PSO Episode 1&2 Release Dates

[Rick]

well, what do you expect?

I was expecting a lot less than I got actually.

I was just saying so because I didn't know if there were supposed ot be improvements or not.

And I do agree, the new levels look phenominal in visuals and scale.

[Johnny Nighttrain]

you know what's sorta funny is, that if Nintendo didn't wait so long to release the BBA and modem, the game would've never gotten all these cool extras.
like Sonic Team said, the port was finished in 27 days (including the new 4 player mode).

in an interview Naka once said that they decided to just keep adding extra stuff to the game until Nintendo decided to release the modem and BBA. thankfully they added a lot of new stuff and plenty of playable new levels (not just battle arenas like in Ver 2.0), new characters, weapons (and the ability to upgrade your weapons to make them super weapons). crap, you can even pick the age of your characters too now to make them actually look older.

[Dyne]

so do all verions get the new characters or just GC? also are the new levels being handled like they were in v2? i so wanted to play ruins and the other right at the start offline. seems like the GC is getting the best version.

and if what you say is true Lucas...yes, thank god for Nintendo and their delays. heads would roll if we were just getting another v2.

[Johnny Nighttrain]

Originally posted by Dragonmaster Dyne
so do all verions get the new characters or just GC? also are the new levels being handled like they were in v2? i so wanted to play ruins and the other right at the start offline. seems like the GC is getting the best version.

what, from what i played at E3 and read on previews, the xbox version of the game is pretty much just a port of Ver 2.0 with a more round button interface, and the ability to talk with the mic.

and yeah, according to Naka and Sonic Team, the GameCube version of PSO will be the best one to own.

[Rick]

Yes, an ironic story. Nintendo's delays rarely bother me though, because they're one company I know for a fact that delays just ensure a quality product. This is one time it was done unintentionally I guess.

[Korly]

Well, damn. I'd perfer to do all of my online gaming from my X-Box, due to the awesome X-Box Live service, but if GC is getting the best version, GC it is.

[Johnny Nighttrain]

Originally posted by Korly
but if GC is getting the best version, GC it is.

i dunno how you could not know about this. this was established by Sonic Team a while ago.

[Voltorb]

Yes i'm a newbie to this board..been trying to find a new place to stay ever since nintendonation was down ^^;;. Anyway I read somewhere on IGN that the new PSO characters were a NGC exclusive. I'm pretty sure of this...I would look for the PSO article but must get sleep. >_> <_< *me runs away from newbie bashers*

[Melf]

I'm mostly concerned with cheating. PSO on DC was killed way too quickly for me because of all the damn cheating going on. I hope Naka-san and his team have found a way to eliminate it. He said on Extended Play that they were working on it and I haven't seen any info on what they've done or plan to do. All the options, customization, stages, weapons, or whatever means nothing if some dumbass with a Game Shark can start at level 200 with everything and do PKs. That really pissed me off on Dreamcast.

[Korly]

Yeah, it seems like the X-Box would be the platform least likely to have cheaters, due to the fact that XBL is a closed platform, and there is not yet a GS for X-Box.