#Albel Nox

[nekosqueako-art]

Dragging myself out of the pits of art block hell to bring you another Albel scene redraw.

[joshseoh]

Albel Nox Hair

someone commissioned me for this hair, so here it is! :)

For masculine frame

Basegame compatible

24 EA swatches

For teen to elder

Custom thumbnail

Hat compatible

Shadow map

Specular map

Normal map

Disallowed for random

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[velpi]

Sometimes I remember Albel Nox exists, and is probably one of the reasons I’m the way I am today.

(I love SO3 still. I’d love a port of the game </3)

[secrets-of-the-library]

A little bit of Star Ocean 3 for probably the other 4 people still out there obsessed with this game as we still are.

[aestheticallypleasinganimeboys]

Albel Nox - Star Ocean: Till the End of Time

[albelnox]

took some screenshots of albel's facial expressions, while i was crafting a few items.

[fandomfourever]

Albel Nox Sim

Ahhhh!!! I'm so happy!!!! Thanks to @joshseoh wonderful conversion skills, Albel finally has his hair! (Seriously he's done an awesome job and I highly recommend him for commissions)

He's finally himself 🥺🥺🥺🥺Now he can join the other Star Ocean sims I made ^_^

[dustystarlite]

Favorite fanfic: Star Ocean Til the End of Time (Albel/Nel)

Into the Dragon's den

[bobgoesw00t]

Top 10 Video Games of All Time: bobgoesw00t Edition

OK, I’m officially gonna start listing my Top 10 Video Games of All Time now and I’m starting off with the only game from my original Top 5 that has survived the cut: Star Ocean Till the End of Time

Now I should mention something real quickly and it’s the following: I’ve played this game MULTIPLE TIMES, cleared the story at least 3-4 times, and only one of those clears was done without the use of an Action Replay… I know that’s rather sad but the first time I got to the Moon Base, without using it, that god damn Reclaimer FUCKED ME UP SO HARD that I ended up resorting to using the, “Max EXP” cheat on the entire party.

When they released the HD Remaster of the game on the PS4, I knew that I would have to play smarter (no Action Replay will do that to you), once I got that far and I was actually able to beat her on the first try somehow…I think. ANYWAYS, what I’m trying to say is that this game is one of my three favorite JRPGs from the PS2 (one of those is in my Top 5 right now) and no matter how many times I boot the game up and start from the beginning I have a blast. The story is awesome, the graphics hold up surprisingly well in the HD Remaster (at least IMO), combat is fun and challenging at times, and the cast of characters is phenomenal (hell, my top Star Ocean OTP is from this game and they are SO CUTE AND FLUFFY AO;SDGHASOLGJAPO;STGIJLAGPO…it’s Fayt x Albel/FayBel in case your wondering). I even think the big plot twist is awesome, given how it re-frames the ENTIRE series, even with the games that got released after it. I know one of the people who work on the series said that The Last Hope takes place in an alternate timeline, but I call bullshit on that.

That’s cause if we factor in the information that the Universe as Edge and the party know it is actually a giant MMOesque creation, we can come to the logical conclusion that the Missing Procedure is a bug or virus of some kind in the Eternal Sphere that had the potential to crash the entire system. As for the impact it has on Integrity and Faithlessness, along with The Divine Force, that is a conversation for another day.

I also like how in order to get enough Battle Trophies to unlock all of the bonus content, you actually have to play through the story multiple times with different party configurations when it comes to the optional characters. You’ve got Nel, Rodger, Albel and Peppita and which ever characters you don’t pick end up becoming bosses in the Urssa Cave Temple, and you get Battle Trophies for defeating the different configurations.

I only really have two complaints to talk about but both are pretty minor for me. The first one is the lack of a “Synopsis” section in the Info part of the Camp Menu, someplace where you can look up what’s happened so far and easily figure out where to go next. If you’re like me and you’ve taken a long break from the story, chances are you won’t remember what the current objective is the only way to figure that out is to run around like a chicken with your head cut off hoping for a cutscene to trigger…which sometimes can lead into a Boss Fight that you might be under prepared for. Thankfully they added that into the next game and this is no longer an issue but it’s still a pain in the ass to have this happen.

