The original Phantasy Star Portable was a decidedly different game than its console older brother, Phantasy Star Universe. It offered an experience that utilized the fundamentals of the PSU experience while integrating more of its own grand-predecessor, Phantasy Star Online (in its numerous incarnations) into the gameplay.
It was a game whose components added up to a highly addictive hacking, slashing, and loot-gathering good time that drew many comparisons to Capcom's Monster Hunter series.
Now, Sega and Alfa System are back with a sequel that looks to expand on the popularity of the original game while maintaining the core gameplay that made it so addictive.
Man, Phantasy Star can be confusing. There are so many different kinds of games in this series, but they all get tossed under the same umbrella. The oldest games are turn-based RPGs. The newer ones vary between MMOs and action-RPGs. Wouldn’t it be nice if things were simplified...
Phantasy Star online episode 1 and 2 is one my all time favorites. Just make that better...
What I need to know is when is Sega going to make and release Phantasy Star 5. All I need to know.
"Phantasy Star Online 2 (GameCube, 2012)"
May want to change that to (PlayStation 4, PlayStation Vita, Nintendo Switch, Android, PC and iOS, 2012)
I need to know when the fuck SEGA is gonna wake up and make a full on PSO 3 with the unreal 4 engine or some shit so I can get lost in the best god damn futuristic world with my pet mag as their god-tier PSO themed music blasts my ear drums forever and ever.
Wake the hell up SEGA, the time is NOW!
CFD!'s Rob Rich reviews the newest Phantasy Star for PSP:
"A few years ago, players saved the Gurhal system from total destruction when they fought back the SEED infestation. Now the small collection of planets is in danger once again, from an enemy that most of its denizens don’t even know exists.
"Who cares, right?
"Just like its predecessor, Phantasy Star Portable 2 has a story that almost no one cares about, told through static character portraits and very little spoken dialogue. And that dialogue is both bad and awkwardly acted. But also like the first game, what people really care about is the Diablo-style grinding for experience and phat lewts. So does this second game on Sony’s “little handheld that could” manage to improve the formula, or is it just spinning its wheels?"
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