Phantasy Star Universe (Xbox 360)

Advantages: Bigger parties, better graphics, bigger game world.
Disadvantages: It's taken the Phantasy star name and wiped its feet on it.

...I was VERY excited because phantasy star online (the predecessor) was possibly my fav game of all time. So in my mind I was about to experiance the pinacle of my 360 experiance, or so I thought. I decided to let my girlfriend give it a whirl, the character set up screen was very similar to the original PSO which made it feel like home, and also meant we could speed through it. Once all of the formalities of character creation were complete, we entered ...
...can at first, with no help as to what you should do or where you should go. Eventually navigating her way to some other players, my girlfriend tried to ask them for some help. After about 15minutes of these people debating wether or not she wactually female, we decided we'd have more luck getting into a quest ourselves. Eventually we got going. The game its self is pretty mediocre concidering how long sega have had to produce a worthy follw up for ... Read review

Advantages: Amazing graphics. Great game at first!!!!!!!!
Disadvantages: Boring after time

Phantasy star started on dreamcast and i can remember playing it for hours and hours loving the whole way the game is set out. i've never played these games online because it is hard for anyone without a card to pay for these games every month. When i first heard about this game i thought it would offer the same as it did on the phantasy star online on the Xbox. But instead it didnt have multi-player features and still is as hard to pay for as before. ...
...live (Online gameplay) but phantasy star online lack that. This was a let-down for them. I would gladly subscribe to this game online because its a fabolous game but they have not found a way to make it easy for the people that do not have access. If a way exists please will someone point it out because i have looked and cannot find a way of a person doing this. The old phantasy star online used to work on the basis of you create as character from ... Read review

Advantages: Rich online play
Disadvantages: loading areas, lack of voice acting

Phantasy Star Universe, i waited ages for this game. personaly i think it was worth it, but honestly its not as good as the old phantasy star online, the storys better but, it just doesnt feel as good. this game is great non the less, with a great online mode to enjoy with freinds or on your own, it has a downloadable expansion through xbox live and the character creation is pretty good, not as good as say oblivion but the again very few games take ... Read review