Saturday, December 2, 2006

Playing Phantasy Star Universe

I've bought myself a copy of the latest addition of the Phantasy Star series. I've only played the offline-mode so far. But here's my opinion.

STORY
Phantasy Star Online fairly had a story, but PSU finally have a great and cute story, with characters to care about. The story ain't deep as good like the latest Final Fantasy games, but I still like to know what happens next in every chapter of PSU.

GAME PLAY
I've bought the PC version and are playing with the keyboard. In the beginning it took some time to learn the controls, but after 10 hours of gaming, the control works very well. Everything that you had in PSO are now upgraded and improved for the PSU. A lot of cool weapons can be found or bought. And just the fact that you for an example can customize your hands with a gun and a sword makes the fighting a lot more fun. And it's easy and fast to switch between your weapons in a stressed combat.

PROBLEMS
But it haven't been a complete pleasure through the whole game. The Game Guard included for the game ain't always on your side. My computer ain't perfect either, so I've had some problems with the gaming speed and resolution.

SO... IS IT WORTH TO BUY?
Well... depends, of course. But did you like the PSO game, then you're going love this next installment. It's a lot about hack-an-slash, which is really fun in PSU.

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