Phantasy Star Online 2 - New Genesis 2021

[AoE]

God damnit, Gekii's gonna play too along with caek boss. Gonna be a recipe for epic fun times if we play together.

I gotta list my concerns though because Sega has a track record of not giving a shit about their international servers and that has me worried.

- They let the English PSU servers more or less die off without even doing anything to rectify their main problem which was keeping their subscribers. People were getting agitated that we weren't getting updates at the same frequency as the JP servers. People would get to max level then not have anything to do for months at a time because they felt the need to draw out necessary updates. I hope they don't go the route of spoon feeding us content that's already on the disc or this game is gonna flop.

- The lobby system in PSU was ass and I seriously hope they don't go back to that route again. At the same time though, I don't know which system would be best. Maybe one of you can speculate on what'll be good.

- They should probably split the offline and online or make it online only because assuming the games get released on X-Box 360 and PS3, the PC version still has a high chance of getting hacked if they're not careful.

- I already know they're gonna split up the JPs from the rest of us but I'll be shocked if they don't.

I guess that's it for now.

[Akiyama]

Pretty sure it's going to be global servers, ie JP and NA together, along with EU. I think it's been mentioned somewhere, really. Not 100% sure, but like 90% sure.

The English PSU servers were set to fail from the beginning IMO. Even the people I knew that played it.. they didn't even really *like* it. They just played it because it was something to do. It really didn't even feel like Phantasy Star, to be honest. Just felt like some random half-assed MMO with a terrible synthesis system, and other shit.

As far as the updates go.. that I don't know. I'm sure that Japan will get PSO2 before NA, so that'll automatically put them ahead as far as updates go, so unless they release it all around at the same time, that probably can't be avoided. The lobby.. I'd say bring back PSO's form of lobbies (limit the people per lobby, per server), but that may be a tad bit old fashioned.

Don't really care about the offline/online aspect of it as I'll be online or bust.

As for who gets to play with who, gotta draw straws to see who plays with the main crew!

[Asai]

They've said for sure that the original planet Ragol won't be there, this is somewhere else, and there will be more planets/places than PSU, which if you look at the official PSO2 logo there's quite a few "dots" orbiting around. Hopefully the lobby stuff will be good.. In the trailer when that ship falls down that's apparently a kind of random event that can happen as you're playing.

[Minardi]

Oh dear. I really hope all of the lobbies aren't broken apart like they were in PSU.. Although I did enjoy the little shops for clothing on the planets.

Inc never having the random event happen! .. And I bet people are going to be jumping everywhere!

Edit; Bluh, put WB not PSU. WHITE BEAST FOREVER :<.

[Akiyama]

The random event thing would be pretty awesome, honestly. Be running in a forest when BAM. Free ship out of space outta no where.

What else is there that's been revealed about the game that we haven't seen? I honestly haven't followed much because of my low expectations.

[Rokku]

Since it hasn't actually popped up anywhere that I can recall, have they mentioned if this is PC only? Those specs aren't anything extreme, but I haven't seen anything indicating if they're going with the multiplat model again.

[Asai]

What I know is they're back to over-the-shoulder third-person style for rangers, there's a shit ton of planets according to an interview a few months ago, the alpha stats around june and the jp pspi game had a code with it to get in, the actual game engine is a modified hedgehog engine.... There's something about a ship fleet called Oracle which basically travels through the universe fighting some kinda enemy force as it goes. The players are some kinda hunter team called Arc. There will be weather changes, random events, and apparently you have some "larger" extent of item/weapon/gear customization. The producer said he wants to bring back the "adventure" feel. They also said they will reveal some more stuff before the alpha so probably sometime in may will be the next bit of info.

Edit @ Rokku, so far it's PC only.

[Rokku]

Edit @ Rokku, so far it's PC only.

Figured as much, UI looked pretty much like it was built for the PC. S'all good, could use something to run on the PC anyhow.

[AoE]

The producer said he wants to bring back the "adventure" feel.

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[Scythiroth]

I want this so badly now. Some of the character models look rather goofy, but I can get over it as long as I can get my fill of red boxes again (the ones that aren't photon drops anyways).

Looks like I can't get into the alpha though. =/ Hoping the beta isn't too far away.

