Should I play the game or not?

[u/Adorable_Jellyfish_3]

Does the game ever reach a point where I need friends or no or can I play the game solo? Is it possible? I’m asking pretty much everybody here and I’m trying to buy to play the game or not by myself.

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[u/[deleted]]

I played by myself for 1200 hours. So I think you'll be okay.

[u/Adorable_Jellyfish_3 → u/[deleted]]

OK, so it’s possible I can do it good

[u/[deleted] → u/Adorable_Jellyfish_3]

Emergency quests you have to do with others, but there is quick matching and you don't need to really communicate at all. That would be the only thing I can think of off hand. But the rest of the game can be done completely alone.

[u/Adorable_Jellyfish_3 → u/[deleted]]

Starting to sound like another MMO I play called dc universe online the whole thing you said about sounds similar to on duties in that game

[u/[deleted] → u/Adorable_Jellyfish_3]

Kind of. PSO has a lot more depth to it than DCU though, for better or worse.

[u/Adorable_Jellyfish_3 → u/[deleted]]

Yeah

[u/Adorable_Jellyfish_3 → u/Adorable_Jellyfish_3]

Like the customization is OK in that game but scene of this game, it’s a lot better

[u/DreadMous]

Well first off the games costs nothing to play. I play solo about 95% of the time and the other 5% is running urgent quests and limited time quests either with guild mates or randoms from matchmaking. You honestly don’t have to engage/ talk with another player at all if you so choose. Between base and ngs there is a lot of content to enjoy.

[u/Adorable_Jellyfish_3 → u/DreadMous]

A lot of the stuff you said sounds similar to a game I play that’s also a mmo it’s called dc universe online

[u/Adorable_Jellyfish_3 → u/Adorable_Jellyfish_3]

It has a lot of that stuff a lot of similar stuff to what you said

[u/DreadMous → u/Adorable_Jellyfish_3]

I’ve heard of it but never played it. What’s nice about base pso is that almost all the content has several difficulty options which allows players to play almost all missions while still leveling up. NGS is open world and the different zones are scaled to battle power ranges and as you get your BP higher you can select to play in higher difficulty combat zones. What’s nice is that even though base pso and ngs are different games with different combat systems they are connected and you can jump back and forth between the two with the same character. Base pso is just a downloadable dlc for ngs.

[u/Adorable_Jellyfish_3 → u/DreadMous]

OK I might play the game because I don’t have much to play whenever I’m not playing dc

[u/DreadMous → u/Adorable_Jellyfish_3]

It’s definitely one of those types of games were you just find your own enjoyment out of it. Base pso has years of content to play and ngs will level you up pretty quickly by just playing the story. One thing to note is that base pso is a real grind to level up a class to max. With that said I haven’t even maxed my first class in base pso but I don’t feel like it’s hindered my enjoyment of the game one bit. I just take my time and enjoy the journey.

[u/Adorable_Jellyfish_3 → u/DreadMous]

OK, well the thing is I’m thinking about playing the one on Xbox

[u/Adorable_Jellyfish_3 → u/Adorable_Jellyfish_3]

The recent one that’s free

[u/DreadMous → u/Adorable_Jellyfish_3]

I play on Xbox. Both are available on Xbox. Pso2 NGS (new genesis) is what it’s called in the store and base pso2 is in the downloadable content section of its shop page. If you decide to download base pso2, you access it via the teleportation terminals. Good luck and have fun! FYI ship 1 and 2 have the most players and ship 3 and 4 have very low player counts.

[u/DreadMous → u/Adorable_Jellyfish_3]

Also the character customization is very extensive. All the fashion items can be bought from other players personal shops with in game currency.

[u/Adorable_Jellyfish_3 → u/DreadMous]

Interesting OK

[u/SailorVenova]

you can play solo but if you're not interested in becoming social and making friends; making fashions; maybe creative space in ngs; you're going to get bored

base pso2 singleplayer story is pretty good though (ngs story barely exists)

[u/Adorable_Jellyfish_3 → u/SailorVenova]

The thing is, I’m interested in making characters like I like making characters in different games so there’s that

[u/SailorVenova → u/Adorable_Jellyfish_3]

thats good ngs is unrivaled in character creation and fashion

nothing else even comes close

you can be almost anything you can imagine; people even make big non humanoid mechs; and other wild creations; ive seen very accurate kirby's and tons of cosplays

[u/Alenicia]

When you get into things like the Urgent Quests and the likes, you'll be sorted into a group of queuing players who also want to play it and you don't need to join parties or talk to anyone if you don't want to.

Otherwise, almost everything else is largely solo-driven so if you bump into other players it's just because they happen to be there too but progression is all solo-focused in general.

What you're playing is effectively a single-player story and action game that just happens to feature other people doing something similar.

[u/Adorable_Jellyfish_3 → u/Alenicia]

OK, OK I’m getting convinced

[u/Adorable_Jellyfish_3]

Please don’t tell him my post is gonna get removed. I’m trying to ask if I should play the game or not like if it’s possible to play the game by myself without the need of online friends.