It's closed beta time!

So as luck would have it I was accepted into the closed beta after signing up last minute and I must say I find this game quite enjoyable. It maybe just me but the beta for PSO2 has given me a great impression of the game compared to the release of PSU, although I'll have to see how the cash shop really plays a role in the game once it launches.

Anyway I have come with screenshots from some of the time I've spent with the beta.

First up is the lobby of the shopping area. I'd post the main area but apparently I never bothered to take a picture of it. Oops! Anyway I like that it's all condensed to one lobby to start missions unlike PSU with all those sub lobbies. Pictures (click to enlarge):

This place is pretty big, it's easier to just jump down than to use the stairs.

They even got the the intro to the game playing on screens around the lobby, I guess they'll change it up and display different things for events or something.

This must be punishment for always skipping the intro.

A few area shots:

Hello rappy, I see you are still up to you're old tricks.

How did a nice walk in the forest turn into this!?

Oh glorious red box!

Now that red box was special. I remember reading about how normal weapons can drop as "special weapons" and I found a few of them and they still drop in red boxes. But I knew this one was different when the tekker wanted 27,600 meseta compared to around 1000 for the others.

Oh man this is gonna be good!

Seven stars. Neat.

That sure took a lot of screenshots to get the pose I wanted of that gun.

What? Ownership?

That last one worries me a little. What happens if I change my mind? I'm sure I would eventually, maybe. I worry it might be one of those things Ark's Cash is needed for. Speaking of Ark's Cash: make sure you work on your character to make it like you want the first time. Because if you go to edit anything after you've created a character nearly everything requires Ark's Cash.

See that red triangle? I'm sure we'll all learn to hate it soon enough.

I don't know about you but it seems sort of excessive. Maybe for free players they can charge for this stuff but if you buy the premium set Sega can at least throw us a bone and wave the Ark's Cash fee on small things like this.

Well back to the beta for now.