Posts tagged phantasy star

I hate the story missions, by the way. Too much talking, not enough killing things. Much prefer just doing free missions over and over again. Weren’t the levels randomly generated in PSO? In this they always appear to be exactly the same.

Going away next week, which is a good excuse for a new handheld game. There are three reasons why I decided on this.

1) It’s new.
2) Nostalgia, based on playing Phantasy Star Online on the Dreamcast.
3) I wanted something like Monster Hunter, but less hardcore, for want of a better word.

I agonised over what type of character to create and decided on a CAST (i.e. robot) ranger (i.e. shooty guy). I’m not regretting the decision yet, so hopefully it was a good one. There’s a lot to take in, with different parts and items and upgrades and a million shops and different types of mission, etc. I think I’m getting it though. Except my character level and ranger level seem to be different, which I don’t quite get.

My main trouble at the moment is the controls. Specifically, the lock on for enemies seems to be very sensitive and doesn’t work in quite the way I think it should. I’m getting more used to it, but it’s a bit weird.

It’s a bit early to say whether or not I like it, but going to down to a bright green planet and shooting some monsters certainly gave me the nostalgia fix I was looking for, even if it’s not online.