PSU is Awesome, Awesome is PSU! (This is my second "official" thread for a game, and it's a 360 game, wouldja look at that!)
Also available on PC and PS2. (But why buy it on PS2? lawl.)
Phantasy Star Universe
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Phantasy Star Universe is the long-awaited followup to the original game, Phantasy Star Online, which that game itself is an MMORPG offshoot of the original Phantasy Star series on the Sega Genesis. Phew!
The main gameplay of the game is a lot different than most MMO's - you are meeting players and buying items and doodads in a main "hub" area (most usually a town), then grab a party, and go on missions together! (Which is exactly like PSO.) The real difference between this game and PSO is the engaging Craft System, the New Photon Art System, and the My Room features, which is a sort of personal room to decorate how you want it to, and players can visit it and hang out with you there. (interesting to note, My Room is its own server. So there shouldn't be any lag there.)
Phantasy Star Universe on the 360 is unique from the PC and PS2 versions - it contains Widescreen functionality which is only available otherwise on a PC monitor that supports widescreen; and is rendered in 720p, if I'm not mistaken. The other noteworthy difference between the 360 version and the PC/PS2 versions is the 360 version was given a short Beta to allow Sega to gauge how bogged down their server can get.
The online portion of the game (which a lot of people will really only be playing anyway, sadface) is unique as well: There are four races you can choose yourself to play as, and from what I hear in the chatter, you really shouldn't pick human. :lol
They are:
- Humans (average race, good at everything, not best in anything)
- Casts (robot race, great at accuracy, sucky at magic)
- Newmans (elf-eared race, great at magic, sucky at attack/defense)
- Beasts (dog-eared race, great at attack/defense, sucky at accuracy)
It's interesting to note that Humans created ALL three races themselves. (What, they get lonely?) (Apparently Humans are smart, too.)
Classes breakdown is a lot easier than PSO, where once you chose your character they were a distinct race, distinct class, and distinct gender. No more! Customization can be done all down to the bushy hairs on your chinny chin chin. Classes break down like this:
- Ranger - Ranged support/damage class.
- Force (not THAT kind, magic we're talking here) - Damage dealer/Healer class
- Hunter - Melee/Tanker class. More melee, less tanker.
There are also "Expert Classes" which are basically double ups on your favorite class, or inter-class combinations with emphasis on one class's strengths and the second class's strengths as a backup. Then there is a jack of all trades class built just for humans. :lol
But enough of the game, let's get SCREENSHOTS UP IN HIZZEAR!
Right now in the Japanese PSU game, they're having the Halloween Event, as it might be seen in PSO.
In it, you can gain:
Wallpapers and Items for your My Room
New Rappy enemies dressed up in Halloween Costumes(called Hallow Rappies in PSO, I believe)
New Items Dropped in the Spirit of Halloween
The support of Sega in this game is phenomenal. I've gotten reports on the game that the newest update into the Japanese game has upped the difficulty considerably in later dungeons. Which means that the game may seem easy, know that difficulty IS coming.. just I don't know when.
The Halloween events are probably going to be in our version as well, as Sega did the same thing for PSO when it came out and JP got the events too.
Also kiryogi has some neat information about the JP PSU (which will inevitably come our way), but that person is obsessed with lording the JP version over the US one, so read kiryogi's posts with that knowledge. :lol
So, who's planning to game on in PSU (360) with me at launch???
Cast right here!
