And instead of the excellent system of hopping into small isolated mission instances, a lot of the game seems to just use the tired open world mechanics of all other MMOs which is honestly a step backward for the series, in my opinion. For example, your can still have your own room, but you literally have to pay rent on it if you want to use it. I also miss how many of the previous games had a fantastic hub world which seems a bit bastardized here. But now, a lot of that fun seems hidden behind an insane gacha mechanic. Normally, in a Phantasy Star Online game, whether the ones for Dreamcast, Vita, 3DS, or otherwise, you’d find cool weapons and armor by completing missions. What’s different though is the game has been dragged through free-to-play hell. It’s everything I remember from the previous game but a lot faster paced. In a surprise announcement during E3 2019, Sega announced on Microsofts Xbox Conference that Phantasy Star Online 2 would be releasing in North America on Xbox. Especially with the fruit snack-like textures SEGA loves to give us in a lot of their games. So, now that I have it downloaded on my PS5, yeah, it definitely looks dated. When Phantasy Star Online 2 first came out on PC I played it for a couple of days until the overseas audience got REAL sick of American antics and banned all foreign IPs. Playing the game almost immediately took me back to my Dreamcast days when I played the first Phantasy Star Online and was blown away that the people I was playing with were real. I play them for the mechanics they never seem to let go off and that’s what I got here. Now, this game launched a decade ago so it definitely looks dated but I’ll be real, I never play SEGA games for their looks. According to the trailer, the official Twitter, and Microsoft themselves, Phantasy Star Online 2: New Genesis will be launching in 2021. It was released in Japan in 1989, North America in 1990, and in Europe in 1990. Oh my God, I’ve been waiting years to type this sentence: Phantasy Star Online 2 is FINALLY available to be played on PlayStation. Phantasy Star II is a science fantasy role-playing video game developed and published by Sega for the Sega Genesis. By Eric Halliday 5 months ago Follow Tweet
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