Phantasy Star Portable 2
Kendrick Kerwin Chua
At least two out of the three of you still reading the group have a PSP,
right? :) You need to get on PSN and download the Phantasy Star Portable 2
demo right away. In a nutshell, everything that was good about Phantasy
Star Online is here, and a lot of the annoying bits of PS Universe are
gone. At the same time, the improved combat and defensive functions from
PS Zero are brought in as well, like the dodging and the advanced
blocking. There's almost six or seven hours of content in the demo, which
is more than enough to be representative of the whole game.
I don't expect that this subject will generate much conversation, so I'll
keep it brief. But if you do try the demo, please post your impressions.
-KKC, who actually went through the searing pain of installing MediaGo to
get the demo.
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Relic
> At least two out of the three of you still reading the group have a PSP,
> right? :) You need to get on PSN and download the Phantasy Star Portable 2
> demo right away. In a nutshell, everything that was good about Phantasy
> Star Online is here, and a lot of the annoying bits of PS Universe are
> gone. At the same time, the improved combat and defensive functions from
> PS Zero are brought in as well, like the dodging and the advanced
> blocking. There's almost six or seven hours of content in the demo, which
> is more than enough to be representative of the whole game.
>
> I don't expect that this subject will generate much conversation, so I'll
> keep it brief. But if you do try the demo, please post your impressions.
>
> -KKC, who actually went through the searing pain of installing MediaGo to
> get the demo.
I may try it, but right now I have Lunar on my 1GB memory stick, and,
well eventually I hope to get a bigger memory stick (the only reason I
have a PSP right now is because I found the device in the dumpster
behind the GameCrazy that closed a few weeks ago, along with some
360s...).
math_guy
> ...the only reason I have a PSP right now is because I found the
> device in the dumpster behind the GameCrazy that closed a
> few weeks ago, along with some 360s...
o_O
Sean
Benjamin
> At least two out of the three of you still reading the group have a PSP,
> right? :) You need to get on PSN and download the Phantasy Star Portable 2
> demo right away. In a nutshell, everything that was good about Phantasy
> Star Online is here, and a lot of the annoying bits of PS Universe are
> gone. At the same time, the improved combat and defensive functions from
> PS Zero are brought in as well, like the dodging and the advanced
> blocking. There's almost six or seven hours of content in the demo, which
> is more than enough to be representative of the whole game.
>
> I don't expect that this subject will generate much conversation, so I'll
> keep it brief. But if you do try the demo, please post your impressions.
>
> -KKC, who actually went through the searing pain of installing MediaGo to
> get the demo.
Is it free? On-line play, I mean. Phantasy Star Online really killed
the community and popularity once Sega required subscriptions. At
least, that's how I perceive it, though I'm sure some of the blame lay
in an unchanging, stagnant formula as well. I thought PSU would be the
answer, but so many reviews trashed it, and my time with the demo
wasn't really enjoyable. :/
Benjamin
Kendrick Kerwin Chua
Benjamin <bpga...@gmail.com> wrote:
>On Aug 29, 8:02?pm, Kendrick Kerwin Chua <kendr...@nospam.io> wrote:
>> At least two out of the three of you still reading the group have a PSP,
>> right? :) You need to get on PSN and download the Phantasy Star Portable 2
>> demo right away. In a nutshell, everything that was good about Phantasy
>> Star Online is here, and a lot of the annoying bits of PS Universe are
>> gone.
>
>the community and popularity once Sega required subscriptions.
To play the demo is obviously free online, but I don't know if the full
game will require any sort of separate subscription or not. I'm guessing
that most American players will elect to play multiplayer ad-hoc and not
go on the server, in either case.
>At
>least, that's how I perceive it, though I'm sure some of the blame lay
>in an unchanging, stagnant formula as well. I thought PSU would be the
>answer, but so many reviews trashed it, and my time with the demo
>wasn't really enjoyable. :/
I played PSU for about 18 months and I thought it was worth the
subscription. On one hand, the online game was really adjusted in terms of
difficulty and item availability, which made it worthwhile for me. On the
other hand, Capcom set the bar higher with free Monster Hunter online
play, which did almost everything PSO did just as well.
I've been playing the PSP2 demo all week now, and it feels like they got
it right on the fifth try. :) PSU was an administrative mess in that there
was a lot of manual bookkeeping. PS Zero was almost there but it didn't
match up graphically, and the first Portable game was way too easy. PSP2
seems to have the right degree of difficulty, all the cool combat and
management features of PSO, and all of the content of the previous five
episodes. I was sold the minute I read that the old PSO mission areas are
available, since in PSU you could only see them online.
-KKC, getting various body parts handed back to him in Monster Hunter.
JordanLund
> >Is it free? On-line play, I mean. Phantasy Star Online really killed
> >the community and popularity once Sega required subscriptions.
>
> To play the demo is obviously free online, but I don't know if the full
> game will require any sort of separate subscription or not. I'm guessing
> that most American players will elect to play multiplayer ad-hoc and not
> go on the server, in either case.
The full game is out, I picked it up tonight and yes, online is
completely free to play. There's a Little Wing license code in the box
which, when entered into PSN, gives you access to the online portion
of the game.
- Jordan
Kendrick Kerwin Chua
JordanLund <lu...@earthlink.net> wrote:
Rock. My Amazon pre-order should be here Saturday. Although the fact that
a separate code is required tells me that Sega might be considering
charging customers who buy a used copy.
-KKC, looking into creating a Little Wing vinyl sticker for his car. :)
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