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I might be slightly jaded in my view of this game, being that I was one of the few who pre-ordered the Online Version of it. My one major gripe is the difficulty. As you gain levels and raise skills faster in the "port", and there is the capacity to handle less enemies than a computer version, I find myself breezing through the game easily. This might also be in part from my pre-leveling my character in the free demo, then transferring the character to the game. To my dismay, there is still weapon and skill lag. What I thought was originally the fault of my slow computer or connection on the online version, is confirmed to be an inherent part of the game with the offline port to the PSP. The storyline is as much as to be expected from previous installments of story in the Phantasy Star Universe universe. The characters are made unique by individual quirks, and the story centers around one NPC as she goes through the rising action, conflict, then falling action of the story, inevitably becoming a better person for it. Your interaction in the story is carried out through action or dialog choices given to you while the story progresses. Typically there will only be two choices. I have not yet reached the end of story mode,but there is multiple endings, and these choices probably guide you to them. Multi-mode is where Phantasy Star Portable shines. The system has prevented the trade of weapons and armors between players, and even between your characters on your 8 character slots. The goal of this is twofold: to prevent hacking items then trading them to other players, and to promote WLAN play. In multi-mode, when a weapon or armor drops and is picked up, all members of a party receive it. Character class determines the drops of an area. So rather than solo and change classes to find a drop, you can have your friend start a party. While it is fun for you and your friends to decimate everything, the addition of actual people rather than follow-the-player AI characters makes the game even easier. It becomes a quite fun game of who can slaughter everything the fastest and the coolest way. There are also several dungeons that can not be fully accessed without a 4 person party. Overall, if you're low on PSP games and want an Action RPG, and like sci-fi anime/fantasy, then this is the game for you. If you're all of the above and have 2-3 friends who are also into all of the above, then why haven't you bought four copies of this game and inflicted it upon them yet? For PSO lovers, I'd recommend waiting for Phantasy Star Zero. For Phantasy Star Universe lovers, I'd recommend picking this up as a way to preserve the magic after the servers end. You might as well start leveling now so you won't feel so nerfed then.Read full review
I really enjoyed playing Phantasy Star Universe (PSU) on the PC and PS2, so I figured I would give this game a try. For under $20, this game was well worth the purchase. It has more items, weapons, and even an achievement system that PSU does not have. The only two downsides to this game are: 1) A level cap of 100. While it may be SOMEWHAT fast to obtain, there are also 8 job classes to master (Lv10 for each) and 100 achievements to work towards (such as collecting all weapons, etc). So even once you hit the level cap, there is still stuff to do in this game. If you get bored of that one character, you can create another character in one of the extra SEVEN slots (yes, that's right, a total of EIGHT characters per save file!). 2) No infrastructure mode. In other words, you cannot play this game online unless you use programs like PS3's Ad-Hoc Party and/or Xlink Kai. This game DOES, however, have an Ad-Hoc mode for local multiplayer. So, if possible, have a friend get this game with you in order to get the full enjoyment out of it. Keep your eyes out for Phantasy Star Portable 2, though! It's going to be this and SO.. MUCH.. MORE!! Hope this review helped!Read full review
great game play get the choice of playing three different stories. then switch between three players
Verified purchase: Yes | Condition: Pre-owned
I really like the Phantasy Star series. I own Phantasy Star Online 1, 2, and 3, Phantasy Star Universe and now Phantasy Star Portable. Phantasy Star Portable is pretty much like a simpler version of PSU But the game play is the same and that's all that matters. I really enjoy this game. But if you can only get one or the other I would say PSU if you never go anywhere but if you are always moving going places Phantasy Star Portable would be a good choice.
I only played demo for this so far but I played PSO on the Dreamcast and enjoyed it. This one has wicked good character customization creation options, more than most MMO's on PC. My only complaint is aiming with ranged weapons is a pain in the butt. There's no lock-on, you have to go into FirstPerson mode which is the 'select' button and you cant move, only the cursor.
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