[1mp]

The negative comments are from gamers who expect Phantasy Star Universe to be like War of Warcraft or Guild Wars. Phantasy Star Universe is not a MMORPG.

For the PC, yes you need to be online to play the offline content.

There are ways to play PSU offline without an internet connection, also this game needs no cd key to play..you don't even need a cd key to buy an online account. :thumb:

 

[Exodus]

I played Xenogears and it was decent I might look into Saga

Well, that's not quite reason enough to play Xenosaga. They're not really all that connected and you'd have to probably love Xenogears to notice the connections.

 

[Syed Fawad]

EpII's battle system is a little retarded, but plot wise it continues in the same way as EPI. I'm currently playing EPIII and it's probably the best out of the 3.

Hmm, how'd you rate the difficulty levels of the three? And what if I jump to II after I (of course, after reading on the II's plot or walkthrough)?

 

[Exodus]

Hmm, how'd you rate the difficulty levels of the three? And what if I jump to II after I (of course, after reading on the II's plot or walkthrough)?

EP2 is definitely the most difficult without a boss guide. I'm guessing you meant to say jump to III instead of to II, right? You probably could skip it, but only if, like you said, you read the script or plot summary. If you're feeling exceptionally brave, you can watch all the scenes from: Xenosaga Episode II FMVs & Cutscene Movies - Blue Laguna's Media Archive

It's only missing a few scenes since they weren't prerendered.

 

[Syed Fawad]

EP2 is definitely the most difficult without a boss guide. I'm guessing you meant to say jump to III instead of to II, right? You probably could skip it, but only if, like you said, you read the script or plot summary. If you're feeling exceptionally brave, you can watch all the scenes from: Xenosaga Episode II FMVs & Cutscene Movies - Blue Laguna's Media Archive

It's only missing a few scenes since they weren't prerendered.

That's too much for my shared LAN connection I guess reading scripts would have to suffice. Thanks for the input, time to get Episode III

 

[Exodus]

You can get one or two FMVs a day. It's too much of a pretty game to just read.

 

[sxamiga]

Champions of Norath, Champions Return to Arms (sequel to Champions of Norath), Baldur's Gate Dark Alliance II (highly recommended), and Wild Arms: Alter Code F (Wild Arms from the PSX only completely redone with more added) spring to mind.
Take care all.
sxamiga

 

[Band]

Shadow Hearts 1 + 2 are GREAT games. also if you are into hack n slash games that get boring after a few hours, go for baldurs gate dark alliance 1 or 2. Devil May Cry is a pretty good series too.