Phantasy Star Online gets 40/40 from famitsu:

WHEN DOES IT COME OUT????

can anybody give me an overview of how it will work?
are there levels? is there an ending? are there trade skills? how will it be compared to everquest?
any help is apreciated

Originally posted by AlteredBeast
It aint looking good, the series on average has been getting just good scroes, not excellent, or none at all were perfect. I don\'t expect them too, unless they can dream up a way to not make the damn games be boring with no direction. I, along with many other people, can\'t stand battling every 2 steps witha random battle. They need to go the Chrono Trigger/Grandia way, in which you can see the guy who may or may not attack you.

Eric Jacob

Lets see what Square does with a 128bit machine before we say it ain\'t looking good.  I\'m sure Square has some incredible ideas to take advantage of next gen hardware, they\'ve been stcuk in the 32 bit world for a long time you know they have a bunch of stuff they\'ve beeen dying to do with the series that just wasn\'t possible on previous platforms - PC

Originally posted by ddaryl

Originally posted by AlteredBeast
It aint looking good, the series on average has been getting just good scroes, not excellent, or none at all were perfect. I don\'t expect them too, unless they can dream up a way to not make the damn games be boring with no direction. I, along with many other people, can\'t stand battling every 2 steps witha random battle. They need to go the Chrono Trigger/Grandia way, in which you can see the guy who may or may not attack you.

Eric Jacob

Lets see what Square does with a 128bit machine before we say it ain\'t looking good.  I\'m sure Square has some incredible ideas to take advantage of next gen hardware, they\'ve been stcuk in the 32 bit world for a long time you know they have a bunch of stuff they\'ve beeen dying to do with the series that just wasn\'t possible on previous platforms - PC [/B]

I agree with ddaryl, look at all they\'ve accomplished with just a 32 bit console...  PS2 4x the bit rate, a billion times the everything else... Oh my god, I have a feeling the characters will look... well REAL!

Cool!  YOu go Phantasy Star Online!  Finally Dreamcast is not like some crabs some fanboy say it is.  Hopefully Dreamcast can stay alive competing with ps2 and x-box and i want lunchcube to died really bad!

How does an RPG work online? Can it only be played online with other people?  I don\'t quite understand how it would work but I would like to. I love RPGs and if this got a perfect score I definately don\'t want to pass it up.

It plays online and offline. Some of the missions, including new ones you can download, can only be played online. I hear it plays sort of liek Diablo. But I don\'t know,never played it. But, IGN gave it EXCELLENT previews.

Graphics do not matter, Ddaryl or SyxxKorn. It is about RPG fundamentals. In my opinion there is always something lacking in their games that gives them a below 40 or even 39 or 38. Maybe the gross over-use of random battles. or the in FF8, the fact that you don\'t really have to use magic, just GFs all the time. The confusing storylines. The severe concentration on how the game looks, than how it plays.

I am going to go on and bet that FF10 does not even get a 38. I am saying if Square sticks with their formulas for the nmext FF, it will be just that, ANOTHER FF. Nothing new, nothing exciting (besides, of course, the pretty graphics), same ole random battles, etc. That is why I look forward to new RPG series. Or ones at the start of their sequelization when they still have some fresh ideas or storys. Like Grandia Series, Lunar Series, Phantasy Star Series, Shining Force Series, Chrono Trigger Series, Valkyrie Profile, Skies of Arcadia, Shenmue (sort of an RPG ) etc.!

Eric Jacob

Originally posted by AlteredBeast
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Graphics do not matter, Ddaryl or SyxxKorn. It is about RPG fundamentals. In my opinion there is always something lacking in their games that gives them a below 40 or even 39 or 38. Maybe the gross over-use of random battles. or the in FF8, the fact that you don\'t really have to use magic, just GFs all the time. The confusing storylines. The severe concentration on how the game looks, than how it plays.

I am going to go on and bet that FF10 does not even get a 38. I am saying if Square sticks with their formulas for the nmext FF, it will be just that, ANOTHER FF. Nothing new, nothing exciting (besides, of course, the pretty graphics), same ole random battles, etc. That is why I look forward to new RPG series. Or ones at the start of their sequelization when they still have some fresh ideas or storys. Like Grandia Series, Lunar Series, Phantasy Star Series, Shining Force Series, Chrono Trigger Series, Valkyrie Profile, Skies of Arcadia, Shenmue (sort of an RPG ) etc.!

