How could I have overlooked this?

neuronomad

I have been looking for my next MMO while I wait for Tabula Rasa and Huxley.  I am so sick and tired of Wizards, Warlocks, etc.   I have been wanting a good Sci-Fi combat game.  I happened across some videos of PSU eariler tonight and was won over.   Even better was my suprise that the game is coming out in just a weeks time.  I researched the game for a couple hours and then proceeded to preorder this bad boy.
 
While I don't forsee it being a long term investment on my part, I think it will be a good 6 month game to play.  Not only does it have a nice online aspect but will have a full offline RPG as well.
 
It seems like it will be a Sci-Fi version of my favorite Guildwars.   I am hope.

GerudoThief

Indeed the game looks great and is different than most MMOs out there. Maybe not as big as WoW or Lineage or anything, but certainly worth playing for several months from the looks of it.

Unknown

my friend that 6 months you plan on playing will turn into a few years

nynniva

Yes I'm fairly excited about this one as well
And if it turns in to 3 years...well so much the better ^

iCON88

i totally agree with you, i came across this the other day, and I say to myself 'Why did I not look into this earlier??'

StalJester

PSU will be almost exactly like Guild Wars, Sci-Fi style...but better. It's combat system will be much more innovative.  No more point - click autoattack - sit back, we can actually dodge things, and the enemy can actually move away to dodge us. PVP, sadly, won't be included upon release...though it was in PSO, and hopefully Sega wises up and tosses it in there all nice and complete-like. It'd make the game win me over completely.

The only reason why I refrain from pre-ordering is because I'm not sure if I want to be stuck with instanced dungeons and whatnot.

But yes.  PSO took away one and a half years of my life. I'm thoroughly satisfied with that fact. Hopefully this will rock just as hard.

neuronomad

I think that is the appeal to me StalJester (in regards to it be GW like with a Sci-Fi style).  I personally like the idea of it being instanced so I don't have to worry about kill stealers and campers.  I am still trying to decide if I want to use a controller for this or just the keyboard.  I haven't used a controller on a PC game in ten years but this might be one game worth doing so with.  
 
I am a bit worried that they are going to have a hard time getting a $10 month fee from players.  PC players will site that as mentioned this is similar to GW thus shouldn't have a monthly fee.  While console players aren't used to paying fees for MMOs (or almost MMOs in this case) and may also be hesitat to do so.
 
But I do like what I see, and even if the Online doesn't live up to my hopes at least I am sure that the offline version will keep me entertained enough to account for the inital purchase.
 
Off topic sort of: I have asked in the site suggestion section of MMORPG.com if we could get PSU listed on the sidebar after it is released.  If you guys are interested please head over there and support me in that request.  Anything to help draw attention to the game will be nice.

Edit: Here is the thread mentioned above: http://mmorpg.com/discussion2.cfm/thread/99208

COAgamer

and if its anything like PSO, boss fights will be the most fun thing ever. You have no idea how many times my friends and I have downed the dragon from PSO and he just never learns his lesson.

Athea

I bought Phantasy Star Online for my dreamcast a couple years ago when it first came out. It was an amazing online game. I can't wait till this one comes out