XPost: alt.games.video.xbox, alt.games.video.sony-playstation2
From: kendrick@nospam.io
In article <1165353454.952465.112090@l12g2000cwl.googlegroups.com>,
BelPowerslave wrote:
>> Now if only the game had free online play, I would buy it. Its single
>> player is not worth it, not even for $20...I'll pass
>
>$20 not worth the single player mode!? Jeez, the single player quest
>took my buddy a long-ass time(and this is guy who's beaten Oblivion
>around 3 or 4 times), not to mention you can play the online mode
>offline...$20 seems like a steal. Plus, doesn't the game come with a 2
>month trial? That's almost more than $20 right there...
I understand the sentiment entirely. US and EU players were spoiled by
having free Dreamcast PSO servers for at least some of the lifetime of
that game. And there are a handful of games with similar online
functionality that are free to play online, like Guild Wars and Monster
Hunter. At the same time though, Phantasy Star has a history and a depth
that isn't available in the other games. I don't think Sega has done
enough to sell PSU to the general public as a worthwhile expense.
It's worth mentioning that a lot of the expense of PSU goes towards
fighting hacking. All the saved character data is on the server side, and
the client game code does a ridiculous amount of checking to see if the
packet data is generated legitimately. Sega may not be any good at
marketing, but they want to be better at providing a fair online gaming
experience.
-KKC, level 28 Fomarl online. Four more mission point levels and I get an
expert character class open to me...
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