PSU Open Beta for all Xbox 360 Live Gold members

Double-S- · Post by **Double-S-** » Mon Oct 09, 2006 3:06 pm

http://www.phantasystaruniverse.com/index.php

Download opens up on the 11th and closes on the 12th. Only a one week beta, at least that's what they say is "expected". Who else is going to be playing?

MegaKitsune · Post by **MegaKitsune** » Mon Oct 09, 2006 3:35 pm

Will there be PC/360 cross-compatibility, or will the servers be isolated?

Post by **Segaholic2** » Mon Oct 09, 2006 3:43 pm

PC and PS2 servers will be compatible, 360 servers are isolated.

MegaKitsune · Post by **MegaKitsune** » Mon Oct 09, 2006 4:14 pm

Segaholic2 wrote:PC and PS2 servers will be compatible, 360 servers are isolated.

That sucks, but understandable, if MS amde any part of Live accessible to the PC world, it'd open it up to hackers. Too bad, though.

Post by **Delphine** » Mon Oct 09, 2006 5:34 pm

MegaKitsune wrote:if MS amde any part of Live accessible to the PC world, it'd open it up to hackers.

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MegaKitsune · Post by **MegaKitsune** » Mon Oct 09, 2006 9:53 pm

Delphine wrote:
MegaKitsune wrote:if MS amde any part of Live accessible to the PC world, it'd open it up to hackers.
...

Yeah, I realized how stupid that looked an hour after I typed it. Forgive me please, I'm a 'tard.

Baba O'Reily · Post by **Baba O'Reily** » Tue Oct 10, 2006 5:22 am

I'll try to take part in it. Hell, maybe it'll be fun.

Psxphile · Post by **Psxphile** » Tue Oct 10, 2006 7:40 pm

We apologize, but the BETA release dates have changed. The release date will no longer be Oct 11th, but should see release very soon after. Please watch this page, as well as our Official Phantasy Star Universe forums for more information. Thank you for your patience, we look forward to seeing everyone online very soon!

Uh oh.

MegaKitsune · Post by **MegaKitsune** » Tue Oct 10, 2006 8:45 pm

Are old PSO charcaters able to be transfered? If not, I'm really not going to pick this game up... >_<

Locit · Post by **Locit** » Tue Oct 10, 2006 9:40 pm

I don't even know how to react to that.

Light Speed · Post by **Light Speed** » Tue Oct 10, 2006 10:03 pm

A simple 'no' would suffice.

Baba O'Reily · Post by **Baba O'Reily** » Wed Oct 11, 2006 5:21 am

But... I skipped school just to sign up!

NO! THIS CANNOT BE!

jenkins · Post by **jenkins** » Wed Oct 11, 2006 3:58 pm

You needed to skip school? How long did this sign up take?

Double-S- · Post by **Double-S-** » Wed Oct 11, 2006 10:03 pm

The site now says it'll be up "this weekend". And go until the 18th. So it'll be a very short 4 or 5 days. Thankfully my next midterm isn't until the end of next week, so I'll have at least some free time to play.

Post by **Segaholic2** » Fri Oct 13, 2006 11:42 am

The download is available and the beta is running RIGHT NOW. Get on.

I'm in on Double -S-'s gamertag.

Post by **Segaholic2** » Sat Oct 14, 2006 2:04 am

PSU is good.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C4k-A1EPb28
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zfnnI8dkzNg
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wls5WWtf9vM

Light Speed · Post by **Light Speed** » Sat Oct 14, 2006 2:14 am

I am such a badass Force.

Locit · Post by **Locit** » Sat Oct 14, 2006 12:15 pm

I want to play this game so badly.
So badly.

chriscaffee · Post by **chriscaffee** » Sat Oct 14, 2006 12:29 pm

Looks like a boring PSO with bad animation, a side-step feature and updated graphics.

Locit · Post by **Locit** » Sat Oct 14, 2006 12:49 pm

So badly.

Senbei · Post by **Senbei** » Sat Oct 14, 2006 1:21 pm

Segaholic2 wrote:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C4k-A1EPb28

Out of curiousity, what happened at the end there? Looked like your weapon backfired. Much to my amusement, of course.

Post by **Segaholic2** » Sat Oct 14, 2006 1:24 pm

A lot of lag happened. That was everything finally catching up and me taking damage several seconds late.

Light Speed · Post by **Light Speed** » Sat Oct 14, 2006 1:49 pm

chriscaffee wrote:Looks like a boring PSO with bad animation, a side-step feature and updated graphics.

Yeah, you can hold the left bumper to side step back and forth, but the new weapon system is the coolest. You can have a weapon in each hand or one big weapon, and you can quickly switch between three sets of these. Also now magic is associated with the weapon and not the individual characters TP. You can attach two spells to each weapon or four to a two handed weapon. In the video on the rare occasion you actually saw me (Jebus) I was casting Foie out of my wand and had a gun in my other hand. Also you level up spells now by casting them over and over rather than searching everywhere for level 30 discs. It still is a lot like PSO with from what Ive seen so far shinier, but lamer enemies. I'm still debating on whether or not I want to buy it however since everyone seems to want to get it for PC.

Post by **Segaholic2** » Sat Oct 14, 2006 2:03 pm

Light Speed wrote:You can have a weapon in each hand or one big weapon, and you can quickly switch between three sets of these.

Six sets, not three.

Also: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=crWlRnyPi14

Baba O'Reily · Post by **Baba O'Reily** » Sat Oct 14, 2006 2:35 pm

I downloaded the beta, created a character, and was then disappointed by the unusually high-pitched voice. I finished the tutorial, and was then called away to work for five hours.

So, I'll give it another shot in a bit.