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I’m glad this game is still around with the Ephinea servers. And your comment about hitting max level in world of Warcraft by doing herbalism only doesn’t seem correct. You’re probably thinking of another game, since once you hit a certain level, lower level items or lower level mobs no longer award xp. 🙂

Yes.

PSO does something very few ARPGs (that aren’t isometric) do right, and that’s tie moment to moment game systems into the loot loop in a way that makes an otherwise simple DPS/DEF increase legitimately exciting. Better damage doesn’t just kill things faster, it changes how you need to combo your attacks based on enemy stagger points and accuracy towards that enemy. No other game in the series has matched what this game did in that regard, and I think that’s a huge part of why people still love this game. Also the vibes are immaculate. PSO2NGS also has immaculate vibes (if you ignore the writing). It’s a shame the systems surrounding that game are so lame.

The section ID system + symbol chat were so ahead of their time. We were forced to work with other players and make friends. I would buy this in a heartbeat if it was available for mobile.

2024... ngs is pure SH1T!!

The main aspects of PSO for me are: * I loved the aesthetic. Ended up buying the art book :D * I loved the slow, methodical combat and how the complexity was mostly on the enemy combinations rather than the players. I feel this is something the later entries in the PSO/U series misunderstood as they tried to go faster, with less diverse enemy behaviors and more complex character kits. * I loved the dynamic and intelligent chat balloons that would actively move out of the way of enemies or the like so they didn't block important information, while still letting you know who said what from where. It's one of the very few games where someone can type that something is "over here" without me having to ask "where is 'here'?" * I love the lobby and game system where you were always running about as your characters. In most other games of its era lobbies were just UIs with a chatbox, but in PSO it's another 'place' where you can meet up, concise enough to make it easy to plan get togethers and not feel sparse, yet sprawling enough to allow you to 'claim' a lobby for yourselves. I'd definitely love to see someone capture all this magic in another bottle, but I feel like the original was a happy accident in the right time and place which makes it hard to do all over again :o

One of the BIGGEST flaws in the dreamcast version of PSO was how you dropped your weapon on the floor when you died. Meaning if you're playing with someone untrustworthy, they can just up and snag your rare weapon. This was changed in the gamecube version and onwards, but holy hell whoever made that choice should never be allowed near another game again.

Pso and Tales Of Symphonia. Locked in ...

I was trying to make something similar like this on godot but I had a hard time setting it up to be peer to peer. Might try again later.

Yes

For me it was the challenge mode. Love how there's a separate roguelike mode that unlocks gear for the rpg mode. Just about every roguelite would be more enjoyable if done this way. Not to mention how well fleshed out it was with the different stages that gave you new starting gear.

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There was actual physical guide that had a ton of info. It was a tome of all serious players of the time.

Shoutout to all my PSOWorld homies out there, you made this great game even better

We can't because devs who made this are legendary people. To make this kind of game and the ARPG pacing, they are so far ahead of their peers they probably all moved on. D4 and POE always say they want to get normal combat pacing, PSO devs humiliate them. But PSO devs get humiliated on bugs and cheat security.

Phantasy Star Zero is my single player PS game of choice. It lacks the lovely, moody atmosphere of PSO, but the single player experience just feels better to me No section IDs, NPC companions, better combat options, easier to understand mag feeding and the eternal tower endgame PSO is still pretty GOAT, in spite of my preference

The new game(s) just need more structured levels and boss fights like that weird sewer snake. More environment and enemy variety in general as well, I suppose.

Yes. And we do like monster hunter, vindictus...

I would even buy the ps5 if this was released on it.

My only gripe about the title of this video... Should we have more games like pso? May i remind you pso exists and if you like it you can... play it

there's something about the backgrounds that make it so beautiful even if it's low resolution

The answer is yes

Seeing all those Sega remakes announced & the popularity surge of Monster Hunter World, it made me itch for PSO. I tried PSO2 at release and didn't like how fast it was. Decided to try the Epehenia PSO BB server with my cousin who, just like me, only ever played PSO v1 on the Dreamcast but never online. Feel great to actually play this with someone else! I would like to see a remaster of PSO.

I miss me some PSO. The vibe was something else.

Yes! But in the meantime I'm playing WarFrame. PSO2 was fun for a while, but idk.

Sega needs to bring out a proper pso remake or remaster now they are remaking their old ip's

My personal favorite feature of PSO's that I think every game could learn from is the weapon special attacks. Being able to actively invoke these effects added to the combat's depth, whether it be using a disabling effect to reduce the number of enemies you had to worry about at a time, dealing a percentage of an enemy's health to quickly slay a high-HP target, or some of the many unique effects on rare weapons. And tying these to equipment made the loot you find so much more exciting (really, there's so much PSO's loot does right, I could go on forever). I'm also a fan of the slower pace. Unlike modern games where the assumption seems to be always rushing to endgame, PSO is a game you can take your time with and choose your own goals. I also really like the class system for being so varied, but I do think it's easily misunderstood. It can be easily misread as a standard race + class sytem with some weird gender differences and gender locking. But really it's 3 classes with 4 subclasses. And the differences between each class are not necessarily well-explained. I love that different classes play so differently, but a new player could end up making a choice they don't enjoy. Really, I think PSO often suffers from being too obtuse, with systems like MAGs, Section IDs, or the intricacies of the class system. These systems are great once you understand them, but requiring this foreknoweledge of the game can make it harder to get into. I wouldn't dream of removing any of these things, but I would want to improve them so that they're better explained to new players. But I'm always really glad to see someone promoting the classics. I think there's a lot these older games can teach us.

