César's (un)interesting PSP(2) thread

Hello, guys.

A couple of months ago I got my copy of Phantasy Star Portable and loved it. While it is different from my favorite style of games (turn-based RPGs), it is great to spend time, since it does not require too much attention or large enough segments of playing time. Since I have to play during lunch or commute, this makes it easier to pick this game up for a quick play, instead of other RPGs, which I leave for weekends now.

In PSP I created an avatar of myself. Of course, the avatar's hair, face and body are better than my own, because I could not find enough options for customization (even though it has a lot of options, but the more it has, the more specific our needs will become). So my hair is straighter in the game, and my tummy, although avatar is not thin, is portrayed with a six pack.

Now, the six pack is something I wish we had the option to get rid of. If someone wanted to create an even fatter character, it would still have the six-pack marks... My avatar ended up being 17 years old me instead of 34 years old me, mainly because it has just finished training and everyone looks at him as a kid. Not a lot of difference in the design, though. And I was actually thinner then, so it is fine.

Then I wanted to try a small character. I went with myself again, but with the smallest build possible (I was rather thin as a kid). I suppose it would be around 8, because I was tall enough to be way bigger than that at 11 or 10. I had to use a different face because my nose had not reached its not-cute-kid-nose stage then. But the real problem is, again, the six-pack... I do not want my 8-year-old-me avatar to have a six pack...

Anyway, I spent some time with the game. My main save (which had to be started again when I was at around 30+ levels) is now at 50+. I will want to get one of every set of clothing (mostly green-colored, when possible) and the toy equipment, along with some "best" equipment, as well.

I started as Force (was surprised at the level 10 cap for each class). Ranger seems the most dynamic and fun, althoug I still like to use spells better than guns.

Now, the Japanese copies of Phantasy Star Portable 2 Infinity and Phantasy Star Zero arrived yesterday.

Not playing Zero yet, but I will use a no-hat, dark-brown-haired Force Human. Cute style in the design, but now I see why people said there were not a lot of choices.

About PSP2, I started the game with the smallest build again, but now I used a Newman (I had always been a Human before). I loved the hair options this time. The Newman faces made me look even prettier and less like myself, but I thought it was okay for another species. Then I created another character, this time more myself. My hair now looks more like it usually does (I mean, mine can look good, but it takes too much time, so it normally just looks "normal"). There were fewer face options, but I found one that works.

What I loved is the fact I can now use my other characters in my party! In PSP I have myself, kid myself and Captain Mar-Vell, but they will never interact. Now I can create my boyfriend and some friends and have my own "real-life" party.

Big wall of text just to share this, but I arrived years late for all of these games, so I had to post all of this in one entry instead of in several during a conversation with you.

I will be glad to hear your own experiences, or your thoughts about mine, or even to have some advice about anything for these games. I am going to use this thread to share my happiness or complain when I find or fail to find some Pizza Hut or KFC items.

That is all for now. I am back to work (and play during lunch).

Edit: Even if this is long and not as interesting, I noticed this is my 100th post, so I am allowed.

Oh, Phantasy Star Portable games were quite good, in my opinion. I always play with my blue-haired female Newman mage named Lizzie because out of the PSO characters I have built, the only one that I managed to develop was Lizzie, and I carried the tradition to every game I have to build a character to create Lizzie, blue-haired if possible, a mage if possible, and a Newman if possible.

My favorite is Phantasy Star 2: Infinity because of Nagisa. I know nobody believes that, but it was her story that attracted me.

Okay, who I am trying to fool that it was Nagisa's story that attracted me... But I really liked her story.

I don't care that much about specific values for some things that can be customized. If Lizzie looks hot enough, she is fine Most of the time she of average height, or a bit shorter than that.

I always try to make characters that look nice to my eyes since I will be spending 30, 40, 50 or even 100 hours with them. I have some "default characters" I create, and some default names I give to the chars when I have the option to choose.

By the way, guess who was my main character on Dragon Quest IX?

On PSP, I only created one character. I tend to focus on only one character when the party is not made to necessarily have many PCs created by the player. Other games like Disgaea and Class of Heroes, which lets you to create many characters (and incentivates you to do so), I have tried different characters, but mostly they are based on characters I have created in my musings, attempts to write stores and things like that.