XPost: alt.games.video.xbox, alt.games.phantasy-star   
   From: kendrick@nospam.io   
      
   In article <1162802653.752397.146830@i42g2000cwa.googlegroups.com>,   
   Jordan  wrote:   
   >jordanlund@gmail.com wrote:   
   >> I sat down with PSU for about 3 hours this afternoon, hit level 8 and   
   >> finished the first 2 missions.   
   >   
   >Ok, I'm at 9 or so hours in, I hit level 23 and just finished the 5th   
   >mission... Only 7 more to go! :^)   
      
   Long post. You understand it's my job to be this long winded on RGVS, and   
   not yours. :)   
      
       
   >Synthesis items fall into a couple of different categories... the   
   >"Board" which is the raw blueprint for whatever you are making, it also   
   >tells you what raw material you need to make it. That material could be   
   >a type of photon, a special metal, a catalyst agent, a type of carbon,   
   >or a type of wood (that I've found so far.)   
   >   
   >The problem is that there are SOOO MANY different types of items that   
   >the chance of finding anything truly useful is pretty rare. I've also   
       
   >All in all, PSU is a pretty cool game. But they made unnecessary   
   >complications in some areas and kept it to shallow in others.   
      
   You've only played offline so far, right? I really dig the complexity of   
   the synthesis and the weapon upgrades, but only because it makes it feel   
   more like an MMO game (and less like a collectible card game.) I can see   
   how that amount of grinding wouldn't be welcome in the single-person mode.   
      
   What parts seem shallow to you? I feel like PSU has almost everything just   
   right, and the more I read the more I think we're just scratching the   
   surface. I just read about levelling up the partner machinery so that it   
   gets a humanoid mode that follows you into battle, a little like the old   
   Mags except that they carry weapons. Cool stuff.   
      
   -KKC, who almost pulled a Bel by writing a little response to every single   
   paragraph that Jordan wrote. :)   
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