23 YEARS EXPLORING SCIENCE FICTION ^ GOLDFINGER s Jjr . Golden Girl: Tests RicklBerfnanJponders Er_ her mettle MimilMif-lM ]puTtism!i?i ff?™ § m I rifbrm The Mail Service Hold Mail Authorization Please stop mail for: Name Date to Stop Mail Address A. B. Please resume normal Please stop mail until I return. [~J I | undelivered delivery, and deliver all held I will pick up all here. mail. mail, on the date written Date to Resume Delivery Customer Signature Official Use Only Date Received Lot Number Clerk Delivery Route Number Carrier If option A is selected please fill out below: Date to Resume Delivery of Mail Note to Carrier: All undelivered mail has been picked up. Official Signature Only COMPLIMENTS OF THE STAR OCEAN GAME DEVEL0PER5. YOU'RE GOING TO BE AWHILE. bad there's Too no "indefinite date" box to check an impact on the course of the game. on those post office forms. Since you have no Even your emotions determine the fate of your idea when you'll be returning. Everything you do in this journey. You may choose to be romantically linked with game will have an impact on the way the journey ends. another character, or you may choose to remain friends. If it ever does. But no matter what, it will affect your path. And more You start on a quest that begins at the edge of the seriously, if a friend dies in battle, you'll feel incredible universe. And ends -well, that's entirely up to you. Every rage that will cause you to fight with even more furious single person you _ combat moves. meet, every step *#" jjl^^fEk {£ ^ and every decision V^_-. t HE SECOND STORY// no easy way out. you make will ulti- ^CTsrafs»:p«c,i c»s««. M Tools and skills do ^ -'-««,SS.9S' ^mbSSSS««„S>SSS mmmSaSSmmmSSSS. mmm^SJSSmif-«w^VVV -f-^—— • not just appear » |P - ' alongtheway- You fate of a planet. h *-m* I | i W, ^3>_ * -1b8||H must create many In short, the 2r .^j*^ ^7^IjSiL, djflBMB?*^ > items from raw maniacal gods ^" ] ^^^.ift ' materials. And to are poised to kill every single living then find yourself f . P'-et. Ferocious ^^^^^^^ monsters threaten yourself braving at every turn. Evil magic lurks in the shadows. And to raise the countless routes while traveling through this game. the stakes, questions of identity hang in the balance. And there are over 80 endings. The deeper you delve, So you must battle against the evil and hideous the more you'll discover that nothing - no detail, no clue, monsters in real-time, polygonal combat. You can no conversation, no skill - can be taken for granted. And customize complicated combination moves and set that anything is possible. Including the fact that you might up decoys to take the fall. But no matter what, there's not ever make it back. still no end in sight. DISCOVER WHAT'S OUT THERE. Because who you choose to talk to and share information with will greatly affect you. Characters can think and feel for themselves. Some will join you on your quest, others will betray you. And to add to the ENkX. PlayStation challenge, you have the option of playing two different characters, both unique in personality and both having WWW. P LAYSTAT IDN.COM © 1 999 trl-Ace Inc./UNKS/ Minato Koio/ENIX. All Rights Reserved. STAR OCEAN The Second Story is a trademark and ENIX is a registered trademark ot Enix Corporation PlayStation and the PlayStation logos are registered trademarks of Sony Computer Entertainment Inc. 1 JUST BOUGHT THtS COOL HEIMET- A STEAL AT $ 650 A long time ago but not far enough away, there was the Star Wars fan. For more fan types, see the gatefold poster on page 47. 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