PSU is amazing!

[hoppimike]

Just wanted to start a thread to express my enthusiasm for the game... and also my confusion as to why it gets such a hard time.

To be honest, perhaps 2006 was just a tough year for Sega and Sonic Team because Yuji Naka left, which left some of the games like PSU and Sonic '06 a bit more muddled.

However, here are the pros and cons of PSU as opposed to PSO, as I see them:


Pros:

- Voice chat

- More social areas and more variety of social areas (club, pub, casino and so on)

- Personal rooms and shops

- Obviously, improved graphics and so on


Cons:

- Less captivating storyline

- Class system seemed a bit overly complicated and required magic "weapons" to do magic attacks

- More expensive to play


I really don't know of any more cons. I do think the storyline was more engaging in PSO, but I found PSU an incredibly immersive, social and expansive gaming experience that I will never forget.

I am bewildered as to why people give it flak. I'll admit it would have been nice to see more development from PSO, but that's not a con as such.

Anyway, awesome game, and I hope to find some kind of private server like EGS to play around on in future

[blazzze]

PSU was amazing played it till the servers got shut down :'(. Just started playing PSO 2 today (after i got the english patch and such), now im just looking for some peeps to game with!

[Lumpen Thingy]

I played this game for 5 years and no PSO was a much better over all game

[Zorafim]

Combat is stiff, with a very low skill cap. Defense is trivial, to the point where pressing a single button is all you need to stay alive. Exploration on a map is very linear, to the point where you already know where to go the instant the map loads.

The gameplay is just bad. You don't feel like you have any control over anything. In many aspects, it's even worse than PSO where you could at least outskill most enemies. You'll probably notice certain aspects of the game which just aren't good designs. Until then, enjoy it.
And try out PSP2. It has many of the good points of this game, with far less flaws. Or just get PSO2, which is free anyway.

[Dr.No]

PSU was poorly received due to how lacking in content it was during launch. One of the planets wasn't even unlocked online when it first came out! Crafting and grinding items was a giant pain in the ass as you could fail to either make the item for no decent reason or you could fail to grind your weapon and have it lost/unable to grind it to its full potential.

The game eventually got so facerolling easy you could solo most maps with ease, and the only source of (false) difficulty were the one-hit kills. Not to mention the laughable support that came during the middle of PSU's lifespan.

I'd say try out PSPo1 and/or PSPo2 instead.

[hoppimike]

Hm...

Zorafilm - I much prefered PSU to PSP2... it just has more stuff. It feels far more fleshed-out, but then I love the social aspect of the game. I actually spent more time hanging out with my new friends on there and buying stuff than I ever did leveling!

Dr. No - I actually got it pretty late, after AotI came out and all that. So I have no idea at all what it was like when it started

[Vickie]

SUP PSU!!!!!!!!!

[Dragwind]

I sure miss PSU. I've actually been playing Phantasy Star Portable lately for a bit of nostalgia.

One thing I do not miss, however (and although easier on portable) is PA leveling.

[hoppimike]

I sure miss PSU. I've actually been playing Phantasy Star Portable lately for a bit of nostalgia.

One thing I do not miss, however (and although easier on portable) is PA leveling.

what's that? lol

[Dragwind]

what's that? lol

What's what?

Phantasy Star Portable is a game that uses the Phantasy Star Universe engine and the story takes place after PSU Vanilla, but before AotI.

PA leveling stands for Photon Art leveling, which was a necessary evil in all of those titles.