Phantasy Star Online 2

[|Shadow]

Couldn't bump the old topic for some reason, so...

Not Phantasy Star Universe 2 or that new version of Phantasy Star Portable 2, but a (supposed) real successor to the original Phantasy Star Online.

http://phantasystar.sega.jp/psportal/pso2/
http://www.pso-world.com/

From Shougai PSO, here's a list of all of the text scrolling across the background in the trailer. First, phrases that relate to the game's new components:
* "Action" and "RPG" re-connected
* Increased variety of client orders
* Map functions changing in real time
* User-created story
* New interface for environmental interactions
* Global support
* Thorough racial balances
* Full-user participation events
* Seasonal changes
* New chat system
* New mail functions
* Drastic item synthesis overhaul
* Even wider variety of ways to raise your character
* New direction of event scenes
* Approach from NPCs (New approach maybe?)
* Silhouette changes by add-ons (Not too sure what they mean here.)
* New photon arts (This was partially obscured in the video, so may not be 100% accurate.)
* Community support content (Again, slightly obscured in the video.)
* Additional customizations when you create your character
* Category-based weapon training system (Slightly obscured.)
* Implementation of asynchronous communication
* New party system
* Consideration of enemy cooperation
* Limitless content
* New approach to the game client
* Implementation of a new "life work" (Partially obscured.)
* Daily surprises
* "Annoying Orange card" system
* Mutual interaction functionality for new and veteran users

And now for words and phrases that give hints at the world of the game:
* Awakening
* Sealed stone monument
* Pure Dark Falz (Partially obscured.)
* Apostles of _____ (Partially obscured.)
* Camp ship
* Arkz
* Why is darkness born?
* Why is the Great Light no longer here?
* A world in ruin

I am equal parts excited and horrified. Excited because I love playing the Phantasy Star games, and horrified because Sega, and especially Team Sonic, is infamous for loving up every online game they touch.

I've played PSO and PSU more than anyone here, and I always got stuff for it. I know the game play is mediocre and the company support dreadful, but I was still addicted to playing them for a long time.

Also,
English Trailer :DDD

They're releasing an Alpha Summer 2011
http://pso2.jp/alpha/
Multiple ways of getting in, but I couldn't make sense of any of them. :(

[Ad Bot]

[SkullCandy]

FINALLY! I HAVE BEEN WAITING FOR YEARS

[Whoda]

I hope you're going to be able to hack the Sonic Birthday models as easy as in the previous PSO's :D

Enjoyed it playing as a stuffty polygon Knuckles while the chat was spammed with "GHACKRRRRR OMG" " HOW U GOT?!?!?!" <3
oh well, sadly you don't really get to play with them... I always got banned after like 5 minutes :(

[SkullCandy]

I hope you're going to be able to hack the Sonic Birthday models as easy as in the previous PSO's :D

Enjoyed it playing as a stuffty polygon Knuckles while the chat was spammed with "GHACKRRRRR OMG" " HOW U GOT?!?!?!" <3
oh well, sadly you don't really get to play with them... I always got banned after like 5 minutes :(

Same here :P

[Otis Da HousKat]

Oh stuff I forgot about PSO2.

[tails]

I saw the trailer a few days ago, NO MAGS >:C

But apart from that it's looking really awesome, Betting $300 that magic will still be boring.

[Whoda]

Betting $300 that magic will still be boring.

Challenge accepted

[|Shadow]

I saw the trailer a few days ago, NO MAGS >:C

No mags what

[tails]

Learn to phantasy star online cigarette

[|Shadow]

Learn to phantasy star online cigarette

I know what mags are, I'm surprised they're not in PSO2. cigarettet.

[tails]

ya wotever.

[Aarch]

SO EXITED

[keonesan]

forget YES!

I remember playing the demo on the XBox 360. Lol I think the demo community was larger than the actual game.

Still a good game, I would buy it if it weren't for the monthly fee.

I hope they make a demo for it like last time. :3

EDIT: It was UNIVERSE not Online. :/

[SkullCandy]

forget YES!

I remember playing the demo on the XBox 360. Lol I think the demo community was larger than the actual game.

Still a good game, I would buy it if it weren't for the monthly fee.

I hope they make a demo for it like last time. :3

what demo on xbox

[Otis Da HousKat]

Glad to see HUnewearls still look like prostitutes.