Product Description

Phantasy Star Universe PC

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #15359 in Video Games
• Brand: Sega Of America, Inc.
• Model: 85152
• Released on: 2006-11-21
• ESRB Rating: Teen
• Platforms: Windows 98, Windows 2000, Windows Me, Windows XP
• Format: CD-ROM
• Dimensions: .25 pounds

Features

• This time worlds collide! Product Information In a far away galaxy, a brilliant sun is orbited by three planets.  TheBurhal System is inhabited by humans and their creations: CASTs, Newmans andBeasts.  For 500 years, there was war among the races, then finally..Anera of peace and prosperity that has lasted 100 years.  But now, a darknessthreatens the universe.  As the All

Customer Reviews

An awesome, colorful and strange game:
I really didn't know what to expect when it came to PSU. I never played a game developed entirely in Japan and then converted to the English Language but I like SCI-FI so I thought I would give it a try.

First you'll notice the the Japanese graphics as colarful and alive. The level design was small at first but opened up as you explore different regions (planets) in the galaxy.

Their only voice acting is the cut-sceens and then text in the form of pop up like in comics coming from the charactors that you will find hitting the Enter button is the best way to stear through them.

This game is the closest to come in years from the Jedi Knight series. You'll receive a sword that looks like the Light Sabors from Star Wars and the effects from combat with the various foes is just down-right breath taking as your light sword leaves trials of light swirling around you as you swing your sword. The lazer guns and photon are also cool with bright greens and reds streaming arossed the battle field.

The story is a bit cheesy and reminds me of Advent Rising but in Japanese version so if you played that game than this will seem all too familar. You play as a young punk kid that losses his sister in an attack on your races colony and must find/rescue her. That's in the very beinging and the sotry mode spans 12 chapters I believe in all. After the fourth you can unlock extra mode which is basically Network mode but offline as you can take free missions you earn from defeating bosses in story mode and can select a party as well from cards you will aquire.

If you like a good sci-fi story and don't mide a weak but rewarding story that seems all to familar and hints on it's Japanese roots then PSU will surely please you but take this in consideration it will be hard to find a game out now or from the past that has more colorful effects and graphics in general as PSU offers!

Lack of Customer Service ruins an otherwise amazing game.
The game itself is fantastic. A wonderful combination of RPG and action.
It has a variety of weapons and outfits to customize your character as you like, all with their own look; wonderful cut scenes and graphics for the overall game. Some of the missions can be a little tedious to do but I don't think it takes away from the overall quality of the game.

The online aspect is also a very good one as well. In theory, that is.
The few times I had the chance to play with other players, it was fast paced and exciting - something you don't get in a lot of online RPGs. However, the player base for the PC/PS2 community is a very, very small one. From what I've heard the Xbox players outnumber PC and PS2 combined. This wouldn't be so much of an issue if you were given the option to interact with the Xbox players as well, however PS2 and PC players are restricted to one server, while Xbox players are restricted to another.

On top of this, customer service is next to non-existent. For an online, pay-to-play game, this is shocking to say the least. I encountered a game stopping bug, and have had a petition requesting help from Sega up for the last month, with absolutely no response whatsoever but for the automated confirmation. Thus I have been unable to continue the main storyline.

Amazing game. Wonderful potential. And a lot of fun... if I could still play it.
If there were any moderators, customer service, or help from the company of any sort, it could have been an amazing game. But right now it's just sitting there, collecting dust.

Watch the Sega site before buying this one. If they ever get their act together, and actually TRY working on this one again, it'd be worth playing. Until then, don't expect more than the main story. And even then, if you're buying the PC based version, be ready for bugs.

Great fun for the lovers of mindless button-mashing-monster-slaughter (that actually isn't very mindless)!
I bought this game for my siblings because we love to play the portable version on the PSP and the Xbox 360. It's great fun with a big party and we spend hours goofing off together. However, none of us can take this game seriously and we all make fun of it's story. In my opinion, this isn't the game for you if you are into the more serious RPG's that you can actually really get into and feel the game and it's characters. But if you love a fun game to just goof on and slaughter a TON of monsters with your buddies, then definitely get this one for your collection! The only problem we had was that it refused to run on my brother's computer. The reason is unknown for it worked on everyone's computer except his and it didn't really tell us why it wouldn't run. It installed perfectly and would boot to the main screen and then quit when he tried to play it.