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Phantasy Star Online 2 Review

SystemSystem Member UncommonPosts: 12,599
edited May 2020 in News & Features Discussion

imagePhantasy Star Online 2 Review

Phantasy Star Online 2 is a game that many in the west are only just getting introduced to. While the game has been released in Japan for nearly 8 years, this SEGA institution still garners a substantial amount of fanfare from its admirers around the globe. Now with a PC launch looming, and years-worth of content to explore, is Phantasy Star Online 2 worth the wait, or is it too little too late?

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  • kitaradkitarad Member LegendaryPosts: 8,164
    So what if it is dated it is a bloody good game.
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  • Viper482Viper482 Member LegendaryPosts: 4,099

    kitarad said:

    So what if it is dated it is a bloody good game.



    What makes it any different from the other Asian MMO crap we have seen ported to the west?
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  • GreatswordGreatsword Member RarePosts: 414
    edited May 2020
    The intro has me confused, as it kinda states the game is coming "from Japan to PC".

    So has it only been on consoles in Japan and is coming to PC in Japan? Or from consoltes in Japan to PC in Japan? Or from consoles in Japan to PC in the west? Or from PC in Japan to PC in the west? So many questions.
  • alkarionlogalkarionlog Member EpicPosts: 3,584

    Viper482 said:



    kitarad said:


    So what if it is dated it is a bloody good game.






    What makes it any different from the other Asian MMO crap we have seen ported to the west?



    you can ask about any MMO nowadays that, not only from asia
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  • sumdumguy1sumdumguy1 Member RarePosts: 1,373
    I played this game many years ago on console and I could see a nostalgia factor for many people. I also think word of mouth is going to help this game. Now after all the smoke clears, this is the real test imo.
  • Ancient_ExileAncient_Exile Member RarePosts: 1,303
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  • alkarionlogalkarionlog Member EpicPosts: 3,584
    Ancient_Exile said:

    should have used a phantasy star 4 pic not the 3rd one, hell history wise the 4th ignore the 3dr even existed
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  • Ancient_ExileAncient_Exile Member RarePosts: 1,303
    edited May 2020

    should have used a phantasy star 4 pic not the 3rd one, hell history wise the 4th ignore the 3dr even existed

    So?  I played PS III on Sega Genesis when I was but a wee lad. 




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  • xpsyncxpsync Member EpicPosts: 1,854

    Ancient_Exile said:








    should have used a phantasy star 4 pic not the 3rd one, hell history wise the 4th ignore the 3dr even existed



    So?  I played PS III on Sega Genesis when I was but a wee lad. 







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  • maskedweaselmaskedweasel Member LegendaryPosts: 12,195
    Viper482 said:

    kitarad said:

    So what if it is dated it is a bloody good game.



    What makes it any different from the other Asian MMO crap we have seen ported to the west?
    It's very different than any other MMO that gets ported to the west, because the PSO series is different than every other MMO. 

    Everyone says "a dated MMO" but ... it's no more dated than just about EVERY OTHER MMO ON THE MARKET TODAY. 

    It's like if GW2 of ESO just launched in japan today, and someone wrote a review... does it suddenly make those games terrible because they're older? Even if they're launching with all of the content up to this point?  

    It would actually make the games better if they had launched with all the content they have now. 
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  • Ancient_ExileAncient_Exile Member RarePosts: 1,303
    xpsync said:

    The memories.........
    Honestly, I don't actually remember much.  Only played it once.  Unlike Final Fantasy II/IV.
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  • xpsyncxpsync Member EpicPosts: 1,854
    edited May 2020
    Played the og's, remember a few amazing winters in there, drawing maps, figuring it all out. I think 4 was the only one that wasn't played much at all.

    I gotta check this out, as far as dated graphics, lets talk dated graphics, one of my main mmorpg's is SWG:Legends the graphics are extremely dated but as you play you adapt to it and if the game is top notch, who cares?

    Gameplay > Graphcis
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  • alkarionlogalkarionlog Member EpicPosts: 3,584
    maskedweasel said:
    Viper482 said:

    kitarad said:

    So what if it is dated it is a bloody good game.



    What makes it any different from the other Asian MMO crap we have seen ported to the west?
    It's very different than any other MMO that gets ported to the west, because the PSO series is different than every other MMO. 

    Everyone says "a dated MMO" but ... it's no more dated than just about EVERY OTHER MMO ON THE MARKET TODAY. 

    It's like if GW2 of ESO just launched in japan today, and someone wrote a review... does it suddenly make those games terrible because they're older? Even if they're launching with all of the content up to this point?  

    It would actually make the games better if they had launched with all the content they have now. 

    but gw2 and eso are horrible...
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  • maskedweaselmaskedweasel Member LegendaryPosts: 12,195
    alkarionlog said:
    maskedweasel said:
    Viper482 said:

    kitarad said:

    So what if it is dated it is a bloody good game.