[shukudai]

If you can still buy PSP2i and get in, i'd buy it off PSN (when it's up!) asap or from Play-Asia I was figuring it would come out here

The game looks more like PSO mixed with PSP2 in better graphics. For those who didn't touch PSP2, it's goooood shit :D

[The Blackrose]

Good god. This just became day 1 buy.

[Charismatic]

From the trailer it's lookin like...

No monthly fee? They get my cash.
Montly fee? I'm pirating the shit and playing the offline mode and will be paying for TERA and/or FFXI monthly.

[Guitarman]

The random event thing would be pretty awesome, honestly. Be running in a forest when BAM. Free ship out of space outta no where.

What else is there that's been revealed about the game that we haven't seen? I honestly haven't followed much because of my low expectations.

the best part!

http://www.sega-world.com/PSO-WORLD_.../Rag_Rappy.png

Rappy!!!!


Assuming we don't get any bad "features" like PSU, this will be a day 1 buy for me for sure. Look forward to being a hunter again.

[Tymon]

Take my money, Sega.

I couldn't keep my attention on PSO:BB for very long, but this is an entirely different story.

I'll probably ruin my life (again) playing this one, if it's any good as I hope it is.

[Akiyama]

I'm curious why everyone is saying 'take my money' considering the lack of information we have, and one ~3 minute long trailer, that's not even in good quality mind you, that only contains about 1:45ish worth of gameplay footage, lol. It's like a syndrome of something that makes people super hyped for a game based on the trailer alone.

I remember seeing the trailer for the Sonic game where he turns into a werehog, but the first trailers were all about the 2D-ish styled run-superfast maps and everyone was like "ZOMG NEW SONIC DOESN'T SUCK" and then you see friends, and you see he turns into a werehog and it's like 'ohn/m'.

I fear this may happen here too, but lol. I guess the Nostalgia Lords are strong in certain cases. I'm cautiously optimistic that they won't fuck this up like PSU, but I put nothing past Sonic Team, even if their track record lately with PSP/PSP2/PSP2i has been good.

Also, I seriously doubt this would be free for online play. They'll probably go the model they had for Blue Burst way back during the official run, or PSU.

Anyway, I am excited for the possibility of another good PSO-modeled game, but let's not go overboard based on the limited info we have. =[ I learned my lesson from getting super pumped for FFXIV. Worst. Mistake. Ever.

[Rokku]

Cautiously optimistic pretty much sums up my feelings towards it too. Though I know we've already discussed this a ton and whatnot, so it's kind of redundant to post it too. Whatevs.

I learned my lesson from getting super pumped for FFXIV. Worst. Mistake. Ever.

Also more true than I'd like to admit.

[Kurokikaze]

Anyway, I am excited for the possibility of another good PSO-modeled game, but let's not go overboard based on the limited info we have. =[ I learned my lesson from getting super pumped for FFXIV. Worst. Mistake. Ever.

Point taken. Thats still the biggest disappointment in gaming for me. :/

[AoE]

I'm curious why everyone is saying 'take my money' considering the lack of information we have, and one ~3 minute long trailer, that's not even in good quality mind you, that only contains about 1:45ish worth of gameplay footage, lol. It's like a syndrome of something that makes people super hyped for a game based on the trailer alone.

I remember seeing the trailer for the Sonic game where he turns into a werehog, but the first trailers were all about the 2D-ish styled run-superfast maps and everyone was like "ZOMG NEW SONIC DOESN'T SUCK" and then you see friends, and you see he turns into a werehog and it's like 'ohn/m'.

I fear this may happen here too, but lol. I guess the Nostalgia Lords are strong in certain cases. I'm cautiously optimistic that they won't fuck this up like PSU, but I put nothing past Sonic Team, even if their track record lately with PSP/PSP2/PSP2i has been good.

Also, I seriously doubt this would be free for online play. They'll probably go the model they had for Blue Burst way back during the official run, or PSU.

Anyway, I am excited for the possibility of another good PSO-modeled game, but let's not go overboard based on the limited info we have. =[ I learned my lesson from getting super pumped for FFXIV. Worst. Mistake. Ever.

Spoiler: show

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Spoiler: show

Nah just teasing. I'm just mostly worried about treatment of their international customers like I said before.

[Akiyama]

Eh, I just get irritated with the immediate "Take my money" response. I mean obviously the game's going to take your money without asking, even if it's terrible, but I'd rather wait for the Alpha to show up, lol.