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Message: [QUOTE="NotReallyHere, post: 373833, member: 81170"] It's absolutely worth a try! Provided you know what you're getting yourself into ;-> It is a 25 -year-old game at this point. There is no voice acting or voice chat. There's also very little in the way of cutscenes. Dialogue is handled through word balloons that pop up over every character. And your inventory is limited to 30 different items (including your equipment) though you can have multiples of each that only take up the one single inventory slot. However! As someone who doesn't play these games for the story - but for the experience of soaking up a new world, setting, and characters - PSO scratches an itch in a way few games ever have. Customization is king with this one. You create a character from the start, and though the cosmetic options are very limited, you can still come up with some pretty unique designs. There's tons of sidequests, and while the main story is a bit of a drip - and getting XP is a total grind - there's plenty to keep you busy if you end up simply enjoying playing the game as it is. The game's biggest hook was its multiplayer. You can play solo on Dreamcast or Gamecube, and both also offer online. The biggest perk of the Gamecube game is that it offers offline four-player split-screen simultaneous co-op! Which was the main way me and my buds would play back in the day. And we would play for hours on end. Each player can also pause the game and browse their menu screens independently of the others, as to not slow the gameplay down. If you have any friends that might be interested in playing co-op with you, the Gamecube version is the way to go. Unfortunately, the Dreamcast has no local offline multiplayer. There's also the MAG system - AKA, a virtual pet. Because 2000. Feeding and raising your MAG - and getting the combat benefits it offers you - is almost a game in and of, itself. If you want to play on a Dreamcast, you will need a Serial Number and Access Key when you first boot the game. No problem - you can easily find them online. You will also need to dedicate an entire VMU to the game (!) so make sure you have an extra on hand! On the Gamecube, if you're playing offline, all you need is the disc. No codes necessary. It's also a fairly compact save file that will fit on any standard Gamecube memory card. One quick tip - Episode II is tough. You can try to play it from the jump, but you really need to level up your character a bit - and build an inventory of items - to give yourself a fighting chance. As you can tell, I'm quite the fan of PSO. And with emulation these days, you have nothing to lose but time. Give it a try, and as long as you keep the frame of mind that you are playing a game that came out a quarter century ago, I think you'll be in for a nice time 🥳 [/QUOTE]

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