Tagrineth, same did my girlfriend, and PSO is the only game she actualy wants to play in public (because of her "fantastic" skills in gaming)
PSO is great offline too...
Only thing is that you'll have to complete the whol stage (part1, part2 and evt. part3 + boss) to not have to beat it all over again if you quit.
And I mean, PSO is VERY addictive, and if you got friends (I bet you do)
It's a great game for offline multiplayer fun
+The game might be repetetive... But hell, who cares, you're gonna kill some time aren't you?
(+it doesn't get "that" repetetive if you actualy feel like changing weapons and fighting styles... You'll soon notice that a Knife that has 100 points less in attack (compared to your Blade or Buster) does the exact same damage + it's quicker!) and you figure out that even though guns lack some accuracy, they still are very interesting to play with...)
The only thing that makes you "irritated" in this game is the fact that you might end up dieing a time or two at the same enemies in a later stage, and every damn time you forget to set-up a Telepipe (Townportal).
And ofcourse you get pissed if someone takes your nice little "precious"
(Like I got 2 Luck materials today, my brother got nothing, and then, when I finaly find a nice gun, my brother snaps it right in-front of my nose)
Trust me, you're not gonna hate this game, atleast not untill you're level 40-50, and there's plenty of hours of playing before you become that high.
(and even higher you will become)
And may I ask WHY everyone here seems to ONLY have/know/care about the DC version of this great game?
I mean, you can get it on Xbox and GC too (the GC version is in my opinion the best)