around and start walking. At this point,
the camera's overhead and you can see Vitis, Juju, and Galumn waiting for
them.
Since I'm writing this from looking at my screenshots, I have no idea if
Dorothy is ever shown anywhere. ^^;
The tune that plays during this particular credit roll is Polovtsian Dances
~Trance ver. OZ mix~.
My Stage Rankings:
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Played on Easy with clear game data. I'll list the deathblows used in the
key stages under the rankings.
Stage 1 - B Stage 11 - A
Stage 2 - A Stage 12 - A
Stage 3 - A Stage 13 - A
Stage 4 - A Stage 14 - A
Stage 5 - A Stage 15 - A
Stage 6 - A Stage 16 - A
Stage 7 - A Stage 17 - A
Stage 8 - A Stage 18 - A
Stage 9 - A Stage 19 - A
Stage 10 - A Stage 20 - ?
Stage 12 -- Armor + Level 3/Over Zenith
Stage 14 -- Armor + Level 2
Stage 16 -- Armor + Level 3/Over Zenith
Stage 18 -- Armor + Level 2
Stage 19 -- Armor + Level 2
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4) ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
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* All the folks at the GameFAQs boards for their translations, namely Bebpro2
& peksi for that awesome story spoilers thread.
* Thanks again to peksi for his info on what transpired at the final moments
of the bad ending as well as pointing out that second site listed below
which has charts for each stage that outline the approximate amount of
yellow eteria, time, and amount of deaths needed to get a certain ranking.
* OZ - Kouryaku Jouhou (ＯＺ-オズ攻略情報)
http://www.geocities.co.jp/Bookend/2172/oz/index.html
* OZ-オズ- Kouryaku Matome+Log Souko@2ch (攻略まとめ＋ログ倉庫＠2ch)
http://oz2ch.michikusa.jp/index.html
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5) ABOUT THE AUTHOR
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I am a lover of RPGs and action games and of the PlayStation 2. In fact, I
own the original model (a.k.a. mama PS2) as well as the slim version (a.k.a.
baby PS2). XD But that's only because my old one is modded and hated Grow-
lanser Generations. >_> (Yes, you can say that I bought the new version for
that game.)
I tend to write walkthroughs and guides for games that I become obsessed with.
However, I really prefer to just pump out a general or topic-specific guide
since it takes a lot less time than a full-blown walkthrough. Also, I've only
done guides for Japanese games and the one Korean game and not all of them
have been "officially released". Please see
http://kou-net.org/archive.htm
for some of them.
In terms of OZ, I first became interested in it when I came across it while
looking at Suikoden stuff at the official Japanese Konami site. After that,
I downloaded the Tokyo Game Show trailer and some other videos and after
getting impressions from those, I decided that this game was something I
should look into.
I'm really glad I did because I enjoyed it immensely. I replayed it 7 times
so far (including restarts with clear game data) which I did solely to get all
endings and unlock everything. :P I don't remember myself giving any game
this sort of attention before. Then again, until recently, I was mostly
playing RPGs and even one play of those buggers eats a lot of time out of my
life.
For evidence of my OZ obsession, see the screenshots gallery!!:
http://www.kou-net.org/archive/gallery/ozzz/
Oh wait, I lied. I replayed the Japanese version of Chaos Legion to death.
Indeed, despite what people say about that game, I like it. :E Of course,
there are so many things that could have been better about it but it's mind-
less hack-and-slash fun, dammit! What's sad is that that game was music
composer Hideyuki Fukasawa's solo debut. The soundtrack to the game is
good stuff. But because most people thought the game overall was ho-hum,
he's not getting the recognition he deserves. :/
