This game is huge compared to every Phantasy game before it. The story has been beefed up for people who love that stuff
User Rating: 9.5 | Phantasy Star Universe X360
This time around Sonic Team has beefed up the story for those who like deep stories. I'm not a big RPG fan but after playing PSO on the Dreamcast I've learned to like them. PSO has been the best of both worlds (a RPG with real-time fighting). I've always hated turn-based fighting and for the life of me with PSO out on the Dreamcast, Gamecube and then the Xbox people still continued to like the FF series. If you're a PSO vet and not sure if you should spend the dough for this game think back at how huge the maps in PSO was and throw that out the window. PSO is one quarter the size PSU is. The GRAPHICS are a little better but vets know its Sonic Team's artistic style for the series as of late and it still works for me. The GAMEPLAY is very streamlined compared to any PSO even Episode 1&2. Swapping out weapons and items has gotten way easier. Now you don't have to go to menus as much as you used to in past PSO games. Enemies are faster and more deadlier than ever too. The handling of experience points is different than in the past too. Now you don't get the same amount of points as if you hit the enemy only once and someone else ends up killing it. The difference between points of someone who actually kills an enemy and someone who only hits it once is that big though. The SOUND is the only knock I have on this game. The music in past PSO games started out mello and then got more dramatic when you were in combat. Now the music is dramatic and stays that way which can get kind of old since these maps are so huge. ONLINE is better than ever and on the 360 its the best because you have voice chat over your headphones. Sonic Team adddress the yelling idiots would do in lobbies in the Xbox version with voice chat. Now you can't talk to anybody unless you're a part of their party which cuts down on the yelling idiots and that was a very smart move. Instead of the party of 4 now you can have up to six players in your party. The online part is still addictive as ever and is still the place for level up junkies. Now you only have to get past the $9.99 monthly fee for your Gaurdian license (Hunter license for vets). 
