XPost: alt.games.phantasy-star   
   From: kendrick@nospam.io   
      
   Crossposting to AG.PS for discussion of Phantasy Star Universe...   
      
   In article <453045BC.A2B65DA4@ev1.net>,   
   BelPowerslave   wrote:   
   >>   
   >> >> We'll see if this ends up being worth ten bucks a month   
   >> >   
   >> >How many people does this one allow in a game? If it's still just   
   4...man...   
   >>   
   >> Parties can be as large as 6, although I think that there's some game   
   >> mechanisms stolen from Final Fantasy XI. In PSO it was possible for the   
   >> same four players to run through the entire game from the beginning and   
   >> beat Dark Falz at the end. I get the feeling that Guild missions are   
   >> one-off affairs where you get together, bash heads for an hour and then   
   >> part company. I haven't played in a party larger than two yet.   
   >   
   >I think they ought to reclassify PSO/U as "M"FPOKRPG("Massively" Four Player   
   >Online Kinda Role Playing Game). ;)   
      
   I was wrong about this... Some missions are assigned by the Guilds, but   
   random forays into the combat areas are also considered 'missions' by the   
   game interface. The idea is that the first player to go in is called the   
   mission leader, and it's up to him or her to make decisions (like when to   
   quit, how to distribute items, and so forth.) So this isn't just a demo   
   situation. Also, your quarters on the space platform are persistent, and   
   you can decorate it and have visitors, as well as share items. I found a   
   model train set it one of the dungeons and it's proudly displayed in the   
   middle of the room. :)   
      
   Additional impressions: I just tried out the Neudaiz missions, down in the   
   forested mountains. Seeing this (and having the monsters there hand me my   
   anatomy) is making me like the game a little bit more. I keep forgetting   
   that Sega products don't try to win you over right away, but feed you   
   little morsels of goodness spaced far apart, so as to build passion and   
   loyalty. I'm hoping the demo opens up at least one more planet so that I   
   can check out the other environments too.   
      
   -KKC, who should take a break to eat now.   
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