Razalgrim
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- Reaction score
- 10
http://www.gamespot.com/ds/rpg/phantasystarzero/news.html?sid=6199243&mode=previews
No review yet, but the score's pretty good, if you ask me.
No review yet, but the score's pretty good, if you ask me.
So, is anyone here playing this? I really need friends to play online with. Free play is a real hassle; having to wait for match-ups with other players who will most likely just get DC'd or leave just before the boss. Pretty annoying.
Anyway, for those who don't play it, it's something like a portable, room-based action MMORPG by Sega. Quite fun on multiplayer, but single player's not so bad, either. Just too short for me.
To make it short, I'll run the gist of the game down for you guys. As how I see it, of course.
Some of the good points of the game:
- It's basically a grinding game, but the hack' n' slash action's fun enough to get me hooked.
- You can play through several stages with up to 3 other players online; killing mobs, grabbing lewt, dodging traps, and killing bosses.
- There are 14 character classes in the game - actually consisting of 3 core classes spanning 3 races, with one gender each class.
- Stat customization is very versatile, allowing you to be anything from balanced jack-of-all-trades kind of guy to a specialist, pumping a particular attribute to the extreme.
- A bunch of other stuff I forgot.
Of course, nothing's perfect, so here are some of the bad points of the game:
- You play for the sole purpose of hoarding dem phat lewtz to show off to other players. Of course, there's also a bit more motivation than that... but none that I currently know of.
- The long dungeons and endless whacking can be tedious at times, especially at single player.
- Besides equipment, the content seems rather repetitive. Having to repeat the same dungeons and whack the same monsters through all three difficulties can be a turn off for some people.
- You can only go online on places with Wi-Fi. Wait, scratch that. What kind of place doesn't have Wi-Fi in this day and age? Hell, you can play this in McDonald's if you wanted to.
And that's it.
So if you're looking for a good game to play while in the good ol' chamberpot and happen to have a DS lying around, I suggest you try this one out. It's real fun.