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Phantasy Star Online 2 Overview
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Eight years is a while to wait for a match to eventually get ported from Japan to America. We've seen games get remastered for a completely new generation of console hardware in less time. However, Sega's Phantasy Star Online 2 is now officially out in North America on Xbox One as a free-to-play MMORPG. While its unique new anime-style flair and pulse-pounding gameplay are far from everything you'd expect in an ordinary online sport, PSO2's amazing combat system, rewarding progression, and enthusiastic neighborhood prove it was largely worth the wait.
In PSO2, you just take on the role of a brand new ARKS (Artificial Relict to Keep Species) Operative. ARKS is an elite task force concentrated on exploring new planets and eliminating a dark and corruptive force called the Falspawn. That's honestly about everything that you need to know or remember about this obscure, jargon-packed, and emotionless story. Ahead franchise understanding is absolutely not needed to understand it, but experience with all the first PSO does help.
Despite the elite English voice cast, PSO2 simply doesn't have an intriguing story. Most of it is doled out by rigid personalities that lack lip sync and feel like a waste of time. Both entering and departing these narrative discussions requires sitting through lengthy loading screens. And to be clear, it really doesn't matter; that is absolutely not the kind of sport you play for the narrative, so the developers have obviously only focused their attention elsewhere. Urgent Quests are limited-time missions which pop up server-wide at predetermined times that are announced on the official site. Throughout the time period the Urgent Quest is active, everyone on the server can join in and do this assignment together in large multi-party groups. These are reminiscent of a raid with a dozen players working together, but it's usually far more disorderly and swift compared to many MMOs. They are a blast to perform and completely worth planning your sport time around to fit into a schedule.
You will find a lot of courses to select from, like the katana and bow-wielding Braver; the gravity-defying, boot-wearing, ass-kicking Bouncer; the big sword-wielding Hunter; the attack rifle-shooting Ranger, and many more. Even the magical courses have unique twists, like the Summoner that hovers over the floor and controls pets using a magical baton.
Combat feels just like a mix of Devil May Cry and Dragon Hunter, or Maybe the Tales JRPG Collection, depending on the course you choose. My principal class is really a Braver who uses either a katana for up-close and showy combos or a strong bow to rain down damage from afar. The ability tree you access back at the primary boat lobby is full of passive skill bonuses and small skills such as dodging and parrying, but your actual combat skills are found as random loot drops on assignments in the form of discs. You can discover new skills or more powerful variants of existing abilities, as well as badge tokens to exchange for even more powerful items at particular sellers. Relying on the random loot gods to give you using new skills is somewhat lame, but you can sell the ones that you do not want or use them to update existing skills. Overall it's an addictive system that can help maintain excitement even if you're much greater level.
Want to learn more about PSO2 at www.pso2ah.com
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