>there will never be a new real phantasy star game
Good thing the Profound Darkness was destroyed in the last one then
>>342068686
Sad but true
>Chaz
Meanwhile in PSO2
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=92bZ5UnPG3w
>>342071467
This.. This isn't a real thing they put in the game right? I only played the early client side english translation but at the end of PS2 it's established that earthlings are bad guys. I get PSO is a different universe but then why is there an Earth level?
>>342071846
They keep adding stupid shit to the game and the lore no longer makes any sense or has any consistency
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rj49eS4sxeU
>>342068686
Should I be playing these games in order or Jump straight to 4?
>>342072604
Just 4, that's how I was introduced 20 years ago
1 and 2 are too hard I've still never played 3, but 4 is still amazing now
>>342069298
yeah
we had a phantastic ending and Id hate to ruin it by forcing the series to continue.
sometimes its better to let a franchise end with dignity
>>342072604
1's is okay but it kinda doesn't hold up very well today.
2's more or less the same. But with really fucking hard dungeons.
3 may well be a different game(There's a reason for that. A new team was working on it)
4 is really just the best overall of the old Phantasy Star games.
>>342072604
1 is a masterpiece for its time with gorgeous graphics and very interesting settings. Being able to explore 3 different planets to get revenge for your brother is dope.
2 is rough with an awesome story but requires a lot of grinding to survive some hard as shit enemies that can wipe you easily and some of the most brutally bullshit dungeons made by the devil. Pic related
3 is an underappreciated clusterfuck of genius and innovative ideas executed with the finesse of a sledgehammer
4 is more linear but the best balance of all the others. It definitely takes cues from final fantasy at that point but in space. I'd at least try them all. 1 is my favorite. With some graph paper and notes taken from questioning NPCs you feel like you're really going out and sleuthing shit. it tricks you into feeling smart.
>>342068686
It hurts.
Are there any space-age JRPGs anymore besides Star Ocean?
>>342073325
Sometimes I think I'm gonna try to play 2 but that pic just convinced me not to
>>342073754
It's a huge game but I can sympathize. It definitely seems like they went overboard trying to draw out the length with the dungeons but because of that design the game has no grinding(technically). By the time you make it through a dungeon you have plenty of XP and meseta. I beat it in highschool because I had nothing better to do but with a job there's no way to have the time.
It's still one of my favorite games. It nails tone. I even got drunk and tried to paint the title screen.
>>342074036
Goddamn the memories. That reminds me of another reason why PS2 is awesome: Contextual party members. It blew my mind that you could choose to use certain characters when you needed them like once the planet is flooded with robots, use the mechanic to brreak them apart, or a biologist who studies bio monsters and can therefore exploit their weaknesses.
>>342074435
I'll admit I did like how certain party members were better then other in certain situations.
When I played 2 it was only a few years ago. I think I made it all the way up to the dams without using a guide.
>>342069298
>>342072930
Last I heard (~10 years ago), Rieko Kodama was interested in making a fifth Phantasy Star, and it was going to deal with nature of the "great light" that opposed the profound darkness.
>>342071467
It was complete shit until the statue of liberty started riding the sphinx
that was fucking cool
metal wolf chaos 2 when?
>>342074795
They definitely had some neat locations to explore. I always liked the garbage dump level that plays with your expectations and makes you walk outside of the borders to find the real entrance. It's such a shame that such an ambitious RPG has things like Uzo and pretty much every dungeon on Dezolith.
>>342075367
>Phantasy Star's characters were designed by a hot japanese dom milf
muh dick
>>342075675
Pretty much yeah.
At least the music was nice. Actually I think Phantasy star 2 had a pretty cool OST.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2GQ9ed29q6o&index=14&list=PLDF411E031D22DD93
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BWHzlfPHFdU&index=11&list=PLDF411E031D22DD93
>>342073325
PS2 dungeons are Wizardry-tier bullshit.
>>342073325
>1 is a masterpiece for its time with gorgeous graphics and very interesting settings. Being able to explore 3 different planets to get revenge for your brother is dope.
Damn straight. I never even owned a Master System, I was just dicking around with emulators 25 years after the fact and it still blew me away.
>>342075367
It would be nice to see a new one, but who would be able to pull it off?
>>342076469
>>342068686
MY DARK COLORED BROTHER
>>342071467
>vegas map
>no usa release
thanks kojima
>>342073325
PS2 only requires grinding if you're a casual that looks up maps and knows exactly where to go at all times. Playing the game normally means zero grinding.
As much as I love classic PS, the games as they went on were less about innovating and more about following the leader. Especially when you get to PS4, the story is fantastic but gameplay wise it feels VERY much like a DQ game.
If they made a new classic PS today I just feel that mechanically it would end up very generic. A blind copy of PS4's gameplay would not hold up today.
>>342072234
Thats just damn depressing.
>>342077137
>gameplay wise it feels VERY much like a DQ game.
Name a JRPG before Phantasy Star 4 that had anything like macros and combo attacks.
>>342068686
>there will (probably) never be a remake of PS3/4
>>342076789
WAKE ME UP INSIDE
>>342073212
how are the remakes for 1 and 2?
worth playing?
>>342077667
Never played them. I hear they're okay. They both have translations I think.
>>342073325
>>342076475
Couldn't agree more. I sat down with the patched rom a few months ago and realized I'd have to go buy some graph paper and I'm glad I did. Taking notes and drawing my own maps was great. It took a little bit of grind at the beginning to get MC up to level 7 I think, from then it was a breeze.
Music was fucking great with the FM patch and it blows me away that later console dungeon crawlers didn't have the animation quality of the first person segments.
>>342077667
iirc the remake of 1 changes a whole bunch of story shit, you should play the original if you can stomach old school RPGs
>>342077667
Better than the originals, anyways. Lots of quality-of-life changes like PS1 having a map and not having to dig through your inventory every time you want to get on and off of your vehicles.
They added combo skills as well.
>>342077860
just asking as to whether i should dl them or not
But on further investigation its only 500mb so I might as well
>>342077667
I heard that you cansave Neiin the remake if you have a save file from the first remake.
>>342077137
I think the opposite. The first PS game was great for its time in terms of story, graphics, and music but the gameplay wasn't any better than Dragon Quest and Final Fantasy. PSIV, on the other hand, was much more fun to play than contemporary Dragon Quest and Final Fantasy games. Fusion attacks, macros, buffs, and even gear selection are important in PSIV.
>>342073325
PS2's story is definitely interesting but I wouldn't call it awesome due to the poor delivery and poor translation. The dungeon design is great, but unfortunately going through those dungeons is a chore because random battles are just plain boring. I don't agree about the game being hard or requiring grinding. You can equip everyone with two shields and cast spells for free with items, including healing spells, so there's no way that you'll ever die to random battles later on. There's just one bullshit enemy in the game, pic related. And the game only has three boss fights so for the vast majority of the game you're just running from repetitive random encounters or fighting those boring random encounters. Overall I wouldn't
>>342076571
It'd be nice to see the original team come back together to make it, but that's probably unlikely since most of them split from sega didn't they
