>easily by far the best free to play MMORPG on the market
>fucking great fighting system, especially for MMO standards
>the action in some missions is immense (fucking MECHAS in some quests)
>its even better than FFXIV in some regards, which is a pay to play MMO
>STILL NO RELEASE IN THE WEST BECAUSE APPARENTLY THERE IS NO DEMAND IN THE WEST
Fuck Sega, seriously. I dont get why there is no western release, this game could EASILY jump to the top spot for f2p mmorpgs. Why in the world doesnt Sega feels the need to get it to the rest of the world?
>>340229679
Because Sega hates money.
>Makes Vocaloid games only for consoles
>PC fan base built Vocaloid community
>PC communities built around the software in multiple creative fields
>Literally tens of thousands, no, hundreds of thousands of fan made videos and songs.
They don't understand how to make money. It's why they had to drop out of the console war. They have what could be the greatest cash cow they'll ever get and they arn't maximizing profit on it.
>easily by far the best free to play MMORPG on the market
Fucking this. Every other MMO i'm incapable of playing for multible hours straight without burning out. But in this everything just feels so fresh. From simple grinding to spending hours in the casino gambling. Someone publish this in the west.
Bumping for good vidya.
Is there an English patch for it?
>>340230508
A partial one, yes. The most important stuff (menu, items, some story stuff, quest description) is english, but there is still some stuff missing, usually stuff that isnt really important. (flavor text of weapons like "this is a cool gun" and shit, random babbling in quests). Just search for PSO2 tweaker.
>>340229679
>easily by far the best free to play MMORPG on the market
lolno
>fucking great fighting system, especially for MMO standards
Wasted on a PVE only game. Also unbalanced as fuck for anything that isn't a wizard (Get triggered, /pso2g/
>the action in some missions is immense (fucking MECHAS in some quests)
Mechs you can only ride for 60 seconds, on limited missions that can only be played when SEGA wants you to play them
>its even better than FFXIV in some regards, which is a pay to play MMO
You're just trying to start shit here. Both offer fun but immensely flawed experiences
>STILL NO RELEASE IN THE WEST BECAUSE APPARENTLY THERE IS NO DEMAND IN THE WEST
There is not market for a game that places so much emphasis in social content. West is all about the carrot on a stick, PSO2 only gives you the stick.
Ya'll are posting some old ass low res screenshots.
>>340230508
Yeah but not everything is completely translated. Menus, items and most of the story is translated. It's enough to play all the way up and enjoying most of the story. Some people recommend to use translator apps on your phone for quick translation of certain things. But i have not found a reason to use those.
>>340229679
>(fucking MECHAS in some quests)
Too bad those quests are 5 minutes long and happen only once or twice a day on a schedule.
>>340230037
They had to drop out of the console race not because they were bad at making money but because they were bad at spending it.
32x, CD, Saturn, Dreamcast.
All of them arrived too close to each other.
Dreamcast could have been as big as Xbox. But they declined Microsoft's version of the Dreamcast
Then Microsoft just said fuck it and made the Xbox.
>>340230982
>PSO2 only gives you the stick.
No, it gives you a stick and a fuck load of things to, tie on to it.
i have 7,000 hours in PSO2
ask me anything
>>340230982
Am I supposed to get triggered over the fact that you said force is op or the fact that you called the class force?
>>340229679
What game is this anon?
>>340230982
>lolno
Tell me a better f2p MMORPG. Its better not another generic WoW clone with orcs and elves.
>Wasted on a PVE only game.
So? FFXIV is prove that the audience of these games doesnt care about PVP anyway. Its up to you if its a good or bad thing though.
>Mechs you can only ride for 60 seconds, on limited missions that can only be played when SEGA wants you to play them
It was just an example, and if it would happen regulary Im sure it would get stale fast. The normal action is still great and its even better than some offline action games, which is quite an achievement for an MMORPG if you ask me.
>You're just trying to start shit here. Both offer fun but immensely flawed experiences
Never said that one is better than the other, but shit like the casino in PSO makes the Goldsaucer look even worse than it already is.
>>340231797
Phantasy Star Online 2
>>340231797
Phantasy Star Online 2
>>340231535
who u
>>340231535
If I like punching shit and good games, should I play it?
If PSO2 comes to the west it won't come with all the anime goodies JP version gets
>>340231940
There are literally boxing gloves in game and a whole class based around punching shit.