Eric Jacob

Dude I wasn\'t talking about graphics, graphics are a given. I was talking about gameplay, there is so much that can be done from a gameplay standpoint that could never even be approached on a PSX, and I\'m 100% positive over the years that brought us FFVIII FFVIII FFIX, Chrono cross, Xenogears, Front Mission, and Vagrant Story among other extremly cool Square games that these guys had a billion and 1 gameplay ideas where they just wished they had a machine capable of doing it.

So I get extremly aggravated with you and your inability to see outside of your DC box and assume the only thing I\'m talking about is graphics. YOur also losing alot of credibility by even thinking that Square won\'t come out with something different, this isn;t the PSX this is a machine 30-50x\'s more capable than the PSX. Random Battles in the 32 bit era we\'re a product of lack of memory and processing power. Sure there is going to be random encounters but I\'m sure they will be more fitting do to the above reasons.

and yes I look forward to new RPG games and Action based games as well, but to say Square is just going to make a stereotypical FF game the same as they have for the original PSX or NES is insane, its extremly naive. Its like saying you expected PSO to be the same game as the orignals. Obviously its not, and why is that, its because the hardware allowed for new avenues to be explored.



UGHhhhhhhhhhhhhhh!!!

Yes, if we\'re especially lucky, Square\'s leap from 32 to 128bit will be almost as incredibly..... as their leap from 16 bit to 32 bit :rolleyes:

Originally posted by Cereal Rapist
Yes, if we\'re especially lucky, Square\'s leap from 32 to 128bit will be almost as incredibly..... as their leap from 16 bit to 32 bit :rolleyes:

and you mean what ?????

In my opinion, The Series has just gotten worse from 6. 6 was the high, a great game. Way too many random battles. But just a fantastic Storyline.

What is a bigger processer going to do other than graphics and grahpics realted stuff? really though? You dont need math in an RPG. calculations are out of it. I don\'t think there will be an improvement to series with PS2. I have avoided the series since I disliked 7 and 8. and I played through both. They just werent good in my opinon. ANd why is Red, the last of his generation, thei with all his kids and crap at the end of the game? what the hell is up with that.

So, the series will go unchanging. WHat new opitons and things have they added to the late ones to make them better? oooooohhh, no MP, whoopdeedoo.

Vagrant Story is much better, it uses alot of things FF wish they could.

It is very feasible to not expect PSO to be like the orignals, but what has really changed in all these sequels of FF. PSO is ONLINE. That is a big change, and they arent focusing on Motavia or Mother Brain, Dark Falz, etc. But what is FF changing?

Eric Jacob

and you mean what ?????

I\'m sure you can work it out for yourself.  Have you ever played FF6?  If you have you should know that the \'power\' of the system has NOTHING to do with the quality of the games on it.

If anything, the newer hardware has inspired Square to concentrate less on the story and gameplay, and instead devote their time to 5 minute summon spells.

PSO didn\'t get a 40/40.
http://www.gamers.com/news/454310

Update: Phantasy Star Online Receives a Nearly Perfect Score From Famitsu
By Shane Bettenhausen
Updated December 13, 2000 7:31 PM PST

 

Prior to each week\'s magazine release, Famitsu.com announces which titles received awards in the upcoming issue. This week, the big winner is Sega\'s Phantasy Star Online, as Famitsu awarded it the coveted Platinum award (a total score of at least 35/40). Earlier today we reported that other sites had listed a perfect 40/40 score for PSO, but the true score is 37/40. We apologize for linking to erroneous information.

This ruling bodes well for this hotly anticipated game, as many naysayers have worried that online RPGs would lack the narrative punch and compelling gameplay of their single-player counterparts. U.S. gamers will get their chance to enter the world of PSO in January.

However, a 37/40 is still a great score!!! But not perfect.

Oh, and I\'m pretty sure Vagrant Story got a 40/40 in Famitsu. I have no idea what Daily Radar UK was smoking.

SimChoy, that\'s not what I SAW!!!!!

Can You play that game offline too?
I have a Hong Kong DC (without Modem).BTW,are those Modems sold seperately anywhere?
Please help.