New Screenshots!!! and New party member revealed! (spoilers

[Saner]

Wow!!! http://www.pso-world.com/images/phpbb/icons/smiles/icon_eek.gif

http://www.the-magicbox.com/0606/game060604e.shtml


and look here http://www.pso-world.com/images/phpbb/icons/smiles/anime1.gif

http://www.the-magicbox.com/0606/game060604e2.shtml


it looks like Mirei actually joins and fights too! http://www.pso-world.com/images/phpbb/icons/smiles/icon_biggrin.gif

Well some might say this was gonna happen but you never know she did seem like she was gonna end up being an NPC or something. But it's great she is tough enough to assist defeating enemies too! http://www.pso-world.com/images/phpbb/icons/smiles/anime2.gif


edit: (ack, I guess the image was blocked directly. oh well, there are the links. lol)

This is really a nice surprise! Who knows who else in the character list can be a party member. http://www.pso-world.com/images/phpbb/icons/smiles/icon_smile.gif



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[hypersaxon]

I thought Mirei being a party member was a no-brainer, since she's in the original trailer casting ice spells and stuff.

BTW I find it odd that all the hot chicks in PSU are Newman lol Karen, Mirei, Maya... must be a lot of Nei fans at Sonic Team http://www.pso-world.com/images/phpbb/icons/smiles/icon_razz.gif

[Lovejuice]

As nice as it is to see any new PSU media, those PS2 screens look terribly cluttered up by the HUD. I hope there's at least a way to control the transparency of the mini-map. Online, with 6 players, using the maximum of 4 cut-in-chat flashy faces all at once, is only going to lead to a very busy screen affair on Sony's device.

I guess as far as possible party members go, one of the other 'obvious' ones we're yet to see in non-cutscene action with Ethan is Tylor, unless I've missed it somewhere down the line. I'm quite pleased - from this and other media we've seen - by the way the NPC characters initiate their own little dialogues during battle. After seeing early Partner Machinery speech, here's hoping that they sprinkle it with their own personalities rather than just "Press X to attack!!", or "Look out for the big robot!" (and if they even interact with each other, then that would be a nice little touch).

[Ryna]

On 2006-06-06 15:50, Lovejuice wrote:
I guess as far as possible party members go, one of the other 'obvious' ones we're yet to see in non-cutscene action with Ethan is Tylor, unless I've missed it somewhere down the line.



In one of the videos from last Friday's update, we see Ethan fighting along-side Tylor. It is during the fight with the unknown machine boss on Moatoob.

[Lovejuice]

On 2006-06-06 15:59, Ryna wrote:

In one of the videos from last Friday's update, we see Ethan fighting along-side Tylor. It is during the fight with the unknown machine boss on Moatoob.


Ah yes, right you are. Infact, looking at that video again, it seems someone else might be revealed. A higher level Ethan appears to fight with a 'red capped' character. Judging from the player's levels, does this mean we get to 'keep' Dr. Dawson/Dorson beyond the relics, or is this perhaps Kou Taragi?

Click the wacko for the picture link (putting URLs in these tags only highlights them) --> http://www.pso-world.com/images/phpbb/icons/smiles/icon_wacko.gif (http://i6.tinypic.com/11vmjup.jpg)

EDIT: Cleaned up BBcode a little.

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[_Tek_]

um magic box is showing me broken image links at the moment.

[Sha_Hua]

On 2006-06-06 15:05, hypersaxon wrote:
I thought Mirei being a party member was a no-brainer, since she's in the original trailer casting ice spells and stuff.

BTW I find it odd that all the hot chicks in PSU are Newman lol Karen, Mirei, Maya... must be a lot of Nei fans at Sonic Team http://www.pso-world.com/images/phpbb/icons/smiles/icon_razz.gif



Well since you are on this forum as well I will bother you here aswell http://www.pso-world.com/images/phpbb/icons/smiles/icon_razz.gif.
I can just see the sonic team meeting room in front of me now. The slide show shows the initial designs and as soon as a female newman goes by the IQ drops to zero, everyone mumbles a zombie-like 'newman', the drooling starts http://www.pso-world.com/images/phpbb/icons/smiles/icon_razz.gif.

The reason you have 2 new's with you in the begin is cause Karen can't use technics and Maya does (handy for support). I suspect you will get a beast and cast standard on most missions later in the game. There is a chance you will have to go to their worlds first. The group will probably differ in npc's and size as the story progresses.