    What makes it any different from the other Asian MMO crap we have seen ported to the west?
    It's very different than any other MMO that gets ported to the west, because the PSO series is different than every other MMO. 

    Everyone says "a dated MMO" but ... it's no more dated than just about EVERY OTHER MMO ON THE MARKET TODAY. 

    It's like if GW2 of ESO just launched in japan today, and someone wrote a review... does it suddenly make those games terrible because they're older? Even if they're launching with all of the content up to this point?  

    It would actually make the games better if they had launched with all the content they have now. 

    but gw2 and eso are horrible...
    Mileage may vary. :smile:

    Just saying, everyone makes such a big deal that this game is "older" but if they are playing an MMO today, they are probably playing something pretty old too, so it's a moot point.


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  • doomlord157doomlord157 Member UncommonPosts: 21
    seriously your con is dated graphics on a 10 year old game? wow
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  • MikehaMikeha Member EpicPosts: 9,196
    The game is one of the best MMOs out. Good review.
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  • kitaradkitarad Member LegendaryPosts: 8,164
    edited May 2020
    Viper482 said:

    kitarad said:

    So what if it is dated it is a bloody good game.



    What makes it any different from the other Asian MMO crap we have seen ported to the west?


    Ignore the part where he rants about the game not releasing in the west. Start at 2.28...You can have a pretty good idea why this game is good from this video. He also will give you the negative bits for balance.

    I also jumped through the hoops to play the game in Japanese.



    More recent review.
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  • Panther2103Panther2103 Member EpicPosts: 5,777
    Mikeha said:
    The game is one of the best MMOs out. Good review.
    Completely agree.

    I played quite a bit on the Xbox but am waiting for PC launch to continue as I don't want to have to redo content a bunch of times. 

    The game is fun, I like the open nature of the skills and how you can freely switch between 3 different weapons (or the same depending on what you want). The instancing was a bit hard to get used to, also the massive amount of content thrown at you at once was daunting, but the game was some of the most fun I've had in an MMORPG in a long while. 
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  • Ancient_ExileAncient_Exile Member RarePosts: 1,303
    kitarad said:
    Viper482 said:

    kitarad said:

    So what if it is dated it is a bloody good game.



    What makes it any different from the other Asian MMO crap we have seen ported to the west?


    Ignore the part where he rants about the game not releasing in the west. Start at 2.28...You can have a pretty good idea why this game is good from this video.

    I also jumped through the hoops to play the game in Japanese.

    Maybe some players just hate the Japanese?  Perhaps they still can't get over Pearl Harbor for some reason?  Even though America dropped atom bombs on Hiroshima and Nagasaki.  And honestly...<REDACTED>...


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  • Ancient_ExileAncient_Exile Member RarePosts: 1,303
    Panther2103 said:
    Mikeha said:
    The game is one of the best MMOs out. Good review.
    Completely agree.

    I played quite a bit on the Xbox but am waiting for PC launch to continue as I don't want to have to redo content a bunch of times. 

    The game is fun, I like the open nature of the skills and how you can freely switch between 3 different weapons (or the same depending on what you want). The instancing was a bit hard to get used to, also the massive amount of content thrown at you at once was daunting, but the game was some of the most fun I've had in an MMORPG in a long while. 


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  • ZunderFuryZunderFury Member UncommonPosts: 13
    at least i won't have to worry about not being able to play it since i only bought a ryzen 3 2200g w/o a graphic card and 8gb ram to play stuff while processors and rams evolve in this few years, right?
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  • lahnmirlahnmir Member LegendaryPosts: 5,050
    PC, now. The eight year wait was nothing, the last month however..... man. A part of me is still afraid all of this is just a cruel joke from SEGA because I sold my Dreamcast and Saturn collection.

    /Cheers,
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    It is just huge resource waste....'

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  • Ancient_ExileAncient_Exile Member RarePosts: 1,303
    Remali said:
    If it was open world I would give it a go but im not into instanced/hub based games


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  • lahnmirlahnmir Member LegendaryPosts: 5,050
    Ancient_Exile said:
    Remali said:
    If it was open world I would give it a go but im not into instanced/hub based games


    BDO has absolutely nothing in common with PSO, nothing. And thank god for that.

    /Cheers,
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    'But there are many. You can play them entirely solo, and even offline. Also, you are wrong by default.'

    Ikcin in response to yours sincerely debating whether or not single-player offline MMOs exist...



    'This does not apply just to ED but SC or any other game. What they will get is Rebirth/X4, likely prettier but equally underwhelming and pointless. 

    It is incredibly difficult to design some meaningfull leg content that would fit a space ship game - simply because it is not a leg game.

    It is just huge resource waste....'

    Gdemami absolutely not being an armchair developer

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