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  • PSO: Blue Burst

  • Because playing them is not enough, we have to bitch about them daily, too. We had a Gameplay forum, but it got replaced by GameFAQs.
Because playing them is not enough, we have to bitch about them daily, too. We had a Gameplay forum, but it got replaced by GameFAQs.

 #86511  by Torgo
 Tue May 10, 2005 12:42 am
I don't see anything about cards. Sounds good already.

 #86524  by SineSwiper
 Tue May 10, 2005 3:46 am
Yeah, but what -IS- it?

 #86531  by Tortolia
 Tue May 10, 2005 8:04 am
A PC port of PSO.

 #86533  by SineSwiper
 Tue May 10, 2005 8:36 am
Lame.

 #86535  by Zeus
 Tue May 10, 2005 10:18 am
Sega's always been PC friendly and considering the success of PSO, I'm not overly surprised

 #86611  by Tortolia
 Tue May 10, 2005 6:53 pm
Extremely good quality port, though if you don't have a gamepad, it'll be...a bit difficult to play. Probably moreso for me since I went with my good 'ol HuNewearl, and you get whomped fast if you can't manuever well as the non-android hunters.

There's an uber torrent up at http://www.mininova.org/get/37950/Phant ... ta.torrent for the client - I literally had all 485 megs in 27 minutes.

Worth a look, given it's free and whatnot.

 #86642  by SineSwiper
 Wed May 11, 2005 5:08 am
Oh, I didn't know it was free.

 #86684  by Don
 Wed May 11, 2005 11:58 am
Is it free because it's on a torrent, or is it free because it's free to start?

 #86703  by Tortolia
 Wed May 11, 2005 5:48 pm
Free because it's open beta?

 #86809  by Tortolia
 Fri May 13, 2005 6:52 pm
Been playing this some more.

It's still PSO, there's no doubt about that. Still, it's pretty much the culmination of all the different versions, what with all the different quests (both single player and online), both Episode 1 and Episode 2, the Battle/Challenge modes, etc. It also appears they're adding even more content - the patch I downloaded had something about a new boss monster, so they might be adding more maps/monsters/etc. I've only played Episode 1 Act 1, so that's the same old noob stuff.

They've also improved the interface - there's a hotkey bar. Yes, you can select any item/skill/attack and hotkey it with numkeys 1-0 and use it instantly. Yes, you can FINALLY have more than 6 attacks conveniently available. No more choosing between a nuke, buff, debuff, or item with that last slot - you can actually make use of those 10 hotkeys, as well as the traditional 6 skill slots. Playing a Force seems viable now, especially since that class got a buff from old-school Dreamcast PSO in the first place.

From what I've been able to figure out, it should be cheap to get into, as well - beta characters will carry over into retail (within a certain time period, anyway), so characters you make now will carry over past the open beta period. It also seems like the client will be a completely free download (no buying a retail box for $30 or more) and will have a 15 day/20 level trial, so there's no immediate obligation to buy (the Korean MMOG paradigm, rather than the US one). The monthly fee seems to be the standard $9 that they've gone with ever since PSO version 2, so that's nothing new.

I dunno if I'll continue beyond beta, but PSO still has that certain charm to it, and the price is certainly right. With the improvements to the interface (god, I love the hotkeys), it could be worth picking up again, even if it's still essentially Space Diablo.