Phantasy Star Universe

by Sega

Product Features

• Single Player
• Interplanetary single-player adventure across 12 chapters
• Three expansive worlds teeming with over 70 enemy species
• Huge variety of online quests for a party of up to six players

Product Details

• Shipping: This item is also available for shipping to select countries outside the U.S.
• ASIN: B0009R1TA4
• Product Dimensions: 7.5 x 5.5 x 0.5 inches ; 4 ounces
• Media: Video Game
• Release Date: October 24, 2006
• Average Customer Review: 3.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (10 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #16,703 in Video Games (See Top 100 in Video Games)
  • #69 in Video Games > PlayStation 2 > Role-Playing
• Discontinued by manufacturer: Yes

Product Description

Platform: PlayStation2

One hundred years of peace is destroyed in an instant when deadly invaders called The SEED descend on the Gurhal System. As the Alliance Military Force Fleet crumbles under the SEED's superior might, Ethan Waber begins a heroic journey to save his home planet alongside the elite GUARDIANS.

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

3 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Maybe online is better, April 9, 2007

By 

Kilroy "Old Ram" - See all my reviews

= Fun:2.0 out of 5 stars 

This review is from: Phantasy Star Universe (Video Game)

Although this game has been associated with good online gameplay reviews I wanted to check out the single player mode. I have found that the action RPG aspect of the battle system falls short and the environments are extremely dry. Moves are very basic and it feels your walking in the same room/area over and over again. The overall style of the world tries to give the feel of being in the online universe but is over shadowed by the problems I mentioned. I will never play this online but maybe fighting with fellow gamers helps over come these factors. For those who want to play a single player action RPG with this type of feel I suggest Star Ocean: Till the End of Time. It is an older game but the best action RPG I have played for the PS2.

2 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Single player is lacking, May 2, 2007

By 

Risrepkel (MD, USA) - See all my reviews

= Fun:3.0 out of 5 stars 

This review is from: Phantasy Star Universe (Video Game)

Well, I played the first two episodes of this on the Xbox back in the day and even enjoyed the little card game a few years back. However, I was somewhat disappointed at this one...

The first thing to note is that this series is meant for online play and PSU is a pseudo-MMO. That means all the players do not share one world, but instances of areas for each group with a central chat/lobby.

Although PSU has a very comprehensive character creation process online, in single player, you get stuck with some guy in a hoodie who thumbs his nose like Cid from Kingdom Hearts (or rather he tries to dislocate his nose with his knuckles)... The gameplay becomes repetitive with only boss monsters offering a different style of combat for players. Unfortunately, there are only about a dozen of those around.

The controls also leave a lot to be desired. The entire d-pad is unused on the main screen as well as L2/R2 buttons. You can't create custom key mappings to actually link useful commands to them like switching with the next weapon down the list or use a monomate. This is important because to navigate the palette, you have to use the d-pad which makes it difficult to dodge attacks when in combat. And chances are most of the times you need to heal is in combat with a boss where dodging is very important.

In conclusion, this is a great game if you plan on going online and paying the fee. If you're looking for single player action, you might want to look elsewhere.

2.0 out of 5 stars Disappointing., August 31, 2009

By 

Michelle - See all my reviews

= Fun:2.0 out of 5 stars 

This review is from: Phantasy Star Universe (Video Game)

I sound harsh but I honestly tried to like this game,unfortunately I didn't. This game was disappointing. At first I had fun until I realized that EVERYTHING is the same. Exactly the same. All you do in the entire game is beat a monster,open a door,beat a monster,open a door,beat a monster,open a door through the ENTIRE game. That's it. This is a very poor game and the makers were too lazy to create anything fun. You can't even talk to the npc's,they turn invisible when you approach them..it's a pathetic excuse and it shows that the makers were too lazy to make actual npc's with personality or dialogue. This game doesn't deserve to be called a role playing game.

I did like how you could equip different weapons at the same time and change clothes for your character and how you can customize a new character in the extra mode,unfortunately the game becomes very boring after the first couple of "kill,open doors, kill, open doors" thing that I don't want to even bother with that.

I got Rogue Galaxy with this and that game also has different weapons and equipment/clothes which is rare in most Japanese styled RPG's,it also have a nice story and the characters and the world is extremely well made unlike this poor boring game.

This is just my opinion though,I myself love role playing games and for me this game was disappointing. Others might not care for that and they might like this game for the battles but this was just not for me.

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