Phantasy star online/universe thread

they got desperate and added PSO levels. not kidding

Soon™
Just like the ps infinity translation.

they weren't 1 to 1 copies or anything from what i remember, just based off the PSO levels

youtube.com/watch?v=MOukEiJYQQo

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Has anyone played this and would know if the singleplayer is worth it? Doubt I'd have much opportunity to do the multiplayer.

probably fun if you liked phantasy star portable

>gook cucks hated this game so much that Sega didn't even bother to localize it
im somewhat mad

Fuck I wish the servers for PS3 were still up.

I would give the people working on Clementine tons of money if I could to speed them the fuck up.

>decide to play the demo of this on the 360
>it finally downloads
>create a character
>youtube.com/watch?v=FOYRJnHG65s plays

jesus this is comfy why can't all soundtracks sound like this

why did they even take the server down/make it private again? It was neat the whole two days it was open to the public

I remember playing this game when I was younger and liked it. Was a just a kid with shit taste or was it good?

Damn typo I meant to spell PSU, not PS3.

I wish I knew. I'd love something playable even if it's not complete.

You were a kid with good taste.

They absolutely love PSO2, but that one isn't getting localized, either.

Guess ill pirate it for the PC now.

Should I import Nova?

>so 2 anime get's an english dub
>pso 2 still hasn't been localized

shouldn't this be a crime or something ?

SELLING PORN 5000G

>mfw everyone was selling porn and nudes on psu the first time i tried it

>those Emo kids everywhere trying to act all emo

Beast was and will always be the best

shit taste, it was obviously inferior to phantasy star online. terrible balance and encourages retarded skill spam, rather than tactical usage of normal, heavy, and special strikes that varies by situation like in PSO. the aesthetics aren't as cool either, but that's more subjective. the glowing photon effect does look better at least.

Popping a freeze trap or spamming Spread Needle is not particularly smart.

>mfw selling ez runs for free nudes

Oddly better than porn, desu

spread needle isn't available until late game, is rare, only usable by rangers (which are already the easy class to play anyway) and if you ever want to do challenge mode it's not available at all. try challenge mode if you haven't, it will change the way you look at the game a lot. the skill ceiling for the game can actually be pretty high. also, freeze traps need to be rationed, you can't just spam them for every group of mobs unless you want to waste time constantly going back to the medical facility to restore them.

>selling pics of nude girls for 300

>Put Phantasy Star, a game franchise that exists almost exclusively in Japan's mind, on the XBrick 360, a console that is almost universally loathed in comparison to the Wii and PS3 at the time
>The only home console, or platform for that matter, with paid online
>On top of that, add a subscription fee, in addition to the $60 game
>Never move it to PS3 or Wii
>Never update foreign content
>Never poll for feedback in any regard
>PC version's servers got kicked as well, despite that being the only place where PSU was still making a profit
>Never bring it back, allow fans to make their own versions of it without hiding in the shadows, or release moddable content in order to help fans do what they want with PSU

Why is Sega so unrelentingly retarded?

How is the single player of this game? How is the online?

It was bringing profit on the Japanese servers, which survived all the way until the PSO2 launch. Apparently the X360 version was just barely profitable, and so they didn't want to experiment with another console version, especially that late into the game's life.

>that amazing feel when an acrotecher or protranser joined

To all of you who had 41+ buffs or dropped freeze and stun traps everywhere...thank you for your service to the community. I'll see you faggots back when clementine comes up

The singleplayer is not that bad honestly. It's odd initially, but when you get into the rhythm, it feels pretty solid. It's nowhere near as good as PSP2's is though, because that dedicated dodge button is godlike.

The multiplayer is kill

Does anyone play 2i and want to do some s or infinity rank runs?

>play through the main game
>fuck, saber sucks
>alright Ethan, let's try out some of the other weapons
>spear
>stunlocking enemies and hitting them multiple times with the basic combo
>trapping stuff in doors and just fucking everything up as party members smacked them around
>carrying a few Resta staffs for quick healing

>basically remake my character from PSO
>Newman Force
>find out that adding multiple Techniques of the same type to one staff boosts their power
>also boosts the amount of TP available
>shove every Barta spell onto a Barta+x% staff
>proceed to Barta-rape absolutely everything, even in areas with stuff resistant to it

It was a fun game.

youtube.com/watch?v=-Ec-earJ2ug

When they nerfed this they fucked up fighmaster, no idea why it was nerfed

>tfw this music gives me a chub from all of the chubby beasts and newmans I used to make

it was a simpler time

You must have played a different version than I, because I played an unplayable mess. There's no reason for the server to be up in the state I found it. It's just a lobby simulator.

who else played the demo on 360 back then? nobody even played the game. we all just chilled. one of the best times in my life.

I did both. Had real accounts on 360 and jp pc but also messed around on the demo. First time i ever saw tits was in this game, back when the xbox camera was a new thing and all that. Was an amazing game and my favorite last gen game

>protranser with a whip
>particle effects fucking everywhere
Fuck I miss this game

>no love for the GMs

b-but muh lvl 5 virus and burn and laser cannon pierce

I think you meant acrotecher pham. Protransers couldnt use whips but instead a variety of swords and guns, and all at S rank

psupedia.info/Protranser.html
psupedia.info/Acrotecher.html

Uh, it's making progress!
youtube.com/watch?v=miADmS3iJT8

...