Gamertag Listing
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Forum Name - Gamertag - Character Name
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Maxrpg -- Twilight Lycian - Lycian (Cast)
Mercury Fred -- kevington - Jarvis (Newman)
Mrbob --
Gyrian Seed -- Gyrian Seed - Ibara (Newman)
hyp -- hypoetical - hyp
Cimarron -- Magus Cimarron
Cahill -- Cahill
ivysaur12 -- ivysaur12 - Sagi (Beast)
chinmonster -- Ch1nchilla (360 is in repairs)
Nos_G -- Nos G - Iridia (Cast)
SnakeXs -- SnakeXsMT - SnakeX
Elhandro -- BeCrush - Juxo (Cast)
Swordian -- Swordian - Swordian
Zalasta -- Zalasta524 - Zalasta
robot -- Pepperjack - Pepperjack
penguini -- Bubblegumcrisis - Alex Kidd
puyo --
alkaline black -- alkaline black - Janissary (Human)
SHOTEH FOCK OP -- ?? - Hironobu Sakaguchi
Baron Alpha -- Will 0928 - ?? (Newman)
UncleScr00ge -- UScr00ge - Yamar (Beast)
Days like these... -- My Urban Soul - Daze Neo Gaf
Uno Ill Nino -- ?? - Una (Human)
My Arms Your Hearse -- ?? - Imajica (FREAKIN LEVEL 50)
Nikashi -- Nikashi - Michiko, Sachiko (Human, Newman respectively)
WhiteMan -- some gamertag - some charname (WhiteMan, maybe)
sefskillz -- sefskillz - Remiel
FateBreakers -- FateBreaker360 - ??
keeblerdrow -- Zod Wins - Piquant
Cimarron -- Magus Cimarron - Ishmael the Gray (Newman)
huacast21 -- ?? -- Voltron (Beast)
GilloD -- GilloD - Gillo
Baby Milo -- GentlemanThief - GT
Mister Zimbu -- Mister Zimbu - khiqshi
Dalauz -- Laurentx - Dala (Newman)
PC/PS2 Listing
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Forum Name - In Game Name
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callous --
Diablohead --
klee123(considering) --
MiamiWesker -- Dvader
Nash --
DistantMantra --
FnordChan -- Fnor D'Chan (Newman)
Spider Jerusalem -- Spiderlily
Alex Anderson --
Orin GA -- "Orin something"
Ogni-XR21 -- Ogni-XR21 or something close thereof
Daigoro -- Sissy (Beast)
BlackMage -- Little Jon
Andokuky -- Tim the Enchanter
Lindsay -- Helena (Cast)
SaitoH -- Eriskegal
Also available on PC and PS2. (But why buy it on PS2? lawl.)
Phantasy Star Universe
------------------------------------
Phantasy Star Universe is the long-awaited followup to the original game, Phantasy Star Online, which that game itself is an MMORPG offshoot of the original Phantasy Star series on the Sega Genesis. Phew!
The main gameplay of the game is a lot different than most MMO's - you are meeting players and buying items and doodads in a main "hub" area (most usually a town), then grab a party, and go on missions together! (Which is exactly like PSO.) The real difference between this game and PSO is the engaging Craft System, the New Photon Art System, and the My Room features, which is a sort of personal room to decorate how you want it to, and players can visit it and hang out with you there. (interesting to note, My Room is its own server. So there shouldn't be any lag there.)
Phantasy Star Universe on the 360 is unique from the PC and PS2 versions - it contains Widescreen functionality which is only available otherwise on a PC monitor that supports widescreen; and is rendered in 720p, if I'm not mistaken. The other noteworthy difference between the 360 version and the PC/PS2 versions is the 360 version was given a short Beta to allow Sega to gauge how bogged down their server can get.
The online portion of the game (which a lot of people will really only be playing anyway, sadface) is unique as well: There are four races you can choose yourself to play as, and from what I hear in the chatter, you really shouldn't pick human. :lol
They are:
- Humans (average race, good at everything, not best in anything)
- Casts (robot race, great at accuracy, sucky at magic)
- Newmans (elf-eared race, great at magic, sucky at attack/defense)
- Beasts (dog-eared race, great at attack/defense, sucky at accuracy)
It's interesting to note that Humans created ALL three races themselves. (What, they get lonely?) (Apparently Humans are smart, too.)
Classes breakdown is a lot easier than PSO, where once you chose your character they were a distinct race, distinct class, and distinct gender. No more! Customization can be done all down to the bushy hairs on your chinny chin chin. Classes break down like this:
- Ranger - Ranged support/damage class.
