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Don't knock it until you try it.

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 6 / 9
Date: January 22, 2004
Author: Amazon User

First of all I'd like to say that I have played this game in both offline and online modes already.
Now most of the complaints about this game is about it being centered around turnbased cardplay, instead of the hack and slash exploration that made Phantasy Star Online Episode I and II what it was. Change is not always bad. I was skeptikal until Mr. Armion Ovlight, a well known gamer, allowed me to play with him. I was blown away at the complexity of the game. It requires you to think, and adapt. The game was well designed. Actual gameplay takes place on preset battlefields. These battlefields are B-E-A-utiful. Graphics were not spared there. And everything reacts, from grass swaying in the wind, to birds flying over head and sometimes scattering at intense moments. Musically, Card revolution improves on itself by introducing several new tracks. Dolby owners will love the soundtrack. What about the card gimmick? The cards are your items, armors, weapons, extra attacks, mags, and special moves. Of course if you are the darkside, many cards are replaced with Enemy cards. You will summon forth the creatures of Ragol to do your bidding. Your HL from Episode I and II carries over to Episode 3 as well as your guild card data.

Now the minuses are; character creation is useless as you will use a preset character in battle and your character will not be seen outside of Lobbies and pioneer 2.
AR cheats are already surfacing, though bans for using them are in progress
Online community, what can be expected Online with any game are a few troublemakers
Unbeatable cards; such as poufully slime, and the extremly rare ???, Flow, and Cell, cards.

all in all it's a great game.

THE DONT CALL IT REVOLUTION JUST FOR NOTHING

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 4 / 9
Date: March 02, 2004
Author: Amazon User

THE ONLINE MODE IT'S GREAT, THE ANIME MOVIES ARE SOME OF THE BEST I EVEN SEE, THE GAMEPLAY IT'S NON-STOP AND ADDICTIVE, COMPETE IN THE TORUNAMENT AGAIST THE BEST WARRIORS FROM ALL THE WORLD. MAKE FRIENDS AND EXPLORE THE WORLD OF RAGOL 1 AND RAGOL 2. OUT OF THIS WOLRD EXPERIENCE. THE NICEST VISUAL IN AND ONLINE RPG. FORGET ABOUT EVERQUEST AND CHAPIONS OF NORATH. AND GET THIS ONE. THIS ONE IS GONNA GO ON AND ONE, THE PAST EPISODE OF THIS GAME STILL HAS A BASE OF ALMOST 700.000 USERS EVERYWERE, AND THE GAME HAS ALREADY TWO YEAR OF BEING RELEASED.

KISS YOUR SOCIAL LIFE GOODBYE

This game is simple!!!! but fun.

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 3 / 4
Date: March 31, 2005
Author: Amazon User

This game is fun and really easy. it has a tutorial in the game so you don't need a manuel. you can change what the premade charters look like (I think) after you beat the game. It is really fun and has more of a story than pso1&2 the only thing I don't like is that it is turn based. but it is still really fun. i do recomend renting it before you buy it though. also you can choose to be the dark side or the light side. this game is really fun and I give a 5.

Great Sequel

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 1 / 3
Date: February 18, 2004
Author: Amazon User

let me say that at first i was a bit skeptical about the game as it strayed from the hack'n'slash and went toward a card game. not only did they make it a card game they made it an AWESOME card game. say goodbye to your standard magic or yu-gi-oh card games, this one beats them all. Fans of the series will notice the standard items like mates (health) and fluids (magic). and of course there will be rares, lots and lots of rares. Overall i think that ST took a gamble and it payed off big time.

This game is great. It's just NOT ep.1&2!

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 1 / 3
Date: March 23, 2004
Author: Amazon User

There's absolutely no reason to bash this game for the reasons everyone is. It's a great turn based Strategy game as opposed to a mindless hack n slash like 1&2. Actually PLAY IT before you judge it. You need to learn evrything first before you can say it's bad.