>>340231940
there is a class and a weapon dedicated to punching things.
give it a try
>>340231826
To be fair, PSO2's casino is "look at Nyau for an hour while ripping him off because everything else isn't as profitable". Still pretty fun and comfy, though. The entire game's setting is comfy, it feels great to be a part of it.
>>340231535
Whats the % ratio of ERPing on those hours?
>>340232063
Post where an English speaker can get started on this?
Also for all the
>M-M-M-MUH WESTERN RELEASE
faggots.
Take a good long look at the history of "western releases."
Take a look at everything Nexon, gPotato, NCSoft, Aeria Games, Softnyx, whatever the fuck else out there has done.
Some people are going to quote me and cringe at the mere mention of any of those above companies. AND FOR GOOD REASON.
Updates months, years, sometimes NEVER behind the current japanese/korean servers.
New content gated behind a different inflated cash shop.
Balance/bugfixes postponed until cash shop content releases.
Bugfixes that never make it, because dev teams apparently have their own idea about game balance and are allowed to change shit up from the other servers because reasons.
You want the most recent example of a complete failure? Tree of Savior. Literally dieing of shit that's already been fixed in Korea, has been for months.
You want a more direct reason on why a western PSO2 will never happen? Licensing issues. 80% of the costumes are from other franchises that have made deals with Sega.
Oh, and by the way, the SEA server is the "english" server. They sell cash shop cosmetics that basically triple your equipment stats and provide innate 100% rare drop boosters. The market is so incredibly fucked there that the same costume that costs 300k on japanese servers is 100m in SEA.
>>340229679
I'm not really into the whole schoolgirl thing but the rest of the game looks amazing, it's really giving me a Xenoblade Chronicles X vibe.
Can you tell me what's it's called so I can keep an eye on it?
>>340232240
http://arks-layer.com/
>>340232240
you'll need google translator and a bit of finesse but try this guide
http://arks-layer.com/signup.php
>>340232428
>>340232464
Thanks.
0$ shekels invested
join to the superiorship 6
>>340231859
>>340231885
Much obliged
>>340232268
Oh yeah I forgot, the SEA server is also almost two years behind on patches and content, this means story missions (lol story), emergency quests, difficulty levels, enemies, weapons, CLASSES, everything.
>>340232356
Phantasy Star Online 2. Only in Japanese, but fans have made English patches so you can play pretty easily.
>>340232268
Leave them be, they never learn. What I do nowadays is always go for original servers. Western releases for me now only allow for a higher quality English patch, I never move. Feels great.
>has mechs
Instant 0/10. Mechs are the worst Japanese meme.
>>340231826
>if it would happen regulary Im sure it would get stale fast
I disagree, but you aren't wrong either. People bitch and bitch and bitch about AIS on Yamato but I just love it. I wish they'd get rid of the on-foot part of that quest and just make it AIS. Balance needs to happen though, as it is, I agree with the detractors in that AIS just makes everything too easy.
Again, the action you love to tote becomes irrelevant as soon as someone with a stick starts shooting fireballs. Melee combat is flashy and fun, but the problem is, the flashier and fun you try to make it, the less DEE PEE ESS you're doing and the faster people start yelling you to OE over and over.
>>340231372
This is correct, but it also never gives you the carrot because of how "endgame" is structured. This system simply wouldn't fly on western markets.
>>340231660
Purists don't like Forces being called Wizards, it reminds them of the hilariously bad indonesian official english translation.
Any good mods for PSO2?
>>340233007
Why would you spam OE when you have ride slasher, nova and ignite parrying though
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EM6pvGoaAW0
This whole sequence
>>340232526
Someone asked my questions and also showed interest in punching shit before I even saw responses
You cool, anon
EP4 was a mistake.
>>340232910
>Frogposter with shit taste
Who would have guessed?
>>340233805
3rd intro was better
>>340234512
Nah
>>340235041
yeah
3rd > 5th > 2nd > 4th > 1st
>>340229679
>start playing pso2
>have the time of my life playing as a robit
>start getting the dosh
>before I know it, half my money is going towards upgrades while the other half goes towards anime accessories
HELP
>>340232864
At this point, that all a western release should be, an official english patch. All we really want at this point is for them and all it would take would be the option to change the text language in game. and we could finally shut up and wait for the next phantasy star game
Does this game actually have builds yet? I was so disappointed when I found out every class has only 1 of 2 build choices, the system really doesn't like you doing anything creative.
