XPost: alt.games.phantasy-star   
   From: kendrick@nospam.io   
      
   In article <1161820632.774668.92130@f16g2000cwb.googlegroups.com>,   
   BelPowerslave  wrote:   
   >   
   >> >Oh yeah, when I first got PSO on the DC, everything else just went   
   >> >right out the window. Man, it was one of the greatest gaming moments in   
   >> >my life, my first online gaming experience. I'll never forget it...   
   >>   
   >> And it was free. Couldn't beat that.   
   >   
   >True...but even then, when they went to v2 and it was only around $9   
   >for three month's access, that wasn't bad at all(in fact, I'd go so far   
   >as to say it was totally acceptable). I hear that, in Japan, V2 on the   
   >DC/PC is now free online...would be nice if Sega would allow this to   
      
   I don't think this is entirely true. I don't believe any Dreamcast PSO   
   servers are still running anyway. However, Dreamcast PSO was released so   
   late in the EU region that Sega of Europe decided to throw their customers   
   a bone and make V1 and V2 completely free there. You might be thinking of   
   PSO Blue Burst, which was essentially PSO episode two-and-a-half with more   
   character classes.   
      
   >happen for the PC/GC/Xbox(yeah right, they'll skip Xbox as usual)   
   >versions of Ep1&2 at some point.   
   >   
   >> -KKC, who will settle for the offline game for now.   
   >   
   >Be sure to post some thoughts...though my buddy will be getting it   
   >whenever Sega decides to "grace" the 360 owners with the game, I'm sure   
   >he'll mostly be doing the online stuff.   
      
   I find the protagonist surprisingly charming. Ethan Waber is young and   
   arrogant like any other JRPG hero, but he has a surprising streak of   
   humility that lets me forgive that. I've only played through to the first   
   save point, but already a lot of questions I had during the Xbox Beta test   
   have been answered. The online game appears to occur during the events of   
   the offline game, in that Ethan experiences all the environments first and   
   the online missions are mop-up actions afterwards.   
      
   -KKC, who will break soon for Mythbusters.   
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