Phantasy Star Universe
Ethan Waber, the main character, and his little sister, Lumia Waber, are at the celebration of the 100th year anniversary of the Alliance Space Fleet on the GUARDIANS Space station. The celebration is…
Phantasy Star Universe is a hack and slash/beat 'em up developed by Sonic Team, released 31 August 2006 on Xbox 360, PlayStation 2 and PC (Microsoft Windows).
What Phantasy Star Universe is
Phantasy Star Universe is a hack and slash/beat 'em up game developed by Sonic Team and released in 2006. It was published by Sega. It is available on Xbox 360, PlayStation 2 and PC (Microsoft Windows).
The premise, in the publisher's words
Phantasy Star Universe (PSU) is an action role-playing video game developed by Sega's Sonic Team for the Microsoft Windows, PlayStation 2 and Xbox 360 platforms. It was released in Japan for the PC and PlayStation 2 on August 31, 2006; the Xbox 360 version was released there on December 14, 2006. Its North American release was in October 2006, in all formats. The European release date was November 24 the same year, while the Australian release date was November 30.
How it plays
It is played from a third person perspective. Its themes are action and science fiction. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component. Available modes: Massively Multiplayer Online (MMO), Multiplayer and Single player.
Where it sits in the Phantasy Star series
Phantasy Star Universe is the 22nd of 51 entries we hold in the Phantasy Star series. It arrived a year after Sega Ages 2500 Vol.17: Phantasy Star Generation 2. The next entry was Sega Genesis Collection in 2006. Its critic score of 75 is 4 points above the series average of 71. The highest-rated entry is Phantasy Star Online at 90.
How it was received
Phantasy Star Universe holds a critic score of 75 out of 100. That places it above 57% of the 1,125 rated hack and slash/beat 'em up games in our database, which average 70. Games released in 2006 averaged 65, so it scored 10 points above the year average.
What it launched against
Phantasy Star Universe launched on 31 August 2006, within three weeks of Company of Heroes, Test Drive Unlimited, Call of Juarez and LEGO Star Wars II: The Original Trilogy. It reviewed better than 1 of the 4.
Released around the same time: Company of Heroes, Test Drive Unlimited, Call of Juarez, LEGO Star Wars II: The Original Trilogy.
Cheats and codes
We have not confirmed any working cheat codes for Phantasy Star Universe yet. Rather than reprint a list we have not tested, this section stays empty until one is verified.
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