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Phantasy Star Universe Closed Beta, Starting this thurs!
kyori
post Apr 19 2006, 12:49 AM
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I'm surprised no one posted about this... In any case. Here's info for those that did apply:

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The first round of closed Beta acceptance letters were sent out today by Sega of Japan. Anyone that received an email is now eligible to participate in the closed Beta that will begin on April 20th. Several additional rounds of acceptance letters will be sent out in the coming days.

If you are chosen to be in the beta test, your email will contain a username and password. You will be directed to go to this webpage to download an installer program. The installer program will then prompt you for the username and password. After that, it will begin downloading the Phantasy Star Universe setup file. It is 555 MB. Install the program just like you would with any other Windows program. Once the install is complete, you will be prompted to start the program. Since the servers will not be up until the 20th, there is not much you can do yet. Also, it is likely that you will have to install an older version of the DirectX 9.0 runtime in order to start the program.

According to this news entry on the Beta page, the beta will go from April 20th to May 10th. The servers will only be up during specific time periods. Since the game is still in the beta stages, the servers may go down without notice. A "Play Guide" and special BBS will be made available in the near future.


I was accepted ! :D
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post Apr 19 2006, 01:52 AM
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post Apr 19 2006, 06:57 AM
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Grats Kyo...keep us posted and give us impressions,if you can. buttrock.gif


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post Apr 19 2006, 07:17 AM
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Way to go! Hopefully I get mine soon, if ever. Hopefully the number of people who registered didn't go above 30000, otherwise forget about it.


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post Apr 19 2006, 04:20 PM
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QUOTE (kyori @ Apr 19 2006, 12:49 AM)
I'm surprised no one posted about this... In any case. Here's info for those that did apply:

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The first round of closed Beta acceptance letters were sent out today by Sega of Japan. Anyone that received an email is now eligible to participate in the closed Beta that will begin on April 20th. Several additional rounds of acceptance letters will be sent out in the coming days.

If you are chosen to be in the beta test, your email will contain a username and password. You will be directed to go to this webpage to download an installer program. The installer program will then prompt you for the username and password. After that, it will begin downloading the Phantasy Star Universe setup file. It is 555 MB. Install the program just like you would with any other Windows program. Once the install is complete, you will be prompted to start the program. Since the servers will not be up until the 20th, there is not much you can do yet. Also, it is likely that you will have to install an older version of the DirectX 9.0 runtime in order to start the program.

According to this news entry on the Beta page, the beta will go from April 20th to May 10th. The servers will only be up during specific time periods. Since the game is still in the beta stages, the servers may go down without notice. A "Play Guide" and special BBS will be made available in the near future.


I was accepted ! :D

i demand screenshots when the servers go live.


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post Apr 19 2006, 07:19 PM
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Congrats on being accepted, Kyori. I hope you can pull yourself away from the beta every one in a while and shoot us an update beigelaugh.gif


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post Apr 19 2006, 08:06 PM
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Lucky! I hope I'm in the next batch... My PC's itchin' for some hardcore gaming.


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kyori
post Apr 19 2006, 10:59 PM
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They go live in about 3 hours! But I think I'm under NDA..

edit: It's official

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Basically, it says to not distribute any information on the beta trial to any third parties. Discussion of the trial is supposed to stay within the special BBS and chat channel set up for the game. Also, no cheating, reverse-engineering, hacking, etc.
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post Apr 20 2006, 12:06 AM
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Congratulations kyori, I admit I am quite envious, although I did not apply for the beta.

Too bad about the NDA, but since I am not in the beta and for those of you who do not have these yet, here are a couple music tracks from the beta I blatantly stole from a popular pso related internet website. beigelaugh.gif

These are .ogg files and will play in Winamp.

Phantasy Star Universe Main Title

Phantasy Star Universe Menu


Have fun in the beta kyori and good luck to anyone still waiting for their confirmation mail.

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DarkEpyon
post Apr 20 2006, 06:25 AM
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Well, the folks at that "other site" are doing it. I mean, it's not like they're hunting anyone down like witches in Salem. Besides, technically us NA folk aren't even SUPPOSED to have this thing anyway. Of course "the hedgehog" isn't liable to go on a so-called "witch hunt".


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post Apr 20 2006, 06:45 PM
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For anyone who hasn't seen these.

PSU beta footage

PSU Beta footage

More PSU footage

PSU Character creation
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post Apr 20 2006, 06:56 PM
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Cool videos.

I noticed that the female character getting smacked in the video didn't always get her combo animation canceled when getting hit. If so, that's a good thing, because it makes for more intense battles.
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kyori
post Apr 20 2006, 07:27 PM
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PSU: :O :D ^_^ *_*

I might release media later if permission is given until then sorry folks. But it does not in anyway disappoint :D
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post Apr 20 2006, 07:34 PM
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*dies from jealousy* cry2.gif

It's good to hear that the game dousn't dissapoint. Can't wait till fall!
Also, that voice fx manipulator in character create mode is awesome, haha. I wonder if they will add western sounding voices and expressions with the NA release.
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post Apr 20 2006, 08:31 PM
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Well, when/if the next wave of emails comes, it won't be till next week. If they have maximum load with the current 2000 and find enough bugs, then the other 8000 could very well prove unnecessary.

This could be a boon for us imoprters (they're ready to release within weeks) or a bust for everyone (another delay).

Wah wah NDA wah wah wah....

Wah wah wah wah wah...

As I've said before, I doubt that SoJ would waste time and resources actively seeking out these kinds of leaks. If I were them, I'd be more concerned about someone reverse engineering the thing and learning how to do things like make private servers. Some "gaijin" (or even locals) telling others how the game plays and sharing some pics? You tell me which poses the greater threat.

Personally, I commend whoever's brave enough to show us the goods.

Those that are being "tight-lipped" I'm not completely without sympathy for them.

But those that wanna preach ethics should go shove their pulpit you-know-where, especially if they're among the many non-JP that signed up for this.

When and if I make it in, my photobucket account is gonna have the bandwidth sucked out of it big time.


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