OMG! IGN Insider Preview AND Video Links! :D

[DarthWufei]

OMG! If you have IGN Insider go check out insider.ign.com for REALLY indepth coverage.. WITH VIDEOS of the GC trial. http://www.pso-world.com/psoworld/images/phpbb/icons/smiles/icon_biggrin.gif! I'm glad I have a friend who's an Insider. This stuff is great! I'll leave you guys with a little taste of character creation...

"Remember how basic the character creation was in the original Phantasy Star Online? Not so here! Sonic Team has equipped Episode 1 & 2 with a seemingly infinite number of character creation possibilities that eclipse even Square's massively multiplayer Final Fantasy XI."
http://www.pso-world.com/psoworld/images/phpbb/icons/smiles/icon_biggrin.gif http://www.pso-world.com/psoworld/images/phpbb/icons/smiles/icon_biggrin.gif http://www.pso-world.com/psoworld/images/phpbb/icons/smiles/icon_biggrin.gif My day has been made.



<font size=-1>[ This Message was edited by: DarthWufei on 2002-06-05 19:54 ]</font>

[WEBSTER]

that tasted good, but im not full yet.....please feed me more, cause igninsider i do not have. come on one more tasty new info:)

[DarthWufei]

Ok ok ok. I'll be nice http://www.pso-world.com/psoworld/images/phpbb/icons/smiles/icon_smile.gif Here's a few things about the Episode II levels available.

"The Episode 2 levels are a bit strange at this point in that they aren't immediately accessible from the Pioneer 2 city area. Instead, you must warp yourself to what seems to be a hub of some form, and can then transport to one of three levels, including the mountain and seaside levels. What's the point of this middle-man area? We haven't a clue at this point, but trust things will be clearer with the final.

Whatever the case, the Episode 2 stages are classic Phantasy Star Online stuff, although with seemingly more emphasis on wider areas of play. The stages also look better than the Episode 1 stages, giving the game a somewhat unbalanced look depending on what stages you play. You will be impressed, visually, with the new stages, particularly the seaside area. "

[goldman]

but will this extras make it to the xbox PSO?

why is it that nobody can anwser this yet?
that sounds cool I almsot want to get a GC for this game

but then again it's not like I have the cash

[Greg]

same intro movie http://www.pso-world.com/psoworld/images/phpbb/icons/smiles/icon_frown.gif

[WEBSTER]

i would guess de x-box version would have de same levels in it....... and thanks for more info, this sounds so cool, ahhh bigger fighting areasthanks again....otay i might be sounding greedy here but i got to know do racast and other robots outside de girl robots have more custom features, besides heads and bodies...also i heard there were new kinds of lobbies, with animals in them, is this true..... sorry for making you an insider on igninsider, but i need info!!!! I NEED PSO!!

[goldman]

oh and i wonder if tehy still have lobby soccer in these new ones

lobby soccer was kinda fun but too laggy but I one time did a three on three game and it was great!

[DarthWufei]

It didn't go into that so I dunno. They have ever encountered lobbies with monsters in them as of yet. Maybe they aren't going to be put in till the final version.

I have some questions though after watching the videos. Sometimes during leveling, beside a players ID thing (The thing that shows each player's HP and player color) some players got red or blue chips by them. Are these elemental effects or something?

Also while the character used to leveling, sometimes enemy targets appeared in green rather than red. What does that mean?

Anywho.. the videos are great. If I knew more about PSO in general, I could probably give you guys more indepth info. Anyways.. it was amazing watching their FOmarl pull off a 3 swipe combo with her rod. http://www.pso-world.com/psoworld/images/phpbb/icons/smiles/icon_biggrin.gif (I've never played a game of PSO before BTW.)

[goldman]

I've never played a game of PSO before BTW.)

ahh so that explains it
bout to say where you been http://www.pso-world.com/psoworld/images/phpbb/icons/smiles/icon_smile.gif

any way those red and blue chips near there names is I think it is called shiftia and deband
one boost your attack power and one boost defense power

and why some targets are red and some are green

well the targets represent what button would be most effective on hitting the creature
as the buttons are also the same color. say you had strong attack on X which is yellow and a spell lets say grants on B which is blue
when the target is blue it is better to attack with the B button thus casting grants on the creature

does that help?

oh and you can customize what button does what as well

[Nendaiki]

Somebody spank me cause I'm gettin spoiled.

[DarthWufei]

Thanks for the info goldman! http://www.pso-world.com/psoworld/images/phpbb/icons/smiles/icon_biggrin.gif I forgot one question too.

In the DC versions; was there a way to center the camera on an enemy of a target? I was just watching the forest boss video and noticed the camera going up to the dragon while he was in the air in what seemed to happen automatically. Thanks! http://www.pso-world.com/psoworld/images/phpbb/icons/smiles/icon_biggrin.gif

[goldman]

hmmm not in boss fights you can't control the camara
in normal levels you can push I think the L button or soemthing to move it in some way

I think it has been a year since I have played so not too sure

[Nendaiki]

I think you could see him for a second before it cut to his cutscene. You couldn't zoom into targets.

[DarthWufei]

Thanks for the help everyone! The videos basically blew me away when I saw them. Even had a couple of videos of battle mode up, and that didn't look laggy at all. Actually, it wasn't laggy. http://www.pso-world.com/psoworld/images/phpbb/icons/smiles/icon_biggrin.gif Ooooooh! And hearing about BB support also made my day! Now I don't have to buy a 56k modem and BBA. x-x Great great great!