Great for Card Lovers

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 0 / 2
Date: April 24, 2004
Author: Amazon User

If you like Yugi Oh then you will love this game. It is the best game i have ever played. I like the Yugi Oh game boy game a lot. This one is even better than those because it is 3D.

I gotta play it!

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 0 / 5
Date: June 12, 2004
Author: Amazon User

I luv card battling! This game looks like a card version of chess! I looked at the video clips and it looks awesome! But best of all, I luv 2 see the people die in the game fer some reason. I wonder who I should use. I cant wait fer Phantasy Star Universe to come out!

PSO Revolution

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 5 / 5
Date: March 29, 2004
Author: Amazon User

I was skeptical of this game at first, how could a cardgame live up to the great PSO standards? A risky change to be sure, especially since most cardgames out there are boring, repedative, and just not much fun. Luckily PSO EP3 is very innovative in its approach. Unlike most cardgames, EP3 actually adds depth to the gameplay by utilizing a grid system, one similar to FF Tactics, where you move your characters around and develop strategies and plans of attack. You use a deck of cards to summon creatures or use items to fight your opponent on this grid, depending on which character type your using. There are two different groups of characters. The Arkz, who use monsters that can move independently on the grid, or Heros, who use items that stay with the character and can be used to deal more damage to an oppenent. The two play very diffierently from each other and are well balanced, which gives you a lot of options for individualized strategy.
The game has two modes, online and offline. The offline mode has two options, story or free battle. The story mode is where you get new characters to build decks around and learn more about what happened after the events of Ep1+2. This is also an excellent place to start playing, collecting cards and learning the intricacies of the game. Free battle is where you are just tossed immediatly into a battle. The only real purpose I can see for this mode is to collect more cards.
Then we have the online mode. I advise you play the single player first, as otherwise your cards will be obsolete and you will be ripped apart by the other players. Online play has a couple very cool features, the best of which are tournaments. There are lots of tournaments and anyone can join, and you get meseta (the games currency) and more cards if you win. You can use meseta to buy more cards in a random drawing, or you can use it on the jukebox in the lobby. There is a list of songs, and whatever you pick is what everone in the lobby is going to hear.
You can also play in teams of two, which is great and adds even more depth to the game. Its also fun to play with your friends.
The games music is excellent and sets the mood.

This game is not perfect however, one of my biggest complaints is no voice chat. You will be forced to invest in a keyboard, as the in-game software keyboard just doesnt cut it. Another complaint is that the AI is dumb as rocks. If you get stuck with a computer as your partner online, you will lose. Another downside is that you have to pay about $8 a month to play online, however, you can use your old hunters license from Ep1+2 to play on Ep3. The fights online against more skilled opponents can be long and sometimes boring, but if you are that far in then you probably like the game anyway.

There are some other problems if you are new to the online mode in that you are going to be beaten to a pulp at first. You just won't have the cards to compete against other players online, even if you played the single player game for awhile.

I love this game, and despite its flaws, it is a solid game and I love playing it. Although this isnt for everyone, if you are a fan of the PSO series, you owe it to yourself to give it a chance.

Holy!......

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 2 / 6
Date: April 26, 2004
Author: Amazon User

Oh my gosh. My friend brought this game over to my house for us to play and I was stuck with Ino'lis as my character and lost. Nonetheless, this game is not a:1. waste of money. 2.waste of time. 3. not "%#@*" as another reviewer said. 3 (last) words: Very fun game.

I dig it, but watch out.......

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 2 / 7
Date: August 03, 2004
Author: Amazon User

I really like Phantasy Star Online Episodes I&II, so I got PSO III. I heard that the game play was different, but I couldn't have participated HOW DIFFERENT. PSO I&II is so 'actiony' comparitively. The first time I tried playing PSO III, I thought, "Use cards in battle? What happend to the weapon I just whipped out? What the %@&# am I doing?" I was determined to figure out how to play the game though, and needless to say after practicing a couple rounds I understood how the action is supposed to flow. My friend Chris and I think that it's a prettty cool game. My friend Mike fell asleep while watching. If you can get into it, the game rocks. If you're not into RPG stratagy though, don't even waste your time.

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