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Honestly, I expect the X360 version to be fairly hack-resistant. People will probably find random duplication exploits and other random crap, but the insanity that you saw in the previous PSO games will probably not happen on XBL.
The PS2 and PC versions, on the other hand...
Don't forget to inform SEGA and Sonic Team of the suckatude.
http://www.phantasystaruniverse.com/news_beta.php
I don't see why you'd suggest the PS2 version is going to be any different than the XBOX360's economy. The only massive changes will be on the PC version, and aren't the 3 interjoined?Quote:
Originally Posted by Dipstick
Blue Burst switched over to Server Side characters, and in 2 months is was hacked to hell and ruined.
The Xbox 360 version is seperated from the PC and PS2 versions. There are four sets of servers, if I recall correctly:Quote:
Originally Posted by Thief Silver
PC/PS2 Asia
PC/PS2 Americas
PC/PS2 Europe
Xbox 360 Worldwide
So hacks and exploits found on the PS2 and PC version will NOT affect the X360 version.
Besides, have you ever played a PS2 game online? They all get hacked to hell and back.
It's a lot harder to take a debugger and poke around the X360 binary than it is the PC and PS2 versions (understatement of the week). That is why I make that statement. The big question is what kind of client-side exploits people find, and how quickly Sonic Team responds to that (probably extremely poorly).Quote:
Blue Burst switched over to Server Side characters, and in 2 months is was hacked to hell and ruined.
Any idea if there will be server integration between the various groups down the line, or is it way too early for that.
Ah alright, wasn't sure about the whole server status. Should be interesting. We'll see how it develops.
While we're at it, let's tell them to let their franchises be developed by a Korean house that at least has a clue of how online games freaking work.Quote:
Originally Posted by JefmcC
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Originally Posted by Irony
I won't argue with your other criticisms, but this one's just not true. Did you do the tutorial? You get a technique which gives you a second attack - a double hit which knocks the enemies into the air and leaves them stunned on the ground for 2-3 extra hits. It allows you to do first two hits of standard combo -> double hit knockdown -> 2 ground attacks for a 6 hit string. That, right there, is more than you ever had in PSO, where the second attack was the same as the first, just slower.Quote:
Originally Posted by shidoshi
There are others as well, and I'd imagine the full game should have several extra attacks for some interesting combos. In an ideal world the combat would be of Dynasty Warriors level complexity, but I think it would be tough to manage online. You already see teammates slashing away at nothing (when on their screen they're clearly hitting an enemy) due to latency; I think it would be tough to manage 20 hit juggles.
That is really dumb, and I don't get why they went away from that control scheme. It worked great.Quote:
I also really hate forcing players to play with multiple weapons. Switching between my spear and a gun, I'm totally cool with that. But, for example, my friend who is playing a Force has to have (currently) one staff for casting Foi, one staff for healing, and then a weapon to actually do damage with. Wow, remember when in PSO, you could hit the right trigger and instantly get your healing spell off? Now it's stop, switch weapons, cast healing, switch back, go back to attacking.
And while the new FPS mode is fun, outside that they made RAmars completely worthless. In PSO they could get by with shotguns; grab a spread needle and go to town demolishing mobs. I guess ST thought high level rangers were too powerful, so they nerfed shotguns by A) making them do absolutely no damage relative to other guns, and B) giving them a pump-action reload animation after every shot, meaning they're the spread gun equivalent of slowly tickling enemies to death.
The submachine guns are cool, but they run out of ammo after one or two rooms and can only be dual weilded with a melee weapon - did I mention the addition of ammo makes rangers weaker still?
The only weapons they have that are worth a damn are rifles, and even those do less damage than many other classes' secondary attacks. I was playing with SonofDonCD, and his FOnewearl's bow was doing more damage than the best sniper rifle in the beta enhanced with burning shot (his character was a few levels higher than mine, but still). RAcasts make out a bit better because they do more damage, but even they're better off as Hunters.
Forces seem to be the best all-around characters. Relative to the other classes hardly anyone plays them, so anybody with Resta is in high demand. FOcasts sound really unfair on paper but in practice they're pretty weak; their tech is really low compared to other races. FOnewearl still seems to be the way to go.
PSU was announced at E3 2004 and confirmed for PS2 and PC at E3 2005.Quote:
Originally Posted by Dipstick
http://ps2.ign.com/articles/602/602628p1.html
The Xbox 360 version wasn't announced until a year later, after a conspicuous delay in the PS2/PC version.Quote:
April 7, 2005 - Though it was already covered in the latest issue of Electronic Gaming Monthly, Phantasy Star Universe has officially been announced for release in North America and Europe. Confirmed by SEGA of America just moments before we went to press, the brand new role-player will launch in February of 2006 and is being simultaneously developed for the PlayStation 2 and Windows PC.
http://xbox360.ign.com/articles/702/702310p1.html
You know that multiplatform releases are designed with the lowest tech platform in mind, right? Nevermind that it always smelled like a port. But hey, TNL celebrated this news, except for you, who wrote it off from the start. Why should we care about your biased opinion?Quote:
April 19, 2006 - Confirming its well-kept industry secret today, SEGA unveiled its intent to bring the RPG Phantasy Star Universe to Xbox 360.