When it comes to character creation, I liked that because it added incentive for players to make more than one character, and the creator of the game liked that the MAG system would/could be used to give your second character a boost through the lower levels. And on top of that, if you owned the game on console, at least one character you owned would blow past anybody who you were playing with couch co-op, so that system made it to where you could make another character that you could pretty much play when your friends were playing. the casts could have used more features to be balanced in terms of content, 3 traps while everyone else had 12+ spells wasn't really a fair shake, even though they could see traps and had status immunities and can heal themselves standing still, all that still felt bland in comparison to being able to heal yourself and others, and spells that had different AOEs and damage tables that you could cast in rapid succession. I feel as though casts needed an ability to alter movement, making them more of a speedrun character and adding tons of value to being able to run away/towards enemies.

Ребят это компьютерная версия или дримкаст?

I really liked how different the genders played. I am honestly bored how most games just have every character play the same, and "type 2" just has all the outfits. unique animations and access to different weapons goes a long way for people who like trying all the characters

Asking the community out of pure desperation: Is there any similar game that satisfies my desire to play a pso-like game? Thanks

PSO is the greatest game of ALL time... oh the memories of starting on forest 1 at 8pm and getting to falz at 12.. if i didnt fall asleep before many times fell asleep whilst running hahah got an SJS drop on Ephinea a few years ago.. one of my proudest moments

oooo yes yes and plus the animation of the atatcks are not all the teh same actully so yes becuase i love pso so much i dig deep usaully right and i learned the girl human ranger right has the shortest handgun attack animation it is actully faster they test it by frames right so ya idk she is used for the Heaven striker ability cuase she can shoot it fastest or w/e

In term of cooperation and the aesthetic yes.

the ids are the best lol no no no bro u could just make a new guy to get what u needed not very hard if u think that is to much to do then u lost me bud cuase u still doin it solo style u just have mutiple guys i love soloin to a lot and i mean a lot so dont think im sayin this to say it its better to enjoy solo with mutiple guys

ok bro no no no i am just majorly confused now i do not remmever teh darlflow be able to do a 3 hit combo i have it now on Ephinea u can not its single hit

yes we do need more games like pso yes very much i have yet to be addicted to a rpg game ever like pso

The novelty of PSO sure was something back then. The environment, the music and also the online aspect was huge back then. But i always felt the combat a bit too stiff for my taste. I much prefer the PSZ implementation of the gameplay on DS. Having a dodge roll is huge and loosen up the gameplay imo. PSO2 was by far my favorite online PS experience even though it lacked a bit of the impact PSO had when you first played it, it was an improvment of PSO in almost every aspect.

Monster Hunter tried to imitate this playstyle but the combat is so damn slow and boring

I actually know the Formula for the IDs

I just want them to make NGS system mechanics mirror the perfection that is OG PSO

Great video, though I would disagree with you on the part of the character creation. Im in the same space as you, as I prefer solo play. I think its a good idea to give a real impact on character choice. If you pick what you want and it doesnt have an impact, it doesnt matter. I mostly play casts, but in solo play they are the weakest, since they have no Shifta and Deband. Nearly all other classes do more damage in solo play. Cast exceed in multiplayer...that I dont play very often. But I like them, so I still pick em. In my personal opinion, its a good system that lets you feel your decision. In good and bad ways. I like to take a look at Word of Warcraft, for example. In classic, you had one tank, the warrior. Later, everyone could tank, everyone could be a dmg dealer. It didnt matter what you picked and it didnt matter what race you played, you just picked what locked pretty to you. In PSO you have to make the decision: Do you like the visuals enough, that you take this tradeoff? I prefer PSOs system.

I haven't seen something like growing/feeding a Mag in any game, though I guess some weapon/armor that you upgrade could be comparable. I wish the Mag feed timer wasn't there though. If you have all the items you need to feed the Mag, I wish you could feed them all back to back. The closest game I have felt getting a similar experience to PSO was playing Guild Wars 2 even though it is a pretty different game.

Yes. Next question?

I miss this kind of Dungeon crawler RPG, thiss kind of game is not available anymore.. 😔😔

cuddos to your video, I am in a PSO phase now and enjoyed how you treated the subject. I like and dislike PSO for making different characters play and feel different, Cast being limited in healing yet going for tricky solution I remember at low level dropping multiple times Dimate and Trimate in the boss room so that I'd have enough to kill the boss. In the end when you are strong enough to exploit your cast to its fullest and its damage capacity fully too, it felt quite rewarding. The system I didn't like that much though is being a Force, finding rare weapons was cool but none really helped you a lot (you had +30% max dealt on 1 tech but compared to the difference between a normal rifle, a good Rifle and the ultimate Rifle FROZEN SHOOTER 100% chance of freezing an ennemy, the Force weapons didn't seem to help you as much)

Shifter and the band always get all the glory while Jalen and zalor were equally as powerful!

my goal in life is to remaster this game and bring it back, id die for it.

Yes

Phantasy star online should be remastered