GMs were incredibly good, lvl 5 killer shot, shotguns, and laser cannons destroyed mobs. Its just that acrotecher and protranser are the support classes of the game and theres no better feeling than having 41+ shifta/deband/zodial/retier on you as well as debuffs

I just wanted to post this.

>mfw I bought some
The 360 demo version of the game was like a black market. Good times.

What a lovely butt

Also forgot, protransers traps absolutely shredded multi hit bosses (dragons, fakis...etc) while their spear and shotgun made work of regular enemies. That hp gain per level is also crazy

>We may be able to do WB runs again

Thanks for sharing, it looks amazing. I love the color effect that hunter PAs have, the green, blue, purple, red, gold. Those effects are so fucking cool and the high level resta/reverser are glorious too

>oh cool psu thread! i wonder what memories anons have of the game
>all the posts are either "xD psu sux pso way better!!" or "lol only played the demo was the real game ever good?"

I had a friend who bought the real game but still ended up shitting around in the demo with the rest of us.

>"lol only played the demo

That was an amazing demo though. It was like playing the real game. And this was before party chat (microsoft's chat feature) was released so it was place to hang out and meet new people.

I liked how it was made out in episodes

Not missing out on much.

The demo was a mistake.

I enjoyed PSU for what it was. It was never going to be as good as PSO.

Years later and PSP2i is the only entry that's ever even come close, but that was JP only.

I did that to but you can only shit around the demo for so long before you actually want to pick a class, level its pas and type up, and get into the meat of the game and enjoy the grind and events and all that.

It was a great demo but still no replacement for the full game

I can agree with this. It had its purpose and uses but it lasted way to long...2010 it was? Thats just 2 years before the game was shut down

The fact that we'll just be able to play PSU again is just amazing in and of itself. I thought it was perma dead and never coming back with all the previous projects dying.

The thing that killed 2 and 2i for me was the chain and pp system. Completely slowed down the pace of the game and made the bosses very tedious. If it was psu/psp1s combat with psp2is content and updates it would've been the best game of all time, no joke

>tfw you watch fags flip out in trade sections over caliburs
>tfw you never get tired of PSO drama

Same here. For years all I heard was that reverse engineering PSU was nearly impossible compared to PSO. Essex tried but then got stuck somewhere and gave up. Then out of nowhere at E3 2014 these guys just announced they're working to bring PSU back. Honestly wish I could donate to them

you prefer just mindlessly spamming skills? at least they gave a reason to actually use regular attacks.

I just want to fuck around in the casino again.

It's because they're not using the same method as Essens. They're programming in C, instead of the ancient and completely useless language essens was trying to brute force to work. It's not a simple reverse engineering as it is filling in packet data. They even hope to fill in PSUJP content at some point, but right now they're focused on giving the game a solid base which I admire. They're staying to their goals and have a good leader.

As someone who only played the demo on Xbox360 I can't wait for this. I'm ready to invest a large amount of time into this pirate server if it really happens.

Spent 3 years playing PSO2 before I finally quit because the game went to complete shit during Episode 3.

Yeah i do because they make the game more fun to play and do more damage. Normal attacks are for getting a just attack in or getting the last bit of pp needed to get in one more pa before using a charge. The chain system destroys the pacing as well as several pas that psu had. Anga jabroga, swords, twin sabers, slicers, none of this stuff was rebalanced for the shitty chain mechanic and also made bosses last way longer. The only way to play 2i is with a fo and keep casting safoie + aoe attack since playing fo gives free chains. Everything else has to clear rooms and bosses at half the speed

i have to admit i played through 2i as a force, so i guess i can't comment on the chain balancing outside of that. i'll take your word for it that it's ass for the other classes.

I see, then that is admirable. I dont know shit about programming but that is cool they are redoing it in a modern more common language. I wonder how much of the game they'll be able to restore, I remember reading in the question thread that event data is gone forever...which sucks because psu had some amazing events. My biggest fear is that the retarded ass community is going overboard with the changes with classes, pas, drop tables etc

EP3 was the last good thing about pso2, Ep4 is when it truly went to shit

The casino was amazing. I played the game for a month or two, but for some reason Microsoft didn't like my debit card. It was a plain' ol' Visa debit card and I could even buy Microsoft points with it with ease, but buying a subscription just held the payment forever. I had to call my bank and Microsoft but they kept pointing fingers at each other. I had a good time anyways.