There a cute cast in some movies named ルウ (Ruu? Probably Lou). I am guessing we will get to see more like her as the game progresses.

Ethan will probably end up a real pimp at the end of the game beeing surrounded by hotties of all races and classes http://www.pso-world.com/images/phpbb/icons/smiles/icon_razz.gif.

[Saner]

On 2006-06-06 16:37, Sha_Hua wrote:


On 2006-06-06 15:05, hypersaxon wrote:
I thought Mirei being a party member was a no-brainer, since she's in the original trailer casting ice spells and stuff.

BTW I find it odd that all the hot chicks in PSU are Newman lol Karen, Mirei, Maya... must be a lot of Nei fans at Sonic Team http://www.pso-world.com/images/phpbb/icons/smiles/icon_razz.gif



Well since you are on this forum as well I will bother you here aswell http://www.pso-world.com/images/phpbb/icons/smiles/icon_razz.gif.
I can just see the sonic team meeting room in front of me now. The slide show shows the initial designs and as soon as a female newman goes by the IQ drops to zero, everyone mumbles a zombie-like 'newman', the drooling starts http://www.pso-world.com/images/phpbb/icons/smiles/icon_razz.gif.

The reason you have 2 new's with you in the begin is cause Karen can't use technics and Maya does (handy for support). I suspect you will get a beast and cast standard on most missions later in the game. There is a chance you will have to go to their worlds first. The group will probably differ in npc's and size as the story progresses.

There a cute cast in some movies named ルウ (Ruu? Probably Lou). I am guessing we will get to see more like her as the game progresses.

Ethan will probably end up a real pimp at the end of the game beeing surrounded by hotties of all races and classes http://www.pso-world.com/images/phpbb/icons/smiles/icon_razz.gif.



ya if this keeps up maybe we'll have access to as many selectable party members just like in Shining Force. http://www.pso-world.com/images/phpbb/icons/smiles/anime1.gif

that would be so cool if even Remlia will join and fight too. http://www.pso-world.com/images/phpbb/icons/smiles/icon_smile.gif

[Sha_Hua]

On 2006-06-07 00:38, Saner wrote:
ya if this keeps up maybe we'll have access to as many selectable party members just like in Shining Force. http://www.pso-world.com/images/phpbb/icons/smiles/anime1.gif

that would be so cool if even Remlia will join and fight too. http://www.pso-world.com/images/phpbb/icons/smiles/icon_smile.gif



With games like the shining force selecting party members was also a big part of your strategy, level one group or level all characters.
I suspect it will be more like grandia 2. Every character has his own path to walk and this path isn't always the one Ethan follows but they will cross Ethans path several times.

I just realised how much time we talk about this game and how little we know. The game could be so different then we imagine. I can't wait till it hits the stores.

[Saner]

well ya maybe some characters are exclusive to some parts.

but the card feature thing made me think about flexible party system.

but I mean there is still questions to be answered. we don't see Karen with Ethan during the Tylor fight. or that scene where Leo and Lou are with Ethan on Moatoob.

so I dunno. and offline story seems to have a 4 party limit. so hmmm I wonder how they will balance the cutscenes with the characters we have.

or maybe it doesnt matter who we don't bring along, if there is a cutscene they are in, they will show up as if they were with you the whole time. http://www.pso-world.com/images/phpbb/icons/smiles/anime1.gif

[Alisha]

if you think that HUD is cluttered you've obviously never played ffxi. looks fine to me but perhaps they will have an option to disable portions of the hud such as the minimap

[OdinTyler]

Offline isn't necessarily going to have a 4 char max. It varies based on the situation. I'll give some examples from the demo:


1. In the 'forest' area, it was Ethan & 3 others all the way through to the dragon.
2. In the relics you have a few ppl with you, but, then you have to split up to go another direction. You are left with Ethan & Dr. Dorson.
3. What happens with Dorson I don't exactly like & well...I have motivation to take out Renvolt Magashi after what I saw...


Basically, offline will be very story driven so for all we know it could range from Ethan by himself to a full group of 6. Besides, it's already been said in online mode that the leader can bring in an NPC determined by the leader's race. In addition, I wouldn't be surprised if I ran into NPCs from offline mode, online. It would be nice as it would pull you more into the story. http://www.pso-world.com/images/phpbb/icons/smiles/icon_smile.gif

[Serephim]

On 2006-06-07 00:38, Saner wrote:


On 2006-06-06 16:37, Sha_Hua wrote:


On 2006-06-06 15:05, hypersaxon wrote:
I thought Mirei being a party member was a no-brainer, since she's in the original trailer casting ice spells and stuff.