>>340235546
>Having to choose between sweet looking mecha parts that do nothing, or having a strong weapon
sweating.jpg
>>340235876
There wont be "builds" until skill resets become free, or at least cheaply obtainable.
What ship are the most english speaking players on?
>>340235981
2
Ignore /pso2g/ if they try to tell you something else.
>>340236192
You can't play on 4 anymore anyway.
Its too full so they shut down new character creation.
>>340235281
>Yamato above anything
Opinion discarded.
>>340236528
Because its the edgy ship as "4" can be pronounced as "death" in japanese.
It's the full edgelord ship.
>>340236603
the boss itself is shit but the cinematic opening is great fucking kill yourself
>>340235281
4 > 3 > 5 > 2 >1
comparing the intros to the quest they represent in the actual game. Magatsu legit kept his hype, as with the Base defense but a little bit less than Magatsu. Yamato's order in the actual quest is screwed up and all the hype shit you see in that intro you don't actually do like dog fighting Phantom Zeros, those are just barely there in game and hardly noticeable. Hunar's trailer was no doubt hype but it's 4 th on my list because RNG on NEVER Has him spawn for me to get a good feel of fighting him, It's always Angel in free field with sometimes double,, and i can't get a good fight out of him in 12 mans they just curb stomp him.
Good taste still
>>340236820
isn't hunar always the final boss of the darker den area? Him and an Arks clone. Play more TAs my man
what class had the laser death scythe
>>340236820
>Magatsu
>Hype
lel
>>340237059
>Playing TAs beyond your weekly TACO allotment
lel
>>340237262
>He doesn't mod/ret farm with friends for easier money than doing tacos and xqs
C'mon man, a good hour of farming gets you at least 5m from mod farming alone, at least.
>>340236778
>death ship fulls up as soon as PS4 launches
it all makes sense now
thank god I'm on 2 instead
>>340237460
>ret
lmao
>>340237460
and 20 minutes of ta/xqcos gets you the same relatively
no asshole friends required
>>340229679
It's not MMO, more like online RPG since quest limit you to only 12 players.
Also i can't believe i waste over 10k+ hours in this shitty game.
>>340236798
No, it's not. The music is utter garbage, the rest is generic mecha stuff. Opinion discarded. eat shit.
>>340238154
>shitty game.
If your opinion was this, you would have not "wasted" 10k hours in this. You are full of it
I dropped it since last year because it got boring, I reached 100 play hours and stopped
Should I play it again? What's new?
>>340238356
I considered it as "wasted" because EP4 was fucking garbage.
I can't believe they fucked up the game this bad.
>>340238389
Bunch of new stuff you probably want to try if you liked core gameplay enough to warrant your stay.
>>340229679
>game's being shilled
>ok it's mechshit hm-
>pilot is schoolgirl with pigtails
DROPPED
>>340236798
you mean the seven or so fucking cutsences you are forced to watch and skip while your boosters run out?
no, fuck you
>>340238389
>What's new?
Absolutely nothing.
>>340238576
Not that you can't make the pilot a schoolgirl with pigtails if that's your thing, but the one on the screen isn't the pilot. She's one of the many mandatory bridge bunnies.
>>340238563
Just because the newest episode is not up to the standard of previous you would go as far as to say all your time and "fun" in this game was for nothing? I'm not trying to be an asshat or something but i just can't understand such a mindset. Then again i have not played that much either so what do i know.
>>340238563
I liked the gameplay, I was a Braver with a Katana and some cool&edgy skills
It was the quests to me, that got boring, the same maps over and over again, the same enemies and objectives, I only had fun doing EQs and that mode were you cant use your equipment, you have to obtain it on the run
>>340238628
I said the boss is shit. The intro itself is good though, learn to read.
>>340238389
>What's new?
SPECIAL EGG
>>340238563
t. Ryuuguu
>>340238576
That's your bridge operator though, one of the four.Henrietta and Xierra are the best ones though.
>>340238971
>Henrietta
My nigg-
>Sierra
Get fucked with a rake
>>340239076
Still mad they they had Sierra replace Melitta in TD4
>>340239076
I just want to ruin my dick by sticking it in robot, man, don't judge me
>>340238778
>i just can't understand such a mindset.
Personal opinion.
Since it's online game, it's more about the game longevity.
