it has the best character creator so it's the best mmo
2nd best mmo ive played. downloaded a fan translation and JPN VPN to play this shit so u know its fire.
Best combat I ever saw in a MMORPG, amazing story and very cool setting. It's so refreshing seeing a sci-fi themed mmo, SEGA really outdid itself on this one.
giving this five stars is pretty generous given the amount of dumb shit this game has (lots of 2012 MMO jank, the UI is confusing, the tutorialization tells you both too much and too little at the same time, the first half of the story mode is fucking incomprehensible, the NA translation is blatantly unfinished, and so on) but the fact that i'm still giving it five stars despite all this bullshit should be a display of just how high this game's strengths reach.
despite how archaic a lot of pso2's systems are, there's a lot of surprisingly smart design that may seem odd at first but ends up working in its favor. the main story being completely skippable lets you get to the raids immediately, leveling up is lightning fast compared to most other MMOs, the difficulty system allows even tutorial dungeons to have max level variants, the lack of the tank + healer + DPS trinity means that all the classes can be built wildly different from each other (one turns the game into a third-person shooter, one is a pet raising sim--the variety is nuts even if a few classes overlap a bit), there's so many ideas that shouldn't work by conventional standards but they end up making the game unique and allow it dodge a lot of problems it could've run into otherwise.
the combat is excellent. the weapons offer a great amount of variety and interesting systems to play around with, and the animation work is stellar and conveys impact extremely well. there's just so many cool systems to master; not every class is a home run, but most of them manage to be a blast even on just a fundamental level, especially the unlockable successor classes. the bosses are even better--phaleg and omega masquarade are some of the most fun i've had fighting a boss in any action game.
pso2 can be a bit difficult to get into with how obtuse it is but it's well worth taking the plunge if you can get past the fact that it is still ultimately an MMO at its core. it's just a really damn good one.
EDIT: nevermind don't take the plunge i take it back. base pso2 is still "supported" after NGS but that's supported in name only. there are still base players but there's so few that aren't playing NGS now that i have no idea how someone even would get into base PSO2 and make solid progress at this point with the lack of promotional campaigns + significantly less boosters and also the dumpster fire-tier economy. shame!
despite how archaic a lot of pso2's systems are, there's a lot of surprisingly smart design that may seem odd at first but ends up working in its favor. the main story being completely skippable lets you get to the raids immediately, leveling up is lightning fast compared to most other MMOs, the difficulty system allows even tutorial dungeons to have max level variants, the lack of the tank + healer + DPS trinity means that all the classes can be built wildly different from each other (one turns the game into a third-person shooter, one is a pet raising sim--the variety is nuts even if a few classes overlap a bit), there's so many ideas that shouldn't work by conventional standards but they end up making the game unique and allow it dodge a lot of problems it could've run into otherwise.
the combat is excellent. the weapons offer a great amount of variety and interesting systems to play around with, and the animation work is stellar and conveys impact extremely well. there's just so many cool systems to master; not every class is a home run, but most of them manage to be a blast even on just a fundamental level, especially the unlockable successor classes. the bosses are even better--phaleg and omega masquarade are some of the most fun i've had fighting a boss in any action game.
pso2 can be a bit difficult to get into with how obtuse it is but it's well worth taking the plunge if you can get past the fact that it is still ultimately an MMO at its core. it's just a really damn good one.
EDIT: nevermind don't take the plunge i take it back. base pso2 is still "supported" after NGS but that's supported in name only. there are still base players but there's so few that aren't playing NGS now that i have no idea how someone even would get into base PSO2 and make solid progress at this point with the lack of promotional campaigns + significantly less boosters and also the dumpster fire-tier economy. shame!
the greatest game i have ever played
Absolutely in love with this game. I spent many hours on its predecessor, and I hope to do the same here. It's looking like I will.
It's a masterpiece.
as someone who typically doesnt care for MMOs or previous phantasy star entries, this is pretty legit. the combat is just enough to keep ya going. some of the monetization is pretty crummy - especially since certain monetized aspects are things you can easily bungle
I ended up shelving it because of the sheer amount of content I couldn't hope to catch up with, but the combat and atmosphere is absolutely fantastic and I cannot wait for New Genesis.
better gameplay than pso1/universe, but very lacking in personality/atmosphere. still god tier for mmo standards
been playing just short of a decade, and this game has been worth it even before arks layer had everything translated. and then they went all out on keeping this game translated and easily playable for overseas players year after year anyway, arks layer is absolutely based
if I'm to say anything about the game itself, it's that it does "action combat" better than the rest of them with the only other notable runner up being dragon's dogma online (rip).
if I'm to say anything about the game itself, it's that it does "action combat" better than the rest of them with the only other notable runner up being dragon's dogma online (rip).
de momento me parece un buen juego para tener cosas de fondo, el gameplay esta bien, pero los mapas lineares y visualmente en general me parece un culo, si le meto serio a lo mejor cambio de opinion
DO NOT TRUST DUDU
Honestly the only good MMO I've ever played mainly because it's not blatantly pay to win garbage
Desperately wanted to love this one but the many ways this game is monetized creep into all aspects of play, making the various hooks and designed FoMO impossible to ignore. It's fun to play dress-up in space with your buddies, but it's hard to recommend this one to anyone but a die-hard PSO fan.
HAHA BOOBA XDDDDDDDD