Phantasy Star Universe

Critic reviews

• GRGames Radar+

  GamesRadar_ US · Dec 31, 2006

  7.0

  The first thing you have to understand about Phantasy Star Universe is that the story mode isn't up to speed - this is no Final Fantasy -killer. For a game that covers three whole planets, it's a letdown that conquering the universe will take you about twenty hours. Planet exploration is minimal - typically, there is one town and less than a handful of dungeons, picked off of a map screen.

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• VGVideo Gamer

  Mark Scott · Dec 08, 2006

  7.0

  Sadly, Sega's laughable online policy and faulty net code remains, but these are gripes PSO veterans like myself have lived with throughout the series' various iterations. Even clearly noticeable repetition and developer laziness can't fully erase what is in essence an almightily addictive and emergent base structure. In the end, Phantasy Star Universe suffers from a few wayward aspects, but remains more than the sum of its parts.

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• GGameSpot

  Jeff Gerstmann · Nov 03, 2006

  6.8

  Although Sega has made claims about the game's post-release support with plenty of new missions planned, the game still isn't dynamic enough to support a monthly fee. It's too bad because this game can most definitely become addictive. But at its core, this is a six-player action role-playing game that has repetitive worlds and repetitive combat.

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• EGEuro Gamer

  Simon Parkin · Dec 02, 2006

  6.0

  For the persistent there is a magical world of friendship and adventure to escape into in Phantasy Star Universe. But for most, while the hacks and cheats may be gone, they have simply been replaced by new chaos and a design disorder that does everything in its power to dissuade anyone but the keenest of sentimental subscribers.

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