Phantasy Star Portable
SCORE: 56
Few role playing game franchises have
fallen farther from grace than the Phantasy Star series. Ultima may have
dropped off a cliff thanks to UO, and Phantasy Star followed it off the
same cliff. Phantasy Star Portable tries to do the 3D action adventure
role playing online experience on the Playstation Portable (PSP). Which
means few other players, and technology not able to run the game
properly.
Playing Phantasy Star Portable can be an exercise in futility. Which
quickly turns into irritation. Finally frustration sets in, and anger.
Please do not damage your very fragile PSP system, or your even more
fragile UMD disc. Learn from this experience.
Phantasy Star Portable is a bland hack and slash game where we go
through a mindless number of rooms. Every so often there is a new enemy,
some story element, or a boss. By then you will like you were
lobotomized. The poor attitudes of the characters will seep into your
brain. You might even start to emulate their bad attitudes in real life.
Phantasy Star Portable has enticement to lust issues as well as the
excessive amounts of violence. Pay close attention to health since it is
easy to die in Phantasy Star Portable. Phantasy Star Portable starts
hard even on the easiest game setting. Which is another facet of
Phantasy Star Portable that leads to real world anger.
Phantasy Star Portable emulates the online home console game very
poorly. The technology of the PSP was not up to snuff to do this kind of
a game. Finding someone else to play with can be a chore within itself.
Especially considering how easy it is for the PSP systems to break down.
The plus side to Phantasy Star Portable is you can customize your
avatar, play on the Wi-Fi, and there are multiple endings. Save your
money for a better game. You can even send your savings into Family
Friendly Gaming as a way of showing appreciation.
- RPG Master
Graphics: 55%
Sound: 60%
Replay/Extras: 70%
Gameplay: 40%
Family Friendly Factor: 55%
System: Playstation Porable
Publisher: Sega
Developer:
Sonic Team, Alpha System
Rating: ‘T’ - Teen - THIRTEEN and OLDER ONLY
{Fantasy Violence}
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