Final Phantasy Star?

[Hayward]

I enjoyed Phantasy Star III for what it was, but I agree that it just didn't quite fit in with the series (even though PSIV retroactively tried to make the connection somewhat).

I'd take a XIV-PSO2 collabo in a second if it were a sign that PSO2 is finally coming stateside. So many people at Sega are fumbling away so many chances to gain back a fan base that was truly loyal to them over the years. Having played PSO on Dreamcast and Gamecube, I really anticipated playing PSO2 before XIV was released and was quite disappointed when the release dates kept getting pushed back.

[Darko]

I was slightly upset when I read the articles and found no mention of the old Phantasy Stars on the Sega.

Well, except for III. That one sucked.

i love episode III :P i was kinda unique. but i/ii/iv are better nonetheless.

[Tupsi]

I've heard about it, but I'd like some more details on it.
Why so JP only?

Have you seen the western MMO market..? Or Western gaming in general? lol. Fyi a lot of Western stuff stays NA/EU (AU) only.

[AmyNeudaiz]

PSU was my first real MMO. I had hundreds of hours of fun in that game, but then I went on to other games and found out how truly utterly bland the game was.

You and me are on the same boat there haha (hince my character name)

[Aerostein]

Oh god. I hope PSO2 doesn't come anywhere near this game. I'm quite sure nothing good would come from it. Shame though, the series used to be great until that crap universe came out. Phantasy Star hasn't been right ever since.

[Histoire]

WTB rappy minion

DF arm minion

THE THINGS THAT PSO2 NEVER GAVE ME IN MAG FORM

[Velveteer]

Have you seen the western MMO market..? Or Western gaming in general? lol. Fyi a lot of Western stuff stays NA/EU (AU) only.

Yeah, I know since I've played a couple of chinese mmos where they'd block out Asian players since they hve their own version.
But in the case of PSO2 I thought it was more like what we have where it was accessed worldwide. But I got my answer:

It's from the bygone days of Dreamcast with the original PSO. In the States it's online component was free. This was not Sega's idea, it was Sega of America's idea. In Japan players had to pay $9 to play online. This, by itself, wasn't appreciated but also wasn't punished (much). No, the straw as it were, was what US players did with their games. Cheat disks were plentiful at the time and many players found ways to alter the game with them. US players, though, took it to levels of low I've not seen since. That is what pissed off Sega. Ever since then US players have been getting the shaft on the series, from higher fees on Ver.2 to releases often a year after the Japanese. Now with PSO2... we don't even have a rough estimate of a release date. Sega's grudge runs deep.

Wow... that's really messed up.

[DoubleT]

I'd leave this game in a heartbeat.
I played the JP ver. for a bit.
God, it was SO fun! Too bad I can't read JP for crap.
-Sigh;

http://kotaku.com/5928484/cant-wait-...panese-version

english fans have created patches to make most of the game in english, there is still some stuff that you have to ctrl+c/ctrl+v into google translate, but for the most part there is patches for all the story, items, an some other basic stuff, there is alot of english speaking players on ship2/block20 if i remember correctly

o ya an my opinion on the OP, i love both games so i think it would be pretty sweet to get some vanity items from pso2

[mikoto_qc]

it doesnt make sens for me. dont get me wrong because i love phantasy star as much as i love FF series.i played it since the begining and PSO on dreamcast was my first experience of RPG online(yeah i know its action RPG) why would SE or Sega risk the lost of subscriber for one and another? They both have nothing in comon. I dont think that neither one have buisness doing some appearance in the other game. i would like to have a mini-jaggos minions in FFXIV but nope. just no. In the same time now that you talk about it i feel like redownload my PSO2 ^^

Me relaxing before another Dark Falz Attack ^^

[Hiraki]

Would actually love to see this happen. Love PSO and play PSO2 currently as well. I just don't want to see it end up all FATEs and feel kinda meh like the Lightning event did.