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Phantasy Star Online Blue Blast Beta

Posted by Zonk on from the more-b's-than-a-hive dept.

rekenner writes "The Phantasy Star Online: Blue Blast Beta began yesterday. Accounts for the game can be made via the online registration form. This time around, Sega decided to have accounts stored serverside, reducing the amount of hacked characters that plagued the previous Phantasy Star Online games."

26 comments

  1. The lack of posts here must mean... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

    That everyone is too busy signing up.

    1. Re:The lack of posts here must mean... by spood · · Score: 2, Informative

      The comments on Games topics are historically very limited. I think that when the new topics were divided up, they didn't automatically include this one in the preferences. Hence, any slashdotter that hasn't updated preferences won't even see the articles.

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  2. uhm by SuperPunch · · Score: 1

    Actually it began yesterday.

    1. Re:uhm by Collision891 · · Score: 1

      Uhm, that is exactly what he said.

  3. And, of course... by ZiZ · · Score: 2, Interesting

    The download for the client has been inoperable since before the story hit the Slashdot subscriber preview... :(

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    1. Re:And, of course... by Kris_J · · Score: 1

      Even the account creation system is down: "133: Internal Resource Exception."

  4. Blue BURST by BlueFiberOptics · · Score: 2, Informative

    It's Phantasy Star Online Blue Burst, not Blue Blast. Anyway, the servers have been full all day today. I look forward to having fun this weekend.

    1. Re:Blue BURST by UWC · · Score: 1

      Doesn't help that they're also advertising on Penny Arcade, 1 in a selection of about 4 ads (Guild Wars, Empire Earth 2, some manga, and PSO... yeah, that's 4).

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  5. BURST by Cutriss · · Score: 2, Informative

    It's Blue BURST, not Blue BLAST.

    Oy.

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  6. 600 KB/sec download without registration or waitin by SuperPunch · · Score: 3, Informative

    filefront has it PSO Blue with no wait times here's a link http://download.filefront.com/3852355 just thought i'd share

  7. Re:600 KB/sec download without registration or wai by MykeBNY · · Score: 1

    Thanks for the heads up, I was just about to post a link to this torrent, but as reported on that page some users are having problems with it, and so far it's been trickling to me at less than 1k/s, I don't even have a meg yet.

    But the filefront download is at 80mb already.

  8. Well, it crashes to the desktop on my laptop by Tim_F · · Score: 3, Informative

    I go to the support section of their site and it says that "while Blue Burst may run on laptops it is not supported," or whatever. Oh well, they may have just lost themselves a potentially paying customer.

    1. Re:Well, it crashes to the desktop on my laptop by ameoba · · Score: 1, Insightful

      Next time, try buying a laptop with a proper graphics controller if you plan on gaming with it.

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    2. Re:Well, it crashes to the desktop on my laptop by Tim_F · · Score: 1

      An Nvidia GeForce Go 6600 isn't a proper graphics controller? It rund UT2K4 and Half Life 2 very well.

      It's really sad when the trolls start to visit the non-front page sections of slashdot.

    3. Re:Well, it crashes to the desktop on my laptop by Fred+Or+Alive · · Score: 1

      Then you'll be able to run the game. PSO isn't that taxing. I guess they said that notebooks are unsupported as they can have a wider selection of weird graphics chips.

      Remember, Real Men(tm) don't worry about minimum requirements, and whever the developer says if the game is actually supported. ;-)

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    4. Re:Well, it crashes to the desktop on my laptop by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

      It's probably your drivers. Go here and get the latest: http://www.omegadrivers.net/

      It's not their fault, drivers on laptops are typically crap, and adapted drivers like omega obviously can't be officially supported.

  9. Phantasy Star: Bloopers by CrazyJim1 · · Score: 1

    Man I'm making fun of this game already and haven't downloaded it. I must say open beta slashdot posts are one of my favorite types of slashdot posts.

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    1. Re:Phantasy Star: Bloopers by CrazyJim2 · · Score: 1

      My favorites are yours!

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  10. Way to go Zonk by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

    One again you get things wrong

    BURST not BLAST

  11. What about the old school by jojo+tdfb · · Score: 1

    While I like Phantasy Star Online as much as the next Sega geek, I miss the old school rpg style. When will Sega make a new Rpg and not just another version of the online game with minor graphical updates?

    I was overjoyed when the first 3 games were released for gameboy advanced. I hope they release the 4th one sometime soon but, more importantly, I hope they release a Real Phantasy Star game.

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    1. Re:What about the old school by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

      You can get the Phantasy Star Trilogy, supposedly coming soon. It's the 3D remake of Phantasy Star in the Sega Ages series from Japan - the same series that the Sega Classics Collection is derived from. It will include PS, PS2, and PS4 - not PS3 like the GBA Phantasy Star Collection.

    2. Re:What about the old school by jojo+tdfb · · Score: 1

      I know, I've been waiting for something like 2 years for it. While it's nice to not have to break out the emulators, I wouldn't mind something new ;)

      I've seen a few fan made games but... well, they never seem to get finished and really don't bring much to the table. Some are pretty good, but it's just not the same.

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    3. Re:What about the old school by Mandoric · · Score: 1

      Unless they're making further changes from the Japanese version, it's not 3d at all; the sprites are just updated and a few forgettable character portraits are added in.

      (Gameplay-wise, there are some difficulty tweaks and a certain pain-in-the-ass additional quest in 2 to worry about.)

  12. This is bad by jonfields · · Score: 1

    Play the JP version instead for now. There are many problems with the system and its been down for hours now. http://psobb.jp/

  13. PS2 gamers get Phantasy Star Universe by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

    The PS2, the only of the current generation of consoles to not get a PSO game, is getting Phantasy Star Universe sometime late this year/early next year. More online Phantasy Star goodness. Yum.

    1. Re:PS2 gamers get Phantasy Star Universe by crashmstr · · Score: 1

      The PC will also get a version of PSU.

      I think it is roughly scheduled for end of year in Japan, and spring in the US.