How would you go about saving the PSO franchise?
>>335749336
Release a new game.
Make it available everywhere (not just Japan-only).
Include the good points from the previous games.
Put it on PC along with consoles.
Not make it a cash shop like PSO2 turned out to be.
I think the best way to save PSO is to ACTUALLY RELEASE THE DAMN GAME OUTSIDE JAPAN for a change of pace.
Make phantasy star how it was before all this online neon shit
>>335749336
xenophobic companies don't survive in the long run,so if they actually cared about their games and not the Yellow fat acne limp dicked NEETs of japan,they would release it the game outside japan.
seriously why most of japanese otakus look exactly like the fat perverts of doujin
>>335750509
Just FYI PSO2's cash shop isn't that bad, it's mostly just dressup stuff. I've gotten a good number of really rare items just from playing and I've never used the cash shop once.
>>335751165
Good to hear. I mostly hear complaints about PSO2 due to the cash shop, but that's mostly from /v/, so I'm not surprised it's simply blown out of proportion.
I do remember that the original PSO had some good points (the story, especially following RRR's journal logs) and both the combat and customization in PSU was better. I assume that the combat from the PSP games was improved from that, another I haven't played those yet. PSZ had some nice changes, including "charging" powers and weapon techs for improved versions, which was quite a nice way to give more attack options with less buttons.
Surely all the good ideas could come together for a really good game.
>>335749336
make the character designs look like Phantasy Star Online for Dreamcast
Sequel to Blue Burst with modern grafix, give classes balance, give itphantasy star infinitys combat system,release it in the fucking west for pete sake, add in more classes and weapons, slap it on steam or at least advertise it shitload.
Anything else im missing?
>>335749336
Remove the O
Make a Phantasy Star game
Semi-gritty, not full animu. Sort of what FF does only less fuccbois
>>335752029
There are PSO costumes in PSO2
>>335751657
The worst part of the cash shop is Premium, which locks you out of having a player shop, decorating your room, and trading directly with other players, but you can access the previous two for free through various means. Otherwise it's almost entirely cosmetic shit, which you can buy from other players for in-game currency anyway.
just do an updated remake with more characters, weapons, mags, monsters, and maps.
>this will never happen
>instead we got an mmo that will never ever release in the West
why live
>>335749336
Make a PSO 2
>>335752780
they did though at least 4 times by now
Bring back the 80s/90s anime aesthetic.
PSO2's disastrous UGUU visuals are horrendous.
>>335752939
It's only uguu if you make it that way anon
>>335752939
A-am I k-kawaii uguu- anon-s-senpai?
>>335752029
Fonewearl was my childhood waifu.
I remeber why I like this game so much and why PSO2 made me so disapointed.
>>335753129
because you can't make your waifu with a better character creator?
>>335753029
Compare my image to >>335752029
They made a specific decision to go from grittier to bloomier.
Even compare the Dark Falz-type enemies. In PSO they were very alien looking, unsettlingly foreign and this even extended to A.Beasts. In PSO2, the Dark Falz enemies look like things ripped straight from Bayonetta.
hire the original art directors and remove direct anime references so we can have a return to science fantasy instead of weeb faggotry
You can't. It's literally dead.
Pic related.
>>335753679
>character outfit that you can only get from paying real money which only weebs or NEETs will do
next you're going to tell me they ruined the combat system
>>335753265
If it was better then I would of been able to make my shortstack magiciafu day 1.
The locations and special weapons in 2 also suck dick compared to 1 despite those probably being the hardest thing to fuck up in a sequel that is quiet literally always being updated.
>>335754014
You don't even play the game you dumb nigger, shut the fuck up.
Why do people think pso1's combat is inferior, it was more strategic with your placement and you had to commit. I enjoy it much more than the hack and slash rmb fest that is pso2.
>>335754014
Disregarding all the retarded aesthetic choices that went into making PSO2 - The combat design is superior to PSO and PSU in every respect.
PSO's melee was grindy as fuck. Unique animations granted to certain gender/class was retarded. Photon Arts for both melee and ranged was a great choice. Even the magic was improved.
If they could just refine the visuals but keep their combat, maybe incorporate the mecha they've brought in as its own unique class, PSO3 could be GOTY. Which we in the West would never get to play anyway.
is pos2 worth dealing with the hassle of downloading and everything?
I used to play when it first came out, but only got to the volcano part and then got bored.
How many locations are there even?
I loved the first one but i feel like the magic might have been lost.
>>335754117
the lack of shortstack waifu is yours alone, you can do that with the base character creator.
>>335751657
>redringrico logs the best
>not the quest about finding the real black paper and beating his fucking ass after you find out his nice guy helping level 1 charade is bullshit
>not the quest about the android fu's
Come on son
>>335754358
PSO1's combat was still hack and slash as fuck you just had to position the hacking so you didn't get group fucked by enemies.
