With Phantasy Star Portable 2, Alfa System hopes to redeem Sega’s past mistakes, finally giving PSO-ites a reason to grind the night away. Let’s see if they’ve succeeded.
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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Used to be a big fan of this franchise back in the day. It's a decent successor.
I dunno why, but I've never been very interested in the Phantasy Star series. Probably because of the grinding.
Solid review, though. If I ever find time (which is feeling less and less likely as I look at my catalogue of games), I might try this.
Is good, but what I'm really pumped for now is the proper PSO 2 on PC.
The fact that they announced PSO2 is awesome, but PSU has been just as good as getting a PSO sequel since the Ambition of the Illuminus expansion pack, it was basically a whole new game! Revised combat, drop rates, exp rates, bunch of new weapon models, items, everything.
It's a shame PSO fans put off by the clunky vanilla PSU didn't know what they were missing out on...
If you were a fan of PSO try PSP2, it's really good.
this guy didnt play through the whole game