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I'm all for this, but ONLY if three conditions are met:
1. There's an offline mode, so even after servers are permanently shut down, I can still play
2. Saved games are stored locally, not on a server
3. It's free to play, at least in the hopeful offline mode
SEGA, you do these three things and you've got a day-one purchase from me.
1. There's an offline mode, so even after servers are permanently shut down, I can still play
2. Saved games are stored locally, not on a server
3. It's free to play, at least in the hopeful offline mode
SEGA, you do these three things and you've got a day-one purchase from me.
Hmm is there going to be an offline mode? The original one for the Dreamcast had it.
If it's like the original I'd buy it for sure. I'm keeping my fingers crossed.
If it's like the original I'd buy it for sure. I'm keeping my fingers crossed.
I'm hoping for a wiiu release, being able to set up all my spells on the touchscreen would make playing with forces a breeze
come on a console release would be awesome :P
i heard this plays more with Phantasy Star Portable games. not sure how those games are familiar with the old games(haven't played it yet)
@pedrovay2003
i agree with you, a offline mode(heck with local co-op would be even better) and offline saves are definitely needed. i doubt this game will last 10-20 years without being replace by Phantasy Star 3 or so.
i don't think it'll be free to play though(read you have to pay some subscription fee) that's why an offline mode would benefit on it ^^
i heard this plays more with Phantasy Star Portable games. not sure how those games are familiar with the old games(haven't played it yet)
@pedrovay2003
i agree with you, a offline mode(heck with local co-op would be even better) and offline saves are definitely needed. i doubt this game will last 10-20 years without being replace by Phantasy Star 3 or so.
i don't think it'll be free to play though(read you have to pay some subscription fee) that's why an offline mode would benefit on it ^^
After having revisited PSO for the first time in about five years recently, I can safely say that a whooooole lot of that game is nostalgia over quality. Not that I'm not really looking forward to this, but to call PSO anything less than janky as hell nowadays is kind of misleading.
it was ridiculous that they expected us to pay their monthly fee on top of the xbox live fee. FIrst of all it costs the same price to play PSU as it does WoW, but you get more variety in WoW. They gotta offer the game for free if they want to charge a monthly fee because these games dont have the same kind of longevity as other online games.
@goatnuke
If this is anything like the GameCube game, I'll but at least a couple hundred hours into it just by myself. I'd pick up any collector's edition or whatever the release to support this game if they can guarantee it'll play completely locally in the future. I'd be playing it for years.
If this is anything like the GameCube game, I'll but at least a couple hundred hours into it just by myself. I'd pick up any collector's edition or whatever the release to support this game if they can guarantee it'll play completely locally in the future. I'd be playing it for years.
Considering I've put 1500+ hours and a good portion of my childhood into PSO Eps I+II I'll be buying this day one.
I wouldn't really call the original PSO well-polished, either. PSO succeeded more from just being an online co-op game released at the right time (and on the right system) than from its actual gameplay.
The game itself left a bit to be desired.
The game itself left a bit to be desired.
As long as it has the same kind of bare-bones story the original had it'll be fine. The recent games have been completely unbearable just for the irritating characters and unskippable dialogue alone.
I just want to know when a real Phantasy Star is going to come out. I really miss the traditional RPG Phantasy Star. I've always found PSO and the following offspring really boring and in no way lives up to the hype everyone gives it.
Anyone can make a grindy game where there's minimal story and the replay value lies in nothing more than more powerful items that don't really help you accomplish anything in the game except for harder difficulties of the same game. Hell, Koreans have been doing that since Ragnarok Online came out nearly a decade ago.
On the other hand, I can't tell you how many times I've replayed and beat the Phantasy Star series RPGs on the Genesis simply because the gameplay is that good and the stories are interesting (except for 3). It's really sad to see the Phantasy Star series devolve into storyless, boring hack n slash games with no real replay value other than grinding and farming.
Anyone can make a grindy game where there's minimal story and the replay value lies in nothing more than more powerful items that don't really help you accomplish anything in the game except for harder difficulties of the same game. Hell, Koreans have been doing that since Ragnarok Online came out nearly a decade ago.
On the other hand, I can't tell you how many times I've replayed and beat the Phantasy Star series RPGs on the Genesis simply because the gameplay is that good and the stories are interesting (except for 3). It's really sad to see the Phantasy Star series devolve into storyless, boring hack n slash games with no real replay value other than grinding and farming.
I'm just wishing for MAGs, but I know that won't happne. And duh it felt that way playing it--it's the Alpha build.
@Patrick Borrelli I'm with you there. It would be awesome to do that!
@Patrick Borrelli I'm with you there. It would be awesome to do that!
I believe a 15 minute play is just too short to get a good impression of the game itself. PSO was an asshole at it and PSO2 seems to be aswell: the art of explaining. There is so much you can do, so many buttons and menus just too overwhelmign and confusing at first, but in the end you are the one figuring out how all of that sticks together on your own. And that takes a good while, but then all is good.
I am also saddened they did not let you create your own characters in this demo. Character creation is one of the deepest feature and traditions of the PSO/U series, and PSO2's is beyond your imagination. It's so wide that after your 15 minutes of playtime you still would be stuck deciding on some ridiciously minor detail that you can still alter. It's fantastic.
Video here:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tcqfbIpwVWQ
On development notes, the game is not nearly finished, as a pamphlet they handed out said, aswell. 50% is what development seems to be at.
But a closed Alpha actually already happened, and SEGA announced tons of adjusting they are going to do after receiving player feedback. My hopes are really up high, given they take the time to polish this yet rough gem.
I am also saddened they did not let you create your own characters in this demo. Character creation is one of the deepest feature and traditions of the PSO/U series, and PSO2's is beyond your imagination. It's so wide that after your 15 minutes of playtime you still would be stuck deciding on some ridiciously minor detail that you can still alter. It's fantastic.
Video here:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tcqfbIpwVWQ
On development notes, the game is not nearly finished, as a pamphlet they handed out said, aswell. 50% is what development seems to be at.
But a closed Alpha actually already happened, and SEGA announced tons of adjusting they are going to do after receiving player feedback. My hopes are really up high, given they take the time to polish this yet rough gem.
@Mayiplay: MAGs have been confirmed to return, but they weren't implemented for the alpha test.
http://bumped.org/psublog/phantasy-star-online-2-magazine-info-roundup/
"Mags: Mags are back but they will not be shown in the Alpha test. Details about them are unknown."
http://bumped.org/psublog/phantasy-star-online-2-magazine-info-roundup/
"Mags: Mags are back but they will not be shown in the Alpha test. Details about them are unknown."
@Pedrovay
Don't expect a non server save. That's what made original PSO so damn easy to hack to hell and back. At least for the online mode. Offline would obviously have it's data saved on the game if it were there.
This is actually the only review that I've seen not impressed by it. So i'm curious to see what the big difference there went. I know a lot of us PSO fans are kinda already skeptical about PSO2 but I personally am willing to put up with it. If it means Sega can erase the garbage that is Phantasy Star Universe.
Only other thing I wish they include or bring back are MAGs and so far we're not getting them...which is pretty sad.
Don't expect a non server save. That's what made original PSO so damn easy to hack to hell and back. At least for the online mode. Offline would obviously have it's data saved on the game if it were there.
This is actually the only review that I've seen not impressed by it. So i'm curious to see what the big difference there went. I know a lot of us PSO fans are kinda already skeptical about PSO2 but I personally am willing to put up with it. If it means Sega can erase the garbage that is Phantasy Star Universe.
Only other thing I wish they include or bring back are MAGs and so far we're not getting them...which is pretty sad.
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