Exactly. In 2 i played a hunter which still wasnt as fun because all the more crazy pas from psu were useless thanks to the chain system but at least blade destruction and dus skadd (rip majarra) could carry. When i converted to 2i, my hunter was using a rod half the time so i could keep safoie and sazonde going so i could get a chain going before i could attack. I ended up making a fo and just playing that full time. The thing with psu is that its not a super tactical game unless youre playing at a high level. Its fun to fuck up regular mobs of enemies, advance a few blocks, and then unlock the warchest to use against bosses. Its a spammy, grindy game but still has a level of cautiousness and input needed to do as most damage as possible and not die which is what makes a great. When you cant blow through mobs as fast as youre used to with psu, 2 and 2i just dont feel right. They carry the spirit, missions, music, story, and aesthetics of psu but turn the gameplay on its head. If there was a way to mod out the chain system and have pas do normal full damage based off the original calculation system that psu used for damage, thats all I would play

t. 10000 hours in psu

A friend showed me the demo one time. Got hooked, so i ended up buying the game. that shitty feeling when you realised you'd have to pay to play online

I was a QA tester for this game. Brings back good memories of eating hob nobs and low level soloing De ragan/playing through story missions endlessly. Story mode was a little cringey but I might play through it again soon for nostalgia reasons.

They're already considering that some people will try to go overboard. Balances are going to happen to PA grind to not make you have a stroke trying to get lvl50. Since we dont have a lotta drop data a lot of stuff has to be filled in, so most likely custom drop charts WILL be a thing like or not. The team has lots of experience to pull from users from private servers so I'm sure they'll manage.

favorite songs?

youtube.com/watch?v=z2MEcW4rOt8&list=PL2FD2E479879F5C7A
youtube.com/watch?v=8G3G597JIno&list=PLB7C54A78B5EC3290&index=1
youtube.com/watch?v=xvJ8AM6-Xmg&index=2&list=PLB7C54A78B5EC3290
youtube.com/watch?v=FlRDTb2JevQ
youtube.com/watch?v=ZQF5N4CGOSs&index=3&list=RDFlRDTb2JevQ
youtube.com/watch?v=-Imi9eSc2Jg&index=14&list=RDFlRDTb2JevQ
youtube.com/watch?v=rsmPfRMtcP0&index=26&list=RDFlRDTb2JevQ
youtube.com/watch?v=8EgM42ooPWI
youtube.com/watch?v=TYZ9n-cOnp0&index=5&list=RD8EgM42ooPWI
youtube.com/watch?v=3Hg_TwEELd4
youtube.com/watch?v=Lk4ye2f3THo
youtube.com/watch?v=vLYKcpqtlqg
youtube.com/watch?v=MpYQuWsRXU4

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It's been in almost every PS game so it counts I guess.

It's being fan-translated in case you didn't know. Need a hacked vita though.

youtube.com/watch?v=S6BWxcxbeZo

Might as well add this then too. This or laia was my room music

>youtube.com/watch?v=FlRDTb2JevQ
>youtube.com/watch?v=-Imi9eSc2Jg&index=14&list=RDFlRDTb2JevQ

My black amarican brother.

I also loved
youtube.com/watch?v=7vo-bQyPyb8

and especially
youtube.com/watch?v=ecRkTYs46q0

The mood in Old Rosenom City was absolutely perfect. This song and area are among my absolute favorites in all of PSO/U.

Any PSP2 severs running until Clementine?

youtube.com/watch?v=9gp7TXkBKcM
youtube.com/watch?v=-r11X3BE8Ds
youtube.com/watch?v=J2VE7e4a93k
youtube.com/watch?v=tEnnp9rSPDw&list=PL448DEE62D1641353&index=32
youtube.com/watch?v=jQ8yoLKou58&index=36&list=PL448DEE62D1641353
youtube.com/watch?v=ufsu5o2Asdg&list=PL448DEE62D1641353&index=39

Also forgot some more, the first 2 are super fucking hype

My homie. Old Rozenom City is drenched in atmosphere. That whole area is because of the Guardians Colony crashing into Parum and the mood is so desolate and miserable. One of my absolute favorites in PSU, let me get you a better version of that song

youtube.com/watch?v=b6OqFz4Wyf8

I think PSUs soundtrack is underrated. Its not as consistent as PSOs maybe but the good songs it does have are REALLY fucking good, man theres so much memories in each song its hard to believe its already been 4 years.

I'm for that, boosting the PA leveling rate. Maybe keep it at event values, where it was 2x as a milestone reward but permanently. When you say drop data, do you mean where things drop or the percentages of them? Because PSUpedia has all the drop tables fully intact and even a lot of stuff from PSUJP

Most people are preparing to play infinity until clementine is ready in its final state (as in, they don't take it down a few weeks later and reset everything). If you open up DMZ on your router you can play multimode with ppsspp

Friendly reminder that the private server has made tremendous progress.

psu-clementine.net/viewtopic.php?f=24&t=1999

psu-clementine.net/viewtopic.php?f=9&t=2010

Dude had to rewrite the whole boss system. The mad man.

Hes our guy

>get super hyped for the PSU expansion
all the monsters and bosses were just reskinds

Phantasy Star went to shit after Phantasy Star IV, just like every other great Sega series.

PSO is GARBAGE. Even among the garbage mmo games it could Pete's with.

Fuck I remember all the friends I met in that demo and all the time I spent. So many memories.

bump for psu