New Phantasy Star Universe pack coming Nov. 20 for $20

9 Comments by Justin McElroy Oct 26th 2007 9:00AM
Filed under: PC, Sony PlayStation 2, Microsoft Xbox 360, RPGs

Way, way back in April we brought you news of Phantasy Star Universe: Ambition of the Illuminus, as we marveled at its beautiful, cumbersome title. Sega has finally announced that the DLC will be coming on Nov. 20 for 1600 points ($20). If you've been playing on PS2, you'll have to buy a stand-alone retail disc for $39.99, but, curiously, so will PC players. What, did the internet stop working?

In addition to the single-player campaign being continued, the pack adds the usual new levels, as well as expanded lobby areas and a new casino. There's also some new customization options for your character, like new Photon Arts and clothing. That sounds like a good deal for 360 players, but for those on PC and PS2, we imagine it might be a tougher purchasing decision.

Tags: dlc, phantasystaruniverse, sega

(Page 1) Reader Comments

unreal mccoy: Oct 26th 2007; 9:23AM

I used to sink hours into PSO, but this game doesn't have the same charm.

Forrest to Falz!

Flamehearted: Oct 26th 2007; 10:01AM

Nothing would persuade me back to this game - it took me nearly two months of calling "english speaking" xbox live customer support to cancel my sub the first time.

Zootittles: Oct 26th 2007; 10:25AM

Sorry Sega, I hate to say it, but you lost me on this one. A tepid offline RPG did not make up for the lack of online content.

Next time, go online only and make it REALLY GREAT.

mietha CAG: Oct 26th 2007; 10:30AM

This game is so damn boring. Who the hell wanted more? It couldn't have sold that great...

WiNG: Oct 26th 2007; 10:31AM

I tried to play PSO on the "private" (i.e. pirate) servers. The graphics are still cool and it has so much style, but ultimately I just dreaded the upcoming grind and the repetitve dungeons. For its day though it was a blast!

If you google it you can easily find the free servers for PSO for Dreamcast, Gamecube, and PC!

Squirrel3D: Oct 26th 2007; 11:37AM

As a current PSU player, I'm excited about this expansion pack and look forward to purchasing it on the 20th. There's alot of people that play this game online...wether you want to know it or not. I like it despite it's little flaws, and it's the one X360 game I play the most.

So yeah, I can't wait for the expansion.

Angelo: Oct 26th 2007; 10:47PM

PC retail disc rather than download probably has something to do with the lack of a distribution channel (why not partner with Steam or something, I don't know... maybe they didn't want Valve taking a cut?)

Zootittles: Lack of content is not a problem anymore. Period. Anyone who brings this up now hasn't actually played the game recently.

meitha_CAG: The game did exceptionally well for PlayStation 2 in Japan.

WiNG: Private servers are laughably unbalanced both in quests and in the mentality of the attention whores emo cases running them.

Korova: Oct 27th 2007; 8:06AM

i bought PSO for xbox after hearing it was a very popular MMO but I couldnt get past the mind numbing and slow single player. It was tearfully boring.

Angelo: Oct 27th 2007; 9:01AM

It's a good thing we're talking about Phantasy Star Universe then, and not Phantasy Star Online Episode I & II for the original Xbox. Fun for its time, but its offline mode was identical to online but without... er, actual people. There was split screen, of course, and a rather disproportionate number of people who enjoyed that despite "ONLINE" being on the packaging, but the camera angles during boss battles weren't really optimized for it at all.

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