Phantasy Star Online question (DC, XBOX)

[dvdguy]

I'm looking to upgrade my DC version of Phantasy Star Online to the Xbox version, but I can't seem to find any info as to if the OFFLINE portion of the game has been ported over. Anyone know?

[MCHufnagel]

I have Phantasy Star I & II for the Gamecube, which I heard is the same as the XBox version. The offline portion is there, as a matter of fact I don't even play it online since I don't have broadband. I've heard too many nightmares about using 56k modems in modern online gaming.

[JB]

HOWEVER... the XBox version of PSO won't work, EVEN in offline mode, unless you have an XBox Live subscription.

[SteveW]

That was such a rip-off, making people who wanted to play offline have to pay for Xbox LIVE. That's why I ended up getting the GameCube version. The extra levels aren't as good as the original PSO's levels, in my opinion. But still, it's a good game, and fairly cheap now that it's a couple years old. I just wish I could get my old Dreamcast characters and stats onto the GameCube version. I hated having to build my character up again. But being able to have multiple character saves on the GC, I was able to start a new character class and play multiplayer with my level 60+ character, and give him all my good upgrades, armor plugins, and weapons. So I can start out a new character a little stronger.