Phantasy Star Online 2 announced!

[CrazyT]

I made a "what if" comparison with sonic 4 about this game.

What if this game turns out having a lot of phantasy star universe features and kind of ending up looking more like a phantasy star universe HD instead of a sequal to pso.

Like how sonic 4 looks a lot like new modern games instead of sonic 3 and knuckles.

Now I don't want to bring the thread off topic but I just wondered what you guys would think if pso2 ended up like that. Would you like that?

[Sharky]

Phantasy Star Universe wasnt a terrible game, it just launched badly with not enough content... Although there were some problems like samey dungeons.

Frankly Phantasy Star Portable 2 and PS:Zero tell me that they know what they are doing and since Sakai-san took over they have been doing nothing since improving.

[CrazyT]

Phantasy Star Universe wasnt a terrible game, it just launched badly with not enough content... Although there were some problems like samey dungeons.

Frankly Phantasy Star Portable 2 and PS:Zero tell me that they know what they are doing and since Sakai-san took over they have been doing nothing since improving.

Exactly, which is why i'm fully confident about pso2 meeting it's expectations.

I didn't say phantasy star universe is terrible, but I think people would hate pso2 if it were like psu. I mean why would you anounce a pso2 in the first place.

Why would you anounce a sonic 4 if your not making it a sonic 4.

[Sharky]

Why would you anounce a sonic 4 if your not making it a sonic 4.

With out turning this into a topic about SOnic 4.

I think they feel like they ARE making Sonic 4, by the end of all 3 or so chapters you are looking at a pretty big game focusing soully on 2D Sonic with pretty much all of the trimmings of the classic series.

Zones, checkered levels, badniks, robotnik the main enemy, special stages, no cheesey music, no talking, no other playable characters.

This is easily the closest too a classic Sonic game in many years dispite some of the 'short comings' some people feel it has. I liked Sonic 2 more then Sonic 3 and Sonic and Knuckles but they are still classic Sonic games. If by the end of Sonic 4 I still like Sonic 2 the most it wont have changed much and it can still be a good game even if it isnt exactly what everyone wants.

[Sieghardt]

if it takes a lot of the gameplay improvements from PSU to PSP2i then great. Dodge roll, first person aiming with guns and photon arts all make the game more fun. I also want to see "My Room" make an appearance. There really isnt much in PSO that PSP2 doesnt do better. all I want is red boxes and ?SPECIAL WEAPON

[Sharky]

There is a LOT from PSU/PS:p2 that improved over PSO. I also loved features like Photon Arts, My Room, Dodge Roll, Shields and so on...

My main problem with PSU was lack of content and level design was really monotinous and boring which is very off putting.

[Sega Uranus]

I think the reason Phantasy Star Universe was put on Games on Demand on the Xbox 360 with the expansion pack being free is a bit of a clue that they are at least testing this market.

I would be very surprised if it is a PC exclusive, but we know nothing as to how the game will even look. It might be a PC/PSP game even.

[CrazyT]

I just got psp2 and the game is just brilliant. It's the first phantasy star universe style game that's actually good in every way. Literally everything from psp1 has been made 10x better or changed to something better.

It kind of changed my opinion on the whole psu style because the game proved that it can be done right. I'd love some of the good aspects to make way to pso2 like the controls, side rolling and all that stuff that has been mentioned.

I really wonder how their gonna handle this though, surely they wanna keep pso unique but at the same time up to date, I really wonder what theyre gonna make of it.

[Suzuki Yu]

PSP2I Boss Battle!
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wow very annoying monster!

[Barry the Nomad]

All I ask for in PSO2 is to have my cheese needle again!

Three way repeater with three shots per direction per fire. A three shot combo = 27 shots spread across the entire area. Each shot had a 50% chance of paralyzing. I fucking owned the game with that baby.

[Orta]

"No spread plz". I cannot count the amount of times I've seen that text bubble. I only used it offline, it was good for leveling. I can see them bringing it back albeit in a much weaker form (as it was since version 2 onwards I think).

[crackdude]

Are there any news on a PS3 release yet?

[Mengels7]

I'm thoroughly convinced there won't be console versions of this.  Why wouldn't they have announced them as well as PC?  You can create as many crackpot theories as you want, but I think they'd have announced it.  I think they've enjoyed the flexibility they've had with the PC versions of PSO and PSU.  One platform that everyone should own, one billing system, no dealing with Microsoft or Sony, no custom crafting patches and updates and expansions for each system, and everyone can play together.

I'd love to boot it on my PS3 or 360 as much as the next guy, but I don't see it happening.

Also, they really needed) to release more info about the game.  They hit everyone with this huge announcement and have given us almost no details. I'm kind of hoping they're silent now until E3 as to not dilute the impact of the announcement.

[Autosaver]

Erm, I could see PS on consoles. As IT DID have releases on those before. In fact, didn't the games start on consoles?

Also, most people would prefer playing with a controller.

[Radrappy]

I don't think his point was that the game wouldn't be suited for consoles.  I think he meant more that logically, it's a good decision to keep this on PC from a development point of view.  

Time to invest in a USB controller.  Recommendations?  It'd be super rad to get a DC adapter for your PC and use the classic dreamcast controller to play PSO2.