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MW_Jimmy

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I've aquired PSU now and I'm playing through a bit of the 1-player to get a bit of a feel for it. They've changed a lot of stuff havn't they? I'm pretty overwhelmed by it all which is probably a good thing as it means I've got new stuff to slowly learn.

Things I like:

- The Lock-On. I like that it's different depending on weapon. The differences in class are going to result in quite different in playstyles I think.

- Photon Arts. Reminds me of FF7 Materia system. It's nice and flexible and it'll lead to some nice customisation.

- Quick Item/Weapon Change. Really really brilliant.

Things I don't like:

- The lobbies: Too big. I'm guessing when playing online each Universe has the 3 Planets & the Space Station. No wonder it's impossible to find people. I think maybe we should specify a planet to meet up on aswell (I like the Cafe area in the CAST City).

- Shopping: Too spread out. I remember on PSO nobody would ever bother going to the healing counter as it was such a trek away. They fixed this in Ep 1&2 of course. Now it's just really fucking silly. Seperate Floors, seperate planets, different stuff for different races in seperate shops.

- The item drops. It's all money and healing items isn't it? It just doesn't seem as exciting and I don't like that they've messed with the colours as well.

- Talking: I want symbol chat back :(

Conclusion: I Like! I really can't wait to get online with it.

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There are quite a few things I preferred the way they were in PSO, but so far I like PSU so much on its own terms that I'm not really fussed to mention them. (Well, ok - I will mention that I do miss 'proper' RA-techs, esp. Rafoie in its shimmering GC incarnation, something rotten. But I guess I can see the balance in what they've done there.)

As much as I'd like to, I doubt you'll get everyone to meet up on the same server and world and location, as we're hardly likely to all arrive simultaneously and the missions and other stuff are just so spread out that there's no way we'd all be in the same place at any one time. So, yes it is a pity there are so many 'lobbies', but it's understandable given the potential scale of the game.

Which brings me to another thing I wasn't going to mention but now feel obliged to: when you find one of your guild card mates online, you can't just warp to them. Given the increased spread of the gameworld, just how stupid was it to take that fuctionality out? Bah.

Yeah, and symbol chat. The boring bastards.

And...

...no, really, it is a great online experience, and the newness of it, at least at present, easily outweighs the little niggles. Lets hope they start to unlock some more content soon and don't do a PSO:BB with people's subs, as having only 9 missions (albeit with 3 different difficulties each) and only about 10 techs available might get a little wearing after a few weeks - even for a slowcoach like me.

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I'm tempted by the 360 version - don't really have a great deal of interest in taking my PS2 online. Just a shame all you guys have gone for that option!

I dunno, I probably won't be getting it for a while anyway so it'd probably end up as some mad powerleveling fest like PSO was, which I think hampered my enjoyment of that game a lot - I was forever playing catch-up rather than actually doing the quests properly, as it were.

So, in short: Sort of.

:(

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oh god, that madman cottem is still about is he - has age tempered his insanity by any chance?

Haha, here are his most recent posts from a couple of different threads:

I want to play games whilst sitting on an excercise bike. thatd be easy.
i love gamespot because they are boring fat dorks with no sense of humour
he's in the blue bumpercar, retard.
Hello. I am going somewhere tonight, i think.#

But I've noticed I always need to be told, "come over at this particular time or now".

I guess I am do not want to turn up without notice, i would feel extremely unwelcome.

I think this is because I am yused to being in situations where i was not welcome.

We love him for who he is though :(

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I'm relying on being able to use apple keyboards, too.

My old iMac keyboard always worked fine with the PS2, so I can't see why later ones shouldn't.

Evening, Monty. Come on in, the water's lovely. But yes, you need a net adapter for the PS2, I fear.

(EDIT: Unless it's one of those new-fangled anorexic ones, of course.)

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Ooh! Ooh! I just saw my first couple of rappies at the end of a Linear Line B run - and they dropped an 8-star rappy feather each. Yay. (Today's the first I recall when I've no 'luck' at all, so I have my doubts about the effect that has on rare finding - doesn't it only affect grinding and synthesis?)

Now, if only I wasn't devastatingly hopeless at synthing, they might come in useful one day: "it could be useful in synthesising something very special." I just bet it's useable by Fortechers, too...damn my decision to take the painful road and raise a tech-spec PM (level 1 and rising, hoorah!).

I might just reset the bugger.

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MW_Jimmy

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So the reviews are slowly starting to trickle through. IGN has given it a 6.4:

http://xbox360.ign.com/articles/744/744378p2.html

I havn't read it yet but who wants a bet they'll be marking it down for not being an MMO and being simple and dated.

These people are cunts.

Monty! Yay!

Um, turns out Dev was right after all, I can't really face starting over, especially with everyone else so far ahead. So I shalln't be joining you on this grand new adventure.

See you around, kids.

What? That is the worst excuse I've heard for not bothering, really. The game has only been out less than three weeks. They've level capped people which is slowly getting raised each month - in no way, shape or form will you be miles behind everybody else.

In fact with the slow release of quests Id imagine that any latecomers for a good year will be able to catch up no problem as future quests will certainly start be better in the TIME=EXP stakes.

Just say your not interested anymore instead of making up stupid non-issues :(

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So the reviews are slowly starting to trickle through. IGN has given it a 6.4:

http://xbox360.ign.com/articles/744/744378p2.html

I havn't read it yet but who wants a bet they'll be marking it down for not being an MMO and being simple and dated.

These people are cunts.

What? That is the worst excuse I've heard for not bothering, really. The game has only been out less than three weeks. They've level capped people which is slowly getting raised each month - in no way, shape or form will you be miles behind everybody else.

In fact with the slow release of quests Id imagine that any latecomers for a good year will be able to catch up no problem as future quests will certainly start be better in the TIME=EXP stakes.

I am interested but Dev levels like a motherlover, Gorfy's probably right behind and I really, truly, madly deeply hate playing catch up. That's why I really wanted them to hold off for until the EU release, I admit it.

I shall excuse the use of the forum cunts' favourite emoticon this one time but any future use shall see you brought up on charges and executed. You have been warned, Jimmy!

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Red: that's right - Pungee, Sabe, Monty, Jimmy, Cosina, Tip, acid, and everyone else apart from about four of us are really racing so far ahead you'll never catch up. Because they haven't played it yet either.

And the handful of us that are online are playing pretty casually from what I can see, just getting a feel for the thing: which is just as well, as the one solid criticism you can level at the game is that at US release the vast majority of the content is still locked, as well as all the level caps being in place. Jesus, I only have one level 22 character*, and that only has a FO level of 4.

So don't be so daft, man. I've even kept a pair of daggers for you, you ingrate.

Jimmy, that review and another I've read recently say it all: people have got so MMORPGed up (or in most cases, just WoWed up) they just don't want this sort of simple actiony stuff any more. Which is fair enough, but a shame.

What's not fair enough is their facile comparisons. I think I'll post up a review bemoaning the fact that PSU hasn't 10% of the depth of EVE and lacks its proper economy, social and political structure, meaningful PvP and truly vast, persistent universe, then give it a 3.0, "cos it's daft like a kiddie console game wot I played when I wuz at skool".

Dead. Inside.

*NB: Dev's actually slightly behind me with his FO.

EDIT: And this is NOT WoW: You could appear as a lvl 1 char today, and I'd still benefit from running through lower-level missions with you to speed you through the early bits. And you'd be able to join in the same level ones I regularly run within hours. Remember how that works? That's right, like fun, not like some fucking elite-exclusive powergaming society.

THIS IS FUCKING PSO, MAN.

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