- Force (not THAT kind, magic we're talking here) - Damage dealer/Healer class
- Hunter - Melee/Tanker class. More melee, less tanker.
There are also "Expert Classes" which are basically double ups on your favorite class, or inter-class combinations with emphasis on one class's strengths and the second class's strengths as a backup. Then there is a jack of all trades class built just for humans. :lol
But enough of the game, let's get SCREENSHOTS UP IN HIZZEAR!
Right now in the Japanese PSU game, they're having the Halloween Event, as it might be seen in PSO.
In it, you can gain:
Wallpapers and Items for your My Room
New Rappy enemies dressed up in Halloween Costumes(called Hallow Rappies in PSO, I believe)
New Items Dropped in the Spirit of Halloween
The support of Sega in this game is phenomenal. I've gotten reports on the game that the newest update into the Japanese game has upped the difficulty considerably in later dungeons. Which means that the game may seem easy, know that difficulty IS coming.. just I don't know when.
The Halloween events are probably going to be in our version as well, as Sega did the same thing for PSO when it came out and JP got the events too.
Also kiryogi has some neat information about the JP PSU (which will inevitably come our way), but that person is obsessed with lording the JP version over the US one, so read kiryogi's posts with that knowledge. :lol
So, who's planning to game on in PSU (360) with me at launch???
Cast right here!
Gamertag Listing
-------------------------
Forum Name - Gamertag - Character Name
-------------------------
Maxrpg -- Twilight Lycian - Lycian (Cast)
Mercury Fred -- kevington - Jarvis (Newman)
Mrbob --
Gyrian Seed -- Gyrian Seed - Ibara (Newman)
hyp -- hypoetical - hyp
Cimarron -- Magus Cimarron
Cahill -- Cahill
ivysaur12 -- ivysaur12 - Sagi (Beast)
chinmonster -- Ch1nchilla (360 is in repairs)
Nos_G -- Nos G - Iridia (Cast)
SnakeXs -- SnakeXsMT - SnakeX
Elhandro -- BeCrush - Juxo (Cast)
Swordian -- Swordian - Swordian
Zalasta -- Zalasta524 - Zalasta
robot -- Pepperjack - Pepperjack
penguini -- Bubblegumcrisis - Alex Kidd
puyo --
alkaline black -- alkaline black - Janissary (Human)
SHOTEH FOCK OP -- ?? - Hironobu Sakaguchi
Baron Alpha -- Will 0928 - ?? (Newman)
UncleScr00ge -- UScr00ge - Yamar (Beast)
Days like these... -- My Urban Soul - Daze Neo Gaf
Uno Ill Nino -- ?? - Una (Human)
My Arms Your Hearse -- ?? - Imajica (FREAKIN LEVEL 50)
Nikashi -- Nikashi - Michiko, Sachiko (Human, Newman respectively)
WhiteMan -- some gamertag - some charname (WhiteMan, maybe)
sefskillz -- sefskillz - Remiel
FateBreakers -- FateBreaker360 - ??
keeblerdrow -- Zod Wins - Piquant
Cimarron -- Magus Cimarron - Ishmael the Gray (Newman)
huacast21 -- ?? -- Voltron (Beast)
GilloD -- GilloD - Gillo
Baby Milo -- GentlemanThief - GT
Mister Zimbu -- Mister Zimbu - khiqshi
Dalauz -- Laurentx - Dala (Newman)
PC/PS2 Listing
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Forum Name - In Game Name
-------------------------
callous --
Diablohead --
klee123(considering) --
MiamiWesker -- Dvader
Nash --
DistantMantra --
FnordChan -- Fnor D'Chan (Newman)
Spider Jerusalem -- Spiderlily
Alex Anderson --
Orin GA -- "Orin something"
Ogni-XR21 -- Ogni-XR21 or something close thereof
Daigoro -- Sissy (Beast)
BlackMage -- Little Jon
Andokuky -- Tim the Enchanter
Lindsay -- Helena (Cast)
SaitoH -- Eriskegal
But I'm there day 1!