Photon arts brings variety to the grinding.
>>335753679
Does this costume cover the ass like at all
>>335754150
I'm close to 1300 hours fuccboi
>>335754497
No it doesn't. Pso1's mix of lights and heavies made you think about speed and accuracy. Every enemy had different amounts of hitstun and you could vary how fast you attacked to not be hit back. In two, you literally just spam your 3 photon arts while using your invincible dash to avoid damage. It gets boring even faster than pso1 did.
Just host the online and universe servers again
Please...if people can do it for free, why cant sega? I just want to play PSU online again so bad. I miss my beast girl and cast dude as acrotechers and fighters.
>>335754604
Almost none. Just the bottom of the crack and the anus, barely.
WELCOME TO PHANTASY STAR ONLINETM
>>335754736
Unless you were high level/had great armor/block, a great deal of enemies (especially in ultimate) would always knock you on your ass.
PSO2's excess of invulnerability frames is bullshit though, I agree.
>>335754736
If you seriously think that the PSO combat was more nuanced than PSO2's then your nostalgia glasses are are affixed to your head so hard that any argument would be talking at a wall
>>335754358
I've not played PSO2, so I can't comment.
PSU and PSZ had the same strategic placement. I'd argue that PSU was actually a bit better, since the weapons had more variety and gave you more options. I actually ran through the story primarily with a spear, which let me lance through enemies and made fighting in doorways quite good. It also meant I could place some distance between myself and an enemy, even with a combo. By comparison, the greatswords/polearms in PSO were basically the same thing but with different stats, and all the other melee weapons were just sabers except the daggers.
PSZ had that dodge roll, which kind of killed the strategy element. But it did have a nice selection of weapons as well.
>>335754491
Okay, good point.
>>335754482
It cant be done.
All short stacks in PSO2 look like bug eyed wanabe uguu lolis and it doesn't help when every fucking neckbeard otaku cocksucker wants to play as one.
>>335755303
It can, I've seen more than one walking around. Just believe in the thick thighs.
>>335754920
Hey man, I still play on private servers, but to each their own.
>>335754981
Psu had a much more expansive storyline, you're right. But weapons were more varied than you might think. You had dual swords which took a while for the first strike, but then hit 4 more times for damage, slicers, that cut enemies apart at range. Pso1 was more about rapidly switching weapons on the fly, at one point I remember carrying at least 8.
>>335755438
BUT WHAT ABOUT THE HIPS?
WHAT ABOUT THE FUCKING HIPS?
ITS ALL ABOUT THE HIPS TO SHOULDER RATIO MAN!
>>335755904
anon you know that those "hips" are just the clothing right
>>335749336
maybe release PSO2 in the west
>>335756016
nigga you can play it right now in english
>>335755718
PSO dual swords were very similar to daggers, from what I remember, at least with the pacing in attacking with them. All the guns (outside the miniguns) pretty much acted the same, as well. I did forget about the PSO slicers, but they had incredibly poor accuracy to the point where I basically ignored them.
Still, that's... four weapon types for melee, and two for guns. One of which (miniguns) I don't think anyone ever used. I seem to recall switching between rifle/handgun for Rangers and perhaps a saber/staff for Forces, but I guess I just never bothered with switching weapons all that much. Maybe the greatsword and a saber for a Hunter, along with a handgun for traps. (I generally used HUcast with my rare Hunter.)
>>335749336
Make an actual sequel to pso.
Also I'm happy to see a pso thread on v
>>335756504
But anon [/spoiler]You go to Ragol in PSO2[/spoiler]
![psu-illuminus-screenshot-04[1].jpg](https://i.imgur.com/xbLUCbd.jpg "psu-illuminus-screenshot-04[1].jpg")
Are we even getting whips or slicers back?
>>335756214
officially or with fan made patches?
last time I checked you couldn't, but it was quite a while ago so I could be wrong
>>335755996
IT DOESN'T MATTER BECAUSE THE ILLUSION STILL MAKES ME FEEL GOOD.
THAT'S ALL THAT MATTERS.
>>335756560
they're obsolete
>>335756687
the english patch does everything you need to know and the large english patch does most of the rest
>>335756812
But they were fun, especially when they got new PAs
>>335751657
10k hours on PSO2 here
Cash shop literally just luxury of getting good spots for 12man-raid, a little money boost if you can get lucky, but never count on it.
If you want get good gears, almost everything is behind grinding or praying to get a good drop - although there are different ways like using in-game currency to get "rare enemy triggers" almost no cash involved.
And if you have 36 dollars to spend, its enough for 3 month luxury ingame, and most people don't really need do this.
