Phantasy Star Universe

[ruhztee]

PSO on DC was my favorite game for a very long time, and to this day ranks very highly, maybe even being number. I played the everliving shit out of, for I don't even know how many hours and I had four characters (FOnewm, HUcast, RAcast, RAmar). If this game turns out to be a PSO sequel like it is hinted at, I will be sure to end my extended gaming vacation.

[Anthony]

I had so much more fun with PSO than I did with diablo. And if you think hacking killed PSO, and not diablo.... Anyways, What PSO had over Diablo was atmosphere/environment. Diablo 2 was really well done, and the gameplay is predictably top notch, but because of the viewpoint, and the feel of the game, i felt very detached from what was happening. Whereas in PSO, the first time I fought the final boss of ep.2, I just sat back in my chair and was 'wowed'. Now, there are some shitty environments in PSO (caves ect.) but ep2 had some really great levels (level 3 and 4), and all of them had some mesmerizing bosses. D2's high point was how fast paced it was in comparison to pso, going from it to pso felt like going from a sports car to a bus.

[mollipen]

The word "caves" should never again be mentioned in any thread dealing with PSO.

[Fe 26]

why?

[Dyne]

the main thing i hate about random battle moreso now than in the 8-16bit days is loading. it seriously becomes a chore to sit thru some dumb washed color fade screen every time a battle begins and ends......then you always have the cameras twirl while the enemies are loaded in and finally the celebration at the end to mask the map being loaded. its just a pain to me for that simple reason.

[Thief Silver]

No random battles in PSO, it's all painfully forced battles.

[mollipen]

why?

I'm guessing that either you never played much PSO, or you're a masochist.

[Vasteel]

the main thing i hate about random battle moreso now than in the 8-16bit days is loading. it seriously becomes a chore to sit thru some dumb washed color fade screen every time a battle begins and ends......then you always have the cameras twirl while the enemies are loaded in and finally the celebration at the end to mask the map being loaded. its just a pain to me for that simple reason.

The words...the words...

[mollipen]

Well, it is looking like Phantasy Star Universe is a single-player RPG instead of a new online PS title.

So, once again, f**k you very much Sega.

[Diff-chan]

After Skies of Arcadia I have absolutely zero faith in Sega's ability to produce an RPG worth a damn. K thx.