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Sign Up for the Phantasy Star Online 2 Closed Beta Test Now (US and Canada only)
- Thread starter Vasto
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... god fucking dammit
Oh come on MS and Sega, why you gotta do us PC players dirty like this?
i have an xbox but you still need gold to play f2p games, this sucks
I think you can still get the 3 months of Gamepass Ultimate for $1.
Took the words straight outta my mouth. God damn, what a time to be alive.
This scares me a little...so I am betting its not small worlds with a different theme like the first with a big Boss at the end but more like open world in the vein of the Sword Art games...?
Would've never heard about this without this thread — thank you, OP!
Signed up in a heartbeat. I admit, I was actually kinda furious that we were getting it so late when the announcement was made, since at this point after dabbling in the PC version with the English language fan patch, I was pretty certain this would feel a bit dated... But, if they ever do make a PSO3, I want them to have as much evidence as possible that it needs to launch ASAP after the Japanese version.
Still a little ridiculous that SEGA took this long to finally get any English-language version released in the West, but I guess better late than never. :/
Signed up in a heartbeat. I admit, I was actually kinda furious that we were getting it so late when the announcement was made, since at this point after dabbling in the PC version with the English language fan patch, I was pretty certain this would feel a bit dated... But, if they ever do make a PSO3, I want them to have as much evidence as possible that it needs to launch ASAP after the Japanese version.
Still a little ridiculous that SEGA took this long to finally get any English-language version released in the West, but I guess better late than never. :/
IIRC the Switch version of PSO2 is already a streaming version.
This is correct, I just feel like phone might make it more appealing and have a wider useage range since the Switch wifi....is well not great.
Better combat, worse everything else. It felt more like a Universe 2 to me.
Yeah. The combat is better but it really misses the atmosphere and tone of the original.
I still liked my time playing the JPN version and will play the EN version.
don't know if you got a response but;
goto system settings and just switch region to USA, reboot
much more arcade like and faster action than the original PSO's
my early days of the Japanese release
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Wait. The PC version isn't coming at the same time as the Xbox version?
Oh come on MS and Sega, why you gotta do us PC players dirty like this?
Fuck.
Nah, it's pretty much the same as the old system. Small randomly generated instanced areas/floors that ends with a boss.
Nah that part is still similar. The hub is still there and you beam down to a themed planet of tunnels and rooms with a big boss at the end or to a timed event/boss with other parties. The planet is procedurally generated now though iirc so every time you go down it's a slightly different layout unlike in pso1 where each planet only had 3 or 4 different layouts you could memorize. Some map sections & bosses are also shared now with something like ~15 - 20 other people now so you don't farm alone now, more like a mob of people running together from hotspotto hotspot.
The real difference is the combat. It plays much faster and arcade like and revolves around destroying enemy parts on bosses instead of just killing them. Its more of an evolution of the combat from Phantasy Star Portable than it is of PSO1. The class lock is also gone now, your loadout/class is dependent on the weapon you equip and you can change it on the fly mid battle.
I saw someone say that PSO1 is like Dark Souls without a roll, PSO2 is like DMC lite. I'd say that's about right.
Hey do you guys think we'll be able to use our pc characters on Xbox? Couple years ago I was on the pc version with the English patches. I was thinking maybe you could just sign in with your seganet ID and poof?
hey man I bought my non-gamer wife an xbox so we can play overwatch together, and she still plays it almost daily. Maybe she'll like it! She's interested in pso2 cuz I told her about all the clothing options (which i also am hyped for lol)
My wife is a big gamer and we played the English patched version a couple times. It just got to be too much of a hassle. We've both been waiting for this. Was hoping it would come out on PC at the same time but since it's not I can't stomach being able to start it without her. I had to make sure she could jump in day 1. Let's just hope we both get in beta.
Destructoid says February.
Exactly what I felt in the early game. It felt like they took the clunkiness out of classic PSO gameplay and made characters move more freely and modernized things a bit so its a faster game overall. Looking at the current game today it looks batshit insane with bosses going full bullet hell kind of like a high level diablo or PoE boss with shit everywhere.
Win10 version is sometime this year after the Xbox release.
Other platforms are TBA.
Ugh, when I expected to hear news on when the beta was, i get nothing :( this itch is killing me.
Anyone ever play the PSU Clementine? I loved PSU on 360 and I'm looking to pass the time before the beta drops.
I don't know why I'm so excited for a game I've already played for 1,000 hours, but I am
February can't come soon enough
February can't come soon enough
Of course....
Oh come on MS and Sega, why you gotta do us PC players dirty like this?
I'll try to the Beta on PC but I'm not buying an Xbox just to play the full game early.