BTW I find it odd that all the hot chicks in PSU are Newman lol Karen, Mirei, Maya... must be a lot of Nei fans at Sonic Team http://www.pso-world.com/images/phpbb/icons/smiles/icon_razz.gif



Well since you are on this forum as well I will bother you here aswell http://www.pso-world.com/images/phpbb/icons/smiles/icon_razz.gif.
I can just see the sonic team meeting room in front of me now. The slide show shows the initial designs and as soon as a female newman goes by the IQ drops to zero, everyone mumbles a zombie-like 'newman', the drooling starts http://www.pso-world.com/images/phpbb/icons/smiles/icon_razz.gif.

The reason you have 2 new's with you in the begin is cause Karen can't use technics and Maya does (handy for support). I suspect you will get a beast and cast standard on most missions later in the game. There is a chance you will have to go to their worlds first. The group will probably differ in npc's and size as the story progresses.

There a cute cast in some movies named ルウ (Ruu? Probably Lou). I am guessing we will get to see more like her as the game progresses.

Ethan will probably end up a real pimp at the end of the game beeing surrounded by hotties of all races and classes http://www.pso-world.com/images/phpbb/icons/smiles/icon_razz.gif.



ya if this keeps up maybe we'll have access to as many selectable party members just like in Shining Force. http://www.pso-world.com/images/phpbb/icons/smiles/anime1.gif

that would be so cool if even Remlia will join and fight too. http://www.pso-world.com/images/phpbb/icons/smiles/icon_smile.gif



LOL @ shiningforce.


You know, i could have SWORN newman's were all dark skinned....the pso newmans looked 10x better dark or brown skinned.



something told me she was going to join the party anyway, seeing as in the very first preview she was casting some super barta spell.

(that said, i really hope you can level up spells in PSU to the point where the ice spikes shoot up from the ground and stuff like in PSO.)

And i dont know about the rest of you, but Karen's shorts are WAY too short. I know she has to fight and all, but when shes running it kinda looks odd. Either her shorts need to be a TAD longer or her shirt needs to be a TAD shorter..

Or maybe ill get used to it. For some reason i really dont like Ethan..

[Saner]

LOL @ shiningforce.


You know, i could have SWORN newman's were all dark skinned....the pso newmans looked 10x better dark or brown skinned.


uhm well the first Newmans were in the classic PS games and they were light skinned.


even on PSO, Newmans look cooler light skinned than dark skinned IMO http://www.pso-world.com/images/phpbb/icons/smiles/icon_razz.gif

[Atayin]

On 2006-06-07 08:59, OdinTyler wrote:
Offline isn't necessarily going to have a 4 char max. It varies based on the situation.


That's the logical conclusion. Just because we haven't seen a full party of 6 in offline screenshots doesn't mean that it's not gonna happen.

We know that full party capacity is 6 online, so I wouldn't be surprised if sometimes you end up with 6 allies in the fray during offline mode whenever it suits the story.


Thanks for posting this thread and sharing the screens, btw. I'm starting to feel the PSU hype again. Hopefully us americans will get our hands on it before wintertime.

[OdinTyler]

I only had 2 areas to play in, but, from what I can tell, there's going to be ALOT of story twists & turns, chars coming in & out. Online or offline, it's really shaping up to be a great game & there's a large enough cast of chars to support such a storyline.

[Brus]

It wouldnt surprise me if you could switch party members, you could in 2 out of the 4 original phantasy stars. OR MAYBE it'll be like part 4 where by the end you a bunch of characters you have for good and one or two that you can interchange with other ones.

[hypersaxon]

Well since you are on this forum as well I will bother you here aswell http://www.pso-world.com/images/phpbb/icons/smiles/icon_razz.gif.
I can just see the sonic team meeting room in front of me now. The slide show shows the initial designs and as soon as a female newman goes by the IQ drops to zero, everyone mumbles a zombie-like 'newman', the drooling starts http://www.pso-world.com/images/phpbb/icons/smiles/icon_razz.gif.

Yeah, I could definitely see those sick bastards drooling over Maya and her machine gun jubblies lmao

[OdinTyler]

Yeah, I could definitely see those sick bastards drooling over Maya and her machine gun jubblies lmao


And what's wrong with that? http://www.pso-world.com/images/phpbb/icons/smiles/icon_biggrin.gif