Phantasy Star Online 2 announced!

[ezodagrom]

According to EspioKaos in the PSUPedia forums, this is what says in the background text on the trailer:

http://www.g-heaven.net/topics/2010/09/100917c.html

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
* "Trump 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

http://forum.psupedia.info/viewtopic.ph ... 756#p12756

[Happy Cat]

Interesting stuff.

I was just about to post it but you beat me =P

[Sharky]

Sounds awesome, but I wish that thing mentioned guild support, battle and challenge mode.

[Team Andromeda]

Best SEGA news in years . Hope its looks stunning and console ports are planed .

This could be the game to get people to start to love SEGA again, I think it could be that big

[Happy Cat]

The SEGA forums have a PSO2 forum up now.

They said that it's only announced for Japan so far but they wanted a place for people to talk about it.. I don't buy it =P

I figure SEGA West will be announcing a release date soon, otherwise they wouldn't put up a forum for it.

[Autosaver]

What is the difference between PSO and PSU?

[Happy Cat]

PSO is Phantasy Star Online
PSU is Phantasy Star Universe

... yup

[Autosaver]

Well, why isn't it PSU2?

....

[Happy Cat]

because PSO is better?

[Mengels7]

Well, why isn't it PSU2?

....

I'm assuming you never played the two games. The style of PSU is quite different from PSO and has a different storyline. From what I've gathered, most fans who have played the two would prefer they go back to the PSO style and story, myself included. Our wines have been answered =]

[Autosaver]

Yeah, I haven't. The only PS game I have ever played is Zero.

[Sharky]

Yeah, I haven't. The only PS game I have ever played is Zero.

Suprise suprise.

[Barry the Nomad]

Yo, original member of LPSO, an early players club/online forum of Dreamcast PSO players. Totally legit, no haxxorz allowed. Awesome awesome group. I'm really hoping they return for PSO2.

[max_cady]

I have very fond memories of the original PSO.

But it's that type of RPG that I don't have the strenght to go back and do a second time.

[Sieghardt]

Yo, original member of LPSO, an early players club/online forum of Dreamcast PSO players. Totally legit, no haxxorz allowed. Awesome awesome group. I'm really hoping they return for PSO2.

Hah, I wonder how many of the old dreamcast groups are still around. Was happy to see a few people from my old group PSOFF posting about PSO2