PSU... Better than PSO!?

[Particle Ghost]

In my oppinion there's much more to do than there was in PSO, and it's much less repetitive that's for sure. The battle system is a lot more eventful and interesting than PSOs 'Slash. Slash. Charge. Slash.'; and the first-person aiming has proved itself of use, to me at least. The battle system is by no means perfect, but I certainly prefer it over PSOs mannerisms, in oppinion. Area designs were improved also; PSO Episode 1: after Forest 1 and 2, the areas were boring and frankly played out and looked like someone had used the Timesplitters map making system to construct them. In short, horrible. PSO Episode 2: At times, very Episode 1; at other times, very gorgeous. I often played Jungle simply for the fight above the waterfall. Certain indoor sections still relied on the Timesplitters system, though. PSU has areas that still seem to stick to ye olde Timesplitters methods (the first set of areas spring angrily to mind), but beyond that it seems Sonic Team have at least managed to cover up the near visible seams between corridors and rooms with certain differences - some subtle, some less so. All in all, areas are much more vivid and pleasant to play in; if still, at times, uniteresting. In saying that, PSU still lacks a Jungle, if you know what I mean.
Although, despite never being primarily a Tech user in PSO, I thought the new Tech system was a mistake. They somewhat spoiled a system that needed tweaks; not an overhaul. I do know of large contingents of players that would disagree, however.