If the game gone into shitter while i'm still playing i consider all my investment to be wasted.
Exception if i stopped playing or even caring the game before said update/patch hits.
>tfw want to play PSO2 again but too scared of possible western release now
Help
>>340239536
>possible western release now
LOL
>>340238971
Operator rankings are as follows
1. Henrietta
2. Bridgitta
3. Hilda
4. Melitta
5. Xierra
>>340239684I still believe.
>>340239536
don't kid yourself.
the game are now shit anyway, guess your effort in waiting paid off now.
>ctrl+f licensing
>1 result
Forget all the other excuses. That shit is the number one reason it's never coming over it. There's more There's more crossover outfits, furniture, etc. in this game than there is original content. They would have to cut out so much from the game it would be pointless.
>>340239536
It's nice to have faith, but still play it while you "wait". Not being an elitist about this, I'm hoping for an English release too
>>340239865
They can always cut it out and bring only stuff owned by SEGA like what asiasoft does to SEA server.
The game will be dead in half a year since normie don't want to play it anyway.
>>340239865
That doesn't really matter since they can do what all other games do in regards to that stuff, not release them in the localized version unless they can get the license.
>>340239865
That's like the biggest excuse because all the crossovers they have are in house with Sega, or all ready have a large presence in the west that passing up free promotion would would be stupid, with only a small minority of stuff only known in Japan
>fully instanced
>monotone gameplay
>MORPG
>boring
>best
>>340239712
You're forgetting what'shername from XQ, she's cute.
>>340239865
Losing the licensed content wouldn't be a big tragedy anways, most of it looks like shit, horrible textures that look bad in game. Just to give you 2 easy examples, the bazblue and the yuroyiro costumes look like fucking dogshit compared to everything else.
>>340240326
>she's cute
She's pretty ugly desu.
>>340240452
Nah, she's cute and has the second cutest voice after Henrietta
>>340240326
it's mostly Jin and Noel's repca they half assed. The worst one was the Disgaea 5 collab in my opinion
>>340240721
That's not madoka collab.
>>340229679
It won't ever come to the West because they know the player base won't make the switch.
About a year ago, around the announcement of the PS4 version of PSO2, there was an Earnings Report released by Sega JP that had investor comments on Western releases and Sega US/EU performance. One of the questions answered was about bringing over Japanese titles, such as various mobile games and even PSO2. The reasoning given towards saying no was because there's an established player base of foreigners on the Japanese servers already, and they feel there would not be a proper incentive to switch to local servers, should they be opened.
No idea why it flew under the radar, but you can go read the earnings report yourself over on the Sega JP press site. Might have to translate some stuff, as it's mainly in Japanese.
>>340240760
Madoka's textures are the stuff of nightmares
>>340240760
>>340240831
i was just about correct myself thank you, an the fact that you can't change the hair on the outfits or that they didn't come in different colors is even worse
>>340240814
so at that point solve the issue by doing and inn house translations, and see about expanding the local servers, that way you can keep the players you have and be able to welcome new ones too because you technically localized with out localizing, easier said than done yes but i still sure that would have been tossed around if that was the actual reason
>>340238139
>and 20 minutes of ta/xqcos gets you the same relatively
with a 7 day cooldown
Anyone thinking of starting this, a great site for news is: http://www.bumped.org/psublog/
>>340232268
Call me when there is a nude patch.
>>340243529
pso2 does have a nude patch..
>>340243529
Hello, is this Anon?
>>340243657
Show me the money
>>340229679
>STILL NO RELEASE IN THE WEST BECAUSE APPARENTLY THERE IS NO DEMAND IN THE WEST
If mother fucking Everquest can still make a profit despite being 16 years old then PSO2 should be fine. This whole no demand bullshit is just Sega being scared little faggots.
>>340243529
Whats your number?
>>340243757
Otoya a shit.
>>340244527
has it really been 4 years? fuck
i'm not sure if you remember, but every PSO game has had either delayed content or more than half the content is simply unreleased. hell they contuined developing PSU in japan a fair while after they killed the servers for the west. if the game ever comes here it'll start out with only the vanilla content, and maybe they'll add one or two missions before taking down the servers permanently. so yeah, fuck sega indeed, but not simply because they aren't bringing the game over, but because even if they did, it would be the most boring version of the game possible. their incompetence knows no bounds but somehow they haven't gone broke
