Phantasy Star Universe: Ambition of the Illuminus

by Sega Of America, Inc.

Product Features

• Expanded character customization. Players get many more options to customize facial features, hair styles, body types, color palette, and clothing options.
• Enriched player-to-player interaction . New lobbies, including the Casino Voloyal which features games like roulette and slots, provide more social experiences for players.
• New weapons, combat abilities and classes heighten the intensity of real-time battles. With additional weapons types and new special fighting abilities, such as SUV-weapons, Photon Arts, and all new classes, players will have more ways to expand or special
• New levels, enemies and bosses. With new areas to explore, such as the ruins of Old Rozenom City and the Granigs Mine, and new enemy types including new bosses, players face brand new challenges in all-new environments.
• The user's personal avatar is the star. In Phantasy Star Universe, players experienced the Universe through the eyes of Ethan Waber. Now they navigate the missions using their own customized avatar, working to restore peace in the Gurhal System.

Product Details

• Shipping: This item is also available for shipping to select countries outside the U.S.
• ASIN: B000RLEMD8
• Product Dimensions: 7.5 x 5.5 x 1.2 inches ; 6.1 ounces
• Media: DVD-ROM
• Release Date: November 20, 2007
• Average Customer Review: 2.9 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (8 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #19,631 in Video Games (See Top 100 in Video Games)
• Discontinued by manufacturer: Yes

Product Description

Platform: PC

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Phantasy Star Universe: Ambition of the Illuminus is the enhanced edition of Phantasy Star Universe, bringing a more personalized and interactive universe to the series. The online multiplayer world has been expanded, enriching the battle experience for up to six players with additional new maps and levels and lobbies. Gamers now have more customization options for their characters with additional weapons, armor and clothing, and they can bring this greater level of customization into their rooms, with the new room grid system that allows full customization of their personal space. Ambition of the Illuminus also continues the single-player storyline from Phantasy Star Universe. This time, the player's personal avatar is the central character, investigating and working to restore peace after a terrorist group known as the Illuminus, brought chaos to the Gurhal System. Through a series of single-player missions, meeting familiar characters like Ethan Waber from Episode 1, along with new ones, including a GUARDIAN instructor, Laia Martinez.

Features:

• Navigate the missions using a customized avatar
• Environments include the Granigs mines or Paracabana Coast where 35 new enemy types can be discovered
• New lobbies, including the Casino Voloyal, feature games like Roulette and Slots, providing more social experiences for players
• New room grid system allows users to place items anywhere in the room
• New weapons, combat abilities, and classes
• Players have additional customization options, from new facial features, hair styles and the addition of bangs, to new body types and CAST body armor

Product Description

Phantasy Star Universe: Ambition of the Illuminus is the expansion pack for the popular Phantasy Star Universe game, bringing a more personalized and interactive universe to the acclaimed series. In addition to new enemies, weapons, levels and cities there will be more options available for gamers to further individualize and customize the look of their avatars. Ambition of the Illuminus continues the exciting PSU story online as the player's personal online avatar is now the central character, investigating and working to restore peace in the chaotic Gurhal System. The player investigates through a series of single-player missions, meeting familiar characters like Ethan Waber from Episode 1, along with other new ones, including a GUARDIAN instructor, Laia Martinez. In addition, the online multiplayer world, with its fast-paced, engaging battle experience for up to six players, has been greatly expanded with new missions, new cities and new enemies.

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Ambition is the Way to Go, December 1, 2007

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M. Thompson "Kit" (Los Angeles) - See all my reviews
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= Fun:5.0 out of 5 stars 

This review is from: Phantasy Star Universe: Ambition of the Illuminus (DVD-ROM)

After so many years of gaming I finally got around to a Phantasy Star title and it's great! Past reviews describing PSU as an incomplete game kept me away before, but it certainly has filled out nicely since then because it feels like a full gaming experience to me. Well worth the price in my opinion (including the optional $10 subscription for online play). And I highly recommend this new "expansion" Ambitions of the Illuminus which is actually stand alone. It has just about everything from the first. Also it seems the game has been tweaked so new players can level up quickly to about midlevel. This provides a little "catch up" I assume.

Graphics look splendid on my old machine. I have a crappy NVIDIA GeForce FX 5200 and it runs smoothly (albeit in a 640x480 window; I gotta upgrade this dinosaur).

Sound is satisfactory. I find myself listening to the default music more often than pulling up my own music.

The community is quite decent. I've played MMOs that are just an ocean of kids and this is not one of those. Beyond the kiddy chatter at hot spots I found very helpful and considerate members.

Not much lag at all through my connection. I've heard this game isn't very demanding as far as bandwidth so long as your connection is better than dial-up.

I recommend doing some research before buying this game since it's set up a little different than most. For example, there's online and offline playing modes and PC/PS2 servers are separate from Xbox servers.

7 of 9 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars Servers are down, May 30, 2010

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Lucas Brown - See all my reviews
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= Fun:1.0 out of 5 stars 

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This review is from: Phantasy Star Universe: Ambition of the Illuminus (DVD-ROM)

The PC and PS2 servers were shut down. Nothing will run. The game won't even allow single player story mode. This should be removed.

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars An MMORPG with no people., April 9, 2009

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Chase Mccaskill "Veteran Gamer" (St. Cloud, MN) - See all my reviews
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= Fun:4.0 out of 5 stars 

This review is from: Phantasy Star Universe: Ambition of the Illuminus (DVD-ROM)

The problem with this product is not the game, but the platform.

If you want to play this game, don't play it on PC or PS2. The PC/PS2 servers are merged and the servers are divided by continents, whereas the XBOX 360 version is much more populated (albeit with many idiots) and stretches beyond countries. Not only that, but the PC resolution and controls are weird. To access the menu, you hit the HOME key, and to attack with any weapon, you hit the DOWN arrow. Seriously.

Aside from that, the game itself is tons of fun, if not flat and repetitive. This is a game for people who enjoy the ego maniacal pleasures of making a detailed character and buffing them up to level 150. :)

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