Topic: Phantasy Star Universe Beta (X360)

[Flames_of_chaos]

Im just wondering if anybody got to play the beta test of it and I got to and I have to say its a big improvement over PSO. And as a quick review here are some pro and cons:

Pro:
No more MP instead each weapons has photon energy and for example if your a force you can assign about 2 - 3 different spells for each wand/scepter/staff and those spells deplete photon energy of that weapon. For guns photon energy = bullets for ranged weapons and photon arts you assigned to X weapon.

Flexable class development so you can be 2 classes instead of focusing on one but each race is proficient in one class (ex. beasts are proficient in hunter/melee, newmen are proficient as force, androids are proficient as rangers).

Bosses are hard and later on you need to be in a party to succeed missions and after each mission you are ranked on how well you did in the party(the beter the rank the better bonus class exp and meseta bonus you get) which discourages EXP leechers.

Each mission area is divided into blocks and at the beginning of each block is a teleporter node to teleport between nodes.

Each player can establish their own shops which can make a healthy online economy.

Voice chat is great!

Cons:
As of the beta there was no Telepipe/Ryuker to go back to the city.

Sever problems @ day 2 of the beta already (maxed out sever issues). But sega fixed it.

Aiming with magic against fast enemies isn't that accurate.



Now since theres 3 versions heres the pros and cons of each version

X360
Pro:
Xbox live gold and silver accounts can get the gaurdian license (9.99 a month)
Voice chat makes things easier
World Wide server

Cons:
Can't play with PS2/PC players
59.99 price point for game
*X360 guardian license is different from PC/PS2 license* (applies to both versions)

PC/PS2
Pros:
49.99 so its 10 dollars cheaper than the 360 version
PC/PS2 share the same servers

Cons:
Servers are regional
Can't play with x360 players
No voice chat feature
Possible no keyboard support on PS2 version
"guardian license issue "  

[Smash_Brother]

Are there just as many beggars in this one?

[capamerica]

I have the PC version all paid off. I can't wait to try it out, it looks really cool!

Voice Chat isn't going to be much of a problem if your a PC user =P

The only thing I'm disapointed with is the fact that Xbox360 users can't play with PC & PS2 users. Really if anything the PS2 users should have been on their own server while the PC and Xbox360 users should be able to play together.

[KDR_11k]

I think it's probably MS not wanting those to be connected rather than a technical hurdle.

[capamerica]

maybe, but I do know there are some games coming out next year on the 360 that can play with the PC users. MS made a big deal about this at E3.

[Flames_of_chaos]

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I think it's probably MS not wanting those to be connected rather than a technical hurdle.

Actually Sega wants to use the Xbox 360 Marketplace with the X360 version so that could of been a factor.    

[vudu]

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Originally posted by: Lord_die_seis
Im just wondering if anybody got to play the beta test of it and I got to and I have to say its a big improvement over PSO.

LOL.  I stopped reading after that sentence.

[capamerica]

Well I said F*ck it to PSU today.
I started off so excited about the game.
but then I got wind that there were alot of server issues. That scared me a bit, but not that much.
I Then started to notiested that there wasn't a single review out there for the game... Strange.
Then I found out Sega doesn't give you and free time to play the game after you just dropped $50/60 on the bloody game.

WTF?

This all started to point to a sign that this game is going to be pretty awful.
No one has reviewed the game, not a good sign and the fact that they want you to drop another $10 on the game right after you buy it just so you can get online is Freaken STUPID. Every bloody MMO out there gives you some kind of trial period. A week, 15day, a month, Freaken anything would have been nice just so I could try the game out first.

Well after that news I went to GameStop and transfered my store credit over to my Wii preoder.
If Sega is going to right off the bat charge me to play PSU that that means the game must suck so badly that they know the only way to steal your money is to make you pay for it and to not give you a free try.

man I hate Sega even more right now.  

[Smash_Brother]

Sounds hella sketchy to me...

[Ceric]

I thought that PSU wasn't going to be online.  It was going to have an epic single player story line.  I remember reading that.

[capamerica]

It has a Single Player mode which from what I've been reading on message boards reallly sucks.
Everyone agrees that the only reason you play PSU is for the Online mode which is suposely a better version of PSO.

[Smash_Brother]

Then they had to go and get the money in advance, which sure makes ME cautious...

[KDR_11k]

Is SP worse than PSO?

[capamerica]

From what I've been reading the Offline mode sucks really badly.
The Offline mode is a 40hour RPG and everyone seems to have a really hard time trying to get past the first 2 hours cause its so boring.

[Ceric]

Well that sorta stinks.

[Nephilim]

I guess its compareable to PSO2 then, that was boring as hell in SP

[vudu]

Christ; and I thought capamerica's old avatar was pushing it.  Yow-zas.

[capamerica]

I'll take that as a compliment. =D

I do hope that its still with in the limit of an avatar.