The other complaint is the MASSIVE difficulty spike at some points in the game. The only places I can think of when this happens is when you stop the Vendeeni from getting the Sacred Orb, the start of the second disc (or the equivilant part in the HD Remaster), and when you reach a certain level in the post-game part of Sphere 211. If you have any party members that are under-leveled, the enemies here will FUCK THEM UP. But even with properly leveled characters, one wrong move will wipe them from the battle.

And that’s all I have for gripes with this game, nothing really game breaking, and once you get a grip on the tougher enemies in the main story, it becomes a breeze to get past them and move on with the plot. Great gameplay, good cast of characters, music by the BADASS Motoi Sakuraba and a theme song from the Japanese Artist renown not just for being the first J-R&B star, but also sung the Japanese National Anthem at the Tokyo Games Opening Ceremony, MISIA. Her song, “A Little Bird Who Forgot How to Fly” is GORGEOUS and I almost ball my eyes out during the ending credits every time when it starts playing.

SO for my score of Star Ocean Till the End of Time, I’m going to follow in the steps of X-Play, use their scoring system and give this JRPG a 5/5.

Lastly for my Honorable Mentions today, I’m highlighting:

Forza Horizon 3 - the racing game that got my into not only the Forza franchise in general, but also introduced me to the music of CHVRCHΞS. Even the the next Horizon game wasn’t able to top this one for me, no matter how good it was.

Tales of Xillia/Xillia 2 - I’m doing a two for one deal this time only cause I feel like you can’t talk about one game without mentioning the other. Both games are awesome, both have their merits and flaws (not many of them to be honest though) and both have my favorite theme songs in the franchise from the Queen of J-Pop, Ayumi Hamasaki.

I’ll be giving more a in-depth reviews of these games sometime next year so that’s all for today! Keep your eyes peeled for when I post the next entry in this series and I hope you all continue to have a wonderful holiday season.

[nekosqueako-art]

I'm in a fantasy world, but the hero won't win this time.

[picayunetown]

Es’owa playing pieces can all be worn as accessories in SO6, which means that you can, in fact, create them via the Crafting skill. Once I discovered this, the party plunked their butts right down (outside a boss door, no less) and had themselves a nice chatty miniatures-painting party, to ensure that they’d be ready to play their nerdy wargame against all comers the next time they went to space.

This resulted in me having not one but two Albel figures. The Albel figure gives absurd bonuses to damage and crit chance vs. downed enemies. I immediately piled one character high with all the weapon skills that stun people and knock them over, and then gave her both Albel figures - she’s literally wearing a pair of Albels like half-naked bloodthirsty earrings - and the result has been me yelling OH DIDDUMS FAW DOWN?! at the television while the character absolutely aerates a prone and groaning boss with her nasty pointy swords.

Albel would approve of the carnage, if nothing else.

[carbonfellow]

Summary: You're a 4D being exploring your possibilities in life through Eternal Sphere. You didn't expect to grow so attached to a complex series of 0's and 1's.

An unfinished collection of scenes with Albel. I never even thought of a title for it, I'm sorry. Still very worth reading if you're interested in Albel.

There's pelvic pinochle in some chapters

[secrets-of-the-library]

You could say he's 'mirin

[humanoidtyphoons]

it's such a headache to flick back and forth between the walkthrough and 'which choices will successfully romance albel nox' section but like. if i have to choose the answer 'which blood type does albel nox like best' then i'll find it

but i'm a little bit like... i wish the walkthrough had put the 'choices that make x character like you section' in the walkthrough section and not a different section

[eclipsecrowned]

remembers pinterest exists. drops my stuff.

CHARACTER BOARDS.

albel nox. aria mahariel. astraea lucis caelum. catherine hamilton. claude di montoya. kurosawa eraqus hel lokadotter. john "soap" mactavish (original timeline) julia mayfair (original timeline) kokoro kyriakou. mercy lee. merel van breda. "nikolai" (origianl timeline) steria kyriakou. tanith, orphan thurifer.

SHIP BOARDS.

majitani, with umbralined. x*haqus, with umbralined. vera/eddie, with luxsclaris. artovere, with wolfdivined. heldoom, with luxsclaris. du winter, with luxsclaris. suri, with tin. helsider, with ranjit. russian roulette, with ranjit.

[catboypheromones]

Albel Nox is truly like. the blorbo of my whole life. my most littlest guy of all time.