[inferno10]

Man, these descriptions make me wanna subscribe to IGN Insider, but then the name IGN turns me away.

[Mindshare]

"Remember how basic the character creation was in the original Phantasy Star Online? Not so here! Sonic Team has equipped Episode 1 & 2 with a seemingly infinite number of character creation possibilities that eclipse even Square's massively multiplayer Final Fantasy XI."
http://www.pso-world.com/psoworld/images/phpbb/icons/smiles/icon_biggrin.gif http://www.pso-world.com/psoworld/images/phpbb/icons/smiles/icon_biggrin.gif http://www.pso-world.com/psoworld/images/phpbb/icons/smiles/icon_biggrin.gif My day has been made.


I'm afraid they're lying (or at least massively over-exaggerating). The character selection pages are almost identical to those on PSO DC apart from the fact that you select a type of character first (Hunter/Ranger/Force) and then a subclass (e.g. Ramar, Ramarl, Racast, Racaseal). Once you get to the character creation bit it's the same old hair colour, clothing colour, height etc...

Yes technically there are millions of combinations, but that's no different to the DC version.

Don't believe everything IGN tells you http://www.pso-world.com/psoworld/images/phpbb/icons/smiles/icon_smile.gif

M.

[Jonathan_F]

OK people fasten your saftey belts. if you weren't in the channel last night, somedude2 posted these in there. i downloded them fine even though i'm not an nsider. enjoy the bliss

http://insider.ign.com/download/movies/japanese/psobeta/pso2.mov

http://insider.ign.com/download/movies/japanese/psobeta/keyboardtype.mov

http://insider.ign.com/download/movies/japanese/psobeta/psochara4.mov

http://insider.ign.com/download/movies/japanese/psobeta/psochara1.mov

http://insider.ign.com/download/movies/japanese/psobeta/psochara2.mov

http://insider.ign.com/download/movies/japanese/psobeta/psochara3.mov

http://insider.ign.com/download/movies/japanese/psobeta/pso1.mov

http://insider.ign.com/download/movies/japanese/psobeta/psoep5.mov

http://insider.ign.com/download/movies/japanese/psobeta/psoep6.mov

http://insider.ign.com/download/movies/japanese/psobeta/psoep1.mov

http://insider.ign.com/download/movies/japanese/psobeta/psoep2.mov

http://insider.ign.com/download/movies/japanese/psobeta/psoep3.mov

http://insider.ign.com/download/movies/japanese/psobeta/pso4.mov

http://insider.ign.com/download/movies/japanese/psobeta/pso3.mov

[DarthWufei]

Thanks for posting those here Jonathan and not making a whole new topic. http://www.pso-world.com/psoworld/images/phpbb/icons/smiles/icon_smile.gif

EDIT: Can anyone who knows Japanese give us a transcript of what the characters are saying in the pso2 vid, and the battle vids?


<font size=-1>[ This Message was edited by: DarthWufei on 2002-06-05 10:56 ]</font>

[faceless]

hooray for somedude2 http://www.pso-world.com/psoworld/images/phpbb/icons/smiles/icon_wink.gif

[faceless]

that keyboard movie is lame.
is this the junk you pay for with insider?!?

[WEBSTER]

oh-my i already see alot of laggin going on in the game, especially in movie psoep3,de one on de beach....characters apoppin, ah classic DC memories:)

[DarthWufei]

Lag? There was lag? Maybe I was too excited, but could you point the parts where you can see lag please. http://www.pso-world.com/psoworld/images/phpbb/icons/smiles/icon_biggrin.gif lol

[DarthWufei]

Hmm... I've got another question. In the video "psoep1.mov" they show a mag using it's photon blast spell. (I think) Can anyone tell what effect it caused? I couldn't tell at all.

[DarthWufei]

*bump* Just seeing if anyone knows the answer to my question above.

[Yosho]

The blast was Farlia (hope I got that right) X_x...but it does fire damage I think.

[DarthWufei]

Thanks for the info Yosho! http://www.pso-world.com/psoworld/images/phpbb/icons/smiles/icon_biggrin.gif I can't wait to get my hands on GC PSO. A lot of things have surprised me just from viewing the new vids and such.

[DarthWufei]

Incase anyone wants to see a few of the keyboard pics from IGN. I uploaded them to my website. Here's the link.

http://www.angelfire.com/anime4/darthwufei/

If you can't see the pics just reload the page. http://www.pso-world.com/psoworld/images/phpbb/icons/smiles/icon_biggrin.gif


<font size=-1>[ This Message was edited by: DarthWufei on 2002-06-05 22:18 ]</font>

[Kupi]

Hey, DarthWufei. You said you saw a FOmarl do a three-swipe combo with a Rod. Did they swing one way, then the opposite way, then spin around and attack? If so, that's a FOmar. ^_^()

Unless, of course, the FOmarl attacks the same way. I wouldn't know, since I haven't used a FOmarl with a Rod.

[DarthWufei]

The FOmarl I'm guessing swung down, then to the right, then a big swing to the left completing the combo. http://www.pso-world.com/psoworld/images/phpbb/icons/smiles/icon_biggrin.gif