(for those who don't know, I'm talking about Phantasy Star Universe)
I thought that game(while repetitive as all hell) was fun. You could easily hook up with folks, and get to mauling some aliens. Best part was, it was easily accessible -- no struggling through the low levels getting killed 90% of the time(FFXI), or the dread of "knowing your role and shutting your mouth"(most MMORPGS, most notably FFXI), you could be/do whatever you wanted, as long as you were of some help to the party. You could even hook up with high level players and reap the benefits if you met the requirements(and knew how to NOT DIE).
I wanted to be a mixed support/damage dealer/look awesome, so I chose the appropriate race/clothes/classes. I was a beast on that game, doing moderate damage(enough for my assistance to matter) AND being a potent healer, I could go through megid-laced levels and stay alive(mostly because I ran around like a chicken, BUT IT WORKS), I knew that game like the back of my armpit hair.
I made a TON of friends too.
I got nicknames like "super paladin", "ROBO FORCE" and "white guy who came in with a pea shooter and left with my heart"(true story 
). The tension in the air when you fight a huge boss that's 40+ levels stronger than you and/or can kill you in one hit, but you actually have a chance to KILL IT(due to the game going on in real time, suck it square). And the dance parties!
It was hella fun, just because of the social aspect.
Unfortunately, the game was JUST TOO REPETITIVE. And the way extra content was handled(give us a tiny bit of content that was already on the disc, every 2 months), just ticked me off. Bruce's dungeon was a cool mission, but IMO it was too unbalanced, which made it useless for low levelers, and minutely rewarding for high levelers, you were better off facing a SS mission. But anyway...
Who still plays the game? I quit it a long time ago, I wish I hadn't though, I made so many good friends on that thing.
I thought that game(while repetitive as all hell) was fun. You could easily hook up with folks, and get to mauling some aliens. Best part was, it was easily accessible -- no struggling through the low levels getting killed 90% of the time(FFXI), or the dread of "knowing your role and shutting your mouth"(most MMORPGS, most notably FFXI), you could be/do whatever you wanted, as long as you were of some help to the party. You could even hook up with high level players and reap the benefits if you met the requirements(and knew how to NOT DIE).
I wanted to be a mixed support/damage dealer/look awesome, so I chose the appropriate race/clothes/classes. I was a beast on that game, doing moderate damage(enough for my assistance to matter) AND being a potent healer, I could go through megid-laced levels and stay alive(mostly because I ran around like a chicken, BUT IT WORKS), I knew that game like the back of my armpit hair.
I made a TON of friends too.
I got nicknames like "super paladin", "ROBO FORCE" and "white guy who came in with a pea shooter and left with my heart"(true story ). The tension in the air when you fight a huge boss that's 40+ levels stronger than you and/or can kill you in one hit, but you actually have a chance to KILL IT(due to the game going on in real time, suck it square). And the dance parties! It was hella fun, just because of the social aspect.
Unfortunately, the game was JUST TOO REPETITIVE. And the way extra content was handled(give us a tiny bit of content that was already on the disc, every 2 months), just ticked me off. Bruce's dungeon was a cool mission, but IMO it was too unbalanced, which made it useless for low levelers, and minutely rewarding for high levelers, you were better off facing a SS mission. But anyway...
Who still plays the game? I quit it a long time ago, I wish I hadn't though, I made so many good friends on that thing.
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