I feel kind of bad writing this review because as a total newbie to Phantasy Star in general the game does some good things: good graphics, beautiful particle effects, nice places to go, voice overs, nice-looking character designs, plops you into the world with clear directions, it should be everything I would want but it just.. did not click.
I'll try it again sometime later to be sure, but for now it's less that I wanted to play and more that I remembered to try and give it a chance.